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Spiritfew
Oct Member 2021

Spiritfew

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I think we're long overdue!

I'm sure we can all agree to say that the work Jagex has done on the graphical and content rework of different areas have actually been amazing and gave the game a much more immersive vibe, which is why I've been wondering something for a long time...

What about Karamja?

I think a graphical, but not just graphical, update of the whole Karamja island would be an amazing addition to the game.

It would be great to have a graphical update of the trees, vegetations and all, but if that were the case, it would simply be a better looking land of palm trees. What about giving it a vibe of real jungles with bigger, larger trees, vines that would crawl on the ground, improved lighting (skyboxes) and more instead? With perhaps a rework of the jungle series quests - or additions to those quests as a whole new questline?

What about a treetop village? New agility courses? Large tree woodcutting for high level content? New PVM? Slayer caves?

I think the potential is there to add a lot of fun content, similar to what they did on Anachronia, but whilst keeping the general idea of Karamja, the wild jungle filled with tribesmen, poisonous spiders, etc.

What do y'all think?

09-Jan-2023 22:52:02 - Last edited on 09-Jan-2023 22:53:26 by Spiritfew

Seasons Past

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I'm with you that Karamja is a strong candidate for a rework. I also have been enjoying the graphical improvements of 2022 and would like them to continue this year.

Last year's October Game Jam included plans for a graphical rework of Karamja. There was also a Modcast in February of last year in a which a wholescale content rework of Karamja was discussed. Copied from Rubic's TL;DW post, regarding reworking old content (formatting changed for editing purposes):

"The heart of what Karamja is, is problematic. We don't want it to be a colonists fantasy of this wild jungle reenactment of a 19th Century Rudyard Kipling story. It's not so bad that it needs to be deleted in fear of twitter backlash. The entire area needs to be reimagined from scratch and therefore would need to be a large scale rework. A graphical rework by itself wouldn't solve the issues."


Once again I couldn't get the links to work, so here they are:

https://runescape.wiki/w/Game_Jam_(October_2022)
https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/sj78od/tldw_532_february_modcast_qa/ Spirit of Forinthry ~ Runecrafting: Magic Armour ~ F2P Extensions ~ Dragon Slayer improvements ~ New Player Experience

10-Jan-2023 03:34:29 - Last edited on 10-Jan-2023 03:41:25 by Seasons Past

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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Rikornak said :
DarthChosen said :
ye its being worked on id expect the graphical rework sometime at the end of the year

Was it really supposed to be at the end of the year?

I thought they said something about it being released soon-ish

Yes, it should be released soon as the Jmods who worked on it has submitted their work. It is probably going to be released as part of a Ninja Strike or a patch. RS3 doesn't call small updates like this one a "rework".

20-Apr-2023 01:02:41

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

Dilbert2001

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Dilbert2001 said :
Rikornak said :
DarthChosen said :
ye its being worked on id expect the graphical rework sometime at the end of the year

Was it really supposed to be at the end of the year?

I thought they said something about it being released soon-ish

Yes, it should be released soon as the Jmods who worked on it has submitted their work. It is probably going to be released as part of a Ninja Strike or a patch. RS3 doesn't call small updates like this one a "rework".

"Here's a little teaser of the graphical update coming next month

We can almost feel the heat in Karamja Jungle!"

https://twitter.com/RuneScape/status/1652674383150829568?cxt=HHwWgMC-kYymve8tAAAA

Yes, it is coming out in May, as a part of the graphical updates, that are parts of other Game Jam projects also being released in May, 2023.

30-Apr-2023 21:22:40

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