Dev Blog #4 (December 2023)
23 December 2023
Hello once again, Tacticians!
Christmas is coming, and bearing lots of gifts with it. But don't worry, we have gifts of our own to share!
Na Jima: Rework & VFX
Na Jima was one of our most popular and powerful Heroes in the Alpha Playtest we held earlier this year, and balancing her was one of our toughest challenges yet! Her combination of high damage, mobility and utility made her able to pick apart and kite individual targets without much room for counterplay... so we reworked her!
Na Jima is now more focused on gaining Power for each different target she strikes, and unleashing devastating combos as she does! Let's take a quick look at some of her new, updated Spells!
Here's Seeking Arrow...
... and here's her Ultimate Spell, Star Storm!
Impressive, isn’t it?
Our December Playtest!
As advertised in our last Dev Blog, we held a Community Playtest in early December, during which players could discover the first PvE missions!
Our new PvE missions consisted of:
A first mission involving a straightforward tutorial, teaching mechanics to all new players;
A second mission based around positioning Heroes and controlling objectives, during which players faced Champei and her leafy minions;
A tougher, “eliminate all enemies” third mission, during which players faced Jorn, Seraphine, and Silver Kingdom soldiers;
We invited our players to share their first impressions on these missions, and, to our pleasure, they had many takes on our challenging third mission. We knew this mission would be rather difficult, and it was very interesting to see how players would react to this difficulty. Thanks to their feedback, we'll be able to iron our desired difficulty, to create the perfect balance between challenging and motivating.
Overall, players really enjoyed our playtest, and we got a lot of suggestions from our testers as well. Many thanks to those who participated in the Playtest, and helped us make Skygard Arena even better!
The most wonderful time of the year!
December has also been a great month for giving and receiving gifts! We've held our first Secret Santa just a couple of days ago, and we've shared some delicious raclette as well. What better way to end this year than with the people you love working with?
Here’s a little gift from our Secret Santa! Can you guess which game it comes from?
And that will conclude our December Dev Blog! Thank you once again for reading, see you in 2024, and all of Gemelli Games wishes you a Merry Christmas!
Arnaud
Gemelli Games - Community Manager
