Peregrin

Greetings, fellow explorers, builders and settlers !  
   
 
Dual Universe Sleepers is a fansite presenting daily infos on your favorite game, along with (soon to come) fan productions such as an illustrated timeline and themed wallpapers.  
 
   
 
When the game goes live, D.U.S. will also form an informal network of observers within the galaxy, bent on collecting and recording knowledge and history. You can even join it right away without leaving any organization you already belong to.  
 
   
 
This is all in the "humble beginnings" stage, but will flesh out over time; any advice and participation is welcome !  
 
   
 
You'll find a weekly roundup on this thread every sunday, feel free to comment and suggest, as all of this is just taking shape.  
 
   
 
"As we go forward without hope of return, we sleep. And we dream."  

Ok.
 
Novean Almanac 4
Editorial: Making history in Dual Universe Dual Universe Development Timeline Community Media Overview Organization Updates Community Projects Overview and a shorty story by Kurock  
PDF, 168 pages, 4.4MB
 

I wrote a little piece about one of Dual Universe's mightiest "Paper Empires": the Cinderfall Syndicate.
 
This one had four lives and four deaths, before even being reborn, so I'm thinking choosing the Phoenix as their emblem was some damn good hindsight.
 
(As always, getting things right is my top priority, so tell me if you spot mistakes or inconsistencies, I'm so bad at dates sometimes - and i DO mean "chronological digits")
 
"Let Your Dreams Take Flight":
 
 

I have updated the "Chronology" page with the latest, January to April, notable events.
 
I am also putting an end to the "Logs", my daily notes, keeping them to myself from now on, both in preparation of the Lexikon project and because I feel they are redundant with initiatives such as DUHS (you'll find me there anyway) or content producers advertising themselves (lately: NMC, Coach Willy and Spaaaced, among others).
 
I'll be using the "Archives" section to post some more elaborated writings in the future.

Nice work, Coach.
 
Just nitpicking on the video:
 
- Earth Survivors are the "Noveans"
- The Novark isn't the first Arkship to leave Earth, it's actually the 17th
- The neutron star isn't "clearly visible" from Earth by 2500, as it takes powerful telescopes to get a high-res image; however, these images go viral and foster widespread panic
 
Looking forward to your next videos !

Thank you for the link. I wish you the best, news/ history initiatives are always welcome.

Still there, still almost good.
 
Lexikon is shaping up, in plans, writings and test modules at least.
 
I am also starting to fill my phonebook: do your org have among their ranks a "lore master", an archivist, a historian with the designated job of keeping trace of all events, internal and external ? If so, I'd like to maintain regular contact with this person, please let me know.

Alpha 3 is proving to be a... complex affair, but results are here, cue Station Building Contest.
 
Covid is hurting the world right now but fortunately, it spared Novaquark and Dual Universe, at least in the short term, and their work is ongoing; in the meantime, I snipped 3 months away from the logs and completed the archived chronology accordingly.
 
Whatever happens, we all share a history. Stay safe everyone.

As the name implies, Dual Universe Sleepers is a temporary initiative: it will cease, or at least change, when we awake, i.e. according to NQ's current lore, at Release.

I'll keep making daily notes for my own use but will then switch to my "real" original project: collecting and recording knowledge and history through an ingame library with ingame readable "books" (programming boards with screens and buttons, most probably), open to public use in a safe area.
 
Details are still in the works but there will be books, as many of them as possible, from different writers and in several languages.

As the name implies, Dual Universe Sleepers is a temporary initiative: it will cease, or at least change, when we awake, i.e. according to NQ's current lore, at Release.

I'll keep making daily notes for my own use but will then switch to my "real" original project: collecting and recording knowledge and history through an ingame library with ingame readable "books" (programming boards with screens and buttons, most probably), open to public use in a safe area.
 
Details are still in the works but there will be books, as many of them as possible, from different writers and in several languages.

As the name implies, Dual Universe Sleepers is a temporary initiative: it will cease, or at least change, when we awake, i.e. according to NQ's current lore, at Release.

I'll keep making daily notes for my own use but will then switch to my "real" original project: collecting and recording knowledge and history through an ingame library with ingame readable "books" (programming boards with screens and buttons, most probably), open to public use in a safe area.
 
Details are still in the works but there will be books, as many of them as possible, from different writers and in several languages.

As the name implies, Dual Universe Sleepers is a temporary initiative: it will cease, or at least change, when we awake, i.e. according to NQ's current lore, at Release.

I'll keep making daily notes for my own use but will then switch to my "real" original project: collecting and recording knowledge and history through an ingame library with ingame readable "books" (programming boards with screens and buttons, most probably), open to public use in a safe area.
 
Details are still in the works but there will be books, as many of them as possible, from different writers and in several languages.

Hi everyone!
 
With the Alpha 3 deployment around the corner and the RDMS implementation, we had to make significant changes in the background by connecting organizations data available on the Community Portal to the organizations data that will be available in-game. As it is a "Work in Progress", the Community Portal will switch in "Read Only" mode for the time being, to limit the probability of technical issues.
 
During this transitional period, All management actions for the organizations will be done in-game.
You will also note that the number of legates per organizations isn't displayed anymore.
We are aware the situation isn't ideal, but it's a temporary and necessary step.
 
Update: Wednesday, January 22th, 16:15 UTC
 
What's the current situation?
To be clear:
- Posting/Editing News have been deactivated on the Community Portal.
- It will still be possible to post/edit News on the Community Portal through the in-game User Interface (assuming you have the proper rights to do such thing).
- Posting/Editing News will remain in a minimal state for the time being (only simple text. HTML code for formating options and image insertion will came back later).
- Posting/Editing News directly through the Community Portal should come back at a later stage.
- The "Join Organization / Accept application" feature remains active.
- The applications pending before the maintenance today should still be there after.
- Features such promoting or demoting a member will now exclusively in-game (as the process may now involve other game mechanics).
- Displaying the number of legates on the Organization Ranking page has been deactivated (as an intermediary step of the coming changes in the future).
 
What's coming in the future?
(please keep in mind that the features described below are work in progress and might change before their release)
 
Organization Ranking by the number of Active Members.
As the Community Portal will evolve, we plan to display the number "Active Members" and the number "Honorary Members" for each organization in the future.
The Organization Ranking will be done by the number of Active Members in decreasing order.
 
What will be "Active Members" and "Honorary Members"?
"Honorary Members" accounts will be accounts that have joined an organization on the Community Portal but haven't access to the game.
"Active Members" accounts will be accounts that have joined an organization on the Community Portal and have access to the game.
Accounts joining an organization directly in-game will be automatically validated as "Active Members" in an organization.
Only "Active Members" will be eligible to legate status, as most organization management actions will be only possible in-game.
 
Why planning this?
This is planned for two reasons:
1) To give a better visibility for newcomers regarding the activity potential of each organization (which can impact the decision of joining one organization or another).
2) To discourage unfair practices such as creating ghost accounts and making them join an org to inflate artificially its size (and get undeserved visibility).
 
Best Regards,
The Novaquark Team.
 

Since nobody asked, here's some important data!
 

"History does not repeat itself: it stutters."
 
... I have a feeling Karl Marx would have a field day with Dual Universe.

"Astral Scribe". I like it, it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it ?
 
But I remain fond of the term "Librarian", for reasons...
 
... 40.000 reasons roughly.
 
DICE Race was very nice but this needs your attention. Let's walk together.

Looking back at the community and the way its members came, went and changed is a weird hobby. Looking back at Novaquark and the way they changed along their own game is even weirder.
 
Alpha 3 is underway. Possible side effects: it may rock your world.

"Astral Scribe". I like it, it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it ?
 
But I remain fond of the term "Librarian", for reasons...
 
... 40.000 reasons roughly.
 
DICE Race was very nice but this needs your attention. Let's walk together.

(Update: November 12th, 2019: detailing the content that will be released before the end of the year)

Dear Community, 
 
We heard your feedback regarding our communication that wasn't as regular during the past months than it was before, in addition of a few miscommunication incidents. That's why we decided to plan several events to catch up and address that topic before the end of the year:
 
For those who have questions (or concerns) about Dual Universe or Novaquark, we've just opened a dedicated thread here (as many questions may be related to subjects under NDA, and we can't check beforehand, we had to put the forum thread in a section under NDA. If you're not a backer and you have questions on topics that aren't under NDA, feel free to contact NQ-Nomad and/or NQ-Nyzaltar by private message on the forum, and they wil transmit them to the team). No question is taboo. Although we can't promise to give a clear and detailed answer for each question, we will try our best to reply as much as we can.
  Here is the content related to communication we plan to release before the end of the year:
- a video presenting the updated roadmap.
- a Dev Diary video showing the recent progress on the game development
- a PodCast where we will try to answer the most pressing matters (based on the questions posted in the dedicated thread).
- an AMA event where we will try to answer to the remaining questions.
- a Kickstarter update.
  We can't give specific dates for all of this content yet, but all will be released before the end of the year.
 
Best Regards,
The Novaquark Team.

3 years, time flies !
 
Interesting game of No-U going on right now on the Portal, let's keep our eyes on the ball while in other, non-disclosed dimensions, some people cut pieces into pieces with pieces.
 
Fascinating.

"Alpha 2: Dual Evolution" has come ! These are exciting times.
 
Apart from DUHS and SpartanCast, however, most news/history/talkshows initiatives have gone silent. That leaves quite a few lamps to pick up in the night...
 
Would you grab one and walk this Earth ?

https://trello.com/b/Y6WNMd2S/dual-universe-community-suggestions
 
See "Rejected": No Rotors, Sliders, Pistons, Hinges or Rails.

3 months have passed so I snipped (I do not own a cat).

Layout got messy, I have no idea why, I'll redo it but ugh.

Many followed the affair - some a little too closely for their own good - but many did not, so I shed some candlelight on the recent conflict between Dark Star Imperium and The United Empire, and its regrettable consequences.

Please keep in mind that this topic is 1. a bit partial, because no-one is truly "neutral", and 2. abridged, because I kept superfluous and/ or unknown parts out.
 
Now we can all archive this, stop wasting NQ's time and carry on as better people.

As usual every 3 months, I cleared the logs and updated the chronology. Tik-tok.
 
For reasons unknown, the website manager I use is devoiding my links of their identifiable apple-green color. So now I underline them, but previous links are as camouflaged amidst text as harfangs nested in snow.