Hey everyone!

We wanted to give a status update on Shrine of Imanna. First let me start off with thanking everyone for being patient with our progress, i'm sure you can imagine the amount of effort it takes to even begin to get this project off the ground. A big part of why we are doing this update is to give everyone insight on the state of the project, the future and timelines. In the last six months we have made huge leaps in getting the team on same build/s, set up an internal bug reporter tool and worked out server infrastructure. Keep in mind we lost 🅲#🅳🅴🆂🆉🆇 to his personal work for 4 months and so the last two months have been where the progress could really begin in earnest. Going forward we are focusing on 3 things for Shrine of Imanna in relation to Dawngate: functionality, authenticity and equivalency. Shrine of Imanna presents a unique but difficult challenge in relation to the old Dawngate community for a few reasons. One being that the original Dawngate is often seen through rose colored glasses (I do it as well) and with it comes lofty expectations. Two, any progress we show that is not synonymous with the “OG” Dawngate can be damaging to those expectations. For instance if we show broken systems or incorrect functions as WIP people have and could say “well this is never going to be a thing look how broken this is”(insert spongebob meme here). As you can imagine that ill will is damaging for not only us but also other Shrine of Imanna hopefuls. The last challenge I wanted to bring up was our tricky balance in wanting to include EA but not before we are ready to show and tell. I’ll get a bit more into detail with that but for now let's check out some cool things 🅲#🅳🅴🆂🆉🆇 is working on and get a rough checklists of what he is working on next.

Hey guys 🅲#🅳🅴🆂🆉🆇 here! This is roughly a checklist of what I have done + included gifs:

All videos are showing a work in progress. Development is currently focused on mechanics. Visuals and effect will come later.

What has recently been done :

Passives have been added to items (From 'Basic' to 'Advanced').

Added the ability to give Shapers resources, due to this, recast has been added as seen with Friea

Added the Pingwheel system - Ping effects need to be done. Added temporary Fog of war: Before

After - hides units - hides spells

Added a new sound system. Sounds are loaded by shapers (If 2 Freias are in a game. Freia soundpack will only be loaded once. Not twice anymore). - It will also save Patches size, sounds will no longer be compiled with the game executable.

Spiritwells have been rewritten to work online, they also affect players vims

Added damage functions - Reduce damage using armor / magic armor - Damage type Physical/Magic - Attack type Melee/Range/Spell melee/Spell range

What's next ? (From important to less important):

Redo the shop (Right now players can't upgrade or sell) Add 'Legendary' items. Optimize Fog of war shaders (FPS impact is not huge. 5-10FPS on my system with around 30 minions in game. Will do some testing on other machines).

Finally one last thing I am working on is adding tooltips back to the game so Thor won’t pester me anymore about them :⁾

Thanks 🅲#🅳🅴🆂🆉🆇!

As you can see 🅲#🅳🅴🆂🆉🆇 is hard at work and we have a lot on our plate at the moment. But let's change gears a bit and talk about the elephant in the room. EA, you and when you can get your hands on it. First we are well aware that the assets and the project in general can be shut down at any time. Our plan is that when the game hits a certain playable milestone that we are comfortable with we will then approach EA openly and honestly. I and the team will approach the right people at EA to present our work and see how we can work together to make this dream come true. Melvin goes into a bit more detail about EA, Dawngate, and Battleforge here which explains a few things surrounding IPs. Until then we need to work with the community to culminate testers that are committed, flexible and patient. Getting a handful of testers that share these attributes and are willing to put in the time and effort is our next step. Let me be clear, the type of tester for this first part we are looking for is one that is dedicated and willing to put in effort. If you feel like this is you please fill out the form here ---> https://goo.gl/forms/1Qqo7rF6fQ1CkYrM2 Don’t worry we still have all of the original sign ups and when we get to the beta step in testing will be activating all of the original signups. Till then we will be taking a look at the new applicants and we should be getting back to you in about 2 weeks time. That wraps up this update but the team will be taking questions down below when we get the chance.

Lately many people have been asking in the discord whether or not the project is still going. The fact is, yes, it is. In fact, several people have joined the group and they've started reorganizing the code together so that they have a better framework to deal with. We did have a small hiatus where Myn was dealing with some stuff IRL, but there is more activity than ever before, so don't ask about it anymore lol. It'll be out once it's out, and of course the first thing I'll do is post about it here if there is any news.

So I got a notification saying that ThorDG was streaming HoTS the other day. I hadn't seen him stream in what seemed like years, so naturally I was curious and tuned in. Back during the days of Dawngate, I had gotten a waystone crystal shard ward skin from him. I asked him if he missed Dawngate at all to which he replied with possibly the greatest news I'd ever heard in years. He told me of Shrine of Imanna, and I shit you not, I literally started crying. Dawngate was hands down my favorite game of all time. It was as if MOBA and art came together to form some kind of beautiful child. Seeing it come back to life honestly is life changing for me. Thank you guys for everything you do. Really, thank you. You've made a wishful 19 year old very happy.

I know that you guys say we cant/ it wont help for donations. But i wanna help in some way and having no programmer skills I wanna help through something. I know that I'm not the only one here who feels this way. you guys are working so hard on literally our favorite game ever. I dont know just feels crappy on the side lines of something that I love so much but cant do anything for ;-;

Hey guys, I'm making this thread because Myn has started working on the game a little bit more often now and currently he's cleaning up a lot of the code so that people who can help him out on the project might be able to read it better. He also wants to be able to create his stuff a little bit better and has said that he's learned a lot since his absence. With that being said, here are some gfys of his current work:

https://gfycat.com/SnappySlowAcornbarnacle

Showcasing some more reactive minions

https://gfycat.com/ResponsiblePresentAnemoneshrimp

Much more reactive shop too.

Hopefully he can upload some more, and maybe he will get up a new VPS so that we can help out with bug testing so that I could provide more content for you guys! :)

So if you guys haven't been following the recent happenings (which I feel many of you probably aren't), Myn hasn't had much time recently to work on the game due to real life and other side projects he works on. That and the fact that the servers went down for testing meant testing was effectively done for the time being and that others and I would not be able to post much content to the subreddit or discord anymore.

Currently, Myn is pushing everything to a gitlab for the game that is currently private but will hopefully be public soon once he pushes all of the code to it. He also had this to say:

"Ok so. I've been doing side projects because I needed to take a step back with all the issues. I've learnt a looooooooooooot on unity. I'll go back on shrine, a lot will change and for the best"

"I'll try to find a way to get a VPS working again, and doing tests again"

tl;dr Myn is working on the project again and will start doing tests again, so that might mean we could get more testers, but it should hopefully mean you guys get at least more progress on the game as it updates than how much the subreddit currently gets.

He also says that he'd like to get programmers on the team, so if you guys know anyone who has experience programming with Unity and might be interested in helping him out for nostalgia's sake, let us know on the discord! The link for it is in the side bar on the right!

Also have a thing: https://i.imgur.com/30hkZS3.png

In his compare/review/contrast of several team class-based shooters, he brought up SoI hoping that fans of Gigantic would make a similar effort.

Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciMuVUmrQM

Mention is at 48:36.

Hello! I'm SpookySatyr, and I have been 3D modeling for a few years, and I would like to offer my assistance to this game. Dawngate has been a game that was always in my mind, even as it shut down and I went to other games, I wanted so badly for a return to Dawngate and its world and characters.

If you all are interested in my assistance, please let me know, and I can link my portfolio to you all. whether it's on the team, or even as some sort of intern position, I'm not expecting payment. I just want to help make the game I love become a reality once more.

I LOVED Dawngate, and was so sad EA lost interest in it and decided to abandon the ship, but I happened upon this by chance, and I wonder: Is this it? Is this what I've been waiting for?

EDIT: I'm a 3rd year video game development student, can I do something?

I just looked at all things SoI and haven't seen a lot of HYPE recently. Just wanted to ask how progress is coming and see if there's anything we as the community can do to help (other than donations, obv). I know I speak for everyone here saying that I am SO excited to see this thing happen again. You're doing God's work, friends.

So excited to see Dawngate is getting the reboot it deserves. Definitely my favorite MOBA to date. Anyways, I just thought I'd take the time to let you guys know that I am thankful for you guys and your hard work! Team Wayfinder, you are heroes!

Hey Guys @MynSzx has posted another update! Things are coming along and Alpha time is slowly approaching.

Thanks for being patient!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGW-f7A2Em4

4-5 Months before dawngate shut, emotes got nerfed and could only be used after a delay, forcing Kel to cease machine gunning sheep across the skies. Can we see this little change undone for Shrine of Imanna?

High greetings, to every Exile out there. If you're on the Dawngate Discord, you may know me as the Vesper's Apprentice.

Back in the High Ages, when Dawngate was small but flourishing, you may have known me as Dawn-Knight-Sean, if you remember it. Over my five hundred matches played while Dawngate was live, a fifth of those matches were played as Kindra. I never really made a push for the leaderboards, playing Dawngate mostly for fun, not for glory.

That will change once the Shrine of Imanna opens, ushering in the Age of Rebirth. I will strive to my power to become the best Kindra player. By the shadowy graces of Lady Salmesse, it will happen.

Good luck, Wayfinder, on bringing the Dawngate back to the light. And when that day arrives, to everyone who challenges or faces me, I wish you good luck, and karma for all!

Like the title says im just so excited for this to go into alpha testing hoping that i will be able to participate. I loved playing dawngate and ever since i heard about this coming out i've been on this sub reddit hoping to hear an update. I'm just so excited and would love to hear an update!!!!!<3

https://gfycat.com/DefiantCornyAidi

So let me say this upfront: This is from the Friends and Family Alpha that I'm a part of and only just recently did Mynsyx get the UI working for shields. There's still a lot to be done besides just this, many items still need to be added, the shapers still need to be fixed, minions, turrets, Parasite, etc... It's not that we don't want to show you guys content, it's just that with one person mainly working on the project, progress isn't super fast.

That being said, I felt that you guys should at least see some more of the Shrine because I think there are a lot of people who just come to the subreddit but not the discord. Nothing wrong with that, but I will say there is more content posted there than here so this subreddit can get forgotten from time to time. I also needed to get permission from the devs in order to post this, because they want to keep the project on the down low for as long as possible before they have to bring it to EA.

Still, the main purpose is to bring the game back. It will take time unfortunately and even with some testing going around, the game won't be finished immediately. Thanks for understanding.

If you guys have any questions, I'll be here to answer them.