Dev Blog 3: Gathering & Gliding
Hello Elysians!
What’s this? Another Dev Blog so quickly? Indeed it is. With so much happening in Echoes of Elysium, we are going to increase the cadence of our updates to you!
Over the last three weeks we have had an intense focus on the wood harvesting loop, flying monsters and our new glider. Without further ado, here is more info!
Wood Harvesting
We’ve got a fully operational airship wood harvesting loop! Harvesting is a crucial player experience that we’re giving a ton of TLC. Check out this (super fun and satisfying new process we added this week)
Fire sawblades from your wood harvesting turret
Destroy trees
Profit! (trees dop haulable logs)
Shoot your grappling hook at the logs
Pull logs up to your airship
Remove logs for processing in your airship crafting stations
We’ve been having a ton of fun playing with this and we know you will too! Make sure to keep your eyes peeled during our trailer for a look at what to expect from wood harvesting.
Flying Monsters
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s— coming right for us! Prepare to face menacing airborne threats as we’ve introduced all new flying monsters this week. Make sure to get your exploring done before dark, while the islands are relatively safe. Night brings a surge of aggressive monsters.
The Flying Construct, is a very scary, very aggressive, and generally not a chill dude. It will attack any player within range is one of the most dangerous threats you’ll find in Elysium. I wonder why it’s so shiny and powerful compared to the older constructs around… better go speculate in Discord!
Is a single, super powerful flying enemy not your style? How about being swarmed with a dozen smaller ones? Look no further, we’re working on the Siren this week! More updates about the Siren are coming in a future dev blog.
Glider
The glider is here and it’s beautiful. I could talk about how cool it is but honestly, just take a look. On top of being generally awesome, the glider allows you to rocket boost to reach high places when on foot. You can also use the glider to slow your descent when you need to get to low areas. The glider adds a ton of mobility and makes traversal so much more fun. We can’t wait for y’all to take it for a spin!
Stay tuned for more updates, and join us on Discord to share your adventures and connect with your fellow Elysians!
Until next time,
-Jeff + 🐻
