Elin News

The alpha test for Elin successfully concluded on the 31st of last month. We would like to extend our gratitude to all the adventurers who participated.

Thanks to the many feedback, the alpha test was highly meaningful. Over the course of three months, a total of 74 updates were released, allowing Elin to ascend another step towards maturity. The full details of these updates can be checked on the "Elin: Changelog" page of Ylvapedia.

As previously announced, Elin's development will now enter a pre-beta phase in preparation for the beta test. It will take some time, but we hope you look forward to it with excitement.

Thank you.

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Hello Adventurers,

It's time for March's update.

For those not following the Kickstarter announcements, we have released a roadmap for Elin's development. Please keep in mind this is an estimate.

A quick summary as per noa:
Here is a rough roadmap leading up to Elin's release on Steam Early Access (EA).

Early 2024: Alpha (Current alpha test)
Early to Mid 2024: Pre-beta (Preparation period before beta)
Mid 2024: Beta (Phase 1)
Mid to Late 2024: Beta (Phase 2)
Late 2024: EA

For the full post, see the following link.

Roadmap

The focus in Elin's development this last month in order is:

• Implementing backer wishes.
  
• Balance Adjustments/bug fixes.
  
• Fleshing out existing content
  
• Including new art
  
• QoL adjustments
  

Currently in Japan, March events are:

• Hinamatsuri: On this holiday, girls are encouraged to take care of their health, happiness and development.
  
• White day: The twin to Valentines day in Japan, this day men can reciprocate gifted Valentines Day chocolate by gifting candy (or ice cream) in return. The type of gift can have a lot of meaning.
  
• Cherry Blossom season: Late March to early April is Cherry Blossom season. Thanks to Japan, sakura trees are now found to be distributed and cultivated worldwide.
  

Thank you.
-Rusty the Guide

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Hello,

It's already February! Elin's Alpha has been out for over a month and there have been about 30 patches and 15 hotfixes this month alone.

The type of patches we have focused on this month are:

• Balance Adjustments/bug fixes.
  
• Implementation of player feedback.
  
• Implementing optional Nightly builds (Similar to unstable builds in other games).
  
• Testing of new dungeon generation features.
  

This month it's likely that noa will slide a bit of focus back towards fulfilling Kickstarter backer wishes, with that in mind: we would like to share concept art for the Mifu outfits.



Currently in Japan, February events are:

• Setsubun: Setsubun is a sort of festival that marks the changing of the season
  
• Valentines day: In Japan, there are a lot of differences. Such as women give chocolates to men.
  
• Plum Blossom season: The lesser cousin of Cherry Blossom season, February and March are Plum Blossom season in Japan.
  
• National Cat day: National Cat day takes place on February 22'nd. Nyan Nyan Nyan!
  

Thank you.
-Rusty the Guide

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Greetings!

Elin's Alpha starts today, Alpha players are allowed to share screenshots and videos. Please note when viewing these that many ideas and quality of life features are not implemented or complete.

To be respectful of those who wish to avoid spoilers while we see Elin mature, we have decided to only show concept art for now on Steam. Today we are going to share concept art for the Nefu race.



The Nefu race is one of two fox-kin races wished in through the collaboration of two backers. We know your first thought when you see one is you would want to squeeze their tail but please understand it's rude to squeeze their tails without permission.

There have been a number of new races, classes, towns and even gods approved via Kickstarter backer wishes and we thank all of you for being a part of Elin's development!

In regards to the Alpha itself, please note the following.

• Many policies for player owned settlements do not yet have an effect.
  
• Npc combat skills and abilities are not yet balanced.
  

Features that will be introduced soon.

• Random Quests.
  
• God Rewards, Custom Gods.
  
• New art.
  
• NPC combat balance.
  
• Quality of life features.
  
• Additional recipes and ingredients.
  

Thank you.
-Rusty

Hello everyone! Thank you again for your support!

With the success of the Kickstarter, we've been busy with preparing for Elin's Alpha for Kickstarter backers.

There's a summary of the Kickstarter stretch goals achieved and some very general information on some of the content we have worked on in this post. For those of you who want more detailed information, there are links near the bottom of this page.

[h3]Kickstarter Stretch Goals achieved:[/h3]

* Multiplay Support
We would like to add support for online content like Moongates.
* Fortune Bell Casino
A flying Casino airship modeled after a classic Elona enemy that you can enjoy minigames and other surprises.
* Steam Workshop
Mod support!
* Power to Ylva!
Electricity mechanics.
* Festivals of Season
Delve into Elin’s culture through festivals.
* In Nomine
Additional lore and content related to gods.
* Farewell to tofu buildings
Building (and procedurally generated dungeon) blueprints.
* Great debt
Unique alternate start where you start the game in debt.
* Dungeon Master
Own and run your own dungeon.
* Merchant's Guild
A new guild dedicated to profit and rare goods.
* Own your guild
Yes, you will be able to own your own guild.
* Special Jure mega quest
Jure gets chased by tentacles.

[h3]News on some of the content added:[/h3]

We are updating the development progress monthly on Kickstarter.

August's development update July's development update June's development update Kickstarter page

Some of the updates worked on include:

• Building blueprints
  
• New guild
  
• Japanese style buildings
  
• Improved instruments
  
• Several new areas
  
• Several backer rewards/stretch goals added into the game
  

Thank you.
-Rusty