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Development diaries, Unreal Engine 5.8 deep dives and behind-the-scenes stories from Astronaut Entertainment.

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Join the Ancient Online Team: Volunteer Game Master, Moderator and Tester Roles

Community Manager, Game Master, Discord Moderator, Team Lead and Gameplay Tester: our volunteer roles, what we look for and how to apply.

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One World, Five Platforms — Devlog #2: The Challenges of Cross-Platform MMORPG Development

Making one MMORPG playable by mouse, touchscreen and controller: Ancient Online's choices on interface, controls, 30 languages and local chat translation.

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Building an MMORPG with Unreal Engine 5.8 — Devlog #1: The Authoritative Server and World Architecture

Ancient Online's architecture: an Unreal Engine 5.8 client, an authoritative server written in C++, a 25 Hz world loop and one unified world edited live.

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Who Is Astronaut Entertainment? The Independent Studio Building Persistent MMORPG Worlds

Meet Astronaut Entertainment, an independent game studio founded in Türkiye in 2019: our principles and the story behind Ancient Online: Remastered.

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