Development timeline
Date |
Event |
21-Aug-2000 |
Rotain and KaVir discuss (via email) having a God Wars II forum. |
06-Oct-2000 |
Kastagaar and KaVir discuss some of the God Wars II concepts via email. |
17-Oct-2000 |
KaVir emails an initial proposal for God Wars II to Rotain and Kastagaar. |
23-Oct-2000 |
KaVir writes a post to the GODWARS_and_DERIVATIVES mailing list asking for feedback concerning God Wars II. |
24-Oct-2000 |
KaVir forms the GodWarsII mailing list. |
15-Jan-2001 |
Glad2.0 released as a prototype for the God Wars II combat system. |
6-Mar-2001 |
KaVir rewrites the God Wars II design and restarts the project. |
21-Nov-2001 |
Jobo joins the God Wars II development team. |
28-Nov-2001 |
KaVir creates an example of the development infrastructure. |
14-Jan-2002 |
Sethmir joins the God Wars II development team. |
23-Jan-2002 |
Koryon joins the God Wars II development team. |
23-Jan-2002 |
Tepic joins the God Wars II development team. |
17-Feb-2002 |
Jobo gives KaVir a verbal kick, and the coding begins. |
10-Mar-2002 |
God Wars II alpha 0.1 release. |
24-Mar-2002 |
God Wars II alpha 0.2 release. |
31-Mar-2002 |
God Wars II alpha 0.3 release. |
02-Jun-2002 |
The combat system is added. |
21-Jul-2002 |
The movement system is added. |
29-Sep-2002 |
Vampires are added. |
13-Oct-2002 |
Werewolves and Demons are added. |
11-Jan-2003 |
Beta testing begins. |
28-Oct-2003 |
The God Wars II beta closes and is replaced with Gladiator Pits III, a public testing engine. |
27-Oct-2004 |
Gladiator Pits III loses hosting with gryphonmud. |
02-Nov-2004 |
Gladiator Pits III moves to a new host at mudmagic. |
29-Mar-2005 |
Alayla joins the God Wars II development team. |
19-Jul-2005 |
The redesigned classes are implemented and Gladiator Pits III is transformed into God Wars II open beta. |
11-Dec-2006 |
Grulk joins the God Wars II development team. |
21-Jan-2007 |
Dragons are added. |
22-Jul-2007 |
New Nexus opens. |
19-Jul-2009 |
Titans are added. |
19-Jul-2010 |
God Wars II comes out of beta. |
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