The Razor Trail is a dynamic world shaped by the players in terms of economy and power-struggle between factions. There are however lots of random events - a...

Finding balance for the game's levelling progression

Razor Trail Survivors is a resource and loot-based game. Even though you may want to take the lone-wolf path of doing everything yourself, the player market w...

In Razor Trail Survivors we're trying to include a lot of variety and strategy while keeping things as simple as possible. Simulating the complex behavior of...

I always start every RPG I play by basically grabbing every item I can. This becomes especially ridiculous when I play Skyrim (or any of the older Elder Scro...

Weapons and armor in many RPGs are eternal - once you get it, the only reason for you to change is if you find a better one. Sometimes this leads to a situat...

No, it's not ready yet, but it's getting there. I think it's time we talk a bit about how it's going to work and how you can participate and help us get the ...

Mana is a game concept that is almost ubiquitous in every medieval/fantasy RPG. It is barely or never used in modern or semi-realistic ones such as Fallout, ...

Tools are a type of equipment that give you bonuses when executing actions from a certain skill - for example, chopping oak trees is a forestry action and yo...

Happy new year! We've been busy with chocolates and candy but work is progressing! Today I want to show you how traveling works in the game. It is an essenti...

Combat will be a very important part of Razor Trail Survivors. It is not essential (you can go through your game as a pacifist and hit #1 fisherman if you wi...

Considering the nature of Razor Trail Survivors game genre, its design is based on bidimensionality that balances strong, opulent pictures with a clear and c...

In the last post we presented you the story and context for the events on the razor trail. When you start as a new survivor, you'll join one of three faction...

In the early 2020’s, climate change became humanity’s gravest threat. The greatly increased occurrence and severity of droughts, floods and storms was the ca...

One of my favorite games of all time is Age of Empires II. For many fans of that series, the second installment of the game is still the best and that shared...

One of the most critical aspects of a good action RPG has been the looting and somewhat random properties of weapons and equipment that makes you always look...

Now that we've presented you the combat interface and its main elements, we can go deeper into how combat actually works and what influences it. This is a li...

While all of the 11 skills in Razor Trail Survivors are useful - but not essential - combat is the most complex in nature and the one that requires more atte...