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Hello guys! As you may know me already, I'm now in charge of the game's content design and many other aspects as well...

And well.. the game has been evolving, simplifying and growing at a rapid  healthy pace.

Its been hard taking over and trying to be as a good pixel artist as Queen, but im getting there.

Anyway some of the things I wanted to report are that..

-Aspen Village is now actually Aspen Island, which is bigger.

- Player avatars are receiving a dramatic overdo in both facial looks and possibly hair to look a bit more appealing and...

I've noticed people checking at both the new and old site for updates, so I've decided to push all update-seekers from both sites to one!

http://www.onyxlegion.com/dev/

We've all been working harder than ever before, so get ready for some steaming hot updates.

The new website is coming along great, I've finished all the major parts of the new website but now I need to go through every page and make sure I finished every small image, sprite and icon.

Sadly, Forumotion does not give database access to anyone nor will they give me the SQL export file, thus the new forum will have to start from scratch.

Once the new website is up, we will keep the Forumotion board up for one week to give you all a chance to gather your past information and belongings before we shut in down completely. Registration will be disabled on Forumotion once...

I know we are not moving at the pace everyone is hoping. I'd just like everyone to know that we're still making progress. So far, Hydracol and I have been collaborating with the new mapping program and working with player collisions. The first town is in progress along with the surrounding areas. In a nutshell, we are in line to create the first area!

We really appreciate those of you that have been checking in from time to time. I know how off-putting it is to encounter game development so unresponsive. We thank you for hanging in there and sticking it out. This WILL happen!

Hello everyone. I know we haven't been as revealing and talkative as we should be. I just wanted everyone to know that progress is being made daily. Although there's enough work to keep a full staff of people busy for months, it's reassuring to know we have a few people that hang on and support us as we progress.

Artwork
I've been doing my best to spend every single day doing something in the art section. There are so many things to make that can be so tedious and time consuming, and seeing as it's only me, it's not going as fast as I'd like. Here are a few things I've thrown...

Hello, everyone!

Lately we've seen a slight delay in work. This is not because we are not working hard, it's just been behind closed doors - we didn't want to ruin any surprises or show content that's horribly unfinished that could be a bad first impression.

This is the reason we've not seen any alpha plays lately. We are looking for the artists to create more interior house sprites before we launch the game. If we launched it now, it'd just look very similar to the last time it was launched, since all that was added was coding and not much art.

We recently updated...

Time to talk about one of my favorite aspects of this game: the unique class and ability system. Most standard RPGs will ask you to pick a class and kinda stick with it the whole way. OLO is a bit different.

The classes
- There are 3 main-classes: Power, Agility, and Arcane.
- Each of those main classes has multiple subclasses. (and with the first release of the game, there will only be one subclass per mainclass)

- Here's a breakdown of what I mean
    - Power Mainclass: Swordsman, Tank, Paladin...

Greetings players! I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th weekend and ate a lot of turkey! Oh wait that's thanksgiving.... anyway.....

Well I am writing today to inform everyone of a few important new directions that the game will be taking.

First of all, we are working hard on a new and more functional website/forum that will hopefully attract tons of new users.

Here is a sample:

Hello!

It's been a busy time for all of the staff... @Voo making some slick GUI, @QueenC creating some of the most beautiful graphics I've ever seen, and myself working on most of the boring backend systems, which is what I will be discussing today.

About time for an update wouldn't you say?

These past few weeks I've been finalizing the whole item system, which consists...

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Hey again guys! I thought it was about due time for another update on development.

While Queen has been drawing some fabulous in-game art and Voo has been designing the GUI and its layout, I have been hard at work as well getting all of the back-end systems working.

As shown in some of the Alpha Tests, we currently now have a fully functional inventory system and equip system. Most of the hard work was actually designing the item system as a whole, so other item-related elements such as professions, banking, trading, etc will be easy from here on out and should turn up relatively...

As you might have noticed from the new banners on the front page, the game is undergoing a major graphic change. Absolutely everything in the game is getting redrawn for an improved look an I'd like to share what I've done so far.

I've re-drawn the human characters (new hairstyles coming soon):



And just recently completed re-drawing every single piece of current gear in the game (somewhere around 150+ items, pheww!).



Next I'll be working on...

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With such a successful tune out for the April 26th v0.01 alpha test, we have decided to continue the alpha tests and increase their frequency. This means that there are more opportunities to get an early sneak peak.

The games development will be entering a phase called open development, in which all users are welcomed to help with development. If you are an artist, you can submit pixel art, and if you have suggestions or quests ideas you can of course do this as well, for example.

All of this happens in the private alpha testers section which you can gain access to upon creating...

Greetings everyone.

The game's development has reached a point where it would be beneficial to me as a developer to begin distributing it as a playable Alpha Version. I can receive helpful feedback and the users so desperately wanting to test this project will finally get what they want!

I have posted a new article in the News and Events section outlining this in more detail.

Nearly all of the game mechanics are done. The only thing left is adding more content itself (quests, monsters, etc.). This is obviously an ongoing effort. But I plan to have 20 levels worth...

Hello everybody! I know it's hard to hold your interest for a game that is not yet released but bear with me I am working hard at getting a decent version out for you guys. The game is 100% playable right now but that doesn't mean it's necessarily presentable. I am hoping for some time next week though.

Anyway, today I will share some of the art that you will see in the game! Art is a never ending process, so some of these may change. Hope you enjoy it

NPC:

The noob:

Here I will showcase what GUI elements I have been working on!

Inventory and Character Window:

Here

Profession Tab:

General Overview:
For my first devblog ever I am going to showcase the early stages of the games development.

Onyx Legion Online is a full-fledged transcendence of both classic and modern MMORPGs. The game puts players in a cross-generation gaming environment with its simple yet visually appealing pixel graphics, its classic and familiar gameplay as well as quests, and finally it's unique real-time combat/class system. So come and enjoy the spirit of generation's past with a twist of endless modern day additions that will entice you for hours!

Well that...