Hey everyone,

This update was mainly focused on bug fixes, engine improvements, and tool and infrastructure improvements. This update took a bit longer than usual to launch due to me being tied up with a FIRST robotics competition for a team that I was mentoring, which was a ton of fun! I try and encourage more young people to enter the world of technology, software engineering, and game design, so this is something that I love to do. Nonetheless, work on the game will continue, and we have lots and lots of issues in Gitlab to tackle.

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One of the things we've done in this update is fix the gate to the Blue Dragons area in the Taverly Dungeon.
To get there you will now need a Dusty Key, which can be obtained by talking to Velrak the explorer inside his jail cell.
The nearby Jailer has a set of Jail keys on him but he won't give them up without a fight!


 


   Added Velrak the explorer's dialogue
   Velrak the explorer now gives the Dusty Key required to access the Blue Dragons area
       


   Fixed South Fally Members Gate to open/close properly
Taverly Dungeon

   Fixed both gates that lead further into Taverly dungeon
   Made the Prison doors to the Cauldron of Thunder in Taverly Dungeon singleplayer doors
   Fixed the doors to the Jails in Taverly Dungeon
   Fixed the gate to the Blue Dragons area
   The gate no longer changes to a wooden door when opened
   A Dusty Key is now required to open the gate
     


   Corrected the poison formula and fixed a bug where poison would not affect Npcs
             


   Added a 'Created by default' checkbox to all Dynamic Parts in the AllGoFree Tools
   Added support to create DynamicGroundItems and DynamicObjects in the AllGoFree Tools
   Added support for DynamicNpcs with walking bounds
   Added support for changing the poison delay time
   Added the command "::poison" for Developers
   Added support for modifying the amount of hits before decreasing the poison damage
   Added support to "::poison" to change the amount of hits per damage amount.


Marshmallow's summary for the Aurora release:

Game Engine:
RuneScape Blitz: merge 54 commits into master

Libraries:
Arctic: merge 2 commits into master
Blitz API: merge 54 commits into master
Core AllGoFree: merge 31 commits into master

Plugins:
Agility: merge 70 commits into master
AllStarX: merge 1 commits into master
Bank: merge 1 commits into master
Bosses: merge 1 commits into master
BugPoints: merge 1 commits into master
CastleWars: merge 1 commits into master
Classic: merge 2 commits into master
Commands: merge 13 commits into master
Core 317: merge 4 commits into master
Core 562: merge 1 commits into master
Core Engine: merge 113 commits into master
DeveloperQuotes: merge 1 commits into master
Documentation: merge 3 commits into master
Easter2014: merge 1 commits into master
Firemaking: merge 1 commits into master
Fishing: merge 1 commits into master
FreeToPlay: merge 4 commits into master
Magic: merge 1 commits into master
Members: merge 1 commits into master
Memorial: merge 1 commits into master
Miscellania: merge 2 commits into master
NpcDrops: merge 2 commits into master
Quests: merge 13 commits into master
RuneRebels: merge 19 commits into master
Tutorial Island: merge 4 commits into master
WelcomeTutorial: merge 1 commits into master
Woodcutting: merge 2 commits into master


Total: 406 commits


This is a massive release that we have been working on for the past month. It is the first of many scheduled updates to come, and we hope it renews your faith about the RuneRebels development team and your excitement about the game!

The Agility skill has been released!

Agility:
Courses:
- Added Gnome Agility Course
- Added Wilderness Agility Course


Shortcuts:
-Added Fred the Farmer's Stile
-Added Falador Cabbage Patch Stile
-Added West Falador Crumbled Wall
-Added Ropeswing to Moss Giant Island
-Added Stepping Stones in Brimhaven Dungeon
-Added Edgeville Dungeon Monkey Bars
-Added Yanille Underwall Tunnel
-Added Watchtower Wall Trellis
-Added Seers Village Coal Truck Log Balance
-Added Northwest Varrock Underwall Tunnel
-Added Brimhaven Dungeon Pipe Squeeze
-Added Falador Wall Crawl
-Added Draynor Manor Stones to Champions Guild
-Added Ardougne Northern Log Balance
-Added Gnome Stronghold Rock Climb
-Added Al-Kharid Mining Pit Scramble
-Added Trollheim Cliffside Scramble
-Added Dwarven Mine Crevice Entrance
-Added Issfdar Log Balance
-Added Pipe from Edgeville dungeon -> Varrock Sewers



Free To Play
World 2, our first Free to Play world, has launched! When starting the client, uncheck the "members" checkbox and change the address to "world2.runerebels.com". We know that some people prefer the Free to Play game, and we want to be able to offer that experience to our players.

Quests:
- Fixed Doric's Quest
- Fixed Sheep Shearer
- Fixed Imp Catcher
- Fixed Rune Mysteries
- Fixed Druidic Ritual
- Added Cook's Assistant
- Added Goblin Diplomacy
- Added The Knight's Sword
- Added Romeo & Juliet
- Added Witch's Potion
- Added Jungle Potion




Objects:
- It is now possible to go down the stairs at the water obelisk (Taverley dungeon)

Drops:
- Adjusted Greater Demon drops
- Adjusted Hill Giant drops

Locations:
- Tree Gnome Stronghold is now accessible
- The Dark Wizards tower is now accessible
- Karamja Jogre dungeon is now accessible


Slayer:
- Fixed ogre task

Thieving:
- Added pickpocket loot to all gnomes
- Added Correct pickpocket xp to all gnomes

Item Spawns
- Spawned Redberries near Varrock
- Spawned Cadava berries near Varrock
- Spawned Swamp toads
- Spawned King worms

Npc Spawns:
- Spawned Captain Dalbur
- Spawned Richard
- Spawned Tramp
- Spawned Druids
- Spawned Phillipa
- Spawned Tower Advisors
- Spawned Tower Archers
- Spawned Dark Wizards
- Spawned Zandar Horfyre
- Spawned Traiborn
- Spawned Wizard(s)
- Spawned Skeletons
- Spawned Gnomes
- Spawned Forester
- Spawned Guard dogs
- Spawned Butterflies
- Spawned over 50 NPCs in Karamja
- Spawned over 50 NPCs in Tree Gnome Stronghold
- Fixed Stuck Blue Dragon spawn in Taverley Dungeon

Shops:
- Fixed Fortunato's Wine shop
- Fixed the Castle Wars Rewards shop
- Fixed Grum's Jewelry shop
- Added Ali Morrisane's shop
- Added Richard's Farming shop

Npc Dialogues:
Added dialogue to npcs all over Lumbridge, Varrock, Falador, Al-Kharid, Duel Arena, Ardougne, Edgeville,
Draynor, Port Sarim, Karamja, Taverley, Seers Village, Ranged Guild, Catherby, Burthrope and Yanille!

Cooking:
You can now make the following pies:
- Redberry pie
- Meat pie
- Mud pie
- Apple pie
- Garden pie
- Fish pie
- Admiral pie
- Wild pie
- Summer pie

Ranks:



Extras:
- Wyson the gardener will now trade bird nests for your mole skins & mole claws
- Captain Barnaby will take you from Ardougne to Brimhaven (and back) now.

Roadmap Update




Hello everyone! I just wanted to make this post to give a high level overview of the roadmap for the servers! This is still a work in progress plan, but it should give you guys a good sense of the direction that we want to take the games and how we plan to mitigate many of the issues that we have experienced in the past. I also want to formally announce that Bill, Petter, and Onur have returned to assist me in the development and administration of the games, and I am very excited to be working with them again!



Accounts / Login Server
One of my main goals is to get all of the AllGoFree sites using the same user database. I would like to merge the logins for the WorldScape and RuneRebels forum accounts, so you have a single login across both. To be clear, this will not merge in game accounts or the forums themselves, it will just tie them both to the same username and password. This will require a few database tricks and possibly a page for people to link their two accounts into one, so I will keep you updated on this.

The added benefit of this is that the friends chat will be linked between the two games, and it should help us form a larger, stronger, and more well connected community. In addition, any other test game worlds or services we create will use these accounts.



Blitz Engine / API
The effort that I am currently putting all of my energy towards is the new Blitz API. This will allow other developers to make plugins for the engine, and also modify existing plugins once they have been converted to use the API. This is what I have been doing on the livestream if any of you have been watching!

This a major effort and requires changes to every plugin, and there are currently over 80 plugins for the engine. However, progress has been very quick, and once all of the plugins are compiling again I will spin up a developer world to make sure there are no major regressions in the game. If all goes well, we will start looking for additional developers to take on some of the plugins. For example, one person could be responsible for the Woodcutting and Firemaking plugins, and would be in charge of fixing bugs or adding missing features to those plugins. These developers would have access to the Blitz API as well as the plugin they would be working on.



Bug Hunters
This goes hand in hand with the last point. In addition to having people focused on specific areas of the game, we would like to assign "Bug Hunters" to work with these new developers on finding bugs in the game and reporting them in the proper manner. These individuals would have direct access to file issues on the plugin repositories, where the developers would then review them, as opposed to regular players which report bugs on the forums. They would also be responsible for scanning the forums and screening bug reports, and ensuring that real bugs have an issue created in Gitlab.



Community
Overall, the theme is that we would like to grow the community and bring everyone closer together, and give members more responsibility of working on and maintaining the game. I've learned that I don't have enough time to do everything myself, which resulted in the stagnation of the game. By opening things up more and finding excited, talented individuals to join the team, I believe we can make some of the best private servers on the planet.

Let me know what you guys think!
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