Hello, Iain here!
We really love what the community has been making with the Island Creator so far, but we’re always looking to flesh out the list of assets people have to play with. When we asked what we should make more of, one thing that came up multiple times was additional mechanical ruins. Up to this point you’ve had only these six unique pieces!
These are quite bespoke shapes and you’d have to be pretty creative to incorporate them into other things in your islands (besides isolated ruins or a big junk yard), so as well as adding more to this collection, we decided to give you some more “building block” pieces from which you can build your own industrial ruins on your islands.
To start with, Jack made some really LOVELY PIPES (and I mean, seriously lovely).
These things can help break up any empty spaces or link from one set piece to another. That way they can act as a kind of path for players to follow.
Next up are some more unique storytelling items. Aside from the mailbox-type one on the left, these were inspired by the kind of shapes and structures you can find in steel mills.
The mailbox was built with more of a loose function in mind. It can be used to connect certain objects or again, just break up any long, empty or monotonous spaces.
Here are the parts that I hope you can really fill out spaces with.
Six individual platforms, four girders, and some broken ladder pieces.
And here’s my first punt at putting some of these into use.
Stay tuned for a Twitch stream soon where I will take you on a guided tour of a new island to demonstrate some potential level design and storytelling uses for these new assets.
Cheers!
Iain
Artist
@gillespionage