https://youtu.be/gIwOIdaqE9Y
We’ve had the new courtship gameplay working for quite awhile, but over the past month, we’ve revised and refined it, based on our own testing as well as feedback from beta testers. Today’s video shows highlights from this entire mission, from finding possible mates out in the wilderness, engaging in initial courting activities using emotes, to the trial period where you and your prospective mate spend some time together to get a better sense of each other’s personalities and capabilities before finishing the bonding process and becoming mates. Once chosen, you and your mate are loyal (although we are considering a future option for your mate to die in the game).
This mission is a huge expansion from the original game and, as with the rest of WolfQuest 3, our goal was to make it more naturalistic and realistic — while still being intuitive and straightforward enough for novice players. While we’ve retained the emote-based interaction from the original game, it’s now more fluid and freeform, allowing you to meet and interact with several mate candidates — and if you take time to observe their responses, you’ll gain insights into their individual personalities. We also really wanted to incorporate hunting — a vital activity for wolves, and it only makes sense to evaluate the hunting abilities of prospective mates. And it isn’t all up to you. As in real life, potential mates may not say I do!
Other related videos:
* You Had Me at Playbow at https://youtu.be/x5zKz_MSyaQ
* For Better or For Worse at https://youtu.be/bRQsAh1ENKc
* Genes Behind the Scenes at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-Dd_ror8g