Chronicles of Vaeltaja: In Search of the Great Wanderer - colorful open world grid-based blobber - now on Early Access

[JarlFrank]

This looks cool, release when?

 

[Vaeltaja]

This looks cool, release when?

Thanks! Early Access starts October 10th and here's some details about it:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2421440/announcements/detail/3667674106369914541

 

[Vaeltaja]

Two new videos, this time much, much shorter.

First one showcases Vaeltaja's theme song by talented Eric Matyas (https://soundimage.org/).



Second one is 4 minutes of gameplay showcasing new battle backgrounds which change depending on the time of day and area that the party is exploring, so there will be lots of them in the release version. The video ends with animated camping screen. Twin Falls also has new background music.

 

[Vaeltaja]

It's been a bit quiet on this front, but that's just because I've been so busy with the release build.
But here's little something to look forward to:

Pramea's facelift

 

[Vaeltaja]

There's a giveaway going on with a chance to win a Steam Key for Chronicles of Vaeltaja:

https://twitter.com/WitchgroveGames/status/1709621579435434449

 

[Infinitron]

Looks like this is out on Early Access:

Why Early Access?​

“Because the scope of the game has grown bigger than I thought it would be and because of certain things that has happened in my personal life (such as my mother's death) during this year has slowed the development more than I expected. I'm also running out of budget because of these delays.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?​

“One year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?​

“I'm planning to add more overworld areas, dungeons, rest of the story content, side-quests and secrets.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?​

“Early Access version contains story related quests, multiple overworld areas, three main dungeons and couple of optional dungeons, seven character classes, lots of equipment to improve characters and other items to help on your journey, lots of secrets to find and NPCs to interact with.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?​

“Yes, price will be gradually raised when new content and features are shipped.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?​

“I will communicate directly with the Community through the forum, read through all the feedback and respond to it, give news about updates and answer questions about the game.”

 

[Vaeltaja]

Looks like this is out on Early Access:

Why Early Access?​

“Because the scope of the game has grown bigger than I thought it would be and because of certain things that has happened in my personal life (such as my mother's death) during this year has slowed the development more than I expected. I'm also running out of budget because of these delays.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?​

“One year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?​

“I'm planning to add more overworld areas, dungeons, rest of the story content, side-quests and secrets.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?​

“Early Access version contains story related quests, multiple overworld areas, three main dungeons and couple of optional dungeons, seven character classes, lots of equipment to improve characters and other items to help on your journey, lots of secrets to find and NPCs to interact with.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?​

“Yes, price will be gradually raised when new content and features are shipped.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?​

“I will communicate directly with the Community through the forum, read through all the feedback and respond to it, give news about updates and answer questions about the game.”

Thanks Infinitron, you were faster than me!

 

[Infinitron]

Vaeltaja BTW the game's description has a typo (capital I in Wizardry).

 

[Vaeltaja]

Vaeltaja BTW the game's description has a typo (capital I in Wizardry).

Thanks for pointing that out, I have to fix it today. :D

 

[Vaeltaja]

Finally got to update the Steam page with pictures that are actually from the release version, so people don't need to spit poison on pictures that were from a version that wasn't even released. At least I'm trying to do something instead of vomiting hatred around the internet.
And apparently there are people who cannot distinct night from day, but I guess that's not my problem.
Always nice to get support from the community. Cheers!

 

[Vaeltaja]

Hmm, maybe I should have added couple of smilies to show that I have a sense of humour..? You know, just in case..?

 

[Tweed]

Nah, you already sound insecure enough as is.

 

[Vaeltaja]

Nah, you already sound insecure enough as is.

That's just because you forgot to clean your ears while taking that bath month ago, even though your mom asked you to.

 

[Vaeltaja]

As there's been some talk about the portraits, here's an example of portraits I used to have in the game, but I changed them so they would be in-line with the rest of the characters and graphics.

 

[0sacred]

shame about the portraits IMO

since your characters are supposed to stand out in the world, I see no reason for them not to look different from NPC's

 

[Vaeltaja]

shame about the portraits IMO

since your characters are supposed to stand out in the world, I see no reason for them not to look different from NPC's

Well, it's still in Early Access, so that might still change.

 

[mondblut]

Dungeons look ok, but outdoors feel like you're trapped inside a minecraft character. And what's with the loading times?! Games like that should fit into fucking L2 cache.

 

[Vaeltaja]

Dungeons look ok, but outdoors feel like you're trapped inside a minecraft character. And what's with the loading times?! Games like that should fit into fucking L2 cache.

Loading times are restrictions set by the game engine as this actually is made with RPG Maker.

 

[mondblut]

Dungeons look ok, but outdoors feel like you're trapped inside a minecraft character. And what's with the loading times?! Games like that should fit into fucking L2 cache.

Loading times are restrictions set by the game engine as this actually is made with RPG Maker.

That's... not very encouraging

 

[Vaeltaja]

Dungeons look ok, but outdoors feel like you're trapped inside a minecraft character. And what's with the loading times?! Games like that should fit into fucking L2 cache.

Loading times are restrictions set by the game engine as this actually is made with RPG Maker.

That's... not very encouraging

They are better than in that video as there were some adjustment I was able to do. Of course I could always split those levels into smaller areas, but I think it's better to have a little bit longer loading times every now and then than shorter loading times every other minute. But of course it's always a personal matter can they be tolerated or not.

 

[mondblut]

They are better than in that video as there were some adjustment I was able to do. Of course I could always split those levels into smaller areas, but I think it's better to have a little bit longer loading times every now and then than shorter loading times every other minute. But of course it's always a personal matter can they be tolerated or not.

I just fail to understand what in this game can possibly make a CPU that is roughly a 1000 times more powerful than CPUs that used to run World of Xeen and Wizardry 7 flawlessly load a level for 5 seconds. It doesn't have a hundred 4096x4096 textures, complex lighting shaders or anything. For all practical purposes it cannot be more than 1 megabyte large, layout, graphics and all. Why, good lord, WHY?

 

[Vaeltaja]

They are better than in that video as there were some adjustment I was able to do. Of course I could always split those levels into smaller areas, but I think it's better to have a little bit longer loading times every now and then than shorter loading times every other minute. But of course it's always a personal matter can they be tolerated or not.

I just fail to understand what in this game can possibly make a CPU that is roughly a 1000 times more powerful than CPUs that used to run World of Xeen and Wizardry 7 flawlessly load a level for 5 seconds. It doesn't have a hundred 4096x4096 textures, complex lighting shaders or anything. For all practical purposes it cannot be more than 1 megabyte large, layout, graphics and all. Why, good lord, WHY?

Because the engine itself and the MZ3D plugin that makes it possible for making 3d-games hasn't been made to handle multi threading. The person responsible for the plugin is actually rewriting it to support multi threading, but I don't know when it's going to be finished and will it work with this project. World of Xeen and Wizardry 7 are actually 2d games and this in 3d, even supporting Nvidia 3d Vision, so there are differences.

 

[Vaeltaja]

And one thing I forgot to mention is that RPG Maker doesn't use GPUs that effectively, though MZ uses them better than MV what I used in the beginning.

 

[Vaeltaja]

The first content update for Chronicles of Vaeltaja has been released today, also the game is now available at Itch.io

The update is bigger than I originally planned and patch notes can be found at Steam

 

[vitellus]

the only review on steam mentions:

that means this is lame and gay homosexual. very much for catamites.