The Starry Expanse Project

Riven Spider Chair from Cho 102997 on Vimeo.

Here are some more renders we had sitting around. Note the first was taken because of color issues.

Not that you all would give up hope, being URU fans, but the project (we’d like to assert) is not dead. We are simply taken yet another one of our long and unannounced hiatuses* while we deal with school-related issues and ponder the meaning of our lives. Soon we’ll come to the ultimate realization (as we always do) that the way we can maximize the significances of our existences is by working on the Starry Expanse Project, and when that happens, the project will resume.
* Not hiati; we looked it up.

Also, we’re currently in great need for a character artist, a person with a lot of 3D Studio Max experience and a skill for passing on knowledge, and a texture artist with a particular skill for mapping the danged pictures.

So that’s it from the Starry Expanse… sorry to not bring any earth- or Riven-shattering news, but since you all deserve it for your enduring patience, here’s a pastry of sorts: <insert pie here>.

Riven Telescope from Cho 102997 on Vimeo.

We will be closing beta signup this Friday, January 8th, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST. If you haven’t signed up yet, now is the time! We are most certainly not anywhere near being maxed out, so tell your friends too! For quick reference, here is a link to the signup post.

Become a beta tester!

Now you can sign up to be a beta tester for the Starry Expanse project!

Simply click the “Beta Signup” link at the top of the page.

Edited (2012-04-03): Removed old Beta Signup method.

Apologies for the delay; a team member failed to meet a deadline so we couldn’t post the Beta signup program immediately. The problem has been fixed, and we hope you understand. We promise we’ll get it right this time!

The release will instead occur today, December 21, at 8:00 PM EST (two hours later than originally planned).

We look forward to having some beta testers!