Apeiron Update: Dev Report October 2023
Apeiron Update: Dev Report October 2023
Every passing month, as I pen down these development reports, I get more and more excited about what’s coming — November is going to be a…
Every passing month, as I pen down these development reports, I get more and more excited about what’s coming — November is going to be a month with news aplenty. Almost there! But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. This October we were busy bees, and we’ve got some honey for you now~
Before we dive into the report, quick reminder that the Special Spooky Soul Event is ongoing on our Discord, we would love to hear your version of a spooky godiverse tale. It’s running until Nov 4th, and you can win some extra souls simply by participating! So go ahead and do that if it tickles your fancy.
Now then! Let’s get reporting.
Community:
Dev Updates:
Community
It has been relatively quiet but quiet is good, it means everyone is working diligently at their desks, prepping for the next big thing. As for the Wonderverse integration that we’ve been working towards, it is in the midst of final confirmation before the dev team begins to implement the changes.
Few pieces of news from the Overseers:
!! APEIRON IN THE PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCEMENT !! Lorekeeper along with two of his finest minions will be making their way to the Esports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) in Manila, where they will be setting up a booth to showcase Apeiron (check the pic below). We want to give special thanks to the community in the Philippines for helping us to build and prepare for this day. We look forward to seeing everyone there, come by and say hi — we will have goodies like plushies, stickers and keychains for those who beat us at our minigames!
2. Back on our Discord server, we have extended the time for the Boss Rush Mode in order to give new players more time to grind and get good at the game. Therefore, the off-season leaderboard will now be extended until the end of November. More time for you dark horses and rising stars to find your mojo and make your way to the top of the standings!
3. The writers have been working closely with the community team to find ways and teach godlings about the lore of Apeiron through hosting bonus quiz sessions during game nights, slowly revealing the background of the godiverse. I have to say, knowing these bits and pieces of Apeiron could potentially aid future gameplay (though no promises hehe). In any case, the quizzes also have cool prizes — check them out!
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Dev Updates
Upgrading the Dungeons
For the past three months, the development team has been double-timing, working on both PvE and PvP simultaneously. First we’ll talk a little about what’s in the works for the roguelite dungeons.
In the beta, we’re introducing a food system that will provide players with temporary buffing battle effects. It’s very similar to the Artifact system but this consumable item needs a bit of cooking. Players will be able to collect different kinds of foods with all sorts of effects on their journey. Yum!
While the game design team is busy coming up with effects, the art and lore teams have been working together to produce the concept arts for some of these delectable treats.
Aside from having a food system that plays a partial role in giving battle effects, the game design team has also been making adjustments to the way that Artifacts are being equipped. Previously, players would have to scroll down in the menu and equip them manually. However, with reports that players forgetting to do this important bit before heading into battles (oops), we have now made Artifacts to be automatically activated once obtained. Hopefully this quality of life change will help power you up as you make your way deeper into the dungeons.
Want to see any other particular QoL changes? Let us know on our Discord, in the Game discussion channel, look for gameplay feedback and suggestions
Internal Testing PvP
While the artists are busy designing the PvP arena and the game design team balancing the skills, we got to test the PvP game balance first hand! The queuing screen is epic and the elemental Wisdoms are majestic. So far we’ve been testing with the Water elemental Wisdom, who can summon a water dragon and fire off water lasers at the opponent. The other elemental Wisdoms are going to debut in the beta too, maybe it’s time to buy some planet NFTs?
Basically we’ve been hard at work testing and tuning, making sure that we hit our goals of the 3Fs in terms of gameplay design — fluid, fast, and fun. We’re going to have a ton more to share about everything related to PvP coming up this month, so hold on to your proverbial socks.
Enchanting Dood Tales
Besides spooky ghost stories, the lore team is usually updating one story piece and one lore piece every month. We think these stories are GREAT (maybe a little bit biased though haha) — they depict a lively godiverse where the doods aren’t simply eating, but venturing to different parts of Axis Mundi!
And we’ve got something for everyone. If you’re looking for adventure, check out the Apeiron Story series. If you prefer short hilarious stories, then the standalone Ballad of Ballo will suit you! We’ve also got a beautiful story about a dood baking her pommegranny pie, with fairy-tale styled illustrations that you wanna set as your wallpaper. Check them all out and learn more about the godiverse!
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And that’s our dev report for this month! We’ve got some progress and it seems a high-quality beta release is in the near future. But there are still surprises that are yet to be disclosed! For now, head on to our Discord and tell us some spooky stories and also make sure you are following us on Twitter!
As always, thank you for reading godlings ~
About Apeiron
Apeiron is the world’s first NFT-based play-and-earn god game. Apeiron will feature a unique card-based action-adventure combat system combined with god game simulation gameplay inspired by classic god games like Populous and Black & White. Players will be able to build up planets from above before descending to the ground as a powerful Avatar to solve the mysteries of the universe. Players will grow their planet to the point of developmental stagnation, then reset the planetary cycle via an Armageddon event to allow for even more advancement and thrilling late-game alliance level GvE and GvG activities. Apeiron will use a tri-token architecture, which means that there will be three separate tokens to navigate their ecosystem: a governance token, a play-to-earn token, and a premium alliance token.
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