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A land of predators, prey, and hidden magic…

Isles of Eventide

Kickstarter ending 2/8/15

Conceptually, I love a non-anthro MMORPG. They’re works of art–by their nature and the “dolly dress-up” functionality of the MMO genre they encourage a riot of complex fur design and species twiddling that they become more of a visual collage than ecosystem, which I think is really pretty.

My first brush with the genrette (that should be a word, if it isn’t) was–well, it wasn’t a game, more of a toy or interactive screensaver, Endless Forest, a game where players take the role of non-anthro, non-verbal deer. No chat, just prancing. There was magic, but it was mostly devoted to tweaking your character’s appearance. It was a subtle, beautiful game, and I lost a few quiet Sunday mornings to playing “look, I’m prancing!”

Looking at Isles of Eventide, a MMORPG in development by BloodStream Studios, I’m taken back to that strange, spirit-infested augmented natural world. The concept art of IOE is beautiful–you can follow the dev committee’s group gallery on Deviant Art, some of the art’s evocative of the intricate realism of Dark Natasha (such hair, many braids, wow).

IOE is set in an archipelago, a chain of volcanic islands with wide-ranging climate, weather, ecosystems, from a megafauna-infested frozen north to a fantasy forest, sandy beach, or savanna/plain setting. These islands are dotted with standing stones touched by the lingering magic of a race of ancients.

At some point in the not-so-distant past, three great clans of beasts, awakened by the magic of the Mother Tree, came across the oceans to these islands, infesting it with great cats, canines, and equines. Each of these clans has its own strengths (cats are agile and summery loners; canines are pack-oriented, enduring social beasts; equines are strong and sturdy herbivores).

Looking at the game, it seems reasonable to break the discussion down into “sandbox” and “plot.” Both are important in an MMO. We’ll look at sandbox first.

The three clans form the basis of your characters, but there’s enough variety in markings and accessories to change a wolf into a striped hyena, if that’s your thing. While this is a non-anthro game and your choice of accessories is a bit limited, through game play you can pick up armor and costume elements, learn to change your character’s body through magic (the Greater Northern Horned Wolf is an option, with the right spells and base materials). You can pick up pets, and dress and equip them–though why any sane critter would want to be a lion’s familiar, I’ve no idea. And for deep dollhouse fun, the main islands have tiny islets of their own that share their climate, and can be claimed by player characters for personal use and development. Dig a tunnel, dig dig a tunnel.

So far as plot goes, the game is spread over a series of islands, each its own game realm, with unique ecology, predator and prey species, magics and secrets, and boss monster. On a base level, some of the game is, well, being an animal–hunting deer, eluding carnivores, finding a home. Snu-snu at $100K.

Much of the game beyond that is in the uncovering of the secrets of the Ancients. Some of the runestones left behind by the ancients contain legends and stories of the ancient world. Some have spells, teaching the ancient secrets of flight, surviving in the ocean depths, and +3 Strength. Others link the islands together and allow rapid travel, and contain information about the land and its inhabitants. In their wisdom, the Ancients even created circles of standing stones to gate in extradimensional horrors, so even a top-level predator may want to be careful where they sleep at night.

As the game expands–over time, or as Stretch Goals–the oceans will become increasingly playable themselves, other islands will be added (bayou, Asiatic forest, tropical jungle, etc, each with their own secrets and challenges), and new clans will join the island (birds, at first, then we’ll see.) And an engine for heredity and reproduction will get unlocked, so, puppies.

Looking at the Kickstarter, it has a lot of what you’d expect from an MMORPG launch: backer-only in-game perks, an ebook of secrets and easter eggs, your own large islet that can’t normally be claimed, backer-only or even custom character designs (I want my cutie mark, dammit), and at the higher levels, a large island owned by your business (The Sofawolf Atoll, anyone?) and creative input on the islands themselves.

I do like this project, but it’s had a slow start. It’s a new company, and the indie game space/MMORPG playground is pretty crowded, from both a crowdfunding and market share perspective. (For anyone interested in taking a tilt at this particular windmill, I’d recommend “A No-Name Developer’s Guide to Succeeding on Kickstarter.”)

That doesn’t mean it won’t launch or succeed at funding, possibly with a modified relaunch (and some copy-editing, guys, get an English major, they’re cheap and need some love.) Given the archipelagic nature of the game–word drop, 200 points–fundraising themed around the islands might work to create a chain of smaller kickstarters, more likely to succeed. True, it’d be a bit of a lie since the bulk of cost is in game development, but it’d be a good sales story and encourage richer fan development of the islands themselves. Many project creators start small, and build up an audience of friends and followers over a few projects, and some video game’s stories are “Fail at $100,000, succeed at $30,000, re-succeed at $20,000.”

Anyway, take a look at the project. It is quite pretty, bearing in mind that it’s not completed–that’s what the money is for, after all! Good luck!

Follow @Furstarter on Twitter for dailyish updates from the world of fur-funding! Note: Images used above are included to promote the work of crowdfunding artists, and are owned by the original creator.

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i drew a succubus, check her out!! :D :3

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15447497/

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It's been a while since FaceRig came out. Is it any good?

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Hey, I wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to the Furry Fandom, and I'm happy to say that I choose this subreddit as my first introduction. As I'm new to the Fandom, I have little knowledge of it, and I would appreciate some help starting out. <3

I've been thinking about my fursona (is that what it's called? As I said, I'm new. :p), and as I'm a very playful funny person in real life, I thought I'd choose a dog, and the most playful dog I could think of is a Golden Retriever (I'm also blonde IRL), they're my favourite breed too. :p

Anyway, sorry for rambling on! I'm here, and I'm excited to start my furry journey. :3

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Author: Micah Mainstream outlet Publisher’s Weekly ran a recent spotlight on author M.C.A. Hogarth that includes a nod to furry small press SofaWolf and the novel Flight of the Godkin Griffin. In 2004, she offered “Flight of the Godkin Griffin,” a sword and sorcery fantasy diary, directly to her audience via LiveJournal, then a popular […]

Hello everyone. I am experimenting with a new tool to aid in making yarn tails. To make sure that the design performs well enough, I would like to get a feel for the average time it takes for someone to make a yarn tail. Right now I have the whole process down to about 8 hours for a 28 inch (71 cm) tail.

If you are not familiar with the term man-hours, it is the time per person spent on the task. Let me know the tail length and the total number of man-hours spent making it.

Don't worry, I will not be selling this tool or the process, I will be releasing a full guide for everyone to use!

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Hello dear Furries. First ever Reddit post. Kind of nervous. Kind of excited. (Nervouscited?) So hey, I am Nick or Ero, whatever you'd prefer. I like both. I am 17 years old and from Germany. I am a Furry since, I think 2012. I am not the kind of person who would like to get into a Fursuit, though I totally respect people who do that. I have never attended a Con, yet, but I would really like to do so. Maybe in another couple years. I am very nervous and shy in real life. That one mystery person who always gets good grades in school but never talks to anybody. I'm more open on the internet, obviously, because I don't have to be face to face with another person. I am extremely tolerant and despise racism, homophobia, fascism, and all those shenanigans. I myself am bisexual. I've never had any issues telling anyone, because I am also asexual (basically I would go into a deep emotional relationship (y'know kissing, hugging, cuddling), but would never have sex with the other person). I am someone you can trust in, someone to always be there for you. I am sincere and can take part in the most serious discussions. If I'll do that or if I'll step back and watch the scenario play out solely depends on my nervousness and knowledge. I am also part of the My Little Pony fandom (I know some Furries do not want to be compared to Bronies so I'll avoid that). I enjoy the show and various fan made projects. Things I genuinely love about being Furry is the sheer amount of artworks and even music (Lapfox Trax). I am a big lover of everything cute, but anything can impress me. My Fursona? I have thought about that a couple of times. I could see myself as a red panda. One with the most fluffiest tail. Just immagine a cute red panda hiding his redened face behind his tail because he's afraid to talk. I also play games! No really popular ones, more indie games. There's osu!, Teeworlds (not really popular in America), Minecraft (shame on me, I know), and even Battlefield 3.

If anyone ever wants to hang out sometime, I am available on lots of social things like Skype, Twitter, or Reddit (no shit), all with the same nickname; TheDerero. That is also my name for every game ever. Only my Origin account in TehDerero because I lost my password to the other one. ;_;

Going to sleep now, because 5AM in Germany lol. That's all from me right now, hope to get to know some of you guys!

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For some time I've been following TwoKinds, but I'm becoming more and more dissatisfied by the long gaps between updates. I propose two questions to you, /furry:

1) If you follow(ed) TwoKinds, what's your opinion on it?

2) Regardless if (1) was yes or no, what's your favorite web comic that features anthropomorphic animals?

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