- Alpha 1
Northern Regime Alpha 1.0.0.0 is officially done. The map selection works well, the fighting and new animations are smooth, graphics have been improved, and lag has been changed substantially since the previous build. Northern Regime is now half third person and half first person. You will remain third person but when you aim in you will transform into a first person mode with your weapon drawn. This adds so much more immersion and excitement to battling those confederate enemies.
- New Character Controller
We have also recently programmed a new movement and physics function to the game. Previously it was a little strange. We were strictly using a third person controller which didn't make sense when switching to first person mode. You couldn't run left of right without aiming in that direction. You also could not move backwards in any state. Another problem was physics and sliding, if you were to jump off a steep cliff or hill you would practically stay completely still. Now you will automatically slide down the hill not being able to stop yourself until you reach a flatter area. We plan to add a sliding animation in the near future. With the new controller we were also able to fix the movement speed of the character. The character now runs and walks at a realistic speed before it was slow and boring it may have been more realistic but it didn't feel right. We did try to change to speed by increasing animation speed but this made the game feel cheesy and even more unrealistic. With the new controller it will allow us to continue tweaking movement until we find a perfect medium.
- First Person Mode.
First person was a little rough at the start as you might expect. When aiming in the enemies still felt very far away and almost invisible. This was do to our high field of view in the game. When aiming, now, your field of view will slowly decrease by 20 points from 80 making it feel as if you are adjusting your eyes, or closing one and leaving the other open, as you would if you were actually aiming down a sight.
- New Cross Hair.
Our old cross hair was merely a red cross lined to the center of your screen.
This wasn't very optimal for the standards of Northern Regime. First of all it was red which really didn't fit the theme, it would have been okay if this was a low poly shooter. The new cross hair consists of 3 triangles making one triangle. One at the top and two at the bottom. The greatest thing about the new cross hair is if you are extremely far away it will be very difficult to hit an enemy. The old one was 100 percent accurate from really anywhere. We haven't added programming to the cross hairs yet, we plan to make it so when you do shoot they will expand for half a second or so then return smaller, we'll also add this to when you are running, rotating, and jumping we'll also need to make them even smaller when you are crouching and lying down.
Having A Good Time Exploring
Although Northern Regime will not be a complete Open World game, we still want to add exciting exploration and things to find in the maps you travel to. Instead of simple camps with a few tents and a few confederate enemies we are going to be adding awesome fortress' , buildings, traps, and all sorts of things to make the game a little more exciting and a little more lively. We have been testing out a few new fortress models with defense towers, and all we can say is we're glad we did so. When alpha 2 comes up we are going to be making new trailers and game-play videos to show off all that we had added so everyone can see what we have been doing!
Help From You Guys!
What would you guys like to see in the next update of Northern Regime? We are very open to ideas, opinions, and criticism from the community. So if you have anything to say to us we would love to listen! - Axel.
Release Date.
We have set up a straw poll to get input on when you guys would like to see the game released and in what state you want it to be. It's very important to get feedback so please take a few seconds and vote!
http://www.northernregime.com/northern-regime.html
Thank You!
Before I head off, I would just like to thank everyone who has been supporting these posts with all the likes and feedback. It really makes a difference when making the game knowing there are people out there who want to play and follow along development. So thank you very much. I owe everything to the people following this awesome project!