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From the main theme to the inspirations behind our game , we checked in with the writers of Mad World to see what they have in store for us in today’s dev diary. What is the main role of the writing team? To fully appreciate Mad World, players need to indulge in the world as if they are actually living in it. From the ground up, we had to build the base for every single thing that exists in our game to make it as immersive as possible while keeping the Mad World’s own reality alive. We are doing our best to build the setting that maintains the level of believability while keeping the gaming aspects alive. Can you briefly describe to us the setting of Mad World? Mad World takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. A civilization matchable to that of early renaissance was built, only to be destroyed mercilessly by the hands of the Demons overnight, dragging the civilization back to its primitive times. From massacre,starvation and diseases,more than 90% of the total population perished after a series of disasters hit them. Under the control of the Demons, those who managed to survive now live in absolute despair That’s the setting of Mad World:, a world of despair. What makes the setting of Mad World different from the ones of other MMORPGs? Usually the story of an MMORPG revolves around a main character who eventually becomes a hero, journeying through a world full of legends and fantasies. In contrast, the world of Mad World is full of despair. This new world order was built by the ones who lost in touch with humanity after going through absolute desolation and fear brought by the demonic apocalypse. The Players will be required to maintain their humanity while battling between the choice to remain good or end up giving up into evil. In Mad World, players will need to make many choices. Depending on what choices they make, results will vary, offering players different experiences, influencing the NPCs and their related stories. . As to what extent they will be affected, we are currently experimenting with various game mechanics and methods. What are the Demons in Mad World? The word “Demon” has a deep-rooted history. In Christianity, good and evil are very confrontational. In Mad World, we took out the concept of good part, only leaving the evil one interpreted from human’s point of view. For example, let’s say your home is infested with termites and you decided to eradicate them with an ant killer. In this case, you wouldn’t necessarily be considered evil from a human’s point of view. However, to the termites, that act is absolutely evil. The humans living in Mad World are just like the termites. The evilness of the demons in Mad World are not absolute but relative. That’s the concept behind the demons in Mad World. Can you tell me more about the Demons in Mad World? Each of the demons in Mad World takes extreme pleasure in a particular thing. For example, one of the greater Demons in our game, named the Corpse Collector, takes extreme pleasure in feasting on flesh. . It constantly gulps everything in its sight to maintain its level of pleasure. It would be nice if it decides to prey upon the flesh of other demons. Unfortunately he goes after humans to stay sated because they make an easy prey. Needless to say, that act is evil in human’s eyes. If a demon takes pleasure in love, he/she will try to stay that way by cherishing and loving humans. He/she is good in human’s eyes. However, the only thing they indulge in is taking pleasure, and what each demons takes pleasure in can come in various shapes and forms, allowing us as game developers to come up with all kinds of unique types of demons. Emotions exist as a spectrum, giving us unlimited resources of ideas for creating unique demons. What are the challenges you have to go through creating the demons and writing the story of Mad World? Trying to build a setting for demons uniquely designed for Mad World that are not cliche is a big challenge because we as a company value in creativity and challenging the status quo. Mad World is a fantasy-based game, but we are trying to ground it in some bases of reality. It takes much imagination to build a completely unique setting from the ground up, something that’s unlike the usual fantasy tropes we’ve become accustomed to. To break out of the typical mold, we had to get rid of all the common denominators of so called fantasy. It was as if we had to throw away all our traditional values, and fill them with new ones, which was a difficult task indeed. Generally speaking, when a studio develops an MMORPG, many times, systems are built first, followed by the setting that the game will take place. However, we are doing our best to do it the other way around. In closing Mad World will offer a very interesting setting especially to the ones who enjoy making the tough decisions that are not possible in real life. Thank you for the read, and see you in the next dev diary. JandiMan Head over to Facebook to discuss Check out previous wip videos on our Youtube

Happy Valentines Day! This is JandiMan. One of the things we want users to experience playing Mad World is its grim-dark reality. The setting and stories will be the main tools we will be using to convey that mood. One of the teams responsible for hammering those tools is the adaptation team. Today I caught them by surprise, and asked for an interview, which they hesitated first but finally accepted after an eternity. Hey guys, can you tell me briefly what you guys do? Our job is to enrich what we get from the scenario team who basically builds the settings of the game, ultimately to make the story more entertaining and engaging while helping the story make a smooth transition to the game. Simply put, if scenario builds the bones, adaptation adds skins on those. Could you tell me how you exactly do that, maybe an example? (sigh) For instance, there’s this village where strange looking crops that look almost like humans are grown by Demons on a plantation. After the scenario team builds that setting first, we sit down together, trying to figure out what kinds of people would live in such a horrible place, the things that they have to go through on a daily basis, the drama, events, all those things. We work things out from there. I can’t even imagine living in a place like that. Can you give me a sneak-peek? Sure. There’s this quest that takes place in that village, which may be familiar to those of you who played in the last alpha. Its title goes “Talking Scarecrow”. Here it goes. Scarecrows in this village are anything but normal. A hideous looking head speared on the top, its body made of wooden polls, it’s not hard to find them in the vicinity of the plantation. They are slaves of labor even after death, looking after crops with that decayed dull face forever and ever... One day a rumor spread among children, a rumor of a strange event… ...what is it? Some children witnessed one of them talking. A girl who recently lost her father makes her way to the scarecrow as soon as she hears the rumor. She desperately attempts to talk with the scarecrow only to hear nothing in return… Talking scarecrow, is that all just a rumor?...or a secret lies within? I can’t wait to check out the rest of the story. You definitely piqued my interest. Let’s do this again! …..(forced smile) Thank you for reading, and have a great weekend! JandiMan Head over to Facebook to discuss Check out previous wip videos on our Youtube

Hey guys, this is JandiMan. Hope you liked what you saw in the last blog. Picking up from where we left off, we want to give you a bit more details on Pet in today’s episode. Please note that Pet System is still work-in-progress, and subject to change in the future both aesthetically and game-design wise. Inspired by Tamagotchi, we want you to feel like you are actually with a living breathing pet in-game, with which you get emotionally-bonded as you spend more time with it. Jump! Jump! Good Puppy! XD Each Pet in Mad World comes with one of the several base personalities as a cub. Depending on how you train it via Stable Master, and tame it through pet-related quests determines its appearance and the type of skill sets it will have when it’s fully-grown, not to mention its royalty to you. We are considering adding several different types of creatures with different backgrounds in addition to the wolf one you see here. If your Pet spends more time training combat, it will grow up to become more aggressive and have a set of more offensive skills, whereas if it spends more time traveling, it will grow up to become a speedy type. What type it ends up being will change its appearance as it becomes an adult. Run like the wind! It will express hunger or thirst, in which case you need to feed it with food or give water. This kind of action is related to your pet’s royalty point, which will impact the summoning of your pet. The less the point is, the less likely it will show up when you call for it. If it hits 0, your pet will leave you for good. Eat well my friend... When you ride on it, you will be able to use Pet skills while using your character’s own skills will be limited. Off the ride, you will be back to fully using your character’s skills with your pet supporting you nearby with its skills. Again, Pet System is subject to change in the future but hopefully this will give you an idea of where we want to go with this. There you have it. What did you guys think? You are always welcome to let us know your thoughts on our social media. ( Facebook , Discord , Twitter ) Thank you for the read, and we will see you guys in the next episode! Mike aka JandiMan