Announcements

[ Optional ambient background music to listen to while reading. ] You may be wondering, "Aspect, what the fuck are you talking about? Why did you make me read through the AI definition of Systematic Interactivity?". Allow me to explain. [ Example of Max Payne's interactive environments. ] I have always enjoyed seeing small details in games. Details that generally do not really move the story forward in any meaningful way, but serve to immerse you in the world that you find yourself in. Details that will make you pause for a moment and appreciate that they are there. Details that make the world feel real, and alive. Deus Ex and Max Payne 1 & 2 are really good at this. This sort of thing seems to be an art that is slowly going...

[ Optional ambient background music to listen to while reading. ] Hi everyone, In the spirit of communication and transparency, I’ve decided to start writing monthly Development Blogs in regards to our Half-Life 2 Roleplay server. These will not substitute the occasional development updates in the discord, but will instead complement them by going more in-depth on the details and design choices, as well as some more roleplay-oriented things that would otherwise not be mentioned anywhere. [ Footage of a new character loading screen. Duration of loading screens for non-initial loads is shorter. ] Unfortunately, largely due to demotivation and lack of drive, nothing much happened for the better part of this month. I have started picking...

[ Optional ambient background music to listen to while reading. ] It's been a while since our last heart-to-heart, and I do not like silence. Silence gives off the wrong message. If I were a player, I'd want to know what is going on with my server of interest, lest I assume the worst. This is a candid look at where the server stands, and where we're heading next. No official TL;DR will be provided anywhere. If you are truly interested in Lancer, I highly recommend taking a few minutes to read through this. [ Part 1 of a comic slide for Lancer 3's scrapped announcement trailer. ] I always felt like it's pointless to beat around the bush. It simply delays the inevitable, and hides the truth from people. The truth is, the server is...

Following the latest Community Meeting and a recent poll on our Discord, we have decided to launch a new category of events that our Event Team will run, called Lancer: Episodes. Some of you are likely already familiar with this format from other communities, but, in short, these are events that meet any of the following criteria: The event takes place in an alternate timeline (i.e. same universe, but different events transpired) The event occurs in an alternate universe (e.g. Deus Ex, Warhammer, Papers Please, etc.) The event takes place in the past or the future The event involves temporary event (player) characters Of course, the events will properly specify their type and include relevant information in their announcement...