So now the fish move out of the way when you get close to them.

Interesting how high of a punch up that is, while also going for the low hanging fruit, isn't it? Ah well, its relevant. The AI overhaul on the enemies continues with moderate progress but a very large roadblock. We've been attempting to put in place some new path-finding for the enemies where they'll avoid the player, obstacles in the environment and each other while also keeping in a cohesive unit. This is commonly referred to as Flocking AI and its often used with much larger groups of creatures. We're planning on doing more, including attempts to defend each other from the player based on their form and surrounding them to cut off dodging routes. Things are still in progress and will take some time to do properly but we are working on one major issue that we've run into. An interesting bug has swept through the new maps, turning those pesky guards into Olympic swimmers!

Nobody:
Deity's Form Soldiers: *Charges with Nautical Intent*

Our Art and Design team are working on the second floor of our dungeon, having the rooms colour gradually shift over time as the player gets further and further to the outside world.  We've had some discussion about further improvements to the maps to make them a bit more visually and mechanically interesting and we've decided to push ahead one of the most requested features, that being the ability to break the pillars that dot the room. We were thinking to allow that to be done by any of the players attacks but done extremely quickly by the Bull form's charge, adding to the intended feeling of power we want it to give. Speaking of just that, however, we are revisiting the Bull's charge attack to add a bit more power to it as we felt it was weak in comparison to what we wanted it to be. All of these changes and more will be coming in version 0.7 soon in preparation for our Beta release!

Want more details about Deity's Form or the behind the scenes of development? Well should you wish to wonder no longer, we've set up a public Discord Server for any and all to join. We hope to see you there!

https://discord.gg/erD2atDEm9