The Elementals Have Arrived
The Elementals are officially here. These creatures will bring a new aspect to game play, being the first non-dragon playable and filling the role of an enemy to all dragonkind. Made for combat, Elementals have multiple powerful attacks including stomping, swiping, throwing, pounding, stabbing, and their deadly bile attack.
[i]The Bile Attack of the Elemental[/i]
Elementals are alien to the world of Jrakhon and are unlike any of the other creatures found in the world. Unlike the playable dragon species, Elementals will not have a "hatchling" or "juvenile" stage and will instead spawn as their adult size. This also means that Elementals will not hatch out of eggs either. Instead, Elementals will spawn in from dormant rock shards buried in the world's crust.
[i]Test of Magma Elemental Spawning[/i]
They will also not leave a body for their enemies to feast on as they are not made from flesh and bone like other creatures. Upon death, the Elementals will break into large rock fragments that crumble away. While they don't leave a meal, they will leave something else that dragons will find very valuable.
[i]Test of Magma Elemental Despawning[/i]
Development wise, we are nearly finished with the Magma Elemental's addition to the game. We still have some aspects of its gameplay to add and some others to polish before it will be completed. If you would like to see a more in depth view of the Magma Elemental, make sure to check out our latest [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtxboVCz25Y]Development Livestream[/url] in which we featured this monster.
Getting Ready For After 1.0...
[i]Singe Crest Updated Model[/i]
While most of our team is working on the 1.0 update, some of our developers are further along than others. Our modeling team is usually several steps ahead of the animation and coding departments, meaning they work on content for future updates.
Our modeler finished preparing the next dragon models. In the 1.1 update, we will be bringing the Singe Crest and Brood Watcher (aka the Nurse Dragon) to the game. These two dragons were Kickstarter Stretch Goals and will be auto-unlocked for all Kickstarters. Non-kickstarter Players will be able to permanently unlock these species per server through gameplay.
[i]Brood Watcher Updated Model[/i]
Like with all of our wyverns, we have gone back and done some tweaks to the Singe Crest. We have increased his leg and neck length and he will be our first bipedal dragon. We also made some tweaks to the baby morph's legs and neck.
[i]Hatchling Singe Crest Model[/i]
Our animation team has already begun working on these two new dragons, with the Brood Watcher already having some of her animations finished.
[i]Brood Watcher Walk Animation[/i]
[i]Brood Watcher Flap Animation[/i]
In addition to the dragons, our modeling team is also working on biome-variants of some of the AI creatures. Our first variant will be a new species of Snapper AI. This species, known as the Sand Snapper, will be found in the dangerous dunes and will hide under the sand like other predatory species in the area. We plan to create more AI biome-variants in order to make the world feel full and alive.
As an extra bonus to this blog, here is a look at the Biolumin Dragon's fierce new physical attack, the angry bio boop. Since this is a cosmetic dragon, the attack will of course do no damage, but that doesn't stop the bio from trying.
[i]Angry Adult Bio Boop[/i]
[i]Angry Baby Bio Boop[/i]
Thanks for reading and following along with our development!
Dev Q&A Livestream
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From the Community
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Some of our favorite recent screenshots...
[i]by アゼリア.#9369[/i]
[i]by Whisphim#4467[/i]
[i]by Ayanami Rei#4339[/i]
Some of our favorite artwork from the community...
[i]by Kaliber#4188[/i]
[i]by Tale#8661[/i]
[i]by . , Jaeger , .#4612[/i]
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