Greetings Víkingar!
The Pre-Alpha has been out for over 2 months within NDA and things are progressing well! Our team have been working hard since launch and has released 12 patches since launch! Each patch has brought a plethora of bug fixes, (wonderfully reported by our excellent Æsir), performance and visual upgrades, and numerous new, updated, or improved features too!
A select few of which we'll share with you here:
Environments
The entirety of the Skye and Norway levels have been reworked, meaning that terrain is 2x more accurate to real life and 4x more optimised than before.
Quests
We have entirely reworked the journal and quest system. With this, we can bring forward some of the more basic quests that otherwise wouldn't have been included at this stage.
Hunger & Thirst
We flicked the "on" switch for hunger and thirst, meaning that planning ahead for any potentially perilous journeys is now a must.
Animation
The player and horse models have had an upgrade, both now using Inverse Kinematics (IK) rigs. This means our models' feet conform and dynamically adjust to the landscape instead of clipping through it.
Hunting
Hunting has been added, with a minimum of 24 hunting locations now available across both Norway and Skye, and over 16 different types of animals to hunt.
This is only a small glimpse into the additions since we first launched. While we're under NDA, the complete patch notes are only available on Discord to our Æsir supporters who continue to show us love and support and who have provided us with their valuable feedback every step of the way!
Skål,
The Aurora Team 🌙