Development Update #15

The team wants to thank everyone for their support over the past year, it means a lot to us to see how many folks are enjoying Retchid.

The November and December update is combined in to this update due to December being a shorter work month.

We managed to finish off the art work for E3M1, E3M3, and begin work on E3M4. Some extra textures were made for the exterior facades, and work on the skybox was completed for Episode 3.

Art

This is one of the Episode 3 sky textures, we used polarized coordinates on a hemisphere mesh.

For the back ground terrain we used JangFX's new GeoGen to make the terrain, which is a chaotic rough terrain with lava coming through it.

Using JangFX's GeoGen we made 4 planets to use in the skybox.

Level Design

E3M1 - Bastion of Cinders

E3M1 was mostly completed in October, it just had a few rooms and the skybox left to update.

The exterior for E3M1 was updated with the new skybox assets.

The exit room for Episode is a portal room.

E3M3 - Trial of the Neophytes

E3M3 is where the Neophytes are tested, they must overcome various physical and mental obstacles as they make their way through the different areas. If a Neophyte completes the trial, they are then given the privilege of choosing which path to hone their skills. becoming strong warriors for the Morsgoroth.

An exterior view of E3M3.

An arena where the player must fight against a new enemy introduced here, the Gorgonops, a fierce quadruped.

Giant swinging axes the player must avoid being hit by.

The Bronze Door room.

The relaxing area, where Neophytes who completed the trial come to celebrate.

A connecting room to various paths.

A challenging room with deadly pits and lava shooters.

E3M4

Some block out shorts of E3M4. The ground work for the detailing just began.

We hope everyone has a good holiday and a new years. We can't wait to have you all get your hands on the new levels, and fight all the new enemies with new weapons!

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

-FBS Team