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Arianne RPG: Stendhal 1.02 released
Stendhal 1.02 includes client features to make the game more playable on various platforms and interesting new special effects.
The client improvements make the game more playable on small netbooks, Macs, and without a mouse.
Special effects include zone colouring and lights to add atmosphere, creature transitions (where seemingly normal humans turn into vampires as they attack you), and clocks which really tell the time. For new players, the tutorial system got a much more attractive UI, with a telepathic NPC seeming to help.
You can read the full announcement and changelog at http://arianne.sourceforge.net/news/stendhal-1-02-released-overcoming-darkness.html
2012-08-07 10:50:24 PDT by kymara
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Arianne RPG: Stendhal 1.01 released
Stendhal 1.01 focuses on improving the community spirit for this fun, friendly multiplayer online adventure game.
Additional social functions such as different tabs for private messages, and an easy way to check out a character profile, makes it easier to make friends. Social problems are also tackled, with accidental loss of a quest reward item prevented, and dragons taught to fight back from a distance, if players trap and monopolize them.
The quest system is further improved, with new NPCs which hint which unstarted quests may be suitable at your level, and nearby. There are also improvements for new players to the game, so that they are better guided and warned of what they'll face.
Screenshots and more changes at http://arianne.sourceforge.net/news/stendhal-1-01-released-community-spirit.html
2012-07-01 09:20:18 PDT by kymara
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Arianne RPG: Marauroa 3.9.2 released
Marauroa is a Multiplayer Online Engine Server, which you can use to build your own online games using Marauroa as a Content Management system.
Marauroa 3.9.2 introduces a better algorithm to store hashed passwords (it can be disabled with password_hash=md5 in the configuration file server.ini for compatibility). It fixes an issue that prevented clients from caching transferable content. Finally, it works around a bug in OpenJDK webstart which prevents clients from connecting to a server if a http proxy, without a socks proxy, is configured in Firefox.
More info at http://arianne.sourceforge.net/engine/marauroa.html
2012-07-01 09:04:46 PDT by kymara
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Arianne RPG: Stendhal 1.00 released
Stendhal 1.00 is a fun friendly and completely free multiplayer online adventure game with an old school feel. We're happy to announce the first stable release of this open source game at http://stendhalgame.org.
You can play Stendhal 1.00 on Windows, Mac and Linux. With Java installed, playing is as simple as clicking Play Now on http://stendhalgame.org.
Your character awakes in the house of an experienced guard, start a conversation and he'll teach you how to fight ... but even rats are probably a challenge at first, if you can catch them.
Stepping outside you'll appreciate the beauty of the simple village around you, but once you're strong enough, venture further afield for cities, dungeons, forests, mines, mountains and even tropical islands.
On your way you'll meet over 250 NPCs to chat to, and be tasked with over 100 complex and interesting quests. You may be asked to help protect land or people from danger, feed the hungry, heal the sick, make someone happy, solve a puzzle, play a game or simply lend a hand. You can keep track of your progress using a Travel Log.
Other players will help out and the often filled 'community chest' in the main city is a testament to the friendly groups we have here - though note that PVP is enabled, so if you're nervous, stay in protected areas!
Monsters are the real enemy, as if they are not kept in check, they threaten to plague the cities. You'll meet little crabs and mice right through to terrifying dark archangels and gashadokuro. Some fight with magical forces, so choose your weapons carefully. For elite warriors, the Death Match awaits...
As you play your level and stats will improve, and you'll be awarded ''achievements'' for completing quests, visiting places, looting items, killing monsters (and more!). You can compare yourself to your friends and see how close you are to the Hall of Fame on http://stendhalgame.org. The website also has stats on every item, creature, npc, quest, and achievement available in the game and a neat google maps-based world atlas.
It's all too easy to start playing, get hooked... and if you like, get the source code, and add your own ideas!
Play Now at http://stendhalgame.org.
2012-05-17 13:19:57 PDT by kymara
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Arianne RPG: Marauroa 3.9 released
Marauroa is a Multiplayer Online Engine Server, which you can use to build your own online games using Marauroa as a Content Management system.
Marauroa 3.9 introduces SOCKS-proxy support, much longer ban messages and hashes in content transfer offers. The changes are described in detail at http://stendhalgame.org/wiki/Marauroa_3.9
2012-02-05 08:19:08 PST by kymara
