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About the 0.4 update and a blog post about the infamous reins!

The newest update to the demo (with the new competition mode!) was planned to come out today, but will be delayed to come out on Wednesday the 23rd instead.

A bit of a backstory:

Since the release of the last demo version I've finally begun untangling one of the dumbest issues that Tales of Rein Ravine has had since very early development in 2020: the infamous rein problem. A lot of you will probably guess what I'm tal...

Third demo horse reveal

Meet Rose! What color do you think she is, would this be palomino to you or cremello?

Grey warmblood for demo

Another horse confirmed to be in the demo 😍

Important information about the demo

• There are several riding lessons that teach you the basics of riding and jumping in Tales of Rein Ravine
• Lessons can be replayed as many times as you want
• 3 horses with unique personalities and stats, you unlock each horse after completing certain lessons
• Both third person and first person modes are available to test
• There is also a Free Riding mode that lets you do whatever you want in the arena
• In Free Riding mode you can spawn obstacles in...
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Dark chestnut warmblood for the demo

Here's the first horse I can confirm will be in the demo 🥰

Menu art

New art for the main menu :)

New feature: Modding the jump course

Demo is exactly a week away from release! There's still some stuff to do though. Here's a feature that will be be available in the Free Riding mode. You will be able to lower or higher individual jumps in the arena. It's easy and quick, you just walk near an obstacle and use either E (higher) or Q (lower) to modify the jump height. With oxers and triples the length adjusts automatically.

I'm positive that in the full game version there will be other modding tools available, lik...

Mountain riding arena, new riding features

In this video I'm riding in the arena up in the snowy mountains 🤩

New riding features have been added. You can now switch up a gait instantly by tapping both legs at once (both mouse buttons down at the same time). If you double tap the horse will do a walk-to-canter or stop-to-canter transition. To stop instantly at any time you need to use a total of 3 buttons: A and D (left and right rein) and S (slow down button).

Horse can now be scared of an obstacle. Some horses won't be...

Riding arena and mountains ❄️

Sneak peek ❄️

Warmblood in movement

Warmblood mane and tail

Warmblood in the making

Wooden barn update

This is the same cozy barn you've seen here and in my Youtube videos a plenty of times. It's been built and rebuilt I think 3 times now. I'm starting to think this will be close to it's final form. I matched the style and textures to the indoor riding arena behind the stable. The loft that this stable previously had is gone, I wanted to have a bigger contrast between this wooden barn and the luxurious white manor, and I felt like the loft was better suited there.

Rein Ravine

Luxurious barn update

This is what the luxurious barn looks like nowadays!

Working on the landscape again!

New landscape with better performance

Today I started re-making the landscape. The old landscape was unfortunately too performance heavy for the size it needs to be. I want there to be a lot of mountains and valleys and of course the ravine which is what the whole area is named after (Rein Ravine 😎). The textures and the style will stay the same as in the pictures you've seen before, just the terrain will go through some changes.

NEW FEATURE: Hunter jumping courses

One of the most common requests I get is to add hunter style jumping courses. To those of you who haven't heard of hunters, it's like a mix of dressage and showjumping. Showjumping is only judged by knocked poles and time, meaning that the boldest rider with the most risk-taking typically wins. Hunter jumping is artistic showjumping that also judges finer details such as horse's manners, rider's equitation, overall smoothness of riding, horse's jumping style, and even attire....

GAME MECHANICS: EVERYTHING ABOUT STAMINA

I'm starting a series exclusively here on Patreon where I tell you about the various game mechanics of Tales of Rein Ravine in more detail than I've done anywhere else. Bits and pieces of this stuff you might have previously read about on my Instagram, but since I've taken down a big chunk of the earlier posts due to them not being a good example of the game anymore, most of it is gone.

Today's topic is the HORSE'S STAMINA and how this element affects the gameplay.
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Riding Arena! First person riding

Here's a new riding arena. The textures are not yet finished (like the ground is not supposed to have leaves 🤣). I'm obsessed with the first person camera mode 😍 The camera is now a lot smoother and the rider's hands are better positioned for the camera view. There's a button that lets the player switch between the cameras at any point during riding. You can also zoom the first person camera in and out with the mouse wheel. In the video you can see the widest view which is like looking ...

Snow test

Would you want to have a snowy area in the game?

Hot blooded canter animations

The hot blooded horse gets excited when it sees a jump. There's now additional canter and gallop animations when the horse is excited vs cantering normally. Also more ear movement added. 

Jumping boots

No texture yet!

Real hoofprints in the sand

Been testing out a this kind of sand material that's able to receive "real" hoofprints instead of just flat hoofprint pictures on the ground. This material is too render heavy for the lower graphics settings but for those who are able to play with higher graphics I think its a nice addition of realism. The material will likely only be used in the riding arenas and maybe the beaches, I'm afraid having it all over the map would cause performance issues.

Jumping seat

Improved the rider's jumping position on bigger jumps!

New plank obstacles

Obstacle styles, animations, music!

I'm working on creating a larger variety of obstacles, here you can see the planks and decorations I added. The planks are introduced at intermediate showjumping level (90cm and up) and they fall down somewhat easier than the round poles. Animations are getting small improvements all the time, recently I made the jump smoother / more realistic in terms of height, the rider is not so stick anymore when cantering and trotting (the walk I haven't touched yet), also the horse leans to the sides w...