Posts Tagged ‘news’
First video of Starmourn’s space flight!
We’ve put up the first video showing off our space flight in Starmourn. Enjoy!
Read more...An interview with our Lead Builder – Laura Martz
I’m happy to present to you a short interview with Laura Martz, Starmourn’s lead builder for the last 16 months or so. Although almost everyone who works for Iron Realms started out as a player of our games, we reached out to the wider MUD community when hiring a lead builder, and although we had…
Read more...Space
Although we recently released some details on the basics of the starship system in Starmourn, maybe you’re wondering what ‘space’ looks like in a MUD? Wonder no longer! I just put up a page showing a screenshot of space, some info on how big it is (very) as well as the first map of Starmourn…
Read more...Let’s talk starships! Finally!
I’ve just put up a page with a lot of info about the basics of starships. You will definitely want to check this out, as it’s by far the largest information release on starships we’ve done so far. More info on them is coming, including shots of space and ships flying around!
Read more...The Fury – Starmourn’s 5th Class!
Introducing the Furies! Check them out here! This was the hardest class for us to design, to be honest, and took quite awhile. The way the Battleflow and Rage skills work together is pretty cool though, and we’re hoping you guys agree when you get your hands on it!
Read more...Death in Starmourn
Let’s talk about death! Why do we have death in a game? Why not just make you immortal? Two main reasons: 1) Many games (certainly including Starmourn) have elements of roleplaying and simulation to one degree or another. Death is a pretty big part of life insofar as it happens to everyone, and it’s a…
Read more...Q+A madness on the Forums
Starmourn’s Producer, Tecton, hosted an AMA-style question and answer event on the Starmourn forums! Head over to forums.starmourn.com to glean some information about the game.
Read more...Player customisation in Starmourn
One question that has been getting asked a lot on the forums and the Starmourn discord recently is the extent of player customization. In this post, I’ll discuss one aspect of the customization options – your character! These are the options that will be available during character generation at or around launch time. Note: I…
Read more...More NPC race concept art.
We released some new NPC race concept art on the wiki and forums a couple weeks ago, and I realized I forgot to update the blog and site! The Eckin – Blind, underground quadrapeds. The Oescans – A poor, largely agrarian people. The Oteel – An insectoid slave race of the shapeshifting Fatar. The Atarsids…
Read more...The Starmourn wiki is open!
We’ve just officially opened the Starmourn wiki, which will be our official repository of information about the in-game Starmourn universe! There’s already hundreds of pages there about Starmourn, and we’ll be adding more in the near future, though for now, we’re not going to open it to editing by anyone but team members. Crucially, I…
Read more...Engineer – Starmourn’s fourth class!
Hot on the heels of revealing the Nanoseer, we’re happy to reveal the engineer class. Read all about it here!
Read more...Nanoseer – Starmourn’s third class!
Just announced the Nanoseer class! Read up on it!
Read more...Roleplaying
Just put up a small page about roleplaying in Starmourn to answer some questions we’ve been getting. Enjoy!
Read more...Hacking in Starmourn, Redux
When I first started thinking about hacking in Starmourn, I made this blog post about it. In the months since then, I tried various types of designs, including one potentally interesting pseudo-graphical (using ascii graphics) idea that may make it into the game someday, but ultimately we’ve settled on two types of hacking. The first…
Read more...The Grensuhlians
Just put up a little info about the NPC Grensuhlians, a deep-water race of non-humanoid telepaths. Read up on them on the NPC Races page!
Read more...The Ibyssian Brotherhood
Just put up some info, with three illustrations, on the amphibious races of the Ibyssian Brotherhood – the narwal-looking Lha Ti, the squid-like Ixodon, and the humanoid Corran. Read up!
Read more...Introducing the Scoundrel class!
Scoundrel’s the second class we’ve announced. Read all about them here!
Read more...Starmourn’s economy – early thoughts
The economy design in Starmourn is still at a relatively nascent stage, but there are some key ways it’s going to differ from our other MUDs, based on lessons learned over the last 20 years of running MUDs. Better control over currency generation. The ability of players to generate in-game currency (Marks in Starmourn’s case,…
Read more...Meet the Cleax
The Cleax are a race originating from outside Starmourn sector, and are one of the most alien of the races we know of. Starmourn first had contact with them about 900,000 years ago, long before most of the Younger Races even existed, when they invaded and were stopped by an alliance of Elder Races. They…
Read more...Props – a system of interactive items in rooms
I know we haven’t talked much about game mechanics yet, and for a good reason – as the game develops, there is a real chance that any mechanic we designed or built could get changed. However, there are some systems, such as the Prop system, that we’re really happy with and know will be in…
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