Drakojan Skies – First Look at Stage One

Here’s the first look at some of the pieces to the first stage of the upcoming “Drakojan Skies” reboot. Click on a thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.

Like all previous Drakojan Skies games, the backgrounds do not repeat, and each stage is split up into 2-3 different locations with a checkpoint after the mid-boss.

Planned are 11 stages in total. With each stage taking up to 1-2 weeks to complete, they should all be done around late March/April. The game is still on track for a November 2012 release.

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Drakojan Skies (2012) Logo

Here’s the final “Drakojan Skies” logo for the 2012 reboot.

Story: This is not only the Nachenyu tribe’s faction logo, but also represents the revered and legendary Nachenyu chieftain “Arganyu”, a blue-furred, silver armored guardian, who saved the tribe from almost certain destruction far back in ancient times.

Warriors who receive this pendant are rewarded the title of “Arganyu”, as a symbol of their astonishing contributions to secure the safety and prosperity of the Nachenyu people. This element plays a key role in the game’s story.

Check out the “Drakojan Skies – Development Blog” at our community for a live update report on the project.

Adregalus.net 2.0 Launch

Here it is! Adregalus.net 2.0 is online and ready to go!

The biggest addition to this new site is the integration of Web 2.0 services, such as Facebook, Twitter and many more. You can now use your (for example) Facebook account to create an Adregalus.net portfolio to post at our community, and even comment on all the latest news articles! Of course you still have the option to create a stand-alone Adregalus.net account, without having to connect your social media pages with our website.

Adregalus.net 2.0 could not have been made possible without the extraordinary talents of our two new administrators: Chris and Oli, who programmed and helped design everything you see here!

Feel free to take a look around, and if there are any questions, drop a line at our contact page, or post in the forums. Enjoy the new site! :]
-Mike

“Drakojan Skies” 2012 Game Project + Character Concepts

The 2012 “Drakojan Skies” project is indeed a new game! Details are always subject to change, but for now here’s a small glimpse:

Brief Story Description: “Eight fighter pilots rebel against their own forces to protect those they were sent to destroy, exposing a conspiracy which threatens to unravel the bond between Earth and Ethonia forever.”

Currently planned features:

• Classic old school 2D Side-Scrolling Shoot-Em-Up Gameplay
• Chose between 3 ship classes (Scout – Fighter – Bomber)
• Chose between 3 playable Akeshi classes (Hunter – Warrior – Warlord)
• Upgradable Primary and Secondary weapons
• Over 11 large levels with mid-bosses, checkpoints and end stage bosses
• “Story-Mode” which contains nearly an hour of comic-/RPG-like cutscenes and character dialogue
• “Arcade-Mode” for those who want to skip all the dialogue and story, and jump right into the action
• Newly designed game engine, written entirely from scratch

The earliest release date is expected to be around November 2012.

More updates later, but for now, here are portraits of 3 of the 11 main Akeshi characters:

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“Drakojan Skies” Wallpaper + Concept Artwork

Thank you all very much who participated in the “Drakojan Skies” survey! We’ve gathered enough feedback to give us a very good idea on which direction to take the project. And a very big thanks to everyone who checked out our Facebook page! I was blown away by the awesome response it got in only a few weeks!

The Facebook page will act as a “First Access” portal, meaning all the latest news, screenshots, concept art, work-in-progress video-clips, demos and more regarding Adregalus will be posted there before it hits this site. We’ll also be posting weekly updates on our latest projects the moment their development process is in full swing.

Since the upcoming “Drakojan Skies” project is still in the “concept, research & design” phase, there won’t be much news until late this year – hopefully sooner. We hope it’ll be ready for the 10th anniversary of the Adregalus universe next year in 2012.

Until then, here’s a Teaser-Wallpaper:

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