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Next on our announcements here, PolyKhrome be looking to expand our team soon. The development team of PolyKhrome will be kept deliberately small, where we can be a tight-knit powerhouse. We will have four positions available pretty soon.
- 3D assets artist
- 2D assets artist
- Game/network programmer
- Sound designer
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As for some more details about the game, because some have been curious of how Cyka plays in terms of perspective, the game's battle aspects play out in a third-person overhead (isometric) view similarly used in games like Starcraft II and Torchlight II, but we aim to improve on the usage than most games, as Cyka allows for a range of rotation with the camera, as well as allow players to experience the battlefield in third-person ground-level view, and first-person perspective for certain units with scoping available with their range projectiles.
You can quickly switch between overhead view and ground-level third-person view. The overhead view is particularly useful for turn-based actioning, while the ground-level view is useful for real-time fighter action. Though, you can use the ground-level view during turn-based actioning when you're taking cover and you want to snipe at an dead-as-a-duck open target who might have retaliating sniper units covering them.
The game's exploration aspects play out in third-person ground-level view, but players will have the option to traverse the lands in overhead view and to survey the land in first-person view. You'll have a sense of freedom of exploring the fully-explorable continents of Rhye, as you traverse by foot, by mountable beasts (if which you'll have to catch and tame for your army), and by other means of transportation we don't want to give away just yet (but we'll hint this much: the sky's the limit). Again, we're making the kind of game we wish would exist.
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As we develop the demos, we're going to post Cyka up in the IndieDB database of games, and I think our game will get quite the coverage in news there. We expect this game will get the attention of a lot of folks, so if you want to be among the first 100 to receive a free desktop copy of the game (PC or Mac), visit our Facebook page, Like us if you do, and let us know how Cyka sounds to you so far, and we'll send keep you listed as one of the 100 people to send the game to upon completion. We say this because we expect quite a lot of attention to flood in when the playable demos are complete and word gets out in indie game news sites.
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Finally, I just can't leave this update without talking about E3 2012! I'm personally excited about this year's E3, in particularly due to the Wii U from Nintendo. I'm looking forward to seeing more about the Wii U, though I'll be posting up some thoughts of the E3 presentations of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. I've been following the Wii U's development from day one along with multiple sources (like Wii U Blog, Nintendo Everything, and Wii U Go), and as both a gamer (esp. a Nintendo fan) and a game developer, I'm ecstatic about the possibilities the Wii U's sweet controller and better online features provides. I can say that PolyKhrome definitely has aims for developing for the Wii U, and I would definitely make sure we take full advantage of the features of the Wii U. But one step at a time--become established developers first!
Anyways, that's all for now. Though, I'd like to say thanks to visitors for our 500+ views of this blog so far--PolyKhrome really appreciates your checking us out. A lot of hard work is going into this game, and I'm sure in saying that these demos will not disappoint you.
- Brian
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