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- Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
2022 MAJOR UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS After a long hiatus, the bioroid customizer contest is back in swing, with a new winner Cayelo. First place went to the handler's namesake Cayelo, while returning player tomiroid's beret Sg…
Patch notes4 changesGameplay - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
BIOROID CUSTOMIZER CONTEST & APP UPDATE 2021 #5
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS We have concluded yet another round of the bioroid customizer contest, with straylight as the undefeated champion, clinching all three podium spots. First place went to GoldNinja, while hea…
Patch notes1 changeGameplay - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
BIOROID CUSTOMIZER CONTEST & APP UPDATE 2021 #4
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS Yet another contest has been successfully concluded, with a few returning champs to the halls of the Herogrinder champions. straylight took first and third place place with a heavy gunner n…
Patch notes3 changesGameplayBalance - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Crawling with shields - animation R&D
Here is Nándi, the lead animator on HeroGrinder, immersing himself in the heavy shield specialist to find the right poses and skeletons for his rigs. We are amazed at the final result, which reflects the level of Nándi'…
Announcement - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
BIOROID CUSTOMIZER CONTEST & APP UPDATE 2021 #3
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS Yet another contest has been successfully concluded, with a newcomer among the ranks of Herogrinder champions. ArchElmo took first and second place place with arctic panda enforcer BigChung…
Patch notes3 changesGameplayMaps - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Shaping canyons
Moving forward with developing Wasteland Arenas for Herogrinder, our next challenge was to make terrain level deformations, like trenches and gaps, using an approach that is compatible with our current Ground workflow.…
Event4 changesMapsPerformance - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Coffee break, 2489!
When inspiration hits while working on terrains, particle effects, or designs for Herogrinder, we are sometimes moved to capture the essence of our work and share it with each other. The pic is courtesy of Zoli, one of…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Herogrinder Map Editor Showcase
The most challenging part of designing the Wasteland Environment was how to make irregular and organic open environments on a constrained grid. After a few renders, it soon became clear that rocks, decals, and prop mode…
Announcement4 changesMapsPerformance - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Painting terrain on Wasteland arenas
Our arena builder engine has just been upgraded with a brand new tool for painting terrain textures on Herogrinder battlemaps. These have been created specifically for the Wasteland arenas where the outdoor ground is th…
Announcement1 changeWorkshop - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Vortex of darkness
HG R&D memo ***Classified*** Herogrinder's R&D wing has been converting the dark energies harnessed from NHM orbital labs into usable effects, like darkness. Tests cover huge areas but the energies can be converted into…
Announcement - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Destroying the battlefield
All environmental assets (walls, doors, and objects) are destroyable in HG! Many will explode and spread area effects, thus even further modifying the environment. This means you can shape your battlefields and use the…
Announcement2 changesWorkshopBalance - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Wasteland arenas coming to life
After finishing up urban environments with the "Night Market" arena, that will feature both indoor and outdoor areas, and testing fully indoor Lab arena style, we have finally reverted to fully open-air environments tha…
Announcement1 changeMaps - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Lab lighting styles
We are currently testing out lighting schemes for our arenas and after playing around with partially outdoor street environments with some indoor mall areas, we have moved onto fully indoor areanas like the labs. Labs a…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
Firestorm
When grenade blast spawn is not connected to a click...Creating a great sudden-death incineration protocol!
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BIOROID CUSTOMIZER CONTEST & APP UPDATE 2021 #2
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS Yet another contest has been successfully concluded, with a new clean sweep by a newcomer to the halls of the Herogrinder champions. BLAHBLAH took first place with nigh soldier Ben, second…
Patch notes3 changesGameplayBalance - Herogrinder: Tactical Combat Arenas
BIOROID CUSTOMIZER CONTEST & APP UPDATE 2021 #1
CUSTOMIZER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS We have reached another milestone with the Bioroid Customizer Contests, having conlcuded the last contest of the year. We have a new winner in the person of bordi69 with Militec soldier Pat…
Patch notes2 changesGameplay
