A little late to the party, but... Happy to announce that I've levelled up from being a junior Content developer to become a full-fledged Content developer 🎉
Only 800 hours played on the main this year? Rookie numbers.
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#MyYearInOSRS
📣 Please welcome our newest member to the Old School Team, Junior Content Developer
@JagexElena
!
📺 She will be joining us on today's livestream at 5PM BST so make sure to tune in and give her a warm welcome!
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The Summer Summit giga-poll is now closed and it's smooth sailing from here as EVERYTHING PASSED! 🎉
It's official: we're getting a new skill! ✨⚓
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote! Next week, we'll discuss how players voted and what's next for Sailing. 📊
Friday was the last day of work for the year. Now I'm in Norway, seeing family for the first time since I started the job one and a half years ago!
Won't be very active on Twitter during this time. See you all next year ♥
The level of hard work and effort that's gone into making not only the finale, but the entire series, is incredibly admirable. Motivational, inspirational and entertaining - Swamp Man never disappoints!
Some of you have been asking for the rate of 3rd age from elite clues to be adjusted. We will be taking a look at this as part of poll 76!
Keep in mind that this is a while away, and even when we get to that point it may fail a poll, so I don't recommend stacking caskets.
🏯 WEDNESDAY = GAME UPDATE 🏯
🕚 The game will go offline around the normal time of 11:30 BST (approximately 20 minutes from now).
📣 The game will be down for a bit longer than usual to make sure things are ready for today's release of Clans.
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This year will be the first year I celebrate Christmas abroad and away from my family. Yet I'm lucky as I get to be with friends! Some may not be as lucky. Reach out to your loved ones and let them know they're not alone! Stay safe everyone.
Merry Christmas/God jul! 🎁
🎉 HYPE HYPE HYPE! 🎉
📊 We want to work closely with you all to introduce Old School's first exclusive skill!
📜 Take a look at the recently released newspost and vote in the newest poll!
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@SaederRS
@JagexArcane
@JagexKieren
@JagexHusky
@JagexFlippy
@JagexAsh
I was personally unaware of this change! It seems to me that the rate should be roughly around 1/2750 from elites to fit in nicely between hards and masters,or simply be put back to where it used to be. I've raised it internally and we'll have a look at the numbers when we can :)
Headed off on xmas break and will be away for a couple of weeks. Wishing you all a merry xmas!🎄
Super excited to get back and work with you all on the new skill early next year!
📣 Our very first Game Jam begins on Monday!
🧠 We'll be giving the J-Mods time to focus on new and exciting ideas which means there will be no game update next week.
👁 Keep an eye on our socials throughout the next week for more Game Jam info!
Did you know that Guardians of the Rift was born in ideation (now known as game jam)? Such a cool initiative for people to work on their passion projects!
💬 It's time to talk about your favourite Skill...
🌟 Runecraft!
😎 We've been working on a brand-new Runecraft training method we think you might like.
📜 Find out all you need to know about Guardians of the Rift in our latest blog!
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2️⃣ Only two days remain until the launch of Desert Treasure II.
⌚ To make sure you're prepared for our most ambitious quest yet, here's what to expect on Wednesday:
▪️ 9:45 - Shutdown Timer live
▪️ 10:30 - Game goes offline
▪️ 11:00 - Game is back online and it's time to quest
@Legend_Arts
I pitched this as a Leagues idea a while back 👀 The response was "That's too expensive... Unless it's a permanent option"
Nothing planned yet, but I hope we can try it out in the future!
It's been a long but wholesome day! Thanks to all you clan leaders out there - it's been a pleasure meeting you for your name reservations today, and I'm looking forward to meeting more of you tomorrow!
Today we registered the first hundred Clans!
Tomorrow we'll invite the remaining Clans to the Pre-Reg Discord server.
We'd like to thank the Clan Leaders for their patience, and for being so wholesome today!
On International Women's Day, we're delighted to celebrate the significant contribution made by the women of Jagex.
Check in later today to learn about how we're looking to help the next generation of women in video games.
#IWD2024
🗻 Step out of the cold and in to the cosy vibes of our first Winter Summit!
📆 Mark your calendars for December 10th, 8pm GMT / 3pm EST / 12pm PT!
❓ Make sure you tune in to learn more about [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], coming 2023...
📢 Thanks to
@theskulled
for the trailer!
Happy New Year 🎉 It's been a pleasure to witness the passionate discussions, the exciting accomplishments and the dedicated grinds you've all shared. I can't wait to see what 2022 has in store for us!
Old School RuneScape's first WHAT?
It's almost time to reveal all in our Winter Summit... You won't want to miss it! 🗻
Saturday, 10th December at 8PM GMT / 3PM EST / 12PM PT. Save the date! 📅
I took some well-needed holiday time over the last couple of weeks. I've been trying to catch up on Twitter, and think I'm all caught up. I apologise if I missed anything - don't hesitate to tag me again 😅
Check out our proposal for how to train Sailing!
Super curious to hear what you think about it - would love to hear your feedback. Let's make this skill together ⛵️
⚓ Want to know how Sailing works? We're ready to share our design for the Core Gameplay of the skill!
📜 There's something in here for everyone, no matter your playstyle.
Read it through and tell us what you think! 🔽🔽
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@GentleTractor
@JagexHusky
If anyone ever wonders what it's like to be a game dev: this is what release day feels like. A cocktail of nervousness, excitement, fear and joy all mixed together
Old School RuneScape's first new skill?
The time has come, check out our three proposals for a new skill based on your feedback earlier this year!
⛵ Sailing
🐾 Taming
🌲 Shamanism
Read the blog now 👇
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Not long left! I've had a blast working on this project. Can't wait to see you all try it tomorrow!
We'll be ready to address your feedback as it comes in, so don't hesitate to tell us what you think :)
📆 Less than 24 hours until you can experience Guardians of the Rift!
🛡 Build barriers and create rift guardians to defend against invading abyssal forces in the upcoming minigame.
💰 Earn new rewards and experience as you protect the Rift Guardians from the incoming threat.
@SaederRS
Agree with how trading gold for resources is generally against the ironman mode. Unfortunately shops already did that. I'm quite keen for us to make skilling more rewarding - unfortunately high intensity skilling (on par with bossing) would still not be able to compete with shops
I hope everyone is staying warm during this winter season! We have made a new POH theme for this year’s Christmas event that should give you a nice cozy place to hold up in while you wait out the remainder of the year...
🏆 Our latest blog explains the MASSIVE reward space for Sailing!
🏝️ Content from new Islands
💎 New Resources
🛳️ Ship Upgrades
💥 Ship Cannons
💅 Cosmetics
Read the design blog now! 🔽🔽
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🎨Partnered with
@GentleTractor
Part of the Permissions menu from the
@OldSchoolRS
Clans update, due later this month. Here you can see a few options for the clan's chat channel - if it's open to guests, you can restrict what kind of guests may join.
I'm so excited to get started on Guardians of Gielinor! Together with
@JagexHusky
and
@JagexWest
we ideated and prototyped it as part of the first ideation session I participated in after joining Jagex.
Now, over a year later, it's finally happening!
@Maz_rs
Just checked with
@JagexElena
and she's cool with me mentioning that the 2 of us are going to be working on Guardians of Gielinor next year and then moving onto some unannounced project.
So if you have any feedback on that absolutely send it our way
This Tuesday,
@JagexElena
will be on the Sae Bae Cast! I'm very excited for yet another opportunity to talk with a J-Mod. With the launch of Group Ironman, and Elena having worked directly on the project, this episode's sure to be particularly insightful!
As always--Topics! 📝
@MadameMage
We've had lots of planning to do. It's the first time we're taking on something this big, so it's taken a little while to kick things off. We'll have an update for you soon to show what we've been up to and our schedule for how we'll keep you in the loop :)
@WitchcraftyYT
We have jokingly discussed about doing Jmod voice packs for things like the C-Engineer alerts plug in. Imagine having someone like Ash going "Congratulations, you just completed a quest!" or Elena going "Congratulations, you just gained a slayer level!"
@JagexLight
We're so lucky to have you! Your energy is so vibrant and your laugh is really contagious - always spreading to everyone around 😅 Also you put so much work in to really try to understand the game and the players.
I love working with Mod Light 🥰
@Maz_rs
Cool idea :) Definitely possible to make a pre defined bingo for anyone to partake in, instead of having players set the tiles.
Would you see it as a single player thing, or group based still?
@Atlantis_OSRS
The trickiest part of this is getting the community to agree on one skill. Even if the majority of players want a new skill, it'll be difficult to get a specific one to pass a poll because people want a variety of different ones.
⛵ Sailing is a skill designed with the players, for the community.
Take a look at the full design video and let us know what you think! 🔽🔽
📽️ Partnered with
@ScreteMonge
@SaederRS
@JagexHusky
What's the reasoning behind the clue rate changes? Personally it feels like clues from Sepulchre is a nice extra thing, not a place you go to specifically to grind out clues.
🌞 The Summer Summit is just around the corner!
📆 This Saturday, August 19th, get a first look at Old School's roadmap for the rest of the year and into early 2024!
📜 Keep up to date with the latest summit news via the newspost below:
We see you're all having fun role-playing as desert-themed power rangers today and we have some exciting news to share...
Old School's third Raid, Tombs of Amascut, releases on August 24th! 🏜 🏝
The date has been locked in, so tell your friends!
Well this gained quite a bit of traction within the community, so rather than wait until Monday and let speculation continue...
I'm thrilled to let you all know that I'll be joining the OSRS QA team! I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity and can't wait to get stuck in 🎉
Here are all the new options that will soon be coming to the Quest List! These additions will be launching on the 23rd March alongside Guardians of the Rift and the Temple of the Eye quest.
⚔ Forge a team of Ironmen and become legends!
🏆 Group Ironman is Old School's all new Co-Op Ironman Game Mode. Create Standard and Hardcore teams and set new records together.
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