Posted July 17, 2020 Distinguished Wurmians! Today we are thrilled to announce the launch time of the Northern Freedom Cluster and Wurm Online on Steam! Wurm Online will become available to play on Steam on the 24th of July, at 19:00 CET. That's not all! In anticipation of the launch of Wurm Online on Steam, we present the brand new trailer! When I viewed this, I was astounded at just how magical the world of Wurm truly is. The possibilities and inspiration have me excited to play on the new Northern Freedom Isles too, is anyone looking for a villager? This trailer was a long project and included many revisions. The brains behind it as always was Malena, who had this to say about it: Quote We started the process by having many discussions on what exactly we want to embody in this trailer. We not only wanted to show off just how rich and deep Wurm is as a game, but to also showcase just how beautiful and diverse Wurm has become visually over the past couple of years. With the addition of distant trees, the new water system, the rendering engine and of course the brand new volumetric lighting, Wurm has come so very far and has become so breathtakingly beautiful! The first step was to create a rough storyboard in the form of a video. We used that as a base to refine the script and scenes further, and once this was finished, I was ready to start filming footage. To accompany the beautiful footage, Daniel Fryer (who also happens to be my son) was hired to compose a soundtrack for the video. I kid you not, the first time I heard it, I burst into tears because it was so beautiful and made me feel so nostalgic about Wurm! The process of searching for beautiful locations, terraforming + building + decorating the sets, setting up the lighting, deciding on weather and season conditions, dressing and animating the characters, setting up the camera runs and finally editing the video was a labor of love. I sincerely hope that the love and passion for the game radiates through to the very souls of our wurmians and hopefully inspires new players to join our wonderful world as well! There's more news to come soon with the revised names for the Northern Freedom Isles too, so stay tuned for that! From us all at the Wurm team, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and look forward to seeing you on Steam. Retrograde & the Wurm team 38 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Very nice! Stunning work and darn makes me super excited to see what the future holds for wurm! Edited July 17, 2020 by Badvoc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 BEEEEEES! but yay new trailer that looks way way way better ❤️ good job making it 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 This looks amazing! Great work @Malena!!!!!!!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Great job! I sent it to a few of my non-wurm friends and it's catching some eyes already. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Malena/KatsPurr ! Amazing Trailer! I am in tears. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Probably the best video I've seen of Wurm to date. What an amazing job! Love the sound track by your son!!! @Malena 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Not a bad trailer at all, I do however wish pvp had a bit more spotlight there. The pvp system is wurm is pretty unique and was not even slightly showcased in this. Otherwise its pretty good imo. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 yeah the one scene of everyone fighting 1v1 was cute, but the rest of the video is great even if it does have some white lies 😝 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) BEEEEEES made it to the video yeeeeehawwwww Good video but seriously we have trebs, champions, artifacts, valrei mobs... the “defend a castle” BOY HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SUPER DIRT PRISONS I hope PvP doesn’t get shoved into a corner here too. Edited July 17, 2020 by Beastwolf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 It's beautiful Malena! The music is also really special, the combo of the two brought a tear to my eye as well, a tremble to the lips Very well done, be proud! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 has stealing been fixed yet? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Rakki said: has stealing been fixed yet? -1 skill -1 cause you can’t steal from a building you lockpick into unless it’s on deed lmfao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rakki said: has stealing been fixed yet? what fix does that need ? Great video 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Awesome work Malena! Got chills from that trailer 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) @Maiya one of the skills we joke about being in the big list of POSSIBLE SKILLS cause it actually doesn’t work and there’s no way to grind it realistically (iirc you have to be in a kingdom and steal from kingdom mates without being seen by guards on deed or something? Even then with new permissions don’t think that works anymore) Edited July 17, 2020 by Beastwolf 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 @Retrogradeare we both going to be up at 5am for the launch? If so are you pulling an all nighter or waking up early? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Just now, wipeout said: @Retrogradeare we both going to be up at 5am for the launch? If so are you pulling an all nighter or waking up early? I may have muttered a few expletives at finding this out. I'll be here, I'm going to invoice for a case of red bulls 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Retrograde said: I may have muttered a few expletives at finding this out. I'll be here, I'm going to invoice for a case of red bulls ill keep you company then 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 All I can say is WOW! I'm even more stoked for the steam launch now! Beautiful work as usual Katspurr! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Beastwolf said: @Maiya one of the skills we joke about being in the big list of POSSIBLE SKILLS cause it actually doesn’t work and there’s no way to grind it realistically It was possible.... untill the accident. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) I got the good kind of bums! The music in this video is truly grand! Edited July 17, 2020 by Nordlys 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 Very epic video, awesome work! I love the atmosphere! I agree that the PvP part was very small, but PvP probably does have enough unique content to be worth an independent trailer 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 I want to play that game, where do i sign up 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2020 @Malenayou and your son have made quite possibly the best Wurm showcase video ever developed. I have been searching for a Wurm video to truly capture what Wurm is to my friends in prep for the steam launch and failed to find anything even remotely close. This captures everything so well, and the music truly compliments it perfectly. This video will be used for years to come I am sure, and it alone will probably be what convinces some of my friends to come play it A sincere thank you for creating this! ~Bregga 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites