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The Tools and the Talent   The upcoming CCT Beta is our main focus right now, but we also have people building other parts of the game in the background. Today we want to show you the latest work from our prop artists, with a special shout out to Steven Zhu. These assets will be used in the Military Weapons power set, which is a primary set for Devastators and a secondary set for support characters, and the powerset is interesting [...]

CCT Update and Improvements A superpowered alien hero in the SoH character creation tool (CCT). We hope that you all enjoyed Labor Day.  As we prepare for the CCT Beta, we thought we should show some of the things you can expect to see during the Beta, and explain a bit how the Character Creation Tool (CCT) has changed since the Alpha we conducted in 2017. Players have enormous power to customize their [...]

Mysteries of Apotheosis City: The Beta Club The next big thing we're working towards is the upcoming character creator Beta for Ship of Heroes.  As part of the CCT Beta, you’ll be able to run around in Apotheosis City and see how things look for yourself.  One of the places you will be able visit is the Beta Club, named for the CCT Beta.  The club will be a permanent addition to the map of Apotheosis City, and will be open [...]

Ivar & Sons Auction House Happy 4th of July!  We want to take a moment to thank all of you for your ongoing encouragement and support.  We have a quick little video to share with you that also shows some new progress in Apotheosis City, and celebrates the holiday for our fans in the US. Snow Drift in front of the Ivar & Sons auction house. Nighttime in Apotheosis is looking better [...]

The Superspeed Travel Power Video Back when we first announced Ship of Heroes, we planned to launch with three travel powers: flight, superspeed and teleportation.  Of these, we judged that flight was the most difficult to get right, so we created that one first.  Now we're introducing superspeed to the game.  We're also taking the opportunity to show off a few other movement-related animations that we’ve added to the game.  And we’re planning a future video on improvements to our [...]

Leveling and Augments Video Happy Memorial Day to all of our supporters! In this video we’re tackling some technical aspects of leveling, character progression, and buffs.  First, a brand new fire Devastator runs into some Prometheans.  Note that she is level one, but the Prometheans are level two and level three – their names are color-coded in yellow and orange to show the difference. Devastators should be very careful around higher-level enemies. [...]