Alta, the studio behind A Township Story (2021), confirmed off the newest work on its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction sport REAVE, revealing extra about its numerous techniques along with a brand new dungeon and enemy—all of it very a lot nonetheless a work-in-progress.
The sport’s newest dev log (seen beneath) reveals off quite a few newly up to date techniques and areas, the biggest within the sport to date, an enormous room referred to as ‘The Fallen Bastion’.
“What now we have here’s a mix of open house, tight areas, in addition to well-lit areas and people pitch black areas to ambush different gamers, and […] conceal from enemies,” says lead atmosphere artist Sean Ellis.
At its heart is a magical pedestal, the place the participant can summon a boss battle—on this case an enormous spider, which is at the moment getting used for testing functions.
“Don’t fear, [the spider] gained’t be round without end, however it helps us get a really feel for a actual boss battles whereas we work on one thing extra particular,” the studio says.
Lots of the beforehand revealed areas are already receiving “plenty of modifications and enhancements,” the studio says within the newest dev log, noting that some could also be changed completely sooner or later.
The studio additionally teased a brand new enemy mannequin that may substitute the earlier placeholder skeleton fashions, which are available in a variety of problem ranges relying on their weapon and armor sort.
As an extraction sport, Reave can be making heavy use of its in-world forex referred to as ‘Echoes’ (probably a placeholder title) that may be collected in a vessel that fills up over time.
Killing enemies releases Echoes, nonetheless they will also be discovered within the atmosphere, basically spurring the participant to slay, search and use their Echoes to entry loot rooms along with spending them to extract from dungeons, returning you again to the social house so you may promote your loot.
You may get an opportunity to turn into a tester by becoming a member of the sport’s Discord (invite hyperlink), which periodically gives up restricted slots. There’s no phrase on when the sport will launch, nonetheless the studio has confirmed it’s concentrating on Quest 2 and above and PC VR headsets right now.
