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BalMale-Female

As we close in on our Alpha 2, we are giving you a sneak peek at our higher tier plate set! This set was made by Kevin and the weapons shown were made by Pam.

February 11th Update

BalFemale

So you liked the armor, huh? Well today, we are sharing another sneak peek! A look at the female higher-tier plate armor complete with a lava bow and arrow.

February 12th Update

showcase

Today we have a look at some of the changes to our environment in the testing region that you can expect to see in our Alpha 2 as well as a message from Art, our Creative Director here at Team 21 Studio!

Alpha 2 Terrain Showcase

AmbushInTheForest

Today we are showcasing a piece of concept art depicting brave adventurers ambushed by the vile Toka deep in the forests of Ilysia!

February 18th Update

StoreLaunch

We heard you! 

Due to popular demand, for a limited time, we've decided to open up the opportunity to get into the Beta 1 test phase! We're also going to offer some additional collectibles!

For those interested, please head over to https://mageportal.com/store as the shop is NOW LIVE! *In order to purchase any items from the store you must be logged into your mageportal account.*

__Beta 1 Keys will only be available for purchase until April 8th!__

Look forward to sneak peeks and updates that we'll be sharing on the road to Beta 1!

Reopening Access to Beta 1

IlysiaRoB

__Alpha 2.0 was a success!__

You traveled Ilysia completing quests across the lands and were faced with the challenge of Bal'Ramos at the end of it all. You rose to the occasion, and showed nothing but valor as a seasoned adventurer!  

We wanted to take this time to thank you for participating in our Alpha 2.0. We received so much valuable feedback that will aid our entire team in development moving forward. We could not have done this without the help from our amazing community and you are a large part of the overall success of Alpha 2. Thank you again for your time and feedback!

*Our Alpha 2 Phase and Beta 1 store purchases ended on April 8th at 12:01PM EST*

Our team is continuing development and with the help of your feedback from Alpha 2, we are extremely excited to add new features and improvements ahead of Beta. 

Beta Access and the date it goes live will be announced in the future. Follow along here or on our socials for more updates and information! 

[Discord](https://discord.gg/ilysia)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/ilysiavr)


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Ilysia In-Game Screenshot

__Our team continues to grow!__

We are thrilled to welcome Ralph to Team 21 Studio as our Senior Environment Artist!  

In Ralphs own words:

*"I have been in the video game and multimedia industries since 1996. Over the course of my career, I have worked on numerous AAA game titles including but not limited to the Dark Age of Camelot series, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Saints Row: The Third, Red Faction: Armageddon and Elder Scrolls Online. I have always had a passion for creating Environmental and Fixture/Prop art and strive to create captivating art that incites emotion and produces an immersive experience for the audience.  I am thrilled to join the team and hope to bring that creativity, passion, and experience to the world of Ilysia!"*

You can also check out Ralphs portfolio here: https://whizbangdw.com


Our Team Continues to Grow!

Grotto

Today we are showcasing another piece of  concept art for Ilysia. This piece titled "Grotto" features a beautiful water scene with plenty of waterfalls! This is our 4th piece that we've shared with you so far and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 

![Grotto](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/2uIAjCfVAxmGqyeMKx9ZyB/40ee9f8508ba47aaabf693ad15b53394/GrottoT21StudioLLC.jpg)

In case you missed our previous concept art, check them out below!

![Forest Ambush](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/1FZ63qhIxhHvEkkvBsX1Yg/c8eb801c15ae92bc515970ff6c16d2f8/ForestAmbush.jpg)

![Titan Over Lake](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/79dxbn4HN9EI2qsQmBKDRF/0eb471a8aaaf0dfbb3a950ad841e69a5/TitanOverLake__1_.jpg)

![MagePortal](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/3wWwNUKSxx4Re9aoNN6rvf/19460a62102c30f032af8ae3437fdb84/MagePortal2_.png)

Ilysia Concept Art: "Grotto" 

Dev Blog May revised

![Dev Blog Banner](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/3UjTLKF0F3CDIkpssexUod/ef45637bf5e4e30b657efb15cc5119ba/Dev_Blog__1014____200_px___1_.png)

Listen, we get it. When in between testing phases, we get a little quiet. Well not anymore! Look no further than this blog! Each month, we’ll be releasing a Dev Blog that will cover various aspects of development with some sneak peeks of what our team has been up to between testing phases, words from the team itself, and highlight some cool stuff happening in the community! 

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# ICYMI: The Team Continues To Grow

Recently, we brought on Ralph as our new Environmental Artist! Ralph has been in the field for many years and has worked on several AAA titles including the Dark Age of Camelot series, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Saints Row: The Third, Red Faction: Armageddon, and Elder Scrolls Online. With a passion for creating environmental and fixture/prop art, Ralph aims to create captivating art that incites emotion and produces an immersive experience for the audience. 

  In addition to Ralph joining our team, we've also brought on board two new team members. Seth, our newest character artist, and Jason, our newest developer! 

Please join me in welcoming Seth and Jason to Team 21 Studio!

Words from Seth: 

> “I’ve been playing games since I was a kid and at the age of 11, I knew I wanted to be a character artist for video games. I attended the Savannah College of Art and Design studying Game Design and have been a Character Artist on student projects for two years! Ilysia is the first project I’m joining right out of school and I am so excited to be a part of this amazing team!”

Words from Jason: 

> "I have been enamored with video games since my dad taught me the infinite 1-up trick in Super Mario Bros and I knew early on that I wanted to make them. Thanks to being competitive with my sister, I started teaching myself how to program 15 years ago and learned a variety of languages, settling on C# as my favorite. From JRPGs to MMORPGs, I love all kinds and for the last 5 years, I've had the pleasure of immersing myself in video games on a whole new level. I can't imagine doing anything else."

We are still looking to fill a few more roles to round out the team. If you have an interest, you can head over to [ilysiavr.com/careers](https://ilysiavr.com/careers) to see our current openings! 

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# Behind The Minds Of Our Art Team

With our new team hires, our art team has been putting together more curated experiences and points of interest in Ilysia as well as updating creatures you’ll see throughout the world. 

We begin by designing locations through concept art. This helps us create a visual representation of what we want to achieve when sculpting the world of Ilysia. From there the team breaks off to work on different aspects of the project. 

Below showcases the creative process from concept art to in-game assets.

![Concept Walkthrough](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/3iAOzwjRLGpkS8I1roiVfm/648c2f495b4f3cc8b7bb66bcada384a1/CompScene01__1_.png)

When I sat down with Pam and Abbie on our art team, I asked about their creative process when they begin working on the concepts featured above. Abbie who has been working on a lot of the foliage in the game including the hand-painted Lilly pads and flowers you see had this to say: 

> “I want to make the flowers as approachable as possible so when they (the players) walk into that space, they’re in awe.”

Pam mentioned that she likes to take screenshots and block out certain parts to use as inspiration when sculpting. The results are some beautiful rock formations that you can see in the above image.

Another side of our team is currently working on our character art. Kevin, who you might be familiar with for their work on our revised player models which you saw in our Alpha 2, has also been hard at work revisiting our Tokas. Below you can see some big changes to the design of these creatures. 

![Toka Gif](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/1AhwjMXy9aOWHOcsDTqhCb/5017dfc96d7850345e787979e3f1a8ac/T21_TokaWIPpreview.gif)

Seth, one of our Character Artists, has been working on some pretty amazing hairstyles for our player models. Here is a sneak peek at one particular style thats in the works! Seth had this to say when working on the hairstyles: 

> "For me since this is my first VR game, working on the aspect of optimizing the models for VR can be a small challenge at times. Making sure the model is within the game's budget without losing too much of the model's silhouette is key!" 

![Revised Hair Style - Community Blog](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/6Jf54A4lNRrqs94mIiCzSv/c6891003a8d5e615140db762a31101b4/unknown__6_.png)

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# News Regarding Our Patreon

We're also announcing that we have reached a milestone where we are closing down Pateron after 2 years. We want to sincerely thank everyone for their support to get us to a point where we can stand on our own as we move aggressively into Beta. We couldn't have done this without all of your support, and we hope you continue to support us by getting involved in the community, spreading word about this amazing game, and getting as hyped about Ilysia as we are! Feel free to jump into our Discord or follow and interact with us on our socials like Twitter and Facebook! 

To those that have backed on Patreon, you'll receive rewards up till __June 1st 2022__. Following that date, your tiers will be stopped. We'll be updating all Patreon rewards to reflect onto your MagePortal accounts.

We still have two months worth of rewards that are currently being worked on and we'll also let you know once those are posted out! 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/ilysia)!

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# Community Spotlight:

__BEANS!? Why the community has a fascination with them.__

![Dev Blog - Beans meme](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/jxb5ggf6jw5IvuisZnYUh/7ba85ac0189e08ebb4e845473d8f151c/IMG_3457.png)

Look no further than this blog if you’ve missed our community game nights. Since October 2021, we have been running various game nights inside our Discord server every few weeks. Some previous ran games include Amongus, Gartic Phone, Rec Room VR, and Jackbox.  (Note: To get pinged for these types of events, head over to our role-assignment channel in [Discord](https://discord.gg/ilysia) and grab the event's role!)

 As it happens, placing 20+ people in a drawing game opens doors to some interesting doodles. One of those just happened to be a can of beans at the time. So when you have an entire Discord server talking about beans, it's logical to add it into Ilysia, right?

![Dev Blog - Beans in game](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/2oPmtAfhHP3PePQJz8UL3g/4ef48d628e6a3bafaa76e3d0f9acb6dd/unknown.png)

Somewhere out there in the world of Ilysia sits a random can of beans, with some players successfully finding its __hidden location__ during our Alpha 2 Phase! Now the question is, will its location move during our Beta phase? I wonder… 

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# Talent, talent everywhere! 

An underrated aspect of our community is the creativity that a lot of our users possess. Trust me when I say this, it does not go unseen when you post your fanart, VR worlds, animations, writing, and yes, your memes. I forward them over to our team often. It’s awesome to see you all so passionate about this game! I wanted to show off some work the community has been up to the past few months with our first fanart showcase!

![Community Artwork 1 ](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/5iwnBoLEtaof418NLqCqqf/ea9468d80daece506abb37daf2e6d854/RhWputO__1_.jpg) 
Created by: LorenzoBane#7279

![Community Artwork 3](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/277aHjXuKiVKTuczR0NK4q/aac1ea4e5f6d5774557db5529795f3c2/IMG_0325.png)
![Community Artwork 2](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/3mu3Qx3rCruwrDhvUFBOkw/b76ff98611d163f344b10d291021c903/IMG_0223.png) 
Created by: nymph#7178

![Community Artwork 4 ](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/4EiVGneFQhmqBQ0FOL3Tak/9ea8fef0312c1f481a96d0c6473447b9/IMG_1121.jfif) 
Created by: Rufoid#1996

![Community Artwork 5](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/6727Yvfo7SWVjWrSrsCt76/4a09ff42538e44305ba04b2254022168/IMG_0046.png)
Created by: brocoli17#5322

![Community Artwork 6](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/1btWYmGSqOhV7mJMxvbTef/7cca0b676f600ef0044f8a624aee4489/photo-output__2_.jpg)
![Community Artwork 7](//images.ctfassets.net/vafj0jtq5v91/6sBFoh8MGBTlKmog5VrjuS/05609a7f041a81d85bf8230a489e3d83/photo-output.jpg) 
Created by: HotBoiiGenny#4215

> Legends of Lagena 
> 
> Mage of the Tower, Part I 
> 
> The scar of Lagena rose high in the sky, illuminating Ilysia with a constant reminder of their hubris. Large portions of the planet separate from its surface follow the large gash, suspended in its orbit. A dark cloud drifted across its marred ghostly visage. Insects quit their chittering. Bioluminescent flora and fauna of every kind softly blinked out. Plunging the surrounding landscape into darkness. During this short span of time being colorful, loud and bright had its disadvantages against the more predatory of creatures. Usually so visible from the hill, the sprawling forest of coniferous trees were a silhouette of peaks. Belisama Lake Tower, a deeper shadowy blotch against an already dark backdrop. 
> 
> With a sigh of resignation, the young lagenan stood from where he lay on the ground beneath the stars. He brushed the loose grass from his course linen pants and picked up a small cylindrical device from the ground near him. He studied it a moment, feeling his fingers around the top in the darkness. Soon his fingers found a small radial dial knob on top of the device and turned it slowly. It began to hum softly before two thin filaments inside a glass chamber sparked a bright blue and lit up the hilltop. 
> 
> Just then the clouds passed overhead and the whole of Lagena once again bathed the land with its pale blue light. The life of the forest resumed. The boy grimaced as he tapped a small yellow gauge on the lantern. Not looking forward to requisitioning a Thulin recharge from an already tapped supply. “Asher won’t be pleased.” He said to himself, lowering the light and heading down the hill. 
> 
> As he came to the small land bridge the led to the dilapidated towers small island an Andaari boy cut off his advance. “Kalt’an” The boy said in a loud voice that he was obviously trying to muffle, and failed. He adjusted his thin framed glasses, like large clear discs held in a silvery wire. “Master Teriander is looking for you.” The boys elven features always seemed to give the appearance of grave news. His eyebrows turned upward in a permanent panic and the soft white glow of his eyes made it difficult sometimes to discern his intentions. The single points of his gray-blue horns emitted a dull pink light. 
> 
> “Toka-teeth. I know I’m late. I thought I told you to call me Kelt.” The boys deep blue skin blanched before he straightened himself. “Oh, I couldn’t. I’m not even a Tower Mage yet.” 
> 
> Kelt’an placed a relaxed hand on his shoulder. “Soon, Glas. Let’s go see what my father wants.” 
> 
> Inside the decaying structure, another Lagenan stood hunched over an oddly shaped table. Vials and talisman of all sorts lay about its surface in disarray. Suddenly with a growl the man slammed shut a book and whirled toward them, his arm pulled back as to throw a rock he held tightly. Stopping short when he saw the two boys enter. Purple wisps of smoke leaked from a rune etched into the stone. 
> 
> Visibly taking measured breathes to calm himself, he exhaled sharply, looking down at the rock. “Another failure.” He said and turned back to the table. He tossed the stone into a pile of similarly looking stones that were collecting in a bucket at the floor. A few number of them leaking various colors of smoke. “Kelt’an. Glasendri. Master Teriander is in the back room.” He said simply. Facing the table he opened the book once more.

Written by: CouchKnight#3489

__If you'd like to be featured in our next Dev blog, make sure you post your work in our #ilysia-fan-art Discord channel!__

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# Thank You For Reading! 

While we have to keep much of what we are working on under wraps, we hope these upcoming dev blogs will give you some insight on what the team is up to between our testing phases! We are hard at work preparing for Beta 1 and we'll be sure to keep you in the loop as much as possible. Thank you for checking out this blog!

If you havent already, be sure to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/ilysia) for more news, community game nights, and casual conversation. 

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And as always, check out our other socials:

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See you for our next dev blog in June! 

~ Sam (Kosmos)

Team 21 Studio, Community Manager


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Ilysia Concept Art: "Grotto"

Our Team Continues to Grow!

Reopening Access to Beta 1

February 18th Update

Alpha 2 Terrain Showcase

February 12th Update

February 11th Update

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