Hey everyone I'm really happy to say that our game is now up for sale and I was able to sneak in a little bonus I've been working on over the weekend.
Rather than dropping the player right into battle with the current state of the game (Player vs AI) I wanted to make a cozy little home base for the player to live in the land of G'nar.
The home base is to serve three purposes.
1) discover and use the current and upcoming features of the game (quick battle, multiplayer, deck builder and crafting table)
2) A safe place for me to experiment with new things (check out the feather quill pen WIP).
3) To purely play on fantasy and my imagination. For some reason I always wanted to be a wizard where I lived in a small stone tower on a mountain top. Reachable only by the most determined and by flying creatures.
It's a small place to live, quiet, solitary. The outside rainstorm gives you a sense that you are comfortable and safe inside your home atop the mountain.
It's a place to explore technique, spend time crafting potions and building card decks.
There is a portal that you can open to magically take you to other places in G'nar. Currently this portal only takes you into the Quick Battle.
I'm really happy with the look and feel so far. I especially like the three open windows used with the bow and arrow. I'm thinking about adding a bow and arrow mini game where you can defend your home from flying creatures. Perhaps playing this game gives you some sort of benefit such as dropped items that you can use in crafting.
I am a fan of games that offer different types of game play in different spots of the game. A balance and choice between fast paced action and a more relaxed, idle, casual play.
It might sound weird but sometimes I want to spend my time in a particular game's world without necessarily having to play a 'full attention required' game. I just want to chill and enjoy the scenery.
I've seen this in a number of games in the past but fallout 4's home base comes to mind. Maybe I dont want to do a quest right now, give me something to do while I hang back at home.
I'm open to ideas about what to do in this home base. I hope you like it.