Ghost of the Forest Development Blog

Hello Loyal Followers! Carlos has done it again! Check out the incredible cougar concept art above. He's ready to leap off the page and into the forest!  Kris is now the one working on the cougar model. He'll record his process and share a quick breakdown in a "This Is How We..." post once he's done. Meanwhile... The teaser trailer is still in progress. Dillon 's adding the sound and music today. Sam is coding the inventory mechanic while Justin fixes some climbing issues. We're getting there! As always, we appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! This week we've been focusing on some smaller but still significant developments, from perfecting game mechanics to tweaking the lighting for that extra touch of realism. Lighting Dillon is experimenting with the environment lighting for different times of day. Here's sunrise so far: Animations & Mechanics Wouter  is animating Little Leaf as he interacts with the environment, pushing and pulling objects to traverse the terrain. Sam and Justin are programming the herb-picking and climbing mechanics, essential to the exploration aspect of the game! Teaser Trailer Coming Soon! Dillon has also been busy drafting a quick teaser trailer for you all. We can't wait to share it with you! As always, we appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! We're back again with another devlog! This week we've got some concepts to share, and an updated website! Our programmers are busy coding the game's climbing mechanic, among others, and we'll share some progress from that soon! Updated Website We realized our website had a lot of old content on it that didn't reflect the recent improvements we've made to the game's story and design. That has been remedied! Head over to ghostoftheforest.com to check out our newest screenshots and concept art, and read rewritten descriptions. Thanks  Dillon  for the time and effort spent to make this much-needed change! Spirit Animals Meanwhile,  Carlos  has drawn up these rough concepts for our Spirit Animals, with some tribal designs they may wear in the Spirit World. Alex  has started modeling the Spirit Animals, starting with the raven, while Kris is modeling environment pieces and prototyping UI menus. As always, we appreciate...

Hello Loyal Followers! Alex has been working tirelessly on Little Leaf's model, and the result is this stunning specimen! Alex has put a painstaking amount of detail into Little Leaf's hair, clothing, and accessories. He'll fit right in with our beautiful terrain. Look at this beading! :O Now Little Leaf is ready for his quest to uncover the ghost of the forest! This is a huge improvement; thanks for your hard work, Alex! As always, we appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! We've got some gorgeous terrain screenshots to show off! Dillon put a lot of work into finishing the terrain up, with the final tweaks still to come. In other news,  Alex is texturing his improved Little Leaf model, and Kris is developing new assets for the Dreamworld. Leandro is implementing herb gathering mechanics and other gameplay elements. Dillon is prototyping the UI and I'm going to add some downloadable wallpapers to the website soon! As always, we appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! We hope you had a pleasant holiday season! Sorry for the long silence, but we're back from our holiday break and ready to get to work! Voice Actors Found! Little Leaf and the Raven have voices now! Warren Spotted Eagle will voice Little Leaf, and the Raven will be voiced by our very own Wouter . We'll post an interview with Warren soon. Thank you to everyone who applied! In-House Game Jam We enjoyed Unreal Engine's Game Jam so much, we're hosting our own! Over the holidays, we each thought up a game concept that we'd love to develop, and we'll be voting on them soon. The winning concept will be the first game developed by our new child studio, Spirit Maze! Updated Website The website has been updated with more information about studio and team. We appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! Sorry for the late devlog! We've been busy, but we're getting close to completing the Chapter 1 demo, which we hope to release at the end of this year or in early 2018. We're beginning to prepare for our crowdfunding campaign as well; we'll share the details as soon! Little Leaf Injured In his quest to unravel the mystery of the ghost of the forest, Little Leaf has managed to injure himself! Wouter  has animated a painful-looking limp cycle for Little Leaf, and is now working on some cutscenes. New Designs Thanks to  Cauã , we have some brand new headers for our social media pages, and a new Legendary Minutes logo! You may have also noticed some new dreamworld concepts by Oswaldo , like the one below. The rest of the team is just as busy! Rahul and Alexey continue to improve on the terrain, Leandro is endlessly programming, and Dillon is finalizing and adding in the first sound tracks. We can't wait to share all this with y...

Hello Loyal Followers! We have some exciting news: we've hired a new programmer! Stay tuned for his bio post sometime in the coming week.  First Steps Little Leaf's walk cycle is finished! Radacal is working on a fix for his clothes phasing through his legs; other than that, he's ready to traverse the beautiful terrain. Terrain Speaking of terrain, Alex and Rahul are continuing to add life and diversity to the terrain, as you can see in these new images. It looks more real every day! Thanks for your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! Last week we finished off our series of team bios with our Environment Designer Rahul . Now that you've met our team, I can start calling everyone by name! A Sneak Peak of the Terrain For quite a while now, Rahul and Alex have been working tirelessly on the terrain. They've made a huge amount of progress in the last couple weeks, so we finally have something to share with you all! Keep in mind these are still works in progress; Rahul and Alex are still finishing up the textures and shaders and will continue to dress up the scene as development progresses. Design & Animation Oswaldo is concepting the campsite scene and the Dreamworld while Cauã is finishing up the designs for the Legendary Minutes logo. Radacal is making some final tweaks to the crow's flying animation and to Little Leaf's run cycle. I'm also finishing up Little Leaf's walk cycle. Thanks for your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! I hope you are all doing well! We still have three team members left to introduce, but for the moment, let's take a break from the team bios to share some animation progress. Little Leaf's Many Faces In preparation for the difficult journey ahead, Little Leaf has been doing some facial exercises. He has eight unique expressions here; can you name them all? The Raven Radacal has breathed life into the Raven, Little Leaf's guide throughout the story, with this first pass at a flight cycle. We appreciate your support! - Amanda, Legendary Minutes Team

Little Leaf's pictures are here! We have our first pictures to share! Here's the new model and textures for Little Leaf that I mentioned last week. He's all ready to go on an adventure! Our animators are working diligently to bring Little Leaf to life. He'll be walking, running, jumping, and climbing in no time! Design Our designer is working on a new logo for our Legendary Minutes studio, and our sound designer is continuously creating and editing the soundtracks for the game. Website The only thing missing from our soon-to-be-launched website is a FAQ. What questions would you like answered about Ghost of the Forest? Please comment below or on our Facebook or Twitter . As always, thank you for your support! - Legendary Minutes Team

Hello Loyal Followers! Thank you for sticking with us despite our long silent periods. We are still working hard on the game and appreciate your continued support. We've finally settled into a steady workflow, plus we've got a dedicated person working social media now (me!) so our updates should be more frequent and informative moving forward. Unreal Terrain Unless you follow us on Facebook, you probably don't know that we switched from Unity to Unreal Engine this summer, unlocking new possibilities for our terrain, characters, animation and visual effects. It's an extremely versatile engine and we're excited to see what we accomplish with it. Thanks to the new engine and a lot of hard work, our raw terrain is coming along nicely! It's almost ready to share, just needs a little dressing. Little Leaf's New Look Little Leaf has had a makeover! Our 3D artist remodeled him to better fit our game direction, and now our art department is working dili...