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@dreamloopgames-blog
[Commander Marshall]: Security cameras in the abandoned Sector 19 research facility picked up an anomaly around 1800 hours. Shortly after, imaging systems in the area suffered a catastrophic failure. A team was scrambled to investigate, but comms went dead shortly after they arrived in the area. (at Dreamloop Games)
A forgotten terminal in a remote wing of Stardust Headquarters has come online! The display is largely illegible. If only we could read what it says... (at Dreamloop Games)
Meet Blue Falcon... The most accurate sniping mech on this side of the Galaxy! One of the playable characters in @SGWGame, a fast-paced shooter now on Steam!
Say hello to Silver Wolf - The fastest mech in the universe! If you like blasting bad guys and giant mechs, check out Stardust Galaxy Warriors, now on Steam!
Here is the near-complete Zurahi 3D model. This will be a useable warrior in Challengers of Khalea!
One of our favorite pieces of Challengers of Khalea concept art. Who wants to see how it turned out?
Ever wonder how badass games are made? Find out on the 1st episode of In The Loop! On YouTube 04/05 #gamedev #indiedev
And don't you forget it...! (at Dreamloop Games)
Looks like @ThatDarnSteve has his work cut out for him regarding piracy...! #IndieDev #GameDev
Here is a little dialogue prototype for Challengers of Khalea! Notice the #JRPG influence... ;)
Just make your game. #dreamloopgames #GameDev #Indiedev
Though the Vathosi are small, they are fearsome warriors! These swift and cunning folk flit about like water sprites as they attack their opponents! #blender #madewithunity #unity #rpg #fantasy #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamer #animation #attack #anime (at Dreamloop Games)
The Makapoa, are armed for battle! One of the many tribes that fight for glory in Challengers of Khalea... these hulking brutes are small, but beware! They pack a savage punch. #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #animation #anime #attack #attackanimation #3d #blender #3dsmax (at Dreamloop Games)
How Gaming Helped Me Challenge Depression
In March of this year, I was feeling unfulfilled. Hell, I was probably downright depressed (I have a history of feeling this way that started during my time in the Navy, and I've always had severe anxiety in my general disposition).
I had decided to spend a semester in Ireland, and it was a particularly dreary spring in that otherwise lovely country. The clouds hung low and oppressive, and the rain (and even snow at times) felt endless. I had left my position at Fragment Production, and was attempting to use my creative energy for anything I could get my hands on to take my mind off the miserable conditions I had found myself in (imagine an airy, freezing cold, student flat with bad insulation, worse appliances, walls covered in mold and rotting plaster, an eternal damp in the air, and about 5 minutes worth of hot water in a country where you know only one person...)
I was jobless. I was lonely, thousands of miles from home and years removed from having lived where I saw family regularly. I needed something more to make me feel... Happy. No... Whole. While in this slump, I happened upon some screenshots posted by my buddy Joni, who I had worked with at Fragment.
We had been good friends, and I had seen him as a bright spot. Not just sharp, but straight-laced. Fun-loving. Things I admired. But when he had left, our paths simply hadn't crossed much, and life had put a little distance where it didn't belong. And then one day I saw his name on my Facebook timeline again.
Either he had posted some screenshots, or the Dreamloop Games Facebook had. Either way, they looked good. I mean... Really good. I remembered the project from an unsuccessful pitch that had been done a while back at a brainstorming session where I pitched my first game concept (which also wasn't accepted). I had liked it then, and supported it, and now that it was more tangible, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. So I sent Joni a message. It said something like "This looks good! Gimmie!" but not in so few words (I find it difficult sometimes to shut my mouth or stop my fingers from typing.) And he sent me a playable.
I immediately enjoyed it. It was like a game of Wizard's Chess, in a way. You moved your warriors to where you could gain an advantage and used a combination of ranged, spear, and sword attacks to vanquish the enemy. Hell yes. It was primitive, but it showed promise. I asked questions, and Joni answered. Our friendship meant he wasn't scared to give me details most developers wouldn't have shared. It sparked a fire.
I asked him something like "Is there any chance you could use me on a project like this?" He told me he'd love to have me, but he couldn't pay me. What did I care? I needed something to keep me going. Something to work toward. A distraction, maybe, but what's more is I needed a little bit of hope. I grabbed at it like a drowning man grabs at a thrown rope. I was ecstatic. It was all I could think about.
I sat through lectures jotting marketing notes, hardly paying attention to the words thrown about around me. For the first time, I understood how a project with potential could make you consider dropping out, but that's a story for another day...
I sent Joni ideas, and he sent me his back. I joined the team, and found a group assembled that was already entrenched in the struggle to take a musing from imagination to reality. Talented artists, brilliant programmers, and both old friends and new who were excited to come together to make something great, if they could find a way. While they struggled with that, I formulated a plan to try to figure out who this piece of art (a picture, looking for a wall with a spotlight) would be appreciated by. And my mind found a new outlet... And suddenly summer was here, and I was moving on from Ireland and the funk I had settled into. I was grinning, and thinking about the future. I was enveloped in concepts and possibilities and as these things go, I hadn't realized that the cloud around me had turned to a glow (an aura, even) and I was once more moving forward.
We're still in the early stages, and we're still working out the usual kinks. But months later, here I am. I still feel excitement, and still feel a sense of purpose. I feel a sense of enjoyment when I connect with my co-workers, and when I hear their ideas. I feel gratitude and excitement when they listen to mine. Whatever happens, I'm happy to be where I am, and to be quite honest, I think that I was able to throw off my funk, and refocus myself... In the pursuit of Challengers of Khalea.
Steve Stewart Chief Marketing Officer Dreamloop Games
Feature Focus #3: Sharpen The Mind, And Harden The Body
"Use your unique team of support staff (Trainer, Coach, Medic, Masseur, and Quartermaster) to bring the best out of every warrior on your 10 person team! The better your staff, the greater potential they will bring forth from your warriors. Train your warriors to their maximum potential and level up their skills to make them more formidable in combat!"
Another factor we wanted to bring to Challengers of Khalea from the world of professional sports is the staff. These men and women with various different support skills are meant to help you to bring out the best potential from your team. A team with great warriors is not competitive without a good coach or excellent maintenance team. In the match a team without a coach is disjointed and lacks on field strategies, and warriors can't grow and become better without a trainer in the team.
Staff members are unique persons just like the warriors and will be contracted much the same way. Unlike warriors, staff member are more blue collar type and this can be seen during their contract negotiation. Firstly the staff member don't take their character traits in consideration when making decision on your team's attractiveness. Secondly the staff member's contract can be extended when it is coming to an end, unlike in the case of the warriors that are always taking a chance at the free market.
All staff members are specialized into three different skills and they can be assigned to positions based on their skills. Just like warriors, the staff member can increase these skills. The difference is that staff member increases their skill by using it. The potential defines the staff member's change to increase their skill level. The positions staff member can be assigned to are:
Coach. As the tactical leader on the arena field, the coach is bringing their strategies to the match that passively affects all your warriors. Every coach has three selected strategies out of hundreds of match strategies, that they call forth based on the match's situation.
Trainer. Was it increase for attributes and skills or changing the match abilities to your warrior, the trainer is the friend you need for it. Better the trainer, better the results.
Masseur. When your warriors compete in matches their condition goes down due to exhaustion. To improve your warriors condition you need to relieve them with a good massage and for that you need a masseur to your team.
Medic. Dropped condition score makes your warrior perform poorly, but there is also always a possibility of an injury. Injuries will make your warrior unable to join matches and will take time to recover. With a capable medic you can have your stars back on the field faster.
Quartermaster. Not only your warriors' condition decrease in battles, but also their weapons take damage. Weapon that goes without maintenance will soon lose its effectiveness. The quartermaster is what you need to keep your equipment in top shape.
Warriors win matches, but they can't perform well without good staff behind them.
Joni Lappalainen Chief Executive Officer Dreamloop Games
Feature Focus #2: Negotiate Contracts for Mighty Legends
"Arena Warriors in The Realm (and the staff that keep them in fighting shape) are living legends. Each warrior and staff member is unique in a pool of thousands, each with their own physical characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, attributes, virtues, and vices. This extends to the complex contract negotiation process where you make offers to individual warriors to join your band of heroes! Each warrior and team member has their own individual desires during the contract negotiation process. Don't forget: your team's success, fame, and reputation play a role in the attractiveness of your offer! Find the warriors, trainers, and staff that fit your team, then make them an offer they can't refuse to secure their services. Lead your team to fame, and your warriors will gain renown, allowing you to contract new warriors more easily, and allowing your team to sell more tickets."
When Challengers of Khalea was in a very early concepting phase, we were throwing around ideas on how to differentiate from others great online games out there. It was then that the idea was born: Living warrior rosters. The idea came to us when we started to think about why people watch sports and what makes the sports teams interesting to a fan. It's the warriors and their careers.
Instead of making a game where we have set warriors with written stories, we wanted Challengers of Khalea to be about you and other players making the stories for the warriors. That's why Challengers of Khalea has a living, real-time-based, constantly changing pool of warriors where you can try to recruit the next superstar for your team. Just remember that other players are hunting for the same warriors as you!
So we took something else from the sports world. We spent weeks figuring out how the contract negotiations in professional sports go and made our own version of that in Challengers of Khalea. Beside the obvious factors of offered contracts' salary and length, we added a factor called team attractiveness. This factor is supposed to visualize your team's attractiveness towards uncontracted warriors and is constructed from your teams
Fame. The warriors are athletes, but they are also icons and superstars. Being part of a famous team with long history and solid fan base is a goal for many warriors.
Infamy. Not all fame is good, and warriors know to avoid teams that seem controversial or are considered as bad guys by the public.
Staff. What kind of a warrior would be interested in fighting for a team that is lacking a coach or a medic? Your staff is the 6th warrior on the arena and the warriors want to have their equipment and bodies kept in good shape.
Statistics. A team that is known to be a place for winners is always more attractive than a team that has had more bitter defeats than victory fanfares.
But wouldn't it be boring having your input and your team's attractiveness be the only factors that determine the contract's value to the warrior? The warriors in Challengers of Khalea are unique human (and stone) beings with their own personalities. That's why we took the warriors themselves into consideration as well. This was achieved by giving the warrior two traits (likes, dislikes) and a motive.
Motive. Every warrior has a reason to compete in arena matches. It might not be a unique reason, but there is always a reason for that unique warrior to raise their weapon high in the arenas of Challengers of Khalea.
Likes and Dislikes. What would be a more personalizing trait for a sophisticated being than having preferences on things? The warriors in Challengers of Khalea can have a bunch of things they appreciate and another list of things they can't stand. These can be about anything you can think of and they will affect the warrior's mindset towards your contract offer.
So with all these factors out there one question remains to be seen: do you feel ready to recruit the best team to support your Captain to victory? If so... sign on the dotted line, soldier.
Joni Lappalainen Chief Executive Officer Dreamloop Games
.@ThatDarnSteve showing us that #gamedev work doesn't sleep in on the weekends. Even on the road.