Hey everyone! It's finally time for a new dev update!
We've spent a lot of time polishing up these final details to get everything ready for the playtest.
We're now playtesting internally and balancing bits of the game to make it as fun as possible but this is where we'll need your help!
Reminder to sign up the playtest on Steam if you didn't already!
⭐ Patreon supporters will get the key delivered to their DMs, so your access is granted! ⭐The wait is almost over, so hang in there just a little bit longer...
As our character designs have evolved over time, the old skeletons just weren't working correctly anymore, so we finally ditched the Mixamo placeholders. They were super useful for speeding things up early on, but we needed movements that actually fit the game and the needs of our story. We built about 20 brand-new animations completely from scratch, and more will come!
Coralia Bay had a lot of open space, but it felt a bit empty with so few people roaming the streets. To fix that, we added a total of 15 NPCs.
Still not enough to fill a town, so we will add more in the future, but for what we need right now, they will do the job.
Some of them will be key to the story, while others are just locals hanging around and talking about random facts to give the town some flavor.
We also put together a proper introduction to the game. When you first boot it up, you'll take a questionnaire that assigns your starter by popping the bubbles with the answer that fits you.Don't worry, you'll still be able to manually choose which one you want to bring on your runs.Once you arrive at Coralia Bay, you'll get a quick dialogue sequence with the main NPCs. This explains what's going on with the island and gives you the exact context you need for the slice of the game we're preparing for the playtest.
Your starters don't just live in your bag anymore! When you're out roaming the streets of Coralia Bay, your buddy will actually be right there walking with you.
We completely remade the map for the evofusion tile. It has a much more mysterious vibe now, and the energy glow really sells the feeling that it's a powerful force.This is all for now, thanks as always for the support.
Stay tuned.. we'll have some more news to share very soon!