Mapmaking in Elemental

To recap:

Beta 1 (which is where we’re at right now) is where we play around with different game mechanics with the beta group on a cloth map.

Beta 2 is where we let people try this all out multiplayer.

Beta 3 is where we finally turn on the graphics engine to make it look like a game.

Beta 4 is where tactical battles get turned on

Beta 5 is the modding beta where we start to work with modders on tools and help on that prior to release.

Here’s a video of me playing with the map editor (which I mistakenly thought was going to be in beta 4 but it’s actually beta 5 that this gets put into the public beta).

What’s fun about the map making (at least for me) is how fun it is to just make maps.