Ender Story - Quick Update

Just putting a short post out so people don't wonder where Ender Story: Chapter 2 is. We're still chugging away, it's just that time has become a little shorter since term time rolled around again. I can't see the game being out until early next year and I know that that's a lot later than intially expected, but it's a hard to balance so much at once so I can only apologise for the delays.

Hopefully these screenshots will keep the anticipation up! Enjoy!

What goods do the Black Market hold? Will you be tempted to take part in the trade of illegal goods? Of course you will, they're some of the most powerful items in Arandor.

The abandoned temple settlement of Lakiadon. They're known worshipper of the water deity, but why did they disappear? The mystery will be unveiled by piecing the clues in the dungeon together and reaching the final chamber.

Want to earn some great prizes? Get slaughtering the beasts in the arena. If you want some of the best items in the game, there are powerful enemies that can't be found anywhere else waiting to face you.

Hopefully this gives you some more information to get excited about for when we do eventually get to release the game. There's plenty of side content to do and the three screens above are just a hint of that. Completing all of the side content will take you longer than the main quest, but that should also still be a decent length.

All of the maps are in the game, the main quests and cut scenes are all in the game. The monsters and side quests (just quests, not maps) are the last remaining things outside of bug testing. Once we get the monsters implemented, we'll be at the home stretch. Only the first third of the game has their enemies, but it should soon be more soon.

Anyway, I'm starting to ramble. Point is...game is almost finished, few more things to wrap up and it should be out early next year.

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Ancora-Magi 2015-11-03 16:35:09

Loved Chapter 1! :)
Keep up the good work ^^

TheEnkian 2015-11-03 16:35:09

Thank you! It'll hopefully not be delayed again, haha.

GodSadog 2015-12-25 16:45:46

I didnt forget you! Still waiting and hoping!!

TheEnkian 2015-12-25 16:45:46

Still working away! Hopefully some decent progress reports soon. We'll have a special Enki minigame coming out in a month to help with getting the word of Enki Adventures out there.

PixellatedFear 2016-01-10 00:15:57

I can't wait for this to come out. Once it does I shall return to reviewing stuff here. What's that? Nobody noticed and/or cared? Ehh... ok. It's great that I managed to get two fans doing it; more than I could have ever imagined. Anyway I don't want to make you feel like I'm rushing you, keep it up. Thank you.

TheEnkian 2016-01-10 00:15:57

I remember your review, the Phantasy Star fan! Haha, sorry it's taking so long, we've just been busy with our real life jobs and university so it ends up getting pushed back. The worst part is is that we're almost at the tail end of development. I'll run you through our checklist:
- First we have a few basic enemies to finish, which is what we've been at for a while now because of our delays.
- Then we'll be adding in the new bosses which won't take too long because a couple of skills they use are already in the game and their ideas are more clear cut.
- We've then got the task of adding the side quests (main story is already added), but that shouldn't be too bad as they're outlined well.
- Lastly we have a few side features such as an Battle Arena, a number of treasure hunts spanning the country and probably a few more NPCs and interactive objects to help flesh out the world and party members a little more.
- Lastly, lastly...we test and release!

See what I mean? It's not a long list considering everything else that we've already put in the game from the maps to the cut scenes to the main story, etc, etc. Enemies have been the biggest chore and unfortunately fell at the time when we got busy in real life.

Anyway, rest assured that it's still coming and I'll give another blog post detailing progress once we knock out the enemies. I'll even include a few previews of the new creatures, wahay!

khmlight3 2016-01-10 20:43:32

So Ender Story Chapter 2 will come in February or March.

TheEnkian 2016-01-10 20:43:32

I can't honestly say for certain. We didn't get as much done over Christmas as we'd have liked to, but it's still making progress. I gave more detail about what we've got left to do in response to another comment if you can see it on your screen there somewhere.

I'm committed to making sure that the game is out before summer, I can't see it taking that long, but we have had to push it back a couple of times already. I'd like to give a rough estimate of Spring, but I couldn't say more until we finish off the enemies.

khmlight3 2016-01-12 01:28:58

When do you think the enemies will be finished

TheEnkian 2016-01-12 01:28:58

It realistically shouldn't take more than a month.

khmlight3 2016-02-22 23:48:37

Is Chapter 2 almost done?