Game & Map Screenshots 11

This forest maybe looks boring, but most of the action will take place between the trees (secret parts of the forest) and underground (many tunnels, basement complex, spider lairs and one crypt). Here lives Dark Elves (?) race with their own, secretive culture.

Correlated with main plot, there is a plan to build more similar places.
Player can explore it after around 2 hours of playing.
I tried to add more variety here, becuase I want to make that "abandoned" vibe.

Old and stinky pub at corner of the continent, where no one (except pirates and local thieves) goes. You can rest here, obviously for price of "last penny", get some contracts from suspicious guys or buy something from black market.
I'm planning to make this place more obscure.

Here comes plot about adventurers (from the tents located upper from hut) who suddenly disappeared. Player has to find them and get more informations about this creepy place.
Yes, Baba Yaga probably will be (that's my actual concept) dark-elvish demoness.

I prefer to make 256x256 maps with 64x64 grid first, and later divide it into smaller 64x64 maps - everything for better clarity of whole game world.

Location binded with two stories - as the name shows, some people whispers that the local band of robbers hides somewhere in this complex cave system. Unfortunately, nobody is capable to do an expedition cause of many tunnels and a lot of dangerous Diggers, Scorpions and Er'Thon Bats. They must have another entry to this cave, but where it is? Nobody knows.

There are also stories that long time ago, the group of old demons' cultists lived there. Legends says that they summoned dark powers of chaos. But... that's only a legend?

This place was developed around few years ago, when the local miners during their job (mining coal and stone) found mysterious ore, that decreases temperature of everything who contacts with it. That's strange, but after around week the mysterious ones visited our village and ordered this stone for huge amount of money. From that day we get richer and richer.

But there is one thing, that takes my mind... why they need so much of that thing? They call it "froststone", that's only information I got from them. You are not known there. Try to talk with one of them, he sits in our Tavern and he is always drunk. Maybe after sponsoring him a shot his tongue would blunder something more interesting?

Our miners found something new! This is a room filled with Frostone, but there is something more curiosal. Come with me, I will show you...
Do you see this tombstone? Something is written there, it looks like some kind of ancient language.
I don't know what to do with this. Maybe Master Azuro would help us, but of course, he is gone.

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I have to stop this mining industry! Some time ago group of the scary monsters appeared there and I see that theirs' motives are neither friendly nor somewhat aggressive. They freeze everything that will come inside, but they don't want to go outside - probably because they act in defensive manner.

I don't want to ask you for help again, but I don't have choice. Soon the escort of these rich guys will come here for dose of Froststone and who knows what will happen when they will don't get enought amount. They looks like a people that could rip your throat immidiately.

I feel that is connected with this strange tombstone. You should check it fast.

I keep working on location called Frostflame Grotto. It is placed between rocks of abandoned, deep desert. That place is called "magical" by locals, because two opposite elements (fire and ice) collaborates together, causing anomalies sometimes. There are a lot of poisonous steam, made from fiery ashes and hot water steam. Don't come in without proper preparation!


I think also about "fog" effect, but I just begin fun with light effects and picture implementation, so I will try do something more in close future.