As the time to showcase our game draws near, we’ve been polishing and tidying things up a bit in our latest build, more details will be announced in the near future!
We’ve also added FMOD to our game, which allows for greater audio fidelity while also providing some nifty features such as setting our music dynamically according to certain fight stages or events, improving the overall experience.
Epic battle music ensues!
Regarding our UI, it’s being completely revamped as it was still an old placeholder from the dark days of the early alpha stages, here’s a sneak peek at what its shaping up to become, feedback appreciated!
Elegant and functional!
As we finish building the last zone, which we’re REALLY looking forward to share with you as soon as its complete, we’re adding new, unique materials that are specific to its architecture, can you guess what each of them represents?
Those are some marble-ous materials!
That’s all for this Friday update, stay tuned for more next week, and thank you for reading!
It’s official! We’re happy to finally announce that Decay of Logos is going to be published by Rising Star Games, and we are humbled to be part of their growing collection of amazing titles!
Rising Star Games is a renowned publisher operating in Europe and USA, and has published video games across all gaming platforms, from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and via Steam. Check them out at www.risingstargames.com!
As per the announcement, Decay of Logos will be published digitally across all major gaming formats, including PS4, XBox One and Nintendo Switch, by Rising Star Games, and is scheduled for global release in Autumn 2018, so you’ll be able to get your hands on it pretty soon!
Check out the announcement trailer, and feel free to leave your feedback in the comments!
You may also read the press release by following the link below!
Regarding this week’s development, we’ve continued to polish and tweak the game, with great focus on improving and fixing our main character’s animations since we’ve added her new rig recently.
A danse macabre!
We’ve also decided to improve the Elk’s mane, in order to update its visual and make it look better overall.
Work has continued on the final area of the game, soon we’ll have a few screenshots to share with you so stay tuned!
It’s LeviosAH!
We hope you’ve enjoyed our announcement and trailer, see you next Friday!
Another week full of polishing touches and bug fixing has passed.
The development of the final area is going well, and it provides some breathtaking visuals together with a good opportunity for introspection as you make your way through its scenery.
Fabulous!
Regarding the new version of the main character, she is now in-game, as you can see in the following gifs.
Old Ada served us well throughout development, she will never be forgotten!
The way to the Elk’s heart is through its stomach, obviously.
We’re still retouching some animations because her anatomy is a bit different, and our new smith is refitting the armors as well for this same reason, of course.
Fly like an eagle, sting like a bee!
It’s hard to express in words how we are all pleased with this new version of the main character, we feel it was the right call and everyone worked extra hard to put her into the game prior to the game’s release.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this post and the sneak peek we’ve provided into the reborn Ada, see you all next week!
The team is still hard at work preparing the show build areas by fine-tuning animations, enhancing the mood through color grading, as well as placing new assets in the scene. All this will serve as a guide for the remaining parts of the game, particularly regarding the level of polish.
New particles on the way! Echo shells sound like waves in the distance.
Debugging some stuff on the editor, always fun!
Another cutscene is finished and now it is time to begin focusing on bug fixing before integrating the final zone of the game, adding mechanics prefabs, manage the streaming logic and such. After this last step, the whole team will be on the “polish phase”. Almost there!
In other news, Ada’s high poly model is pretty much finished, as you can see below. We are still testing which should be the main color of her clothes, as you can tell from the polls we’ve posted. We’ll share the final version once we’ve settled the matter!
Today we’re excited to bring you exciting news, pardon the redundancy, regarding our protagonist, which has received a full overhaul! Feast your eyes upon her new look!
Hello, gorgeous!
The reason why we’ve reworked her visuals is because her original version was inspired on an old concept of a different artist, and the game’s visuals have been taking a slightly different path than what was originally planned.
What should we be wearing today?
We’ve decided to do it at this stage since we have much more experience in creating something that melds with the current art direction and visual style, and we’re already done with the High Poly version, so she will be in the game soon enough!
Some of the initial areas of the game are being further developed according to this logic, as we enter the final stages of production.
Regarding the last area, we’ve been fleshing out both the Palace and the encompassed region, and the following screenshot might be related to this!
Hold it!
One of the cutscenes is being actively worked on and will make its debut on the show build, some new animations were… animated specifically for this, and some additional logic as well. This build is nearly 100% complete, we’ve been squashing some bugs and will perform further QA in order to make sure it’s buttery smooth!
That will be all for today, we look forward to next Friday!
We weren’t expecting our plaster DevBlog post to become so popular, so we considered talking about bricks today..! Jokes aside, we’ve had alot on our platter for this week, so let’s get right into it!
Woah, we’re half way there!
We’re working hard… I mean, we’re always working hard, but lately we’ve been putting some extra muscle into a show build for the upcoming Expo’s! More information will be shared when the time comes, please bear with us.
A new NPC has also been added to the world, her name is Nuri and she’s a large blacksmith that will be tucked away inside of her shop, providing additional conversations and a new mechanic to the game.
Where’s this Blacksmith I read about on the blog?
She will offer to repair your items, if they are worth her time, that is! Don’t bother trying to get her to fix your flimsy, rusty swords and battered straps of wood, pieced together as makeshift armor!
You can jump but you can’t hide!
And here’s the latest, new and glorious animation, the new jumping while sprinting that will be invaluable for bypassing gaps and traps.
On a final note, we’ve also been doing a pass on all the cutscenes for the game, revamping the old and starting to work on the new!
Today’s post will be a little bit technical, since we’re still working on the last area of the game, which should have no plaster, planning and tweaking the final battle, adding some new animations and working on an unexpected and surprising new… thing, which is not plaster.
We aren’t ready to share any details yet since we want to make a full reveal of it when it’s done so, for now, all we have to give is this tease! … and did I mention that we also have plaster?
Plaster.
In all seriousness, we’ve implemented these two workflows to achieve two different types of results that, albeit simple, convey different moods. The faded plaster on the right is simply one mesh with two textures blended through Vertex Paining, while thick plaster technique is achieved by combining two meshes, as you can see on the right wall.
We hope you’ve enjoyed the fine plaster we brought you this week, we promise to make it up to you in the near future with some exciting revelations!
We’ve just finished the last character for the game but, unfortunately, it’s not going to be revealed in this post… not sure if we want to keep it a secret yet… we’ll share this instead!
What if I told you…
Here’s a sneak peek into some artsy, performant trickery that we use to simulate world elements in the distance, it’s not pretty seen up close but it does its job pretty well if you’re far, which you will be!
There’ll always be room for some more polishing in regards to every aspect of the game, up until release, and characters won’t be an exception, of course. Still, it’s an important milestone and we’re glad to share it with you!
She was not the only one to knock, after all!
Some additional logic has been added to the Elk, meaning that our faithful companion has a couple of additional mechanics under its metaphorical belt ( saddle? ), as you can see in the image above.
The dialogue system has also been further tweaked, and the order by which you meet and talk to NPCs will now affect what they’ll say, adding some additional depth to the narrative and exploration even though you have no conversation choices, which is intended.
And that’ll be all for this week, everything is shaping up nicely as you can see by our most recent posts, soon we’ll have the last area finished and more effort will be put into the polishing of the game as a whole, perhaps even adding a couple of new surprises and extra content, yay!
As promised last week, we’re bringing you some magical goodness for this devblog… so without further ado, let’s all put on our robes, wizard hats and get our hocus pocus on!
*Ahem* Oh! And please take note that both the names and effects are work-in-progress!
Magic in the world of Decay of Logos is called Magicae, an ancient art that has been nearly lost to time, and that may only be tapped into by prodigious individuals with a strong life essence.
Light spell and Fire potion in action.
While we’ve decided that it would be optional for players to learn and use Magicae, those who choose to practice it must be aware that it comes at a cost, as it will slowly drain one’s vitality.
If the main character gets involved with the world and its characters, the opportunity to learn the following spells will come up at specific times during the adventure:
– The Light spell will be useful for navigating dark areas without the need of handling a torch, and might even blind some enemies.
– Shockwave will damage and push certain enemies away, possibly causing some of them to topple!
– Finally, the Fireball will do what fireballs do best, burn and bring pain to your foes!
As you can tell by the disclosed information, different enemies may react differently to spells, and some may be more resistant than others to certain damage types or effects, which brings us…
To the potions! We’ve talked briefly before about how we’ve added new potions for buffing the main character, and now we’re finally ready to share some additional details. We’ve added the following potions buffs that will add additional depth to combat and inventory management:
– Apply/Anti Fire
– Apply/Anti Poison
– Apply/Anti Paralize
The anti/drinkable potions remove the respective status effect from the main character, while the appliable ones are used to enchant the currently wielded weapon for a short duration, causing each attack to stack the effect on enemies!
Shockwave spell and Paralyze potion in action.
Similar to the spells, some enemies may be resistant or even immune to certain effects, while others vulnerable. Feel free to experiment on them, for magical science!
That will be all for this week, hope you’ve enjoyed the reveal of this new mechanic and that you partake in the mystical arts of Magicae when you get your hands on the game!
Have a great weekend!
Ah, yes, you can take off your robe and wizard hat now… bye!
Hope your holidays were as awesome as ours and that you had the chance to spend quality time with your loved ones, just like you are spending right now with us, as you read this devblog!
We took the chance to do some playtesting over the holidays, resulting in lots of fun, but also a few bugs and issues that we’ve corrected over this week, while also taking the time to polish things up a bit.
Ianua is brought to life!
The masons and carpenters have finished building the village, and our in-house painter, well, he painted the following images for your viewing pleasure.
No time to rest!
Our wizard has finished the logic for the magic system, which is also great news for us all as we are thrilled to play around with this new mechanic!
Power! Unlimited power!
New animations are going to be added both to the main character and the enemies for this new system, we’ll be sharing some of them down the road.
Lastly, we’ve added full support for the steam controller.
Thats it for this week, thank you so much for reading, the team wishes you all an amazing new year!
