environmental maps & transitions

[Falkon Swiftblade]

I was wondering what's the possibility we can have rolling hills or different terrain we can travel through in this $4m version of the game? It would be cool for strategic purposes to launch missles down on a group of nastys, or have a warrior jump down and cause an earthquake on the baddies for example. In fact, can you guys create some maps specifically so as we come to a hole in the ground we can jump down below? You could use it as a way to transition from map to map. What is the current plan for in game transitions by the way? I like how kingdoms of amalur used the fancy pants doors that were different each time. That was cool. I know a game like this probably won't need many loading screens, but I just wondered how they were being used so far.

[Quadrone]

I think it's safe to assume that map transitions will work almost exactly like in the Infinity Engine games.

[JayDGee]

I like how kingdoms of amalur used the fancy pants doors that were different each time. That was cool. I know a game like this probably won't need many loading screens, but I just wondered how they were being used so far.

 

Amalur done some cool things however they didn't understand how to budget their game and lost a lot of money.

 

Eternity will likely be more humble in terms of design. 

 

Like Quadrone said transitions will most likely be very similar to the Infinity games.