Tribes of Midgard News

Hey Vikings,

Back at it again with another weekly update! As we add more content, we also take time to fix all potential problems occurring from those changes and are doing some planning. We've also been doing plenty of play testing!

So this week, we're:

🐲 - Starting Concept of the Giant #3
🎧 - Adding necessary Audio to the Game
🎫 - Starting Application for PAX East 2020
👊 - Improving Animations/Balance for Combat Feel
🔪 - Finishing Mechanics of all the new Creature Spells
🔥 - Implementing various VFX for all new Creature Spells
💀 - Texturing Leveled Up Mini Trolls and Unsunken Javelin Vikings
👪 - Adding new Settings to activate Target Assist and other Support Options
🔨 - Fixing various Bugs related to Menus, Generation, Colliders, and Day Cycle
🌇 - Researching various Features like Armor/Shield Perks and Construction Mechanics

What're you most looking forward to?

Until next week, cheers!

Hey! Our first Dev-Updates on Steam have begun! We're going to be using Steam Community more often, and that includes having our development updates here.

To get you up to speed - we had our most recent Open Beta from September 5 to 10th, and we've been working on the next big update ever since then.

The focus last week was mostly on Creatures, as we want more variation in not only how they look, but how they counter you, including casting new spells and critical hit abilities.

Last week, we worked on:

🏕️ - Creating new Land of Pools Camps
💥 - Adding Explosive Barrels in Camps
🍀 - Creating New Icons for New Materials
🖌️ - Texturing different Leveled Up Creatures
📥 - Integrating Assets of Leveled Up Creatures
🏹 - Animating new Projectile Spells for Elf Archers
🛡️ - Adding AI Behaviors to Projectile and Shield Users
💣 - Creating remaining Spells for all Leveled Up Creatures
👿 - Modelling different Leveled Up Mini Trolls and Vikings
👻 - Drawing different Leveled Up Unsunken Javelin Vikings
⚒️ - Fixing various Bugs related to Menus, Day Cycle and Servers

Hi Vikings,

So we have some news to share! With the help of our translation team on Discord, we've begun the process of localizing the game. We're really excited and proud of what the team's been able to accomplish so far.

Thank you so much for the time you invested in Tribes of Midgard, it worked well!

What's New?

We welcomed "Noggin [F]" in the Localization team!

And Thai is now a new language!

Highlight Stats

Congratulations to the SPANISH and PORTUGUESE team who've reached 95%!

We need you!

We're still looking for people to join @localization-team, for all languages except French, Spanish, And Portuguese. PM Sydnee or JiPay to be part of the team on our discord server: http://discord.gg/tribesofmidgard

Once you're in, you can chat in that channel, AND your name will be in the credits of the game! Localization is important to us, so that everyone can experience the viking life no matter where they're from.

Hey Vikings,

The Beta 2 is OPEN!

Prepare to enter Midgard once again. This time... with some new additions.

A few notes before you dive in:

HP Display: Current known visual glitch where names do not show above avatar (but still display on Mini Map and World Map) when activating the Display Names option in the Settings

Creatures: May become stuck on Camps and spawn on each other

Controller Support: Menus are NOT well-supported with Controllers (in the Blessings Menu, you need to switch buttons to spend points, from acquire to cancel to cancel to acquire). Inventory Management also has known issues with Controllers. including that equipping an item may close the tab (we recommend having a mouse nearby just in case)

Name Display: Current known visual glitch where names do not show above avatar (but still display on Mini Map and World Map)

We’re sorry there won’t be a Community Chest for this Beta, as we’re still working hard at it, but want to keep you in the loop. Here’s a work-in-progress pic:

A reminder of the new features to look out for:

💪- Difficulty system that allows you to choose various options at game start
🌟- XP system that allows you to Level Up and carry progression from world to world
🛡️- Tech Tree system that allows you to unlock permanent Skills and specialize in a class
☠️- Ability to Self-Respawn if encountering any issues
🍷 - New potions to lend you some very useful abilities
⛺️- New Camps and Landmarks to discover in the world
👕- Updated Character Customization Menu and options
👕- New Armors, weapons and shields
⚔️- New Weapon Skills

If you need to find players, just visit to the Discord and use the #find-players channel! We’ll be hanging there too, to answer any questions you have or to help out if you run into any issues.

Have fun!

See you there,

The Norsfell Team ❄️

Hellooo Vikings,

So... The Open Beta 2 starts... TOMORROW! 😄 We're really glad to hear you wanted more time to play, so this time around, we're keeping it open for FIVE days:

September 5th at 4am ET to September 9th at 11:59pm ET!

How to Play:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1106880/Tribes_of_Midgard__Open_Beta

You can pre-download the game on the Tribes of Midgard BETA Steam page, then at 4am ET Sep 5th, hit play and the game will be ready!

Some of the new features to look out for:

💪- Difficulty system that allows you to choose various options at game start
🌟- XP system that allows you to Level Up and carry progression from world to world
🛡️- Tech Tree system that allows you to unlock permanent Skills and specialize in a class
☠️- Ability to Self-Respawn if encountering any issues
🍷 - New potions to lend you some very useful abilities
⛺️- New Camps and Landmarks to discover in the world
👕- Updated Character Customization Menu and options
👕- New Armors, weapons and shields
⚔️- New Weapon Skills

+ more!

To see all these in action, check out our Dev Update video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SmccevnpaQ

You can probably guess that we can't wait, and are really looking forward to tomorrow. If you have any questions or are looking for a tribe team tomorrow, make sure to swing by the Discord!

See you then,

The Norsfell Team ❄️