Developer Blogs

Developers' Blogs (formerly Development Diaries) are "diary entries" from Jagex that describe the processes behind the development of RuneScape. It is believed that the idea behind the developer blogs came from the thread ~ Behind The Scenes at Jagex ~ in the Website Suggestions forum.

This is the only section on the RuneScape website that has an RSS.

2009

 * 26 June: Mobilising Armies
 * 23 June: New Dwarf Quest: Part 5 - Feedback and Blue Blocks
 * 15 June: Game Engine: Game Engine Improvements
 * 5 June: New Fairy Quest: Part 1 - Design Review
 * A preview of an upcoming Fairy Tale series quest.
 * 28 May: New Dwarf Quest: Part 4 - Coding and Writing
 * A description on what goes on in the implementation phase of the project.
 * 21 May: Run Energy: Part 2 - Test'n Musicians
 * Information on the testing process of the new Energy system.
 * 14 May: Fairy Graphics: Part 2 - Modelling
 * A preview of the modelling of Zanaris.
 * 7 May: Tools for Games
 * A brief design of items designed for emergent gameplay.
 * 30 April: New Dwarf Quest: Part 3 - Implementation Begins
 * A design brief of the new dwarf quest with all the important details.
 * 23 April: Run Energy: Part 1 - Rest and Musicians
 * A preview of buskers and the upcoming 'rest' ability.
 * 17 April: Fairy Graphics: Part 1 - Concept
 * A rough overview of the graphical improvement of Zanaris.
 * 9 April: New Dwarf Quest: Part 2 - A Concept is Approved
 * More information on the an upcoming dwarf series quest.
 * 2 April: World Map Update - Dungeon Maps
 * A preview of the upcoming Dungeon Maps feature.
 * 26 March: New Dwarf Quest: Part 1 - Reviving an Old Quest Series
 * A preview of an upcoming dwarf series quest.

2008 and 2007

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! Diary !! Date !! Description
 * A New Look RuneScape: Part 2 || 16 June 2008 || This diary contains images of new-look lighting effects, water and the first proper full-screen screenshot from the RuneScape High Detail update.
 * A New Look RuneScape: Part 1 || 28 May 2008 || The pictures shown in the 'Image of the Future' newsposts were just a taster of what is to come with our graphical improvements. In this Development Diary, we get to go into more detail, as well as show you some new impressive-looking images..
 * Quality Assurance || 28 February 2008 || This diary takes a look at the Quality Assurance (QA) team.
 * Summoning: Part 4 - Release || 9 January 2008 || This diary takes a closer look at the release of the new Summoning skill.
 * Summoning: Part 3 - Testing || 20 December 2007 || This diary takes a closer look at the testing process for the new Summoning skill.
 * RuneScape vs. Real-world Trading || 10 December 2007 || This diary takes a closer look at the Jagex's approach to tackling real world trading.
 * Summoning: Part 2 - Development || 6 December 2007 || This diary takes a closer look at the content development process for the new Summoning skill.
 * Summoning: Part 1 - Concept || 22 November 2007 || This diary introduced the new Summoning skill and discussed the development of the concept.
 * RuneScape Content Team - Game Improvements || 1 October 2007 || This diary focused on the Game Improvement Project. This project is made up of lots of small updates intended to improve the game – updates such as the Trade Window, Warning System (Doomsayer) and the appearance of magic logs.
 * Audio Team - Music, Sound Effects and the Sound Bank || 15 August 2007 || This diary involved the Audio development team. The diary looked at what goes into making Music for the game.
 * Graphics Team - NPC Improvement Project || 21 June 2007 || This diary involved the Graphics team. The diary looked at the graphical updates that were been made to dragons, werewolves, spiders, etc.
 * RuneScape Development Teams - Impetuous Impulses || 6 June 2007 || This diary showed the complete development of the minigame Impetuous Impulses, from concept to release.
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 * Summoning: Part 2 - Development || 6 December 2007 || This diary takes a closer look at the content development process for the new Summoning skill.
 * Summoning: Part 1 - Concept || 22 November 2007 || This diary introduced the new Summoning skill and discussed the development of the concept.
 * RuneScape Content Team - Game Improvements || 1 October 2007 || This diary focused on the Game Improvement Project. This project is made up of lots of small updates intended to improve the game – updates such as the Trade Window, Warning System (Doomsayer) and the appearance of magic logs.
 * Audio Team - Music, Sound Effects and the Sound Bank || 15 August 2007 || This diary involved the Audio development team. The diary looked at what goes into making Music for the game.
 * Graphics Team - NPC Improvement Project || 21 June 2007 || This diary involved the Graphics team. The diary looked at the graphical updates that were been made to dragons, werewolves, spiders, etc.
 * RuneScape Development Teams - Impetuous Impulses || 6 June 2007 || This diary showed the complete development of the minigame Impetuous Impulses, from concept to release.
 * }
 * Graphics Team - NPC Improvement Project || 21 June 2007 || This diary involved the Graphics team. The diary looked at the graphical updates that were been made to dragons, werewolves, spiders, etc.
 * RuneScape Development Teams - Impetuous Impulses || 6 June 2007 || This diary showed the complete development of the minigame Impetuous Impulses, from concept to release.
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 * RuneScape Development Teams - Impetuous Impulses || 6 June 2007 || This diary showed the complete development of the minigame Impetuous Impulses, from concept to release.
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