Founders Monthly Update — September: Video, New Character, New Skin, Gamescom

Simonas Jatkonis
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read

Last month of the summer was hot literally and figuratively a like. We work in two directions: developing the game and working on partnerships with investors, publishers and colleagues gamedevs.

Sneak Peak At Early Demo Video

Draft version of the Battleground

We are at the end stage of early demo video development: At the start of the next week, we’ll have a rough cut, started working on music, and will wrap it up until the end of September. It will be a trailer like video with 3D shots enriched with 2.5D illustrations.

Skirma is coming for you…

Two main characters battling each other to the inevitable demise of one and glorious victory of the other are Skirma Groschtein (Human Warrior) and Darya Redgold (Dwarf Mage).

Skirma Groschtein (Human Warrior)
Darya Redgold (Dwarf Mage)

New Character: Sister Kamila Of Schwarzwald

We are continuously working on concept art, looking for mature (but not gross) postapo dark fantasy vibe. Now we have concepts of all five classes (Fighter, Rogue, Mage, Ranger, Cleric) and all four races (Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, and Elves).

Presenting to you a human cleric. Sister Kamila of Schwarzwald an unbending Krusader from Saint Zuzana’s monastery. A warrior of One-Eyed God waging a merciless Reconquista against aliens and passionately cleansing the land of heretics.

Sister Kamila of Schwarzwald (Human Cleric)

Limited Edition Orc Rogue Skin

Creating the Merged Earth world we’ve always had in mind a variety of different characters, cultures, and communities. We’ll start representing this variety with our first limited edition skin. For now, I’ll just say that it will be an Eastern Europe style skin.

Narzan Longshank (Original Orc Rogue)

Gamescom 2018: Working On Global Partnerships

MERGE CEO Justas and COO Aleksandras have been very busy at Gamescom conference in Cologne and had a lot of valuable meetings with potential partners from both industries, blockchain and gamedev: Arestech, Menapay, Gamertoken, Level-up, Everdream soft, DICO, my.com, Netmarble, Mindsense games, Digitalshock, Unbabel, Theteaagency, Beyond the void, and Bitcrystals.

Those are the news, stay tuned for more. I’d want to finish this update with a shout out to our advisors, especially Renaldas Zioma, who’s help with game development is invaluable.

Thanks for your time. Check out our website for more details on game features, ask questions, and start discussions. We’d love to tell more.

Justas and Simonas

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