Alatheya: Medieval/Alien/Sci-Fi MMORPG needs YOU

WHAT IS ALATHEYA?:
Alatheya is a Massively-Multiplayer-Online-Role-Playing-Game (MMORPG) that attempts to integrate all the best features of other, more established games of the same genre. The melee fighting system plays more like a classic 3-D fighter, the ranged fighting system feels more like a First-Person-Shooter, and the magic/skill system is designed so you won't end up doing the same action over and over.

Players can spend time crafting items then sell them at their leisure while others may choose to group with friends to kill hoards of monsters. The best feature of Alatheya is that each player has total freedom to do whatever s/he wants!

The goal of Alatheya is to be a game that is rewarding, fun, and logical. The game mechanics are designed to minimize the "grind" play style most MMORPGs require. Players shouldn't be limited to a single class or even a single race! Since, they are the heart and soul of the game they should also have a limited power to dictate how the game plays. Every player has the power to start wars, bring about peace, become a legend, or a shadowy vagabond: the choice is up to you!


(SOME OF) THE STORY:
It is a time of relative peace in the Canis Major system. The only known sentient species has developed inter-planetary travel techniques that enable them to trek across the solar system in relatively short periods of time. The advent of Ion-engine technology is the basis of this new technology. Unfortunately, the engines consume a high amount of Xenon gas - a rare element in the system. Because of this, the search for more fuel is constant.

The massive planet Mesonu slowly orbits a red-giant star. One of its many moons, Selen, quietly tags along. Mesonu is a gas giant devoid of life but rich in natural resources: most notably, Xenon. A reconnaissance vessel quickly passes by. The ship is unmanned but its sensors detect high concentrations of Xenon high in Mesonu's atmosphere. The vessel quickly u-turns and returns to Mesonu to take a more detailed reading.

Soon after, a large fleet of mining ships warp in near the scanner. They quickly begin dropping siphoning droids into Mesonu's orbit and begin extracting Xenon gas. As the ships are harvesting, Selen appears over the horizon - silently trailing several rogue comets. Proximity alarms blare as the moon drifts by. The miners are unaware of the danger when two giant balls of ice and rock crash through space and tear their ships apart like paper. . .


HIGHLIGHTS:

* Dismemberment
* Instant-kills
* Hostility system for PvE and PvP
* War system for PvP
* Magic system derived of recipes, movements, and chants
* Ability to change your race/sex via quests
* Minimal need for NPCs
* Entirely player-based/created world/towns
* Implants/mods
* Global player market
* Player-based stores
* Eight unique races
* Fully customizable Class system
* Robust and interactive Combat system
* Crafting system that makes logical sense


Development Forums (private): http://dev.alatheya.com
Official site: http://www.alatheya.com


RECRUITMENT:

We are currently looking for...

* 3D Modelers
* Skinners
* Texture Artists
* Animators
* Cinematic Artists
* Programmers (Python and/or JAVA preferred)

If you are interested in donating your time to help complete the project, please email me directly at: W0lfb4ne@gmail.com or register at the Dev Forums . Be sure to include samples of your work where applicable.

Thanks for your time!

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