Sure, we have news.

However, screenshots, animations, videos and other demo media are in short supply (for now).

News update:

• World development proceeds well. 5 zones are nearly finished, with 2 more at 50%.
• Soundtrack development also proceeds well. Music for the above zones completed.
• Sound f/x work continues. There can never be enough sounds for a project like this.
• Concept art for all player classes is nearly finished. Once done, meshwork can proceed full throttle.
• The ever-present search for better server hosting continues.

1. 10 completed zones
2. 3 player classes with basic combat scripts
3. Completed server, client, and in-game GUI.

The old Gantry is now gone, but not forgotten. It served as a place holder for Planerunner while the project was in stealth mode. Why keep it under wraps? I made a promise to myself and old Gantry readers that I would only introduce Planerunner once we had a working game engine. I've run into far too many projects that had promise and were hyped in their respective community. However, they were unable to start, let alone have a hope of finishing. If there is no working game engine, or basic framework for development, there can be no game. And lots of disappointment.

This time around I decided on a solid benchmark - the game development must have a realistic chance of getting finished. Mission accomplished. We have a successful online test of the server and client. We are able to create our content and scripts. Is the project's middleware perfect? Not by a longshot, but it works.

I promised Gantry readers to keep watching this space for something special. It's about to arrive.