Developer Diaries #7 - Tree of the Mountain God & Villager's Homes
[h2]Happy August Seikyuians,[/h2]
We hope you’ve all been enjoying Tales of Seikyu and have made either good friends or found the start of a budding romance among the yokai villagers. Before diving into showing you some behind the scenes looks at what we’ve been working on, we’d like to share a few words about how Content Update 1 is going!
We’ve done quite a bit, such as developing the character customization UI (user interface)
AND creating new hairstyles. 💇🏻♀️
For ranching we’ve implemented some new livestock actions as well as making sure the animals are behaving how they should.😉
We’ll have a lot more to share soon regarding both of those, so for now let’s have a look at the development of Seikyu’s important landmarks such as the Tree of the Mountain God!
[h2]🌳The Tree of the Mountain God [/h2]
The Tree of the Mountain God near the bamboo forest is getting a full landscape makeover; landscaping at its finest! 🌳
We’re working on making the area tranquil and scenic, with beautiful bridges, cascading waterfalls and serene, still ponds to maybe dip your toes in on a bright summer's day? 🌞
And, as is custom for paying your respects to the Mountain God, we are working on a shrine for you to visit.
Here’s also a peek at how we’re designing and sculpting the Tree of the Mountain God:
[h2]🏘️Let’s visit some homes[/h2]
Let’s take a little walk through Seikyu and pay some of the local villagers a visit. We're excited to show the work in progress designs of their beautiful homes!
Musashi’s Home
Lilliana & Yohji’s Home
Torleone & Seabert’s Home
[h2]🏠Sasaki’s Home & Redesign Update[/h2]
Sasaki’s home is coming along nicely and, as we’ve begun shaping out his furniture for his home, it makes sense he has a workshop in the back where he tinkers with new blueprints and designs! 🔨
It is also a good space to store extra materials, you probably wonder where he kept all the stone and wood that you delivered right? All safely tucked into the back of his home, ready to be turned into a new piece of furniture!
You can see the floor plan and full intended design of his wonderful living space and workshop below:
Additionally, we’ve been working on a redesign for Sasaki and have some concept art to share. We’ve already had some amazing feedback from folks in the Discord and feel like this is a great opportunity to reaffirm that the concept art below is a very stylized version of the design we have in mind, and his in-game character model will look a little more aligned with the broader Tales of Seikyu style.
We’re taking on board all of your feedback regarding how this concept art looks, and we’ll likely be making some adjustments to the final design ahead of our next major content update. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us, we’re so happy we can count on you for honest and constructive feedback!
And that is a wrap for August’s first Developer Diary. As always please do follow us to get more updates in the future, as well as giving this newsletter a follow as it is packed with ALL the latest Fireshine News that may interest you!
Follow us on any of these platforms for regular Tales of Seikyu news, giveaways, updates and so much more: Discord , X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.
With love,
💌 Tales of Seikyu Development Team
We hope you’ve all been enjoying Tales of Seikyu and have made either good friends or found the start of a budding romance among the yokai villagers. Before diving into showing you some behind the scenes looks at what we’ve been working on, we’d like to share a few words about how Content Update 1 is going!
We’ve done quite a bit, such as developing the character customization UI (user interface)
AND creating new hairstyles. 💇🏻♀️
For ranching we’ve implemented some new livestock actions as well as making sure the animals are behaving how they should.😉
We’ll have a lot more to share soon regarding both of those, so for now let’s have a look at the development of Seikyu’s important landmarks such as the Tree of the Mountain God!
[h2]🌳The Tree of the Mountain God [/h2]
The Tree of the Mountain God near the bamboo forest is getting a full landscape makeover; landscaping at its finest! 🌳
We’re working on making the area tranquil and scenic, with beautiful bridges, cascading waterfalls and serene, still ponds to maybe dip your toes in on a bright summer's day? 🌞
And, as is custom for paying your respects to the Mountain God, we are working on a shrine for you to visit.
Here’s also a peek at how we’re designing and sculpting the Tree of the Mountain God:
[h2]🏘️Let’s visit some homes[/h2]
Let’s take a little walk through Seikyu and pay some of the local villagers a visit. We're excited to show the work in progress designs of their beautiful homes!
Musashi’s Home
Lilliana & Yohji’s Home
Torleone & Seabert’s Home
[h2]🏠Sasaki’s Home & Redesign Update[/h2]
Sasaki’s home is coming along nicely and, as we’ve begun shaping out his furniture for his home, it makes sense he has a workshop in the back where he tinkers with new blueprints and designs! 🔨
It is also a good space to store extra materials, you probably wonder where he kept all the stone and wood that you delivered right? All safely tucked into the back of his home, ready to be turned into a new piece of furniture!
You can see the floor plan and full intended design of his wonderful living space and workshop below:
Additionally, we’ve been working on a redesign for Sasaki and have some concept art to share. We’ve already had some amazing feedback from folks in the Discord and feel like this is a great opportunity to reaffirm that the concept art below is a very stylized version of the design we have in mind, and his in-game character model will look a little more aligned with the broader Tales of Seikyu style.
We’re taking on board all of your feedback regarding how this concept art looks, and we’ll likely be making some adjustments to the final design ahead of our next major content update. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us, we’re so happy we can count on you for honest and constructive feedback!
And that is a wrap for August’s first Developer Diary. As always please do follow us to get more updates in the future, as well as giving this newsletter a follow as it is packed with ALL the latest Fireshine News that may interest you!
Follow us on any of these platforms for regular Tales of Seikyu news, giveaways, updates and so much more: Discord , X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.
With love,
💌 Tales of Seikyu Development Team