Development Progress Report ⭐
TLDR: Things are going well; we hope for a 2025 release 💪
The end of the year is a good time to pause, reflect, and summarize 🧐. The past year, 2024, has been a period of intense work for us. While challenges still lie ahead, we have accomplished a lot in recent months and have entered the next stage of development for Golden Gates 2.
Currently, we are in the middle of intensive beta testing – fixing all errors as they arise, adjusting the difficulty level, economy, loot system, and other aspects. At this point, there are no critical bugs in the modification that would prevent completing the main storyline or side quests. However, our goal is to eliminate as many issues as possible to ensure a smooth gameplay experience at launch. Due to the large number of choices in the modification (which significantly impact the story and quests) and various conditions, thoroughly testing the game is a particularly time-consuming phase of the project. ⏱
What did we achieve in 2024?
We completed the work on the soundtrack – Golden Gates 2 will feature over 20 new tracks created specifically for the modification (including a sung ballad).
We implemented multi-phase and complex battles for most bosses in the game.
We created entirely new weapon and armor models, animations, and many new textures.
We introduced new mechanics, such as fast travel using signposts, expanded shrine functions, separation of permanent bonuses from learned ones, and more.
We developed new cutscenes.
We wrote numerous new books and letters to expand the lore.
We implemented unique environmental and logical puzzles.
What’s left to do? ⏳
In addition to ongoing fixes and balancing adjustments, we still need to finalize a few minor tasks, with dubbing and translations being the most significant.
At this stage, most dialogue lines have been recorded, and we’ll start sound mastering and integrating the recordings into the game at the beginning of the new year.We are also working on translating the modification into English and German. Both translations will be available at launch.
We all hope that the rapidly approaching year 2025 will bring the completion of all work and the long-awaited release – something we wish for ourselves and for you! 🎉🥳
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