Last week has contained some free days, but still progress has been made!
Visuals
There will be a demo video of our new lighting system this week, so you dare not miss it!
This week we spent some time figuring out our main character Ketu. A rogue-ish and agile person, grown up on the road, travelled from far away to finally find some answers. But answers to what questions? Well, we won’t tell you yet 😉
“But can’t I play as a woman instead” you ask? We got you covered. Customization options are already planned, to enable you to change up your character to fit your taste. Neat, isn’t it?
Let’s bring you up to date with our weekly summary!
Visuals
Unity
Check out our recent weather teaser and don’t miss our main character revelation on next #ScreenshotSaturday! Take care!
Last week was mainly influenced by shader work and bringing the mill to life.
The sunset hits the land when we arrive the farm. But there is nobody home yet…
Maybe our real character will find him on next #ScreenshotSaturday?
Check out our second scene with weather effects.
For this weeks Screenshot Saturday we present you our second location: The old mill. Down by the creek and over the old bridge lies the home of a lonely old, broken farmer, tending to his crops and waiting for the fall.
It is the second stop the player reaches in our gameplay demo. We tried to create a solitary and melancholic atmosphere here, do you think we managed? What detail do you like, what gives you the feels?
Or wheather effects are coming along nicely. Rubikon now has dynamic wind that affects trees, grasses as well as clouds and rain. We are pretty happy with it, what do you think? Have a look for yourself!
Main ingredients
We took the northern route to Brightfort and marched at night. There are rumors about some ghosts and sometimes people went missing. But our company had to stay off the road. And still a rider passed through and brought the information to the city.
We should’ve turned around but orders are orders. So our march continued.
As it turned out, the rider was spying on us already since days. The reinforcement surrounded us at dawn and started to shower us with arrows. There was no escape and everyone panicked. But a few soldiers and me managed to break through their line, grabbed as much equipment as we could and flew west into the forest where we killed our pursuer.
Time was running now. Low on men, low on equipment and in enemy territory…
Our programmer and technical artist Tony summoned some mystic shader magic and now we have softly swaying grass, trees that move in the wind and little butterflies roaming around. We are really happy with how it turned out and think, it really helps make the world feel more alive. What do you think?
Today we have a little in-game camera pan over our camp with dynamic weather and day / night cycle.
Next scene will be revealed on next #ScreenshotSaturday, so stay tuned!
Music by Hinterheim