Hellblade nearing completion, enters alpha
Today, developer Ninja Theory released a new developer diary video for its upcoming PS4 and PC game, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Additionally, the developer announced that the game is nearing completion and has entered its Alpha stage in development.
Completing the Alpha stage is significant in Hellblade’s creation. It means that for the first time the entire game is playable from beginning to end. That doesn’t however mean that the game is finished. There is still a huge amount of work to be done across the whole experience. Some parts of the game are starting to look and feel just as we envisaged, whereas others are still only built to a basic level. The important thing at this stage is that all of the areas are laid out and the design clearly defined. Two years of hard work by the Hellblade team is starting to pay off and we’re ready for the next stage: Beta. This is where we can focus on the player experience – looking at the game step-by-step, improving it along the way, honing how the game will look and feel to our players. It is at this stage that we will start to add a lot of the small details that make a big difference.
Check out the Video:
“It’s nearing completion, too. All of the story scenes have been motion captured, all of the voiceover has been recorded, and the game is playable in alpha from start to finish.
At the moment, Ninja Theory are playing chunks of the game and reviewing each section with developers from each discipline – story, art, sound, etc – to make sure it’s up to scratch.”
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