Environment polish (Patreon)
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Mostly just working on these environment scenes this week. It's mostly lighting and material tweaks. There's still a ton of props to model and texture before the scenes are done.
The cave scene is the new tutorial level I'm putting together. I'm going to try and add a bit of lore to the tutorial and give players a bit of context for their actions starting out in the world. Plus a couple NPC encounters before they are let free into the world. The idea is to keep it relatively short while still showcasing the games' features. I haven't entirely settled on the initial story hook for the player. There might be partial amnesia and most likely there will be escape from captivity? I know both of those starts have been done over and over but they also give the player a really good reason to have a blank slate starting out in the world. Nothing is set in stone and I'm hoping that I can add enough of a twist that it will feel sort of fresh. But let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas or just really hate the escaping prisoner start to games.