Battleon has gone through a lot of changes. Here are some of the original concept paintings and early screen shots of the in-game models and how they turned out.
Original concept painting of Yulgar's Inn by Llusion
Concept painting of the town of BattleOn. The trees are leafless here because we were having a technical problem dealing with leaves on lower end devices. Eventually we found a hybrid solution that looks pretty good.
Ground concept for town. With each iteration of the town we end up making things thicker so they feel better. Having a consistent art style for the game is very important to the team. We have been going back over and over and over the original zones changing them as we find what the players and we think "feels right."
The fountain became a more popular hang out spot than we expected. The inside of it was not designed for people to stand on it... especially on mobile devices where the way you jump is a little different. In the next round of town changes, I would really like to see some stone perches added were people can stand.
It was EXTREMELY important to me that when you first logged in... that you had the experience of seeing exactly what you remembered from our 2D games, but in 3D. The rest of the game will be full of new areas, and new experiences, but capturing the awe of logging into a 3D version of a place you remember as "home" was my dream. The first time I logged in, I got that inexplainable tingly feeling somewhere between nostalgia and evolution. Next we need to fill this town to the brim making it the ultimate social hub full of interesting characters and things to do.
Warlic's magic shop was based on the one in AdventureQuest Worlds. We are really eager to create the insides of all the buildings in town! One of my secret goals is to make every place really interactive. We can spawn monsters anywhere in this new game engine we made, so... this could get really interesting. Magic experiements gone wrong? fighting boss monsters inside Warlic's magic shop? Teleporting the shop to a whole new land and when you walk out the door you are somewhere completely different?
Have some fun ideas of what you would like to see in town? Let me know on Twitter or Facebook!
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