Malus
Project Novera (Malus Rebranded) - Development Update - October 2021
I have received a cease and desist order regarding the name Malus, apparently its owned by some night club in US
So I will be rebranding the game, changing the name entirely, that that would include all the art and trailers and stuff. Still deciding what to call it, any suggestions are welcomed, for now I'm calling it Project Noveria (Noveria is the name of the world in Malus)
So I have taken this opportunity to upscale the next update
Next patch will be entirely new build and will seem like a whole different game
One of the main concerns was that performance is quite bad on previous build
This will be addressed in the next build as previously, I used bought assets and most of them are unoptimized causing performance inconsistencies
This past year I have spent all my free time modeling, texturing rigging and animating my own assets which is why its taking so long, I will still using some bought assets as it makes things faster but keeping in mind optimizations
I am sorry for the long wait, life has not been easy, who could have foreseen this madness world we live in now in 2021. I'm trying to earn some money selling my own UE assets
I'm hoping one day I earn enough to not work full time anymore so I can focus on Malus
(also working full time was not part of the plan, I was forced to because I used to do freelance motions graphics for films in 2020 but the lockdowns royaly fked the media industry)
I will not give a date for when the update will be released as I do not want to make false promises
Here is a video of the new build showing some of the visual and AI changes please note everything you see is still WIP
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Development Update - Febuary 2021
Im sorry I havent been posting much updates recently but I assure you, my lack of communication is due to me working hard on the game.
Rather than spending time, effort and money on publicising and marketing the game, like what many other indie companies do, I would very much rather spend that time actually working on the game, some indie companies settle with making development vlogs as a way to market their game and build hype which will then generate revenue that would go into developing the game. In my opinion, all this are just things that would get in the way of actual development, because when I get home every day, I only have a few hours left in the day to be productive, please keep in mind that Malus is for the most part a solo development, and while I would very much like to have a team working on malus, hiring people means that I have to pay them.
Recently I discovered an early access indie game on steam that was recently fully released called "Kenshi" and I learned that the developer of this game, Chris Hunt, worked on Kenshi solo for 6 years, and only after that 6 years was he able to get a small team together, and then continued to work on his game for another 6 more years, which is a total of 12 years of development. Now Im not saying that its going to take 12 years to release Malus, but just keep in mind that Malus is still quite early
So here are some screenshots of some of the things currently being worked mostly level design, next update will be a big one, alot of changes to items and equipments and new areas
Thank you all for your support, Im sorry that there hasnt been any update recently, hopefully I will be able to release an update in mid March, if everything goes well.
If you are eagerly waiting for an update because you're bored and want an RPG game to play, please check out Kenshi, I tried it for a few hours recently and its actually a really cool RPG, (though its not an ActionRPG) i think for anyone who are into non-hand holdy, old school type of games would really enjoy it, it has some really interesting mechanics that make it unique, from what I understand, theres not like a main story or anything, however, its a sandbox RPG, things will just happen, bandits will attack you and when they run out of food, they will steal your food, and you if you get hit unconcious, some NPC may enslave you and then you gota find a way to escape, its all real cool. This isnt a paid promotion, i just think its a cool game. Its around $20 USD i believe, IMO, well worth the price, I just feel bad for the people waiting for updates on Malus and Im just suggesting an alternative for the time being.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/Kenshi/
Holiday Break
Just wanted to let you all know that Malus will be on 1 month hiatus until January, the reason for this is because of the Holiday period and also because I will be taking on a graphics design job thats quite heavy and wont have time to work on Malus, I hope you all understand, thank you so much for all your support