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Harling, a fantasy MMORPG with a native Linux launcher, is looking for its first testers (playharling.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hi all! I'm the developer of Harling, a fantasy MMORPG I've been building on my own. It runs natively on Linux: the launcher comes as a .deb for Ubuntu and Debian and as an AppImage for every other distro, and once installed it keeps the game updated by itself.

The world is Orand, a continent of 58 regions (these tests will focus on just one of them) where four ancient Labyrinths are starting to give way. There are six classes (Knight, Mage, Archer, Barbarian, Monk, Assassin), group dungeons and voice chat with the players around you.

Harling is in an early stage of development and still in testing, so not everything works well yet: expect bugs, balance that needs adjusting, graphics to improve and more. I'm looking for testers who enjoy playing and telling me what works and what doesn't. Spots are limited and invites go out in small waves. The server is in Europe, so the ping is best from here.

Sign up here: https://playharling.com/#partecipa

I'll be in the comments for any question, Linux ones especially. Thanks for reading!

Edit (Oct 12): in-game screenshots, only cropped to hide the HUD.

Sylamalyra from the hill

Sun rays in the woods

Whirlwind

Kobolds at sunset

Candlelit crypt

Hall of statues

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[–] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 child)

So much this. There’s only concept art on the website. If this is ready to playtest then there really should be a video and screenshots of the current state of the game.

Otherwise it gives bad vibes like those weird NFT “MMOs” that never showed what the game actually liked like on their website. Like one wants to trick players into downloading rather than enticing them to by showing off the possible experiences.

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  • [–] 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

    This just reminded me, what ever happened to Earth 2? I couldn't believe people were getting sucked into this one in particular

    EDIT: Did a quick search and seems like not much has changed. Still nothing that resembles an actual game, and still people can't get their money back out.

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