Game News Alpha gameplay footage from Archaelund, coming to Early Access later this year

[Infinitron]

Tags: 4 Dimension Games; Archaelund

Some of you may recall that Archaelund, the promising Realms of Arkania-like RPG from Codexer DavidBVal, was supposed to have gone into Early Access last year. Obviously, that didn't happen. Judging by a development update from November, it sounds like much of 2022 was spent overhauling the game's core mechanics. The good news is that's been nailed down now and in the latest development update, David announces Archaelund should be ready for Early Access within four to six months. The update comes with a five minute reel of alpha gameplay footage that demonstrates just how far the game has come.

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Looks great. Hopefully things will go faster now that David can focus purely on content creation.

 

[Nikanuur]

Long live DavidBVal!

 

[Bester]

Ah, disjointed squares. Ran into the same problem as soon as I started prototyping my RPG. Never found a good way around it, either. But the least you can do is draw them on top of terrain, even when they go behind the terrain mesh. DavidBVal

 

[agris]

Ah, disjointed squares. Ran into the same problem as soon as I started prototyping my RPG. Never found a good way around it, either. But the least you can do is draw them on top of terrain, even when they go behind the terrain mesh. DavidBVal

For terrain like is shown at the start of the video, that is non-planar with height, I actually like how the squares are drawn over by the z-mesh. It looks more.. grounded?[1]

[1] Not in the "games for 10 year olds" sense.

 

[Tavernking]

But is there romance?

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have hidden switches become highlighted when moused over, but I get why. Overall though, this looks outstanding.

 

[luj1]

But is there romance?

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damn

looks like a 40 year old dike woman

 

[holla_cabezas_de_mierda]

But is there romance?

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I'd hit it

 

[Modron]

I'd hit it

With what?

 

[Tacgnol]

But is there romance?

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Josh looked mostly normal before he got addicted to OnlyFans.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Looks neat!

 

[MF]

Ah, disjointed squares. Ran into the same problem as soon as I started prototyping my RPG. Never found a good way around it, either. But the least you can do is draw them on top of terrain, even when they go behind the terrain mesh. DavidBVal

Just write a shader that uses a stencil buffer to make the part that is occluded semi-transparent.

 

[goregasm]

It does look great! Won't have time to play it, but will give up my shekels for it.