Update 3/2022

# **Weekly Update 3/2022**

Welcome to another edition of The Rift's Weekly Update! Good news this week - we've got yet another potential team member, a builder, meaning that if everything works out, every department will be staffed by at least one person! That means that I'll be able to focus my attention on team management a little more and help get us closer to where we want to be progress-wise. More on that next week - but for now, let's see how we did this week.

## 🌐**World**

Psynexus: My attention was split between helping the team and building this week, but by some magic I was able to still get two builds close to finished. The one I want to focus on this week for lore is Fort Serpent Head, on the South Sea, which I'll go into in the story section. In addition to that, I'm also starting to revamp Sidonia and The Tale of Sir Winter, adding some polished and making some new additions to one of the first quests I ever wrote. Because of its age, the build and the story itself were in need of some touch-ups, so I've been slaving away like a madman giving it a much-needed makeover, and so far the progress has been great! I'm excited to show off all the new features and dialogue for the quest and think it'll be one of those quests players will want to try again and again!

## ⌨️**Development**

Sparklepony12: Hey :D This week I started out strong adding in new features to the quest currently in development. I unfortunately got sick and have been struggling with health issues being unable to work from the constant jumping between doctors and hospitals. What I planned to have in place this week has been greatly affected by this and I will have to work double-time when I'm feeling strong again to try catch up to the goal I set for the developing quest. It will be ready soon, I just need some time to get back into my rhythm. Have an amazing weekend and enjoy the rest of your Friday! Until next week.

## 🔧**Moderation**

Buibui: Hi guys, since my last update we have hit 250 followers on our Instagram today and counting! I’ve started posting on Reddit recently and I hope we can start getting a decent following next week. Anyways, thank you to those that found us on our social media and joining us for the adventure.

ADOBO: Hello all, welcome back. Some progress from itemization this week. The class armors got a nice touchup, basic gems have been completed, and some new variants of gems were made to spice it up. The main types of Gem Stones are **Red (Offense), Blue (Defense), Green (Mobility), Gold (Magic), White (Holy) and Black (Death)**. I made some crafting materials/recipes for turning basic gems into **Jewels** (stronger versions of gems), **Augments**, and **Diamond** gems. The Gem system will help make elemental damage/damage reduction more prevalent in combat for all classes but Mage in particular through Augments. Upon changing the Class Armor skins, I realized that some of the stats are just bonkers so I'm gonna start editing them this week. The other things I plan to do next are fix the Repair System, and start on Subclasses hopefully. See ya soon!

## 🎨**Art**

🌹Rose🌹: Happy Friday everyone! So this week I finished 3 whole textures and 2 models, all of which are beautiful elven ladies! We're still playing around in-game to see which model looks/works out best. Next I plan on making another working elf model/texture based off an Evoker, so we'll see how that goes. Hope you all have a beautiful weekend, and until then, "Life is not a fairy tale, if you lose a shoe at midnight, you're probably drunk!"

## 📚**Story**

   Fort Serpent Head: https://therift.fandom.com/wiki/Fort\_Serpent\_Head

## ⏭**Next Week**

I don't think there's a force on earth that could stop us now - we're really starting to hit our stride on things being accomplished and it's quite an experience to see it all come together. We'll have lots of things to talk about next week as well, so be sure to let us know how we're doing and blow up those channels - and don't forget to follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/paryllyx/.

Have a great week - stay excited!