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Dark Envoy - Entwickler liefern neues Lebenzeichen zum Sci-Fi-Fantasy-RPG

Das polnische Entwicklerstudio Event Horizon präsentiert einen frischen Trailer zum ambitionierten Sci-Fi-Fantasy-RPG Dark Envoy, das erstmals zur gamescom 2019 offiziell angekündigt wurde. Die neuen Bewegtbilder werfen einen Blick auf die beiden Hauptfiguren des Spiels gibt: Malakai und Kaela. Kinder von Kriegsflüchtlingen, [...]

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Dark Envoy looks to be a real-time RPG blend of Firefly and Divinity: Original Sin

When we last heard about Dark Envoy, all we had to go on was some early concept art and screenshots, and developer Event Horizon's previous RPG game, Tower of Time. Today, the Polish studio has released a new trailer that introduces Dark Envoy's lead characters - a brother and sister team named Malakai and Kaela, who set off on a journey spurred on by a calamity.

Dark Envoy takes inspiration from a host of familiar sources but aims to turn RPG conventions on their heads - at least, that's Event Horizon's stated goal. The action itself centres on pausable real-time combat that you can play alone or with a co-op partner. The non-linear story requires careful planning at each stage of the journey, since the game's magic-infused sci-fi world doesn't stop changing while you're off exploring another planet.

It's clear Dark Envoy has taken a few cues from games like Divinity: Original Sin and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. However, the swashbuckling mix of sci-fi planet hopping and magic brings to mind genre-bending properties like Firefly, Star Wars, and Mass Effect as well.

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Dark Envoy - Story Trailer

We are happy to introduce you to our new trailer which combines story and gameplay elements!

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We wanted to give you closer look at our two main characters: Malakai and Kaela - their relationship and connection to the world of Jaan.
Tell us what you think about the tone and the overall quality!

Dark Envoy 9 min Gameplay

Hello

We’ve been very silent, we know. But when you’re doing a big puzzle, until the shape of the illustration starts to appear, there is little to show.

We think we have that shape to show now. So if you wondered how Dark Envoy will play, what is the world we are creating and how (and if) it is related to Tower of Time, below you can find the 9 min showcase of gameplay.

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Dark Envoy soundtrack is composed by Dawid Majewski (also Tower of Time composer). For us good music is essential for storytelling, so we hope you like the few samples we put in the clip.

On the release date -- we're changing it 2021, aiming for April/May.

It's later than we hoped for, unfortunately, but we can release the game only when fully satisfied with the quality, to ensure that Dark Envoy is a game worthy of your time and which you will remember playing.

We're working now on finalizing the first few hours of the game, so we can share a free beta/demo with you. Join our discord channel if you're interested to try the game, we will do the beta invites from our community there.

https://discord.gg/qW636PF

We will share updates more frequently now, we have so much to show you and we're pretty excited about that.

Cheers,
Event Horizon team

Motion Capture

Perhaps it is an overkill for an RPG game to have hundreds of motion capture animations, but we do not compromise on anything. After all:

"He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks."
Sun Tzu

https://youtu.be/FAA8qtzOcoQ

This is a clip from one of our motion capture sessions in-house. It is taken directly from the capture software and unedited in any way, so you can see that the base quality is already great. We usually spend 1 hour for each animation clip (2-4 seconds) to clean it and make it perfect.

Compared to a laborious process of creating animations by keyframes, which can take between 1 and 3 days (depending on complexity), it is a great time saver and let's us focus more on other features and mechanics.

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You can also chat with us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/c8Wd46s