JadePG takes a first look at building in Enshrouded!

We asked one of our favorite builders ‪@Jade-PG‬ to take a look at the building possibilities in Enshrouded, and this is his response!
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
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[@paultowers5580]

This looks so good, I'm totally building an underground dwarven Hall I hope to get in on the beta testing 🤞

[@paultowers5580]

Oh and very well done video as per your usual standard 👍

[@Icasus]

This has got to be the most amazing building system I've ever seen. Very impressive! Looking forward to playing this game.

[@mokahtgs]

I'm excited for the building, but I hope they get rid of the white fog bleeding into all the nooks...it looks awful.

[@ImaginedInside]

Just a suggestion, would love to see some circular or arced building pieces to make circular rooms. Is there anything like that?

[@allonifrah3465]

Yeah this game would huuugely benefit from significantly updating it's architcetural model database with as many architectonic elements as possible. Arches of different sizes, of different shapes & styles : Gothic arches, Romanic arches, Arabian arches, Persian arches, Indian arches, Moorish arches...etc If it had a large database of vegetation models; pines, berches, oaks, palms, ferns, acacias, cacti, brugmansia, daffodills, tullips, roses, hedges....etc you could make ornamented gardens that fit with the style of your house's architecture. I have no idea how far this game is in development, how much further it will be developed and where it will go, but I see great potential in this game. For the first time in a long while I'm impressed with an upcoming game. Imagine being able to build houses as a group. As a clan you could build a small village and work together to provide the resources needed to survive and to upgrade to a town and expand. Let's say 6 houses and a stable supply of food makes a town and allows you to build a pallisade wall and a limited number of defense towers around the town. And then 12 houses, a weapon smith and 1 military structure makes a city that you can then build a larger, stone wall with a larger number of defense towers around. Clans could be up to 30 players big and would all start as homeless,, trekking nomads. Explorers could scout for villages or cities of other player clans or NPC clans and ask them if they want to trade. Through trade, food, seeds for crops, donkeys to aid in farming & resource transport, weapons & armor, wood & stone to build with, mercenaries & pretty much everything else can be attained. Animals can be hunted for food and hides, farms can be built and worked for food, different metals & different types of stone can be mined...etc. RTS elements, but in a 3rd person perspective, open world survival game. It'll be interresting to add 30 NPC warriors to each clan's army, so the total amount of men in the whole clan army number 60. Defense towers would automatically be manned by their own NPC ranged units, as well as the rampards on the walls. Same for rampard mounted & mobile siege weapons; Ballistas, Mongonels & Trebuchets. The mining mechanic in this game is really fantastic too. Would allow not only for resource mining, but also for carving out secret underground escape tunnels, great halls, treasure/resource vaults with lockable vault doors, even for undermining enemy walls and defense towers (and subsequently blowing up & collapsing said walls/towers from below) Being capable of building great, defensible cities, but having to start as hunting & forraging nomads. Having to chose between keeping the army at home and your city being optimally defended or sending 1/3rd or 1/2 of your army out to raid other clans' towns and cities. Villages would be easy to raid, but the reward would be low. Towns would be harder to raid, but the reward is higher. Cities would be the most difficult to raid, but the reward would be the highest. Let's say each server would have 6 clans, with each up to 30 players (+30 NPC soldiers), and they all start as primitive, lightly armed nomad clans at different corners of a large hexagonal open world map. At first they would be hunting and gathering and looking for a suitable place to start a village. They would need a freshwater source. A river, a lake or a groundwater reservoir. Enshrouded's digging mechanic could allow for finding underground water reservoirs and digging wells to them. Perhaps wells could have windwills built ontop of them to pump up water into irrigration canals too. All of this from 3d person perspective, riding your hourse through town, upgrading wells, farms, towers...etc. Buying horses on the market to work your farms in times of peace, to help you fight in times of war and to generally get around the world fast. Cutting wood to build houses or boats. Boats for fishing, or for plunder & warfare. Could be interresting. I hope Enshrouded will be in perpetual development for a long time and reach such depths.

[@spearman4712]

I think I read somewhere else that there are limitations to shapes because the game uses cube voxels, but I saw some cylindrical pillars in one of the build videos so it's possible that larger furniture-esque items could help bridge the gap over this technical limitation.

[@voiceovernomad]

I'm still very curious about water mechanics in this game- as in, digging and filling or draining holes of all the water. Being able to build my own ponds/rivers/dams/waterfalls? Love it. This game legit has everything. I cannot wait. WISHLIST IT you won't regret it, assuming they deliver just what we've seen in the trailers, I'm extremely excited.

[@user-zz8yi1lk5p]

Bro, that's exactly what I was thinking! First thought was - can I move water over? Can I make an underground base with secret underwater cavern entrance?

[@OptimusGPrime]

There isn't any water in the game at all. Literally none. There isn't any ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans. Water is replaced with a weird mist. Probably didn't want to deal with water in voxels, so they even made it part of the story. It sucks, but it is what it is.

[@anerys001]

I m sooooo sad that there is NO WATER. I love this game... but without water, something very important will be missed... @@OptimusGPrime

[@GamingwithKristi]

Nice job @jadepg ! They are def adding in solutions for many of the player wishes from other building systems. Looking forward to it.

[@the_mastermage]

I have seen many people saying that they would also like to see some curves being in the game i hope we can bring this to the attention of the Devs. Devs please gib Curves.

[@TimberBuilds]

Looks absolutely amazing so far, especially in a beta form! cant wait to get my hands on building in this game and start making content!

[@bluephoenix1525]

won't be able to make content until early access due to the NDA for the beta

[@TimberBuilds]

@@bluephoenix1525 Yepp…. I signed it too

[@rainhyrt1530]

This is my most wanted game to play this year. Can't wait

[@_TrueDesire_]

Will be in EA in January 24th! :)

[@Bob.Jenkins]

I built two beautiful adjacent Hobbit Houses - one for me and another for the Blacksmith you can find. With the Blacksmiths home I built the Forge and also a Chimney that exhausts the smoke produced. I've extended my own Hobbit Home into almost labyrinthine size - I actually consider this the best building mechanic I've ever used in a game, second only to 7D2D's mechanics. Having talked to hundreds of fellow players - I'd have to say that the building mechanics (which is soooo often overlooked) is nearly always a major factor in the success of a game of this genre.

[@Enshroudedgame]

Thank you so much! We put a lot of work into it so I am glad you have enjoyed our building system so much <3

[@Jonanzo25]

Make a shortcut key u can press for free building cam so you can build underneath your building and water for making bridges!!

[@slipperysteev]

Can't wait to start making my own Enshrouded build videos here on KZbin!

[@TaddiestMason]

I wanna build a town like Solitude from Skyrim. Hanging off the edge of a high cliff. I always liked how that looked.

[@AleksiJuvakka]

This is looking insanely good, but is there any way to make diagonal buildings? They should really look into Valheim's way of rotating buildings if they haven't already!

[@Vaizt]

The way the two games are built is fairly different. Enshrouded uses voxels which are basically defined cubes stacked on top of each other and then rendered as they're told to. It's not technically impossible for them to do diagonal walls I'd imagine but it would not be anything like Valheim.

[@koko969w]

It's definitely possible with voxels

[@matimusmaximus]

Yaaaaas! I miss playing landmark so much. Best building game ever! This is giving me similar feels

[@LyumiLight]

As a content creator for KZbin, I am very interested in the question. Will there be a creative mode in the game?

[@zal4630]

I bet there will be. If not it will get modded in quickly

[@styxriverr5237]

Ah finally I can have a castle with *machicolations*

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

Wow! the building system is freaking awesome! The more I see, more I want it!! 😍😉😊

[@ImNotRite]

I am so excited for this game. If I could pre-purchase this game, I would. I loved Portal Knights, I know I'll love this one as well. @keen Games, you guys rock. Now hurry up and release the game!! lol

[@UncleSnowzo]

Having a camera mode for building would be awesome so its easier to build in the game!

[@zimnelredoran9985]

Are curvy shapes part of the building system? Awesome content and features!

[@kleinf]

Hey Jade, nice little house you built there.👍 Do you have to pay attention to statics in the game?

[@simply_Mike87]

To me it looks like there isn't that much you have to consider while building. If there was something like realistic statics I don't think that tower at the end was possible to do. Of course it's just an assumption so o could be wrong about it.

[@Firise]

It's voxel, but not blocky like minecraft. It's Landmark, or what that was meant to be before it was canceled. I'm glad these developers have done research on what was missing on the gaming market and then created this gem.

[@Enshroudedgame]

Thank you! We worked very hard on this project and we're glad to see people so excited for it ❤️

[@Firise]

@@Enshroudedgame Keep in mind that your game is very attractive for couples to play together. And to keep the female players happy, we need some cute items aswell. The firefly lantern is a good example.

[@anerys001]

yes, the firefly latern is sooooo cute and beautiful, I love this. ....and we need a lot of plants, trees, flowers and something with water elements like ponds or fountains or something like that as deco elements. WE LOVE THIS and NEED THIS!!!! @@Enshroudedgame

[@RetroFanatic-Trapster2]

Can I get a bit of a blueprint instruction to build that foundation and the house?

[@Neon-Flux]

My type of game will check it out, good vid by jade

[@EEEEEE1337]

that UI looks very clean, love everything i saw so far :) /e: also, nice builds you did there

[@Wildcopper]

I had built the Eckmul lighthouse in Everquest Landmark back when the game was running... I'm looking forward to do it again in this game ! A question, will you be able to place light sources ?

[@Wildcopper]

@@Enshroudedgame Awesome ! I've set myself up for your beta, can't wait to give this game a try, I'm a big fan of games like Minecraft, Valheim, and most of all I was a major fan of Everquest Landmark !

[@Caldaron]

nice, what about diagonals or curves?

[@stinkyfinguzz2333]

достойнейше, друзья!

[@HillStreet7933]

no railing on the stairs inside or outside the house? Game looks great

[@zenwilds2911]

Which building block has the ivy?

[@asheglenn]

Are there any sort of physics in the game? ie. You remove the bottom floor and leave the upstairs intact does it just hover unrealistically?

[@tangomcphearson74]

I've just played the Demo - but could not find where to get the recipe for the tudor looking building materials. I'm guessing that the demo did not allow people to progress far enough into the game to obtain that recipe? Could anyone verify this? This house is SO beautiful! Can you explain where you get the recipes/materials to build the tudor blocks and the tile roofing? I hope someone can answer as the Demo is open right now and i'd love to build something like this?

[@Enshroudedgame]

Have you tried... salvaging these materials from buildings you come across? 👀

[@BluBuryPi]

Reminds me of the Ill fated Everquest Next MMO. Being that everything is voxel based.

[@NOUR-AL_ISLAM]

When is the game coming out on steam ؟

[@tristanpaulnguyen]

hope they make this split screen like portal knights :O

[@Peteskis]

Great Vid. Really looking forward to it

[@Macil2018]

Is this ONLY third person? Can you toggle first person?

[@euclxd8033]

Can't wait!

[@ronyrath3896]

I am gonna buy the ea to support you and wait until 1.0 release to play it with all the improvements

[@LdaKill]

Can you also grow plants in the demo? If yes how? If I may ask so cheekily. xD

[@fentastic2965]

i want this game so bad! Shut up and take my money!

[@jackday9424]

I hope i can build very high, want to build Sauron's fortress XD

[@Jupaerian]

i think building in 3rd person mode is quite hard, they should add a way to be in first person, at least for building

[@iGame360fficial]

I want this.

[@ghostl337]

Hope they add mod support

[@dr.kingschultz]

Please consider this feedback. Make this game more MMO, bigger worlds for a more online collaborative play-style. Don't go for this client hosted servers, because this will be almost as a single player title. Create big servers for thousands of players to play all together. This is what is missing in the survival general.

[@T-OK-YO]

a lot of pop in

[@pichio3269]

Hello friends, very good video, I was wondering if the Portal Knights video game was going to continue receiving updates, and also if you could leave it open source it would be very good, since I program mods for different games and that one has caught my attention a lot, thank you

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

Will the world be procedurally generated? Please don't say this is just medieval Conan Exiles, in which we are limited to two fixed maps that never changes. It would be a waste of the possibilities shown here. I would rather like if this was more like a realistic Minecrafts, with all the possibilities to create whole worlds.

[@simply_Mike87]

No, the world is handcrafted and will be the same for everyone.

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

@@simply_Mike87 So, this is indeed Conan Exiles medieval, as I suspected...

[@caseybledsoe770]

I hope it eventually releases on console. This game is so up my alley but i dont have a PC

[@logan9189]

This looks like valheim with a graphics overhaul. Mechanically.

[@Rhanith]

Looks quite nice ngl. but the fact that you seem to be forced to go only rectangular, with buildin AND placing furniture and stuff - takes away a huge amount of creative freedom, at least for me. I realy hope that will be tackled whilst building the game further up. because it would be a damn shame if we where that capped in such a beauty.

[@BroKeineAhnungja]

Hhhhhhyyyyyppppppeeee

[@Ambilition]

I only hope It won't be similar to V Rising to much as I hated It.

[@gimplekin3629]

controller console port ftl meh. seriously, after all the building games, and this game has you struggling, and failing, to fine point place items.... i swear every game dev out there forgets the entirety of game history when they start a new game.

[@Enshroudedgame]

This video was based off the alpha build. We've received a lot of feedback on building, and have made significant improvements to the interface! Check out some more recent videos, from the Steam Next Fest for example, to see the difference!

[@sethharris4551]

Check out all the videos from the demo from about 2 to 3 months ago. It's crazy how much it's improved from just this video.

[@asadalya8188]

is it sc a m? does this game really exist?

[@Enshroudedgame]

Considering you just watched a full video of the game in action, chances are it does exist for real?

[@asadalya8188]

@@Enshroudedgame i saw cyberpunk77 video and it was indeed csum

[@SoloGuyDrifty]

This video seems bad on console it will be most successful on PC like all games