Welcome to this weeks Skywatch development diary!
A few weeks ago, we gave you a deep dive into some of the progress made on our skyship engines. In today's post, we're following up with a glimpse at some of the other ship parts we've been working on - namely wings, helms and some cannons! This post is shorter than the engines post from a few weeks ago, but this is because these ship parts haven't received as much development time at the time of writing. We'll share more progress on these parts as it happens.
Wings
First up, let's take a look at some wings! Below, you can see one of the early concept pieces for our lower tier wings - the thought process behind the early game wings that you'll have access to, is that they would mostly be made from wood, maybe with some scrap metal attachments (e.g. improvised ailerons, wing mounting plates etc.)
And below is a textured model of one of the lower tier wings. Unlike the low tier wooden wings in Worlds Adrift, which were simple planks of wood strapped together as pictured, we wanted our wooden wings to look like they've been carved and shaped this time around, to better reflect the more advanced level of technology in Lost Skies.
Below is a look at a slighter higher tier wing. Unlike the wing above, which is a brand new model, this wing is a legacy Worlds Adrift wing model that's receiving the upgrade treatment to bring the level of detail in line with Lost Skies. As you can see, this wing is mostly made of metal, but is still somewhat 'scrappy' looking.