Greetings soldiers of Genua! September was an amazing month as we launched our updated demo (and Patch #1) and got to interact with so many people playing Aegis Force for the first time! Our list of player ideas, feedback, and future improvements is pretty massive right now, and we're excited to keep turning Aegis Force: The Scorian War into an amazing experience directly influenced by our passionate community.
Technical Updates
In Patch #1, we fixed several funky visual bugs, added more life to the environment, fixed a few soft lock issues, and continued tweaking the keyboard and mouse controls. We still have some work to do in making the keyboard and mouse control setup streamlined, but we will keep iterating :)
We also just released the cathedral area which includes an entirely new area, puzzles, more battles, and a major boss fight!
What's coming up?
Adjusting controls to be more intuitive (navigating abilities, selecting characters during battle, etc.)
Adjusting grid movement so party members don't get stuck
Activate ore caches (you can see them visually but can't interact yet)
UI adjustments - indicating how HP and/or FP will change when selecting abilities, accessibility improvements (ability to increase text size, contrast, etc.),
Expanding tech moves so all characters can use them with varying bonuses based on affinity with the initiating team member
Lots more to come!
Art Corner
Our artists are working on several new characters coming up in future chapters - enemy NPCs, bosses, party members, and neutral NPCs! Take a look at some portraits and GIFs created last month:
Social Space
If you haven't watched our latest dev diary, diving into the world of Vigherad (Genua's capital city), check it out today!
A lot of awesome streamers and content creators played our demo last month and shared videos about their experience. If you've played Aegis Force and want us to share your content, just let us know! We would love to post your Aegis Force videos on our social media and share it in our community Discord.
On Discord, you can also share feedback, offer ideas, chat with our developers, and vote in polls that will help guide some decisions we're still actively making :)
What's Coming
We'll continue to update the demo with new fixes and improvements, so stay tuned for additional patch notes here on Steam. Our team is also now turning their attention towards developing systems that will exist in the final game, such as the character skills and class trees, level up abilities, and the affinity system where team members build relationships that significantly impact the game!
As always, thank you for playing and sharing your comments, questions, concerns, and ideas!