June 16, 2024 Desert of Pain, Teaser, Monster
I want to show you some monsters for the upcoming world level: Desert of Pain. There are four zones: Earth, Thunder, Desert, and Fire. Each of these zones has its elementals. This week I could finish three zones. You will find Cassey at the mountaintop. # But she will only spawn if you solve her puzzle ;) Ember roams in the lava cave. # You will find another puzzle to solve there. ...
June 9, 2024 Desert of Pain, Teaser
Desert of Pain is a new World level. # The idea, game design, monsters, and most models originate from Madraox. The level is divided into four zones. The earth zone contains rocks and a plateau. # The fire zone is filled with volcanic activity. # The dune-themed zone with some oasis in between. # The thunder zone is dominated by the Telsa trees. # I got inspired by the Hyperion series from Dan Simmons. ...
May 26, 2024 Run of Elements, Teaser
I want to show you the first pictures of the new raid Run of Elements. It contains 2 already existing levels: Pit of Elements and Firebound Forge. I reworked both of them and added a third stage in between. Pit of Elements is the first level in Run of Elements. # I made it bigger and added more details. The pit itself got some visual upgrades. The second level is called Buried Entrance. ...
May 12, 2024 Firebound Forger, Teaser
Firebound Forge gets a new look. # I wanted to emphasize the lava cave look. Zorn and Iphrit already made themselves comfortable. The raid elemental run will contain three stages. # Firebound Forge is the final encounter of this raid. You start with the fight in the Pit of Elements. This level is lined up for rework too. I will create a new level in between. I am thinking of a zerging encounter. ...
March 17, 2024 Crafting, Equipment, Teaser, Concept, Talents
I can finally show you more progress for Raiding.Zone. I need to rework all talents for all weapons, armors, trinkets, and boots. Weapons and boots are more or less done. I think I can finish the armors and trinkets next week. The new talent trees are circular # Each weapon has 16 unique talents. You start to skill them from the center. The red circles are ultimate talents that grant you additional spells or auras. ...
February 25, 2024 Crafting, Equipment, Teaser, Concept
I planned to release something to the beta servers this week. However, I underestimated the effort needed to implement the new equipment system. Nevertheless, I can show you the avatar compilation interface. You select your equipment blueprints on the Loadout screen. # All items have a material cost associated. You can see the material cost at the bottom. You can also see all currently available spells there. The name for the new avatar gets prefilled through a name generator. ...
February 18, 2024 Crafting, Equipment, Teaser, Concept
I want to introduce you to a new crafting and equipment system. There are multiple reasons to overhaul the current one. The current equipment system is functional and customizable. It has some serious downsides. Passive effects are present in talents and essence combinations, which makes it hard to keep track of them. You cannot use different talents and essences on the same weapon. Essences allow you to easily overpower your character through stat-stacking. ...
December 3, 2023 Adamant, Teaser, Visuals, Shadergraph
First, I want to apologize for missing the Twitch stream this Sunday. I was sick and couldn’t find the energy to stream. New Difficulty Adamant # I want to introduce you to a new difficulty level. It is called Adamant and has more boss mechanics, than the Challenging difficulty. I spent the whole week finding a concept how to implement it. I had some ideas for boss mechanics but nothing for loot and rewards. ...
October 7, 2023 Teaser, PitOfElements, Weapons, SiphonAndCarnage, WaterStream
I want to introduce you to the new level Pit of Elements. You will fight against the elementalist Khorin. He controls rocks, thunder, fire, and the tides. There are also new weapons as a reward for the boss fight. Thanks to Madraox for providing the tree model on top of the valley! Water Stream # Water Stream is a healing weapon. It has its inspiration from the healing shaman in WoW. ...
April 8, 2023 Patchnotes, Earlyaccess, 3d, Teaser, FireboundForge
The last 3D level is completed. All five levels are now playable. The Firebound Forge is quite tricky. It is a level with two bosses Iphrit and Zorn. Iphrit is a elemental smith, and Zorn a furious dragon. If they stand together they will buff each other. If Zorn’s fire breath hits Iphrit he will enrage. You have to dodge meteors and cool yourself if you get too blazed. ...
