Exiles of Embermark - a PVP RPG tailored for one-handed play (by Gunslinger Studios)

The Mark

Here's the first design for a "Mark" in the game. We'll be developing this out as a system and revealing what they do and how they work very soon.

 

Latest game dev update just went up, with details (and some visuals) on

Loot System
Abilities
Houses

and some early info on how we'll be letting players get involved prior to the Beta.

EoE Game Dev Update | 3.11.16

 

Video Demo of Exiles

Met up with the TA guys yesterday to demo Exiles. Here's a first look with video from that conversation with Jared in case you missed it:

http://toucharcade.com/2016/03/16/gdc-2016-exiles-of-embermark/

 

thanks nezuja-- there will be much more shared as we bring more of the systems online and get the Mage and Rogue up and running...

 

The Slime

We're diving into a ton of NPCs and working on the storylines and Quest chains this week. Here's a taunting Slime we're fooling around with, complete with protruding sticks and a sword stuck in its backside (notice the player avatar getting a black eye too):

 

Here's another GIF made as we work on fighting the NPC Slime. We're experimenting with how NPCs look in the game and how we can replicate certain animations to create tons of baddies that fight players throughout the game world.



More on this system in the next full game dev update, which I'll post here when I've got it up.

 

Design Quest: Create a Zone

We've just kicked off our first Design Quest, where the community contributes design ideas for the game (and end up in it). This first one challenges everyone to create a Zone within the game world and there's already a bunch of great ideas being discussed. Participants get a nice badge (that looks like this) as well as in-game goodies when the game launches.

This is the Zone in the World Map:



And these are the threads so far that players are working on:

1) MAIN DESIGN QUEST - this houses the rules and initial ideas for the Zone
2) ZONE HISTORY - this is where you can literally make history

Two more are coming in the coming days (flora/fauna and civilization threads). At the end, we'll have the basis for a whole set of Quests, fights, NPCs and custom lootz.

 

Quick update on updates:

[] There's a Game Development Update live on our blog HERE

[] The Design Quest continues in full force, with ideas going in about the geography, history and flora/fauna of the game world zone

[] This week, we got a bunch of the enemies that players will fight in PvE up and running, including the Embermark take on elves, ghosts and SPIDERWOLVES (not a joke-- well, sort of a joke...)

 

Screens of House & Forge Design

Here's a few screenshots as we bring the Forge (Crafting) and House (Guilds) systems online:

Forging (you can forge Recipes, Random or Upgrade current items):



House Leaderboard (within the payer's House-- there will also be inter-House rankings):



House Events (cooperative Quests and competitions):

 

Hey @Kimchisoju, no worries on the forums-- if you're signed up there, you're on the list for updates about when the Beta is getting close and starting. We're still jamming through initial production, but things are coming along great and we hope to have some dates soon. Once we reach Beta, we'll invite the group from the site to sign up for a Beta slot, and if you send me a PM on the Exiles forums or here on TA, I'll put you on the "interested" list (no guarantees, but we'll start with that list of invitations for Beta).

 

Game Development Update (with GIFs)

I just posted a new Game Dev Update over on our blog to check out. Quick previews:

Weapons are getting their visual tiers, effects and tells:



New World Zone Design:



We take players through the process of NPC design:




The update is here and we'll be ramping up ramping up to testing soon!

 

New Dev Update + sign up for early testing (alpha)

It's true, we've shown a lot of Warrior footage in our updates on Exiles development, but rest assured, thar be wizards (and dragons too, for that matter).



We posted a bunch of new info, gifs and pics here in the latest Dev Update, which includes info on

[] The latest build of the game
[] The Gunslinger website is up
[] 1st look at Exiles elves
[] 1st look at Crafting design
[] Mages
[] The Wild Build

Along with the info on that last point, anyone who's interested in pre-Beta testing the game when we hit this next milestone, shoot me a PM over on our forums.

The Dev Update is here. Thanks for all the feedback so far and keep it coming!

 

Also thought it might be interesting for the TA crew to show a GIF of the character equip screen showing a change out from Tier 1 Shoulders to Tier 7 Shoulders.



LMK what you think!

 

Thanks Sid!

Here's the example from the dev update of the new dungeon environments where we'll vary them up based on what's happening in the Quest and who players will need to slay: