Written By: Isaac

Welcome back everyone to another status report for Downfall: An ODST Story. This month’s update will be relatively short and sweet. We hope everyone is staying healthy and safe during these times. With that said, let’s get into this month’s report!

This month, Gecko worked on concepts for a personal favorite of mine, the DMR. We worked with a few ideas from Sammie_t, and Gecko took the best from those ideas and put them into a wonderful piece of art.

The DMR has, in my opinion, become an important piece of Halo. I very much enjoyed it in Halo: Reach and am hoping to see it return within 343's upcoming game, Halo Infinite.

On top of that concept, Gecko also pitched the idea of a custom DMR for our main character. The idea is that the character controlled by the player would use a customized DMR similar to the different loadouts given each Spartan in Halo 5: Guardians. Of course, you'd be able to freely swap weapons throughout the level, but the only difference is you'd start the level with this DMR. We are undecided about this, but none of us can disagree that the concept looks amazing!

Take a look.

As always, please comment on your thoughts and opinions regarding the concepts! Any feedback is wonderful and helps us build a game we can all enjoy.

We’re back with another round of QnA! These questions from our Reddit, Twitter, Discord, and Instagram!

Q: Estimated time until the game is finished?

A: When it’s finished.

Q: Will the game jump between perspectives (i.e Halo 3: ODST), or will we play as one character throughout the campaign?

A: You will play as one member of an ODST squad throughout the campaign.

Q: Is Health Regenerative, or will there be health packs to heal?

A: We’re planning on using the health pack system at this time.

Q: Will this game feature a mounting feature or lean feature?

A: Right now, we’re looking at adding leaning akin to Rainbow Six Siege along with some other new features.

Q: Is the player a part of a squad or is the player the leader of a squad in the campaign?

A: The player is a part of a squad.

That’s all for the Q&A section! Please keep asking away and we’ll either answer right then and there or you’ll be saved for the next Q&A section!

We’re always looking for new people to jump aboard this ship and set sail with us in the development of this ambitious project.

Currently, we’re looking for:

Experienced 3D Artists

Animators

Application: https://goo.gl/forms/Flt89D9GBJ5OCp9s1

As I wrap up this short report, I want to leave you all with something. The following is a test animation for the Gauss Sniper Rifle. I just want to stress that it is far from final and is merely a test.