Hey Vikings,

We seem to have a focus on content this week while adapting to all the major changes from the Constructions.

This week, we’re:

💉 – Texturing 5 new Weapons
🐲 – Revising Lindworm Concept Art
💥 – Designing an Explosive Type of Helthing
🔑 – Implementing Gate as Free Construction
🏠 – Iterating on the AI to adapt to Constructions
🔪 – Animating Spear & Knife Attacks for the Player
🌃 – Continuing revamping the Procedural Generation Logic
🌿 – Continuing implementing the new Grass System to all Biomes
🔨 – Fixing various issues for Map, Crashes, Fog of War, Projectiles and Movement
📖 – Researching visuals for Constructions/Village, progress meter for Bastions and more


Talking about constructions, what would you like to be able to build in the game in the future?

Let us know! 👀 It's something we're currently working on, so we'd like to hear what you'd eventually want to see.


And if you haven't seen it yet...

We've added in some new elemental, explosive jars, and though we haven't revealed their in-game use just yet... just know that with great power, comes great responsibility. More on that soon!




Join Our Discord!

It's the best place to be for when the game opens again, as we'll make sure to ping you when we have news! You can find also find teammates, throw in game suggestions, and hang out with a pretty cool group of people.



See you next week!

Hey Vikings,

January has come and gone, and it's time for our monthly recap. Big things are happening! What exactly, you ask? We're here to let you know! 😄

While the game is currently closed, we want to keep you in the loop about all the features we're working on! We're moving full speed ahead on Tribes of Midgard - and can't wait to show you the next version of the game.

Here's a recap of some of the biggest things we're working on:

⚒️ Construction system: place walls, towers and ramps!
😈 A third Giant, whose form may surprise you
🏠 Revamping the Village layout
🔁 Preparing procedural generation for new mechanics
📝 Level Design of the Dark Elf Bastion
🔑 Modelling the Gates of the Dark Elf Bastion (which require a key to open)
🏃 Updating enemy movement so that they can run further in the world
⛺️ New Camps in the Land of Pools
☃️ Research on Hot/Cold Gauges
👕 New Armor set, shields, and weapons

Our third Giant's form is a little different from anything you've seen so far! And with the addition of some different types of Camps (the ones that include doors and keys) there will be new points of interest to check out all over the world.

We'll be sharing how everything is looking, starting February! Make sure to follow us on whichever platform you use most to catch it all 👇





We don't have a release date to share just yet, and we had our last Open Beta in December. However, we're planning at least one a Closed Beta before we head to release.

For now, be sure to Wishlist our game on Steam! We also post weekly updates there, and it'll be the first place to find out any Closed Beta news. 






Yes... we go outside! Julian (our CEO), Sydnee and JP (our community managers) hopped on a few planes last week to embark on an important quest (we can't say anything more) - but exciting things are coming! We also visited Demo Night Montreal, which is an awesome event hosted to show off new upcoming games.






And, while we haven't released Tribes of Midgard just yet, you can still be a part of our Gamepedia. The Wiki's being filled up with game information and lore, thanks to the Wiki Team in our Discord! Honestly it's quite awesome to see the team work on this project, and it'll be handy for when the game's open again.

Anyone can join the team by messaging our Mods in the Discord!

The Wiki: https://tribesofmidgard.gamepedia.com/Tribes_of_Midgard_Wiki







We still see some pretty awesome videos pop up from our last Beta, here's one from SplatterCatGaming! Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKf-i0bbvA&t=4s
We also have our weekly quizzes in the Discord, every Thursday, where you can test your Tribes of Midgard and Norse mythology knowledge! Congrats to our January Quiz winners- Guillaume, Shalurya, and Shrimp! Here's a sample of our quiz comments...




We're also so happy to see you're enjoying the gameplay we post on Twitter! We love sharing the sneak peeks and look forward to sharing even more.




And that's it for our January recap! There's much in store, and we're so glad to have you as part of our tribe. We're eager to open up the gates again. Hope you had a great start to 2020!

Talk soon,

Sydnee, JP, and the Norsfell Team 🗻❄️

(btw, how nice is this. you guys are great)

Hey Vikings,

We are progressing on the work from the previous week but we are also starting some big changes in the world exploration. This includes creating some Camps (Elf Bastions) that will have Gates, that require a key to unlock.

This week we’re:

🏠 – Revamping the Village Layout Logic
🌃 – Revamping the Procedural Generation Logic
👹 – Improving current Giant Attacks for all Giants
🌆 – Continuing Level Design of the Dark Elf Bastion
🔑 – Modelling in 3D the Gates of the Dark Elf Bastion
🌿 – Continuing on implementing the new Grass System
🏃 – Designing AI with new Movement Patterns & Behaviors
🏢 – Implementing Free Construction with Walls, Slopes and Grounds
🔨 – Fixing various issues for Controller, UI, Crashes, Modules & Materials
📖 – Researching various features for Hot/Cold Gauges, Events & Season Changes
🐍 – Texturing/Modeling in 3D the Lindworm Creature

What's a Lindworm? Glad you asked. It's a legendary, dragon-like, serpent-like monster with claws. It won't be flying around Midgard though, as it's wingless, but you can bet it's going to slither around the Land of Pools in the future. Adding more creatures to the world is part of continuing our the quest of making Midgard feel more alive. Here's some of its original concept art (we'll be showing its final form very soon)!:



Talking about exploration and environments, what kind of Biome would you like to see in the game later on?

Tell us which one(s)! 👀

In case you haven't played yet, we currently have 5 Biomes:

• Bright Forest (Forest)
  
• Glacier Peak (Snow)
  
• Ash Beach (Beach)
  
• Smoky Highlands (Desert)
  
• Land of Pools (Swamp)

Catch you next week!

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 new a 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 🏔