Elona (video game)
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Elona (shorthand for Eternal League of Nefia[1]) is a single-player, roguelike game developed by Japanese developer Noa; it was released in August, 2007.
Gameplay
The game is set in a fantasy world called Irva, where the player can create a character by choosing from a selection of eleven
Unlike most roguelikes, the game's setting is an open-world environment and revolves around completing randomly-generated quests and exploring dungeons for higher-level rewards.
The game begins with the players' character surviving a disaster at sea in the north of Irva's northwestern continent, Tyris.
Character creation
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The playable races in Elona are the Yerles, Eulderna, Fairy, Dwarf, Juere, Elea, Snail, Lich, Goblin, Golem, and Mutant. It is possible to change a value in the configuration and play as special "debug" races, such as a god.
Online content
Elona allows players to create custom maps and content and then upload them to the server. These maps can be accessed via randomly spawning moon gates in town. It is recommended that players take caution when entering moon gates, as there may be no way back except death. Many moon gates contain a wide variety of bizarre ways to kill the player, ranging from cats that kill in a single hit to kamikaze monsters that set off a massive chain reaction of explosions when killed.
With the online setting enabled, players get notified server-wide of other participants' death messages and the manner in which they die, such as starving to death in a dungeon or being killed by a rock thrown by an old man.
Development
The development of Elona began in 2006. Its premise was inspired by roguelikes such as
There are many fan-made versions of Elona available, which continued support for the game after Noa ceased official development,[9] such as ElonaPlus (stylized as Elona+) by Ano Inu[10] and Omake_Overhaul_modify.[11]
A mobile version of the game with optimized graphics was released on April 20, 2021.[12] This version drew criticism from fans of the original game due to the exclusion of modification of ElonaPlus content as well as the inclusion of microtransactions.
References
- ^ a b Noa. "Elona: Eternal League of Nefia – Official Site". Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ Noa. "Elona Wiki" North Tyris Elona Plus.png [Screenshot] (in Japanese). Retrieved February 22, 2010. (The picture is a map that shows Tyris in the northwest region of Irva.)
- ^ a b Noa (August 12, 2009). Elona (Windows) (1.16 reloaded fix 2 ed.). Level/area: Introductory sequence, North Tyris overworld, "Norne's Travel Guide" pop-ups, and in-game help ('?' key during play).
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- ^ Noa. "Shade" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 22, 2010.
Shade ver0.25; 558 KB; shade.zip; 2000/3/27
- ^ Noa. "Etherwind" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Noa (October 31, 2009). "掲示板のFAQ、日本語化、質問など" [Bulletin board's FAQ, Japanese conversion, questions, etc.]. Elona forum. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
Elona is made in HSP. (ElonaはHSPで作られています。)
- ^ Noa (October 27, 2009). "Play Elona Shooter". Kongregate. Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
Title screen: Elona is a freeware Roguelike RPG I created. Visit my WEB to download it now!
- ^ "Ylvania - Elona/Elin Official - Elona". ylvania.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ "ElonaPlus Wiki*". wikiwiki.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ^ "Omake overhaul modify*". jugem.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ Narita, Seiji (2021-07-13). "Roguelike Elona Mobile is now available. How does it differ from the original?". AUTOMATON WEST. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
