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About rolfjan

I am CEO of Code Club AB that develops the MMO Wurm Online. I also code a lot of the game

Arriving at Elevation

Posted on February 3, 2012 by rolfjan

When leaving Serenity I was a bit over optimistic regarding the distance to the border, so I kept going in hopes of changing servers any second. It didn’t happen and I started drowning so I entered Elevation with 30% wounds. … Continue reading →

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My first encounters

Posted on February 1, 2012 by rolfjan

After several years of development I’ve started to get an itch to be trying out this game I’ve coded. Most of all I want to participate in the HOTA and take a shot at PvP but the plan has always … Continue reading →

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The Wurm HotA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by rolfjan

Around Midnight tomorrow CET, the first Wurm Hunt of the Ancients will begin. Apart from being pretty obvious when it comes to the inspiration of the name, The Hunt of the Ancients is a contest invented by the deities in … Continue reading →

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Roadmap for the upcoming weeks

Posted on January 10, 2012 by rolfjan

Premium account numbers are sinking, and I think this is because of three or four reasons: 1. A lot of alt accounts are being scrapped 2. People are playing new other games such as Skyrim and SWTOR 3. Lack of … Continue reading →

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Wild joined the freedom cluster

Posted on December 20, 2011 by rolfjan

When the Epic servers were released a lot of players on wild went there to try it out. This left the wild server somewhat out in the cold, with a dwindling population. Since we want to let people keep playing … Continue reading →

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Big milestone reached

Posted on November 15, 2011 by rolfjan

This saturday I suddenly realized that the day before, on the Friday, I reached a big big milestone in Wurm. On the friday I debugged and verified that you can become immortal and join the other deities on Valrei. Since … Continue reading →

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The Game Board

Posted on November 10, 2011 by rolfjan

Today I updated the servers with quite a few improvements to missions and they work properly now. This means I need to take some time to explain the Game Board a bit more. First though, read the Epic faq in … Continue reading →

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Release success

Posted on November 2, 2011 by rolfjan

Phew! The first hours of a release is usually pretty scary and this was no exception. Some of the portals didn’t work and it took some time to figure out why. At least there was no data loss which is … Continue reading →

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Epic FAQ

Posted on October 25, 2011 by rolfjan

Here are some answers to some of the most asked questions regarding Epic. Q: What is Epic? A: It’s a new set of connected Wurm Servers (we call it a cluster) where everyone starts from scratch. As a player you … Continue reading →

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Epic release status

Posted on October 21, 2011 by rolfjan

With one week left, it’s about time that I give some feedback on the progress on the Epic release. I’ve been busy coding portals with which you can travel between the current Freedom cluster or the Wild server to the … Continue reading →

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