תאריכי שחרור

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.

Phase	Release	Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha	אלפא-0.	דצמבר 15, 2017.
APOC	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).	September 7, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).	October 19, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse באטל רויאל open beta.	December 18, 2018.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse באטל רויאל early access.	September 24, 2019.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.	December 19, 2019.
	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse באטל רויאל testing ends.	March 10, 2020.
Alpha	אלפא-1 מבט מוקדם שידור ישיר.	מרץ 27, 2020.
	אלפא-1 טסטים QA מוגבלים (NDA).	מאי 28, 2020.
	אלפא-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).	Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.
	אלפא-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).	Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.
	אלפא-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).	Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.
	אלפא-1 preview weekend (no NDA).	July 9 - July 11 2021.
	אלפא-1 (no NDA).	July 14 - August 15 2021.
	אלפא-1 intermittent spot testing.	After August 15 2021.
	אלפא-2 (אלפא מתמשך).	-
	Beta	בטא-1.	To be announced.
בטא-2.		To be announced.
Pre‑release	יתרון for crowdfunding backers at the מייסד level and above.	1-2 days before launch.
Release	Launch (live) release.	To be announced.
Post‑launch	Major releases (DLC expansions).	Quarterly or six-monthly.
	Minor releases.	Monthly.

Testing phases

Alpha and beta key concept art.

Ashes of Creation testing phases.

• אלפא-0 was the invite-only "raffle" friends and family alpha test phase.
• אלפא-1, אלפא-2, בטא-1, and בטא-2 were available for purchase during the קיקסטארטר and מימון המונים בקיץ campaigns.
• אלפא-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack and the Adventurer pre-order pack.
• אלפא-2 and בטא-2 were available during PAX West 2017.
• אלפא-2, בטא-1, and בטא-2 are currently available in חבילות להזמנה מראש on the cosmetic store.

The game will be feature complete before Beta... Beta really is intended to identify last minute bugs to make sure that everything is ready for launch; it's important that all features are complete by Beta-1. Alpha-2 will not be feature complete at the start of Alpha-2. There are going to be updates that are going to be incorporated as part of the Alpha-2 process and there are going to be additional features that come online that get fleshed out between that time and Beta-1. There's going to be regions of the maps that aren't going to be accessible of course during Alpha-2. – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation

העיצוב החדש של האתר של Ashes of Creation (בשלבי פיתוח).

אפר היצירה מתרחש בעולם של ימי הביניים, ומשלב בין דמיון לגראפיקה חדשנית. אנחנו שמים את המילה מאסיבי בחזרה במושג של משחק רב משתתפים עם מערכות פורצות דרך שיביאו משמעות לפעולות השחקים. אפר היצירה תשלב את החלקים הטובים ביותר של משחקי ה MMORPG המסורתיים עם רעיונות סנד-בוקס חדשניים. אתה הוא שתבחר את גורלך בכל הזדמנות. משימות יפתחו בהתאם לאינטרקציה של השחקנים בעולם המשחק, שבו לכל בחירה יש השלכות. מפלצות ישוטטו ויהפכו לפראיות יותר ויותר ככל שהציביליזציה תשבש את הסדר הטבעי של הדברים. החל מהקמת ישוב ועד להתבססות של עיר מפותחת, אתה תקבע את פני השטח של עולמך. עולם המשחק יהיה ייחודי בתרבות, באקולוגיה, ובכלכלה.

Ashes of Creation הוא משחק רשת מרובה משתתפים בשלבי פיתוח בעולם פנטזיה אפי כאשר הבחירות של השחקנים יעצבו ויגדירו את העולם סביבם.

Ashes of Creation מציע חוויה ייחודית של משחק רב משתתפים. העולם שלנו דינאמי ובנוי להגיב לפעולות של השחקנים. ערים יוחרבו ויקומו, האוכלוסייה שלהם תלויה בהיסטוריה המעוצבת על ידי השחקנים. משימות חדשות יפתחו כאשר אוכלוסיות יתאספו, הצרכים שלהם יגדלו, וסודות יחשפו. כאשר עולם הדמויות-בלי-שחקן (NPC) יתבסס בזמן אמת, לשחקנים תהיה היכולת להרוס את אשר יצרו ולסלול את הדרך מחדש, לאוכלוסייה חדשה, ולשינוי אמיתי. סכסוכים ותככים פוליטיים ישחקו תפקיד אמיתי מאוד במבנה העולם. חלפו להם ימי העולמות הסטטיים, השינויים כאן כדי להישאר.

אלפא-1

אלפא-1 Teaser.

This is a true development alpha. This is not a marketing alpha; and what that means is as you know part of the process here in developing Ashes of Creation is being open with that development so you guys can see that progress; and it is a double-edged sword. There are going to be a spectrum of people that exists who are very involved with the game's development and those who are just completely at an arm's length away in understanding the process; and they may look at alpha one- the people who don't really understand the development process or haven't been a part of it- they may look at it and they may think oh you know this is trash, looks like trash, you know whatever it's the end-product. But at the end of the day what's important for us and what yields the best possible product is for us to include as much as possible the community in that development process with no NDA so that you guys give valuable feedback; and as we go through the iterative process in further defining the game and fleshing out that content were doing so with the player in mind and their voice in our ear. That is I think one of the key distinguishing factors between our development and many developments that you guys may have seen in the past. – Steven Sharif

אלפא-1 preview ancients mobs.

What this experience for Alpha one is going to be- that month-long experience- it is not intended to be a content experience... It is not intended to be a game experience. It is not intended to be a fully-fledged content experience. So keep that in mind. – Steven Sharif

אלפא-1 PvE combat.

אלפא-1 is a testing release of the Ashes of Creation MMORPG. Alpha-1 will test:

• World
  • The Alpha-1 map (Alpha island) consists of a mainland area and several islands. This was approximately 70 km² of playable area.
  • Alpha-1 takes place in the north west part of the map.

• Character
  • התפתחות to level 15.

    The composition of class skills or archetype skills has to tread a fine line between two roads: One we wanted to be representative of skills not just that would traditionally be found 1 through 15 but we're actually introducing some skills that might be found later, because we want to test those particular ideas and how the skill functions. – Steven Sharif

  • יוצר הדמות (basic).

• מקצועות
  • Cleric, Mage and Tank archetypes.
  • Ranger may be added later in Alpha-1.
  • Fighter, Bard, Rogue, and Summoner archetypes will follow in later in development (after Alpha-1).
  • Secondary archetypes will not be present in אלפא-1. These are planned for אלפא-2.

• גזעים
  • 4 playable races Kaelar, Vaelune, Dünir, Empyrean.

    A lot of times people ask well why haven't we seen the other races and stuff? We want to establish the quality bar and process with these races first and then when we move into further content production for the other races we have have those pipelines in place and we have the processes in place and we know how to approach them.

• קרב
  • Hybrid action/tab combat.
  • Revamped combat systems will be rolled out during and post בדיקות אלפא-1.

The weapon attack is an important component of the combat system, so we want to make sure that as we're doing this combat revamp that we are essentially taking into consideration player feedback and sentiment about how they want a reactive and more mobile weapon attack system. – Steven Sharif

• צמתים
  • פיתוח צומת to כפר (שלב 3).
  • There are 9 node locations in אלפא-1.
  • Normally there would be 18-20 nodes in the same area.
  • A basic vassal system is in place.
  • The node אזור השפעה's is larger than the final map.
  • Node locations are subject to change prior to בטא-1.

• כלכלה
  • The economy present in אלפא-1 is not reflective of the final state of the game.
  • Merchant systems and player to player trading.

    We have an economy but it's not really going to be reflective of the final how the economy is going to work. It'll work for alpha one and there'll be plenty of things to trade and buy and exchange, but it's not going to be really super representative what the final state is. So keep that in mind as well it's a stubbed-in system. It's not a complete or really finalized system at all. – Jeffrey Bard

  • Approximately 10 percent of the artisan system.
    • The core basics of the artisan gameplay loop is facilitated via the merchant (NPC) system.
  • איסוף, עיבוד, יצירה is expected to come online in אלפא-2 and the Betas.
  • Previously this was targeted for אלפא-1.

    What's present in Alpha-1 doesn't even really scratch the surface for crafting. – Steven Sharif

• ציוד
  • Approximately 49 unique gear sets.
  • These are unique sets with different stats, but some may be similar in appearance.
  • Daggers (Dual weapons).

• PvE
  • Approximately 6 or 7 dungeons with one almost raid-level difficulty.
  • Two world bosses requiring party-sized groups.
  • One true 40 person raid boss.
  • Over 200 quests.
  • Questing is placeholder until אלפא-2.

• גילדות.
  • Alpha-1 castle sieges and טירות are in a zone accessible via a NPC teleporter.
  • This zone includes three Elder dragon raid bosses.
  • These bosses also appear in the open world (outside the siege zone) with slightly different mechanics.

• Naval content
• ספינות for "island hopping".
  • Temporary teleportation points are present in early tests until ships are introduced later in the alpha testing.

• Other
  • There is no instancing in אלפא-1.
• UI and tutorial systems are placeholders until אלפא-2.

חלק מהמידע הבא לא אושר לאחרונה על ידי המפתחים וייתכן שלא נמצא במפת הדרכים הנובחית של הפיתוח.

• ארגונים חברתיים.
• Portions of player housing.
• Corruption.
• Name reservations.

אלפא-2

אלפא-2 character creator user interface (first pass).

Alpha-2 is intending to be obviously a very large chunk of the game's mechanics: a very very big percentage of it. – Steven Sharif

אלפא-2 character creator intro (first pass).

A large percentage of Ashes of Creation's game systems are expected to be in place for אלפא-2.

• World
  • Seasons and climates.
  • אירועים.
  • משימות.

• Character
  • יוצר הדמות.
    • The aim is to have the character creator in the hands of players before the release of אלפא-2.
  • Character progression up to level 35 (subject to change).
  • All archetypes will be available.
    • Some secondary classes and augments.
  • Tulnar race.
  • Family summon mechanic.
  • דתות.

• קרב
  • שיפור קרב.
    • Active and passive skills will be re-architected.
    • Primary skills are expected to be very different to those in אלפא-1.
    • Weapon skill trees will be present to augment the combo system.
  • Actual sieges in the real sense.

• צמתים
  • Node progression to עיר (שלב 5) and potentially מטרופולין (שלב 6).
  • Relics and the Reliquary node building.
  • דיור חופשי.
  • Crop rotations.

• Naval content.
  • Naval warfare.
  • Three ship classes.
  • ספינות will have functioning cannons but the ship building UI may not be complete.

• כלכלה
  • שיעורי אומן (איסוף, עיבוד, יצירה).
    • Artisan gear sets.
    • Potential gameplay layers such as surveying and land management are being considered for gathering.
  • בתי מכירות פומביות.
  • Crates used to transport supplies between storage points and caravans.

• Other
  • Unreal Engine 5.
  • Some of Bear McCreary's music will be in אלפא-2.
  • ממשק המשתמש and tutorial systems.
  • Emblem, logo and symbol editor (tentatively).

אלפא-1 and אלפא-2 testers may be invited to participate in spot testing prior to the Alpha-2 release.

אלפא-2 is known as the persistent alpha.

Beta testing

The בטא-1 and בטא-2 testing phases of Ashes of Creation will be short.

• The game is intended to be feature-complete before בטא-1.
• Bear McCreary's music will be unveiled in בטא-1.
• סוגי צמתים will be definitive (finalized).

The game should be pretty much done (at beta stage) and final polish and stuff like that being put in. We don't want people to get totally burnt out on the game before we actually release. So once we get to the beta phases it should be short and sweet. – Jeffrey Bard

Beta testing of Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) will be closed.

יתרון

יתרון icon.

יתרון grants early access one or two days prior to the live launch of Ashes of Creation for crowdfunding backers at the מייסד level and above.

• Head start is a means to gradually ramp up the population to avoid player concurrency issues at launch.
• Head start will also be a way to address any last-minute launch or deployment issues.

The point of head start is twofold: One for testing, making sure that the live launch servers pre-wipe are good; and then Two, it's a way to stagger the population move into the game. Because if you have servers with 10,000 concurrent player capability and you have everyone logging in at the exact same time, that is a problem I've never seen an MMO tackle successfully, ever. – Steven Sharif

Headstart servers

The number of head start servers is estimated to be three. This is subject to change.

• There will be an OCE headstart server.

Headstart limitations

The game functionality is limited during the head start period so that players cannot decide the world-scape earlier than others.

• During the head start, the node system will be deactivated.
• Head start specific servers are also planned.
• It will not be possible to secure player housing during the headstart period due to the deactivation of the node system.

Head start was not a mistake, I tend to listen to my development team with regards to their vast past experiences in mmo launches and development. Advice from engineering on head starts was they are extremely desired in order to test any last minute launch/deployment issues that “always” happen. So I did as much as possible to mitigate the potential p2w elements/issues while still adhering to sound development principles. Including designating which servers are head start servers. So wanna make sure we don’t “chop” this one as a mistake or misstep. Everything done is done to ensure a quality launch/product. – Steven Sharif

NDA

• אלפא-1, אלפא-2, בטא-1, בטא-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).
• בדיקות אלפא-1 prior to the full release of אלפא-1 was covered by NDA.

Participation

• אלפא-0 had over 2,500 participants.
• אלפא-1 testing had approximately 9,600 participants as of August, 2018. There were slightly over 13k participants as of May 31, 2021. There were 5,300 unique logins during the 3 day weekend test of May 27, 2021.

• Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.
• אלפא-2 is expected to have over 100,000 participants.
  • Previously אלפא-1 and אלפא-2 were expected to have 10,000 participants.

חלק זה יעודכן ברגע שהמפתחים יהפכו מידע זה לזמין

• בטא-1 and בטא-2 are expected to have 27,000 participants.

Server wipes

Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.

• Servers may be wiped between individual tests.

As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes. – Steven Sharif

אבני דרך

December 2015	First team members were hired.
February 2016	Ashes of Creation design documentation and prototyping.
December 10, 2016	Official website was launched and project announced.
January 18, 2017	Official discord was launched.
May 2, 2017	קיקסטארטר crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal.
June 3, 2017	Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809.
June 2017	Game production began with a team size of 15-20.
June 21, 2017	מימון המונים בקיץ campaign launched.
July 22, 2017	Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers.
September 1, 2017	PAX West 2017.
November 4, 2017	Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals.
December 15, 2017	אלפא-0 released on schedule.
March 19-23, 2018	Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.
April 5, 2018	PAX East 2018.
August 15, 2018	Last day for purchases of אלפא-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs.
August 20, 2018	At Gamescom with My.com.
August 27, 2018	100 developers working on Ashes of Creation.
September 1, 2018	PAX West 2018 panel.
October 19, 2018	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse באטל רויאל (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds).
November 4, 2018	Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
April 15, 2019	60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team).
November 3, 2019	Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
August 21, 2020	Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher My.games.
October 17, 2020	Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation.
October 17, 2020	~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation.
November 8, 2020	Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
February 26, 2021	Official ashesofcreation.com website redesign.
May 5, 2021	אלפא-1 sales resumed with the announcement of the Adventurer pre-order pack.
May 17, 2021	Verbal NDA was lifted from בדיקות אלפא-1.
July 9, 2021	אלפא-1 no-NDA preview weekend began on schedule.
July 11, 2021	אלפא-1 no-NDA preview weekend completed on schedule.
July 14, 2021	אלפא-1 no-NDA month long test began on schedule.
August 15, 2021	אלפא-1 no-NDA month long test completed on schedule.
November 7, 2021	Raised $34,485 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.
December 23, 2021	Announced that Ashes of Creation is moving to Unreal Engine 5.
January 14, 2022	Over 120 people working on Ashes of Creation.
November 5, 2022	Raised $77,939 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.

Accomplishments

• Kickstarter's most funded MMORPG.
• Kickstarter's #7 most funded video game.
• Most anticipated MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
• Most anticipated early access hands-on MMORPG – MMOs World.
• Gamescom 2018: Best Independent game.
• Gamescom 2018: Best Online game.
• Best indie MMO of 2020 – massivelyop.com reader's poll.
• Most anticipated MMO of 2021 and beyond – massivelyop.com reader's poll.
• Top 10 Best Upcoming New MMORPGs For 2021 And Beyond – Forbes.
• 2022 Best MMO Studio – MMOGames.

See also

• אלפא-1
• אבני דרך
• Ashes of Creation