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These pages are dedicated to the project: "Rell-Too, the chain-letter age".

Rell-Too is a fan-made "Age", in MYST vernacular (you might substitute "level" or "map"), for the game URU, which is a spin-off from the MYST series of games, produced by CYAN Worlds, and originally published by Ubisoft.

The age is built with the Open Source 3D modelling/rendering package "Blender", and exported to the game's file format, using the "PyPRP" exporter.

We who build (...or "write", in MYST terms) the age, are a flexible number of people who take turn building it, in the spirit of "Photoshop Tennis", or the "Exquisite Corpse" method of art creation, although unlike in the case of the latter, the entire "canvas" is always visible to everybody.

One person gets to edit the age at a time and can make any change they see fit, building on the accumulated work of everyone that has gone before.

Anybody can join the project at any time.

Skills is not a concern, since any type of contribution is equally valued, be it 3D modelling, creation of textures or concept art, sound design, composing, puzzle design, logic scripting, writing (story/in-game text/design docs), know-how of any sort, proof reading, testing, etc, etc.

Just shoot the project manager ("Jojon") a message, over at the Guild Of Writers, and express your interest in taking part. :)


DOWNLOADS - LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS


Rell-Too files to date, from most recent to oldest.
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Rell-Too v0.25 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.25

Released 2012-01-06

Editor: ametist
Playable age files:
Rell-Too_v0.25.rar (16,561,189 bytes)

Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
Age_Rell-too_build_v0.25.rar (33,226,761 bytes)

  • Removed metal bridge between Towers 2 and 3
  • Removed hanging rope
  • Fixed the cave with the hunter eggs at the top of Tower 3
  • Added a pathway made of clouds, instead of aforementioned bridge
  • Added new creatures: "Flyers", around the pond
  • Added a journal, placed at the base plateu of Tower 3
  • Added animation to the periscope
  • Rell-Too v0.24 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.24

    Released 2011-12-03

    Editor: Corvus
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.24.rar (16,348,136 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.24.rar (32,568,519 bytes)

  • Added a christmas tree with a "Perlenstern" (star made of perls) on top. (Handcrafting was a hobby of Perlenstern's)
  • Added a spiral stairway from the Tower 2 balcony, to its plateu.
  • Rell-Too v0.23 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.23

    Released 2011-11-07

    Editor: dendwaler
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.23.rar (15,654,610 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.23.rar (31,329,717 bytes)

  • Added a reproduction of the harvester from Venalem (a planned Cyan age that alas never made it into URU)
  • Added a body of water for the harvester to float in
  • Added a number of setpieces to go with the harvester, including lateral marker buoys and a panoramic horizon.
  • Rell-Too v0.22 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.22

    Released 2011-10-16

    Editor: Jojon
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.22.rar (13,284,742 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.22.rar (23,697,209 bytes)

  • Added a faint light beam, that shoots into the sky from one of Perlenstern's crystals, in memory of their creator.
  • Rell-Too v0.21 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.21

    Released 2011-09-08

    Editor: Jojon
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.21.rar (13,272,421 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.21.rar (23,697,841 bytes)

  • Commentary mode framework defined.
  • Messed around with transparences.
  • Cablecar now stays a little bit longer at stations.
  • Texturing tweak to to base materials for towers.
  • Separated back- and foreground for blackboard.
  • Added a little realtime shadow on balcony.
  • Changed balcony balustrade cross-section shape.
  • Added game/puzzlebox on the balcony. Currently inoperable.
  • Temporary "functionality" for the puzzlebox. ;)
  • Rell-Too v0.20 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.20

    Released 2011-01-26

    Editor: Rize
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.20.rar (12,019,421 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.20.rar (21,945,227 bytes)

  • The lab has been vandalized and robbed, it now has music, though.
  • Many things have been knocked over and moved in the lab.
  • A Book to the Ferry Terminal was left in the lab by the intruders.
  • Updated our Book-related .py files to Dynamic Book Template v4.1.
  • Fixed the Nexus book not being open when used.
  • Rell-Too v0.19 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.19

    Released 2011-01-09

    Editor: Ametist
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.19.rar (10,499,204 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.19.rar (18,395,171 bytes)

  • a 'dead' Hunter laying on the ground
  • other Hunters gone
  • used Perlenstern's old bridge to build a new steelbridge between T1 and T3
  • the top of T3 shows now a hole with a partly broken lid
  • Hunter-eggs in the newly discovered room inside the top of T3
  • a door is opened up to the tower-room and a rope is hanging out from it
  • Perlenstern's floating crystals collected onto, and into, T3
  • three 'mushrooms', feeding of the remains of the Hunter.
  • RockEater-eggs hatched.
  • the sign at the RE-egghut removed (along with the hut itself)
  • one of the petals is floating in the pond, someone took a bite of it...
  • a periscope has shown up between T1 and T2, coming from beneath...
  • Rell-Too v0.18 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.18

    Released 2010-12-22

    Editor: Robert the rebuilder
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.18.rar (8,877,346 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.18.rar (18,542,997 bytes)

  • Added niche in crevasse on tower 1 and debris
  • Added animated skeleton
  • Added entries in visitors' journal and James' journal
  • Changed camera region near crack to use camera closer to skeleton
  • Moved the panic region up from under the crevasse
  • Rell-Too v0.17 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.17

    Released 2010-05-29

    Editor: Corvus
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.17.rar (8,821,495 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.17.rar (17,984,499 bytes)

  • Added plants at pond. Turned on the water and added a drain.
  • Added geostate settings to the alcscript of the waveset
  • Tried to fix the sink-in issues at the cable car.
  • Added a railing to the path that leads to the air vent room.
  • Added benches and a carpet to the hidden room.
  • Rell-Too v0.16 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.16

    Released 2010-03-28

    Editor: Jojon
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.16.rar (7,095,320 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.16.rar (15,299,536 bytes)

  • Lower access in tower 2 now through combination lock.
  • Removed journal reference to the old, temporary access route.
  • Replaced Nexus linking book, with a new one, from Core43.
  • Rell-Too v0.15 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.15

    Released 2010-01-13

    Editor: Core43
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.15.rar (6,509,092 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.15.rar (14,481,117 bytes)

  • Added stone table and plants to lower tower 2.
  • Rell-Too v0.14 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.14

    Released 2009-12-12

    Editor: Justintime9
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.14.rar (6,319,452 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.14.rar (14,518,671 bytes)

  • Added a pond to tower one, by building a pipe to source at bottom.
  • Also added a grassy stencil in the water, to indicate soil fertility.
  • Rell-Too v0.13 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.13

    Released 2009-12-02

    Editor: Rize
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.13.rar (6,138,452 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.13.rar (14,024,414 bytes)

  • Nexus Linking Book added next to the Link-In Point
  • The causeway can no longer bear weight and has collapsed.
  • The crystals float
  • New Linking Image has been made
  • Rell-Too v0.12 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.12

    Released 2009-11-08

    Editor: Ametist
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.12.rar (5,859,075 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.12.rar (13,853,701 bytes)

  • Added new animals, predating on the RockEaters.
  • Part of Tower3 is 'smoothed'.
  • Sign GUI.
  • Gravel stencil on Tower3
  • Rell-Too v0.11 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.11

    Released 2009-10-24

    Editor: Robert the rebuilder
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.11.rar (5,509,974 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.11.rar (12,748,251 bytes)

  • Rigged elevator to move only if the air vent below is open.
  • New revision of the font: "Corvus-24.p2f"
  • Rell-Too v0.10 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.10

    Released 2009-09-28

    Editor: Perlenstern
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.10.rar (5,487,039 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.10.rar (12,636,853 bytes)

  • Added cloud path from tower 1 to tower 3.
  • Rell-Too v0.09 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.9

    Released 2009-08-13

    Editor: Corvus
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.9.rar (4,647,665 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.9.rar (12,316,721 bytes)

  • I built a lab in Justin's cave.
  • Rell-Too v0.08 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.8

    Released 2009-07-26

    Editor: Jojon
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.8.rar (3,976,252 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.8.rar (8,279,544 bytes)

  • Made interior of tower one unaffected by global lighting (failed).
  • Rough build of balcony far down tower two and interim access route.
  • Rell-Too v0.07 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.7

    Released 2009-07-07

    Editor: Junee
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.7.rar (3,823,801 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.7.rar (8,145,552 bytes)

  • Added a journal, which introduces two new non-player characters, named James and Alison.
  • Rell-Too v0.06 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.6

    Released 2009-05-24

    Editor: Ametist
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.6.rar (3,807,111 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.6.rar (8,123,183 bytes)

  • Added creatures with sound and animation: 'RockEaters'.
  • Added a plank over the gap in the bridge, at its Tower3 end.
  • Rell-Too v0.05 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.5

    Released 2009-05-17

    Editor: Justintime9
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.5.rar (3,148,838 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.5.rar (9,169,217 bytes)

  • Added a cave to tower 2. Its entrance is at the bottom of Perlenstern's ladder.
  • Added a dummy avatar, useful as a size reference
  • Rell-Too v0.04 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.4

    Released 2009-05-10

    Editor: Robert the rebuilder
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.4.rar (2,246,739 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.4.rar (4,581,571 bytes)

  • Added time-of-day lighting and a sky dome with cloud layers.
  • Added SDL file which is now included in the package.
  • Added panic link region at the bottom of the crevase near the elevator cave entrance.
  • Added camera region above the cave entrance to signal to visitors that's where they need to go.
  • Rell-Too v0.03 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.3

    Released 2009-05-03

    Editor: Perlenstern
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.3.rar (2,117,678 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.3.rar (4,221,567 bytes)

  • Added some small crystals.
  • Added a new ladder on Tower2
  • Added a (for the time, broken) bridge to Tower3.
  • Added new hut with a big and a middle crystal on Tower3.
  • Rell-Too v0.02 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.2

    Released 2009-02-22

    Editor: Corvus
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.2.rar (1,827,638 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.2.rar (4,089,017 bytes)

  • Added a cablecar which allows a ride to the second rock pillar.
  • Added a small cave with a bed to rest on.
  • Added a hidden niche with a notebook in it.
  • Rell-Too v0.01 teaser image. Click to see full size. Version 0.1

    Released 2009-04-13

    Editor: Jojon
    Playable age files:
    Rell-Too_v0.1.rar (1,216,693 bytes)

    Build files (.blend, python source, etc):
    Age_Rell-too_build_v0.1.rar (3,097,461 bytes)

    Initial release, not even vanilla flavoured at this point.
    You start out on a plateau high on a narrow rock pillar. Central is a double corkscrew tower, which can be ascended.
    Two more, almost identical, pillars can be seen out in the fog. The pillar has a hollow core and an elevator of sorts leads from plateau level to the top.