PlaneShift is a cross-platform fantasy MMORPG in development. Client software is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It is produced by a developer community, founded by Luca Pancallo, and guided by the Atomic Blue non-profit organization. The engine code is based on the Crystal Space engine and therefore free software, but the copyright holder of the content is Atomic Blue and it is released under a proprietary license^[1]. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Atomic Blue is a non-profit corporation that guides the development of the PlaneShift MMORPG. External links Official Atomic Blue site Categories: Computer and video game stubs | Computer and video game companies ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is listing of computer and video game genres with a brief description and examples from each genre. ... A massively (or massive) multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG is a multiplayer computer role-playing game that enables thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual world at the same time over the Internet. ... Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time. ... Games, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres based on gameplay, atmosphere, and various other factors. ... Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS Ten) is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments for personal computers and servers. ... This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. ... This article is about the computer terms. ... BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution tool written by programmer Bram Cohen which was debuted at CodeCon 2002. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... A massively (or massive) multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG is a multiplayer computer role-playing game that enables thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual world at the same time over the Internet. ... Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... In computing, a client is a system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network. ... This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments for personal computers and servers. ... Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS Ten) is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Luca Pancallo (Italy, 14 October 1973) is the inventor and initial creator of PlaneShift. ... Atomic Blue is a non-profit corporation that guides the development of the PlaneShift MMORPG. External links Official Atomic Blue site Categories: Computer and video game stubs | Computer and video game companies ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... This article is about a program that is hosted by SourceForge. ... Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed. ...

The game is currently in the pre-alpha stage of development, at version 0.3, codenamed Crystal Blue. The first version, 0.1, was codenamed Atomic Blue and the next version, 0.2, was codenamed Molecular Blue. Molecular Blue was very feature limited, but drew a number of players because of its close-knit community. The Molecular Blue server was shut down on December 16, 2004. The current version, Crystal Blue, was released to the public as an open beta on December 24, 2004. The next version, 0.4, is codenamed Steel Blue. A virtual community is a group whose participants are engaged in a dialog by means of information technologies, typically the Internet, to share information and values. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

PlaneShift is set inside a gigantic stalactite named Yliakum, divided into eight levels, of which the lower two are flooded. Life in this stalactite is possible because a huge crystal, named The Azure Sun, draws light from the surface of the planet. PlaneShift currently has 11 playable races that all have their own homelands and characteristics. Outside of Yliakum are the Stone Labyrinths and through these you can access even more areas, like the cave in which the stalactite hangs. In Crystal Blue, only the city Hydlaa and a part of the city Ojaveda are accessible. ... Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sapient humanoid species races rather than species. ... Formation of stalactites. ...

While the code of the game is open-source under the GNU General Public License, the artwork and rules are licensed under a custom license, the PlaneShift License, that protects artwork from modification and redistribution to keep the uniqueness of the setting. It uses the Crystal Space game engine and the Crystal Entity Layer. The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ... This article is about a program that is hosted by SourceForge. ... A game engine is the core software component of a video game. ... Crystal Entity Layer is a framework for developing 3D games written in C++ by Jorrit Tyberghein and others. ...

Yliakum

Yliakum is a giant stalactite in which the MMORPG Planeshift takes place. Formation of stalactites. ... A massively (or massive) multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG is a multiplayer computer role-playing game that enables thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual world at the same time over the Internet. ... PlaneShift is a cross-platform fantasy MMORPG in development. ...

Location

Yliakum is an underground world. The inhabitants, a mixture of different races, also call it the "City of the Azure Sun", referring to the huge crystal that gives the city its light and supplies the land with life-giving energy. Yliakum is located thousands of meters under the surface inside a huge excavated stalactite, hanging inside a cave so huge that it could contain any kingdom of the surface. For this reason it is structured in grades - like Dante's Inferno - and each grade is smaller than the former. There are eight grades, or levels. The two highest levels are above the point where the stalactite connects to the roof of the cave. Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sapient humanoid species races rather than species. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. ... Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, in Michelinos fresco. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The Bronze Doors, located along the perimeter of the first level, access the Stone Labyrinths, a complex of both natural and artificial caves as ancient as the town itself. It is sure that some of them lead to places similar to Yliakum and even to the surface, but nobody ever came back to report such a discovery. The Stone Labyrinths are one of the sources of food and resources for the city. A discovery is a novel observation, usually of a natural phenomenon. ... Natural resources are commodities that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. ...

Many different underground streams spring from the walls of the first and second levels, some of which were formed from time immemorial, and join together at the bottom of the stalactite, where they form a lake that submerges the two lower levels. Somehow the water gets out, since Yliakum hasn't been flooded once in recorded history. The flow of the streams varies as times goes by, and the level of the lake changes accordingly. Sometimes the lake level is so low that almost half of the seventh level is revealed, but other times the level is so high it almost reaches the edge of the sixth level. The springs here supply a constant source of drinking water for Yliakum.

The seventh and eighth levels, both usually submerged, host the Nolthrir, an Elven race who have been attending the seaweed for thousands of years. With the influence of time and the Crystal, the Nolthrir evolved into an amphibious species, which enabled them to remain under water for long periods of time. After centuries of crossbreeding, the seaweeds have been grown with such skill by the Nolthrir that they boast special qualities. Some of these varieties are used as food, while others are tanned and woven to make clothing. Still others have medicinal properties, but most of the seaweed is dried and used as fodder for Pterosaurs, Megaras, and cattle bred on the first level. A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Seaweed covered rocks in the UK Phycologists consider seaweed to refer any of a large number of marine benthic algae that are multicellular, macrothallic (large-bodied), and thus differentiated from most algae that tend towards microscopic size (Smith, 1944). ... Orders Subclass Labyrinthodontia - extinct Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct Subclass Lissamphibia   Anura   Caudata   Gymnophiona Amphibians (class Amphibia) are a taxon of animals that include all tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) that do not have amniotic eggs. ... Tanning is the process of making leather from skin. ... Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ... (See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans nearly universally wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments, or attire) on the body. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... In agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed livestock, such as cattle, sheep, chickens and pigs. ...

Races

Only two races are native to the huge cavern: the Kran created by Talad and the Lemur created by Laanx. All other races are said to have arrived from magical portals connected to other worlds. The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition. ... The ancient symbol of the pentagram is often used as a symbol for magic. ...

Inhabitants of Yliakum hunt not only the animals for their edible meat and warm furs, but also scavenge for fungi, molds, and saprotrophs inside the Stone Labyrinths. These plants are found only within the Labyrinths, since there are no other suitable environments for them, and their curative and helpful properties are valuable to the people. Like all places, there are also more pernicious and aggressive creatures living here as well from each of the four natural kingdoms. Hunters and gatherers must keep an eye out for these predators, who create an obstacle for those who venture in the less controlled and more dangerous tunnels of the Stone Labyrinths. As always in places of danger, great sources of wealth are just waiting in these caves for someone clever enough to find and profit from them. Hunting is, in its most general sense, the pursuit of a target. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. ... A dogs fur usually consists of longer, stiffer, guard hairs—which can be straight, wiry, or wavy, and of various lengths— that hide a soft, short-haired undercoat. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Yellow fungus For the fictional character, see Fungus the Bogeyman. ... Moldy cream cheese Molds, or moulds, are various fungi that cover surfaces as fluffy mycelium and usually produce masses of asexual, sometimes sexual spores. ... Saprotroph (also saprobe) is an organism that obtains its nutrients from non-living organic matter, usually dead and decaying plant or animal matter, by absorbing soluble organic compounds. ... Stone can refer to any of the following: Stone may be used as a building material, as in this dry stone wall The Rolling Stones, the Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band. ... Classical labyrinth Medieval labyrinth Walking the famous labyrinth within the Chartres Cathedral. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Aggression is defined as The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. ... In politics, a country (or in some cases, a group of countries) over which a king or queen reigns, is a kingdom, see: monarchy. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. ...

Many different races populate the world of Yliakum. Players can choose to create a character with one of these races, if the model has been implemented.

• Humans
  • Xacha
  • Ylians
• Elves
  • Nolthrir
  • Dermorians
• Dwarves
  • Clan Stonebreaker
  • Clan Hammerwielder
• Others
  • Lemurs
  • Kran
  • Diaboli
  • Enkidukai
  • Klyros
  • Ynnwns

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The Azure Sun

The Crystal that brings light to Yliakum is an enormous raw gemstone of purest transparency and analogous to the sapphire that hangs from the roof of the stalactite's internal cave. A gemstone is a mineral, rock (as in lapis lazuli) or petrified material that when cut or faceted and polished is collectible or can be used in jewellery. ... Sapphire is the single-crystal form of aluminium oxide (Al2O3), a mineral known as corundum. ...

Named the Azure Sun by those races that still remember the surface, it emits a radiation that is more towards infrared if compared to the light of the sun, but is suitable for photosynthesis and survival of many animals, vegetables, and mineral species. This radiation decays with squared progression with the distance. At the seventh level the radiation is just enough to penetrate the mass of the lake in order to light it, while on the first level it is so strong that it allows wonderful crops and the breeding of great cattle, which provide milk and meat. Radiation has a variety of different meanings. ... Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ... Leaf. ... In algebra, the square of x is written x2 and is defined as the product of x with itself: x × x. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called simply cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. ...

To the great regret of the scientists, radiation from the Crystal keeps them from exploring too near. Using logic and common sense, scientists concluded that nearer than twelve steps from the Crystal, the radiation dissociates matter, sometimes even generating random chain reactions that could be very dangerous. However, since the Crystal is such a powerful source of every kind of magic in the city, some fool will dare to get too close and risk the dangers. Matter is commonly referred to as the substance of which physical objects are composed. ... Several things have been named Chain Reaction, after the chain reaction process best known in connection with nuclear fission: Chain Reaction, a film Chain Reaction, a 1990s record label Chain Reaction, a 1980s game show Chain Reaction, a 1970s band A Square Dance Call on the A1 List A Series...

The Crystal draws its light from the surface and thus Yliakum is subjected to times of "day" and "night". However, even at night, it is not completely dark. The level of the lake, which rises and falls in an extremely consistent manner, measures hours. A wide band of the metal Orichalc was put on a section of the sixth wall and was used not only because it is the only metal that doesn't deteriorate whatsoever, but also because underwater flora cannot take root in it. The names of the six periods that divide each of the four seasons are carved on this band, and information about the periods is engraved over the level reports. A day (symbol: d) is a unit of time. ... Melbourne skyline at night Night is the time when a location is facing away from the Sun, and thus dark. ... Metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about divisions of a year. ...

The year is subdivided into four seasons only because of the cultural heritage of the people coming from the surface and the observation of the cyclic phenomena of vegetable growth. During the twenty-four periods of the year, the Crystal's azure light varies marginally, helping to reinforce the different periods. A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ...

Waste Disposal

Ducts that have been dug out in the rock are used to dispose of human waste. Larger rubbish and bodies are simply thrown into almost vertical and apparently endless wells. Nobody seems to care about where all of this junk finally ends up, since the stalactite theory is only devised by some Xacha scientists and has not been proven yet. Dead bodies are eliminated the same way. Though discarding dead in such a callous fashion would seem rather shocking, neither of the two main faiths at Yliakum requires particular care nor reverence to the dead. To the people here, a body is simply a non-functional apparatus or an empty shell with no soul. However, nothing is ever thrown into the lake. The law forbids this disposal method not only out of courtesy to the Nolthrirs, but also to protect the seaweed population. Polluting the lake is one of the few crimes punished with death. Sewage treatment is the process that removes the majority of the contaminants from waste-water or sewage and produces both a liquid effluent suitable for disposal to the natural environment and a sludge. ... This article is about waste matter. ... Theory has a number of distinct meanings, depending on the context. ... This article discusses faith in a religious context. ... An apparatus is: A machine; or Reference tools added to a book, apart from the text, such as variant readings or translations, textual notes, a concordance, a bibliography, or an index, designed for the use of scholars studying the book. ... The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ... Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ... In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ...

The Death Realm

Nothing much is known about this dark land, but legend tells that it is a bottomless chasm with stone walkways high in the air and you fall into it when you lose your life. Not many have returned from it, but some tell of a portal that opens into the living world.

Creatures

Yliakum is populated by many creatures that can be fought for loot and experience.

• Carkarass: A strange flying creature living inside the Death Realm. Nothing much is known about this creature, but it is relatively easy to kill.
• Clacker: A large insect-like creature found mainly in the Arena and the dungeon.
• Consumer: A horrible monster found in parts of the Ojadeva road, they are quite fierce and have sucking mouths full of sharp teeth.
• Gobble: A foul creature living deep inside sewers. These humanoid beasts have dark gray-green skin and walk on all-fours.
• Grendol: Seen in the dungeon. It looks like a giant zombie and an air of death surrounds it; It is hard to kill and offers less or no loot.

A Rat sitting in Tavern.

• Rat: Found in sewers, most of these oversized rodents are an easy kill for beginners. Their hides and eyes have some value in Yliakum, so many try to pawn them to shopkeepers for quick money. There are two types of rats: a simple one eyed rat, and a robust rat. Robust rats are much more difficult for an untrained adventurer to kill.
• Rogue: Found in most places around Hydlaa's sewers, the neighboring Arena, Ojaveda, and on roads frequented by travellers. Rogues are dressed in dark clothing and may carry a weapon. They come in all levels, some are easily slain while others are more ferocious in battle.
• Tefusang: Found near plains on ojaveda road. Tefusangs are large beasts that are harder to kill but their teeth are of great value and can be sold for good amount of trias.
• Trepor: Appearing like a giant deformed insect, these unintelligent creatures are always hungry and are quite lethal. Found in a field in the Ojadeva road and stronger ones found in the arena, they are often the target of higher-level characters. Their hearts are quite valuable.
• Ulbernaut: The most powerful creature in Crystal Blue, this abomination was built for killing. Having 2 arms both tapering into deadly points, they can kill most players in a single attack and almost always take a sizable group of people to kill. However, killing them is very rewarding as they drop good loot and offer a very large amount of experience.

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Screenshots

An Enkidukai mining for gold in the forest. An Enkidukai mining for gold in the forest. ...	The Magic Shop in the forest: an expensive place to buy high quality magic. The Magic Shop in the forest. ...	Spell casting against a Tefusang in the arena. Spell casting against a Tefusang in the arena. ...	Fighting a Clacker in the arena: these are more deadly than they appear. Fighting a Clacker in the arena. ...
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External links

• Official PlaneShift site
• PlaneShift English Manual
• PlaneShift server page
• PlaneShift forums
• PlaneShift bug tracker
• Platyna's PlaneShift Warehouse
• PlaneShift modding community
• Kada-El's Tavern
• PlaneShift SourceForge.net project page
• Category at ODP