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What's done and what's left
First of all, I'm sorry we haven't updated you in a while. As some of you know, Razor Trail Survivors is a side-project of ours and we...
Ruben Jorge
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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Random events
The Razor Trail is a dynamic world shaped by the players in terms of economy and power-struggle between factions. There are however lots...
Ruben Jorge
Aug 29, 20191 min read
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Hey Yin, where's Yang?
Finding balance for the game's levelling progression
Ricardo Durão
Jun 25, 20191 min read
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Player market
Razor Trail Survivors is a resource and loot-based game. Even though you may want to take the lone-wolf path of doing everything...
Ruben Jorge
May 17, 20192 min read
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Weapon stats details
In Razor Trail Survivors we're trying to include a lot of variety and strategy while keeping things as simple as possible. Simulating the...
Ruben Jorge
May 1, 20193 min read
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Player houses
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...
Ruben Jorge
Apr 11, 20191 min read
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The numbers, Mason
There are lots of stuff to do still. The programmers are busy with features and the art is still preparing the hundreds of pictures the...
Ruben Jorge
Mar 25, 20192 min read
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Equipment breaking down
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...
Ruben Jorge
Mar 6, 20192 min read
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How will the Beta be?
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...
Ruben Jorge
Feb 15, 20192 min read
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The Wise, The Tracker and all the others
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...
Ruben Jorge
Feb 3, 20192 min read
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The tools you need
Tools are a type of equipment that give you bonuses when executing actions from a certain skill - for example, chopping oak trees is a...
Ruben Jorge
Jan 25, 20192 min read
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Music & Ambience
Even though it is often barely considered in idle-games, I believe background music can be a big part of a game's context. In searching...
Ruben Jorge
Jan 16, 20191 min read
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Traveling
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...
Ruben Jorge
Jan 2, 20192 min read
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Enemy types
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...
Ruben Jorge
Dec 5, 20182 min read
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Simplicity against the chaos
Considering the nature of Razor Trail Survivors game genre, its design is based on bidimensionality that balances strong, opulent...
Flávia Grilo
Nov 20, 20181 min read
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What will you fight for?
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...
Ruben Jorge
Nov 8, 20181 min read
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The story behind the Razor Trail
In the early 2020’s, climate change became humanity’s gravest threat. The greatly increased occurrence and severity of droughts, floods...
Ruben Jorge
Oct 26, 20181 min read
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Content is king, balance is queen
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...
Ruben Jorge
Oct 19, 20182 min read
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My AK is better than yours
One of the most critical aspects of a good action RPG has been the looting and somewhat random properties of weapons and equipment that...
Ruben Jorge
Oct 12, 20182 min read
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Combat mechanics
Now that we've presented you the combat interface and its main elements, we can go deeper into how combat actually works and what...
Ruben Jorge
Oct 6, 20183 min read
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