Hello survivors! That’s it, the last month before release! So let’s talk about… the end. Someone died! In “Dead In Vinland”, there is “Vinland”, but… there’s also “Dead“. You MAY lose some of your characters from time to time… So we made a special pop up for when that time comes (and it…
Hello survivors! These past weeks we had time to playtest the game a bit more, reaching mid-game, and thanks to that, we balanced a few (=a lot) values everywhere in the game. But we also noticed some “wrong” behavior that couldn’t be corrected only by changing some values, so we quick-implemented a new system in…
Hello survivors! A new year, new good resolutions that we take, but never fulfill… A bit like personal… “quests” *hint* *hint* So today we’ll talk a bit about the new quest system! Good job Eirik, you can scratch that from your todo-list! In Dead In Bermuda, we didn’t want to have a full-featured, complex,…
Hello survivors! In this dire time of winter flu and post-christmas nausea, let’s talk about another system that got upgraded in Dead In Vinland compared to Dead In Bermuda: the Sickness and Diseases system *kof* *kof* *sniff* A simple flu can stop the strongest warrior! Poor Eirik, he won’t be able to protect his…
Hello survivors! We’ll resume our insights into very specific gameplay elements that we re-worked in Dead In Vinland. And today, because we didn’t had our usual share of pizzas last friday, we’ll talk about FOOD and cooking! Blodeuwedd likes to cook, but don’t say that she’s a housewife! She’ll split your skull in two,…
Hello survivors! Here’s our last post about our brand-new fighting system. Important notice: all you’ll read and see here is heavily untested work-in-progress, so submitted to major changes. We’ve seen last time some of the parameters you’ll have to play with during fights: Front/Back Rows, AP, HP and Initiative. Let’s take a look now at…
Hello survivors! So, let’s dive today a bit deeper into our brand new fighting system. Important notice: all you’ll read and see here is heavily untested work-in-progress, so submitted to major changes. Let’s start by the basics: our fight system is turn-based, and is limited to maximum 3 vs 3 fights. We want our…
Today we’ll talk about the maintenance and repairs of your camp in Dead In Vinland. In Dead In Bermuda, we introduced a system late in the development we called “Entities Condition“. In short, camp structures have a gauge, at 100% they are working perfectly. Each time characters use the structure, it loses 1% of its…
Some additional infos on the revamping of the crafting system. You can check the first part here if you missed it. (Shame!) So, let’s take a closer look on the new crafting menu. We have this nice sidebar which lists every building you can craft in the camp. For each, you have some basic information…
