Hi, Forgers!

This week, we’ve been tinkering and going over some changes that affect more of the nitty-gritty, doing re-takes on some of the current work, as well as drawing up some concepts for things we’ve previously had only in our heads or as very loosely defined. For example, we’ve had a very good idea of what towers were going to look like, but now, we have begun exploring the shapes and the feel of the things themselves. Courtesy of Jas, I think that they look incredible.

Following alongside the same vein, our melee minions were being re-imagined as well. Jas, again, did some amazing work on the Mortal and Spirit Forge melee minions, with the theme of all of the Forge’s minions being constructs. Maintaining our vision for the game, Melvyn tested a little colour work to distinguish between the teams also;

On the VFX side, we have Justus creating a nice particle for salt gain (farming) soon. It will look nice when animated and it explodes into shards of salt for you to use at your own whim. The albedo map is a mixture of both Apidoo’s Opalescent texture and Melvyn’s patented “Hephisalt” gradients;

While Sax storms onwards with the Ground Texture, continuing to make our map more and more beautiful,

Programming-wise, much of the work done has been overhauling the code and getting it structurally sound. The foundation is being set, where the team has been cleaning up the UI, getting the AI sorted out, transitioning to the newest version of Unity, so on, so forth. Mox and nardandas, along with the rest of the coding team, have been hard at work, getting everything straightened out so we can move forward.

Finally, Melvyn has been working on something that we can only describe as incredibly hype. It’ll be ready soon, but for now, you can enjoy this.

As always, we appreciate your questions and comments. If you’d like to reach out to us, feel free to do so on the blog, on the Reddit, or on our discord. As well, if you’d like to join us, we would love to have your resume at recruiting@o7studios.com.

Cheers!

HeroicTechnology