Arvus Weekly - November 2020

Hey folks, 

Arvus Weekly will be a new format here on Patreon.
We'll post it weekly except for weeks on which we'll have major releases.

We're doing this for three reasons: Communication, Proof of work and simply because I feel the desire to talk more about our work and the reasoning behind it.

Roundscape Poll Results

Wew, the brothel is leading by a lot of votes. That doesn't mean that we won't add any scenes featuring the other choices but it's a clear sign of what you folks want.

We've started producing scenes and content for it, it's a tricky feature as some of you probably except for the PC to have sexy times with new exciting NPCs while others of you want to see Companions and NPCs have a fun time with customers. 

We'll try to have a healthy balance of everything in there. The Brothel will also feature a new feature called reputation, which you need to have at specific levels to recruit new and old NPCs to your own personal brothel.

Let us know in the comments what you want to see.

Arenus Demo Results

Releasing the demo for Arenus was one of the best things we could do for the game. The feedback and reception, while overall being very positive, showed us a lot of things we had to work on.

We'll go more into detail about what we've learned in the coming weeks but to summarize it with three words: Make Vasdonas feel more alive, Fun matters most - Arenus shouldn't be frustrating to play. And last: Customization. In the end: This is your journey and we want it to be yours.

To achieve those goals we've started working on new features but also on reworking old ones.  New features include new gameplay loops such as expeditions but we're also adding new visual changes to Arenus such as civilians walking the streets.

Here's  a WIP f the civilian engine we're building. It's not done yet but we're almost there.
This WIP only features 3 sprites for testing purposes but we've commissioned 60 different sprites to make sure the streets are alive and vibrant.

Every NPC in Arenus has a job and gameplay loops connected to them, Nari will have one and Menoziriath's OC Aliah too. But we certain that we need a few more so we're coming up with a few new characters to enhance the gameplay but also the world and story of the game.

Here's E-Leaf (Placeholder name), she'll run a greenhouse in vasdonas and is trying to bring back a specific plant that went exctinct through experiments and more. You'll be able to assists her, if you want and in return you'll get access to her lab to create your own fun items.

Let us know in the comments which design you like the most!

Below Sunshade

We've released 2.0.3 of Sunshade, a smaller bugfix.

Fixed Issues
- Fixed a blackscreen during Idrune's second CG Scene
- Fixed a Crash when using a new skill slot
- Fixed an Issue where you can't enter the lizagon tribe hut despite having cleared the camp
- Fixed some visual issues with the battle UI

If you haven't played Sunshade yet or if you've played it on release: Give it another try.
The Heart and Milestone DLC really added to the game and it's a whole different experience now.

Thank you for your support and as always

stay tuned!

- Kal