Exanima Beta Released - NDA Lifted

Pancakez54 · Mar 20, 2015

Good work, guys. Lets all hope the lift of the NDA goes well ^^

Pilluminati · Mar 20, 2015

Holy.Death said:
I am much less impressed by it. It might be a good gameplay footage, but it's too long for a trailer and is not showing condensed information about what features are currently in game. Additionally I couldn't find it until I thought about checking out the main page for media, and then again Exanima didn't stand out. I doubt many people will find Exanima unless they are constantly watching the developer's site.

I meant exactly what I said. It's a huge improvement, not perfect. And like others have already pointed out, it's not a trailer. For a gameplay video it's good. Even if some sections dragged out for a bit too long like the character creation as well as the starting room (1:40-2:10 could've been cut out). I think they managed to capture the feeling they were after though and showed off many things without revealing too much.

ZaratanCho · Mar 20, 2015

Only real criticism i have the video is too much zooming in and out.

As a gameplay video it's done pretty well.

Murf · Mar 20, 2015

I think we should take it upon ourselves to get more gameplay vids out there

plus, the devs kinda told us to

The footage is actually a bit out of date, but you should be seeing more recent and complete videos from players as this version is not under NDA.

heh

ZaratanCho · Mar 20, 2015

I'm too lazy when it comes to recording(not that it takes much effort..) didn't even do the arena ones i was planning. Someone should make a full playthrough all the way to the end. Would be pretty cool to watch.

Murf · Mar 20, 2015

I don't have that kind of storage space, not with all my restarts, would take up a Petabyte

heh

Pilluminati · Mar 20, 2015

Also if anyone noticed, there seems to be way less talk about the animations

even some comments saying they're fine now.

Pancakez54 · Mar 20, 2015

Pilluminati said:
Also if anyone noticed, there seems to be way less talk about the animations even some comments saying they're fine now.

Yeah ^^ But... This is only the first few ;~;

Slugger · Mar 20, 2015

This game looks amazing, wish i had enough money to buy it. The skeletons seen in the new video, don't they get dismembered and reassembled like in the kickstarter video anymore?

ZaratanCho · Mar 20, 2015

They are going to bring that feature back. Breaking skeletons apart, don't worry. ;d

Slugger · Mar 20, 2015

Nice, what about magic? In the alpha video and kickstarter videos they did show some magical powers, the teleport and force push. Are those or other abilities in the beta? Didn't see any in the new video.

Murf · Mar 20, 2015

Nope, but maybe by the time it gets released on Steam.

ZaratanCho · Mar 20, 2015

As they have said things are starting to move a lot faster now and focus is on features and content.

We've been battling giants all this time and now we're just breezing through development.

There isn't any Thaumaturgy yet in, but that and new combat manouvers, skill progression system etc will probably come soon and are most likely high on the priorities list.

Parco · Mar 20, 2015

@Slugger magic, or thaumaturgy as its called in this game, have not yet been implemented in the beta. it will probably not be implemented until the skill system have been implemented.
edit: beaten

Slugger · Mar 20, 2015

Thanks for the answers guys, cant wait to try the game myself. Will be looking forward to see more videos now as the NDA is released.

Murf · Mar 20, 2015

I'm gonna stream it I think on Twitch, I'll make a post in the general forum when I am up and running, prob be later this evening. Will let the watchers dictate what I do. see how that goes, can't be any worse than I have been doing.

Don Kanaille · Mar 20, 2015

I just returned from a holiday trip and cannot wait to finally get my hands on Exanima! Great news.

Jan · Mar 21, 2015

It´s a pitty saving is not available. I am only a newbie here so I don´t know if the saving is explained in some other thread. I keep dying in the first corridors and am already tired of picking up the torch

Is there any info if saving will be possible in beta? I like hardcore rpgs but I would also like to load after I get two unlucky headshots

Parco · Mar 21, 2015

@Jan that type of saving will never be in exanima, the only time you can save/load is when you exit and continuing a game. unless someone mods it in, skyrim like saving wont be added.

Murf · Mar 21, 2015

Jan said:
It´s a pitty saving is not available. I am only a newbie here so I don´t know if the saving is explained in some other thread. I keep dying in the first corridors and am already tired of picking up the torch Is there any info if saving will be possible in beta? I like hardcore rpgs but I would also like to load after I get two unlucky headshots

yeah the devs specifically don't want saving in their game(s). It does make it tough for sure. but still enjoyable. nothing that you are used to in regards to conventional rpg's will be in Exanima or SG.