Hi everyone,
With the winter holidays approaching, I couldn’t imagine letting them pass without a small gift, a big new update. With one month left to go till its release, expect amazing gameplay features, new biomes, and a completely new story amongst many others. So, without further ado, here is what the Ocean is my home - Christmas Update will include:
Gameplay Features:
- Basic Base Construction – by far the hardest thing to implement, I will do my best to integrate such a system into the game. While not a given in such a short amount of time, there are high chances it will be implemented. The player should be able to construct a modular base, and place objects and furniture inside.
- New character model and new improved animations.
- New blueprints and crafting recipes.
- Vehicles and Oxygen Plant rework.
World Features:
- Day and Night Cycle – after such a long wait, the game should finally have a day and night cycle, making the world feel way more alive.
- Weather system – alongside the day and night cycle, a weather system should also be implemented, making the world feel even more dynamic.
- New Biomes – 5 new biomes to be implemented – The Scarlet Zone, which will replace the Magent Glade and contain – the Scarlet Jungle, the Ruby Caves and the Crimson Beach. The other two biomes will be the Sun Reef Grottos and Sun Bamboo Caverns. There will also be improvements to the Sun Reef and Sun Bamboo Forest.
- New improved water system and caustics.
- Music and SFX improvement.
Story Features:
- New Storyline, with new voice actors and character models
- New opening Cinematic.
- New Ship model, with multiple rooms, as well as new Outposts to explore throughout the map.
- Data Pads to collect all over the map, giving extra information to the player regarding past events.
Other Features:
- UI Improvements.
- New Tyler model.
- Fixing of most bugs reported during the latest testing phase.
While all of these features are not guaranteed to be implemented in this update, I will do my best to implement them all in this short amount of time. And with that, I wish you all some happy Christmas holidays and hope you will like the Update 😊.
Also, don't forget to join our community at: https://discord.gg/SASN3A2CXh
Love,
Petru, BaleYc Studios