Category Archives: Early plans

Recap

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Krom

This is a special post to recap what has been going on for the past 1,5 years. Media library: Artwork Development Screenshots A list of most notable posts since Knights Province devblog was started in late 2013. Many answers can … Continue reading →

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What level of graphics will NG try to achieve in the end?

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Krom

TL;DR: It’s hard to say. I don’t think there’s a game which style I could name a 100% reference.

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Tech tree plans

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Krom

Let’s temporarily switch away from technical side of development and take a look at planning. Over initial course of planning we had several iterations over tech-tree plans. Here is how it looked like: First plan was rather short and based … Continue reading →

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Tile engine in 3D

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Krom

Converting games from 2.5D to 3D is simple – make a terrain, put some 3D houses and units, setup perspective projection camera. Game logic still remains the 2D. Starting from the top – is it really that simple to make … Continue reading →

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Neat advantage of 3D

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Krom

3D models have many advantages over 2D sprites, (and drawbacks too), but when it comes to little details, 3D has a neat one – we can change how a unit model looks and that change is propagated throughout the game … Continue reading →

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Sketching

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Krom

Text is boring, how about some pictures? Before touching anything I needed to tackle the biggest blocker of all – do I still remember 3D modelling and can I possibly make something good enough to be used in a game? … Continue reading →

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Laying out directions

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Krom

Our main goal is to invent a new game that will be a spiritual successor to KaM. Bring it up to date with new gameplay mechanics and graphics. Where do we start?

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So .. writing a new game?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Krom

It was middle of the autumn 2013 when we had another talk about starting something new. How come?

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