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Realistic Animals II.

AreaZ Demo · published 13 Feb 2022, 14:39 UTC · build 8192051

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Hi,

as you have my noticed from before, I am starting to replace and add new realistic animals and this is thanks to your support.

This update brings:
1) Realistic crocodile
2) New Hammerhead shark
3) Rabbit replacement
4) Mountain goat

Please note, that the Mountain goat and Black bear are placed on first map temporary. Will be moved to third Mountain map during development.

Above mentioned animals are more realistic, and have nice fur, that can interact with environment. There is some LOD issue with goat fur - this will be fixed.

Additionally to it they have tons of animations I will be adding into the game.

Also they include turning animations, that allows me to turn them more smoothly.

Following animals have now turning implemented:
Black Bear, Crocodile, Hammerhead, Rabbit, Goat, Rat, Sea turtles, Giant turtle, Tortoise.

Unfortunately I do not have turning yet for Komodo dragon and "standard shark" and some sea life. Will solve this in future.

There is one more topis I want to mention - it is the position of legs to ground. I am stil waiting for final release of Unreal Engine 5, to see if it is suitable for this game, And UE5 should have this feature build into it.

There are more animals coming, such as wild boar, fox, wolf, elks. Those will be available on second Inland map.

Also added some setting for eyes and mouth to Photomode.

I will be really happy for your feedback and hope to see a lot of nice screenshots on social media and Steam page. It will help a lot with the visibility of the game.

Please feel free to use hastag #areaz_game on Instagram, #areaz on FB or #areaz on twitter it will help a lot.

Thank you for understanding and support.

Please report all issues on our discord:
https://discord.io/areaz

I will be also pleased to answer any questions.

Juraj Bachar
Game Creator

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