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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.

I'm Moving!

what it says on the tin! I'm moving somewhere safer for me. I know I haven't been on much lately (mostly due to some drama i've been seeing and also because other media has taken my brain back like Punch-Out!! and Palworld), but I do want to be here again one time before i go to perhaps say a temporary goodbye.

idk when ill be on, but probably 8 or 9pm (whatever time zone florida is. edt??). ill probably be at the playground or near there if you wanna say hi/bye

i hope that when i get somewhere with a stable computer again, I play this """game""" a little more often. I've missed a lot of you, and ill miss you even more while im gone Smiling

I'll still be drawing my "deer" though when i find the time. heck i might make some non-playables. this little virtual is amazing for character creation

many memories

it has been some time since coming to the forest, and i took many screenshots throughout. these are not really in chronological order, and are only some of them. still, there are quite a few.

there have been many kind deer, some are featured in these pictures.

I'm new to Endless Forest and interested in connecting with the community

Greetings all. I am essentially new and (as the title says) interested in meeting and connecting with the community here. I also make digital art and have been practicing to get better. Is anyone willing to volunteer their deer as a subject? I'd like to try to draw one for the practice. It might take some time, though, since I am practicing technique and color. If it goes well, I very well may post again to draw more deers Smiling.

Also, when I made my account last year, I stopped logging in before my deer became an adult. Now they're an adult though, and I am wondering if anyone can put some spells on me? I don't really mind the basic appearance but it'd be cool to have some cosmetic additions anyway.

Thank you,
Stylos

in the rain











some screenshots from today's walk. the rainy weather encouraged me to relisten to the Mushishi ost, which was nice and very fitting for the forest.

/added two images i forgot for some reason.
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