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- Elfscape: Ancestors
Headhunters
Hello! Let’s return to the underground city of Eshara where our comic side-story begins with a small, very relatable moment. Agol wakes up late. The temple bells have already sounded, and the morning prayer is underway.…
Announcement - Elfscape: Ancestors
Balancing the Economy (The Andrej Standard)
The game shop is ready to open for business! We’ve spent some time staring at spreadsheets and tweaking numbers, but we’ve finally landed on a pricing structure for skins and items that feels just right. To get the econ…
Event4 changesBalanceStore - Elfscape: Ancestors
Teleporting in practice 101
Did you know that you can teleport between the main city and different levels of the game? How, you may ask? It all starts with collecting the occasional god dog’s statue heads in levels. By assembling the head with the…
Event2 changesGameplay - Elfscape: Ancestors
Dev pain, no gain
Hello! We didn’t plan to start the year with an engine update… but Unity had a security breach, and we had to move our project to a newer Unity version to stay on the safe side. Unfortunately, it came with a “bonus feat…
Security2 changes - Elfscape: Ancestors
Smooth as spaghetti
Hello! Our latest update in finishing the game is changing the, as we call them, “spaghetti animations”. The narrative of our game is accompanied by these abstract animations. They represent the magical-mechanical proce…
Announcement - Elfscape: Ancestors
Can I see the menu?
Hi! You have already seen examples from all the beautiful levels we have prepared for you, you have listened to some of our soundtrack, you have had a glimpse into the bonus comics you can read. It may seem we have it a…
Announcement - Elfscape: Ancestors
Smooth as spaghetti
Hello! Our latest update in finishing the game is changing the, as we call them, “spaghetti animations”. The narrative of our game is accompanied by these abstract animations. They represent the magical-mechanical proce…
Announcement - Elfscape: Ancestors
Voices and Vibes
Hi everyone! In Elfscape: Ancestors, the gameplay is accompanied by narration from the main character, the Guardian. Her monologues are part of the story - she comments on your progress with helpful tips and shares her…
Announcement3 changesGameplayPerformance - Elfscape: Ancestors
Levels with a nice view
For today, we have captured some of the especially nice decorations in our levels. We are showing it without the graphical user interface, so you can see the whole picture and all the details, and feel the level ambienc…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Elfscape: Ancestors
Spin that statue!
Hi! First of all, we want to wish you a happy 2025 and thank you for following our story through the developer diaries. You are the best! :) To start the new year on a light funny note, look at this bug - it’s an unfort…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Elfscape: Ancestors
Tune-Tastic Tracks
Our soundtrack for Elfscape: Ancestors represents different music styles, from gentle emotional piano to energetic electronic beats. We’ll show you two tracks from the soundtrack album, just to get a taste. The game mus…
Announcement2 changesGameplayUI/audio - Elfscape: Ancestors
Keys or buttons
Today we’ll take a look at the current work in progress of our programmer - controls mapping. The preferred and recommended way to play Elfscape: Ancestors is using your gamepad controller, as it will provide you with t…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Elfscape: Ancestors
Level embellishments
Welcome back to our dev diary series on level design. Today, we’re discussing the creation of immersive environments. As shown in the images below, lighting is just the beginning. We’re also adding various decorations t…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Elfscape: Ancestors
Light 'em up!
The current focus in finishing our game is level lighting 💡We have many glowing objects, some are moving, some are static. Rendering in-game lights can be demanding on the computer, so we are compromising between the v…
Announcement1 changePerformance - Elfscape: Ancestors
Buy a harp today
Hi! We have been working on the interface of our merchant´s shop. You can purchase such upgrades as a harpist to play soothing music in the background, a school for the children, a kiln for pottery, ceramics and many mo…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Elfscape: Ancestors
Map Makeover
What is new with our map? The latest graphical map updates are some new map tiles! The pictures below always show firstly the sketch of the map tile and then the final version of its design.
Announcement2 changesMaps
