All Aboard The Grand Dream Express! (Again) (Patreon)

Next up on the revamp train (lol), is the Grand Express!
The last iteration of the train wasn't bad, but it didn't have a consistent design with the city's it's from!

Here are some gifs of it: 

The last Grand Express lacked the feeling of a train. I've learned over the years that an environment is only as alive as you make it. So I decided to add some movement to the windows. The goal was to simulate the train moving through a tunnel. 

The story that plays out on the train is relatively the same, but I've done some work to tie in the whole GDC arc together. Chapter 10 (Stopped in our Tracks) is supposed to be set up for 11 and future chapters... But honestly it always kind of fell really flat in that regard. As a result, Chapter 11 is bloated with new information (and characters). It's a lot for the player to handle.

So, I've decided to take some of Chapter 11's content and splice it into Chapter 10.

Part way through the train segment, Rhodea will actually give you a call and introduce herself and her roommates (on their behalf) Before you even step in the city.

She will answer various questions and give you the run down on what to expect when you reach the city. After which the same events will play out with the train stopping before disaster.

I have certain plot cleanups planned for Darchlight Woods/Caves as well. But I'll go into that in another post :).

That's all I have for this week! Happy New Year! I hope this one is better than the last! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and rest of the week!