Registration for the First Login Test A screengrab from recent automated FPS testing in Ship of Heroes On December 15th, at about 10 in the morning eastern time, we’re going to conduct a login test with Ship of Heroes supporters and devs. In [...]
Restorative Nanites Powerset The 30th of November marks six years since City of Heroes closed. Two years ago, we launched the Ship of Heroes website and announced that we were using the closed MMORPG as a major inspiration for a completely new game. CoH [...]
FPS Success in SoH An FPS test with 103 heroes and 103 Nagdellians under the Arch. FPS is 31.6. Blue Man is our lead coder's favorite test character. Hello, Ship of Heroes supporters! This newsletter is quite different from what we’ve published in the past. [...]
2018 Halloween Video Happy Halloween, Ship of Heroes supporters! The arrival of Halloween kicks off the holiday season for many of us, and Halloween will be one of the three confirmed special event periods aboard the Justice. Last year we showed off the Dark Magic [...]
Day and Night in Apotheosis City This video shows off the current state of the game map, especially the new day/night cycle effects on the look of the city. In order to give you the best sense of just how good this change looks in-game, we’ve sped [...]
Civilians and Cars Video Hi everybody! In this video Dr. Strikewell takes a little jog through the Arch Park in the center of Apotheosis City, and shows us how immersive an MMO can be once there are civilians walking around and cars driving along the [...]
Civilians and Cars One of the key goals in any game is immersion in the story. One facet of immersion in an MMO is allowing significant numbers of players to be one the screen at the same time. But the players are not the only people in the universe [...]
Hero Profile: Meltdown Art-Photo Close-up of Meltdown Meltdown is a half-human hero who was born on the planet Karschk to a human mother and a Vais father; the planet's population is a 20-80 mix of humans and Vais. Like humans, Vais only gain superpowers through Unobtanium [...]
The Limits of Nanites "I never worry about nanites; they have an innate weakness to massive fireballs. Then again, so do most things..." -Meltdown Nanites are tiny robots, too small to see, that are programmed to work together and complete various tasks. Nanotechnology is a well-established field in [...]
Design Studio for the Female Soldier Costume. Female Soldier Costume. In this newsletter we’re showing a female soldier costume, using the Ship of Heroes Design Studio. This costume has been created for our female model, and will be available for players to use in creating and customizing their characters. [...]
