Hello everyone! Novalescent here on some makeshift Xenforo website! (Ya I know, the site isn't pretty, but eventually we'll make it pretty) Wow, it's been a whole month since we've actually updated you guys on what's been happening with Wynncon 2021! Don't worry, we have been busy making progress, mostly on planning, decisions, and some tech stuff. So, what has been going on? What are our plans for next Wynncon? Pretty sure most of y'all are asking that, hell I'd be asking that too if I were you. Alright, enough chat. Our overall goal for Wynncon 2021 is an Unofficial Open-World Expansion. Yes, you heard me, a fanmade EXPANSION of Wynncraft. Of course, like Wynncon 2020, none of your items and progress will be carried over. However, we will be creating our own custom content, including terrain, quests, mobs, so on and so forth! This goal is very ambitious, as this is probably something that has never been done before. However, we are determined to make this work within the time we have, and we will be working as fast as possible to make this a reality. Do note that we are also going to try and make this Wynncon last longer than usual. A full 7-day week is what we're aiming for. We're hoping that yosteric5 can pull the money out of his hat to make this possible! Using WorldPainter, we were able to create the terrain of the island, and we will be soon working on decorating and creating the entire landmass where all of this will be taking place. The island itself is fairly big, too big perhaps. We'll have to balance the island around the amount of content we plan to have, or just overload it with content to do. Draft of our terrain. This is subjected to change. In addition, we have been considering and planning other possible features. These include, but not limited to: Class Changes, Additions, and/or Reworks. Thanks to all of your responses to Jaydon's Questionaire, we have been heavily considering changing some of the aspects of some of the classes, as some of them need it Cough Warrior Cough. Player Housing. Yes, you heard me, actual Housing. NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING!! "But Nova, Housing is so got damn laggy/buggy/doesn't fit that it just won't work!" BUT, you must trust in the Nova when I say I truly believe we can make this possible. Don't believe me? Check this out! Combat Improvements. We basically aim to make combat much more enjoyable and challenging, changing aspects such as the aggro system. Don't worry, we don't plan to overhaul the entire way of how you cast spells and use auto attacks. These will be more of "quality of life" improvements, or long overdue improvements to combat. Custom Items, IDs, and Major IDs. This one is special, as the legendary rulers of #class-builds, Atlas Inc., have come to our aid and are helping us design items and Major IDs! We're super excited to have them working with us, as this is something that caught us by our surprise! Just as a little preview, this is something we're thinking of slapping on a Custom Item (The Major ID specifically): Now of course, these decisions cannot just be decided by us. We want to try and focus more around designing content around the community's thoughts and opinions. Community connection is key in making an event like this, and we're going to be prioritizing this more than we have in previous years. We will still have our own input and be making our own decisions, but your decisions will help influence what goes into next year's Wynncon, and what doesn't. If you would like to help decide what goes into Wynncon, then please take this survey! It will help us finalize some decisions, or perhaps even spark some new debates internally. Either way, we would love to see what you have to say! Welp, that's it for now folks. We hope you are excited as we are! Feel free to create an account and communicate here. Talk to the community about Wynncon and post some suggestions! We plan to use this website to post our larger updates and announcements, so be sure to check frequently. Of course, we will also be sharing the link on our Discord as well, so you don't miss it! Links Wynncon 2021 Features Survey: https://forms.gle/QKxVrMb1uEAAnsBT7 Wynncon 2021 Discord: https://discord.gg/uM6zMvY Thanks for reading, and as always, feedback is appreciated!
