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From the EQ2 Forums: Whether you’re just swinging by The Bar of Brell or getting ready for The Great Brewday Pub Crawl, Player Studio Artists Stormyheavens E’Clipse and Lyranny have created cloaks perfectly suited to your barroom Brewday pursuits! Luck of the Clover (by Stormyheavens E’Clipse) Cloak of Good Fortune (by Lyranny) If you’re inclined to kill a few monsters before attending Brewday celebrations, you’ll want this cloak by Vandrago: Cloak of the Dragon Slayer (by Vandrago) Continue reading on the EQ2 Forums for a number of new Marketplace items including Climbing Grape Vines, a Brewmaster’s Ship, Clover Garland, and a bundle...
Player Studio
Today, Player Studio introduces three new categories of items which can be submitted to EverQuest II — Weapons, Shields, and Hair Styles. As with all PlayerStudio items, Weapons and Shields have very specific design parameters that must be followed to be accepted into the world of Norrath. This includes a maximum number of triangles (1,000), texture resolution, level of detail, etc. Weapons and Shields are submitted with at least 3 textures or “maps”, with an optional 4th map. Diffuse (color) map — This is the design or “painting” on the item Normal map — This is the relief of...
Since the launch of the Player Studio program, EQ2 players exercising their hobby (or career) as gifted artists and 3D designers have deluged the EQ2 team with Cloak and House Item submissions. What was originally intended as a “maybe 4-5 items a month” thing has turned into a very popular program as these not-so-amateur designers continue to impress the EQ2 team with their creativity and attention to detail. Perhaps no better evidence of this is today’s introduction of the first animated Player Studio item. Although Player Studio has not released any instructions on how to animate items, a player’s...
I had every confidence that Player Studio would demonstrate the creativity and artistic talent of EQ2 players, but I continue to be impressed by what is being approved and added on an almost weekly basis. From EverQuest2.com: Four new cloaks created by a player — Lyranny — are now available in the Marketplace! Halasian Wolfskin Cloak (Top Left) Erollisi Courter’s Cloak (Top Right) Golden Sun Cloak (Bottom Left) Halasian Loyalist’s Cloak (Bottom Right)
From Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson‘s twitter: EQII player studio: hairstyles, swords and shields will be open soon for players to create! Soon = a couple weeks! — David Georgeson (@Qixter) February 14, 2013
From EverQuest2.com: Today in the Marketplace there are two new Player Studio items available for sale! These two romantic cloaks were created by Stormyheavens E’Clipse. The cloaks both radiate passion, perfectly paired with the current Erollisi Day celebrations! Cloak of Death and Roses
From the EQ2 Forums: Today in the Marketplace there are two new Player StudioTM items available for sale! These two dreamy cloaks were created by Stormyheavens E’Clipse. With lush colors reminiscent of Ethernere, these cloaks are sure to attract the eye of all you pass on your adventures through Norrath! Cloak of Butterfly Dreams Cloak of Cosmic Dreams For every Player Studio item sold, the creator earns money, which in turn means more items made and more items to buy! Let them know which of their items you like, which ones you don’t, and what kind of items you would...
From EverQuest2.com: Player Studio™ has been live for over a month now! We’ve seen some amazing work submitted! Host Dave Georgeson (Director of Development) will sit down with Joe Shoopack (Director of Artistic Development), Sebastian Strzalkowski (Franchise Art Director), and Matt Case (Sr. Artist) to dive in and clarify what SOE artists are looking for when submissions come in. We’ll also talk about the updated guidelines we are releasing soon, our new focus, and more, so don’t miss it! Join us on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 4:30 p.m. US Pacific Time* on Twitch TV! The webcast is expected to last...
From EverQuest2.com: Today in the Marketplace there are three new Player Studio items available for sale! All of these decorative house items were created by the talented Kyle Michel! First, if you prefer a minimalist sensibility in your home, you might want to place this [eq2u]Eastern Wall Decor[/eq2u]:
Frostfell is not the only special occasion in EverQuest II today, as the first two Player-made items will be appearing in-game as well. We can look forward to a Heroic Salesman’s Crate and a Cloak of the North Star. This news comes to us via MJ at Massively who was provided with screenshots of both items. PlayerStudio, announced this October in the leadup to the annual SOE Live Las Vegas developer-player pow-wow, is a program which allows players to design, create, and submit finished in-game artwork and models which are then made available on the StationCash Marketplace. These two...
Linda “Brasse” Carlson has tweeted some interesting news: #SOE Player Studio has received 78 submissions in two weeks – no mean feat, as creating qualifying items requires serious skills! — Brasse (@Brasse) November 1, 2012 To date, #SOE Player Studio has 12 submissions in process for #FreeRealms, 13 for #EQ2 and an amazing 53 for #EQ — Brasse (@Brasse) November 1, 2012 Final bit of cool #SOE Player Studio info: six of these items have been approved & with Finance pending tax forms – next stop, DEV! — Brasse (@Brasse) November 1, 2012 At #SOELive we said to expect...
Player Studio panel starting… Recap of info that has been posted so far. [Editor’s Note: E-mail just received from SOE “Player Studio Now Accepting Game Item Submissions”] From Submission to game * Submission *Evaluation * Paperwork * Art Finishing * Item Design * Item Creation * Placement into world * Testing * Merchandising in Station Cash store * Deployment scheduling * Deployment * Free item delivery [to creator] * Quarterly payments in US $ by mail
On October 4th, Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations) hosted a webcast with Joe Shoopack (Director of Artistic Development) and Rick Reynolds (Sr. Manager, E-Commerce) to get the inside scoop on Player Studio™. EQ2Wire delivers an extensive nearly word-for-word transcript of this panel as there is so much information to be absorbed on this exciting new feature. Quick Notes: Player Studio will allow players to create in-game items for EverQuest, EverQuest II, FreeRealms, and Vanguard. EverQuest and EverQuest II Player Studio websites have been live for several weeks now. FreeRealms will post their website of resources next week,...
From the EQ2 Forums: Player Studio™ is an exciting new program that offers players the opportunity to create in-game items! In this week’s webcast Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations) will interview Joe Shoopack (Director of Artistic Development) and Rick Reynolds (Sr. Manager, E-Commerce) to get the inside scoop on Player Studio™.
Today brought a double helping of news for players of EverQuest II, and I wanted to share a few thoughts I’ve got on each subject. EverQuest II: Chains of Eternity After a features expansion, and then a “guspansion”, Chains of Eternity puts us back on track with a content expansion. This time around, we’ll see Guild, Tradeskill, and Adventuring Level Caps all raised to 95. We’ll also see more expansion in the Prestige AAs tab with new abilities for each Subclass. Also new in the expansion will be Prestige Tradeskills for crafters wanting to specialize their trade. A truly...
From EverQuest2.com: EverQuest™ II players are some of the most dedicated, emotionally invested players in any virtual world. For the first time, EverQuest II players have the opportunity to create parts of our world by designing new in-game items. Player Studio™ is a new program that invites (initially US-based) players to download sample geometry, learn how virtual items are constructed, and try designing items. You can try your hand at writing a creative name, item description, and rationale for how it fits into the ongoing storyline. Selected items will be offered for sale in the SOE Marketplace alongside items...