Alpha Demo: expectations and fun facts about it
Mar 12, 2018 3:23:01 GMT -6
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Post by Pure Miriam on Mar 12, 2018 3:23:01 GMT -6
"In order to share our progress... don't you think it's time for an Alpha Backer demo?
As Roberto mentioned, we are planning to allow backers to experience a slice of the game, from the beginning to a certain point. At the same time, we would also like you to experience a quite cruel and ungodly boss. More details will come soon, it’s very exciting!
Well, that was a lot of information. We still have a lot of work to do so we will keep working hard. Thank you for always supporting us. - IGA"
At Update 61 (see it HERE) IGA confirmed that an Alpha Demo is in the works. The demo will be a slice of the game, starting from the beginning (most probably Galleon Minerva) until a certain point of the game.
That is actually something quite interesting and it has some fun facts that people may not remember it now:
Aello, the harpy demon revealed in 2017, was originally planned to be on Galleon Minerva. So, Aello's concept actually exists since 2016, but they didn't had time to include it on the 2016 Demo. At the promotional (non-playable) videos of E3 2017, you can get a glimpse of the remade Galleon Minerva with ANOTHER Harpy (Okyupete) on it. That begs to question if this new alpha demo will feature Aello or Okyupete on Galleon Minerva. The E3 2017 demo of the Church of Dian Cecht also features Okyupete (that, by the way, has no shard. At least no one was able to get it's shard at the E3 2017 Demo).
What happened? The plan to feature Aello on Galleon Minerva got ditched and they put Okyupete instead, or they just put Okyupete in the promotional video because Aello was still not ready?
Okyupete seems to fly around and throws feathers, while Aello was described as using "physical and wind attacks". Maybe Aello is a higher-tier demon and they decided to put it later on?
We still have no example of Effective Shard. No demo and no promotional video of any kind had any example of this type of shard yet. Since E3 2016 Demo, we had 7 Trigger Shards (Cerulean Splash, Head Flail, Cast Amy, Summon Gieremund, Spear Throw, Summon Ape,
Bloodless's Trigger Shard (not shown yet), 2 Directional shards (Fire Cannon and Bone Thrower), 2 Enchant Shards (CON Boost and Resist Holy), 1 familiar Shard (Dullahammer Head) and even 1 Skill Shard (Double Jump) that was just revealed to exist in 2017, but still no Effective Shard whatsoever.
The Alpha Demo may be the first time ever we will get to see an Effective Shard and what command we do to use it.
After E3 2016 Demo, there was some criticisms around Vepar's design, due to it's bright colors and it's huge breasts. The dev team promised to make changes and that create criticisms of the "other side" claiming that Vepar's design shouldn't change. The last word on this is that Vepar's colors would change to be less bright and "out-of-place" but Vepar's body shape would most probably not be changed, because IGA basically does whatever he thinks it fits better in the game and it's body shape was actually part of it's lore. IGA said that, at distance, sailors may mistake it for a beautiful woman drowing at the sea and so, will rush to rescure her.
So, we will see the new Vepar's look in the game now at the Alpha Demo and will confirm if it's colors (and/or it's body shape) changed at all. We will also most probably see Vepar's shard (any guess on what Vepar's Shard will be?)
Galleon Minerva also had some areas with stairs going nowhere (bumping at a wall) and at the same promotional video of E3 2017, we can see some of these areas open. It's interesting to think if Galleon Minerva is actually much bigger than what we got to see in the first, E3 2016 Demo. Not only that, but the galleon also had some areas that couldn't be reached due to being to tall. Maybe we will get Double Jump or something to reach them?
This may mean nothing, but at the E3 2016 Demo, Amy had a shard (that had 1% drop chance, by the way) called "Cast Amy" where you summon an Amy to attack enemies. At the E3 2017 Demo, the dog Gieremund had a shard called "Summon Gieremund" and Ape had a shard called "Summon Ape". All those shards have the same overall idea: summoning a demon to attack enemies. Why Amy's shard uses "Cast" while the other ones uses "Summon"? Maybe "Cast" was the first idea for those kinds of shards and now Amy's shard is called "Summon Amy" or (maybe thinking a bit too much) "Casting" shards and "Summoning" shards are actually two different things somehow?
Either way, we will get to see if Amy's shard is still called "Cast" or it is not renamed as Summon or something else.
So, what are your expectations towards the Alpha Demo? What would be the "slice of the game" we will get to see? Galleon Minerva => Village => Entrance? What will be that "ungodly boss?" What do you think about the fun facts stated above?
that's all folks!
As Roberto mentioned, we are planning to allow backers to experience a slice of the game, from the beginning to a certain point. At the same time, we would also like you to experience a quite cruel and ungodly boss. More details will come soon, it’s very exciting!
Well, that was a lot of information. We still have a lot of work to do so we will keep working hard. Thank you for always supporting us. - IGA"
At Update 61 (see it HERE) IGA confirmed that an Alpha Demo is in the works. The demo will be a slice of the game, starting from the beginning (most probably Galleon Minerva) until a certain point of the game.
That is actually something quite interesting and it has some fun facts that people may not remember it now:
AELLO AND OKYUPETE: WHO'S GOING TO BE ON GALLEON MINERVA?
Aello, the harpy demon revealed in 2017, was originally planned to be on Galleon Minerva. So, Aello's concept actually exists since 2016, but they didn't had time to include it on the 2016 Demo. At the promotional (non-playable) videos of E3 2017, you can get a glimpse of the remade Galleon Minerva with ANOTHER Harpy (Okyupete) on it. That begs to question if this new alpha demo will feature Aello or Okyupete on Galleon Minerva. The E3 2017 demo of the Church of Dian Cecht also features Okyupete (that, by the way, has no shard. At least no one was able to get it's shard at the E3 2017 Demo).
What happened? The plan to feature Aello on Galleon Minerva got ditched and they put Okyupete instead, or they just put Okyupete in the promotional video because Aello was still not ready?
Okyupete seems to fly around and throws feathers, while Aello was described as using "physical and wind attacks". Maybe Aello is a higher-tier demon and they decided to put it later on?
EFFECTIVE SHARD: WHAT IT DOES ANYWAYS?
Bloodless's Trigger Shard (not shown yet), 2 Directional shards (Fire Cannon and Bone Thrower), 2 Enchant Shards (CON Boost and Resist Holy), 1 familiar Shard (Dullahammer Head) and even 1 Skill Shard (Double Jump) that was just revealed to exist in 2017, but still no Effective Shard whatsoever.
The Alpha Demo may be the first time ever we will get to see an Effective Shard and what command we do to use it.
VEPAR: THIS OLD LOOKS DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE?
So, we will see the new Vepar's look in the game now at the Alpha Demo and will confirm if it's colors (and/or it's body shape) changed at all. We will also most probably see Vepar's shard (any guess on what Vepar's Shard will be?)
HOW LARGE IS GALLEON MINERVA?
Galleon Minerva also had some areas with stairs going nowhere (bumping at a wall) and at the same promotional video of E3 2017, we can see some of these areas open. It's interesting to think if Galleon Minerva is actually much bigger than what we got to see in the first, E3 2016 Demo. Not only that, but the galleon also had some areas that couldn't be reached due to being to tall. Maybe we will get Double Jump or something to reach them?
CAST AMY OR SUMMON AMY?
This may mean nothing, but at the E3 2016 Demo, Amy had a shard (that had 1% drop chance, by the way) called "Cast Amy" where you summon an Amy to attack enemies. At the E3 2017 Demo, the dog Gieremund had a shard called "Summon Gieremund" and Ape had a shard called "Summon Ape". All those shards have the same overall idea: summoning a demon to attack enemies. Why Amy's shard uses "Cast" while the other ones uses "Summon"? Maybe "Cast" was the first idea for those kinds of shards and now Amy's shard is called "Summon Amy" or (maybe thinking a bit too much) "Casting" shards and "Summoning" shards are actually two different things somehow?
Either way, we will get to see if Amy's shard is still called "Cast" or it is not renamed as Summon or something else.
CLOSING COMMENTS
So, what are your expectations towards the Alpha Demo? What would be the "slice of the game" we will get to see? Galleon Minerva => Village => Entrance? What will be that "ungodly boss?" What do you think about the fun facts stated above?
that's all folks!
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