Ship of Heroes

The developers for Ship of Heroes released a new development video showcasing teaming with persistence and combat. You can check out the new gameplay development video for the upcoming superhero MMO game in the player below. The video showcases the feature of persistent teaming in the game.  This occurs if players are on a team and get disconnected. They will be able to reappear in the game and still be on the same team. The video showcases other parts of the game’s MMO components, including inviting players to team, kicking players off of the team, dealing with disconnects, team XP, dust rewards, the level-up system, and the persistence gameplay. The video also features some of the new user-interface elements as well. For the team combat, the game will have traditional roles of tanks, ranged damage, melee damage, and support characters. So far, the game will have more than 40 superpowers in total. So, the game is definitely starting to take shape and more coding improvements have been made based on

The developers for Ship of Heroes have released some new images and details on the game’s primary male models. You can check out some of the new images below in the gallery. Click on the thumbnails to see the full-size images. There are two types of male character models. One is lean and fit, and the other one more muscular. All the male characters in the game are being created using these two core models, including NPCs. The developers have also revealed that the new character models feature some enhanced muscle definition to add some greater distinction. The developers also revealed a lot of the upgrading process for the character models, since both the high-poly and low-poly sculpts of the models have to be re-created for Ship of Heroes. That upgrading includes a large amount of work done on the morph targets as well as character rigging. Additionally, the clothing and costume pieces for the characters need to be individually adjusted to fit these new character models in-game.  These new

The developers for Ship of Heroes released a new video this week showcasing the game’s Powerset, and you can check out the new Powerset Demo Video in the player below. The new video features details for the Justice Corp Building, the Power Testing Center on the roof of that building, Flight, and a complete powerset demo showing eight powers in full for Fire Blaster and Signature NPC, Meltdown. So far, it seems that Ship of Heroes seems to be progressing nicely. The game is still in a very rough format, but things and elements, like the powers, are starting to take shape. According to the developers, the Justice Corp Building will be a permanent gameplay feature. Players will be able to use this building and the Powers Testing Center to measure the effects of their superpowers as they progress and level up with their characters. The gameplay video also shows some new game elements that are stackable toward a playable game. Ship of Heroes is slated to begin Alpha testing

A new Mission Demo video was released this week for the upcoming game Ship of Heroes. You can check out the new pre-alpha video in the player below. The new video showcases a new environment that’s fully Physics-Based Reality (PBR). The developers are promising to build a game with a high level of realism compared to other hero-themed video games, and it’s being built with Unreal Engine 4. How successful some of these lofty goals are remain to be seen. This footage does show some new effects and power sets. But, it doesn’t really sell you on how in-depth and unique the game will be. So far, the game still looks very rough and less than impressive. The environments definitely look a lot larger this time around, showcasing a lot of large interior spaces. Hopefully, as the game gets more polished, it will start to take place and look like a more exciting hero RPG or tactical strategy game. Ship of Heroes is set to begin its Alpha testing phase

Heroic Games has announced the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for the planned MMORPG Ship of Heroes. Additionally, a Kickstarter video was also released for the game, which you can check out below. Ship of Heroes is an attempt to create a modern MMORPG similar to the atmosphere and feel of City of Heroes, but the game would feature topnotch graphics, new settings, new character choices, and various other improved mechanics. The game would prospectively enable players to create their very own heroes and put them on a path for the stars. The new gameplay video features a rundown of the game’s various mechanics, combat and character creator. Obviously, it still looks to be in a very rough, unfinished state. But, the potential for this project definitely looks to be there so far. If it will come to fruition remains to be seen. The game would feature over 400 character models and a variety of superpower sets to choose from. Since its launch, the Kickstarter campaign has already brought in

Heroic Games officially announced this week announced some new details on the Custom Character Creator for the upcoming MMORPG, Ship of Heroes. The new update includes the eye design aspect for the Character Creator, which is pretty comprehensive. You can also check out some new images of the various character creation choices for the eye design in the game below. According to the developers, the game has an advanced eye model tool that’s supported by Unreal Engine 4, and the game uses eye textures based on real human eyes with the effect of having comparable level of details. Additionally, the game will have a set of varied eye textures in addition to different colors. In total, the game has over 100 custom eye textures to choose from for when players create their own personal heroes, including human, aliens, and cyborg designs. All of the eye designs are integrated into UE4, with the hope that players will have greater flexibility and customization options for creating their heroes. One other interesting detail is