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TEF II step 6

There's a new progress report about the remake of the game on the dev log, accessible for free to backers of the Second Decade.

We have added hyacinths, the ground of Phase One and the Ename church ruin.

It's starting to look like our forest!

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Pictogram generations

As many of you know, the pictograms that identify deer in The Endless Forest are regularly updated. This way the era when you started playing becomes part of your deer's identity. Pictograms are not just decorations, they are names that belong to a single character. This is why we discourage donating or trading pictograms. They are part of the story of the Forest.

So please, do not try to acquire pictograms from previous generations, or any pictograms that were registered by somebody else.

They are not commodities. They are identities.
Please respect that.
And add to the story of The Forest over time.


Thank you.

Michaël Samyn.
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TEF II = FUNDED!

I'm overjoyed to announce that the fundraising for the Second Decade of The Endless Forest is now complete! The whole game will be remade in Unreal Engine!

Fundraising continues on http://endlessforest.org/fundraising/ towards adding new features.

Thank you all!


Michaël & Auriea.
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TEF II step 5

We have posted an update on the remake of The Endless Forest in Unreal Engine here: http://olt.lt/ms/the-unreal-forest-step-5
Access is free for backers.
Join them if your haven't yet: http://endlessforest.org/fundraising/

TL;DR? Forest Magic! All of it. Implemented!

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Raising funds for the Forest

The IndieGogo campaign to remake The Endless Forest with new technology closed with an amazing 86% of its target collected. That's fantastic! Thank you all for your support.

This means that the remake will definitely happen!

I'm sure we can count on you to collect the remainder of the budget now that we have a bit more time. You can do that here.

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Fan art in the game!

Hello there!
I am Margo Putzeys, a student Game- and Digital Design and I am currently doing my internship with Tale of Tales. I am still studying but I will be entering my Master year next schoolyear.
For my internship Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn asked me if I wanted to work with the players and make models and concept art together. And with great pleasure I accepted this of course! This means you will be able to add art to the game!

But there are some 'rules' attached to this: If you make a 3D model, pleas send it as an .OBJ file to me. But a .Blender file ( Blender's file extension ) would be even better! But a .OBJ is good as well! As for the concept art you can send a photoshop file, PNG of JPEG.

So what can you make? Well it's like a set that the deers can wear in the game! This set includes: a mask, antlers and a pelt. Both made for the adult deer AND the baby deer. You can (if some of you know how and want to) texture these models by using a UV map. If you do texture them, send texture files as a PNG. ( PNG supports transparancy )
But of course you are never obligated to making more than you like. The meaning of this task is also for me to make stuff, so if you only would like to make the adult deer's models, that's fine by me. I can always texture them, add models, etc.

So if any of you are interested in putting your art or 3D models in the game. Send them to me and I can adjust them if necessary or take a look if something needs to be changed and so on.
You can of course also send your concept art to me and I can realise that concept art into a 3D model which may have a chance to be put in the actual game: The Endless Forest!

My e-mail adres is : Margo.Putzeys@gmail.com. I hope I will be hearing soon from you guys!!

Greetings,
Margo


EDIT: from Michael and Auriea --
To be clear, we want Margo to do ALL of the modeling and ALL of the texturing. Because that is what her internship is about.

Oolune's bio

Hello. I’m sorry I can’t make this page look very nice. I really need this character as a cure for my bitterness, born of the cruelty of the world. That’s why I created her.



Oolune (Lune)

A being woven from dreams and magic, resembling a griffin with the body of a doe.

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Before she found her name and form, she existed in a man’s soul as his joy of life, his pride, his cherished dream, his true love. She guided him forward, giving him the strength to endure difficult times. But not all difficult times can be endured. Fate decided he found himself in a torture room, and the only way he could leave there alive was by betraying his friends, slandering them, and saying they had committed crimes they hadn’t actually done. When he allowed himself to die, letting go of everything that bound him to life, Oolune was born. She sparkled in his eyes with a final glimmer and took form in a very beautiful, safe place. At first, she looked ugly: despair and pain can deform even a dream.

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But the magic of the Forest helped her grow strong. And soon her essence overcame her weakness, and powerful wings appeared on her back. Then she raised her head toward the sky—endlessly deep, filled with light. And she saw a shining sign above her. At that moment, the being felt her name.

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Oolune remembers nothing of what happened beyond the Forest. But she knows that her birth is associated with faithfulness and love, stronger than death itself.

Wanderers. Strangers. Friends.



DISCLAIMERSBoo-boo!


Hello everyone! This is BunBun
and yes, this is my visual "memory diary". I'll be updating it with new photos (or, more simply, screenshots) from time to time. To everyone I've met, I want to say – you're amazing!
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It was a long story about the adventures of little BunBun...


04/13/26
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Thank You!

Just wanted to say a proper thank you to the black-blue deer that gave Merlin a new look! I sadly had to leave to eat dinner and I'm quite sure I forgot to save the beautiful antlers they gave me before I went, but I'm back online now!

I wish I could learn names more easily, so this thanks could feel more specific and genuine, but I'm very grateful! ^^

Seeking third player for new character

Repost from Disc. I already have another player but we'd be interested in a third too!

I have plans to bring another character into this game and thought it'd be interesting to invite anyone else that might want to play alongside me in this adventure.

You don't have to be super active or an artist or anything at all to DM me about this. I'm out here in the wild just having fun so hmu if this interests you at all.

Contact me on Discord: Hawkein
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