This week we have focused on adding those small details that tend to make an area feel more alive. Often it’s not the way you make the biggest or most important sprites that makes an area nice, it’s in how you decorate and add details. Here’s some examples of the improvements we made:
Here’s another example, where we did not only add decorations, but also changed the layout quite a bit:
In this room we planned to block the way up the stairs to a key until you solve a puzzle using the machine to the right. However, as we thought about it we realized it would probably be cooler if solving the puzzle itself was enough to unlock the door. Therefore we made the room smaller before redecorating it to look a bit more interesting.
Lastle, here’s an animated gif of what the walls will look like in the game:
We’re really excited about how the dungeon is coming together, and we hope you guys will like it as well.
As we’re writing this we’re also well on our way of refining a specific part of the dungeon where we plan on recording that video we talked about in the previous post. Hopefully we’ll be able to include it in one of the coming recaps!
Looking great – love the animated walls feels matrixy
Hey!
A question for the developers!
What do you think about this?
http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/31/3939230/microsoft-has-no-plans-for-future-versions-of-xna-software
(it worries me)
Keep to good job
Secrets of Grindea (administrator) wrote at 05/02/2013 01:34:@Akatsua: It’s sad since XNA is a well-made framework that has been used to create many great indie games. However, for a game already in production like ours, it has no significant impact!
What the article says is basically “there will most likely not be an XNA 5”, but since we use XNA 4 and have all the features we need in order to finish the game, it doesn’t really affect us :D
To the above, it’s good to see that the development will go on. :D
It seems the dungeon is getting (an ancient kind of) prettier. Very aged looking and modern at the same time.
Keep up ghe good work. :D
So exactly when this year is this comming out im dying with the anticipation
Great work, as always! The dungen looks better every week!
Keep coding, guys :)
I love the details! I’m going to buy this game as soon as it comes out! :D
Yeah i’d really like to know when this game comes out, like GoldHypercurve already mentioned. :p
Not likely this year. But it’s worth it to be patient. Rather it be a good game eventually than one of those games where the production team wasted a few years of effort because someone decided the game should release a few months before it was finished.
But yeah from what we have heard, it’ll still be more than a year.
Looks much better! Working with programmers, it’s hard to explain to them why all the little details are important, BUT THEY DO!!!