Alright...there is a new developer's blog on FunOrb, which was opened to the world on October 9th, central US timezone. Go on FunOrb right now and click the latest Dev Blog. The name of the Dev Blog is "Making a Game". If you click the Blog, there are 2 pictures and also Mod Korpz, the head of FunOrb is talking about how games are made.

If you look at the 1st picture, it looks like a green and black virtual world with blocks, you might be surprised. If you look at the 2nd picture, this is where my eyes got wider. The 2nd picture is a pic of a guy in yellow/orange armour, and he's holding some kind of GUN. In my opinion, this Dev Blog has something to do with MechScape.

Why? There are other concept arts about MechScape and one of them look similar to this one. Also, Ren found that when he wrote Stellar Dawn on the Internet, it linked to FunOrb. Maybe MechScape will be released on FunOrb? I highly doubt it, BUT, a Dev Blog has been released on FunOrb and it looks like it is related to MechScape.

Mod Korpz says that these pictures have something to do with a new "game" they are making. If you look at the white words under the pictures, you see something like... "Prototype screenshots from an upcoming game." OR "Concept art for an upcoming game."...

The word "Upcoming Game" and the words "Concept Art" are giving us all curious thoughts right now. Could it be MechScape? If you read the whole diary, it nowhere says that the "new game" they are making is on FunOrb."

Below I have some quotes from Mod Korpz that might give us more clues if that "new" game is MechScape itself.

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1. "Anyone can come up with a game concept here at Jagex; we take ideas from all sources."

2. "A lot of what we do here is pushing the boundaries of what the Jagex library code can accomplish, so we have to make sure that the game is fun, the rules for the game work and that the code required to create them is possible."

3. "The last element of the process is quality assurance or QA. We are always pressed for time where QA is concerned; we could always do with more testing, but there comes a point of diminishing returns where the game is essentially "good enough" to release. The difference in quality between "good enough" and "perfect" is usually small, but the difference in terms of time is staggering. Nothing ever goes live as perfect as we'd like to make it, but the delay that would be caused in making it perfect would simply be too long."

4. "So that�€™s a cut-down snap shot of the entire process. Concept - prototype - design - build - revise - build - revise - build etc., etc., etc. - test - release and then back to concept."

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For number 1. It mentions that JaGeX take ideas from ALL sources. In a Q'A session I read some time before on MechScapeWorld, Jagex mentions that "they got the idea for MechScape from lot's of sources including books, movies, games, media and much more"...could this is one hint why this Dev Blog could be related to MechScape.

For number 2. It mentions that Jagex keep pushing the boundaries of what the Jagex Library Code can accomplish. Isn't that what JaGeX is doing right now? They keep on pushing the release date of MechScape.

For number 3. It says that the game has to go through QA, obviously we know that. But they also mention that they have to come back to the game where they want to make one part of the game from "good enough" to "perfect", they also said that the area between "good enough" and "perfect" are small but the difference is staggering.

For number 4. You might already find out what this means, "build, revise, build, revise, build, revise, (beta) test, then release". This is EXACTLY what JaGeX are doing right now with MechScape. "Build, Revise, build, revise".

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So as you can see, MechScape is getting closer, and we might have a new concept art for MechScape if I am right. Post your thoughts and opinions below, no flaming please. Thank you for reading.

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(Copyright, Mod Korpz, Jagex Games Studio)

I don't believe it is MechScape. First it is a funorb game, which means it CAN have sci-fi without it being MechScape. Second the person looks too "Haloish" which makes me believe it isn't MechScape.

Pretty sure there's been a post somewhere by a jmod stating those are funorb games.

Furthermore, the first image could not be the Game-Without-A-Name. It is from a pretty early stage of development, something which we think Game-Without-A-Name is past.

thank you for your opinion, but on the Dev Blog, it doesn't specifically say that the name game "will be" on FunOrb. If you go to the homepage of MechScapeWorld, and if you look all the way to the right, there are some concept art pictures. Click the one with the guy whose face is showing. Doesn't that picture look similar to the one on FunOrb?

If you cant see any similarity, then we have a problem, but open your eyes for a bit, you might be surprised.

are you pretty sure? or 100% sure. what about the picture below the first image?

I believe it's in "interesting funorb post" by crash jordan or something like that.

very interesting

theirs a topic on hear somewhere about this allready.....

Hello all,

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1 - Both screen shots are from FunOrb games. Then first one is from a work-in-process title using our new hardware accelerated graphics API. It doesn't look like much at the moment (lots of green lines and blocks) but it represents a multiplayer flight-sim, shoot em up. The second is a shot of some concept artwork from the re-work of Hostile Spawn.

2 - We have a number of internal development environments. These replicate the technology we have in the live system but are on completely sealed networks. You can't access them from the internet at all. We have special accounts for accessing these games.

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Mod Korpz.



Not Mechscape related and like others said there is a thread for this already.
I'm not Mod Korpz btw, posted it so it seemed like it so my bad. Don't think anyone would think I was but just being safe.

It's my post, not Crash Jordan's.

Here is a link to a thread about this..

Oh, so it is really a FunOrb game
Unless MechScape will be on FunOrb, which I doubt.

Answers to my questions! =]

just because theres already another thread about this it doesnt mean anything.

on to topic, are you sure its not mechscape related? what about when he says, hardware accelerated graphics? Arent those the new graphics for mechscape? New graphics, improved...

yes we cant access any funorb games that are still being made but we cannot access mechscape either.

he said both of those pictures are funorb games, so what? There was a game called armies of gielinor and it was related to runescape BUT it was not runescape. hint, hint.

if you see the first picture, doesnt it look BIG. yes BIG. and 3D. i know funorb games are 3D, some of them, BUT it wouldnt be BIG. BIG as in HUGE landscapes...

There is no getting through to you is there?
The first one is flight sim and the second is a concept art for a re-work. Nothing related to Mechscape, and FunOrb uses the same tech as Mechscape does (I would think).
Not related to Mechscape, you're thinking into it too much.

Perhaps it's an "Armies of Gielinor" for MechScape? That'd be interesting...

Exactly what I was thinking!

I don't think so. It's a remake of Hostile Spawn.

I remember a Jagex Moderator posting that the Jagex teams likes to leave little hints around about upcoming games, or updates. They say they can't talk about upcoming features, but they didn't say they couldn't leave hints. We need to look harder to find them out?

Hope they release Mechscape before making a minigame about it :S

hmm, hostile spawn, interesting, maybe when the FunOrb game is released, IF before mechscape, we probably might get some hints. but just because its a funorb game has nothing to do with if its related to mechscape or not. jagex even said that they got the idea of mechscape from all the things they learned in runescape in experience. i dont know if they started on funorb first or mechscape first but if they started on funorb first, i probably think so, then they must have gotten some experience from funorb as well.

i just looked this up, flight sim, or flight simulator has something to do with airplanes, cockpits, and jet related stuff. look it up on wikipeda. hostile spawn sounds like its gonna be some alien shooting game but im not sure. hostile means angry and spawn means like to appear in one place so basically its like anger is coming everywhere.

if u put those 2 things together, anger, planes, cockpits, (yellow armoured humans with guns)...it pretty sounds like mechscape to me. and dont deny this, jagex said there would be accessible (mount-like) viechles that you can drive in and spaceships are of them.

*Grasps at every available straw as well!*


Ahem, I'm afraid that I have to disagree.

I disagree because you're trying to convince yourself. Hostile Spawn is an "Alien Breed" clone, look that one up. Flight-sims and StellarDawn... vehicles... The link is tenuous at best.

Whilst we don't know the ins and outs of the Jagex working environment I honestly believe that they are separate entities when it comes to their respective game designs.

I will concede that they have probably utilised a technology share but apart from that, separate teams with their own agendas.


Also, I'm also horrifically shocked that you had to look up what flight-sim meant. Don't people play simulators like that anymore? I used to own close to 12 when I was younger. WW2 through to modern jet fighters... Loved them.

I also dont think that it could be mechscape as the person doesnt look anything like people would imagine the mechscape players to look like.

Wrong.

They said when they were making stellar dawn it would be a step up from runescape. those pictures look a step down because they are 2D. Also i doubt they will have skateboards in stellar dawn....