Patreon Development Update 23.09.2022 (Patreon)
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Hey everyone,
We have new development updates and some info about our move to UE5 that we wanted to share with you today.
First things first.
UE5 Update: Immediately after the October release we will begin the upgrade to UE5. We estimate the process to take up significant time between October and December for all departments so there may not be as much new content as usual in the December version. Additionally we will be performing a project-wide cleanup pass for all assets (models, material, textures, etc). This could mean that older levels will no longer exist in the new version but we will share additional details about this next week when we had a chance to discuss options with the team.
Level: After finishing the pillar region cliffs we are now focusing on desert rocks shape design and modularity principles. We also made a rough blockout design for the Warrior Village houses and are making some design concepts for the Alpha Camp architecture.
Code: We optimized internal development tools for quest and dialogue design and started to work on the quest log journal for the story mode.
Character: The raptor model is finished and we already started animation. Next monster creature has already been started too - the Gobbler, more on him next week. A new human female character is also in the works: Dr. Grace Williams, chief physician of the Galactic Ranger expedition. You will most likely meet her in the Alpha Camp.
Animations: Continuing our work on the Maya x Minotaur and nearing completion on the Maya x Zuri minigame. Raptor animations are making good progress too.
SFW preview of one of the scenes in the Maya x Mino minigame:
Story: In continuation of last week’s theory course on quest design philosophy, this week we had an actual in-editor session learning the actual tools for quest and dialogue implementation. Our designers are also already very busy implementing the first set of quests and testing the system thoroughly.
That's it for now, thanks for all your awesome support,
-Wild Life Team