A New and Improved Thyden Harbour

Sorry that updates are getting fewer and further between - we're in the last stages of polishing up for our Kickstarter Campaign and there's a kind of temporary drought of new things to show.

Anyhow, here's a new version of Thyden
(incomplete - there are still a few layers of detail to add, shadows to correct and animated features to implement - such as the "Directory Boards" which will fizz and flicker a bit like old TV screens).



Something about the original struck me as wrong/poor, so I decided to redesign it. I'm much happier with the new direction.

One of the things I want to do in OMNIS is make North, South, East and West (in-world) fixed to Up, Down, Right, Left (in-game) in terms of orientation. In sticking to this principle, Thyden is a little tricky, since it slopes up a cliff face and currently we don't have diagonal movement.

In the finished game, the mezzanine streets at the bottom of the image will be smooth slopes rather than tiered. For now, having flights of stairs to create a kind of 'zig-zagging' effect is the only way to simulate an incline.

NOTE
The bazaar is closed, which is why most of the stalls have their shutters down and why all have zero stock on their shelves. This area will feature in the Kickstarter Vid when it's night and when it's pounding with rain, which are less than ideal conditions for browsing the local market. In the full game, you'll get every chance to browse the stalls during the day time at your leisure.

"Thyden Bazaar, where more than Weapons, Armours and Items are for sale!"



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