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Archmage Rises - A Living, Breathing World

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Nov 29, 2017.

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    [​IMG]The latest update on Archmage Rises sees the realization of a living breathing world.

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    In this special 50th double length episode we show the tech we've been promising for 3+ years. It's real. It works. The simulated people, places, and monsters all intersect to create interesting choices and quests worth doing. We've summited everest. While there is still much work left to do, it's allllllll downhill from here.

    In this episode:
    1. We show the implementation of monsters and lairs in the game world
    2. The recent addition of bodies when someone dies
    3. Concerns about translation
    4. Introduce the Fan Hall of Fame
    5. Answer a fan question about lovers, spouses, and a harem
    A Dream Realized

    When we set out on this adventure I thought we could "fake" a lot of things behind the scenes and still give an authentic experience. Unfortunately mid April that proved not to be the case. It was too hard to generate a family history backwards. We'd have to start at the beginning and go forwards. Instead of abstractly saying 100 people eat 1 grains per week, we had to build a world simulator where each person wakes up on their own schedule and decides for themselves when to eat and why.

    NPCs work jobs because they want money to buy food, clothing, and shelter. Monsters reproduce and spread, patrolling territory and taking resources they need for survival. Nobles guide the evolution of a town based on their personality, while trying to keep the people happy and stay in power.

    Enter the player able to do whatever they want in a fully realized world. I've never seen anything like it. I look forward to you experiencing it too.

    When is Build 11?

    We address this a bit in the video: not sure yet. We have a number of polishing up issues to tackle before we push out a build. This is refinement not development so we are real close. I think 2 weeks should do it, but we don't know.

    One of the biggest issues is the performance of passing time with the news system. It's taking up 85% of the CPU time. Why is it an issue all of a sudden? Because Nic commented it out as he was doing his performance improvements many months ago. We turned it back on, because we needed it for the quests, and wow. Is that thing ever a pig. So we'll see.
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