Yesterday was the Alpha milestone for Tension Rising and Alien Antix.  As always, We’d like to give the proper respect to Limitless Entertainment for their progress on Tension Rising.  It shows that they are getting as much feedback as they can and doing their best to respond to what negative feedback they get and to make the positives even better.

For Alpha, there are a ton of improvements since our last post on the state of the game!

On the art side of things:  For the player, we have more polished animations and textures, and the player is now lit via a three-point lighting system.  The first of our enemies, the G-Runt, is featuring a new model as well as new textures and animations.  We have also added the rest of our enemies into the game which include the G-Rammar, the G-Oober, and King Izzy.  Our first level has had another layer of polish added to it and it’s really looking fantastic.  Featuring new geometry, textures and plenty of ground breakups to bring things to life, the game is certainly easy on the eyes.

For new game features: We have overhauled the main menu and added loading screens for longer transitions.  Our combat system has now been fully implemented and both attacks, the Jump Boom and Side Bam, are fully functional.  Probably the biggest addition to the game is the gravity platforms!  They are in and not only working with transitions from basic terrain and platforms, but they are working with each other as well.  We have also changed crystal collection so that it is less tedious by having the crystals come to you!  Finally, we have added in plenty of effects and sounds to give the player plenty of feedback for their actions and what’s happening in the world around them.  (On a side note: Custscenes have been temporarily removed since we spent our time on higher priority features.)

We are in a great place right now.  Our game looks great and just keeps getting better.  We’re motivated to keep working to improve the game and making it as good as it can be before the completion of our project.  We’ll check back in with you all after Beta.  Thanks for keeping up with us!