Hey Everyone,
Excited to bring you another monthly update with regard to the development of INSPIRE!
The following milestones have had the main focus the past month:
- Resistance Patrols & Resistance Watchtowers.
I've further updated the game's battle system to include dynamic patrols and watchtowers being built to aid you in your battle against the alien invaders. Now you don't have to battle the aliens on your own anymore.
- Level design Stormfall & Arctic Ridge
Each month I try to flesh out the world of INSPIRE a bit more and in the past month, I laid the groundwork for two new zones called Stormfall & Arctic Ridge. Stormfall is inspired by Iceland and Arctic Ridge by Spitsbergen(Which I visited earlier this year.) Tune into the May Devlog to see how these turned out!
-Enemy Design Harvester
I've finalized one of the main enemy bosses in the game. The giant worm-like creature from the trailer! This 'Harvester' will roam Dustpeak, a rugged mountainous zone. The creature will have multiple attacks and destroyable parts, making for a very tough battle!
- Level generation Ancestral Jungle & Endless Sands
The next step after the level design is level generation. This is the population of the levels with enemies, loot, dynamic events & seasonal events. This I've completed for both the Ancestral Jungle & Endless Sands. Both give unique gameplay experiences. The Endless Sands has a massive Dune-like sandstorm that you have to be wary of. The Ancestral Jungle has some very hazardous flora & fauna.
- Ecosystem
A small coding change, with great gameplay benefits, is the creation of an ecosystem that separates animals from the aliens. This seems terribly logical now that I write it down lol. But beforehand both animals and aliens had the same tag, making them both a team against the player and friendlies. But now that they are separated it makes for some great generative gameplay where a group of panthers might corner a few aliens, or a group of aliens killing the deer in an area.
That's all for this month's monthly report! Make sure to keep an eye out on the socials and YouTube channel for the next devLog for a more visual representation of the above-mentioned points!
I hope you have an awesome week!
-Nick