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Dawntide

Topic: Software

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Dawntide
Developer(s)Working As Intended
Designer(s)Martin Anward
Composer(s)Dan Reynolds
EngineGamebryo[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseCancelled
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Dawntide was a short-lived open world massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Working as Intended, an independent studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark . It used the Gamebryo engine from Emergent Game Technologies and CEGUI for UI. It featured a free-form advancement system.

The official launch date was October 1, 2011.[2] On March 2, 2012, the developer announced on the game website that development was temporarily suspended due to financial issues but development never resumed.[3]

The archipelago which makes up the Vynn territory in Cieve.

Gameplay

In Cieve, the world of Dawntide, players are the driving element and the builders of a new civilization.[4] "They can create their own cities, even forming nations with their own realistic societies. Factions have the opportunity to create and enforce their own laws and establish a government, as well as giving other players the opportunity to break those laws and overthrow those governments – at their own risk."

Features

Features, implemented or otherwise, included: a free-form skill progression system,[5] fully player-buildable towns, four playable races, full loot PvP, an interdependent crafting system, and a sailing and exploration mechanic.

Notes

  1. ↑ Reahard, Jef (October 28, 2011). "Some Assembly Required: An early look at Dawntide". AOL. http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/28/some-assembly-required-an-early-look-at-dawntide/. Retrieved January 4, 2015. 
  2. ↑ "Dawntide to Launch October 1st". Ten Ton Hammer. July 28, 2011. http://www.tentonhammer.com/dawntide/news/dawntide-to-launch-october-1st. Retrieved January 4, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Iantorno, Mathew (8 March 2012). "Dawntide Postmortem". http://michaeliantorno.com/dawntide-postmortem/. 
  4. ↑ "Dawntide: Storyline". http://www.dawntide.net/game/exploration/storyline. 
  5. ↑ "Massively exclusive interview: Dawntide's Martin "Wiz" Anward | Massively". http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/06/28/massively-exclusive-interview-dawntides-martin-wiz-anward/. 




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