Tibia game and civilization

We community managers were lucky enough to get a peek of the new content every now and then during the development phase of the Christmas update. What we saw looked amazing and it was fascinating to see the continent and the quests grow and evolve.

In the beginning, the basic idea for the update was to create a place where monsters are civilised and humans dwell in dungeons. The content team decided for an Asian flavour spiced up with a slightly gothic touch that would not turn out to be that typical cookie-cutter Asian area known from other games. So to make it look different, they tried to mix in certain elements such as the corruption theme, for example, and the fact that the area is actually ruled by dragons whereas humans play a minor role. The minotaurs were the first monster choice for the new area since their weaponry already showed Asian influences in the earlier Tibian times. But of course, the content team also wanted something more exotic than just minotaurs and orcs so they added the lizardmen. The dragonkin rounded off the picture since dragons are often associated with Asian themes.

Inspirations usually come from many different sources and sometimes it is hard to tell how an idea came into mind. Concerning Zao, some players sensed influences of H.P. Lovecraft's works. But according to Knightmare there is no true Lovecraftian influence even though the underlying theme of the update might share some similarities with themes Lovecraft tended to use: "The lizardmen are 'just' lizardmen like they exist in several fantasy publications and even in Tibia already. The Dragonblaze Peaks got their snow tops due to the idea of becoming red in the fading sun, giving Games for everyone Tibia Goldto share some resources and skills and hope that in future the process of playing the game more fun. More articles and free game cheap Tibia Goldcurrency please pay attention to
them their name. Corruption in itself is not such an unique concept at all. You can find that theme in many newer fantasy works, which is probably more connected to modern environmentalism than to H.P. Lovecraft."
Chayenne admits that the Unnatural Selection quest is a little inspired by one of her favourite games ever, Chrono Trigger, in which you also spend some time with a primitive human tribe and get to party with them: "I racked my brain over how I could possibly script something like a tribal hunt or a big party with the possibilities we have and the 'dance dance revolution' bit was what I eventually came up with and which turned out to be pretty fun."