Age Of Empires Online -- Celeste Fan Project

We’ve been quiet since we announced the Indians two months ago. Just as we did with the Romans, we intend to release a series of blogs documenting the development of the Indians. But rather than weekly blogs, we will update you every few weeks or so. Hopefully by staggering them we can time them better with the release of the civilization.

Once we knew we wanted to make an 8th civ, we had to decide who it would be. Compared to the rest of the Age of Emperies series, the civs in AoEO are the most asymmetric, the most historically accurate, and have the most unique architecture.

Choosing a civ is a combination of research (their history, units, and buildings), game design (can we come up with unique ideas that translate actual history into entertaining strategy), and considering existing gameplay (will the new features fit naturally into the game and not step onto the toes...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back with another Developer Blog. This time, we will be showing you some of the things that we are adding to the game in this patch, alongside a quick sneak peek at the upcoming Indian Civilization Developer Blog #1.

So without any further ado, let's get started, shall we?

Advisors provide fun combinations for players to use whilst playing Quests. You can have one active Advisor per Age, for a total of 4. More often than not, Advisors offer synergies between themselves across Ages, so players tend to have specific Advisor combinations that prefer to play with.

However, switching between sets of Advisors can sometimes be cumbersome and time-consuming. To ease switching between multiple Advisors at once, we have added the ability to save up to 5 sets of Advisors that you can instantly switch between, by...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back with another Developer Blog. This time, we will be showing you some of the things that have been added to the game with today's patch.

So without any further ado, let's get started, shall we?

Back in the 2014, Moe's Mystorium used to be a prime source of getting very hard to obtain gear, such as Double Stitched Chiton, and more.

Over time, new items (mostly of Legendary rarity) were added to the game, that eventually pushed Moe's Mystorium out of popularity. We are trying to correct this, not only by moving the newer versions of some of the things that previously were found almost exclusively in Moe's (or otherwise extremely hard to find) back to Moe's and making them exclusive to it, but we are also adding a few more items. Check them out below:

Good dawnings to Bahram's friends near and far.

The wait is finally over, and starting with today's patch, Bahram's Lottery will finally be available!

Without any further ado, let's get into the details of how the Lottery works.

After the patch is done, you can access the Lottery by going to Tarsos and clicking on Bahram's Lottery Building as shown in the picture above.

The Lottery runs on a weekly basis, meaning that you have a chance to win either the Coin Prize or the Gear Prize by purchasing Tickets every week! Now what are all of these things, you ask?

Now that the Lottery is finally here, we can start going back and fixing some of the things that had...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back with another Developer Blog. This time, we will be showing you some of the things that we have added to the game in our most recent patches, alongside our future plans including a teaser for the Indian Civilization!

So without any further ado, let's get started, shall we?

Many of you have seen the April's Fool's Joke about the three new Indian, Hun and Phoenician civilizations, but this time, we are being serious!

The Indians are the 8th civilization to be added to Age of Empires Online.

We hope to be able to share more details with you soon, but for now, we can say:

• The Indians will be a Pro civilization, starting at level 20 (like the Persians, Babylonians and Norse)
• They will be a mid-game focused civilization, with heavy emphasis on...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back with another Developer Blog. This time, we will be showing you some of the things that we have planned for the near future, alongside our other goals.

You might have heard or seen some of the things mentioned here in our Discord already, but to make sure that everyone is on the same page, we will be posting them all here in this blog post.

So without any further ado, let's get started, shall we?

The Phoenicians are another economic powerhouse, rivaling even the mighty Babylonians. Command the unique Thief unit which is an Age II Infantry Unit who can steal Gold from the enemy when it attacks their Storehouses, Markets and Town Centers.

The are also able to build Special Markets (called Bazaars) before any other...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog (it's a big one!).

This time, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch.

As a new feature exclusive to Project Celeste, we have added a new "Stats and Progression" menu where you can see multiple interfaces, including Daily Login Rewards, Quest Line Completion Achievements and more features coming soon!

Note that with this patch, the daily Empire Points you received in your mailbox will be stopped, but now you will get more Empire Points during a week overall, in addition to other rewards.

Hello everyone! We are incredibly excited and proud to be able to finally tell you that The Roman Civilization are now available for everyone, completely free!

We are all excited to get into the game and start playing with them alongside you, so let's just have a quick recap of the civilization:

Remember, the Romans...

Greetings, Spartans!

In celebration of the release of the Romans, we are also increasing the rewards you get from Sparta Ranked PvP. Check out the graphics below for more accurate details!

These rewards will apply to both the ongoing Sparta Season, and future Seasons.


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VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: We are a small community and these reward adjustments were done to make the time PvP players spend on the Ranked Ladder more rewarding than what it is now. This does not mean that you should be abusing the ladder by win-trading or going AFK when your game starts, or...

Hello there everyone! We're going to be having a lot of announcements today, so let's get started.

Launching with the Roman Civilization is The Celtic Invasion of Rome Legendary Quest Pack. Much like the Treasures of the Nile, this Quest Pack is available only to Level 40 civilizations. This pack will be available after today's update.

You can play this Quest Pack with all of your Level 40 civilizations, not just your Romans!

While most of us are happy that the Romans are here, there's someone who's gotten quite upset, and it is no one other than King Brennos of the Celts himself. He has sent a spy next to the gates of the City of Rome. Go there and help him lay siege to the Romans and raze their fortifications into the ground!

This is the most difficult Quest Pack ever made in Project Celeste, with not one, but two 5-star Legendary Quests. Beating this Quest Pack will not be...

(Andy's note: I've been working with PF2K on the Romans since 2018, and even I have had all sorts of questions over the years about how we were going to pull this off. PF2K has always had the answer. Before I let him speak, I want to say a few words:

In the last two years he and I have discussed this Romans project every day around the clock. Even though I have a separate career, I have worked more closely with him than any other person during this time. It took us about a month to blueprint the civ -- designing every Unit, Building, and Tech. We had to choose not just what historic Roman units we’d use, but what Building they’d train from, in what Age, what Units they’d counter, etc. It was a massive balancing act, especially since we were designing the Romans to fit into a game with six existing civs.

That month I was floored with PF2K’s ability to balance the Romans in his head in real time. I’d suggest, for instance, moving a...

Now that the Romans are being released, we want to give you all a chance to hear from some of the volunteer developers. Today, we are speaking with two of the Lead Developers of Project Celeste, as well as the Server Engineer.

Kevsoft: Hello everyone, my name is Kevin, a young programmer from Austria who has been modding games for almost a decade. My journey started with simple Bukkit plugins, then continued with founding a modding framework (LunaLua) for SMBX, and finally now with Celeste. Here and there I had a few other small projects. What I have learned is that exercise is important, especially if you sit in front of the computer a lot. Tennis is my choice, but in the current circumstances it is a bit difficult.

Luciano: Hi! I'm Luciano ("elpea" in other places), a brazilian-american software developer currently...

Now that the Romans are being released, we want to give you all a chance to hear from some of the volunteer developers. We previously interviewed the 3d Design team, which you can read here. Today, we are speaking with many of the people behind the Music, Vocals and the Overview Trailer of the Romans.

Vladan Stančić (WeRFury): My name is Vladan Stančić, I'm 25-years-old, and I'm from Serbia. I'm a student, and I'm working to pay for my studies. I played Age of Empires 2 and 3 for years. I found AoEO when the game released. When the game became free to play, I downloaded and started to play. I played too much and I really liked the game at that time but it was really hard to play for free users. In my free time I compose music, and that...

Hello there Celeste players! We are proud to present to you the Overview Trailer for the Roman Civilization!



We will be launching the Romans on March 15th, 2021.

Roma Invicta.

Hey there fellow Celeste players. The time is finally upon us. THE ROMANS ARE COMING!!!

We're all incredibly excited to announce that we have finally made the Roman civilization ready for you all to enjoy. Find more details below:

Nearly all the information you will find below has been explained in great detail in the Romans Sub-forum, but to have a quick overview of the civilization one more time before you can play with them yourself, let's have a look again, shall we?

Hey there Celeste players! This might come as a surprise to many of you, but we have a full new set of Advisors for you to collect and play with, alongside with reworks to a few existing Advisors.

This is the final major content update before the Romans, meaning that they are super close to being released! Find more details below.

• Balance Team's Comment: Hoplites could use some help tanking in the frontline and protecting the ranged units in the back. This change should help them slightly with locking down flanking Cavalry units.

• Balance Team's Comment: The original Balance Team increased the population count of all Age IV Siege Units in the Summer Update of 2012, but we feel like this has made units like Ballistas see less play. We're trying to negate this with this change.

• Balance Team's Comment: Hippikons got a massive DPS Buff to 30, from 24 in a previous patch. This proved to be a little too much for them so we are dialing back a bit.

• Balance Team's Comment: This change is aimed to...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog.

This time, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch, as well as what's on the horizon for Project Celeste in the coming months.

One of Age of Empires Online's biggest advantages over previous Age titles is the abundance of information available to players when looking at their Units' stats. You can clearly see information such as Gather Rates on your Villagers, the amount of Armor your units have alongside many other things. However, a few key stats were missing from this list which we have now added. See the graphic below for more information:

Readability is an incredibly important feature, especially for beginners who...

Hello there Celeste players! We are asking for your help today.

In order to make the experience for new players better, we are looking into adding more helpful loading screen tips to the game, such as the examples you see below.


We would love to hear your suggestions on what loading screen tips you would add to the game. It could be anything from gameplay tips to things about managing your inventory or anything else that you think could be useful.

There are no rules, except that make sure your suggestion is less than 180 characters long, so that it can fit into all screens.

The deadline for this contest is 2021/02/06.

Don't forget to include your in-game username in your post!

We look forward to your suggestions! Thank you and happy gaming.

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