Hey, Voyagers! 🧭
When we first started developing EARTHLOCK 2 in 2019, we had a specific vision for the game but as we were developing it, we found that it didn't work as intended. We made the painful decision to stop the production and instead started working on Ikonei Island so that we could get enough time to rework the core vision for EARTHLOCK 2.
The rework of the vision is now done and we are super stoked with the new concept.
Today, we're eager to begin sharing this with you!
What is EARTHLOCK 2? 🗺️
A band of voyagers stands at the precipice of danger and glory. What lays before them - a vast desert of mystery and possibility. Explore and transform the sands into an Oasis full of life, and you will surely grow more powerful. Your trusty Desert Ship may start as a humble mode of transportation, but with time and effort, it will become your mobile base of operations, and instill fear into your enemies in the desert. Rise to become the most formidable Explorer of Umbra!
Creating Biomes and Desert Ships. ⚒️
We augmented Unreal’s Landscape system by making it dynamic and developed a full ecosystem simulator; together, this enabled a fully dynamic game world. It changes over time and responds to what the player does. The game world starts as a blank canvas, a desert, and you’ll get to change it over time.
We also spent some time developing features for base building and then we noticed that in a large, open world, building new bases over and over again as you explored it would be less fun, so we decided that a mobile base would do the trick. That’s when we came up with the concept of a desert ship.
Umbra World Map
The expedition awaits! ⌛
Just like a pirate ship is good for sailing in the sea, a Desert Ship is perfect for exploring the desert. Your Ship is your mobile base! Driving your Ship doesn’t always have to be a solo experience - having a crew of friends to join your expedition and travel across the Desert can make this experience even more fun. Use the riches collected from the Biomes or dropped by enemies and turn your mobile base into the most formidable Ship the citizens of Umbra have ever seen!
Check this update to learn more about the Desert Ships.
Desert Ship prototype
If you're familiar with the friendly environment of EARTHLOCK, brace yourself for a stark contrast. In EARTHLOCK 2, the scorching sun and the dunes render life nearly impossible. Nearly. Biomes full of life and dangers emerge amidst the vast sea of sand. Tend to them well enough and you’ll be compensated with riches and treasures.
You can learn more about Biomes in this update.
What mystery lies ahead?
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