The Outer Ring November Game Development Update in short:
- Get ready for the first Tech Demo in Unreal 5.
- Nexxyolabs receives Navarra´s most Innovative Business Awards.
- A predator hides in the undergrowth
- Outer Ring Game Production Team Update.
“Enter the Indabi Nebula.
Don’t be hypnotized by the colors of its gasses. Focus on the light of its celestial bodies and explore the virgin planets trapped in its gravitational field. There lies your new home.”
Get ready for the first Tech Demo in Unreal 5
The community wants to PLAY, and we know it.
Our team has been keeping you updated with all the progress that is being made on the game development side of the project by releasing DevUpdates and social media posts featuring the entire workflow, from concept art to in-game creations.
This December, you will feel and test all the new assets and scenarios incorporated inside our first Tech Demo in Unreal 5.
What should players expect?
The main change in the latest Tech Demo is the migration from Unity to Unreal 5. The visual quality is years apart, and you will notice it in both environments and characters.
The sites that you can explore are entirely different. Great Silver City is now bigger, has more life, and the skyline view is incredible.
Once you start to travel around the place, you will notice that our team has not been building alone. Many of our partners have already created virtual spaces inside the game and are preparing to integrate experiences. They will be very present in the Tech Demos.
Get ready to find the easter eggs around the different scenarios built for this test.
Although this Tech Demo will not have an on-chain connection, you will be able to ride, aim and wear some of the items featured in the Marketplace. Use the land vehicles, gear up your armor and shoot unique weapons.
In addition, we have been working on some Land tests. In this Tech Demo, you will receive fake GQ once you complete activities to spend it on building and decorating your first house in Outer Ring.
Lastly, please keep in mind that this Tech Demo contains very few dynamics of the game. We are under construction. This is a tool for us to do testing, showcase some of the work, and communicate our vision for the game to the players.
In June, we will launch the Early Access Pre-Alpha, and from then on, we will do sequential updates until we arrive at the Official Game Launch.
Are you excited?
The studio received the award for most innovative business in Navarra 2022
Nexxyo Labs, our studio, with Outer Ring as the leading project, has received the Innovation Award 2022 from the Commerce Chamber of Navarra. The region where our headquarters are located.
The event took place on the 30th of November. Year 2022 in Earth. Year 5304 in Outer Ring.
The award recognizes our work on developing software and video games and, most concretely, integrating blockchain technology into these games. This innovative approach allows us to be an incredibly fast-growing company, going from 12 employees to 130+ this year.
But we aim bigger. We want to make a world-class studio and produce a massive ecosystem of games and products that entertain millions.
Do not lose sight of us!
Beware of your surroundings
“Have you heard that?”
*Last words of an inexperienced explorer
They camouflage to hunt. You are prey for them. Fanet’s beasts turn your passion for flowers into a dangerous sport. Here the flora bites.
This is just one of many beasts that use camouflage as a hunting strategy. In the Outer Ring, we do not aim to have every mob just boringly roaming around. Creatures will have game mechanics that challenge the player and build rich and entertaining scenarios.
If these plant monsters do not scare you, do not be so full of yourself… Those are just puppies.
Next month, you will help build a narrative and give them a name.
The wreckage of a space crash
The alarms start to scream. The atmosphere of the planet consumes your shield.
The controls don’t respond. You are in free fall.
You think, “I should have stayed on my planet…safely.” But the answer resonates inside you like a loud cry, a clear: “NEVER!”
Adventure has been coursing through your veins since the moment you embraced change.
You traded home for a spaceship and security for a quest for glory a long time ago.
Since then, you have had the helm of your destiny in your hands, but ironically the helm of your ship does not respond to your orders. The planet’s floor is fast approaching. You stop listening to the alarms and close your eyes.
There is silence. The planet has already forgotten that you just crashed into it.
The wind, almost out of compassion, blows the sand to cover the remains of what was once your ship, your home, now a coffin.
But the adventure you started is larger than your own life.
You miraculously open your eyes. You were bold, and luck has rewarded you.
The nose of the ship is submerged beneath the sand. Blinded by darkness, you limp to the closest exit and crawl out, but still, there is nothing in sight, just rocks and sand.
You’re alone but not scared. You always were. You left everything for the adventure, and the next one has just started.
Your mind is as cold as the inside of your ship. From now on, it will be your camp while healing and thinking about the next steps. Repair the ship, rationalize the food, and vessel this new place. Destiny has given you a second chance.
Be welcome, explorer, to the Outer Ring. Get ready for the biggest adventure of your life.
Outer Ring Game Production Team Update.
Some words from our Lead Producer. Josep Martinez:
“Hey, everyone.
I hope you enjoy watching this project work as much as I do. During this past month, we have incorporated a lot of talent into the teams I´m coordinating. Currently, we are focused on building a very experienced Backend Team, relocating coders from other company projects, and hiring strategic profiles for very concrete tasks. My Production Team is also growing very fast. Coordinating the massive workflow we currently manage is no easy business, but we enjoy fighting on the Jira grounds each morning.
Right now, we are already 52 people working exclusively on the production of this incredible MMORPG. Without counting the other teams making this project possible: blockchain, front and back teams, marketing, business development, management, human resources, legal… In total, more than 130 people.
In this section, we plan to keep you updated on the talent joining the company. See the new profiles and roles list below, and get to know us better through Our Talents interviews.”
Building such an ambitious MMO requires not dozens but hundreds of hands. We are bringing new talent to our teams every week. If you are interested in joining this cause, you can now check our offers, Linkedln.
