Hey everybody! I’m Diego Ordoñez, a lead programmer at Rubber Duck Video games. Our humor-filled motion RPG Evil Wizard is out now on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One and I wished to offer you a behind-the-scenes take a look at the sport and the way it got here to be!
The Starting
When beginning to work on Evil Wizard, I wished to create a recreation that had humor and humorous moments all through the sport. Moreover, I at all times felt very intrigued by characters that use magic like mages and wizards. The idea of magic is nice from a story perspective as a result of it permits the designer to create the foundations wanted for the gameplay or story to make sense. Lastly, I wished to have a hook, one thing modern I may use to shut all the things collectively. I made a decision to go along with a twist and inform the story about what occurs to a remaining boss after he’s been defeated. This setting gave me the chance to discover humor differently. Each gamer has performed a recreation during which the protagonist is a hero and has to defeat an evil wizard. Due to this, I felt gamers would instantly comprehend the setting of the sport and the context of the story.
Discovering the Humor
As soon as the setting was fleshed out, I began writing jokes within the type of dialogues between the characters. These will be discovered all through all the recreation. The Evil Wizard makes enjoyable of the NPCs, enemies chat with different enemies in humorous cinematics, and there are cases when the Evil Wizard talks instantly with the participant. Breaking the fourth wall was at all times fascinating to me and the online game medium affords a really distinctive manner to do that for the reason that participant is controlling the protagonist.
As we began manufacturing, we discovered humor in different components of the sport along with dialogue. Ruben Gómez was in command of the aesthetics of the sport and he occurs to be a really humorous man as nicely. He applied a variety of humorous moments all through the sport within the type of environmental artwork and collectables. These will be present in virtually each stage within the recreation, like having hanging underwear on the roof of the fortress, work of the Evil Wizard with popular culture characters, and a variety of rubber duck collectables referencing popular culture characters that we all know and love.
Moreover Pablo Pérez, our pixel artwork animator, did an exquisite job of making humorous animations with enemies and NPCs. These are in every single place, from the idea artwork (like a chef that assaults by swinging a frying pan with purple sizzling chili peppers) to the best way most enemies die.
However What About Motion?
When creating Evil Wizard, we knew we wanted to offer gamers an excellent motion RPG that complemented the humor and setting of the sport. We wished to develop an excellent fight system and exploration design for the gamers that didn’t discover Evil Wizard very humorous. We began by making fight a centerpiece of the sport. That is one other pillar of the sport and comes within the type of big bosses, non-compulsory mini-bosses, a really broad system of spells and parts, and melee fight with threat and reward methods. Taking inspiration from different motion RPGs and metroidvanias, we made all the world an intertwined fortress of various rooms that the participant must discover to succeed in the ultimate stage. We stuffed the degrees with secrets and techniques, puzzles, random fight encounters, and humorous cinematics to stability the expertise between fight, exploration, and humor. Gonzalo Banki Martínez, our producer, managed many of the preliminary design of the fortress rooms. Every room has a setting; the fortress patio, the armory, the lab, the dungeon, and extra. We made a number of connections between these rooms so gamers can discover secrets and techniques whereas exploring and defeat non-compulsory mini-bosses which can be hidden all through the map.
In Conclusion
I hope that you simply benefit from the extraordinary world of Evil Wizard and we’d love to listen to from you about your expertise. Get able to play the unhealthy man for a change! As a part of a particular launch promotion, you should buy Evil Wizard for 10% off till June 1, 2023! Keep Evil!
Evil Wizard(Xbox)
E-House Entertianment Growth Co., Ltd
$19.99
$17.99
“There are songs that also inform the story of the heroes’ most daring deeds. After a protracted battle in opposition to the Evil Wizard, the fortress he referred to as dwelling was sieged and swarmed and the wretchful minions that served him for generations have been slain by the handfuls. Whereas the corrupt villain himself managed to flee, the day marked an incredible victory for the forces of excellent…”
Or did it, actually?!
Evil Wizard is a humor-filled motion RPG that includes metroidvania parts and punctiliously crafted pixel-art environments. As a defeated villain who barely survived a troublesome combat, you’ll should face a military of so-called heroes to get well what’s rightfully yours. Rediscover your powers, infiltrate your personal fortress, unleash devastating spells, and purge your ancestral dwelling of those depressing excuses for an enemy. Are you able to get your palms soiled? It’s time to be the unhealthy man for a change!
GAMEPLAY FEATURES:
● A quest fueled by revenge- Face off in opposition to hordes of enemies, keep away from lethal traps, and resolve difficult puzzles as you reclaim the halls of your fortress from the heroes that now reside inside it!
● Metroidvania-inspired Design – Discover carefully-crafted areas and navigate intricate ranges. Use your expertise and parts to work together with the in-game world and unlock new paths.
● Excessive-Paced Talent-based Fight – Deal devastating melee blows, unlock earth-shattering spells and sprint across the map to crush your foes. You’ll be in full management of each battle!
● Components and forces To Grasp – Management the ability of fireside, ice, void, lightning, and earth. Combine numerous parts to unleash devastating assaults and exploit your enemies’ weaknesses!
● Distinctive Enemies and Boss Fights – Fantastic-tune your character to defeat more and more more difficult enemies. Select amongst dozens of upgrades as you get able to vanquish an array of bosses, every with their very own expertise and fight type!
% We suggest enjoying the sport on the Xbox Collection X|S %
