Argardh: Knights of Tibia (An 8.6 Tibia-server/Game. OPEN-SOURCE, low-req, Great PvP, Epic Lore!)

Ubradol

Hello alles

Argardh: Knights of Tibia Trailer



Want to introduce my own game i've made of Open-source material mostly from Otland.net but also the Open-Tibia community in general. The map, the world and its history and lore however - is a creation of my own.

5000 hours or more have been put into this project so far and more will come, the game/map is 90% ready and it's about 6 months until Game-release..

It is currently in "Closed Beta" but anyone can Download the client and login to play.

23 July -16 Aug is Beta 2.0

Open-Beta Launches on 23 August(!!)

For Tibia-players the starting date is as important as anything, if you're a Tibian you know why(everyone competes like crazy for first levels, first to kill a dragon, claiming castles, guildhalls and houses etc).


Anyways, here's a short video-trailer.. just first version Subscribe my youtubechannel or facebook page if you want to be updated!

https://www.facebook.com/Argardh/

Websites:

www.Argardh.com (Fan/Community/Information site)
www.Argardh.info (Server info, and the adress you connect to)


I'll get back with screenshots tomorrow!

Be well!

Ubradol

Videos from original game:

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GUILDWARS!

This is an earlier version where graphic is of a much lower standard.

PvP is best explained like a high-speed game of Chess between either 1v1 or 50v50...

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The Realm of Argardh

Biggest custom Open-Tibia map ever built with a complete and massive follow-up to the Tibia-lore and story.

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Training my Paladin... Training(AFK or with Bots normally) is a huge part of Argardh. Guilds will have to work together to protect their training-areas or will be victims to raids from competing guilds. Guilds will also have to ally with neighbours so that they can bring peace and prosperity to their common Regionn.

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The skills together with experience points(lvl) is what makes a characters strength. There are 8 different vocations each with their own unique playing-style and place in Guild-pvp/Team-battles.

Fishing, shielding or magic level - you advance it the same way - By using/doing it.

Experience points are earned by slaying monsters or sometimes completing quests.

Stamina is a bonus for Casual Players(Which is GREAT!). 2 hours a day you have x2 Experience points earned which means the casual player/roleplayer/non-powergame now have a much better chance at keeping up.

Also, on Argardh:Knights of Tibia there is a max-level of 100.

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The super-simple equipment and inventory system. And an awesome one!

The 'Soul:100' means Soulpoints and is needed to burn runes. This feature is taken away so that mages can burn runes without limits.

Cap: = Carry Capacity

Then there are 6 different combat-modes,
 Offensive, Off/def and Defensive.

Aswell as Follow, Stand still, Keep away.

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Argardh:Knights of Tibia Youtube-Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNmxHWGpO790r-4wn4AEeSA

Subscribe to Argardh:Knights of Tibia at Minds.com !

https://www.minds.com/Argardh

ArChWind

Looks interesting. Video link don't work. It's not 3D so a lot will disregard the post and all but keep plugging at it.

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ArChWind said:

Looks interesting. Video link don't work. It's not 3D so a lot will disregard the post and all but keep plugging at it.

Thanks, umm just link to the YT-channel so np.
 
Yeah the simple graphics will scare away a lot of people, but also, it makes a lot of people interested ::pleased:

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This pic is taken from the Map Editor so zoomed out alot but.. ain't that graphic awesome for RPG and perfectly simple for PvP? In my mind, without a doubt a game/type that will always have a huge fanbase(and probably growing from existing one since creators of original game have been so bad at promoting it)

omera51

Eyo

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Gaendric

Ubradol said:

 
Yeah the simple graphics will scare away a lot of people, but also, it makes a lot of people interested ::pleased:

Simple graphics can be a good thing, I fully agree.
Especially for a lower budget title, where I'd rather have a dev who knows how to set the scope correctly than one that aims beyond the stars and fails.

The critique I have is that some areas shown in the vids need more visual clarity.
Especially some of the keep areas, where towers and ground blend together to a grey mush. No biggie though, could be solved with simple things like fake directional lighting or a bit of surface tinting.
Even just subtle changes in the tileset could make it read much more clearly.



I really like the direction you are heading, I'll surely play once you release.

Ubradol

Ah yes, definately. Some of those pictures/areas are not 100% finished. I hasted to finish the video to get it out... sort of put 2-3 videos into 1. Making a Gameplay trailer atm though so soon you'll see a lot more in-game stuff. But yeah anyways, otherwise you're spot on One of the weak-points of this engine and graphics is that it's easily gives the "too gray" feeling, BUT, in-game its much better than this. These pics are very outzoomed as said so in-game it won't be the same blur at all.

Thanks for showed interest! Hope you stick around because it will be a great adventure for sure

Most likely it will be too many players on the startups(many players of this game only play for the first weeks/months on a server, when the competition is highest), server will be DDoSed and what not(from other servers/hosts, a very common thing unfortunately) but except from those foreseeable roadbumps Argardh looks to have a pretty good future atm

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Open-Beta(1st) launching in a week.. check out:

https://otland.net/threads/sweden-argardh-knights-of-tibia-8-6-custom-map-24-july-huge-map-new-lore-new-gameplay.244654/#post-2378459

for latest updates and to get an idea of how huge and alive the community of Open-Tibia is.. sadly it's like a closed off box from reality and all other MMORPG fans and players since all other servers are only competing for the existing players(as mentioned)..

TheScavenger

It sounds really awesome, and I always liked Tibia. Not sure how I feel about allowing bots though, Tibia had (has?) a huge problem with botting. If I recall they did a mass banning at one point, but this would have been quite some time ago. Most MMO companies disallow botting for a reason, and a lot of people don't actually even like playing MMOs (or games in general) that allow bots.

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Thanks for input and letting me adress a very important topic!

What caused bots to absolutely overflow in Tibia was the implementation of skullsytem(which means that if you attack another player without a cause you will get a "White skull" and other players can kill you without being skulled themself.. 5 white-skulls and you get a red skull, which means you lose all items upon death. This lead to ALL players swarming anyone no matter who it was that ever got a white skull).

Argardh is not going to use a skullsystem, which means people will be able to kill off bots 10x easier than on original Tibia.

Other than that I can only agree, but its allowed partly because it will be less of a problem without the skullsystem but also because it is impossible to fight botting.. only thing that happens is that 1-10% of botters will get punished. So, to be fair to all - it is allowed.

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I made a new video explaining the vocations/classes(Slow video mixed with fantasy-art, probably nobody here interested :P )



Just came to say that Open Beta is still on for 23rd, and in order to promote the game further I have decided the following:

50$ will be paid out every month to highest lvl (Start 1 sep, 1 week after launch)
50$ will be paid out to the winning team of our 5v5 Team-Tournament(Monthly)

500$ will be paid out to the winning team of a 1 week tournament in December. Basically the idea of this is that we reset the servers when Open-Beta ends on 1st dec, and on the 10th we start the servers up again but this time with very high-rates(10-100 x normal gain of experience, skills, loot etc). After 1 week of build-up we hold a tournament in the arena, on a 50x50 tiles battlefield. A team consist of 5 characters. If there's many
teams we will have some 5v5v5v5 battles to make sure the tournament goes faster.

If there's some of you interested in Argardh but is hesitating because of its beta-state or just because its a lameass fucking game compared to 3d MMORPGS(faggots! ), maybe you should write down or try to remember this December-event instead. It's as said 1 week of hardcore gaming(if you come from MMORPG solo into this game you will need some guild-skills(socializing) and be stocked up on supplies(caffeine, snacks), 400$ to the winning team and 50$ to 2nd and 3rd teams.


I know this might seem as a lameass fucking promo-thread, and, it is It's a single-dev project with little funds, simple-graphics etc.. but it's without a doubt a kickass PVP and RPG-game and the map, gameplay and settings which make Argardh unique to other Tibia/OT-servers is also, in my utmost humble opinion(lol), also pretty kickass. If you like hardcore PvP or RPG but don't have a need for 3d graphics or 10,000 players - this is the game for you. But as said, coming from outside OT-community you'd need to either bring a friend or ask to join a party/guild(there's community-leader lead guilds, so that won't be a problem!).

As said, this is lameass shit for most of you but for a tiny few i'm certain this is a wet dream. 100% free, no donation-options(you can not possibly pay to get advantage in-game) and option to either compete with both solo and guild-pvp but also explore a vast world and just roleplay-around. It's also a great opportunity for people who likes community-building or guilds in general, there's tons of open spots as: community-manager, game-master, developer(web? scripter?) etc.


If you want to try already now just go to Argardh.com and download the game! And then to Argardh.info to register an account and create a character. The server will be on for 3-4 more days with high-rates(super-easy-mode) then we close down until 23rd.



If you haven't read the top posts or this bloody wall of text, just go to: argardh.com  (updated today) , or don't.



Edit: btw, botting will no longer be "legal". Only for burning runes, training, etc. Not for hunting nor in PvP!