Hello everyone, welcome to this week's progress report.
Level:
This week, we concluded our initial set dressing pass for the Desert and moved on to the hills around the Alpha Camp. The Pillar Region is progressing as well, but takes more time due to the density of assets in that area. We made some improvements to the scattered foliage on the ground for a more detailed look.
Our Level Designer together with our Quest Designers is continuing with the task of adding a ton of content for exploration and quests. 3D art is finished implementing all of the assets and props from the Yterra tileset and will focus on areas like the newly established Tutorial/Game-start space.
Code:
This week, we invested some more time into optimizing the save game snapshot, which has been reduced to ~20ms and is barely noticeable anymore.
We also started the process of overhauling the visual look of the story mode UI, starting with the Player HUD and parts of the inventory screen.
Character:
Kim’s new improved default outfit is now finished and we have also added it for Maya. For the sandbox we now have a new classic The Cow pattern bikini plus accessories. It will be available for Maya, Mercer, Kylee, Shey, Koodie, Zeya, and Shiva.
Animations:
On the animation side, we exported some animations for Max and Micco. Right now these are only in sandbox, but later they will be used when the player gets invited to the Mayor's VIP area of the Umbar party temple.
As part of the overhauled game-start sequence, we are working on a short minigame between Max and Kim that will serve as a little introduction for the players into the game's sexy content.
Design:
In the Design department, we worked on the implementation of the game-start improvements in the Alpha Camp. We also implemented the questline for Maya where she can retrieve a forgotten but legendary blade of a former hero of Kerpal and we got started on a questline in the Great Plains where Max can prove himself as an honorary member of a pigman gang: the Rosy Cheeks.
Further, we implemented Max x Maya's minigame into its story context. This conclusion to their storyline will happen in the epilogue, after the main quest is finished.
Thank you for all your continued support,
-Wild Life Team