Secrets of Grindea » Weekly Recap #92: A Fine Tuned Machinery

We’ve mentioned before that we are putting a lot of effort into making our quests and side quests stand out from the regular “Collect X and return here”-formula. While Collect Quests will be present (you are playing as a Collector after all!) they will not appear as frequently as in your average RPG.

The Winterland will be no different, with a bunch of different tasks for the players to handle. One of those tasks involves cleaning up the old Toy Factory and shutting down the Christmas Gift Machine within that has gone berserk!

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Staying within the Winterland, Vilya has been hard at work putting together some proper cards for some of the beloved monsters roaming around in the snow!

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Finally, we’re also keeping up the effort to gradually bring old stuff up to par. For example, we’ve reworked how the Teleport Plates gets activated and we’ve given the fireball spell a trail effect, making it feel a bit more fancy:

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AFTER:

Click to view as animated gifs

Posted by Secrets of Grindea at 2013/09/16. Tags: animation, gif, Screenshot.

claudekennilol wrote at 16/09/2013 22:28:

Nice, I like the gift machine sprite. The trail on the fireball makes it look more powerful than it appears to be, though. I do like it better than the “old” gif, though.

Aryel wrote at 16/09/2013 22:38:

I beg you please invite me to the game my nick is ravemore

Ebenholts wrote at 16/09/2013 22:57:

Jag gillart!

Imo borde “röksvansen” till eldbollen vara lite mindre än själva spriten, skulle ge själva elden lite större känsla av kraft. Nu smälter de liksom ihop litegrann.

Men vad vet jag, jag kan mest om hockey, inte så mycket om sånna här videspel.

Tack för mig!

Ross C wrote at 16/09/2013 23:39:

Reminds me of the toy factory level in Ragnarok Online. Lol.
Would you guys ever consider putting in a “weapon proficiency” system? (Maybe for max level characters to continue getting stronger)

Antar wrote at 17/09/2013 00:37:

Wow, the fireball now looks like it actually does damage! With a good sound effect it will really have a good feel and punch to it.

Aptom wrote at 17/09/2013 04:36:

Great addition to the fireball spell! Any plans for altering skill effects (Fireball level X – multiple fireballs or the skill leaves a ground based fire AoE on impact etc.) as players level individual skills? Just a suggestion on my experience playing similar games. Small additions such as new skill effects go a long way! Keep up the superb creativity :)

Dario wrote at 17/09/2013 05:40:

This new animation gives the game a feeling of realistic mechanics,wich im liking a lot ! :D keep up the good work
and yes,I agree with Aptom,is there gonna be like a upgrade skill interface of some kind or something similar?
well,I’ll be looking forward to next updates ( and hope to get invited to the beta too ^^ )

J wrote at 17/09/2013 07:25:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVTEBZjrLM

New Secrets of Grindea beta video is up.

Conny wrote at 18/09/2013 11:14:

The new fireball is nice but I think the trail is too long. It might mess with the flow of the gameplay but that’s just a thought.

Sogomn wrote at 18/09/2013 20:26:

Cool cleanups! I like the smoke trail from the fireball!
What is all about the factory? Did I missed an update?

Sogomn

Zefirth wrote at 19/09/2013 10:12:

I have the same opinion like Ebenholts that the fireball’s tail is too large. Both in width and length. The screen is going to be very cluttered when firing lot’s of those. Can you please try to shrink the tail to 70-50% (width and length).

Antar wrote at 20/09/2013 00:13:

I think the thick trail makes it look more powerful, almost like you’re shooting a pillar of fire. I like it.

Kilroy512 wrote at 30/09/2013 04:10:

Of the two fireballs I actually prefer the first. The second isn’t bad, but the trail causes too much clutter for me. Perhaps just tone it down a bit so it isn’t quite as large?