There should be a feeling of accomplishment when gaining a level and anticipation when selecting a new perk. Perks should change the way you play with any particular Battle Brother, and the way to achieve this is by having perks be strong enough to open up new tactical avenues instead of merely relying on single digit percentage modifiers. Secondly, we want them to have a meaningful impact on the game. Instead, we want them to offer a unique effect that isn’t otherwise accessible. When designing them, we have several concepts in mind.įirstly, we don’t want a perk to simply increase a basic character stat like hitpoints or stamina that can otherwise already be increased on levelup. These perks can have a variety of effects and we’re still working out the design of all the final perks. With each levelup, a Battle Brother will have the opportunity to select an additional “perk”, a passive skill that confers some advantage and allows for specializing in some way. If you’re interested, you can follow the progress more closely in Paul’s art thread on our forums.Ī key component of the strategic gameplay will be the character development of Battle Brothers by gaining experience and leveling them up, rpg style. To give you a first impression, here is the non-animated version of one of the scenes that will be shown in the trailer. The trailer we’re working on will consist of a mixture of both gameplay footage and partially animated drawings to build up atmosphere. It’s been overdue for a while, really, but we wanted to complete the combat demo first in order to let you experience the game yourselves instead of merely putting bold claims out there. Clearly we need a short and snappy trailer to showcase the game to a larger audience and get the idea across in just a minute or so - especially now that the game is getting some more media attention. Having people grasp at a glance what Battle Brothers is about can be hard when all we have in terms of video are several 20+ minute long commented gameplay clips. We also have a new weapon, the Flail, and decided that the character and equipment screen should have a layout redesign based on player feedback. As work continues on the strategic part of the game, we give you a preview on the perk system for Battle Brothers. We have a bunch of new things to show you this week.
Quote Dev Blog #16: Progress Update – Game Trailer, Perk System and Character Screen Redesign
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