The first update of the 1.0 Soft Release is almost here! The 1.0.0 update will be our biggest update ever with loads of new content for players to enjoy. To celebrate, we will be counting down the days by going over a new feature, big or small, each day before the release on February 17th. Check back here daily to see the next countdown post!
10 Days to Release!
The Inferno Ravager
Let's start off with a BIG one. The Inferno Ravager will be one of two dragons joining the world in the 1.0.0 update! The Inferno will be our game's first wyvern species (two wings & two legs) and has fire as its bile element. It will join the Shadow Scale and Flame Stalker as our third starter dragon, which means it will be automatically unlocked for all players.
The Inferno's special ability (Q) will be the Flame Cloak which allows players to light themselves on fire, burning anything that gets too close.
(screenshots by our testing community)
Come back tomorrow to see a sneak peek of another feature coming in 1.0.0!
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Earlier this year, we posted an announcement in our official discord stating the 1.0 update may be delayed due to unavoidable health issues this year. WIthin the entire development team, there has been multiple health related incidents that could not be avoided. It wasn't a great year for us health wise and we had to spend a lot of time recovering. Because of these delays, we aren't able to confidently fit everything we wanted into the 1.0 update. Life happens unfortunately, and with each passing day, this appeared more inevitable. We want to deliver 1.0 in the quality our community deserves and not deliver a rushed, buggy product. You, our community members, are awesome and you deserve the update to be just as amazing.
However...
1.0 will still be released on February 17th as promised!
But, it will be a soft release, meaning that it will be released over several updates. The first update will be 1.0.0 and will still be our largest update to date! We will be introducing two new dragons into the game. These two will be the free starter dragon, the Inferno Ravager, and the Kickstarter dragon, the Biolumin (available to all through nesting). We will also be adding our new and improved Forgotten Forest map which has been completely remastered with new locations and landmarks to explore. After this initial update, we will be releasing the rest of the content intended for 1.0 in two to four week intervals.
We greatly apologize for the delay. We know some of you will be upset with this decision. Please believe us when we say we didn't want to, but it is what is best for the health of the game and developers.
Legacy Update B.15.4.0
Legacy Update B.15.4.0
Legacy Branch Only
Made some adjustments to the new AntiCheat, it should no longer kick players who hatch from eggs, Alt-Tab, or use Sandboxie.
Re-enabled the ability for servers to AlwaysShowPlayerTags and added a method to prevent one of the common player tag hacks
Legacy Branch Update B.15.3.0
Legacy Branch Update B.15.3.0
This update applies to the Day of Dragons Legacy Branch ONLY.
Community Servers who wish to stay on Day of Dragons Legacy Branch will need to update their servers to the Legacy Branch.
Players who wish/need to stay on the Legacy Beta version will need to switch over to the Legacy Branch of Day of Dragons. To do this, you must right click Day of Dragons Properties in your Steam Library, then click the Betas tab, then change the branch to Legacy.
All DLC's and Exclusives have been unlocked for all players including Acid Spitter Drake, Kickstarter White, Grey, & Black skins, Patreon Crimson & Gold skins, Shimmer skin effect, Patreon Jellyflies effect ONLY ON LEGACY BRANCH! This does not apply or effect the main branch and Update 1.0. Exclusives will still be exclusive in Update 1.0, but have been unlocked in the old Legacy Beta for players who cannot run the updated release version.
Granted Legacy Developer /slash commands to all Admins of both Official/Community servers
Updated /help list command to display new Admin commands listed above
Added AntiCheat methods to kick players using speedhacks which will also notify online admins and print to log the player kicked
Dev Blog #24
Welcome back to another Dev Blog!
It's been a few months since our last update. A lot has happened in that time. Those of you who are active in our discord server already know, but our Lead Developer, Jon, had a serious accident in August leading to multiple broken ribs and a punctured lung. After multiple hospital visits and some close calls, he is finally able to get back to work. While he is not yet completely healed, he is well enough to begin working on the game once more.
Due to the accident, we have had to delay the release of the 1.0 update. However, we now have an definitive release date!
Day of Dragons will be releasing Saturday, February 17th, 2024!
The release will include four new playable dragons, one new playable elemental, new AI, the new skin crafting/nesting system, updated UI, game features, a new dragon pearl loot and inventory system creating a player economy, new game modes such as CvC and DvE, anti-hacking variable encryption, new emotes, new animations, new skins, new eldering mechanic, new maps, new UE5 engine features such as Lumen lighting, updated dragon models and textures, new/updated sfx, and much more.
We are very excited and we hope you are, too! Now let's see some of the awesome stuff we have been working on these last few months...
New UI and Systems
Coming in the 1.0 update will be a new Character Panel UI design. This new design, shown as a early work-in-progress in the image above, will use tabs at the left side of your screen to open different information boxes. These boxes will contain the important information you can find in the current Character Panel, as well as additional information such as nesting and your new inventory.
We are currently working on crafting the inventory system for Day of Dragons. "An inventory system?" you say. "But dragon's don't have purses, silly developers," you say. Well, dragons don't need purses to carry their loot. They already have a built in one. Our dragons have an extra organ known as a crop that is used to store useful items such as dragon pearls.
Dragon pearls, as depicted in the above image, will be a new feature to the game. Players will be able to loot these from aggressive AI and player carcasses and equip them onto their characters. These pearls will have a variety of benefits, including stat boosting or cosmetic effects. Unless the pearl is from an exclusive cosmetic (i.e. from Patreon rewards packs), you will drop the pearls and your inventory once your dragon dies and other dragons will be able to loot your carcass.
Players will also be able to trade or drop pearls at will. And if you are wondering how, it is probably exactly as you would expect. With the new pearls, we will also be adding the regurgitation animation for each dragon.
Flame Stalker Regurgitation Animation
Animation And VFX Update
Brood Watcher Mating Display
Our sixth dragon's animation set is completed! The Brood Watcher will be joining the Biolumin and the Blitz Striker as the new dragons coming in the 1.0 update. With the Brood Watcher will come major updates to the nesting system as well as skin crafting which we will talk about in more detail in a future dev blog. The Brood Watcher will function as a caretaker to young dragons and will be able to carry and incubate eggs in their throat pouches.
With the overall animation sets for the six dragons and first elemental that will appear in 1.0 completed, our animation and vfx teams are working on polishing content and looking ahead. Some of our animation team is already moved to working on content found in our next update. Check out some of the content and when it is to be expected below.
Update Biolumin Bile Attack VFX (1.0)
Feathered Zygovo Rig (1.2)
Singe Crest Flight Animation (1.1)
Polished Swamp Snapper Turn-and-Bite Animation (1.0 or following patch)
Shadow Scale Dynamic Idle (1.0)
Flame Stalker Dynamic Idle (1.0)
Welcome back to the Forgotten Forest
We have a new developer who has joined the team! Echo will be our Level Designer and has already begun work on the map that will be featured in the 1.0 update.
With the delay of the Mega Map, we have turned our focus to the Forgotten Forest map that is currently in the game. We will be starting from scratch and redoing the entire map for the 1.0 update. The update map will feature new landmarks, micro biomes and more. Echo has already begun working on the river section of the map and has created some beautiful new areas for our players to explore.
The Forgotten Forest iwon't just be one giant forest biome. Instead, it is a temperate rainforest ecosystem which includes multiple types of micro biomes that you would find in areas with temperate climates. We plan to include multiple forests (coniferous, temperate, redwoods, birch), grasslands/meadows, snow caps (on mountain region), and wetlands. There might even be some volcanic activity that fire bile dragons can call home.
We can't wait to explore this new environment with you all!
Dev Q&A Livestream
Our next Q&A livestream has not yet scheduled. Stay tuned and watch for updates to find out when the next one will be!
From the Community
Each blog post, we pick some of our favorite screenshots and artwork posted by the community to showcase here. Want a chance for your submission to be showcased on our next blog? Post it in the appropriate channels on our discord!
Some of our favorite recent screenshots...
by nicknetted
by lusewing
by birishlove
Some of our favorite artwork from the community...
by optimisticp08
by mykamila
by kemikel
Thanks for reading!
~The Day of Dragons Development Team
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We are pleased to announce that Day of Dragons will be leaving Early Access and releasing Version 1.0 on February 17th, 2024. This will be our largest update ever with more content than all previous alpha & beta updates combined!
Update 1.0 will include 4 new dragons (Inferno Ravager, Brood Watcher, Biolumin, Blitz Striker), the Magma Elemental, new AI, nesting updates, skin crafting, recessive genes, dragon pearls, inventory, new game modes, new maps, skins, emotes, animations, and much more.
Following our very successful Kickstarter campaign in September of 2019, we began building the game we promised to create and 4 1/2 years later, we will be releasing the game we promised which includes the Kickstarter skins and the Bioluminescent Dragon Kickstarter rewards. Also included will be the first of five Kickstarter stretch goal dragons, the Brood Watcher. The remaining four dragons will come in future updates as seen on our Trello page.
We will continue to update the game with more dragons, AI creatures, maps, and content following release as we plan to continue adding more content, features, and improvements for years to come.
Join our Discord community at https://discord.gg/dayofdragons for the latest updates.
Dev Blog #23
Hello, everyone!
It's time for another Dev Blog!
During the last few months, our team has been working on a variety of projects, including preparing for the 1.0 update as well as getting things started for what comes after. Our animators and modelers have added the finishing touches to the dragons coming in 1.0 and the current dragons from Legacy Beta and have moved on to work on dragons for the 1.1 update. For the first time in a long time, we are all caught up on animations and are able to work ahead while we wait for the coding, sound, and vfx to catch up.
Update 1.0 is still planned for a 2023 release. All models and animations have been finished for 1.0 but we are still working on coding and integration as well as some sound and visual fx and UI. Thank you to everyone who participated in our Open Testing events that were held. We hope you enjoyed your taste of Update 1.0. Thanks to you, we were able to pinpoint some huge bugs that were causing major performance issues with large numbers of players in the same area. We were also able to test out our portal systems with a over-capacity server and can confirm that they work great. Much of the work we have been doing since the last development blog has been stabilizing the current build and working through various UE5 issues to get DoD to a playable state and working on some of the new creatures coming to the game including the new Sand Snapper and the new Tidal Shock - a class 6 Lightning Lung Drake that will make its debut as a free starter dragon when we introduce the underwater biomes.
Now a word from the Lead Dev.
Hey all, Jon Slabaugh here. I don't have a lot to talk about in this blog. I just wanted to say thank you for your patience and support. We're working hard to get update 1.0 out and making progress, a little each day, and one day, it will be time to release it to everyone. A lot of time has been spent adjusting to Unreal 5 and the new (and often buggy) technology. With UE5.2, a lot of the issues we were facing have been fixed and we're able to proceed, even though trying to work through those issues slowed us down quite a bit. But, that's all in the past and we're moving forward on the programming/integration side again. We can also confirm the system requirements for update 1.0 which is higher than our Beta Legacy build due to using UE5 and the new technology it provides. UE5 is heavy on the graphics side of things so you will need at least Windows 10/11 64bit and a RTX 2060 to run the game well. However, it will technically run with a GTX 960 but it is not recommended for performance reasons. RAM is not heavy, so you should be good with 8GB, but to future proof your system, you'll want 16GB. We are also no longer supporting Linux clients or Vulkan, Most of UE5's new tech right now only supports DirectX 12 with SM6.6 which is why you need at least a GTX 960, as older cards do not support DX12 + SM6.6. We'll still of course support Windows and Linux servers, but servers do not render anything so don't need DirectX/Vulkan, etc.
One last thing before I go, we read your feedback regarding the new Creator Skins and stats. We have decided to make Creator Skins and other special loot drop skins like the Sand/Snow Slayer skins, a cosmetic overlay skin that you can equip and unequip giving you that appearance without affecting nesting. So you will nest in whatever your real skin is, not the special skin you're wearing. Doing it like this solves a lot of community concerns. This allows us to keep the skins out of the nesting system so they can't be passed on and also allows players to continue to nest and pass on their stats and stat up.
Once again, thank you all for believing in us and being a part of our journey, from Kickstarter to Alpha, from Alpha to Beta, and from Beta to Release 1.0 and beyond! We appreciate you.
- SuperRhino Lead Developer
The Elementals Have Arrived
The Elementals are officially here. These creatures will bring a new aspect to game play, being the first non-dragon playable and filling the role of an enemy to all dragonkind. Made for combat, Elementals have multiple powerful attacks including stomping, swiping, throwing, pounding, stabbing, and their deadly bile attack.
The Bile Attack of the Elemental
Elementals are alien to the world of Jrakhon and are unlike any of the other creatures found in the world. Unlike the playable dragon species, Elementals will not have a "hatchling" or "juvenile" stage and will instead spawn as their adult size. This also means that Elementals will not hatch out of eggs either. Instead, Elementals will spawn in from dormant rock shards buried in the world's crust.
Test of Magma Elemental Spawning
They will also not leave a body for their enemies to feast on as they are not made from flesh and bone like other creatures. Upon death, the Elementals will break into large rock fragments that crumble away. While they don't leave a meal, they will leave something else that dragons will find very valuable.
Test of Magma Elemental Despawning
Development wise, we are nearly finished with the Magma Elemental's addition to the game. We still have some aspects of its gameplay to add and some others to polish before it will be completed. If you would like to see a more in depth view of the Magma Elemental, make sure to check out our latest Development Livestream in which we featured this monster.
Getting Ready For After 1.0...
Singe Crest Updated Model
While most of our team is working on the 1.0 update, some of our developers are further along than others. Our modeling team is usually several steps ahead of the animation and coding departments, meaning they work on content for future updates.
Our modeler finished preparing the next dragon models. In the 1.1 update, we will be bringing the Singe Crest and Brood Watcher (aka the Nurse Dragon) to the game. These two dragons were Kickstarter Stretch Goals and will be auto-unlocked for all Kickstarters. Non-kickstarter Players will be able to permanently unlock these species per server through gameplay.
Brood Watcher Updated Model
Like with all of our wyverns, we have gone back and done some tweaks to the Singe Crest. We have increased his leg and neck length and he will be our first bipedal dragon. We also made some tweaks to the baby morph's legs and neck.
Hatchling Singe Crest Model
Our animation team has already begun working on these two new dragons, with the Brood Watcher already having some of her animations finished.
Brood Watcher Walk Animation
Brood Watcher Flap Animation
In addition to the dragons, our modeling team is also working on biome-variants of some of the AI creatures. Our first variant will be a new species of Snapper AI. This species, known as the Sand Snapper, will be found in the dangerous dunes and will hide under the sand like other predatory species in the area. We plan to create more AI biome-variants in order to make the world feel full and alive.
As an extra bonus to this blog, here is a look at the Biolumin Dragon's fierce new physical attack, the angry bio boop. Since this is a cosmetic dragon, the attack will of course do no damage, but that doesn't stop the bio from trying.
Angry Adult Bio Boop
Angry Baby Bio Boop
Thanks for reading and following along with our development!
Dev Q&A Livestream
Our next Q&A livestream has not yet scheduled. Stay tuned and watch for updates to find out when the next one will be!
From the Community
Each blog post, we pick some of our favorite screenshots and artwork posted by the community to showcase here. Want a chance for your submission to be showcased on our next blog? Post it in the appropriate channels on our discord!
Some of our favorite recent screenshots...
by アゼリア.#9369
by Whisphim#4467
by Ayanami Rei#4339
Some of our favorite artwork from the community...
by Kaliber#4188
by Tale#8661
by . , Jaeger , .#4612
~The Day of Dragons Development Team
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As many of you know, one of our Official admins passed away recently, in this patch we wish to honor him by adding him as a Quest NPC on Official Servers.
OFFICIAL SERVERS
-Added SirBacon Quest NPC as a memorial for official servers. Talking to Bacon grants a pet Thornback. -Added an Safezone around Quest NPC on official servers. -Nesting in safezone is disabled.
ALL SERVERS
-Added Pet Thornback to game. Thornback is called with a double 1 call, stops with a 2 call, comes and does tricks with a 3 call, goes away with a 4 call. Players can name their pet with /namepet (name) command. -On private servers, players simply need to go through portal to get the pet. Pet is yours until it dies from damage.
ADMIN
-Admin panel is now removed after teleporting to a player -Spectators can now increase and decrease movement speed using mouse wheel or reset with middle mouse
OTHER
-Removed Roleplay Nametags to counter nametag hacks -Players can no longer gain altitude by turning off flight while flying upwards -Test map river looks like water again -Tweaked credits
Dev Blog #22
Hello, everyone!
It's been awhile. We apologize for the delay in Development Blogs over the past few months. We have been very focused on the upcoming update and have had to delay some things, like the blogs. Development, however, has been going strong during this time with some changes to our release schedule.
Many of those who are following our other social media accounts (such as Discord) are already aware that we have had to delay the development of the Mega Map. This is due to the current Unreal Engine version 5.1 which has caused issues with memory leaks and crashing when loading large worlds. Because of this, we have moved around our development schedule and are pushing the Mega Map back until Update 2.0 which will be our full release update when we leave Early Access. This will not, however, delay the next large content update known as Update 1.0 which we like to call "The Promised Update."
The 1.0 update will still include all other content as planned, excluding the Mega Map. The update will include FOUR new playable creatures, new AI, faction play, a new breeding system, a new skin crafting system, and a first look at questing. We plan to use several smaller maps in the meantime, including an updated version of the current Forgotten Forest map.
A Word From Our Lead Developer
It's been a bit since I last got to write a blurb in the dev blog. We have been busy. Livestreams, testing, and crunching to get Update 1.0 out for all of you to play. Speaking of Livestreams, our next one will be in May. We were hoping for April, but things happened that slowed me down, technical issues. Want to hear about my woes? It all started with a February Windows 10 update. I started getting random Bluescreens, which started happening at bad times while working. I then updated my PC again hoping a newer update would fix the issue and it got even worse, bluescreening 5 or more times a day, sometimes back to back. It got to the point where I had to reinstall Windows 10 and after handpicking my Win10 version and revision, I can happily say that I haven't had one bluescreen crash since reinstalling Windows. ːsteamhappyː
I do still get a lot of crashes in Unreal Engine 5.1.1, and I'm hoping that those crashes will be fixed in Unreal 5.2 which is the version we plan to ship Update 1.0 on. According to the UE 5.2 patch notes, the issues we have experienced in 5.1 are fixed in 5.2, so we are hopeful. UE5.2 also brings a lot of performance improvements to the new UE5 tech such as Lumen, Nanite, and Virtual Shadow Maps. I look forward to testing the framerates and performance improvements once the 5.2 update drops which should be any day now.
As for Day of Dragons, our animation team is nearly finished with all the animations needed for 1.0, and we're expecting to be starting our animators on Update 1.1 content in May. Most of the work remaining for 1.0 is programming, level design, tech art and a few sound fx. We expect Update 1.0 to release in the second half of 2023. When it does release, we will be shipping with a new launch trailer which we are in the early stages of producing. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for some teasers.
Today we made the Emote Packs available for pre-order on our Store. Each emote pack will add 4 new emotes (Affection, Challenge, Distress, and Mourn) to the dragon for roleplay purposes. These emotes are purely cosmetic and provide no in-game benefit. These 4 new emotes make 9 emotes for each dragon if you count the 5 standard emotes and there will also be a new unlockable emote in the game players can get through questing which makes 10. Patreon's get an additional 2 emotes (Laugh and Rage) which brings the grand total up to 12 emotes. Don't worry, we're going to be adding an emote wheel to make it easier to use emotes, especially with controllers. That will probably come after 1.0.
Each week brings us closer and closer to Update 1.0 and we're excited! There is so much new stuff coming, Weather, Boss fights, Quests, new Dragons, Faction Play, new game modes, new server features, new skin system, new nesting mechanics, mutations, etc. We can't wait until you all play it. It's going to be our largest update ever with more content than all the previous updates combined. It's going to be awesome.
Creator / Lead Developer, - Jonathan Slabaugh
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Our team is hard at work bring the new creatures to life as well as doing some touch-ups to the current dragons. In this blog, we will look at where our team is on developing the new dragons as well as what we have done to touch up the dragons currently in-game.
New Playables Coming in 1.0
Inferno Ravager
As mentioned above, we will have four new playable creatures in the 1.0 update. This included the Inferno Ravager, Biolumin Dragon, Blitz Striker, and Magma Elemental.
The Inferno Ravager will be the third Starter Dragon in the game. Like the rest of the Starter Dragons, this species will be automatically unlocked on all servers and players will be able to spawn in as them right away. The Inferno Ravager is a fire wyvern and will be able to engulf itself in its own fire for its special ability. While on fire, the dragon will be able to burn away any acid decay and make itself immune to additional acid attacks.
We are currently in the testing phase for the Inferno Ravager. We have finished all of the required animations and models for its initial testing phase and have done quite a bit of combat polishing to balance it with the three current species. The next step in its development will be testing the baby and juvenile models and animations.
Biolumin Dragon
Our first Kickstarter Dragon to join the game's roster will be the Biolumin Dragon! This Dragon is a Kickstarter exclusive, meaning only Bio Dragon Key holders will be able to spawn in as this species. Other players will have to be nested in each time they wish to play as a Biolumin. This 100% cosmetic dragon will be able to hover like a hummingbird and is the fastest flier in the game. It's bile attack will be a bioluminescent spit that causes other dragons to glow.
Like the Inferno, the Biolumin Dragon's animation set is completed. There are still a few things we need to finish, however. We are in the process of creating its nest asset (continue reading to find out more) and are working on adding its bile attack into the test server. If you are interested in what the effect of the bile attack will look like on the different dragon species, you are see some examples in our last Dev Blog.
Blitz Striker
The final dragon for the 1.0 update will be the Blitz Striker. This dragon will be a DLC species and owners of the DLC Key will be able to spawn in as this species. Other players will have to be nested in each time they wish to play as a Blitz Striker. This will be the game's first amphithere and lightning element. It will be able to emit a powerful EMB and stun other creatures.
We are currently polishing the Blitz's animations and, once those are done, we will work on bringing it fully into the test server. We will begin the working on the baby and juvenile animations once the adult one's are polished. Like the Biolumin, we are currently working on creating a nest for the Blitz Striker.
If you would like to pre-order the Blitz Striker DLC, you can at our website.
Magma Elemental
Dragons won't be the only playable creatures in the 1.0 Update. The Magma Elemental will be the first Elemental species to join the DoD roster and will also intro faction play into the game. Elementals are the sworn enemies of dragons and players will need to figure out how to unlock these monsters in order to play as them. Magma Elementals will have multiple attacks and be able to throw objects to knock down flying dragons.
The Magma Elementals are currently being testing in our development branch. We are working on perfecting the animations, combat, and faction play. Faction play brings a lot of exciting new functions to the game. Elementals will not be able to view global chats and neither faction will be able to understand the other in local chats. We will be featuring the Elemental in our next Youtube Livestream likely coming in May.
Retouching the Older Dragons
Acid Spitter
While we work on bring the new dragons into the game, we are also working on improving aspects of our current dragon species.
As many of you remember, our first dragon we brought to life was the Acid Spitter Drake. We chose this one because of its simple design compared to its winged counter parts. We were able to learn and experiment with creating this dragon and have thus been able to perfect our technique more and more with each species after. However, looking back, we were able to spot some things we could improve on for several of the species, including the Spitter.
Left: old, Right: new
The main issue with the Acid Spitter was its lack of armpits. The structure of its arms caused stretching in the torso when the arms are brought forward, like in walking movments. While not extremely noticeable, we felt this was a good time to fix this issue as well as touch up on the textures to give them more definition.
Shadow Scale
The Shadow Scale also had similar issues with its underarms. We had actually discovered this issue while creating the Flame Stalker, which is the dragons made after the Shadow Scale do not have this issue. In addition to the armpits, we noticed some other errors on this dragon that needed to be fixed.
Left: old, Right: new
Some players may notice an issue where the back scales do not move properly with the back of the dragon when walking. We tweaked the back of the model to help keep those spikes in place. We also removed an annoying chin point on the model that made it look a lower quality than it actually is as well as improve the overall textures. Check out the thumbnails above to see the fixes for yourself.
Flame Stalker
The next dragon to get a touch up is the Flame Stalker. We are currently working on the tweaks to its textures to give it a better overall look with more detail.
What's In the Works
Biolumin Wall Mounted Nest
The dragons themselves are the only thing that needs to be completed for the 1.0 update. We are also working on creating their visual effects and environmental assets.
We are currently working on finalizing the Biolumin's nest. This dragon's nest will have two different forms; a wall mounted and a ground mounted. The Bio's nest in the Shimmering Caverns where the flora and fauna emits a beautiful bioluminescent glow. The nest itself is made from the sticky saliva of the Biolumin's and emits its out light. This was inspired by real life swiftlets who make their own nests out of saliva in cavern settings.
The Blitz Striker's nest is also being worked on. It is inspired by fulgurite, the formation created when lightning strikes sand.
Blitz Striker Nest
The Biolumin egg is also getting its own special effects. Unlike other dragon's eggs, you will be able to see the growing fetus in the Bio's egg. As the egg matures, it will become less and less transparent until the egg eventually hatches in a cute Biolumin hatchling. To get this effect to work, our Visual Effects Artist had to sculpt a fetus version of the Biolumin Dragon to fit in the egg.
Biolumin Egg
Biolumin Fetus Model
In addition to dragon related assets, we are also working on environmental assets for the Shimmering Caverns and other landscapes. The Shimmering Caverns will be home to bioluminescent flora and fauna as well as natural structures that emit their own glow. This biome will be filled with environmental assets not found anywhere else in the world.
We are getting closer every day to the 1.0 update and the release of all the content it will include. Make sure to follow our various social media accounts for frequent updates and check back here for our next Dev Blog!
From the Community
Each blog post, we pick some of our favorite screenshots and artwork posted by the community to showcase here. Want a chance for your submission to be showcased on our next blog? Post it in the appropriate channels on our discord!
Some of our favorite recent screenshots...
by 7SpeedBumps#4970
by Graeme#3108
by SingingBell#7658
Some of our favorite artwork from the community...
by TimeFuze#4812
by reddish#3699
by ProwlerPaws#1414
Thanks for reading!
~The Day of Dragons Development Team
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This Beta Update adds missing reward content for Patreon subscribers and a much requested feature for Kickstarter backers. Beta updates will be infrequent this year as we continue to work and focus on the Test version and the 1.0 release.
Game Versioning for Beta/Legacy has been changed to reduce confusion in versioning numbers. Beta Versions now begin with a "B" and the upcoming release version will begin with a "1".
Added Patreon Golden Skin Lifetime Subscriber Rewards
Added ability for Patreon LT 200 owners to apply shimmer to any non Kickstarter skin
Shimmer effect can now be removed from skins. Old shimmer skins (KS and PT Crimson) must continue to use logon/off to remove their skin or apply it. New shimmers can be added/removed instantly.
Added new Gold-related Skin crafting recipes for all dragons, with additional recipes added for Flame Stalker
