We’re happy to announce tangible progress on the dungeons those who have pre-ordered can actually see! In preparation to doing the real gameplay release of the 3D dungeons, which is still a few weeks off, we want to see how the tech performs on your computer. 

We are real close on pulling together all the 3D dungeon tech into a playable build. Before we do the full build release of the dungeons, we are going to do a test build for system performance and see how the dungeons work on your computer. We may need to do some optimizing.

For this last update of 2019 I show you a tiny slice of what Daniel and Michel have been working on. Adventures are always better with friends!

This week I have the privilege of introducing you to another team member on Archmage Rises: Emily! That brings the active team on the game to five!

This week I show off the cool work Emily and Michel have been doing on the dungeon room decorations. To get those rooms you will be exploring and looting feeling good. This video shows some more room types and the 3d debugging tool Michel made.

This week I share some of the team’s great work bringing the dungeons closer to completion. Inspired by Nic’s constant nagging, I fire up a dungeon and start wandering around pointing out gameplay changes. We finish with some examples of “themed rooms” by our newest member and 3d modeller, Emily Adams!

The team grows again! Long time fan and recent Computer Science graduate, this week Michel moved from Michigan to Canada and is now working full time on the game.

It’s Daniel’s last week before heading back to school for a final year. He has finished up implementing AlienFx lighting into the spells and environment systems. Thomas has been busy working on heuristic algorithms to make the dungeons fun. Placement of locked doors, levers, monsters, all in smart interesting places that make sense.

Things are really coming together!

In this special 100th episode I’m joined by Neil of Pixel Light Games. Today I reveal some of the bigger things that have been in the works since April and how the hiring of Daniel fits into a larger plan.

This week’s update is the presentation I gave at CGDC in Portland, OR Jul 18 2019. I dive into the unique design constraints of Archmage Rise’s procedural dungeons, the prototypes and processes attempting to meet those requirements, and how, now, the technology differs from other algorithms of the past.