Hello again!
It's time for part two of our development team introduction. Say hello to the last two members of the current team, Jao and Vatalia!
Jao
I am Jao, pronounced Jay-Oh. I'm the Creator/Lead Developer/Programmer of Day of Dragons and Owner of Beawesome Games, LLC. I work with all the other developers to guide the creative direction of the game. This includes concept design, music, sound, visual fx, and animation.
When I'm not doing that I'm either playing with my dogs, feeding my dogs, letting my dogs out to go potty, bathing my dogs, petting my dogs, or programming in Unreal Engine while my dogs bring me their toys. I love animals and dragons are animals that we can make into whatever we want them to be, including heroes instead of villains. I'm an animal hoarder, I've had dogs, cats, raccoons, hamsters, rabbits, hermit crabs, turtles, some fish, and a mourning dove with a broken wing that I rescued from my cat and nursed back to health then set freeeeeeeeeee. Fun fact, before I wanted to make video games, I wanted to be a veterinarian.
I love learning, it's one of my passions. I've attended 3 colleges and a trade school for a total of 21 semesters learning that I could just have bought all the books and read them and learned everything on my own for a whole lot cheaper. Hindsight is 20/20 right? Wait... it is 2020.... ːsteamhappyː
In addition to being a computer/animal nerd, I'm also a sci-fi nerd, marvel, lord of the rings, original star wars (don't get me started on the new trilogy). I also love to sing, play instruments, read, and write.
Vatalia
Hello my name is Vatalia! As part of the DoD dev team I help with 2D creature concepts. Also I help the game look pretty by testing and providing feedback on any visual and mechanical bugs or issues. I will also be working along side our animator to bring you realistic dragon and AI movements.
Some things about me is that I went to college (suprising right?) And completed my course for animation art and design. Um...I enjoy gaming and definitely having parrot force me to write about myself, not to mention having her parrots scream in my ears when shes in VC. Oh how they love to scream.... and I love cookies and fruit salad. I am dragon momma! I will steal all the babus and make a dragon babu battle arena! I look forward to flying with you all!
Dev Q&A
Here are our answers to some of the top Dev Q&A from our discord community! The channel will be cleared and open up once again for the next round of questions. If your question didn't get answered this round, feel free to post it again!
Question One
Q: Previously updates regarding the game were being provided via discord, going forward where will information regarding the game be posted?
Rose: We will be providing patch note updates and information regarding Day of Dragons via the steam page first and then shared on discord afterwards moving forward.
Question Two
Q: How many regions of color will the dragons have? Will it all be just one set color palette?
Jao: Each dragon will have its own unique patterns which will be comprised of one to five colors that will be used to create the "skin" variations for each dragon.
Question Three
Q: Why wasn't an animator hired sooner?
Vat: We had a specific animator/rigger picked out and this person had a contract until January. We are very picky about who we bring on board. We want someone who is a more realistic animator to bring you a better experience being a dragon.
Question Four
Q: What happened to Jao?
BP: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Just kidding. He is focusing on developing the game instead of social media at this time.
From the Community
Each blog post, we pick some of our favorite screenshots and artwork posted by the community to showcase here. Want a chance for your submission to be showcased on our next blog? Post it in the appropriate channels on our discord!
Some of our favorite recent screenshots...
by [TNYT] Lex#1646
by [TNYT] ztarli#7786
by 🌻KyraG🌻#6415
Some of our favorite artwork from the community...
by Sekiko#4169
by Nachara#7563
by SunDragoness#6666
Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoyed learning more about our team! We can't wait to show you what we have in store and we are happy to have you on this journey with us. Join us for our next blog for more behind the scenes information!
~The Day of Dragons Development Team