Notes from the workbench, by Arudael. https://aruvale.com/devlog/ 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z Arudael https://aruvale.com/apple-touch-icon.png https://aruvale.com/devlog/welcome-to-the-waking-age/ 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z

Who I am, what Aruvale is, and where it honestly stands today.

<p>Hello, and welcome. I&#39;m Arudael. In the old songs I made this world; in this one I&#39;m building it.</p> <p>Aruvale grew out of a few moments I couldn&#39;t stop thinking about: rolling out of a red telegraph with a sliver of health left, a zone full of strangers dropping everything to hold off something huge, and a quiet wish that the world would notice I&#39;d been there. So I&#39;m making an MMO with <strong>combat you play with your feet</strong>, <strong>a voxel world that remembers what you do to it</strong>, and <strong>grouping without the friction</strong>.</p> <p><img src="/img/hero-1280.webp" alt="The road into the Wending Vale: a stone path, a wooden bridge and a village, with a blighted violet hill behind."></p> <p>Honestly, it&#39;s pre-alpha. One valley is playable on my machine: a priory in a hollow, a village across a bridge, and an old mine where the blight first breaks through. Combat, quests and digging work, and every screenshot on this site comes straight from that build. Plenty is still rough.</p> <p>I use modern tools wherever they help, and I hold everything in the world to one bar: it has to feel made by hand.</p> <p>The closed alpha opens in early 2027. From November, this dev log is where I&#39;ll show what I built, what broke and what I learned.</p> <p>See you in the valley.</p>