Well truth is, i haven't had word from my scripter to almost 2 weeks XD, i have added zones into the zombie area for the "unlock new areas" part. Semi-done the underworld where the zombies emerged from (the graveyard ;p)
The normal rook is fully mapped- it's been sitting there for a while now XD need to add a few more npcs to it, and there is an area of rook that will possible be blocked off during the beta as it would require some heavy scripting for a quest. xD maybe we will do it idk. I hope i can make contact with my scripter asap to add the queens quest npcs to rookguard as they are done on his end.
Like i have always said i could do with another mapper and another scripter - possibly a spriter to speed up the process. Since this effectively is a one man project :s yet my scripter has helped on that side a bit.
I cannot give a release date per say, but i can guide you to a rough time (since my exams start on like the 17th of may) i will attempt to get it done before this, yet if not, my exams finish on the 28th of june. And If the beta is released then it will be a long term open beta whilst i update parts until the bulk of it is done then i will fully release. This long term beta would stay between you and the rest of the testers. So think of it like a private server for now.
Sorry i can't be of more assistance but i am really pushing for this to be ready.
Regards
P.s. if there is anybody that wants to help me develop this, regardless, story writers, scripters, mappers, etc please do get in contact we need all the help we can get. And what a better way to have a great server than to get the community involved.