Dead Matter Dev Tracker

The first blog post of the month is now up on our site. It's a bit shorter, but has some nice updates on:

🖥️ Main menu backgrounds
🌄 Level design
🎨 3D art
🔫 A new weapon
🎁 Backer perks

Read up here:

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Anybody going camping for the long weekend? ⛺️

Just remember to pick up your trash and put away your food. You'd hate to attract bears... or something worse. 🧟

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How about some more SKS content to please the Russian weapon aficionados in the crowd?

These are all the attachments for the gun. Everything from shrouds to rails to extended mags will allow players to customize the rifle to their hearts content!

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Last week we showcased the SKS, and this week we have some new variants to show off! 💥

These are based off of some very well-known American synthetic chassis designs and allow the player to customize their Russian-made boomstick. 🇷🇺

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Last we showcased the SKS, and this week we have some variants to show off! 💥

These are based of some very well know American synthetic chassis designs and allow the player to customize their Russian-made boomstick. 🇷🇺

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As we wrap up August, we have one more development update for y'all. Peep our blog to read about:

🗓️ A brief recap of the month's work
🧥 New character clothing
🔫 Weapon attachments and variants
🖼️ Main menu backdrops

Check it here: #DeadMatter

Look down the sights at our new shooting range. 🎯

Our level design team has put the finishing touches on the updated area for 0.7.0.

On top of being better optimized, the location now hosts a full gameplay tutorial on top of being a place to test guns.

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This new character skin pays tribute to the typical Kananaskis hiker or Banff tourist who wears hiking shoes to go to a paleo café.

They may spend $600 on a raincoat and won't shut up about their yoga retreat, but these health nuts can sure run from the infected. 🏃‍♂️💨🧟

From Russia with firepower. 🇷🇺

A common weapon in Canada is the Russian-made SKS. A semi-automatic carbine, it can easily be modified to limit round capacity.

Adam from our team made this “base model” and has also began to work on some… modified examples. Stay tuned for more.

Our productive August continues. Check out our latest blog post for info on:

🛠️ Hitching and frames-per-second fixes
👨 New character design
🎯 New shooting range
🔫 New weapon
🎨 3D art
➕ Much more!

Read it here:

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I spy with my reflective eyes. 👀

Julian from our team added a retro-reflective shading model specifically for eyes. This is a similar effect used on our road signs but for a much more unique and immersive purpose.

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We recently took some drone photos for our level design team to use as reference. 📸

Enjoy a comparison between the photo and the game build. We plan to double down on our use of this method as we continue world-production for 0.7.0.

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Here's a bonus comparison showing off some texturing courtesy of Victor on our team.

Most games feature the Humvee; however, the Canadian military uses the G Wagon - Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW).

Falling in line with the Canadian location, we feel the accurate representation of Canadian armed forces is integral in storytelling and immersion. 🇨🇦

We're halfway through the month and the work on #DeadMatter is trucking along nicely. Check out our blog for info on:

🎯 Updated shooting range
🖼️ Real-world-to-game-world comparisons
🚛 G-wagons
🔒 Locks
👁️ Reflective eyes
💧 Water
➕ Much more!

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Our character artists have nearly completed the starting outfits for each of the different professions.

Enjoy a look at the blacksmith, security guard, and delivery driver.

Focusing on where characters started versus where they end up is an important element of #DeadMatter.