LOCO universe which has been closed in the darkest world for a long time, is now awakening!
We've come a long way from a long development to finally our 2nd alpha test. And now it's coming!
Here is the information about the 2nd Alpha test:
[Pre Alpha 2 Test Schedule]
From: December 20th, 15:00PM CET To: December 23th, 23:00PM CET Download/Patch Update will available on December 19th. Participation is limited to supporters only. Those who supported our project will be able to first participate in the pre-alpha for 3 days! At this phase, expecting server and multi-instance program stability, game bugs and performance will be tested.
[Alpha 2 Test Schedule]
From: TBA To: TBA Participation is limited to supporters only. After the pre-alpha 2 is over, a new date will be announced with some new content, bug fixes(if any) and balance adjustments. At this phase, expecting gameplay, contents, feedbacks, bugs and performance will be tested.
[Alpha 2 Public Test Schedule]
From: TBA To: TBA After the limited alpha 2 is over, a new date will be announced with some new content, bug fixes(if any) and balance adjustments. At this phase, expected server load stability, database query capacity, bugs and performance will be tested.
[Why testing? About the 2nd alpha test]
Well, We run such alpha tests to know how the fruits of our development affect you, whether you experience and report fun bugs. Also the feeling of nostalgia - just like the good old times, right?
The only thing you should keep in mind in alpha tests is respect.
Bugs and the content itself might not be fun for you, but it's also feedback which is helps us to improving further and feeling better for you! ♥
A special reward for participation in the 2nd alpha phase
You will get special title: Alpha Soul Color: Blue-Cyan Time: Unlimited, Permanent Quest: Play Alpha 2 stage 1 minutes or longer You can active titles anytime from Achievements>Titles menu
NO NDA
There is no NDA in each 2nd Alpha Test phases. You're free to share, stream, record or upload to youtube. We appreciate any contents you create about Land of Chaos Online 2 Revolution!
Join to Community!
Do not miss next test schedules or any events! Besides, we've gathered lots of oldschool fans in our Discord server. This is a special place where you can have fun talking to each other, discovering your teammates from the past and anticipating return of LOCO Universe. Everyone is waiting! Discord: https://discord.gg/loco2
See you in the LOCO Universe~
Dev. Letter: 1 - Starting out
Hello, folks in the LOCO universe community! Welcome to the first development letter from the developers of Land of Chaos Online: II Revolution! In this letter, will touch on many things we have been working on since the beginning of the project, our future plans and everything else.
To the LOCO community following this project, We want to start off by saying that the next alpha phase is approaching months and years of patience and excitement are about to bear fruition. But to everyone from new readers to new players, or even those who haven't played the game for years and just heard about this project, this letter’s purpose is enlightening you about the current situation, and the full list of features and content coming in the next alpha stage update and our plans moving forward and more.
To give everyone a background story of how this project came to be; The game was originally released in beta by the Korean company in 2009. With each update, they made an agreement with alaplaya and released it to other countries. Everything was going well until 2011. The game had a bright future and a catchy side. But, after the Evolution update, the development of the game was stopped by the Korean developer company after the sadness and disappointment of the players. Later, alaplaya and Japanese publishing company realized the current state of the game and created a paywall for all in-game products, and unfortunately stopped publishing after the sudden drop in player numbers. *Haste makes waste*
So the LOCO community, who missed the old version of the game after the closure, made us deeply saddened by the fact that there was no response despite many petitions, campaigns and e-mails to the developer. Since there will be no tzatziki from Korean developers; I started the project of bringing the LOCO universe back to life alone in 2015 while high school years. After working on unity for the first time since 2015, and 1 year later I realized that I couldn't get enough efficiency, stability, updates, and qualification with Unity. Then I started to bring the LOCO universe to life from scratch with the Unreal Engine 4 game engine. LOCO fans who have not forgotten the spirit of LOCO after posting in-game footage on the internet over time, we started to form the new community after they're smelling this project. *The game may die but the community not*
The LOCO community is really supported a lot to us so far. We argued with some, had fun with some, laughed and cried. It means the world to me and it was a massive source of motivation. I can't thank you enough. After it became playable a few years later, minor releases, testing, events and updates were made. Once all went well, we released the first alpha phase as public play. After finding a lot of errors and bugs after alpha, we shut down the servers to continue development in a better way. We would like to thank everyone for the amazing feedback we have received from all of you over the course of the last couple of months, Then, with more people knowing about this project and hopes, we started posting it on discord with development videos, WIP, feedback, new features and changes from day to week without releasing their hype. *You still can see some works and news in our discord server.*
--Gameplay--
First and foremost, our main priority is and always will be gameplay. One of our main concerns was the balancing of the game, because equipment with a very different system from other MOBA games, 3 character selections, 10 different skill selections per character, 10 item slots, mining area capture, and many things that you will be unfamiliar with. (If you old LOCO player, you will not unfamiliar at all!) So that means 2x the extra effort of a regular MOBA game. In this project you can come across a few changed parts from the old version.
*Match 3 character swaps are no longer available with P2W scrolls
The probability of winning the game was very high for the player who was a whale in the old version. That's why we've also removed P2W stat effects from costumes that would affect the game changer. You will now be able unlimitedly swap your character with gold you have accumulated during the match! [previewyoutube="VkaBfOpuw24;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkaBfOpuw24[/previewyoutube] Cost for swapping: Level*100+200 Gold
*No longer Jump Dashing bug
[previewyoutube="4TlKcUfOvR8;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TlKcUfOvR8[/previewyoutube] In the previous game, you could dash by jumping and prevent stamina consumption. but since the real physics is affected in this game, it regains old speed when dash is cancelled.
*Remaking effects and skills balance
Since there is a huge difference between the old game engine(UE2) and the current engine version(UE4), the old effects do not function in the current engine. While we take care to keep the same spirit by making new similar effects, it's also important to work on skill balances to bring more fluidity and fun to the game. [previewyoutube="3ahwW-GS2Xw;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahwW-GS2Xw[/previewyoutube] Old Partizan's Flame Arrow, can now call Phoenix within controllable by holding LMB
*New map
No matter how old the map of the old game was, it was not possible to make it as it was. As I said that nothing from the old game can be transferred as it is, I did everything from scratch myself. So I made a lot of things myself, such as new monster spots, 2 different atmospheres (Force of Nature, Army Of Purgatorium), more attractive stylized graphics, and revamp characters, monsters, buildings textures&shaders.
*Open World
Lately I've been thinking a lot about this. I even thought of creating the lobby map as openworld, like town map. I will work on this in the coming days. maybe it will be available in the next alpha stage. so you can interact with other players & NPC's, create groups, play the colosseum (survival pve mode) and grabbing the ranking in the arena. Then you'll able to have premade teams, guild's, and some visual interacting in the open world map.
--Characters--
In this project, you will see not only old characters, but also new characters that you have not seen before. So new character can also be inserted until I add the last character.
*Unlocking
Locked characters can now be unlocked with in-game currency, leveling up and premium currency. *Leveling a character is a bit different, and not the account level. and still experiemental. it may remove or changed after the alpha stage.* To bring a character back to life, you give them food, teach war, gains experience. Then you will be able to enter with character into battle with full experience. By owning the characters you do not have, you enter the war with the existing characters and give half of the XP you earn to the character you owned. So you can be together. ♥ What about leave XP in halfway and complete rest of the XP with in-game currency? Yes, you also can do that with premium currency too. However, the character you can owning and sharing XP is limited to only one until you cancelled or completed feeding.
*Character Physics
Indispensable character physics will be available to all characters by available in the next alpha phase. [previewyoutube="SblRg0rEVnI;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SblRg0rEVnI[/previewyoutube] *Due to the lack of bone structure of some characters, you may not see enough physical effects in some parts.* I also prevented the character head accidentally going anywhere with a physical glitch xD anyways,
--Balancing--
As we just mentioned above, one of our main concerns was the balancing of the game. We made many interesting calculations from the equipment stat calculation to the item stat calculation. First of all, the thing that affects these stats the most is the character stat chart. You can see the stat multiplier chart that the character has in the upper left part of the character menu.
This means that the effects of ADC, Mage, Fighter, Asassin, Tank and Support roles of the character are different. By default, all characters have the same stats except attack speed and ranges: (Values may change until the game's full release. This is the stat used in the current alpha stage)
Attack Damage: 45 Attack Power: 45 Crit. Chance: 0 Crit DMG: 175 Armor: 60 Magic Resist: 60 HP: 500 MP: 350 HP and MP Reg.: 1 Stamina: 50 (5+1 second dashing time) Stamina Reg: 10 (1 Second per regen dashing time) Run speed: 800 Dash speed: 1600
and some special stats: DMG reduction: 0 Crit Defense: 0 Monster DMG/DEF: 0 Tower DMG/DEF: 0 CDR: 0 LifeSteal: 0
I can hear you why it's not different by character. Because as we just said, these stats are already affected by the character stat ratio(CSR).
if explained basically: You bought a item in the match store, Thats ItemStat*CSR=A A/50=B B+ItemStat=C C+CurrentValue= your final stat in the match.
To give another example: You bought 100 HP item in match store with HP CSR is 4: 100HP*4=400 400/50=8 8+100=108 Then 108+500(as default HP)= You will get 608 HP total instead of 600 HP from 100HP item.
*What about equipment system?
They just increase your character final stat per level with CSR. Not affect and related match store items at all. They are in seperately area. Like if you equip a Glove which is gives 300 MP That 300 MP is your latest character level(20th) stat, so if you are in 4th level you ill get 60MP total. and if we calculate it with CSR it'll be: 1st level EquipmentStat(15)*CSR(5)=A(75) A(75)/50=B(1,5) B(1,5)+EquipmentStat(15)=Per level stat value (16,5) no matter recalculate at multiple levels. we doing this once time at the start for performance. and it multiplies Level * MP only when you got new level.
--Visual--
I still improving on the old interface visuals. In terms of interface changes and ease of use that will come in the future, you can expect new interfaces that are modern and preserve the spirit of LOCO. [previewyoutube="giH6XEX9lGQ;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giH6XEX9lGQ&[/previewyoutube] Tiers will be Militia I-V, Vanguard warrior I-V, Vanquisher Cavalry I-V, Land Master I-V and Lord of Dimension I-V same as LOCO on release. More tiers may come with big updates. [previewyoutube="FggNnRSMU-g;full"]https://youtu.be/FggNnRSMU-g?t=155[/previewyoutube] In addition, when the first 2 tier stages are completed, it gives you a free character slot that you can swap character during the match.
With more over and more of visual improvement by time, you can see something in a video: [previewyoutube="cdcc3M-HiHY;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdcc3M-HiHY[/previewyoutube]
*Crosshairs
Crosshair shapes now vary by character.
it also comes with animations specific to AI, Player and Critical hits. This way you will be able to clearly distinguish whether you are hitting the Player or the build/minion. [previewyoutube="xv76agxy-ls;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv76agxy-ls[/previewyoutube]
If you hit to player critical, you will see a more attractive crosshair animation.
Also, it is movement sensitive and you will see different crosshair effect when you run or dash. [previewyoutube="Upml_o5An2Y;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upml_o5An2Y[/previewyoutube]
*Damage, Scoreboard and announcer
Who died? who killed, how many damage? Who's fighting with who, what's going on?
I've added some unobtrusive, easy-to-see death and announcement animations to understand exactly what's going on in the game. *Now everyone will be able to experience the sadness and excitement when one of your team dies or kills in your match.* Here are previews of the ingame and scoreboard layouts: [previewyoutube="0W0CcLORxGM;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W0CcLORxGM[/previewyoutube]
--Performance--
My mission is make the game as playable as possible with any hardware. The game has received countless optimizations and improvements, It has become almost playable even on mobile phones. However, we were disappointed recently that Unreal Engine 4 has discontinued 32-bit support. So, we will not be able to build the game for 32-bit systems unfortunately. If you still have 4GB ram, you can upgrade to 64 bit and play! This game has low ram usage. (May change usage until game's full release.) In addition, we took care for not to make changes in the graphics settings that would affect the game and the player. *Like; you hide in the grass but on the opposite low graphics setting the player can easily see you* Plus, I've added a few setting to lower the hardware temp and reduce the power when you're in the background or under the game.
--Networking/Server and hacking--
Let's come to the part of the game where it is the most difficult and complex as a black hole. How its complex? yes, yes lets see how it feels like: [previewyoutube="W1uV1ri0w-s;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1uV1ri0w-s[/previewyoutube]
Well, Mostly all MMO games have servers where the player will distribute their position, movement, attack/skills, character data and status to other players. Unlike the others we do, we use the server simulation that we call the player simulation that comes with UE4. So, any changes you make in-game that affect others and the game will be rejected as soon as they reach the server. Imagine: You pressed a skill, then hack the skill cooldown by multiplying game time for fast reduction. After cooldown is done, you still not able to press that skill again. Because in the server side, your skill is still in CD. Same for movement hacking: When you pressing a movement button, it actually move your characters on the server side. So whenever you exceed the speed of light by multipyling delta time, the server will recognize that your movement is above the limit and will return it to its previous position.
In the first alpha tests, this was a bit of a strain on the servers. sometimes it would cause the not to close exactly match or get stuck in a infinite loop causing the game to freeze. Therefore, although it makes most of the server cost, we were able to reduce this cost with sufficient optimization and bug fixes. (Left unoptimized - Right optimized) So i'm sure next alpha stage will work well with a lot bug fixes and optimizations
--Music&Ambient&SoundFX--
Since I was 2 years old, I can't distinguish some sounds because I've been deaf after having a seizure. I left the audio stuff for last so maybe I can find someone who can help. *Thank to my friends who helped me.*
Here is some nostalgic sounds you can hear: [previewyoutube="giH6XEX9lGQ;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giH6XEX9lGQ[/previewyoutube] You may think some sounds are not the same as the old game. i used different tones to make the sounds similar to keep up with the todays modern and the game theme. I Still looking a Sound FX maker to make other skill, hit, Interface SFX's, so not completed yet. Here also you can listen some SoundTracks: [previewyoutube="EhxCPjTMba8;full"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhxCPjTMba8[/previewyoutube]
This letter was a brief summary of what I've been working on so far. More will be available in the next letters or announcements! I hope you've had a wonderful vacation this summer! Stay tuned and make sure you join the Discord and follow the WIP-Announcement channel for more updates and previews in the coming days. See you soon again! ♥
The LOCO community is growing!
Thank you to you who grow the community together with the LOCO universe!
Unlike the UE4 physics system, the custom physics system works over multithreaded. So it does affect only 0.05-0.15MS on game thread for send-get data in game environments, almost no performance hit.
We're hiring! LOCO universe which has been closed in the darkest world for a long time, is now in the awakening! We are looking for fantastic designers for MMO Action MOBA, which has been developed for 4 years. If you made fantasy arts before, but always wanted to have a chance to start in the MMO game industry, you may be suitable also! So if you want to give it a try - don't hesitate to write us!
Open Positions:
•UI/UX designer 1-Experience in any design program ★-Experience in fantastic UI effects is a plus ★-Experience in Unreal Engine 4 HUD-UMG is a plus ---- •Visual FX designer 1-Experience in fantastic visual effect within Unreal Engine 4 Cascade-Niagara FX system ★-Experience in 2D UI Effects is a plus ---- •3D Model designer 1-Experienced in reworking/making of fantasy 3D character models in any design program ★-Experience in Unreal Engine 4 model importing and material system is a plus.
If you have experience in any an role, don't hesitate to write us! Contact: mail@lolizen.com We are excited to see you! Stay safe ~
New LOCO universe in the new year!
Firstly,
Merry Christmas everyone!
A new Land of Chaos online II: Revolution in the new year! Aside from the game's out, we have been doing a few reworking of the LOCO universe recently. Some new content you may likely see: New Interfaces, New character designs, New stories, New sounds, And character model&animation rework with same spirits! I'm so excited.
New interfaces and sounds
Recently I tried some new interface spots with new sound effects, Although its functions are working for now, new designs will be made on it!
New character design and stories
Character: Ellan Thanks to the member who drew this!
For more attractive LOCO universe stories in the future, we continue to write the unfinished stories in the same spirit!
New character models and animations
Although we can't find anyone to do this now, you will be able to see new details and animations in the future!
I am glad I developed alone the LOCO universe to this day. Of course I will continue though.
I know you are impatient to enter the LOCO universe. But be patient to feel the LOCO universe to its fullest as much as possible. It will definitely be worth it!
In addition, we have created some donation system to expand our team. Your help will be rewarded in the LOCO universe! Thank you in advance! https://steamcommunity.com/games/981870/announcements/detail/2927864553745831037
Land of Chaos Online II: Revolution Founder Packs are now Available!
Hello gamers! Firstly, thank you for your interest in this announcement. We are near the next alpha stage release for Land of Chaos Online II: Revolution.
But there are many parts we want to improve before that. We would like to present them to you completely. That's why we have published the founder packs details with special gifts that we will give you in return for your support. Some details about founder packs:
1 Permanent %40 Discount coupon for store [per month]
7 Day +%50 EXP boost [per month]
7 Day +%50 Battle Gold boost [per month]
FAQS:
Q: How i can buy those packs? A: We're currently supporting Paypal, Steam Payments and Patreon Subs Payment system. If you want to do monthly subs with extra gifts:
Login or register to Patreon.
Option: Connect your Discord account to your Patreon account for Discord gifts.
Don't forget to select Sending to a friend(Other way doesn't work.)
Pick what you choose pack and price for supporting me
Enter price and add to note
if you want to receive the Discord gifts: enter your full Discord name, e.g: nickname#xxxx(Dont forget.) If your primary email is different than Paypal email address. Enter it in the description..
and finish it! Easy.
If you unable to use both paypal and patreon payments, we able to support steam payments too!
If you decided to buy from steam, Please join our LOCO II discord http://discord.gg/loco2 and contact to Noira#0001. Then request which you wanna buy pack, i'll give a temporary key to activate main game for 3 days.
If you don't have a discord account: Please contact loco@lolizen.com and request which you wanna buy pack, i'll give a temporary key to activate main game for 3 days. It will convert to permanent key + founder pack gifts if you can send invoice proof until end of the 3 days.
That's all!
Q: How i can get those gifts? A: You can contact me in Discord Noira#0001 or ask in the LOCO II Discord server, we will find you. If you unable to use discord, you can contact to loco@lolizen.com In-game items will be distributed when the game is available for early access. Means: You will get keys, discord role instantly.
Some FAQS regarding the upgradable packs: You can upgrade your founder pack to a higher one from lower packs. However, there are some conditions to the upgrade: 1- 1x permanent key will not be given since you already one have from the original pack. (Duplicate benefits from lower packs don't stack on top of those from higher packs.) 2- If you want to stay with your old subscription pack (monthly Patreon subs) you should do this only on Paypal. 3- If you wan to upgrade your monthly subs pack and full pack together, you can go with Patreon, your old pack subs stacks will protected. However, your first upgrade's subs will not stack at the first month, because you upgraded to the full pack. If you stay every month, it starts stacking your subs gifts. 4- If you want to support me first on Patreon, you can go with any packs, Patreon will take the first payment when you complete the order, thats for full a pack. If you stay every month, it starts stacking your subs gifts. 5- Paypal only support for full packs, so there is no support for monthly subs.
So the final upgrade price is: new pack price-old pack price=the difference in price however, the old price or discount you paid will be invalid. Examples: If you gonna upgrade the "Golden Hero" to "The Founder" pack with the %50 discount event: 50$ - 25$ = 25$ the final upgrade price. without the discount event: 100$ - 50$ = 50$ the final upgrade price.
That's all. Thank you for supporting me!
Ask me if you have any other questions in Discord at Noira#0001 or on this announcement's discussion page.
Note: Founder packs will available until early access is released.
New Event: Talking for Fun and Reward
New Event: Talking for Fun and Reward
You can earn Permanent game access key among the prizes! -Join our discord server ( https://discord.gg/loco2 ) -Follow the "rules" and then "per-level-gifts" (event information is available there) channel! Thats all! Good luck and enjoy!
New Features New WIP - WIP Things #3
[previewyoutube="FggNnRSMU-g;full"]
Thank you for waiting me!
(There old version to comparing changes):
https://youtu.be/HBkdkiCRN1k?t=2439
-Some news for this WIP:
Reworked Chat system in old version it doesnt support multiple server instances and maps/mode
Reworked Inventory system Now there no more account/hero inventory system. Instead you can equip any item to all character if it meets the requirements.
Some features have been improved
Interface effects
New interface designs
Function optimization
Thats all for this WIP.
Thank you for reading. See ya to next update! Cheers.
New Features New WIP - WIP Things #2 and more
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Thank you for watching. See ya to next update! Cheers.
Note: due to my missclick, the old version this news has been deleted. im sorry i tried every way to recover it but seem not supported.
[END] New Game at Home
Hello everyone!
Hows going your day?
My day is good.. -ish...
I hate to announce bad news but there will be no good news without bad news. So this was not in vain. Don't worry, next update will be better than this alpha stage 1st version.
So the bad news:
Servers will down today at the end of the day.
Thats all. If you interested to play and want to see whats coming in next update:
1-You can see my works at #wip-things channel in Discord.gg/loco2 server. 2-Or i will upload to youtube wip-things videos monthly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdcc3M-HiHY
