Hey all – I’m Jemima, I’m a author right here at Roll7, and I’ve been requested to share some particulars concerning the course of of making our newest OlliOlli World growth – Discovering the Flowzone. So, right here’s a short lowdown on how we developed the setting and characters – and the way town of Radlantis went from an underwater metropolis to a skateboarding paradise within the skies!
Let’s start initially; once we began engaged on the second OlliOlli World growth, the very first thing we knew was that it was going to be set underwater. It’s possible you’ll discover – based mostly on the prevalence of clouds on the emblem, and the flying ship within the cowl artwork – that this didn’t find yourself taking place! However once we began out, we have been engaged on the idea of an underwater journey.
The concept of a deep-ocean skate paradise immediately made us consider Atlantis, the legendary metropolis supposedly misplaced beneath the waves in historical instances. So, in between researching currents, tides, and varied sea creatures (we developed a selected fondness for Nudibranchs, also called Sea Slugs), we did a deep-dive into the lore of Atlantis. I ended up studying a bunch of Plato consequently, since he was the primary particular person to put in writing concerning the fantasy of Atlantis – I’ve to say, after I began writing for an all-ages skating recreation, I wasn’t anticipating the necessity to research Historic Greek philosophy! I’m not complaining, because it was fairly fascinating stuff (and presumably the primary time that my historical past diploma has ever really turn out to be useful in my every day life). Anyhow, the Historic Greek affect is a part of what drew us to the concept of a skating competitors – the concept was that this journey would finish with a sort of skate Olympics held deep underwater by the folks of Radlantis.
With this in thoughts, we created the Radlantis Three – the skate crew who be a part of the participant within the seek for Radlantis. Lizz (Lead Narrative Designer, Author, in all probability the good particular person ever) labored on Squid and Christopher Licht, and I labored on creating Professor Planks. We favored the concept of a rag-tag staff who don’t essentially at all times get alongside however are sure collectively by a standard objective. They’re all explorers in a method, however they create various things to the desk – Squid is a seasoned sea captain, Licht is an astrologer and a mystic, and Planks is doing analysis for her college… or possibly simply avoiding her college students! We needed this new trio to really feel completely different to the companions you’ve got within the base recreation, in order that they have a barely extra argumentative vitality to them. It’s nonetheless very lighthearted and enjoyable, nevertheless it’s a little bit of a change from the ‘previous pals’ dynamic of the unique crew.
So, there we have been, merrily researching away and planning to create an underwater cityscape, stuffed with cheery sea creatures and funky new skateboarding buddies – after which, all of it modified…
Partway by way of improvement, we determined that we would have liked to vary route, and transfer the setting to a metropolis within the clouds. Why? Nicely, it seems that from a gameplay perspective, skating underwater simply isn’t as enjoyable as skating by way of the sky, propelled by the mighty Windzones towards greater air, cooler tips, and better scores. Additionally, it labored lots higher from an artwork type and a map house perspective to take issues up into the environment. So, a change of route was referred to as for – however all was not misplaced! We liked the concept of a flying ship – the characters we’d been workshopping appeared even cooler up above the clouds. Placing Radlantis up above Radlandia quite than beneath the ocean labored, and we might additionally hold the skate competitors angle.
What we did want was a brand new Skate god to satisfy on the finish of the growth – any individual who mirrored the brand new sky-based setting. And so Lizz created Gail Power – a god who controls the wind and skies above Radlandia. Gail Power is tremendous enjoyable, very vibrant and she or he positively lives as much as her title! She’s a pressure of nature. We additionally determined to incorporate B.B. Hopper and a few of the main-game Skate Godz within the growth – with so many enjoyable new characters to satisfy, it felt essential to additionally embody some acquainted faces. Whereas this can be a separate story to the principle plot of OlliOlli World, it’s good for gamers to nonetheless really feel the sense that they’re exploring a cohesive setting that ties into the world.
As soon as all that worldbuilding and character creation was out of the way in which, it was only a matter of writing up some suitably foolish dialogue and placing it into the sport. This really took ages! We labored very exhausting on it, nevertheless it largely concerned looking at clean pages and cursing on the sky, so it’s not tremendous fascinating to examine. We additionally did a bunch of labor with the artwork staff to assist carry the environments, characters, and animations to life, and as soon as all that was accomplished we despatched it off to be translated so followers all all over the world can benefit from the recreation. And now – many many months later – all of you’ve got the possibility to discover the Flowzone, discover Radlantis, and possibly even win a trophy in a contest thrown by the Skate Godz themselves…
We hope you get pleasure from enjoying this growth as a lot as we loved writing it. Bon voyage, good luck, and completely happy skating!
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● OlliOlli World: VOID Riders. Additional steezy extraterrestrials are intent on buying Radlandian skate specimens for his or her chief, Nebulord. VOID Riders brings a courageous new world of problem and space-age gear as you put together to enter the alien home-planet: the V.O.I.D. Accessible Now.
● Second story growth containing a completely new biome, ranges, characters, gameplay, and customization unlocks. Coming late 2022.
● “Shut Encounter Skate Deck”
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