Island Forge: Create Islands with Stories for Others to Explore!
http://islandforge.com
Island Forge is now Released! Play FREE for 30 Days!
- A World of Player-Created Content
- Create Islands with Stories for Others to Explore!
- The brand-new old-school MMORPG
- Single-developer indie game
Latest Feature: Upgrade with Island Points!
Recent Feature: Now with Coinage!
- Towns now have a new Market shop
- Sell items to the Market for GP (Coinage)
- Heal, level-up, craft, and train with GP
Island Builder & Gameplay video
About us: We're a small operation (me), just starting to build a community of players, and every new sign-up is greatly appreciated.
Gameplay features classic (old-school) RPG elements, designed for (brand-new) MMO play, in a world of player-created content - Create Islands with Stories for Others to Explore!
My thanks to all the players from mmorpg.com! -- Nyhm
Hello and thank you for your feedback on that. Because we're a small operation, that is a legal necessity for our Terms of Service. (Other Internet services have similar restrictions.) Rather than hide such things in the legalese, we prefer to be open and up-front with our community of players.
The screenshots look totally awesome. That's always a good way to start things off right.
Jimmac, thanks so much for checking it out, and for your positive feedback. I'm glad you like the screenshots.
Here's a bit more information about the gameplay features:
Gameplay takes place on islands (created by other players). Towns are shared space. Set out on solo or party expeditions to clear the fog of war, fight creatures, earn XP and resources (with which you can train your character and craft items).
An island's author can also create a story with NPCs (actors) and goals (quest tasks), in classic RPG style. The island builder is part of the game client, allowing you to design your islands, create your stories, and publish your islands to the world.
good to a see a Dev finally seeing what it is players want, Devs can only give so much time to stories etc for games, User Generated Content is sure to be a winner.
Cannot help but notice some similarities in your GFX engine with Haven and Hearth, were you inspired by them or is it a generic GFX engine?
Great to hear your comments, Obidom. I've had the ambition to create an MMORPG since before RPGs were MMO, and I've always wanted to focus on user created content. It's great to hear that others like the idea, too.
The Island Forge software (client, server, everything) is 100% original (written from scratch by myself in the Java programming language). I'll have to check out Haven and Hearth.
Thanks for checking us out!
Thanks to everyone in the mmorpg.com community who visited islandforge.com today, especially those that tried out the game! Several new characters have been in and out of the world all day. A new map has even been published.
We're looking forward to continued beta testing in November, with more and more players. Help us find out how much the server can handle!
I would have loved to help you out with your free beta but I am in Canada.
Originally posted by DeViLzzz2007
I would have loved to help you out with your free beta but I am in Canada.
I'm very sorry to hear that ... What I mean is, that you aren't able to help with beta. I'm not sorry about your Canadadian residency, as such, aside from beta registration restrictions.
Because we're a small operation, and cannot guarantee legal compliance in every country around the world, the residency restriction is a legal necessity for our Terms of Service. We look forward to the day when we are equipped to lift such restrictions.
Thank you for your feedback.
Simple solution, say you live in the USA - I'm canadian, and can play.
I'm currently at work, but I'll definitely be signing up tonight to give it a try.
My eyes!!! I want the 5 seconds I looked at that back. Atleast try to apply for Hero or Big World next time.
The game is kinda like guildwars light, and the crafting system really isn't that good, but so far the rest of the game is fun.
Thanks for the feedback on the gameplay and visuals.
We're excited to see more and more characters in the world. We'd also like to encourage players to try the island builder. There are already a few really nice stories, and we're looking forward to players expanding the world.
Looks pretty cool! Unfortuantely I don't have much time at the moment for much playing, but I will be keeping my eye on this. I like old-school rpg's :) Wish you guys the best of luck.
Many thanks, Worstluck (and nice avatar).
By the way, to those who where playing over the last couple days, we were made aware (on our player forums) of an enemy targeting bug, which should now be fixed. Hurray beta testers!
SOunds great in text, the mechainics of it all.
So wish this was in a 3D world.
Since posting this topic, Island Forge has many new players!
Help us out by playing Nov 15, 2011
We want to try to get as many players in the world at once as we can. Help us out tomorrow (Nov 15, 2011) by logging in and playing whenever you can. Ask your friends to join, as well, and log in together when possible.
Also create some new islands! We need to see how well the world operates with many more places to explore.
If you haven't yet signed up, you can still play FREE during beta. Thank you for helping us out!
http://islandforge.com
Nov 15 starts with a bang! (Actually, more of a crash.) My personal apologies to anyone who experienced the crash on startup this morning. A new version has been released, which fixes the problem.
My thanks for helping beta test! http://islandforge.com/
