I bring you another update video to my game Lattice! I have begun building out the world of Nereid, which is actually a real moon of Neptune

I pulled real life images of Neptune for the sky, it's the only thing that will be non-handpainted

Even though this will be a psychological horror game, the real selling point I want to focus on is the ambience and atmosphere, just being alone in an icy expanse (or are you alone? The plot thickens soon!) 

I got a few systems finished now: 

\- Damage system where you take damage depending on how far you fall (can stack) but once it reaches the 3rd or 4th threshold, your cosmonaut suit tech will auto-repair you and infuse blood back into you; but it will also hinder your ability to run if you take enough damage to discourage players from ignoring the mechanic and just running off of everything. 

There is a death that occurs if you take too much at once, but I haven't implemented checkpoint respawn stuff yet

\- Sliding down icy slopes; it puts you in a sliding animation that you can control. Uses very minimal blueprints. There's no placed actors or special objects at all, its all automatic and detecting the angle of slope beneath you at all times so I can freely design levels without needing to be precise with angles of slopes, it's very satisfying

\- Cinematic zoom in/out - This happens on the bridge and will happen in other spots to emphasize your smallness vs the environment

Next up I plan on adding a tool to obtain that lets you cut thru vines, and some mysterious notes...stay tuned!

WIP of the icy moon in my game Lattice