UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A NEW WORLD SETS NEW STANDARDS

This month we break with our normal routine to cover an exciting new development, Colony Alpha! Colony Alpha is a brand new world, or "zone server," that is being built using the AlphaWorld technology. The builder is Moria, Graham Evans.

Graham has been building in AlphaWorld for a while now, and has accomplished some great things. But in Colony Alpha, many of the restrictions imposed by AlphaWorld have been removed and Graham is really starting to show us some of the things that can only be done in other worlds.

 
Colony Alpha has a mysterious ambience

 The thing that is different about building in your own zone is that you have complete control over what objects are used, including the ground and backdrop. This entails a lot more effort, but it also allows a lot more freedom. Graham is breaking into frontier territory with Colony Alpha and writing new rules for his world.

 

Two views of The Dark Sun, Colony Alpha's first bar. Look carefully
at the one on the left to see Moria's runabout, a really cool car.

As time goes on we'll see Colony Alpha develop even more...which is the main reason there are not any teleport links in this issue to spots shown...go explore it yourself! And go back later to explore more, the place is growing by the day!

Mysterious standing stones in Colony Alpha.
Moria won't say whether he found them there or built them.

Unlike some of the other new worlds that have been opening up, Colony Alpha is open to builders, but will be a bit more controlled than AlphaWorld. There is a small fee involved in building in Colony Alpha, email to Moria to find out the details.

CA's spaceport features animated video displays and a very nice spaceship.

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