Hello again. This is another short update, but I seem to remember in one of the more recent posts I said I would post constant updates, even if they were short, just to keep the information flowing and to show development is moving forward.
During July I was doing a lot of things, fixing bugs and adding the last couple of moves. I was also doing some level design work and character work. Now I just wanted to show a quick preview of one of the locations.
In the last post I said I was going to base the game on The Rats in The Walls. The Exham Priori castle (the one in the story) is a gothic castle but the basement are more like roman structures, and other underground parts are made of roman and saxon ruins. I imagine it as if things were built one on top of another in "layers", and at the very last layer I imagine some combination of temple ruins and caves.
This is the post in case you missed it: https://steamcommunity.com/games/684340/announcements/detail/3329864090505675740
And since the upper part is a castle, I'm already imagining cool platforming in the castle rooms, to find secret areas and such.
This is a test of one of the environments. It still needs a loooooot of work, and more details (and a lot more damage because it looks too "clean") and a more interesting lighting. You can also see Lavinia in there (with a bunch of debug stuff on top).
Also in previous posts I mentioned her name was Lavinia as a reference to Lavinia Whateley, but this one is going to be Lavinia de la Poer. I was thinking about making Lavinia albino like Lavinia Whateley but I'm not entirely sure so right now I'm just keeping her blonde. Right now this is what she looks like.
And she's got Classic Lara curves =D
BTW now that I am looking at the girl, I'm not entirely sure about the hair style...
I'll post again when I make more progress on the environment, and I hope I can have a short playable soon!