Concept Art for Aerion Online

Did a few gif animations for This game, not sure how in depth I'm going to involve myself in this project. But here I'll share with everyone.

Bat - General Movement Bat - Attack

To implement a Rune Crafting system utilizing the current crafting infrastructure of Ashen Empires.

Crafting proposal
By Shane Davis(Thetyrant) & Aaron Harrier(CigarDev)
Special thanks to: Aaron Korr and Icrazguerilla for prices and god names

Purpose: To implement a Rune Crafting system utilizing the current crafting infrastructure of Ashen Empires.

Step 1: Jewel Gathering
Currently the jewel components needed to implement this system are already in place and used as a sellable product. They are gathered by the mining/fishing profession and hunting is as follows:

Jewels
* Garnet -31gold
* Blue Topaz – 90gold
* Topaz – 125gold
* Onyx – 281gold
* Amethyst – 500gold
* Sapphire – 781gold
* Emerald – 1125gold
* Ruby – 1531gold
* Diamond – 2000gold
* Pearls (TR) – 90gold
* Black Pearls(TR) – 1250gold

Step 2: Grinding Arcane Powder
This step would allow players to grind the gathered jewels into various Arcane Powders that will be needed to craft Greater Jewels for Rune crafting. Players will use the Mortal and Pestle tool to grind these stones. The results will be as follows:

Concept Tools: Gem Mortar


Powders:

* Garnet Powder
* Blue Topaz Powder
* Topaz Powder
* Onyx Powder
* Amethyst Powder
* Sapphire Powder
* Emerald Powder
* Ruby Powder
* Diamond Powder
* Pearl Powder
* Black Pearl Powder



Step 3: Firing Process
This step takes the powders made in step 2 and combines them to create a Hybrid Crystal on which a rune can be carved. This step would involve a forge as is currently used in blacksmithing and new graphic art that could be used as the resulting crystal. As an example a player would combine 2 x Diamond Powder with 3 x Sapphire powder to produce and Sky Crystal. This step would involve the implementation of a mold device where the powders could be mixed prior to firing.

Tool Concept: Runic Iron Casting


Recipes:

Class Runes – Lvl 1- 15

*Green Crystal (Rune of Nature) – 1 x Amethyst Powder / 1 x Topaz Powder

*Yellow Crystal (Rune of Soul) - 2 x Topaz Powder / 2 x Garnet Powder

*Red Crystal (Rune of Body) – 2 x Garnet Powder / 1 x Onyx Powder

*Blue Crystal (Rune of Mind) – 2 x Blue Topaz Powder / 1 Garnet Powder

Secondary Runes

*(lvl 20) Sky Crystal (Rune of Malith) – 2 x Diamond Powder / 3 x Sapphire powder

*(lvl 25) Dark Crystal (Rune of Malenox) – 2 x Black Pearl Powder / 2 x Onyx Powder

*(lvl 30) Crimson Crystal (Rune of Agon) – 2 x Ruby Powder / 3 x Pearl Powder

*(lvl 35)Twisted Crystal (Rune of Sabal) – 1 x Diamond Powder / 3 x Amethyst Powder

*(lvl 40) Metallic Crystal (Rune of Veldan) – 2 x Emerald Powder / 3 x Topaz Powder

*(lvl 45) Spectral Crystal (Rune of Kuthos) – 2 x Ruby Powder / 3 x Sapphire Powder

*(lvl 50) Water Crystal (Rune of Ulthien) – 3 x Sapphire Powder / 1 x Diamond Powder

*(lvl 55) Glowing Crystal (Rune of Isos) – 2 x Diamond Powder / 2 x Sapphire Powder

Special Items

*(lvl 60) Crystal of Arna (Idol of Arna) -5 x Diamond Powder / 3 x Emerald Powder

*(lvl 75)Great Stone (Soulstone) – 5x Black Pearl Powder / 5 x Diamond Powder

Step 4: Carving the Rune

This step would involve the implementation of certain gem cutting tools to perform the actual carving of the runes. The player would need to click on the tool, then the Crystal to perform the carving. Once finished the rune would be complete.

Tool Concept: Rune Carving Tools

Recent Concept for Additional Content for Brewing skill.

Honey Malt:
made by combining Honey Comb and Malt Syrup.

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Traditional Honey Mead:
Requires: 1/4 bucket of Water, 2 Honey Malt, 1 Aroma Hops, 1 bag of Sugar and 2 Yeast Packet.

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Honey Comb:

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Drinking Horn:
Concept Idea: (ex. Turkey Trot Totem - Special Item - Gives +8 con, -2 dex )

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Brewer Trainer: (For Valinor Island)
Location: Downstairs in Basement with Cassandra
Supplies you with Brewkettle/Bucket/10 yeast Packets
Valinor Brown Bottle or Valinor Belly wash - Recipe Location: Valinor
Requires: 1/4 bucket of Water, 1 Cut Barley, 1 bag of Sugar and 2 Yeast Packets.
Quests:
- Make 5 bottles of Valinor Belly Wash
- Make 5 bottles of Krog Pride
- Make 5 Parian Stout
- Make 1 bottle of Lotor's Pale Ale
- Kill the Drunken Goblin(Lvl 7 Goblin that spawns at campfire across bridge)


Valinor Belly Wash (consumption bonus: -1 con, +3str)

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Throw Weapons Trainer:


Simple String Sling
1-handed
To Hit: +10
Speed: 1.30
Damage Type- arrow
damge: 1-4

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Braided Sling
1-handed
To Hit: +20
Speed: 1.60
Damage Type- arrow
damge: 2-6

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Shepherd's sling
2-handed
To Hit: +40
Speed: 1.80
Damage Type- arrow
damge: 2-8

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Spider Queen Dagger (Spider Queen Quest for Mainland lvl 10-20 players)
This will add content for low level players on mainland -
Quest Starts: NPC in Whisperdale (wandering near gravestones)- Gives a quest for player to search out for Spider queen- and rid the country side of her and her offspring. Once player has killed a X amount returns and gets the dagger as a reward. Think roughly like a Razor Bone Dagger.

The co-founder of Manifesto Games gives his views on the past year in games and what's ahead for 2006.

Gamecloud continues our series of Q&As with game developers looking back in 2005 and looking forward to 2006 in the game industry with our chat with Greg Costikyan, the co-founder of Manifesto Games.

http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=2824

Officially added to the NOKs TEAM!

http://www.noks.com/Team.htm
Check it out!

Been doing alot of preparing for this QA job, currently taking applications for QA testers. If you are interested.. Please Apply..


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The Position:

Temporary non-paid QA Tester

You will be responsible for testing the final stages before release, performing regression testing. This is a temporary position, and will work mostly independently to complete assigned tasks or projects. Compile lists of any defects or design issues found during testing, Assists in preparing bug reports for QA Lead.

QUALIFICATIONS:

•Strong verbal and written communication skills.
•Ability to remain focused and work independently away from team.
•Have a strong desire to work within the video game industry.
•Computer literacy on PC platform with working knowledge of Windows environment.
•Excellent organizational skills.


Please submit the following directly to: shaned@Noks.com

• Cover letter stating your experience with QA Testing.
• Also include: Why you play games, what makes them fun, and what doesn’t make them fun?
• Please reference “QA Tester” the subject line of your email.