Players with pledges that grant them Alpha 1 access will be allowed to play Prelyria first, followed by those with Alpha 2 access, then Beta 1 players, then Beta 2 players.ДЄt the point where Prelyria/CoE is approaching Alpha 1 quality, it will open up to all backers that have a paid-up account on the website to jump in and start testing. When nobles are killed in Prelyria, it will be reflected in the dance of dynasties in Kingdoms of Elyria.Д«ackers will be released for Prelyria based on their slots in Alpha or Beta. Political actions of government-level backers in KoE, like declaring war against another nation, will affect the behavior of NPCs in Prelyria. Once released, events that happen in Kingdoms of Elyria will be mirrored in Prelyria and vice-versa. It is scheduled to release trimester two of 2018, several months after the release of Prelyria. Kingdoms of Elyria is a separate, top-down, 2D graphical civilizations-like game built to test the separate features of land management and politics. In the later phases, Prelyria will leverage the Soulborn Engine to expose characters to a dynamic, evolving story-line in which they have control of the narrative. Upon launch of Prelyria, players will be able to create characters and walk around in the world, role-playing and interacting with their fellow players while helping test the game mechanics. It will not reflect the experience of crafting in the regular game. Crafting in Prelyria will be a feature used to validate the overall system of gathering resources, converting them into crafting materials, crafting components, and then constructing them into objects. Combat in Prelyria will not work like it does in Prologue, Exposition, or the released game. In many cases, such as combat, they exist in Prelyria as a shadow or completely disassociated version of the final system. As necessary elements to test the other intended features of the game, they will be present in Prelyria, but not to validate those specific mechanics.

Prelyria will have cameo features as well, such as survival mechanics, combat, crafting, and others. The 'alpha' is intended to span anywhere from 30 to 50 in-game years, to allow the incorporation of other mechanics such as: As it will be used to model player interaction, Prelyria will deploy with the important multi-player mechanics of the game.

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