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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

Our most important storytelling tool is not the written word: We use the game’s feature set to tell its story. We need to understand, at least at a high level, all of its features. That’s why we have to understand the feature set. Which other teams’ work will this feature affect? Organization.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #27

Astral Clock Tower Studios

The event kicks off on March 26th and runs through April 2nd, so be sure to check out our Events section for more details on the Kristala booth and which game island we'll be featured on. Stay tuned to hear more about the Cathedral and the mysterious attic NPC in future social posts and development blogs!

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #35

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Kristala does feel like a traditional indie Soulslike game in many ways, but we've also lovingly baked in a ton of elements that will appeal to fans of other genres too. Once she'd finished with the steps for Dalamase, Bianca then started working on some assets that will be featured in the Nisarga clan's capital city of Nisar.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #21

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Next, Nick created two variants for all four of the vendor signs that will be featured in the Nasahara Ruins level, then finished up a couple pieces for the Clocktower Park - an area within Nasahara that, as its name suggests, serves as a cheeky little homage to the studio name.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #28

Astral Clock Tower Studios

For his first concept piece, we tasked Harold with an environmental shot showcasing the first Kristal Checkpoint that appears in the Dalamase swamp level featured in the Kristala demo. After finishing up the Twiggy concept pictured above, Harold then moved on to a third environmental concept featuring one such village.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. me) or PvP buff but conceptually rather boring Aether (cloak + invisible to laser sensors, attacks cancel it, can be upgraded to only consume mana while moving). Loadout is 3 guns.