{"id":9304,"date":"2016-02-16T09:05:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T14:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=9304"},"modified":"2016-02-16T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:52:07","slug":"thrive-relaunches-dragon-of-legends-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/02\/thrive-relaunches-dragon-of-legends-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrive relaunches Dragon of Legends Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thrive Games, an independent game developer based out of Hamilton, Ontario, has relaunched their Kickstarter campaign, which had originally been set up to help fund their first project <em>Dragon of Legends<\/em>. The game is an action based MMORPG for PC, Mac, and Mobile platforms heavily influenced by the mythic cycle of Gaelic Ireland and Norse mythology, where the lights of faeries border the realms of darkness.<\/p>\n<p>The developers stated on their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thrive905\/status\/697827376277954560?s=09\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> account that their first Kickstarter was suspended because they didn&#8217;t foresee it reaching its goal, but have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/thrivegames\/dol\" target=\"_blank\">relaunched the project<\/a> with a lower ask.<\/p>\n<p>The team has been developing the project for the past year and a half and the game has even been a featured project on the <a href=\"http:\/\/collective.square-enix.com\/projects\/133\/dragon-of-legends\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix Collective<\/a> last year. <\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the game about?<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two alliances have emerged across the continent, both struggling for supremacy over the land and as these great powers battle one another for control of H\u00e1vam\u00e1l \u2013 darker forces gather to destroy them. Players from around the world can assume the roles of customizable heroic fantasy characters, and explore a lush 2D retro-inspired world full of mystery, danger, and countless adventure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a class=\"shutterbox_\" href=\"http:\/\/56.media.tumblr.com\/bb8c9c0e3a21b0d77538d8b2e09862b7\/tumblr_nnr0p882R11td3siao1_1280.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/56.media.tumblr.com\/bb8c9c0e3a21b0d77538d8b2e09862b7\/tumblr_nnr0p882R11td3siao1_1280.png\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about Dragon of Legends at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dol.thrivegames.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thrive Games website<\/a> and you can also sign up for the Beta of the game at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphabetagamer.com\/dragon-of-legends-beta-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alpha Beta Gamer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some Alpha gameplay below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HFqUiathRA4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thrive Games, an independent game developer based out of Hamilton, Ontario, has relaunched their Kickstarter campaign, which had originally been set up to help fund their first project Dragon of Legends. The game is an action based MMORPG for PC, Mac, and Mobile platforms heavily influenced by the mythic cycle of Gaelic Ireland and Norse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[101,6],"tags":[1523,123,1522],"class_list":["post-9304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-pc","tag-dragon-of-legends","tag-kickstarter","tag-thrive-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dragon_of_legends_wide.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2q4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8993,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/01\/dragon-of-legends-launches-kickstarter-campaign-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":9304,"position":0},"title":"Dragon of Legends Launches Kickstarter Campaign Today","date":"January 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Thrive Games, an independent game developer based out of Hamilton, Ontario, launched a Kickstarter campaign today to help fund their first project Dragon of Legends. 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