Illyriad The Game
This is certainly a sweeping, epic strategy game.' – Independent Games Festival Judges '.fantastic browser-based city-builder. A ton of depth, a great community. Play at your own pace. Perfect gameplay. Absolutely wonderful Lore. The map is incredible. Reminds me of Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones - those great big epic. Jun 21, 2014 Get the latest Illyriad news at Illiyard is a browser based MMORTS with many user friendly features for town custo.
Major Release Dates. 22 Feb 2010: Illyriad Alpha Launched. 31 Mar 2011: Illyriad Beta Launched. 16 May 2011: Illyriad LaunchedOn The WebWebsite:Forums:Facebook:Chrome Web Store:twitter:Our PhilosophyWe're gamers, not game-industry insiders, and we're writing a game that we'd like to play ourselves but are unfortunately forbidden from doing so, as apparently summoning eleventy-thousand Mammoths to win a battle would be unfair.
Sheesh, some people.We believe that:. 2D MMORPG Strategy games should be truly persistent - the world should carry on changing when you log out. Servers shouldn't reset after an arbitrary endgame, destroying all the players' emotional investment in the gameworld. Why can't browser games grow, evolve and change with updates and expansion packs so that the 'endgame' doesn't arrive - except when.you. want it to?. There's no reason why 2D browser games can't have depth of gameplay, hand-crafted (rather than random) world maps, and lovingly-crafted NPC environments.
Why can't these worlds live, breathe and be truly immersive?. In a strategy-focused empire-building game we can meddle with catalysts, but there's no ingame content that's as compelling to players as player-created content. Our job is to enable that to happen seamlessly. Long-term games should work on as many browsers and platforms as possible; you should be able to play this on your home computer, your iPad, your Android or iPhone when you're out-and-about.
Games that allow 'Pay-To-Win' are short-term and self-defeating for everyone involved. Browser games can be sandbox games, and you don't have to insult players' intelligence. Things should be as simple and intuitive to do as possible, but should have levels of depth as deep as the player wishes them to be.
Players often know better than the design and dev team when something should be changed, and player suggestions should be listened to and acted upon if the idea is sound.It's an MMO - and yes, it's partly our MMO - but it's mostly your MMO. Does this make sense? PR department help, pleaseCorporateEnough with the pablum, time to move on to the srs bznz.Please address all paper - and especially legal - correspondence to:Illyriad Games Limited563 Chiswick High RoadLondon W4 3AYUKOur Company No is 06969057, registered at Companies House in England & Wales.We're not currently hiring but if you think there's something you can offer that we would truly be idiots to ignore, send us email. We'll probably ignore itIf you've got something you want to give us for free, then we're interested in a disinterested kind-of way, purely as a negotiating tactic. If you want to pay us for something, then we're all ears but obviously playing hard-to-get.EmailPlease direct all press requests and enquiries to press -at- illyriad.co.uk.Direct all account related issues to accounts -at- illyriad.co.uk.For ingame support, use the ingame 'Support' Petition link; the '?' Icon underneath your Player Overview on the top of the screen.TechnologyIllyriad is built using ASP.NET (MVC) with SQLServer and the front end is pure HTML and javascript - with no plug-ins (this means no Flash, Java or Silverlight).
OurselvesJames Niesewand is the CEO, and is The Man With Whom The Slightly-Soiled Buck Stops. He grapples daily with inner demons that whisper 'Sell out! In the twisted nightmare of his tortured psyche, but is so far fighting a marginally winning battle. James is also talking about himself in the third person, which is a well-documented indicator of insanity.Ben Adams is the CTO, and is The Man With Whom The Buck Stops After It's Been Passed To Him By James. Ben grapples valiantly with all the 'But Ben, how difficult could it be?'
Whining that is thrown at him on a daily, if not hourly, basis and to his credit has yet to resort to stabbing James over the Internet tubes.Ben - in uncharacteristically poetic mode for a techie - once described the way the two of us work together very aptly: 'I look after the horizontal and vertical, and James looks after the Depth.' I'd normally take credit for that line, but sadly it's a matter of record in the well-maintained database backups. Curse you, Ben! Ohwai. ContributorsOn a more serious note.
Critically-Acclaimed, Award-Winning Massively Multiplayer Epic Grand Strategy.' Fantastic city-builder.
A ton of depth, a great community. Play at your own pace. Perfect gameplay. Absolutely wonderful Lore. The map is incredible. Reminds me of Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones - those great big epic stories.'
- massively.comBuild a city, create an Empire!Forge Alliances with thousands of players. Craft and Trade 380+ resources and items in an entirely player driven market, across a vast, varied world. Side with 100+ warring NPC factions and their 700+ unit types.Research 400+ technologies, and build 70+ building types to create your own specialised cities. Gather exotic resources, craft rare items, master mighty magics, command thieves and assassins, explore and settle new lands in the 8.6 million square world of Illyriad.Illyriad is a strategy game of extraordinary depth and variety. With a great community, multiple paths for city specialisation, and frequent updates and new releases, this is a vast fantasy world where you can be the kind of ruler that you wish to be.' Solid and deep MMO play experience.
This is certainly a sweeping, epic strategy game.' – Independent Games FestivalBuild, plan, gather, craft, trade, scheme and fight in this free to play strategy epic!