Hello everybody,
It’s been about a month since our last patch, so we wanted to give you an update on what we’ve been working on. We don’t have an exact date for this next patch, but it’s coming around the end of May.
Meanwhile, here are the main updates you can expect when the new patch arrives. Please keep in mind that these are still in development and subject to change.
Mission Briefings
The next patch will contain Mission Briefings for Mission 1 to 7. The briefings will present more context for each mission and allow you to get better immersed in the setting.
Akatsuki Deck System Overhaul
We have decided to give the Akatsuki Deck a visual overhaul closer to a visual novel style. This way we can play more into the strengths of our 2D artists and allow them to draw more detailed, high quality backgrounds as well as character sprites. We are losing the movement on the deck in turn, however we hope that the advantages of this change outweigh the losses. We originally created the deck for players who want to engage with the Akatsuki’s crew more outside of combat and get to know them better, while allowing players who just want to get to the action to ignore this system for the most part. The visual novel presentation will still allow this choice.
Speed Stance Change
The Speed Stance hasn’t offered enough gameplay difference to the Shield Stance to truly stand out, so we have gone over this stance once more and added a teleportation mechanic on quickboost to give it more strategic value and also a cool visual appearance. We have also added a stance system UI element to the right of the health bar, so you can always see what stance you are currently using. In the story this will show up starting with Mission 03.
Mission 07
Lastly, we will be adding the next mission to continue the story and offer new gameplay content. Due to spoilers and the mission still being deep in development we don’t have any visuals to share (well, we can give you one concept sketch from the art team, below), but we hope that you will enjoy the next new Early Access mission. Thank you for supporting Nimbus INFINITY!
