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The Making of Longfall Woods

Discussion in 'Developer Work and Blog posts' started by Sea-Wolf, Aug 8, 2017.

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  1. Sea-Wolf

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    Hey folks, today I'll be sharing some screenshots of Longfall Woods, which is an adventure scene near Blood River. These dark woods draw inspiration from mythical forests such as Fangorn Forest from Lord of the Rings, or The Forbidden Forest from Harry Potter. In the scene, you can find a camp of vigilantes, a spider den, some haunted ruins, and a survivalist family of elves who have been hiding from the vigilantes.

    The Woods

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    The Vigilante Camp

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    The Ruins

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    The Survivalists Home

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    The Spider Den

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    As always, feedback is welcome!

    Chris Wolf
    Level Designer
     
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    Looking good so far Chris! Will this scene have any of the new "tree creatures" that are being brought up on the Stand Up thread?
     
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    Like that spider den! Great work on all of it.
     
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    Stupid vigilantes....

    @Sea-Wolf, awesome work.
     
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    Looks great! My only suggestion (its a little one) would be to be careful about mushroom placement as most fungi don't really prefer areas with a lot of sun exposure (as in the first screenshot)
     
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    Brilliant add for farming in game, so even basements excel at farming something. @DarkStarr (rare dev tag for me)
     
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    True, although they do need some sunlight and high moisture.
     
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    And poop! Don't forget poop.
     
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    Though don't some like fairy ring mushrooms grow in open fields?
     
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    lol No ****, favorite mushroom is ****aki. Ironically, it is grown in wood.
     
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    Hehe, nice work!
     
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    Yes. Although it is not ideal.
     
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    Oh oh Longfall Woods that made me do a long trip in there to solve that puzzle, but i lost orientation a alot

    Great woods Scenery, made me take a long hike outta there to explore all (i love stone jumping :D )

    PS: more markers on map for glyph stones would be nice and a conversation pass for the elves, they are somewhat mute (as of 659)
     
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    @Sea-Wolf A beautiful scene as always... :)

    As for the quest... lemme get this straight I am supposed to enter the elves house without their permission, nose around in their basement without their permission, and then take the note that they didn't give permission for me to take back to Lord Macsen in order to fulfill a "Truth" quest?

    I'm a little apprehensive, seeing as how Jaan is still recovering from "stealing" deco and vegetables from dead NPCs.

    Granted... I'm not always the sharpest tool at quests. Is there something I'm missing here? I tried leaving the note, but the quest advanced anyway.

    I'm thinking there should be some way to align with the elves here? Or at least find out more of their point of view?
     
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