"The Arcaniary. The Blue Mists. The World Apart. And many other names besides. It's the place magic comes from, the place spell-crafters move in and out of. It's always described as blue mist, and impossible rock formations, and blazing-starred skies.
"What greater call to an adventurer? What an adventure it would be to visit such a place! What would I discover there, and see? For almost as long as I've adventured--maybe longer--I've wanted to explore its depths.
"But only spell-weavers can enter it, and to take up magic requires a sacrifice. When one is young, this could be one's memories, or ties to family, even physical life, or something else besides. But once one has found a path in life, only the sacrifice of that path will do. To go back on the sacrifice would bring death.
My path is adventuring. It always has been; it burned in my blood the day I was born. To learn magic, I would have to give up adventuring, my life--the very reason that I want to enter the other world.
"But in a tavern recently I heard a story, of a lost city and a door that led directly into the Mists. No magic training. No sacrifice. It could be just a story, or its meaning lost over the centuries. Even if it is, chasing it sounds like an adventure in itself.
"And if it's true. If there really is a door..."
A Door to the Mists is a first-person video game in a fantasy setting, featuring exploration, traversal, puzzle-solving, and sparse combat.
Features:
- Ledge-climbing
- In short, if it's solid, within reach, sufficiently flat, and has sufficient space, you should be able to climb onto it.
- Combat
- One-on-one melee; inspired by the Quest for Glory series
- Exploration
- Traversal challenges
- Puzzle-solving
Articles
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows an old view, re-captured under the new shaders:
The week just past was a bit of a short one as regarded my work on A Door to the Mists: on Friday I embarked on a weekend game-jam, part of a charity drive by gamedev.world in aid of devs left stranded by the Covid-19 measures. A little more on that at the end of the post, but first, the work done on A Door to the Mists:
Once again, the main of the work done in the week just past was aesthetic in nature.
For one thing, I dimmed the leaf-litter in the barrow-level: I felt that it was a bit too bright as I had it before.
For another, I transferred the main player-light shader's aesthetic changes into the more-specific player-light shaders: now murals, animal-signs, curtains, and so on should all shade similarly.
I also did some reworking of the manner in which my player-light shaders handle "blob-lights": I had discovered that, as I had them, they produced inconsistent light-thresholding--in particular, hard-edged thresholding where it was otherwise rather softer. This should be rectified now!
And along the way I made a few other changes that don't seem worth detailing!
I mentioned at the start of this post that over the weekend I took part in a game-jam. That jam was the "GDC Relief Jam" (https://itch.io/jam/14068/), hosted by gamedev.world.
For my entry I built a small exploration game: the player takes the form of a fire(-ish)-bird and collects rainbow-lights, each representing a type of human "connection", all scattered around a little low-poly scene.
And as a bonus, I got to implement a mechanic that for some time now I've somewhat wanted to make use of: A simple 3D flight model, inspired by the dragon-flight in Drakan: Order of the Flame, complete with gliding! ^_^
The jam has left me rather tired--and so, this post aside, I intend to take today off!
That then is all for this week--stay well, and thank you for reading! ^_^
Colour and Lighting and Blood
NewsIn which aesthetic changes continue, in a variety of elements; the barrow-level's surrounding forest is improved (I feel); grass is brightened and greened...
Shiny Things and Distant Trees
NewsIn which the sunlight shader sees further work; parts of the prologue's perimeter are updated in response to the shader-work; the barrow's surrounding...
Aesthetics under Lantern and Sun
NewsIn which further changes are made to the aesthetics of the player-light shaders; work is begun on changing the aesthetics of the sunlight shaders; some...
Culling the To-Do List
NewsIn which aesthetic work continues; the game's to-do list is attended to; some tutorialisation is addressed; the jigsaw minigame gets an internal reworking...
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REDUX Demo, Update v0.8.5 (Windows 64-bit build)
DemoAn updated version of the Redux Demo, incorporating several significant changes (and lots of minor ones)! The Redux Demo is a significantly reworked and...
REDUX Demo, Update v0.8.5 (Linux 64-bit build)
DemoAn updated version of the Redux Demo, incorporating several significant changes (and lots of minor ones)! The Redux Demo is a significantly reworked and...
REDUX Demo (Linux 64-bit build)
DemoA significantly reworked and revised version of the demo, incorporating feedback on the old demo. This is the Linux 64-bit version. Ver. 0.8.1
REDUX Demo (Windows 64-bit build)
DemoA significantly reworked and revised version of the demo, incorporating feedback on the old demo. This is the Windows 64-bit version. Ver. 0.8.1
Revised Combat Prototype, Linux 64-bit
DemoA simple prototype of the revised combat mechanic for A Door to the Mists. This is the Linux 64-bit Build. Note that the assets used here are almost all...
Revised Combat Prototype, Windows 64-bit
DemoA simple prototype of the revised combat mechanic for A Door to the Mists. This is the Windows 64-bit Build. Note that the assets used here are almost...
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wow very awesome when will full game be out?