ZeddOTak 294 Posted January 3 Hey everyone! We will use this discussion to share our progress on Naïca with you. Developpers and graphic designers will answer to this post by describing & explaining the work they have done and/or what they are working on. Posts will not be published on a regular basis, it will all depend on which topics the members of the team can share (yes, it will be spoiler free so do not worry). It will be "raw discussion" which is entirely different from the DevBlogs: not long, planned articles but short posts. 12 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naphtaline 56 Posted January 3 I'll begin this topic then ! I am currently working on interactable objects, such as chests and harvestable items ! We are planning on having different types of opening conditions. For instance it can be with a time constraint : it means that you'll have a "casting" time to open it, but you can be interrupted on a hit. Or else you could need a consumable object to open the container, or a tool to harvest something etc... This is not an exaustive list of course, it's just some example to give you an idea of what kind of interaction you will find in the game. 19 1 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naphtaline 56 Posted January 8 Hi there ! So, today i'm working on quest completion ! There will be many ways to accomplish quests, i wanted to show you a sneak peek of the (not finished) quest interface These quest mechanics are not the most complex ones, and again this is just a small example of what you will be able to do in game. We are cooking a neat and rich quest experience for you ! See you in the next episode ! 11 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol 51 Posted January 10 Hey everyone ! I've been doing some research sketches for the forest of Lazul these last few days ! Here are two drawings regarding this area ! 19 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol 51 Posted January 24 Hey there! We're busy setting everything up for the next test but I thought I'd share a little something with you! I just recently added a new fog animation on the map. It is still a work in progress so it might not be the final design. The first one you can see is at the very beginning of the map we set for the test. The second one is located at the edge, leading to the real troubles awaiting you in the future test! 11 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greglofe 19 Posted January 30 Hi! I'm Greg, I design and animate In Naica. I'll post some artworks from time to time here. Hope you will enjoy! For my first post, this is some tiles, and a view of what it will look like in the game (it's the work of Tibo, our DA). 12 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naphtaline 56 Posted January 31 Hi there! As we all know, there were some indication missing during the PvE test, we initially planned to include these littles indications later but it seems like it's way more urgent then we expected. So this week I worked a bit with Tibo, to create those indications in game. Here is a sneak peek of this system : : This is still raw, we have a lot of modification to add to this, but so far, the core mechanic is working pretty well That's it for today! See you soon! 8 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeddOTak 294 Posted March 5 Hey everyone! Here are some sketches for monster research made by @greglofe and @Sol. Most of them won't be in Naïca, but you may see some in Lazul: you'll have to keep attention! 11 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeddOTak 294 Posted March 19 A new script was written by @Naphtalineto randomize the animation time of the crystals glow in the Swamps. This way, it won't feel robotic but more organic! 2 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balayne 24 Posted March 22 Hi, I wanna show you today something we did some weeks ago. There is still work to do on it but basically trading will be like that (still Work In Progress). You take the items you wish to exchange and put them in your exchange window. Once done, you can confirm the exchange and when both players have done it, the trade proceeds. 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeddOTak 294 Posted April 19 Hey adventurers! A few months back (just scroll up), we announced we were working on a new interaction system. We are using visuals to make it easier for players to understand the purpose of each NPCs and, since then, we've made some progress and changes. Currently, you will see a specific logo on top of an NPC related to his function (Merchant, Quest giver...). Also, if you have a quest with a collect objective (say, twigs) you will see a bag on top of it. This way, you'll know exactly which item to interact with in the game to complete your quests! Naïca's closed Alpha: Dank Camp 5 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sol 51 Posted May 22 Hi everyone ! I'm Sol and I work as Level Designer on Naïca. Today I wanted to show you a tool I am using on a daily basis. We call it the Magic Tile. It was designed for Unity by the dev team to allow me to create various grounds on a large scale. The tool calculates the position of every tiles within the area I'm drawing and links the appropriate sprite to each of these tiles. Here on this example I am using the "Paint with a filled box" tool of my Tile Palette with the Magic Tile selected. That specific tile is even more special as it uses a 5*5 tile set as reference, allowing me to draw multiple levels of ground at once. By just erasing the middle section it draws the inner section and by adding more filled boxes to the sides it draws the outter section. That's all for today ! 8 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeddOTak 294 Posted Friday at 08:45 AM Hello everyone, it's been a while! Since the last post, a lot of things happened for Naïca and this is mainly due to the preparation of our big test phase prior to the closed Alpha. We launched it this week with a few selected players in order to have direct feedback, and fix most of the servers issues & bugs. The best news out of this is it's working better than expected. Our previous tests lasted only for a few hours (2-3h) and this is the first time we have had servers open 24/7. We experienced some crashes & bugs but we are fixing them along the way: for example, monsters didn't work correctly (they had only 1 attack instead of 2) and you couldn't get into the arena nor into the dungeon. This works totally fine now, don't worry! But, we kinda forgot to put Pupuce, the dungeon boss, level 7 so she was level 1 for the first teams going in the dungeon... And they couldn't loot her but this is going to be fixed today so no biggie. Great news for everyone right? In the coming weeks there will be a lot of fixing, patching, and we will be adding new features to ease the gameplay for players (but not making the game itself easier, just easier to play & to understand). This way, we'll have a great closed Alpha to show you all guys! We hope you'll like this longer post which embraces an important step for us before the launch of the closed Alpha, still planned for the coming months! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
