Hello everyone! There has been some rapid development these last weeks, and we are excited to show you some of the results!
Reworking the environment
We've started to rework the environment with a new tool which will make it much easier to make beautiful, but also natural looking terrain. With this tool, we can generate random nature, but also manual place water, hills and flora/fauna to tailor the environment to fit Astride.
More tack variations
We've done some more work on the tack in the works, and it's much easier to make more tack now after we created the tack workshop with all of the different parts to make up the equipment. There will be basic/standard tack, but it is fun to see what we can do with leather carvings and details!
Concept for UI
The UI is in the early works and here is an idea and concept. This is the first iteration and it will probably change a lot in the future!
Horse controller and multiplayer
We've made much progress programming wise. We have a functioning multiplayer through Steam! We've already tested with us five developers in one instance and this worked wonderfully. There is of course still a long way to go, but it's definitely moving in the right direction!
Hair and details
Finally, the slow and steady progress on the Icelandic horse. The Icelandic is sadly taking a bit longer than the other two horses as there is also a lot of other business on the side that has been needing priority. We've also started to explore yet another tool, but this time it's for hair and fur. We are generating our very own hair cards and designing the hair with them.
Once we get a hang of it, we can make a lot of hairstyles and variations for both horses and humans, but most important; the fur will get an overhaul. We haven't been completely happy with the current fur, so we are scrapping it for something better. With the new tool, we'll be able to create some good looking fur textures, and we are excited to see what the result will end up looking like.
Please note that everything shown in these devlogs is mostly just work in progress and is not finished. Changes may happen and the things showcased here will have further work put into them! To see work in progress daily, join our Discord server community here!