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'''Soul's Remnant''', also known as '''SRO''' for its former name, is a 2D MMORPG developed by [[chaomoon]]. The gameplay is classless, designed with flexibility and strategization in mind, allowing the player to specialize into [[skills]] as desired. The gameplay focuses on grinding [[monsters]] and | '''Soul's Remnant''', also known as '''SRO''' for its former name, is a 2D MMORPG developed by [[chaomoon]]. The gameplay is classless, designed with flexibility and strategization in mind, allowing the player to specialize into [[skills]] as desired. The gameplay focuses on grinding [[monsters]] and gathering materials for [[Player XP|XP]] and resources, with various [[crafting]] mechanisms built in to assist progression and play. The game is only playable through [[Public Tests|public]] and [[private tests]]. | ||
Soul's Remnant began life on April 16th, 2016, under the name untitled. chaomoon has continued to work on development in between other projects. Chaomoon later adopted the name Soul's Remnant Online or SRO, occasionally also referring to the game as simply Soul's Remnant or SR. Chaomoon eventually settled on the name Soul's Remnant, abbreviated as SRO. The game has primarily seen activity during public tests, of which there have been 5 to date starting in 2018. | Soul's Remnant began life on April 16th, 2016, under the name untitled. chaomoon has continued to work on development in between other projects. Chaomoon later adopted the name Soul's Remnant Online or SRO, occasionally also referring to the game as simply Soul's Remnant or SR. Chaomoon eventually settled on the name Soul's Remnant, abbreviated as SRO. The game has primarily seen activity during public tests, of which there have been 5 to date starting in 2018. | ||
Soul's Remnant's artstyle emulates 8-bit graphics | Soul's Remnant's artstyle emulates 8-bit graphics, with significant pixelization and few colors. Soul's Remnant's [[soundtrack]] is predominantly atmospheric, designed as background music for specific settings, such as [[biomes]] or bossfights. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
{{Main|History of Soul's Remnant}} | {{Main|History of Soul's Remnant}} | ||
Soul's Remnant began development in April of 2016, under the name untitled. | Soul's Remnant began development in April of 2016, under the name untitled. Chaomoon, inspired by titles like Mabinogi, MapleStory, and Ragnarok Online, began working on the game sporadically, and continues to this day. | ||
The [[2018 Pre-Alpha Test|pre-alpha test]] opened in 2018. <!-- I don't know much about this one since I didn't play it. Someone please add some info --> | The [[2018 Pre-Alpha Test|pre-alpha test]] opened in 2018. <!-- I don't know much about this one since I didn't play it. Someone please add some info --> | ||
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The [[2022 public test]] opened in 2022. This update added dungeon tickets and revamped trading by allowing merchants to convert [[soul crystal]] to [[Player XP|XP]] at a one-to-one ratio. | The [[2022 public test]] opened in 2022. This update added dungeon tickets and revamped trading by allowing merchants to convert [[soul crystal]] to [[Player XP|XP]] at a one-to-one ratio. | ||
The [[Season 1|first season]] opened on December 22nd, 2023 | The [[Season 1|first season]] opened on December 22nd, 2023. This update shifted the game's engine from Gamemaker Studio to the Godot game engine, requiring the game to be entirely rewritten from scratch. In the process, the monster taming system was scrapped and has not been re-introduced yet. | ||
The [[2024 Summer Playtest]] opened on August 2nd, 2024. This update introduced quests, various NPCs to spawn, changed guild mechanics, added a party quest, added channels, and introduced direct player trading. Also, the ability to convert [[soul crystal]] into [[Player XP|XP]] was removed. | |||
The [[2024 Christmas Playtest]] opened on December 21st, 2024. This season was announced as a non-competitive season that wouldn't affect overall leaderboard placement, or have much new content. However, many Quality of Life changes were added, such as now being able to hold down skills to automatically use them off cooldown. There was also a new [[Kmitty]] npc with a long questline involving a new dungeon. After this playtest ended, it was announced that [[chamoon|Chao]] intended on developing Soul's Remnant with the intent to eventually launch the game to be playable 24/7 on Steam, but still had intentions on keeping the seasonal part of the game in mind. Also, [[Rajah]] officially joined the SRO team! | |||
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