August 2019 Dev Journal—E.LITE Prototype Testing
We hit our writing goals for Summer Camp and then some! The Ethnis Lite server is live, games are running, and development is rolling right along! July was a helluva month, but we are proud of our progress!
Summer Camp Review
Summer Camp has come and gone and we are proud to say that we did it—we hit our goal! Barron and I streamed for 12 hours straight, wrote 30 articles each, and had people coming, going, and engaging the entire time! From all of our viewers there was 89 articles submitted to our raffle!
Between everyone present we wrote over 50k words on that day alone, so big shout out there to everyone, especially Sai, Damion, and Camilla S, who won the prize raffles.
Our goal to clean up the articles didn't get as far as expected, so we have plenty to do there, but that's just fine. We're just happy to have some great stuff written!
Monthly Roundup
Summer Camp 2019 Highlights
Here are some of our big highlights from this year.By Ademal
By Barron
Wyrd Daze
Project Deios
E.Lite Worlds
There are now Ten Ethnis Lite Worlds! At this point we have enough E.LITE Worlds that we've decided to move onto our next step and announce that we will no longer be taking no-strings-attached applicants to be E.LITE worlds. It will remain an option for those who join our new Prodigy Tier on Patreon, of which DreamMaker is our first honorary member because she has twice now donated as larger sums of money towards Ethnis.
Check out the E.LITE Worlds, and those of you who are already among them... keep an eye out. We have some VERY cool things upcoming for you. Until then, we have opened the Ethnis Lite RPG Server and are already running and testing Ethnis Lite so come join us!
An absurdist sci-fantasy universe full of intrigue, drama, humor, sensuality, and horror.
A solarpunk sci-fi setting in a future where humanity wises up about how we care for our world.
A rich fantasy setting about a country in the midst of a time of renaissance and grand adventures.
Where the dead cannot rest. Where brutality and cannibalism are the norm. Where madness lurks. Haven is hellish.
Inequality, corporate greed, and human stories of survival against the pastel backdrop of planet Libertas.
A Romanesque world of Elves, Man, and Orcs embarking on an age of exploring Ultima Thule—beyond the known world.
Humanity destroyed Earth, but lives on, divided, on new worlds and among the stars.
A fictional science fantasy world set in 19th century Bradstowe, capital city of The Isles of Orlend.
Sprawling political Euro-Fantasy rife with dynasties, dragons and lovecraftian monsters.
A world of song and magic stands on the precipice of abyss, rife with drama, sensuality, and mystery
In the ashes of civilization, the Proto Agon—Humans, Automa and Hollow—carve their living from its remains.
What's Next?
July: SummerCamp
Complete! 100+ articles between all of us!
August: Ethnis Lite Beta
We have begun testing the Ethnis Lite prototype! Matthieu A. has started a game of Menicea, Barron has started a game of Ethnis, and Damion is starting one this month!
September: Ethnis Lite Polishing
As games develop we will continue to polish E.LITE content! New features, tweaks, and enhancements will be added regularly for at least a couple months as we get Ethnis Lite to a Beta state.
October:Core Cleanup and Lite Polishing
Our goal is to get the core of Ethnis down to 100 articles, which means that by the end there will be around 700 articles visible only to Patrons. This number will only go up with time, so consider supporting us if you don't already!
More Art
We are 2 commissions down and 5 to go before we have our Hero roster for Ethnis Light. Each illustration represents a Mantle, a Sophont, and a Banner, and helps show what to expect of making a hero in Ethnis Light.Organization
Our goal is to get the core of Ethnis down to 100 articles, which means that by the end there will be around 700 articles visible only to Patrons. This number will only go up with time, so consider supporting us if you don't already!Ethnis Eats
Ethnis Eats is Chapters 1-3 are being ported to World Anvil. Once we have a moment to catch our breaths, Ademal will likely port them over all pretty!Tech Update
Another bit that's been quietly running in the background! We've outlined a lot of how tech works ingame and in universe, and as our project juggling allows will be revealing articles showcasing the various technologies of Ethnis.Kickstarter
A new goal looms on the horizon... a kickstarter. You heard it here first!See you in the next dev blog!
From the creation of E.Lite to the Summer Camp article marathon, you two have spearheaded some pretty incredible (and insane) feats. It's hard to believe how much Ethnis has grown since I first became a fan. I never expected to be a part of it, yet I'm honored to be a Prodigy as well as the 10th E.Lite world. Keep up the amazing work, I'm excited to see what comes next!