Secrets vs Mystery
From a distance, "secrecy" and "mystery" look (and for some people) sound identical. Both can make a world feel larger than what any one character understands. In practice, however, they
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Development of Tales of Zalanthas
Development updates on the systems, design, code and world-building for the game.
Merchants / Shops
The approach we're taking towards shops in ToZ is to keep it simple and transparent. In the previous game things were overly complicated resulting in a lot of confusion for players and
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Combat Revisited
For Tales of Zalanthas combat will be an important part of the game as characters explore the world, hunt, and scavenge for survival. We have taken the basic system of our old game, ArmageddonMUD,
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Magick Series: Shapers
This will be the first of a series of devblogs about the magick system in Tales of Zalanthas. As we work through other variations of the magick system, we'll have additional devblogs
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Skill System
Tales of Zalanthas, like its predecessor ArmageddonMUD, will use a level-less skill-based system for all characters. There are no 'experience points' as in MMORPGs or level-based systems; you gain skill by using
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