Good design always show the story of a character visible in its look. This is a really terrible story, We know, but we had to explain that to be able to explain why Child of water looks and behaves this way in The End of The Sun game. yes, the Drowner is something taken straight from Slavic legends :) ) “Drowner monster” is created from the body of someone who drowned (in most cases bad person) According to some stories when a small, poor child drowned and its body was lost in the water forever then the “Child of water” was born. Some legends say that this (Child of water) is kind of “Drowner” (Most of You probably know it from The Witcher game series…. There is very little information about it, so we had to make our own interpretation… Child of Water – the creature that doesn’t know it is evil. “Rusalka” was a kind of good creature in Slavic mythology connected to water (source: )Ģ. So many positive characters and creatures in legends were later shown as demons. What is important here and what we noticed is that many creatures were presented in the later middle ages as something bad to get rid of traditions and Slavic believes. The Slavic myths also show a huge amount of good creatures that helped good people not drown or showed them their way home. The same number of bad as good creatures. In our country, we have bigger or smaller floods every year. The End of The Sun happens in an environment inspired by the Polish environment and nature. …for sure, more often than on the Sahara desert :) this is probably the next reason why there are even more bad monsters in mythology that could manipulate the lakes or rivers. “Bloom” of cyanobacteria in the pond (Source: ) This is Why older people said to children – “Don’t go into the water because before Summer Solistice the Drowners will take You into the lake!” They just wanted to protect children this way. It makes the water becomes really green, and it is happening mostly in the Spring. One theory says that many Slavic stories about monsters living near water are connected to some kind of “protection” for uneducated people from “cyanobacteria.” That bacteria makes the water in lakes and ponds really toxic. How could Cyanobacteria be connected to the “Water monsters”? Of course, Slavic mythology has its own stories… to be honest there is the whole group of monsters and creatures (good and bad) that live in water or near water. You probably heard many legends or small stories about people who drowned and became some kind of monsters or ghosts connected to rivers or lakes. Design and what is behind it – a little bit about myths and Legends If You would like to know more about Why We decided On that kind of gameplay mechanics and How we designed the “Child of Water” 3d model, animations, AI, and What exactly are Children of Water in Slavic mythology, just Read That blog post. Yes! but don’t worry… “The End of the Sun” is still an ADVENTURE game, not an RPG :) Mechanics that You see on video is connected to some gameplay mission/puzzle, but at the same time, it makes the possibility to put a little bit of immersive action into the game.
The teaser shows a small part of the gameplay where Children of Water attack the player (who play as the Ashter – kind of Slavic sorcerer). This diary will be about one of the fantasy creatures that You will meet at The End of The Sun connected to Slavic Mythology – some kind of monster called “Child of water.” You could Watch it on Youtube hereor below.ĭon’t Forget To Leave a comment and THUMB UP on Youtube if You like it :) We have a large Gamedev Diary and New Short Teaser for You Today!
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