NOTICE: I saw this topic pop up a few times and I just want to point out that it was initially made in early 2018. I'm not going to modify the body of the text as I think it still reflects our priorities but some things have changed in the last couple years.Hi Everyone, it’s Mike here to talk about multiplayer in Last Epoch!We know that many people really want to either play offline or online and not having your preferred play mode available could make a game unplayable. We want you t...

Check out our website for more: https://lastepochgame.com/ Sneak peak of Last Epoch - Pre-Alpha 0.4.5! See Beastmaster and Sorcerer gameplay, plus our skill, passive, and crafting/shattering systems. Help us spread the word as we head to Kickstarter on April 17, 2018! Discord: https://discord.gg/lastepochTwitter: https://twitter.com/lastepochgameFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lastepochgame/Last Epoch combines time travel, exciting dungeon crawling, engrossing character customizati...

Passive Skill Systems have been an integral part of many of our favorite video games over the years; it provides a method for you to customize your character as they grow in the game world. Currently in the ARPG space we have passive systems such as: Diablo 3’s Pick 4, Path of Exile’s Massive Passive Web and Grim Dawn’s Constellations. Each of these play to different strengths in their respective games, but we felt they all had some room for improvement. I’m going to walk you through the proc...

Hello Travelers!We're excited to announce that a large portion of the Epoch team will be headed to LANtasy, Western Canada's largest PC gaming LAN in Victoria, Canada, March 10th and 11th. We will be presenting Last Epoch, talking about creating a game of this scale as an indie development studio, and answering questions from the audience. We'll also be bringing the latest demo for attendees to play and will be handing out some epoch swag.We hope to see some of you there! For more in...

Smaller update this time, mostly balance changes and a few fixes. Coming up will be some user experience improvements, a new Beastmaster model and more!Balance Doubled ward decay rate Reduced speed of dodge entropy recovery after a dodge Changed elemental damage affixes to be slightly lower than other increased damage affixes, because they affect three damage types Reduced added lightning damage from Stormbreaker Stormbreaker's added damage no longer applies to spells Reduced amo...

Hello Travelers of Eterra! My name is Mitchell and I’m the lead on unique item design. I’ve also designed the crafting system and generally worked on a bit of everything in our code. One of my favorite parts of RPGs (ARPGs in particular) is figuring out how unique items can interact with other systems, so creating unique items that have interesting interactions with the systems of Last Epoch is something I’ve really focused on.The goal of unique items is to give players more interesting c...

This release is a big one! Lots of visual updates have the demo looking better than ever, our unique Passive Grid system has been implemented, along with a level overhaul and lots of bug fixes and improvements!ChangesVisuals Added post-processing: lighting levels, ambient occlusion, bloom, color grading Added in Sergey's new enemy health bar and skill panel Different zones now have different loading screen splashes Added tutorial tooltips to the skill and passive screens, like the o...

Note: This topic is very old. While many of the sentiments remain the same, the information is out of date.The primary reason to have dialogue in a game is to tell a story. Video games use a lot more than just dialogue to tell stories. I'm going to talk a little bit about how we present dialogue to the players in order to tell a story.Dialogue systems in games typically get broken down into two main categories, branching and non-branching dialogue. Non-branching dialogue is typically ...

ChangesUI Changed the camera so the player is slightly further up the screen, which should improve visibility while working downwards The respawn screen now shows which ability and enemy you were killed by The skill selection screen now shows locked abilities with their level requirements Ability tooltips now display the ability's tagsItems Added seven new unique items Added new item affixes Tenacity: Resuistance to stuns. Spawns on most items Increased Health: Suffix that c...

We're excited to announce that the Kickstarter date is now set and the Last Epoch team is full steam ahead. We would very much appreciate your help in spreading the word and your backing when our Kickstarter launches. Thank you all for your amazing support!