Hello everyone,

it’s been a while since my last developer update. The 2nd wave and lock-down was and still is much more taxing on me and my family for multiple reasons. So my heart goes out to all of you who are also going through a difficult time and do their best both at work and at home despite the cranked-up difficulty.

LOCATIONS

Luckily I stayed healthy and made great progress on the game. This is how the location art looks now with the background being divided into layers and with particle effects complementing the scene:

One of the most interesting locations to work on was your village, integrating the architecture into nature and populating your home with props.

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION

As you’ve seen in the last update, the character art for most of the story characters is done, and while the full player character customization is still not there, I’ve implemented a basic version, where you chose your face and default weapons:

I’ve also added some of my favorite combinations to the character preset screens. It’s another small thing but it helps make a good first impression when the game starts: