So for anyone that missed it, we kept our promise from two weeks ago and updated the Frontline version of the beta! This updates includes the first part of the Temple of Seasons, including two of the three planned bosses. If you have no idea of who or what the Frontline beta is, head over here for more information.
We are really interested to hear what you guys think about the dungeon so far, in terms of difficulty and just pure entertainment value. It’s easy for us to stare ourselves blind while working on the game each and everyday so your thoughts are highly valued!
So with the first part of the dungeon out of the picture for now, we’ve naturally focused last weeks attention on the second part.
We’ve added graphics and animation to one of the brain teasers you’ll stumble upon which we fittingly dubbed “the water puzzle”. Below is an animated GIF that hopefully covers the basics of how it works.
We also began prototyping a room we’ve elected to call “the obstacle course” (we have a way with names, what can we say!). Like the name implies, the room is supposed to put players through a series of challenges before they can reach the exit.
We’ve tried to mix some combat together with some short but sweet obstacle navigation that players will have to complete in succession.
What sets this room apart from all other rooms in the temple is that all seasons will be active at the same time. This makes the combat encounter especially interesting since all enemies will have access to their special abilities, paving way for some enjoyable chaos!
While the prototype is still in need of some tweeking and adjustment, Vilya went ahead and created the base graphics for the room in all its mixed up glory.
Click to view!
Fred (administrator) wrote at 20/01/2015 11:38:@Rik
Me and my childhood memories (nightmares) can reassure you that those section are nowhere near the frustration levels that the underwater level in TMNT achieved. They are very short and are there to help the pacing and break up the combat encounters.
Everything is still in the prototype stage though, if people end up hating those sections to the core we have no problem reconsidering them! :)
Hehe, I think it looks good, the water puzzle at that stage looks a little too simple, but I suspect that is partially solved at the start. The windy sections look a little tight for the overall difficulty level of the game otherwise. But you’ve earned my trust, so I assume they are not as bad as they look, hehe. Maybe if possible, not sure it is, but have like the outer row of brambles not spawn if the game is set to easy difficulty, something like that.
I don’t agree with Rik, I think this obstacle section is fantastic! It looks like a lot of fun and it’s very unique! I say you guys keep it.
Fred (administrator) wrote at 21/01/2015 11:17:@Tarquinn2049
Yeah, the water puzzle has already been partially solved in the GIF. We haven’t gone bananas on the overall difficulty of the puzzle though, we don’t want to cause frustration for the players. Once the puzzle gets updated into the frontline beta we’ll see how players handle it, we don’t want it to be to elementary either :)
We’ve already adjusted the bramble wind sections as well, giving players some more space to work with. Once again, we’ll have to wait for the frontline testers to try it out before we know if it’s a hit or miss ;D
@Antar
Thanks dude, we’ll keep running with it until we run into a wall (in this case the wall would be frustrated beta testers!)
It looks so AMAZING! Wohaa! Let – me – play!
One really cool thing about SoG is that there is no challenge similar to another. Everything is diverse and every place you go at is completely different to the places you’ve been before.
That bramble wind section looks as annoying as the underwater level in TMNT for NES….