Prairie Games has launched their Truly Open Alpha for 'Minions of Mirth' - all that is required is registration at their forum. Remember that this is an Alpha and a work in progress! Here's the rather incredible feature list:- Windows and OSX support!
- Easy access, only a forum registration is necessary to get in on the fun!
- Massively Single Player Gameplay(tm)!!!
- Cooperative and Player vs Player Multiplayer
- No monthly service fees for Multiplayer!
- Autopatcher delivers immediate content and feature upgrades!!!
- Host your own persistent worlds with your own original content!
- Immortal access to your own world where you can control time, weather, spawns, items, etc
- 10 playable races with distinct look, feel, and SIZE!!! Huge Drakken and tiny little Halflings!!!
- Beautiful zones with huge playable area and vistas! Dark dungeons and sprawling wilderness!
- 2 hours of original music!
- Masterfully animated 3d monster models with stunningly realistic textures
- Spine-chilling sound effects!
- Day/Night cycles with gameplay tied to time of day
- Immersive weather effects based on zone climate
- Multiclass your characters all the way to level 100 in up to 3 classes!
- Material based clothing system
- Over 50 3d weapon models
- 100's of in game items with high resolution graphics and magical effects!
- Political Factions
- Quest Journal
- Online Help
- Vendors sell items and restock at regular intervals
- Trade items and currency with other players!
- 3d Automap
- Versatile Spell System (invisibility, wind walking, Teleportation, Healing, Nukes, DoTs, etc)
- Summon pets, equip them, and order them to destroy your foes!
- Powerful Skills (Feign Death, Bloodletting, Rage, Volitation, Archery, Grevious Wound, Precise Shot, etc)
- Form your own party of up to 6 characters
- Form multiplayer alliances with up to 36 characters
- Add, remove, or even create new characters at Inns, without ever leaving the game!
- Powerful modding system including RPG Database (with live recompiles) and Realtime Zone Editing
- Advanced users can SSH into their world and edit the game while it's running from an interactive Python shell.
- Global, World, Zone, Area, Alliance, and Private chat channels
- Global Chat system is hooked up to IRC, so you can chat with people in and out of the game, even spanning worlds!
- Preorder the game for only $25 USD -> http://www.prairiegames.com/ordering.html.
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