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Arenus - State of the Game
🕑 Added 2017-10-21 21:56:27 +0000 UTC Hey Folks!Today we're going to show you how far we've come with Arenus! This post will be focused on revealing a lot of behind the scenes information about the production of our next game.
Of course its important for us to say that without your support, none of the stuff detailed in this post would be possible. We hope you enjoy taking a look at how far we’ve come on our next big title.
We started the pre-production on Arenus in September 2016. As with many projects this size we’ve had some rough times and good times but in the end we've now got a team that will make sure that Arenus will have the release it deserves.
Art Direction
One of the biggest changes that happened to Arenus was a change of the Lead Artist. Back in Early 2017 we've had to find a new lead artist because of time problems with the current one back then.
When we looked at what we wanted to accomplish with Arenus we knew that if posisble, we wanted to have a uniform artstyle for our game. This was definitely a challenge but in the end we’re very happy with the person who decided to take up this challenge.
Before Arenus, Menoziriath was working on art for Roundscape. After working with them for a bit and liking their artistic skill and work ethic, we decided to ask them to help us bring Arenus to life. They agreed and after many months on Arenus, our picture count, including variations, is over 300 images.
Another change that deserves a mention is that instead of faceart, as in Roundscape, Arenus will include detailed body art during dialogue. Being able to see the Face of the NPC you talk to is a nice thing, it gives you a small direction how the character may look like. But in Arenus you'll be able to see the whole character as you interact with them.
Everything you’ve seen and will see in Arenus is completely custom made, no asset packs and no character generators. Creating a game with completely custom assets was a new challenge for us. For the first time we've hired pixel artists to help create unique pixel art for our characters and maps.
Compared to Roundscape where we only needed a few character animations, this has been something much larger to tackle. It has been a challenge, but I think we’ve created a good workflow and having these custom assets is totally worth it.
Managing the design and creation of these assets has required us to step up our game from Roundscape, but we are up to the task and believe our fans will enjoy the new improvement we’ve worked so hard on.
The last point I’d like to talk about is maps. As pure assets they look great but ingame something was missing. Animation. Designing a believeable city for a sci-fi world means things should look alive, colorful and busy.
Flashing lights, shuttles in the background, amd smoke are just a few of the must haves to make our maps stand out. To make this happen, we've taken extra effort to customize the engine and make this possible without any FPS drops.
Perfomance is very important for us this time, we know that Roundscape can easily run up to one Gigabyte RAM usage. Arenus runs in Full HD but at the moment it never goes higher than 600 MB which we're really proud of. To make this possible we're working with a pre-loader, a custom cache and many visual tricks that should keep things running smooth.
UI Mechanics
Our characters and maps aren’t the only things that are unique. Once we started working on the mechanics of the game we decided to build a custom User Interface for Arenus. It's very important for us to create an immersive experience with the game.
For the User Interface we've got the idea that it should feel as if you're using a sci-fi terminal. It took several attempts and the first ones were pretty bad. Fortunately we've found a style that fits the game. Not only does it look good, its still fast and easy to use just like a solid UI should be.
That's it for now folks. We've hope you found this post interesting and I want to take this moment to mention that everything you just read and saw is possible because of your support.
Everyday you make it possible for us to create this game and to do it indepdently. For that we want to thank you!
Follow Arenus on Steam for the newest information regarding its release.
See you folks later this month with a new RS patch.
- The Arvus Games Team
Comments
Wildquill
Sorry for the long delay Venom. Yes Arenus will be available on Steam once it is complete.
Venom Demme
Will I be able to get this off steam?
SCPilot
So it'll be optional to have our gladiators have sex with defeated opponents as well as have sex if they (the gladiators) are defeated? (Crosses fingers and toes and hopes they say yes!)
Kaliyo
It's an optional thing. :)
Alex Espresso
Please let that be an optional thing as i do not want my gladiator fucked by some rando
Silly but very important question, who's got officially the biggest breasts in game? :D Personally, I think that would be Elona, but Geyna's tits seem huge aswell.
SCPilot
Just curious here but will our gladiators be able to have sex with defeated opponents or will it just be if enemy fighters defeat our gladiators? I'm hoping it's both as I feel that just having one or the other will be a letdown for those who want both (like me!).
Wildquill
Thanks very much TayorNeller Prod.
You make really good job!)))
Wildquill
Hello TVG Gamez. Please email me at gladiuswriting@gmail.com when you have a chance.
TurkVanGogh Gamez
Hey buddy do you have any free demos of ur game? i would love to try it on my channel! <a href="https://youtube.com/turkvangogh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/turkvangogh</a>
Lust and Kinky Games
Wow so cool!
Wildquill
I hope we can continue delivering great content for you and everyone else Mattrimion.
Kaliyo
Thank you! And no worries in regards to the steam version ... Life ... uh ... finds a way. :)
Mattrimion
I've been supporting you guys since around middle of RoundScape and while I was never really excited for Uprising, I am for Arenus. My only question is if Arenus will only be through Steam or if you can download it like RoundScape. My worry is that I've yet to come across a game like this on Steam that isn't censored. Regardless i can't wait to play. Keep up the good work.
Dj3rf
I'm so pumped for this game! It looks amazing from these pictures!
Yaaas
Menero
i hope so
Flynn
I am assuming the builds will be different right. The one we get here totally uncensored vs the steam one just tits unless steam changed their rules.
Barracuda67
OK :) Good news indeed. I can't wait !
Kaliyo
Right now we're aiming for a release in Q1 2018. We don't want to rush Arenus, a rushed game is forever bad. Unlike Roundscape or Uprising the game will be "finished" at release. Patches after release will only add additional content but of course that requires that the game is well recieved and you folks want updates and more content.
Kaliyo
You can follow us on steam for updates about the release date etc. We won't do a pre-order phase as the risk linked to refunds is just too high. Especially if we keep in mind that this is our first product on steam.
Krystallize
Where can I preoder ? =D
Barracuda67
I just wanted to say that I'm really looking forward to playing Arenus. :) Can You please remind us on Arenus roadmap ? Is it planned for 2017 or 2018 ? Will it be released by episodes like Roundscape or only when the game is finished ?
TH
difference is you want to make this game. Martin has given up on finishing his story.
Kaliyo
When Arenus will happen before Cleganebowl. :(
Dyamonde
looks very promising
TH
GET HYPE
TheRevanchist
Thanks for the update, sadly I find the breasts far too large in the new art style, but it is hardly a deal breaker. Can't wait to try it.
Leveler All
This is gona get super fun.
TwiDashFan
I am very excited for this game and can't wait to play it!
Wanaziba
Awesome! This game just keeps sounding better and better! Keep up the great work!
CAsh
Lewd hype!
Kaliyo
The next Big Arenus focused point will focus on gameplay mechanics. What is your role in the game? Why do you have to chose a gladiator? How do you train them? Hope you folks are as excited for the game as we are. <3
