Hey everyone! Here’s an update showing our progress on another area of the game, the “Eel Kingdom.”
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The first 30 seconds of the video showcase an important character you’ll meet just before entering the Eel Kingdom (the player doesn’t know its name yet during this early conversation, hence the “???”).
Here you can see some of our expressive text effects, such as quivering letters, wavy letters, and so on. These help us convey the tone of voice our characters are using. Animations also help us establish tone, but the poses and expressions are still WIP for this character.
The rest of the video shows off the Eel Kingdom environment, along with some of its interactive elements (such as the cute garden eels at 0:42!). The area is still WIP - we plan to have more deco and a handful of side NPCs with a bit of dialog each in the future, but the overall mood is coming along nicely.
At about 1:01, as we get close to the entry point of another area, you’ll hear the music dynamically change to a more rhythmic and exciting version. At 1:19, you can hear it fade back to the calmer one again. We’re using these realtime shifts between songs to match the change in visuals and atmosphere from one place to another, with the goal of making the shift as seamless as possible.
Let us know what you think!