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##9 Latest client version: ##6ManaPlus 1.6.7.2
##0 Actual Release: ##1Beta3-H1
##0 Welcome to ##BEvol Online##b!
##0 You can find every ##1rules##0 of ##BEvol Online##b here:
##1 [@@http://www.evolonline.org/guide_rules.html|http://www.evolonline.org/guide_rules.html@@]


##7 ##BThe adventure begins!##b

##7 Season 2, Episode 1!

##0 The long awaited Aurora1 release is finally online.
##0 You can now fully explore Artis, the principale port city of Aurora,
##0 and benefit of the latest fishing and digging support!

##0 A lot of quests will help you to explore the city and will show off
##0 the historical and political aspect of the Archipelagos of Andorra.

##0 Welcome our new support, such as walking NPCs, pets, and various
##0 interactive map elements!

##0 Have fun, the adventure starts now!

##9 -- Crocs, Reid
##9 February 2016


##7 Hallowe'en Event

##0 Our special Hallowe'en update is out!

##0 This event brings back some old monsters from the beta releases, but
##0 it also introduces an angry bat monster named "Crafty".
##0 We have also reworked many graphics and music from the previous
##0 Hallowe'en theme with the help of Aeonchild and Eric Matyas.

##0 The event will stay online for 3 weeks, it should be enough time to
##0 re-visit the island and, who knows... Maybe you'll find a new
##0 place to explore... ;)

##0 We all wish you a happy Hallowe'en and we hope to see you around!

##9 -- Cheers, Reid and WildX
##9 October 2015


##7 Season 1, Episode 4

##0 The Evol Online Project is pleased to announce you the release of
##0 the new server software!
##0 First of all, remember to update your server list.

##0 This server includes better support for all the main features of
##0 Evol. You won't actually see much difference from other Beta
##0 releases, but we still need your help to assure that the current
##0 server build works with our little world while we work on the first
##0 release.

##0 we will also release most of our current changes on the island and
##0 some bug fixes which were waiting in queue since the end of the Beta
##0 Session.
##0 And yet much more work in progress which should be soon available
##0 through the Aurora1 release this year!

##9 -- Cheers, Reid and WildX
##9 March 2015


##7 Season 1, Episode 3!

##0 Greetings to you all, fellow players! Welcome to this new version of
##0 Evol Online! This third Beta release will maybe be followed by a
##0 Beta3.1 if bugs are to be discovered, so don't hesitate to tell us
##0 about anything you dislike in game. Then you may deserve a cookie...

##0 Thanks to Kenny690, we made great progress on sound effects and more
##0 will come! We also worked very hard on art, we for example added a
##0 a new hairstyle, weapons are now visible, lots of icons were remade,
##0 etc... Furthermore, new unit names got introduced such as Esperin
##0 for the in-game currency or Florin as weight value. 

##0 Last but not least, we did an incredible work on balancing the game,
##0 this took us most of our time thus we think it'll bring a new game
##0 experience to this adventure. We hope you'll enjoy this new version
##0 of Evol Online, and remember, cookies are a source of life.

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 July 2013


##7 Get ready for summer!

##0 Fellow players, we are pleased to inform you that during this year,
##0 all of us worked hard on this project and also in real life, thus
##0 most of our developers and contributors graduated! Congratulations
##0 to all of them!

##0 The change of license from GPLv2 to CC BY-SA 3.0 has made great
##0 progress too! There are very few graphics left that are still GPLv2
##0 and we're doing our best to get rid of these as soon as possible.

##0 On top of that, we also continued working on our new website, we
##0 hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do. Don't forget to register on
##0 our forums too!

##0 The Beta3 is coming very soon, so if you want a very special cookie,
##0 please come and help us translate the last few sentences left.

##0 On the ManaPlus development side, we are proud to announce the
##0 release of that client on Debian and Ubuntu 13.10. Note that
##0 http://manaplus.org/ is finally out too!

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 June 2013


##7 Spring time everybody!

##0 Beta2.1 was a great success, more than what we thought it would be.
##0 We are proud of this release and of the players too! Your bug
##0 reports helped us a lot, as well as your feedbacks. Thank you!

##0 We started working on Beta3 even before the launch of Beta2.1
##0 because much needs to be done. We fixed all known in-game issues
##0 and improved a lot of old content.

##0 To sump up, Beta3 can be compared as a full balancing release, it'll
##0 bring new weight and currency measures, which will offer a new game
##0 experience to you all! We'll let you discover all of the other new
##0 features and modifications by yourself!

##0 Lastly, we think it is important for you to know that we spend a lot
##0 of time trying to change our game art's license from GPLv2 to
##0 CC BY-SA 3.0. This will help us develop much faster in the future.

##0 Beta3 will soon be released, such as its news post!

##9 -- Cheers, Reid.
##9 March 2013


##7 Finally, Beta2.1 is out!

##0 We are proud to announce the launch of Beta2.1 tonight. This
##0 update brings a lot of bug fixes. We also did a lot of dialogues and
##0 quest fixes. Translators greatly helped too! Thanks to everyone
##0 who contributed.

##0 As Evol developers already started working on future releases,
##0 some improvements, that were not supposed to come in so soon, were
##0 implemented in this release. We improved and added graphics,
##0 cleaned databases, added a new indoor sunlight effect. We hope
##0 you'll like it!

##0 ManaPlus also got improved along with its awesome new Jewelry
##0 Theme! You can now play Evol Online on Android and Mac OS X,
##0 enjoy! Special thanks to Socapex for his wonderful work, creating
##0 the ManaPlus Mac OS X application.

##0 Check out our Facebook and Google+ pages regularly so that you
##0 don't miss anything. Note that we're already working on the Beta3
##0 and Aurora1 releases, meaning which releases will come much sooner
##0 than you think!

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 February 2013


##7 End of the World, Epic Fail!

##0 We just released Beta2 and we hope you enjoyed all of the cool new
##0 features it brang! This took us a lot of time to put in place but
##0 sadly, we will soon need to release a small update to fix several
##0 bugs.

##0 Some of us also started working on future releases, that is why
##0 this bug fixing release, called Beta2.1, will be release in a
##0 month. In addition, we need to let translators do their job, and
##0 that takes time!

##0 Moreover, ManaPlus never stops getting better, as well as the
##0 brand new Jewelry Theme, thanks to 4144 and Hal9000! Check it out!

##0 Stay tuned for the Beta2.1 release!

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 January 2013


##7 Season 1, Episode 2!

##0 After over 10 months of intense work, here is the new version of
##0 Evol Online! A whole new dynamic has been added to the game,
##0 everything has been rewritten, rethought and redrew.
##0 We are proud to present you this Beta2 release!

##0 Along with the story comes new game and client features, and new
##0 interactions with the environment. This is in fact an entirely new
##0 gaming experience.

##0 Developers modified the whole game and here are some major
##0 additions: savepoints, quest window, maps, graphics, etc...

##0 You can check the full list of changes at
##0 http://wiki.evolonline.org/changelog
##0 And all of the new contributors at
##0 http://wiki.evolonline.org/contributors

##0 Enough said, check out everything by yourself!

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 December 2012


##7 What a scary... I mean... weird development team!

##0 Hey, why did the ship stop?! Was that under Nard's orders? Lets
##0 find out! Oh no, giant pumpkins overran all of the boat! It seems
##0 you must get ready for battle. You can sense something very
##0 powerful and evil at the far bottom of the ship. You should check
##0 it out. Maybe Bachus, the party spirit, could help you throughout
##0 this. We hope you'll enjoy this Halloween event.

##0 Once again, Evol Online developers are in a rush. Beta2 takes a
##0 whole lot longer than they thought but this is of course to avoid
##0 any kind of issue. Again, a numerous amount of bugs were fixed and
##0 scripts were mostly all rewritten for a better game experience.

##0 As a lot of dialogues were added and improved for Beta2,
##0 translations are needed more than ever. Even though some developers
##0 also work on these, they cannot afford working on all of them.

##0 If you feel like you can help developers in any way, especially for
##0 translations if you speak english fluently, feel free to contact
##0 them using Evol Online's IRC developer channel.

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 November 2012


##7 End of summer, beginning of Beta2!

##0 Summer holidays are now over for the Evol Online developers. We are
##0 proud to announce the arrival of Beta2 soon, even though we
##0 unfortunately find ourselves currently behind schedule.

##0 However, a lot of efforts were made to create a lot of new content
##0 and great new tilesets which took for ever to create and fix.
##0 We are currently fixing bugs and preparing the release. Final
##0 modifications are being made to give you the best release ever made
##0 for this project.

##0 Among the new features is a Quest Window that has been added to the
##0 client. It will help you see your progress in game.

##0 When the Beta2 release will be out, we would like you to promote it
##0 by simply spreading the word around you. Players will then be aware
##0 of the news and this may help us expand our community.

##0 As you already now, new contributors are always welcome!
##0 Translators, artists and even writers are free to contact us for
##0  more information.

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 August 2012


##7 Some people just never stop working!

##0 Once more, a lot of work has been done, recently on the consistency
##0 and quality of the game. A lot of new graphics will be part of the
##0 next release, Beta2. Interactivity between the player and the game
##0 was our main goal the past weeks.

##0 This new dynamic and gaming experience will be revealed throughout
##0 animations full of mysteries. Treasure chests, coconuts and new
##0 have appeared on a brand new map!

##0 The work on the translations, the repository reorganizations and
##0 on top of all, the client, were one of our main concerns lately.
##0 The developers still need a bit of time in order to finish this
##0 release, thus we thank you for waiting.

##9 -- Regards, Alige.
##9 July 2012


##7 Season 1, Episode 1!

##0 After a mysterious past, you find yourself adrift on the waves in
##0 the middle of Oceania. A noble-minded crew, sails by your body
##0 decides to rescue and take care of you.

##0 You now wake up about seven days later in their wooden ship.
##0 Take some time to know the crew who saved you and try to
##0 discover what happened to you before this terrible event!

##9 -- Cheers, Reid.
##9 January 2012


##7 Evol Online Beta releases!

##0 After several months of work, the world of ##BEvol Online##b is
##0 finally opened to everyone for its first Beta release!

##0 This Beta will be the first among two other ones which will help
##0 the developers finding out the qualities and problems of the
##0 chosen gameplay.

##0 We welcome you to give us your thoughts about this, but we also
##0 hope you will have fun being part of this amazing adventure.

##0 We also need to warn you that at the end of the third release,
##0 all characters will be wiped out as we are trying to have a
##0 perfect balance for this game and start it over with it.
##0 We kindly ask you to accept this.

##9 -- Cheers, Reid.
##9 January 2012

##0 You can check out this page for older news entries:
##1 [@@http://wiki.evolonline.org/news|http://wiki.evolonline.org/news@@]