Devlog

From the workshop

How VEL is being built, a region at a time: what we tried, what stuck and what it looks like now. Follow it by RSS or email.

  1. Reed Lake in the game at dusk, Aru empty-handed on a mud bank between two channels, the stilt village lit across the water and a temple tower on the far shore 2 November 2026 Where the game begins Reed Lake and the Sisters' Camp are built and dressed, and a new game now opens on the lake's bank at dusk, with nothing in Aru's hands.
  2. The top stair of the Lion Gate in the game at noon, a sandstone ramp climbing to two stone lions, the far side of the gorge pale and cool behind 2 November 2026 A war spear, and a cooler noon The vel is a war spear now, the white glow round Aru is gone, and the Lion Gate's noon cools into the distance. The clips and stills on this site are filmed again to match.
  3. The bell court of the Lion Gate in the game, sandstone walls under a noon sun with a bronze bell hung on chains 1 November 2026 From boxes to a salt gorge How the Lion Gate, VEL's first region, goes from plain blocks to a sun-bleached fortress in a dry gorge, one pass at a time.
  4. Aru in the Lion Gate, a sandstone wall above a band of white salt crust, his spear in his hands 1 November 2026 One spear does everything Why Aru has one weapon, and how a single throw becomes a foothold, a place to blink to and a blade on its way home.