MechScape World

The Rise of Stellar Dawn

Ren — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:09:44 +0000

Quick facts:

MechScape has been reborn as “Stellar Dawn”
It will benefit from the engine improvements made for MechScape
The gameplay and content will be different (so anything you heard about the game may no longer be the case)
“Stellar Dawn will have a PVP aspect” (source)
RuneScape creator and Jagex founder Andrew Gower is now in charge of the project
They hope it’ll be ready to launch in 2010 (but no guarantees)

Mark Gerhard’s Q&A with MechScape World

PoultryChamp — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:20:05 +0000

Friday Mark Gerhard stopped by to answer questions from fellow members and Stellar Dawn fanatics like yourself. We also was introduced to Mark Gregson, the Stellar Dawn Community Management Team Leader.

Among the important questions answered was the status to MechScape/Stellar Dawn. Mark Gerhard had this to say:

“Sadly the game was not as complete as we wanted and we spent the first few months trying to “fix” the game where we could. About a month or so ago we took the decision to stop trying to “fix it” as we still wouldn’t have the game we wanted and the game certainly did not meet all the objectives and specifications established in the original game design document and therefore it would be better to go back to the founding principles and build the game we always wanted –Andrew is now overseeing the project and working very closely with the team to build Stellar Dawn, not all was lost as we naturally have developed the game engine substantially over the last few years and the new designs benefits massively from this as well as a ton of experience within the team as to what works and what doesn’t. So whilst the content and a lot of the game play will change from what was previously built almost everything else will go straight back into Stellar Dawn.” - Mark Gerhard

That’s bad news! We hope that Mark returns to answer more of our questions and to just post like a normal guy, and appreciate him coming out to give us some much-needed insight. You can read the full topic here.

PS: It also looks like Stellar Dawn is the official name for the game now. As we learn more, you can count on us to release this information first and exclusively.

Birthday

Ren — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:24:25 +0000

MSW has just turned two so visit the forums to join our birthday celebrations!

MechScape Post #30

Ren — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:04:11 +0000

In The Tale of ThirdScape Ren talks about Jagex’s microtransactional MMO project.

MechScape Post #29

PoultryChamp — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:01:09 +0000

In Competitiveness in MMORPGs and Real Life, Simba explains how MechScape might capture our inner need to compete with one another. Check it out.

MechScape Post #28

PoultryChamp — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:56:52 +0000

Max and Ren do a stellar run-down of Jagex’s technological capabilities in creating MechScape, FunOrb, RuneScape and other projects.

“So why does this concern MechScape? Well, MechScape is going to be taking full advantage of these technologies that Jagex have developed. Of course, it would be impossible to tell you all of the different technologies that MechScape could contain, but by looking at the ones we do know of, we can better understand what MechScape could be like.”

Read the full article here, MechScape Post #28 - Jagex’s Technology Capabilities.

MechScape Post #27

Ren — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:32:13 +0000

MechScape Post #27 features an editorial by Ren in the form of a piece of speculative fiction entitled “A Mech Called Murrie”.

Andrew’s Q&A Mentions MechScape

PoultryChamp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:18:15 +0000

Another day, more information. Andrew’s answers to our member’s MechScape-related questions are so good you might think the guy was a professional dodgeball player!

So what did the guy say?

Robinhoodrs asks:
Most of us by now know about the up coming MMO by you guys codename “Mechscape”, but
it seems you guys have gone with the name “Stellar Dawn”, can you confrim this? Also any
new on the Beta?

Andrew’s Answer:
MechScape is indeed a codename, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to confirm the real name yet, although I believe the name will be announced soon. Work is still ongoing, it’s going to a be a while yet. Want to make it better!
Visit Robinhoodrs’s Topic and Discuss!

Curious to what Andrew has to say about other subjects? Visit the Andrew Gower Q&A copy on MechScape World’s forums, or go see the devBlog.

Breaking: Could Stellar Dawn be the new MechScape name?

PoultryChamp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:36:37 +0000

Could Stellar Dawn be the new MechScape name? Likely, according to an anonymous source. Check out the topic. Since the release of RuneTek5, a mysterious new name has appeared in place of “mechscape” in source code. MechScape World was the first to tell you about Stellar Dawn at the beginning of the year, and since then, rumours have been swirling. With more evidence coming to light, it’s possible that “Codename: MechScape” is to be released as Stellar Dawn. What implications does this have for the MechScape community? For Jagex? Discuss it on Ren’s thread here.

MechScape Post #26

Ren — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:33:52 +0000

MechScape Post #26 features an editorial by Mike470 on Solo Play Versus Team Play In MechScape.