The east shore of the island in the early morning, waves breaking on a sand beach.

A multiplayer RPG, in early development

Wildmere

A small island and the people on it. There are no classes. You get better at the things you actually do, you make most of what you use, and what you make wears out.

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The island

Every picture on this page was taken in the current client with the interface switched off and the camera pulled back a little. Nothing has been painted over. Click one to see it full size.

The harbour at sunset, the sun low over the sea. — The harbour, a little after five in the afternoon.

Market stalls and a well in Mereford's square at midday. — Mereford's market square at midday.

The same street at night, lit by lamp posts. — The same street at night. The lamps actually light it.

A farm with a windmill and haystacks just after sunrise. — The farm west of the village, just after sunrise.

A reedy pond on the edge of the village in late afternoon. — The pond. Midges hang over the reeds towards evening.

Oaks, birches and pines in the north-west wood. — The north-west wood, where the woodcutters go.

A campfire inside a palisade at night. — The goblin camp. Better visited in daylight.

The game with the inventory and equipment windows open and a rat targeted. — Playing: bag and equipment open, a rat picked out as the target.

The sign-in screen, over the harbour at sunset. — Signing in. The harbour behind it is the live world, not a picture.

What you do there

No classes

You never pick one. Fight with a sword and your melee goes up. Take hits and your defence does. There are sixteen skills and you earn every one of them by doing it.

Make your own gear

Ore comes out of the quarry, goes through the smithy and ends up as the sword in your hand. Swords and tools wear down with use, so there is always a reason to go back for more. Mining, woodcutting and fishing work today; smithing and crafting are next.

The server has the last word

Every swing, drop and trade is checked by the server. Nobody can walk through a wall or decide how hard they hit. Pulling the plug halfway through a fight doesn't help either: your character stays in the world for a while after you disconnect.

Small, for now

Right now there's one island with a village, a farm, a harbour, a quarry and a few woods, a handful of creatures and about forty items. Two people will have seen most of it in an evening. It grows a piece at a time.

A new client

We rebuilt the game client this month. The world and its rules are the same, running on the same server, but everything you look at is new.

A full day in about twenty minutes, from sunrise to a night with a moon and stars.
Real water. Waves roll in and break into foam on the beach, and you can see the sand through the shallows.
Grass that moves in the wind. Campfires, lamps and forges light up whatever is near them.
A new interface: drag-and-drop inventory, an equipment screen, a minimap you can click to walk to, and every key can be rebound.
Windows and Linux builds.

Worlds

Live from the same list the game shows when you log in.

Asking the server…

Patch notes

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