Hey everyone, 

We hope you’re all doing well! The team is still working hard on the background systems of Externus: Path of the Solari and I think we’re at a point where we will see a lot of leaps forward in the next few months as we make our way toward ALPHA. For a little look at how far we’ve come since the very beginning, here is a short video of a VERY EARLY (we haven’t shown it before) build as a proof-of-concept to a more recent build of the game. 

We Have More Art! 

Moudy has been hard at work on both refining the animations for our characters and getting some close to final characters done for the game. Here is how Alrik Steele will look in the final game. 

Alrik in street clothes

Alrik in armor

IGDA Indies Showcase

In case you missed it, we were able to be a part of the IGDA’s Indies Showcase hosted by Will Overgard (twitch.tv/viking_blonde). I (Trevor) went on to talk about the game and you can watch the replay below. We have timestamped the link to where the half-hour of Externus starts but we encourage you to check out the whole show as there were some really cool indie games showcased. 

Join Us On Discord

Finally, I just want to remind everyone to join us on our Discord channel as we’re looking to grow the community. Be sure to share the link with your friends and tell them about the game. We appreciate all your support and are thankful to those who have been interacting with us in the Discord channel so far. We’re also taking questions for the podcast in our Ask A Question channel and you can ask us anything you wish and we’ll talk about them on a future episode of the podcast. The podcast will return soon, we’ve been holding off recording for a few weeks just to give the team some time to focus more on the game so get your questions in and we’ll answer them in the coming weeks! 

Thank you all for your support! 

concept art of character alrik steele with sword and shield

Thank you! 

What more can we say except for thank you? You’ve helped us in a major way by backing the project and sharing it with people. We encourage you to continue to do that as it will help us meet our goal but we couldn’t have asked for a better start. If you’re not following us on Facebook and Twitter, we shared a piece of art Moudy is still working on featuring the character Alrik Steele. 

Some additional background on Alrik, he is the character Jack on our team played in the tabletop version of our game. Jack literally grew up playing this character at the table and we are excited to be able to tell you his story. 

Kickstarter Update

New Character Reveals

Yasumori

Yasumori Head Shot
Yasumori Armor Concept

Yasumori was a large part of the original campaign and we wouldn’t be happier with how Moudy interpreted our spiritual Samurai. In the tabletop version of the game, he was played by our friend Ted and played the role of best friend and companion to Alrik Steele. Yasumori and Alrik have had a bond for a young age as their families were close and Alrik was often left in the care of Yasumori family when Osmund was off on his travels. We can’t wait to share more on him as soon as we can, but we have one more character to show you. 

Jill

Full-Color Concept For Jill
Various Outfit Concepts for Jill

Jill Callaghan is a pirate captain that the party will run into during their adventures. She is incredibly tough and headstrong and may not be so eager to join up with the Soldat Solari. She will, however, be eager to start a fight like any good pirate would. There is a lot more to Jill than her tough demeanor and pirate antics, but we wouldn’t want to spoil that for you! 

Again, Thank You!

Thank you all for backing us and we hope to bring you many more and frequent updates as our journey continues while making this game. Our world is rich with characters, history, and locales that we can’t wait to share it all! We also encourage you all to comment on the things that you like about the campaign and the kind of updates you would like to see in the future. We want you to help us on this journey and we want to bring you more of the things you want to see! 

Check our more Kickstarter Updates

We’ve posted all our Kickstarter Updates to our website, but you can see them all in their original form on our Kickstarter Page.