Ten Years!
April 28th, 2012, History, Whispers in AkarraToday it is 10 years since the first pre-alpha of “Whispers in Akarra” was released. Back then I was building the game on my own, but the project was shortly discovered by Kinten and thewreck, and the three of us are now the core of Oxeye Game Studio. I think I always will look back at this game with fondness. It may not have been the best game in the world, but we peaked at over 100 players online, and it’s nice to say that you’ve made an “online RPG.” Maybe we’ll get the chance to revisit that area some time!
Hit the jump for some pictures!
This is what Akarra looked like back then (screenshot from pre-release 3, May 2002):
This is what Akarra looked like at the end of 2003:
Here’s a pic of thewreck and Kinten from the summer of 2006:
… and a picture of me and thewreck:
You can read more about Whispers in Akarra in its blog category!
/ jeb_
PS: There are still some active shards where you can play Akarra! Check out www.akarra.com. /Kinten
April 28th, 2012 at 11:07 am
^^
Congratulations!
Making games is a awesome adventure
April 28th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Those were some good times, happy anniversary Khaile
May 6th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Congratulations!!!
young.jeb (!beard) == young++; !!!
May 11th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Congratulations on ten years of making games! Very impressive indeed
June 3rd, 2012 at 1:04 am
Y’all have likely never heard of me, but I remember playing Whispers in Akarra for quite some time, back in 2002-2003, hopping over to a shard or two over the years. Caught the tail end of the original right before it went down. Ten years later I hear of Minecraft and get sucked into it as well. I see the name Jens Bergensten and think, “Why does this name seem so familiar.” Then I put “Khaile” in the middle and it all makes sense. I don’t even consider myself a huge gamer, but it’s just amazing to see such a transition over ten years which have flown by.
Whispers in Akarra was such a great game, I just loved the style and the simplicity of it. I would love to see it revisited someday, but either way, you guys have done some great work over the years. Might have to check out one of those active shards and go kill Kal Zatra sometime.
Happy belated anniversary, Oxeye! Hard work pays off and I look forward to more great things to come.
June 4th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
GUYS! whats the deal…? goraths hosting a shard, but is that the only active one? I have only seen one other person online since i rejoined. There must be a different shard iI dont know of thats a little more active?!?! please let me know of anything.
June 4th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
LETS BRING AKARRA BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS PLEASE! hahaha i <3 that game.