News at IX🕘
Here we'll post any major updates and news for our game- kinda regularly.
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BETA RELEASE WEEK
24.04.2023
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As we near the end of our final year at university, we've started preparing for IX's Beta release- including wrapping up our Statues boss fight and rounding off the look of our arena.
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IX's Beta is set to release on the 28th, after which we will continue to add more content and finalise the experience. Currently, we project the completed IX to cost around £4, athough this price is subject to change- we'll keep you updated.
STATUES... AND MORE STATUES!
01.03.2023
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A new boss battle has been implemented- statues! Similar in strength and stature to the player, yet with a stone-cold (literally) appearance, we tested these new guys out during our external testing session. Let's just say playtesters were intriguied and slightly horrified at facing around 30 marble gladiators.
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Since gathering feedback, we've made some tweaks and changes. Now- with not one, not two, but THREE new variations of these animated sculptures to wage war against in the arena, the team's pretty excited to share this fight in the Beta.
TUTORIAL TIME
01.02.2023
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As one of the starting aims for this semester, we decided to work on our IX tutorial. Situated in our new prison area, our tutorial showcases all the moves and grooves the player can use in the arena.
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Updated character and enemy models have been implemented, and we've also included a scoreboard room that will log boss-battle completion times. This content will be refined over the coming weeks.
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DANCE MOVES IN MOCAP
01.12.2022
We had the exciting opportinity to record some mocap animations for IX last month, specifically a moveset for Furens and some player anims. We're hoping to implement these over the coming months, along with new rooms and NPCs to expand the world of IX.
There's still a way to go before we'll be ready for release, but after generous feedback from testing sessions we're on track for a Beta build some time in April. Stay tuned!
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