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Dev Diary (September 2024)

Hello everyone. It’s been a while since our last update. We have been working on a lot of things. Because our team is very small, we cannot do tasks in parallel.

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changedIt’s been a while since our last update. We have been working on a lot of things. Because our team is very small, we cannot do tasks in parallel. For the last few months, we were focused on gameplay and game mechanics more than on models and visuals.

addedRegarding the gameplay and mechanics, we added more action-RPG gameplay elements like attributes, attribute modifiers, weapon modifiers, environmental damage, resistances, runestones (magic-like skills), wearable items (like clothes and armors), loots, crafting, crafting ingredients, leveled monsters, and more.

addedWe also added dungeons (which includes caves, mines, and ruins). Closed levels also help with the problem where player could shoot most of the enemies on the island from the airship. It is still possible to shoot enemies from the airship but ones in the dungeons will be safe.

addedWe had problem with getting nice and thick forests. The old vegetation was so low-poly it was difficult to hide enemies and content. We solved this by adding new vegetation which looks much better and is easier to work with.

removedSome features that were listed on the Steam page were removed like crew commands and gathering resources from the ship. Those features need to go to the drawing board. We may return some of those later when we have more time to think it over and test it.

changedOur notifications for this community board were not turned on automatically when it was created, so we missed some of the questions that were posted. You can get in touch through this Steam Community page or Discord. Link to Discord can be found on store page.

Hello everyone.

It’s been a while since our last update. We have been working on a lot of things. Because our team is very small, we cannot do tasks in parallel. For the last few months, we were focused on gameplay and game mechanics more than on models and visuals.

Regarding the gameplay and mechanics, we added more action-RPG gameplay elements like attributes, attribute modifiers, weapon modifiers, environmental damage, resistances, runestones (magic-like skills), wearable items (like clothes and armors), loots, crafting, crafting ingredients, leveled monsters, and more.

We also added dungeons (which includes caves, mines, and ruins). Closed levels also help with the problem where player could shoot most of the enemies on the island from the airship. It is still possible to shoot enemies from the airship but ones in the dungeons will be safe.

We had problem with getting nice and thick forests. The old vegetation was so low-poly it was difficult to hide enemies and content. We solved this by adding new vegetation which looks much better and is easier to work with.

Some features that were listed on the Steam page were removed like crew commands and gathering resources from the ship. Those features need to go to the drawing board. We may return some of those later when we have more time to think it over and test it.

Our notifications for this community board were not turned on automatically when it was created, so we missed some of the questions that were posted. You can get in touch through this Steam Community page or Discord. Link to Discord can be found on store page.

Best regards, Mihael

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