Time for the second map of the cave system in Pillar Mountains, accessible by climbing the sapling you've all been walking past for years now, wondering when you'll be able to do something about it.... Well, soon it'll all be happening ;)
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Now, time for a sneak peek of what Teddy and Fred has been up to: flying trolls! This here is a prototype of the battle against Remedi in his troll form. Looks pretty cool, right?!
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And then, the long awaited cave system you'll reach by climbing up the little sapling in Pillar Mountains! This is the first of a whole set of rooms, more of which will be posted later on:
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Next we have a bunch of expressions for James and his fanclub, which will be playing a pretty big role in the upcoming arena quest: [.....]
And then we have the face of Spierre, the spear wielded by James Fawke, the guy you replaced for the arena challenge... :)
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This week we'll start off with a couple portraits! For starters, a new version of Remedi, this time in a female form (we just really can't get that potion right, can we?)
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Meanwhile, Fred has been working on the troll, and here's another sneak peek of a rather strange move:
Soon in a boss battle near you ;) [.....]
Next up we're making a smashed up version of the alchemist's house so you can battle the troll version of Remedi that you've been seeing parts of on the blog in the recent couple of week:
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Next we have a mixed bag with various fixes and additions, starting with a couple new banners for the arena, to replace the collector ones while you do the new quest:
A familiar face reappears in the desert, it's the travelling merchant that visited Evergrind City during the festival, now selling fertilizers in the desert:
Marino's mansion is getting a proper zone title, and... well, you guessed it, it's called...
The posters are getting another version of themselves where they're more like signs so we can place them all around town:
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Now, after starting to implement some of the mansion rooms, we decided on mixing up the layout at bit to make sure the rooms didn't looks quite as similar. As such, there's first a quick redesign of Marino's dad's "throne room":
...As well as the hallway leading up to it, which now houses four different rooms instead of the original two:
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New week and new maps! Another piece of map needed is this one, featuring the barn next to the farm, where some strange shenanigans have been taking place:
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In Fred's department, the animation madness continues with more sprites for the upcoming next bit in the journey to transform Remedi back to his former self! As such, a 'death' animation for the troll was needed, as well as a potion pitching move by Remedi's quick nephew:
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Next thing I've been working on is some sweet PR for that event in the arena that we're all so excited for! At first, James was the supposed hero of the show, so to start off with these posters will appear in Evergrind City around the time when you can accept the quest:
However, as James can't attend and you've had to take his place, there will be slight adjustments once you've accepted the quest, meaning your face will be all over the posters instead! Of course, the PR [.....]
Now, for the actual quest challenge where you'll be battling it out in the arena using some pretty trash but fancy looking gear! First up will be a couple of regular waves of enemies, featuring the various types you might have come across here and there across the game thus far. After that, there's the grand finale, a mini boss battle/challenge featuring one or two elder boars!
In the first iteration, we had one elder boar and a bunch of red slime falling down from the sky:
As you can see, there's puffs of smoke coming from the boar as he charges around, and stepping into these dust clouds will make you temporarily blinded!
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Next, another face from the Mansion, the private chef responsible for the fancy dinners hosted at the estate:
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Time for another room in Marino's mansion, and this time it's his father's throne room--- errr the second corridor. The doors will lead to the master bedroom and Marino's room respectively:
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Fred, meanwhile, has been busy working on a bunch of animations for one of the bonus bosses you'll battle as part of these quest lines we're adding. Here's a sneak peek of a couple more animations for the troll:
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And now, a boss portrait featuring the Furious Giga Slime, the red and more dangerous version of the regular Giga Slime, which may or may not a play a part in one of the quests we're currently working on.. :)
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Next up, another ghost comes along, this time of an old warrior from ancient times! Will you take on his challenge?
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Now, time for a bunch of random drop appearances for the upcoming quests we're working on atm. Was a while since I made one of these videos again, so let's go:
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We're back! After a bunch of refreshing days in the sun, it's time to get back to work, and personally I feel more excited about it than I have in a long time.
To kickstart the week, we decided to start off with a meeting, discussing what we'd like to do with the HQ and the whole Collector business in general. Our initial idea, way back when we first started designing the game, was that collecting items and doing quests for the Collectors would be a major part of the game. As the game progressed along we somehow skipped those elements, leaving the HQ feeling a little bit lackluster these days.
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Cheers!
