Apeiron Update: Dev Report September 2023
Alright, you got it. It’s time for the Dev Report again. Last month, our progress was simmering along while we’ve been working steadily and…
Alright, you got it. It’s time for the Dev Report again. Last month, our progress was simmering along while we’ve been working steadily and now we’re approaching the bubbling stage. The kettle lid is almost ready to come off. BUT NOT YET… soon godlings…soon… 👴🏻👵🏻🍵
Also a quick reminder that the Chunky Ghost Nebula Expedition starts TODAY (October 5th)! Blast off, stake your Planets and freshly minted Apostles, and you’ll have the chance to earn some sweet sweet Animus.
In this month’s dev report we will be covering:
Community
FE shop & Soul Shop
The FE and Soul Shop have now officially been restocked with a revamped selection of goodies and trinkets for you to peruse at your leisure. Some of the tantalizing new additions include:
✨ FE shop ✨
Discord Nitro
Steam Gift Cards
DoodiPortrait NFTs
Fully Bred Tri Planet Raffle Entry
S2 Autumn FE Lootbox
⛈️ 👻 Soul Shop:
Doody Wallpapers (customizable!)
Announcements: Resets and Boss Rush
An important announcement (in case you missed it from the Discord): Souls and chat levels were reset on 3rd October. Make sure to participate in the community to earn your Souls and chat levels, so that you can spend your tokens on our official Discord #rewards -> Soul Vessel Exchange and try out our newest items!
As the season goes on, we’re preparing for the next new off-season leaderboard — the special Boss Rush Mode. This event has already started rolling in the background. From October 1st to November 19th, players will be able to participate and battle their way to the top of the charts. Get this — a variety of mouth-watering rewards will be given to the top 75 players, including being auto-entered into a raffle for $20 USDC!
On top of that, asset holders such as @Godling, @Primeval (Elemental, Mythic, Arcane), @Starlord, @OMEGA will all have reward multipliers when they acquire a placement of 75+ on the leaderboard.
To join the Boss Rush, simply follow the steps below. Please note that enabling the Boss Rush mode will RESET your existing save of the base game, so make sure you’re prepared for that.
Create an account by email through the in-game sign up function OR by wallet address on the Apeiron Marketplace. If you already have an account, skip this step.
Connect your in-game wallet in 🔅│link-account to obtain the @Doodnected role
Go to 👾│boss-rush-go, and type in the following command to turn on the Boss Rush mode: /s2-boss rush enable True (you can toggle it off later by typing /s2-boss rush enable False).
Next time you log in you’ll be able to dive right into the fight! Remember you will need to reset your save to play the new mode, which will cause you to lose your existing progress, so make sure you’re ready! (This is your last reminder.)
Further details on the Boss Rush are available on our Discord — #play-now channel.
Dev Updates
Mini Bosses Everywhere
Since the last dev report, the game design team has been diligently pruning the skill tree system and putting together the perfect recipe for the cooking system, but they understand what THE MORE THE MERRIER means, therefore, BOOM SHAKA LAKA! They have decided to add more thrills to the dungeon and that is, YES, mini bosses. Bang on some doors of the dungeon rooms, and you’ll probably find them (uh-oh). They’re not as strong as the boss waiting at the end of the depth though, hence the mini. The game design team revealed to us that these mini bosses will follow similar attacking patterns like our current boss and offer new challenges for players. SO prepare to face even fiercer dungeons in our next release. Use the remaining time before the launch of beta to practice your battling skills!
New Wisdom Skills
Behold, the mighty Wisdom Avatars! All elemental Wisdom skills are ready to debut in the beta, and we’re lucky to have a sneak peek of what the skills look like. After the 3D team completed the skill animations, the lore team had a great time naming and describing these aesthetically pleasing skills. With all the elemental Wisdom skills done, the elemental Fury skills are not far away. We can just see them, over the horizon…
Constructing New Architecture
Our 3D team is currently working at the virtual construction site of Apeiron. Readers please allow us to keep it secret for now, as we want to give you godlings a big surprise. 😭 We’re building something great! In the meantime, the 3D artists are busy converting 2D concepts into 3D models, adding as many details as possible to the structures. As there’ll be different in-game cameras, they will have to create models that are literally all-rounded, and modify them multiple times to make them perfect.
“We’ve modified the models several times. For example, we have to ensure that the spoon is stirring at the right angle and looks natural in the pot, and the portal gates have to open and close smoothly~ Now that we’ve ran couple test runs, we hope the spoon would stop mischievously flying out of the pot…🥄” — Shadow, Chief Environment Artist and 3D Generalist
Once completed, they’ll move on to create 3D models for new characters that are ready to show up in the main storyline of the beta. And as always, the most anticipated part is the juicy 3D doody butts. 🍑
Apeiron App
Apeiron is making its way into the tiny (phone) screens that you stare into everyday! Our devs are in the process of prototyping some builds. In the future, you’ll be able to see its debut in the Android & App Stores, and from then on you’ll have portable and adorable Apostles accompanying you everywhere you go, whether you’re at work or school *wink*. Itching for Apeiron? Easy, all you have to do is to pull out your phone and in a jiffy you’ll easily get your dose of roguelite, we won’t tell as long as you are having fun! 😏🫶🏻
Stay tuned as we make future announcements regarding this.
Arts and Parts
September was a pretty quiet month but that’s because everyone was laser focused on their tasks. Foonie artists and writers were busy doing new character illustrations and character profiles to further enrich in-game visuals and stories. So far, both teams have been making steady updates to some of the previous designs.
The 2D Artists have also been working on refining and giving new makeovers to the UI for all Perks. Though some designs are still under construction, seeing our concept artists grinding their noses so close to their drawing pads, we know good things are coming to us.
With almost everything confirmed and in-production for the beta, the art team has gone back to work on planet stimulation related scenes like dood houses, landscapes, etc. They’re coming to life. They’re alive! ALIVEEE!
And for us, the lore team, we’ve been collaborating with the artists to illustrate a more lively godiverse, modifying the storyline in beta so that it can be both visually appealing and well-plotted, but all that’s for later. For now, the flora and fauna of the godiverse are flourishing. Look at the adorable dolks! We want to hold their hands so much. SO MUCH. If you haven’t read it yet, make sure you READ IT. NOW. 🤠
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And there you have it, this month’s report is… well, I have to admit I was cooking with breadcrumbs here but that’s because most things need their own grand debut at the proper time and place…later. As the dutiful writer of Foonie Magus, I wish I could tell y’all godlings about all the bits and pieces that’s been going on at the HQ but MY HANDS ARE TIED so we’ll just have to wait just a bit more until we get closer to the beta launch. Until then, head on to our Discord and shoot our community team some messages on what you guys are looking forward to most in the coming big update! PEACE!
Thanks for reading, and see ya next time, 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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