Wakfu
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Wakfu is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) of French developer Ankama. It represents the successor to Dofus and plays 1000 years after its history.
Wakfu represents a franchise, because in addition to the MMORPG also various adaptations have been published in other media. The game is playable in French, Spanish, English and German language.
- 3.1 animated series
- 3.2 comic
History
Wakfu plays 1000 years after Dofus. In the period between Dofus and Wakfu the ogre Ogrest has all Dofus found and was more powerful than the gods, a Titan. His tears of mourning a lost love flooded the world and created the islands of the world Wakfus.
Game mechanics
Wakfu is an MMORPG, and thus offers the possibility of using a variety of players to explore the world and to achieve success in the interaction. A basic element of many MMORPGs are fighting against vicious creatures or other players. These run in Wakfu, as in the previous Dofus from turn-based. While the action points are important for the combat system, which are consumed by the player during actions such as moving the character or executing attacks. Depending on the ability of the figure, which can also be increased through collected objects and equipment, varies the number of these points and their consumption. After a completed round of the fight within the action points are replenished. The battles themselves are in a so-called " bubble battle " took place and can be as outwardly indeed observed, but not from other players will enter later. This fight bladder depends in shape and size from the premises. The fight bladder is similar to a checkerboard of fields and is divided into two parts. Here, mainly the focus of disputes is on the tactical element.
Character classes and character development
There are 15 character classes (February 2013) under these one finds among other classics like warrior, archer and healer, but also more exotic classes such as Time Mage, Treasure Hunter and players. Each class has four strands talent with 5 skills. Three of these talent strands are each one of the four elements (fire, water, air and earth ) are assigned, these are the skills most commonly used in battles. Through the operations of these skills in combat whose levels are increased and the corresponding skill is effective. Once in a talent strand, the sum of all skills the next skill is achieved a certain level unlocked. The other two talent strands contain both active and passive support capabilities which are usually very powerful and very unique, but are also limited in use. These skills are not improved by the application but need to be improved on Level Up. In addition to skills, there are several properties that can be for a level-up, which is achieved through experience gained, increased. These different properties have different costs an extra life point costs, for example, a property item, whereas Agility costs three points.
Ecosystem
In Wakfu there will be influenced by the player dynamic ecosystem. For example, the players are able to eradicate, animals or plants almost, whereby the price of such resources would rise or some object or content would no longer be available. Conversely, prices fall in oversupply. Similar to the free market regulates itself as the market according to the player, but can be influenced.
Political system
The Political System Wakfus it allows each of the islands, which are a nation can adopt their own laws. Similarly, penalties for lawbreakers, which can be regarded as outlaws and vulnerable. Each player can become governor of his nation. In addition, the Government may by quests such as " Planting trees x " stabilize the ecosystem. Also the PvP behavior is defined by law, whether more or less emphasis on the fight between players, making it different from nation to nation. And any player can choose where he wants to live.
Occupations
There are two types of professions: gathering professions and craftsmen.
The planting and harvesting is typically is in which interacts professions for the first category directly with the environment. All professions that affect the ecosystem, have two facets: siphoning resources from the ecosystem ( crops ) and adding resources to the ecosystem (plants) with expertise in forestry can be, for example, make walnut trees, planting nuts to it grow new walnut trees to leave.
The craftsmen occupations can process resources such as wood, grain or herb for food equipment or potions. Resources also of animals required for some object.
As the main skills also increase the professional level by the application and thus switch better recipes free.
The traveling bag
A magical hiking bag acts as a house that always carries with him. This can be extended manifold, for example, it is possible to plant herbs in it or to sell items. Also, to work places they can be extended.
Adaptations
As part of a cross-media approach appeared to play an additional 12 October 2009 a collectible card game called Wakfu: Incarnam manufactured by Upper Deck, on June 4, 2009, a comic called Les chroniques de Wakfu: Maille à partir with 76 pages and an animated series.
Animated series
The game was adapted in 2008 by Ankama as a French-language animated series, entitled Wakfu was like the game. Like the game, the series was animated Flash directed by Anthony " Tot " Roux, with help from Adobe. The character design was designed by Xavier " Xa " Houssin and Kim " Tcho " Etinoff. In the production of drawn in the style of an anime series, the French studio was supported by some Japanese animators. On the origin of the book series Wakfu was born on 19 November 2009: Making of Season 1 ( ISBN 978-2-916739-97-7 ) published.
Was first introduced to the series for the London MCM Expo, where the first two episodes in English were shown. On television, the 26 episodes complete series was first broadcast on the television channel France 3 since October 30, 2008. The broadcast of the final episode took place on June 5, 2010. The TV series was quite successful and was able to win them over during the 9th episode 1.2 million viewers. Since August 27, 2010 RTL2 shows the series in its website mypokito.de.
An offshoot of the series titled Mini - Wakfu appeared since September 2009 and was offered as a stream. In the short humorous animations the characters were shown greatly trivialized in Super Deformed style.
Comic
A French comic book adaptation of Dead, Jean- David Morvan and Adrian is from October 2010 under the title Wakfu Heroes appear in German at Tokyopop. Another adaptation is to follow as The Chronicles of Wakfu 2011.