After taking home the "Best Game" achievement in the Final Showcase for IAT 410: Advanced Game Design, our team still wanted to fix a few bugs that we saw the industry judges and our fellow classmates encounter when they played our game. 

To ensure that our beloved Beyond the Rift and "FOR BJORN" fan club has the smoothest experience whilst playing this sequel, we fixed a major bug that occurred during one of the boss battles and a few UI & setting menu bugs. There was also a slight UI update made to the character ability UI as we noticed our ability UI was still not as effective in communicating information to players during our final showcase as well.

As for the future of The Seggsmen and the adorned Ironhand bloodline, that is a bit of a mystery! 

• Will we be making more updates to Legacy of the Rift going forward? 
  • Unfortunately, most likely not. If there are any major game-breaking bugs that are found in the future, we will definitely fix them however, as far as adding any additional polishes to the game that is something we will probably stop adding. After embarking on this semester-long journey of taking IAT 410 together, Mark, Erika, and I (Hanna) need a bit of a break from Unity development and pixel art creation. 
• Does this mean that LoR will be the last game you see from The Seggsmen? 
  • I don't think so! We've been casually talking with the WienerWorks team since even before the Fall 2021 semester about wanting to take a Graduation Project course together to create a game as an ultimate 6 man team. As long as the university course offering stars align, this is something we'll most likely be pursuing in the near future!
• Is this the last we'll see of the Ironhand family and Khajiit D'Amelio?
  • Maybe, maybe not! While we don't have any current plans to create yet another Ironhand tale, the Ironhand and Khajiit D'Amelio universe will never end! You can most likely expect some random easter egg appearances in each of our individual projects going forward. And if some of us team up together for other projects/courses in the near future, you can definitely expect some multi-verse type tingz :eyes__emoji:

From the bottom of our hearts and to the top of Bjorn's bald shiny head, we can't thank everyone who played and loved Beyond the Rift and Legacy of the Rift! You've all inspired us to go down a path and share an experience together that we never would have pursued otherwise. Your appreciation and support means the world, and we wouldn't have made it this far without you all as well!

Sincerely,

The Seggsmen