Alta, the studio behind A Township Story (2021), confirmed off the most recent work on its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction recreation REAVE, revealing extra about its numerous techniques along with a brand new dungeon and enemy—all of it very a lot nonetheless a work-in-progress.
The sport’s newest dev log (seen beneath) reveals off a variety of newly up to date techniques and areas, the biggest within the recreation to date, a large room referred to as ‘The Fallen Bastion’.
“What now we have here’s a mix of open house, tight areas, in addition to well-lit areas and people pitch black areas to ambush different gamers, and […] disguise from enemies,” says lead setting artist Sean Ellis.
At its middle is a magical pedestal, the place the participant can summon a boss battle—on this case a large spider, which is at the moment getting used for testing functions.
“Don’t fear, [the spider] received’t be round eternally, nevertheless it helps us get a really feel for a actual boss battles whereas we work on one thing extra particular,” the studio says.
Lots of the beforehand revealed areas are already receiving “a number of adjustments and enhancements,” the studio says within the newest dev log, noting that some could also be changed completely sooner or later.
The studio additionally teased a brand new enemy mannequin that may exchange the earlier placeholder skeleton fashions, which are available a variety of issue ranges relying on their weapon and armor sort.
As an extraction recreation, Reave can also be making heavy use of its in-world forex referred to as ‘Echoes’ (probably a placeholder identify) that may be collected in a vessel that fills up over time.
Killing enemies releases Echoes, nevertheless they will also be discovered within the setting, primarily spurring the participant to slay, search and use their Echoes to entry loot rooms along with spending them to extract from dungeons, returning you again to the social house so you’ll be able to promote your loot.
You will get an opportunity to turn into a tester by becoming a member of the sport’s Discord (invite hyperlink), which periodically affords up restricted slots. There’s no phrase on when the sport will launch, nevertheless the studio has confirmed it’s concentrating on Quest 2 and above and PC VR headsets at the moment.
