The Rook - Revision history

Hburger at 11:34, 8 April 2011

2011-04-08T11:34:11Z

Hburger at 11:31, 8 April 2011

2011-04-08T11:31:48Z

Hburger at 18:03, 31 March 2011

2011-03-31T18:03:04Z

Hburger: cleaned stuff up, added quote

2011-03-25T17:41:59Z

cleaned stuff up, added quote

Eglantinebot at 04:08, 2 February 2011

2011-02-02T04:08:29Z

Hburger: Big post ;)

2011-01-23T13:58:25Z

Big post ;)

New page

'''The Rook''' is "a collective noun referring to the evil, crow-like creatures who exist on the same plane as the Giants and are constantly buzzing at them, dive-bombing, attacking and trying to eat the Giants’ imagination. The Rook is dark and opposes all creativity. And they will try to attack the game world, especially locations which are left a little too neglected …" - [http://glitch.com/blog/2010/09/03/beware-the-rook/ Glitch Blog]

[[File:Rook-multi.jpeg|400px|thumb|right|Rook Raven]]

==History==
*In September 2010, the Glitch Art Department started designing the visual appearance of The Rook: [http://glitch.com/blog/2010/09/03/beware-the-rook/ Glitch Blog]. [[Stewart Butterfield]] posted a link in the forums to a [http://s3.amazonaws.com/dburka/rookFlySide.swf Rook raven flying animation].
*In August 2010, Alpha testers got a chance to test an early version of a Rook Attack. Here's a video from a tester's experience: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2ZuHm7H2w YouTube Video Link] and opinions about it after this test: [http://alpha.glitch.com/forum/general/984/ alpha.glitch.com/forum/general/984/].
*In November 2010, the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6O5QXj6n18 Glitch Alpha Trailer] revealed a dark side to Glitch when Rook ravens started attacking the video towards the end.
*In January 2011, a new Quest, [[Rook's Woods]] was added, where the player had to navigate over moving blocks in order to find a Rook Egg and destroy it.

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 ==History==
 *In September 2010, the Glitch Art Department started designing the visual appearance of The Rook: [http://glitch.com/blog/2010/09/03/beware-the-rook/ Glitch Blog]. [[Stewart Butterfield]] posted a link in the forums to a [http://s3.amazonaws.com/dburka/rookFlySide.swf Rook raven flying animation].
-*In August 2010, [[Alpha]] testers got a chance to test an early version of a Rook Attack in Chad Gallows (in [[Old Groddle]]). Tester [[User:Hburger|Hburger]] took a screen recording of the events that took place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2ZuHm7H2w. Following the buggy and laggy test run, [[Stoot Barfield]] had this to say:
+*In October 2010, [[Alpha]] testers got a chance to test an early version of a Rook Attack in Chad Gallows (in [[Old Groddle]]). Tester [[User:Hburger|Hburger]] took a screen recording of the events that took place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2ZuHm7H2w. Following the buggy and laggy test run, [[Stoot Barfield]] had this to say:
 ::"Buggy, slow and confusing for sure! HOWEVER, that won't always be the case. I think we're going to try making [the Rook attack] slower, sparser and more ambient ... an indication of long term decay in a [[region]] that might take days or weeks to fester before it is really annoying (and days or weeks to clear) rather than something that happens all at once." - [http://alpha.glitch.com/forum/general/984/ Forum topic].
 *In November 2010, the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6O5QXj6n18 Glitch Alpha Trailer] revealed a dark side to Glitch when Rook ravens started attacking the video towards the end.

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 ::"Buggy, slow and confusing for sure! HOWEVER, that won't always be the case. I think we're going to try making [the Rook attack] slower, sparser and more ambient ... an indication of long term decay in a [[region]] that might take days or weeks to fester before it is really annoying (and days or weeks to clear) rather than something that happens all at once." - [http://alpha.glitch.com/forum/general/984/ Forum topic].
 *In November 2010, the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6O5QXj6n18 Glitch Alpha Trailer] revealed a dark side to Glitch when Rook ravens started attacking the video towards the end.
-*In January 2011, a new [[quest]], [[Rook's Woods]] was added, where the player had to navigate over moving blocks in order to find a Rook Egg and destroy it.
+*In January 2011, a new [[quest]], [[Prove Your Rook-Fighting Mettle]] was added, where the player is teleported to an eerie [[Rook's Woods]] to navigate over/around moving blocks in order to find a Rook Egg and destroy it.
 [[File:Rook_Test.png|450px|thumb|left|A screenshot of an early test run of a Rook Attack taken from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2ZuHm7H2w this video]]]

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 ::"Buggy, slow and confusing for sure! HOWEVER, that won't always be the case. I think we're going to try making [the Rook attack] slower, sparser and more ambient ... an indication of long term decay in a [[region]] that might take days or weeks to fester before it is really annoying (and days or weeks to clear) rather than something that happens all at once." - [http://alpha.glitch.com/forum/general/984/ Forum topic].
 *In November 2010, the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6O5QXj6n18 Glitch Alpha Trailer] revealed a dark side to Glitch when Rook ravens started attacking the video towards the end.
-*In January 2011, a new Quest, [[Rook's Woods]] was added, where the player had to navigate over moving blocks in order to find a Rook Egg and destroy it.
+*In January 2011, a new [[quest]], [[Rook's Woods]] was added, where the player had to navigate over moving blocks in order to find a Rook Egg and destroy it.
 [[File:Rook_Test.png|450px|thumb|left|A screenshot of an early test run of a Rook Attack taken from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2ZuHm7H2w this video]]]

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−	'''The Rook''' is "a collective noun referring to the evil, crow-like creatures who exist on the same plane as the Giants and are constantly buzzing at them, dive-bombing, attacking and trying to eat the Giants’ imagination. The Rook is dark and opposes all creativity. And they will try to attack the game world, especially locations which are left a little too neglected …" - [http://glitch.com/blog/2010/09/03/beware-the-rook/ Glitch Blog]	+	'''The Rook''' is "a collective noun referring to the evil, crow-like creatures who exist on the same plane as the Giants and are constantly buzzing at them, dive-bombing, attacking and trying to eat the Giants’ imagination. The Rook is dark and opposes all creativity. And they will try to attack the [[world of Glitch\|game world]], especially locations which are left a little too neglected …" - [http://glitch.com/blog/2010/09/03/beware-the-rook/ Glitch Blog]

	[[File:Rook-multi.jpeg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Rook Raven]]		[[File:Rook-multi.jpeg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Rook Raven]]