I know it's been a while since I posted an update here but I have still been super busy continuing to mold The Elementalist into the game I want it to be. Most of my time has been spent with fleshing out the world and filling it in with things to do, people to meet, and enemies to fight. Creating the game content is definitely the largest chunk of the work but I made it part of my process from early on so it has not seemed too daunting a task.
The core content is essentially complete and I am taking the time now to polish things up. I am currently working on adding more NPCs and more dialog to those that are already present as well as making more secrets to discover and embellishments to the world. I am also playing around with balancing enemies and powers and items to hopefully make it fun however you like to play.
So how much content is there currently?
- An over-world map consisting of 420 rooms.
- 174 homes, caves, ruins, and other hidden locations.
- 8 dungeons with a total of 300+ rooms.
- 16 spells (including 4 elemental forms).
- 18 usable items.
- 56 unique enemies.
- 36 interact-able props.
- 36 pieces of gear to find and equip.
- And other numbers of things I didn't count!
But I'm not quite done. I figure there are still a few more enemies and props to be added as well as some more rooms and maybe even a couple more items. So this isn't the "I'm done" post, but it is the "I'm getting there" one.
My plan right now is to release at least an early access version that includes darn near everything I want to see in the game by the start of September. So I'm going to keep plugging away and looking forward to showing you the "fruits" of this labor in a couple of months.
Cheers,
Zack
