Hi guys,

Great news. Everything is back on track when it comes to everyone working on the game. We’ve got a lot more infobook items, more sprites, a background, more story… I love the progress that me and our team are making.

Ricky just pulled another fast one on us with a battle background. Check out the sewers. I don’t want to say too much about this place, but just know that it is dangerous and it will have puzzles!

Mark is picking up the pace when it comes to music. He’s just finished a sad and intense track for one of the scenes in the game. Next he’s working on Jagen’s battle theme. There will be a lot of battle themes in the game mainly because I love music! We plan on giving the player the option of choosing battle music, but of course bosses and cutscene battles will have their own special songs. (Yeah, that includes you guys bosses which I can’t wait to get to!)

In a couple of days, I’ll be remapping some of the forest with the new tiles that Leen has done. Lot of wood, lot of deadness. Sen’s part of the forest is really one of the most depressing places I’ve ever seen. Really sets the atmosphere for her story.

Michael is really pumping out these infobook items, currently working on some crafting/loot stuff. There’s so many, but I’m going to leave you these three. Here goes some slime, an enemy claw, and some shrooms!

Tyrell is keeping his focus on battlers for now. He’s been working on some of the desert creatures. Reworking the crow’s sprites and fixing some animation on the cactabus, our resident living and moving cactus. Scorpon has also been revamped to be leaner and better with a more creative look.

I’ve been working on some dialogue… Most of it is serious, but I try to throw in some light moments to keep some balance. I’m not good with comedy or anything like that, but I’m trying. When we’re in beta, I can only hope someone can tell me if I’m being more cheesy than funny 😀

I haven’t had a chance to test the platforming elements, but the code is done. It will be more about timing than location precision since it will keep to being tile based and I think I’m ok with that. I guess we’ll see once it’s in game.

In the midst of all of that good news, we do have some bad news. The battle system is being delayed again. To be fair it’s a big system and we’ve made some pretty significant changes along the way. It may be a setback, but we are determined to get it how we want it, how we envisioned it.

We have some real questions for you guys. We want to give you guys as much information as possible, but do you think we are showing too much and leaving no surprises? We love showing you our progress, but never thought about these things until now. All of the eye candy, locations, the characters being introduced, sprites, infobook stuff… Do you think it’s too much to show?

– Whitney & Tyrell White