Alta, the studio behind A Township Story (2021), confirmed off the most recent work on its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction sport REAVE, revealing extra about its varied methods 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 plenty of newly up to date methods and areas, the most important within the sport up to now, an enormous room referred to as ‘The Fallen Bastion’.
“What we now 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 surroundings artist Sean Ellis.
At its heart is a magical pedestal, the place the participant can summon a boss battle—on this case a large spider, which is presently getting used for testing functions.
“Don’t fear, [the spider] gained’t be round endlessly, but it surely helps us get a really feel for a actual boss battles whereas we work on one thing extra particular,” the studio says.
Most of the beforehand revealed areas are already receiving “a lot of adjustments and enhancements,” the studio says within the newest dev log, noting that some could also be changed solely sooner or later.
The studio additionally teased a brand new enemy mannequin that can substitute the earlier placeholder skeleton fashions, which are available in a spread of problem ranges relying on their weapon and armor sort.
As an extraction sport, Reave can be making heavy use of its in-world foreign money referred to as ‘Echoes’ (possible a placeholder identify) that may be collected in a vessel that fills up over time.
Killing enemies releases Echoes, nevertheless they may also be discovered within the surroundings, basically 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 may get an opportunity to grow to be a tester by becoming a member of the sport’s Discord (invite hyperlink), which periodically presents up restricted slots. There’s no phrase on when the sport will launch, nevertheless the studio has confirmed it’s focusing on Quest 2 and above and PC VR headsets right now.
