Chronicles of Elyria is a sandbox MMORPG that launched on Kickstarter with significant community backing but has experienced a troubled development trajectory since. The game is designed as a player-driven RPG set in a persistent world where player choices shape the narrative and world state.
Recent coverage indicates the project remains in development limbo, with leaks suggesting the studio head is now working on ElyriaMUD - a text-based MUD variant - alongside efforts to generate income from the property. This latest development continues a pattern of setbacks and shifting direction that has defined the project's post-funding period, keeping it a point of ongoing contention within the community.
via Massively Overpowered
Yes, dear readers, Chronicles of Elyria is back in our headlines again, and no, it’s not for any particularly heartening reasons. Since it has been awhile, a refresher: COE is the Kickstarter-funded sandbox MMORPG that has been a slow-moving train wreck ever since, with an abrupt…