The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project
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The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project is a volunteer effort to remaster video games in The Elder Scrolls series.
History
The team is best known for its Skywind project, which seeks to remaster the 2002 Morrowind in the 2011 Skyrim game engine.[1] Another team is working separately on Skyblivion, a similar but separate project to remaster The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion in the more advanced Skyrim engine. As of mid-2014, the project sought outside help from visual artists and declined voice actors, as Oblivion already featured a full voice cast.[2]
Skywind
Skywind is a remastering of Morrowind (2002) in the Skyrim game engine (2011). The original game developers, Bethesda Softworks, have given project volunteers their approval.[1] All original game assets, including textures, music, quests, and gameplay, were planned to be redesigned. The remastering team involves over 70 volunteers in artist, composer, designer, developer, and voice acting roles. They released several videos highlighting their development progress. In November 2014, the team reported to have finished half of the remaster's environment, over 10,000 new dialogue lines, and three hours of series-inspired soundtrack. Players were able to download and play an unfinished version of the release until late 2014 when the volunteer team chose to divert assets to development instead of user support. A March 2015 update showed updated levels. The developers wrote that they were not close to a release despite technical indications from their project's version number.[3] The team released its public alpha, an unfinished test version, in mid-2015, but was soon withdrawn.[1]