Hey Vikings,

Last week, we’d been talking about different changes that would affect the game experience and we're on a roll!

Another aspect of the game that we're working on is making the world feel more "full"- this is one of our focuses this week along with new weapon spells. We've been working on new Camps to add to our swamp biome, the Land of Pools.

This week, we’re:

🔪 – Designing the level of the Elf Bastion
🔑 – Modelling in 3D the Gate of the Elf Bastion
🌿 – Exploring new Grass system to create Props
🏃 – Updating AI to be able to chase Players further
🛂 – Preparing the opportunity to port the game in Consoles
⛺ – Continuing on finishing the Small Camp for the Land of Pools
📓 – Animating new Spells for new Weapons like the Baldur’s Revenge
🔨 – Fixing various issues for Passwords, Modules, Customization and Logging
📖 – Researching various features for Village Layout, Blessings and Hot/Cold Gauges

Is there any weapon spell you wish to see in the game later on?

Let us know which ones! If you haven't played the game yet, our weapon spells are based around elemental attacks, so for example, a Dark skill would come from a Dark sword, and its color would be specific to the element (Dark = purple). When fighting, you'll also find opposite elements have better damage against each other, so if you're fighting our Fire Giant (Hàlogi) you'd definitely want to pick up an ice weapon.

Here's how the Dark Whirlwind looks for the Lindworm Sword:



And the Thunderstorm skill for Ymir's Eyelash sword...



If you're curious and want to read more about all the weapons in-game and each of their skills, check out our Wiki, which is community-made and still expanding!:

https://tribesofmidgard.gamepedia.com/Weapons

See you next week!

Hey Vikings,

Onward and into our second week of the year, we are preparing to do some minor (and some drastic) changes to the game.

Here's what we're up to this week:

🎨 – Texturing the Elf Sorceress (one of our upcoming new enemies)
👪 – Integrating & Texturing a new Armor Set
📊 – Revising Data for Giant #3, Constructions and Loot
🎆 – Updating AI to be able to travel further in the World
📓 – Animating potential abilities for Giants, Creatures and Player
⛺ – Continuing working on Small/Large Camps for the Land of Pools (our swampy homeland)
📖 – Researching various features for Combat, Skill Tree, Shop and Grass
🔨 – Fixing various issues for Map, UI, Controller, Crashes, Armors and Giants

By the way, is there any game convention that you want to attend this year?

Tell us which one(s)! 👀

Join our Discord! Quizzes, sneak peeks and more...

We're having our weekly Tribes of Midgard quiz tomorrow (on Thursday)! Come see how many points you can score, and stay up to date while we continue working on the game.



And... here's one of those minor changes we've made. You can now splash through the water. It's the little things.😃



See you next week!

Hey Vikings,

Happy 2020 everyone! Hope you had a great holiday season, and enjoyed some time spent relaxing (and of course, playing games). We're jumping right back into development, and we're taking some time to evaluate our next objectives.

This week, we're:

🎨 – Texturing the Unsunken Viking Boss
💥 – Revising VFX for Giant #3 Attacks and Shield Attacks
✏️ – Designing Concept Arts for new Weapons and Shields
📓 – Analyzing multiple solutions along the feedback from Open Beta 3
📖 – Researching various features for Combat, Grass system and Shop UI
🔨 – Fixing various issues for Map, UI, Giant #3, Constructions and Servers
🏃 – Preparing Gamepedia, and Marketing for the year ahead
⛺ – Creating Small/Large Camps for the Land of Pools (Sneak peek below! Here's how it's looking, we're adding some swamp-like trees... )





What do you think about a Closed Beta Test?

We had our last Open Beta test in December, but let us know what you think about the idea of a Closed Beta! They could be something we bring into the mix this year, and it gives you another shot to try out Tribes of Midgard before we head to Early Access.

Discord News: first quiz of the month is tomorrow!

If you have a bit of a competitive side, and are a fan of quizzes, come hang out in our Discord where we run Tribes of Midgard-themed quizzes every Thursday!



That's all for now, see you next week!

Hey Vikings,

Update time! With the Open Beta coming to an end, we're now continuing to work on new features before we head off for the holidays. Besides going through all the feedback from the Open Beta, we're focusing on some Construction elements like the Tripwire, and some more customization options for your character. We're also working on making enemy shields breakable!

Here's what we're up to this week:

🙌 - Collecting ALL the feedback from Open Beta 3!
🐲 - Finalizing the attacks and effects for the Giant #3
🏭 - Working on integrating visuals for the building mode
😃 - Creating icons for constructions and player portraits
🚧 - Iterating on the build controls for optimal user experience
🕸️ - 3D modeling and integrating the Tripwire (end)
🛡️ - Adding durability to enemy shields to make them breakable
💇‍♀️ - Designing new haircuts for both males and females
💎 - Revising loot tables from enemies for surprising results
🎄 - Stabilizing the version before going on holidays!

Open Beta Feedback Survey!

Remembered some last-minute ideas? What else could we add to the world? Which weapons would you want to see? Let us know in our survey below! We're keeping it open until Monday, December 23rd, so please submit your answers before then!

ENG: https://forms.gle/YMTQ63kBzPus9yZXA
FR: https://forms.gle/2Xk836cxbdXxcq6aA

Last Discord Quiz of the Month!

We also have our LAST December Quiz going on in our Discord tomorrow, be sure to head there to join in! This quiz decides who gets the December Quiz Jarl role 👋



We'll also be taking our holidays soon, so this will be the last Dev Update until the new year! Don't worry, we'll still be posting feature sneak peeks in the meantime.

See you again next year, and happy holidays! ❄️

Hey Vikings,

Once again, the gates are closed, and our Last Open Beta has come to an end. Thank you so much for playing, we're very grateful to have such an amazing community of players!

What was your favorite weapon? Have any more suggestions for the game? Please reply to the survey below:

ENG: https://forms.gle/YMTQ63kBzPus9yZXA
FR:  https://forms.gle/2Xk836cxbdXxcq6aA

We'll keep the survey open until Monday, December 23rd at 11:59pm! Make sure to submit your responses before then.



We hit over 3,500 members in our Discord! Our tribe is growing, and so many creative ideas were shared there over the Open Beta.



We had over 150 players complete the Open Beta Challenges! Congrats to all! You will receive the Beta cosmetics upon release (Unsunken Javelin Haircut and Goblin player portrait). We even saw some of you survive until Day 111, and complete ALL of the 9 Beta Challenges! Many of you also survived the longest night, and defeated the Helthing Boss.





As you saw, we were even on the Twitch home page, on two different days, (so exciting) we thank you so much for bringing us there! To be alongside the games below means the world to us.



If you enjoyed playing, please be sure to Wishlist our main Steam page here!: 💙





The journey doesn't stop here. We're working on some big features, including:

• Construction system/Traps to build in the wild
  
• New fortifications and defense options
  
• Improved Map with marker placement
  
• Unexpected events
  
• A new Giant!

And a glimpse into even more that's planned:

• Direct in-game text chat
  
• Village upgrade and expansion with housing
  
• Mounts with customization options
  
• Farming in the village and fishing in rivers
  
• Emergent mechanics playing with elementals
  
• Cave instances with unique dungeon patterns
  
• A lot of new content overall!

We'll be announcing more information and news in 2020!





Join the Discord, to stay in touch on all the latest updates and news! 

A quick tour of a few of our channels:

#dev-updates: Every Wednesday, check here for our weekly update
#art-gallery: Where we'll be posting images and GIFs of new feature updates
#beta-ideas: For any game idea suggestions you may have
#ask-a-dev: Have a question for us? Ask us here!
#quiz-time: To stay sharp and test your knowledge on Tribes of Midgard with a bit of Norse mythology! We hold quizzes every Thursday, and you can earn points to become the Monthly Quiz Jarl!

Thank you all for playing, for slaying Giants, for teaming up with others and fighting in Midgard together. It's an honor to have such a wonderful community, and we can't wait until next time.

Until then,

Sydnee, JP, and the Norsfell Team 🏔️

Hey Vikings! The time is here, and Midgard awaits! This will be our last Open Beta before we head to Early Access, so gather your Tribe and join in!

Play here now from December 11-15th:




Here are the multiple changes for the Open Beta 3 of Tribes of Midgard.
The mix of new mechanics and content added to the game:

General Tasks

• War Chest available in the Village to share loot
  
• Command System to communicate
  
• Unsunken Javelin Vikings featured in the World (new enemy)
  
• Helthing Boss featured in Blood Moons (new enemy)
  
• Admin Settings to free Player Slots
  
• Change any Input of the game via Settings (Keyboard Mapping)
  
• Creatures level up along their Biome Level
  
• Creatures level up with new Loot
  
• Creatures level up sometimes with new Spells
  
• Creatures that shoot arrows can roll to evade
  
• Creatures that have a shield can block to defend
  
• Explosive Barrels added to Camps
  
• Storm Armor Set to Craft and Equip
  
• NPC Merchants featured in the World
  
• New Materials from NPC Merchants
  
• New Camps and Landmarks featured in the Desert
  
• New Camps and Landmarks featured in the Land of Pools
  
• Earn collaborative XP by defeating Giants
  
• Earn individual XP by harvesting resources and defeating creatures
  
• Biome Level depends on distance and on elevations of the World

Quality of Life

• Auto-Equip whenever breaking a Tool, Shield or Weapon
  
• Auto-Equip whenever crafting a Tool, Shield, Armor or Weapon
  
• Disable/Enable Controller Rumble via Settings
  
• Disable/Enable Pointer Circle under Avatar via Settings
  
• Disable/Enable Yggdrasil HP Number via Settings
  
• Disable/Enable HUD and UI in-game via Settings
  
• Disable/Enable Aim Assist via Settings
  
• More Emotes for the Emote System
  
• More Audio Events along the new Features
  
• Durability Formula takes into account Damage ratio
  
• 5 Languages added to the Game: Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Ukranian & Russian

Several balance changes to adjust the difficulty and the content.

CLASSES:

• Dark Embrace 1 increased by 2%
  
• Dark Embrace 2 increased by 5%
  
• Durable Tools 1 increased by 10%
  
• Durable Tools 2 increased by 15%
  
• Axe Mastery 1 increased by 7%
  
• Axe Mastery 2 increased by 8%
  
• Spirited Shrine increased by 25%

• Ice Embrace 1 increased by 2%
  
• Ice Embrace 2 increased by 5%
  
• Durable Armors 1 increased by 10%
  
• Durable Armors 2 increased by 15%
  
• Durable Shields 1 increased by 10%
  
• Durable Shields 2 increased by 15%

• Fire Embrace 1 increased by 2%
  
• Fire Embrace 2 increased by 5%
  
• Durable Weapons 1 increased by 10%
  
• Durable Weapons 2 increased by 15%
  
• Hammer Mastery 1 increased by 7%
  
• Hammer Mastery 2 increased by 8%
  
• Bare-Hand Mastery 1 increased by 7%
  
• Bare-Hand Mastery 2 increased by 8%
  
• Bloodlust increased by 5%

• Thunder Embrace 1 increased by 2%
  
• Thunder Embrace 2 increased by 5%
  
• Sword Mastery 1 increased by 7%
  
• Sword Mastery 2 increased by 8%
  
• Bright Ashes 1 increased by 7%
  
• Bright Ashes 2 increased by 8%
  
• Clean Salvage gives Souls instead of Powder

MISC:

• Tornado Slash Projectile Radius increased by 50%
  
• Bulwark Strike Projectile Radius increased by 50%
  
• Fury Slash Projectile Radius increased by 50%
  
• Heroic Difficulty Loot Multiplier increased by 25%
  
• Heroic Difficulty Yggdrasil Decay per Second decreased by 35%
  
• Whirlwind Range decreased by 15%
  
• Attract Range of Lindworm Sword decreased by 25%
  
• Shield Bash Range decreased by 20%
  
• Armor Durability increased by 35%
  
• Weapon Durability increased by 55%
  
• Shield Durability decreased by 50%
  
• Amount of Shrines increased by 25%
  
• Forest Biome Weight decreased by 4
  
• Wave Slash Angle decreased by 45
  
• Elemental Armors have positive armor values as weaknesses
  
• Player Level Progression is exponential instead of linear
  
• Loot is more spread out between all Creatures
  
• Giant Armor decreased significantly
  
• Giant Multiplier scales differently along Difficulty
  
• Creatures can damage Giants with their Spells
  
• Ymir Eyelash Tree of Life can heal Closed/Opened Gates
  
• Some Treasure Chests contain a random Equipment

Several issues signaled by the team and especially the community that are currently FIXED.

Main Fixed Issues:

• Night Shader sometimes not visually displaying when it’s Night
  
• Equipped Weapon randomly unequipping while playing with a Controller
  
• Menu Navigation not stable with Controller
  
• Loot/Treasure Chests landing on top of unreachable Cliffs or Decor
  
• Winter Effect unavailable after a game crash and returning to game after
  
• Dying on a Ramp preventing Death Treasure Chest from appearing
  
• Dropping too many Items crashing the game
  
• HP Bars of other Players not synchronising
  
• Players exceeding the amount of Player Slots in-game
  
• Giant being stuck on their way to Village
  
• Gates not appearing after being built

Small Fixed Issues:

• Player receiving XP after receiving the Game Over Screen
  
• Player could have level locked cosmetics already equipped
  
• Giant sometimes walking in T-Pose
  
• Players being in ragdoll and not being seen by some Players
  
• Colliders not fitting the decor or modules in the World
  
• Enabling Display Names didn’t show the names of Player Avatars in-game

Issues That Remain:

• Possible game crash which requires all Players to disconnect and reconnect to the game after
  
• Possible minor visual glitches while interacting with the Community Chest
  
• Possible menu glitches while interacting with the Fortifications for some Players which requires only a game reconnection from that player
  
• Snow not appearing sometimes in game which requires to wait on the next days for it to appear again
  
• Player Avatar losing running animations which requires Player to attack again
  
• Player Names floating which requires only to wait a few seconds for it to disappear

Be sure to take a look on our Road Map via this link:

https://www.tribesofmidgard.com/news/

We have a Wiki page! It's community-made, so feel free to use this as a guide and to add to it while playing:

https://tribesofmidgard.gamepedia.com/Tribes_of_Midgard_Wiki

You can stream and record gameplay as you want. We are excited to see more footage and highlights from this Beta!

We're holding Beta challenges in our Discord! If you complete any of the new or old challenges, you'll earn these exclusive Beta cosmetics for the future: The Unsunken Javelin Viking hair cut and Goblin player portrait:



If you have any issues or bugs while playing the game, be sure to report it via our Discord #beta-bugs channel. You can also talk with us, give us any feedback, and find a team in the #find-players channel! Join here:



Lastly, if you're enjoying the game, make sure to Wishlist it on our main Steam page!



Head forth once again, and from all of us, best of luck in surviving the Giants!

See you in Midgard,

Sydnee, JP, and the Norsfell Team ❄️

Hey Vikings,

The time is finally here- we're so excited to say our third and LAST Open Beta starts TOMORROW! You'll have FIVE whole days to explore Midgard and save your Village from the Giants!

Tomorrow, Wednesday December 11th, starting at 4am ET, all you have to do is head to our Open Beta Steam Page and hit play! The Open Beta will run until Sunday December 15th at 11:59pm ET.

You can pre-download the game right now, so that it's ready for tomorrow!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSF_rr8XGY&feature=youtu.be

Some more of what you can look forward to tomorrow:

🌙 - Helthing Boss featured at the new Blood moon, which is the longest Night



😈 - Over 20 new Creatures that Level up along their Biome and with new Loot



🤝- War Chest so you can band together and share your loot



🌩️ - New Armour Set to craft, the Storm Set



⛺️ -New Camps and Landmarks with Chests to loot 



💥- Explosive Jars added to Camps to send your enemies flying



⌨️ - Custom Keyboard Mapping 



🌎 - 6 NEW Languages added: French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukranian (Translated by our amazing community)!



🔊 - Command system to communicate



+ much more to come in our Last Open Beta Steam update tomorrow!




We run Beta Challenges in our Discord, where you can snag Discord roles and earn future in-game cosmetics! You'll be able to earn BOTH these cosmetics below if you complete any of the challenges in the Discord channel #beta-challenges:



It's also a great place to find players, share feedback, and report any bugs you encounter along the way.

Until tomorrow,

Sydnee, JP, and the Norsfell Team 🏔

Hey Vikings,

We're preparing for the Open Beta 3, which is arriving very soon! 😄 The dates will be announced shortly. Besides that, we're still working on the Construction features to come after the Beta.

This week, we're:

🐲 - Contunuing 3D Modeling, texturing and animating the Giant #3
🕸️ - 3D Modeling and integrating the Tripwire
🏭 - Working on integrating visuals for the building mode
🏡 - Working on Village paths to prepare for Constructions
🚧 - Making icons for Construction radial and for the map
⚔️ - Adding new Weapons and Shields taken from enemies
🎮 - Revamping the icon manager for controller inputs
📹 - Really Finalizing the Open Beta 3 Update Trailer
🔨 - Stabilizing the build and fixing various bugs

Discord Quizzes!

We also have our FIRST December Quiz going on in our Discord tomorrow, be sure to head there to join in! 👋



Pin Giveaway!

Today, December 4th, is also the LAST day to enter our pin Giveaway on Twitter! Make sure to retweet this post for the chance to scoop up BOTH our viking pins: 👇

https://twitter.com/tribesofmidgard/status/1200124253418524672



New Enemies Incoming!

We showed a preview of one of our many new enemies in action, the Unsunken Javelin Vikings! These creatures roam Ash Beach, and they come equipped with some ranged weapons...



Some enemies have also gotten a fiery upgrade...




See you again soon! Hope you're ready to take down some Giants!

Hey Vikings,

We're getting a head start on some features that'll come after the next Open Beta - this includes Giant #3, and some Construction features like the Watchtower and Healing Station!

This week, we're:

🐲 - 3D Modeling, texturing and animating the Giant #3
🏹 - 3D Modeling and integrating the Watchtower
🌎 - Adding the option to place markers on the map
🙂 - Adding the option to change player portrait displayed in HUD
🔃 - Adding the option to drop/transfer Material amounts
🚑 - Concept Art of Healing Station (and Elemental Arrows!)
🌉 - Continuing implementing new Spawn Logic for Camps
📹 - Finalizing the Open Beta 3 Update Trailer
🌔 - Working on a new iteration of the Sundial to display events
🔨 - Fixing various glitches related to controls, constructions and more

Last Quiz of the month is tomorrow!

We also have TWO Tribes of Midgard Quizzes going on in our Discord tomorrow (and every Thursday) so make sure to join our Discord to play! We have a voting booth there in #play-quiz channel so you can pick which time works best for you to join in.




Some more progress on our Camps! Check it out 👇



How do you think they'll look when they're done? Swampy? Mossy? Will there be trees? Are you up for a drawing challenge? We'd love to see what you think!

Post a drawing of how you think the Camps will look in our Discord in #art-gallery and we'll share it everywhere (and tag you of course)!

See you next week!

Hey Vikings!

Starting this month, we'll be releasing monthly recaps to keep you in the loop on everything we're up to, whether it be Tribes of Midgard related or our favourite community posts this month!
In this November recap, we'll share these highlights of the month:

• Big News (three nominations for awards)!
  
• Open Beta 3 News
  
• Event Recap
  
• Community Highlights
  
• A hint at the end...

Check all of it out below!



We're incredibly honored to have been nominated for THREE awards at MEGA + MIGS last weekend:

⚔️ Gameplay Design
💙 Public’s Favourite
🎨 and Art Direction!

Thanks so much to everyone who had a chance to play the game!

Without getting too cheesy, being nominated for these categories means the absolute world to us.






As you know, you'll be able to battle Giants again and play Tribes of Midgard in Early December, for Open Beta 3!

We're finally on our last stretch to lock the current build for the Open Beta 3. From there, we’ll take time to test it and start working on features for the next build. So far we've announced two new enemies: the Helthing Boss and Unsunken Javelin (who comes in three different levels)! But there's more on the way, so prepare for a fight.

Midgard's getting dangerous! 😉



We're also adding new Camps to find in the world, to make the Land of Pools feel even swampier.



We finished the community chest, and it's ready for you to share all your loot! Check it out:



We're in the process of making an Open Beta 3 trailer, so we've been doing a lot of new gameplay recording and can't wait to share it with you!

We're also excited to say that we've already started working on some future features (the ones coming after this Open Beta) - such as Giant #3, and designing the Construction system! We're also researching features like player ping and map markers, to enhance communication between teammates. Onwards!


This is our main Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/858820/Tribes_of_Midgard/

Make sure to follow us there so you can be notified when the game is open. We post important updates like the latest localization news, upcoming features, and will announce the Open Beta dates there first!

While you're there, it would mean a lot to us if you Wishlisted the game! 💙








We have a Tribes of Midgard Wiki, which can be your ultimate guide during Open Beta 3. However, it's still in the process of being made by our amazing Wiki Team. So, if you want to help fill it out, and want to get a document full of Tribes knowledge, join the Wiki Team!

PM Any of our Moderators on Discord to join!

Visit the Wiki here:

https://tribesofmidgard.gamepedia.com/Tribes_of_Midgard_Wiki





We're extremely proud of our translation team on Discord. Having Tribes of Midgard available in different languages has always been a goal of ours, and it's now happening thanks to you! Check it out, the game's now been translated into 8 different languages.

You can help in translating the game, just head to our Discord and PM JiPay!



Every Thursday, we're running Tribes of Midgard quizzes in the Discord in the #play-quiz channel. The quizzes are:

• 15 questions long
  
• 20 seconds per question
  
• With 1 winner, who becomes the Quiz Jarl of the week!

When the month is done, the person with the highest score keeps the Quiz Jarl of the month title. We keep track of everyone's scores! Come test your knowledge, and see if you can take over the reign (Plus, learn a little bit about Norse Mythology)!






Last weekend we attended MEGA + MIGS, and as you saw, came back with 3 nominations for awards! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see us, and for playing some Tribes of Midgard! 😄

It was an absolute blast- over the 4 convention days we met many awesome people, and got the chance to try out some sweet games ourselves. For those who just signed up to the newsletter while there - welcome! Glad to have you as part of our Tribe!



This month we wished Mari, our illustrator, and Richard, our game designer, a happy birthday! Our tradition involves watching them eat a tiny cake.


Did you know? Norsfell just turned SIX years old! 🎉 We're grateful that you're here joining us along our development journey. We're proud of what we've accomplished these past years, and can't wait to see where the next six take us. 😃

That's it! November was a busy month, and you're all caught up on the latest news.

Expecting an easter egg? Well... let's just say, keep an eye out on our Twitter this Thursday. We might be doing a little giveaway...

Until next time,

Sydnee, JP, and the Norsfell Team 🗻