Hey Everyone !

I'd like to thank everyone for checking out Grita and providing extremely useful feedback. I'm glad to announce that I've released the first major upgrade to Grita. Here are the changes :-

Major Changes :-

Puzzles.

Added a few puzzles so that the game does not feel and play like a walking simulator. Over the next few updates the story mode will slowly transition out  of  the action / adventure genre to a complete puzzle game. Solving each puzzle will require choosing the right animal and using its skill.

 Animal Interaction.

Added a basic animal interaction system where  smaller animals will run away if a predator gets too close to them. This feature will get improved in Title Update  3 (See below).

Collectibles.

Added a few collectibles throughout the map to reward exploration by the player. When obtained each collectible will unlock direct transformation to the collected animal without needing the spot the animal in the wild. This will be extremely  useful in the final boss fight.

Boss fight revamp.

Added four new attacks to the attack pool of the Mage. The Mage also gets a buff to health and defense. Hopefully you will find this version of the mage more challenging than the previous one.

Special Abilities.

When in endangered mode each animal now has their own unique special abilities. The special abilities of each animal is listed below :-

• Leopard - Time dilation. Slows down time by 75 % for 10 seconds.
• Bear -  Gather Blast . Performs an extremely powerful AOE attack that usually insta-kills any enemy.
• Wolf - Teleport . Teleports instantly to a random location in the battlefield.
• Boar -  Super Speed.  Moves at 2x the speed and can  melee attack at 3x speed.
• Deer - Insta-Heal. Completely replenishes player health.

Day / Night Cycle.

Added Day / Night cycle to improve aesthetics and immersion.

Other Changes :-

• Added partial controller support.
•  30+ new SFX . Will add more in the next update.
• You can now tweak graphic settings to optimize the game according to your PC.
• Removed unnecessary cut-scenes.
• You can now skip the tutorials  and lengthy cut-scenes.
• Minor bug fixes and QOL improvements.

Roadmap.

Title Update 2 - Arena Mode ( Release -  December  20,  2019)

Features :-

• 4 Player classes.
• 12 + unique enemies.
• Brand new AI featuring  behavior tree.
• Beat the clock style combat only game mode.

Title Update 3 - Ecosystem Update. ( January 2020)

Features :-

• Major changes to the wildlife AI in story mode.
• Predator can hunt down smaller prey.
• 4-6 new animal classes.
•  Flying animals including Dragons will be added to the  wildlife pool.

 Will update more features closer to the launch date.