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{{#seo:|description=Whispers in Akarra was an online multiplayer RPG initially developed by Jens "jeb" Bergensten}} | |||
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The initial concept for ''Whispers in Akarra'' was drafted in October 2001 in a design book by Jens.<ref name=":0">http://www.oxeyegames.com/offsite/akarra/Akarra_daria_timeline.gif</ref> The following April, the first public version was released, with various pre-alphas following it. On 27 October of that year, pre-alpha 12 released, which also included spritework by Daniel and Pontus. The original shard was ultimately closed on 13 February 2004 following issues concerning maintaining the shard.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040325013734/http://akarra.net/</ref> With this, he also made some development tools available, though the project was not made open source.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, the rights to ''Whispers in Akarra'' were sold to an individual, but citing failure to receive payment, Jens released the source code in 2008.<ref name=":0" /> | The initial concept for ''Whispers in Akarra'' was drafted in October 2001 in a design book by Jens.<ref name=":0">http://www.oxeyegames.com/offsite/akarra/Akarra_daria_timeline.gif</ref> The following April, the first public version was released, with various pre-alphas following it. On 27 October of that year, pre-alpha 12 released, which also included spritework by Daniel and Pontus. The original shard was ultimately closed on 13 February 2004 following issues concerning maintaining the shard.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040325013734/http://akarra.net/</ref> With this, he also made some development tools available, though the project was not made open source.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, the rights to ''Whispers in Akarra'' were sold to an individual, but citing failure to receive payment, Jens released the source code in 2008.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Unofficial shards, such as one by a user named "Apocalypse" took advantage of ''Akarra''<nowiki/>'s developer tools | Unofficial shards, such as one by a user named "Apocalypse", took advantage of ''Akarra''<nowiki/>'s developer tools which resulted in the popular ''[http://akarraxp.ueuo.com/Index.html Akarrian Expansion]''. Various shards based on it have been hosted since then.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190825102147/http://www.akarra.com/history_timeline.html</ref> | ||
=== Known Active Shards === | === Known Active Shards === | ||
* [http://akarrax2.com/ AkarraX2] (Dedicated Site and Discord Server) | * [http://akarrax2.com/ AkarraX2] (Dedicated Site and Discord Server) | ||
* [https:// | * [https://www.whispersinakarra.com/ AkarraX3] (Dedicated Site and Discord Server) | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||