ashgcy Posted November 27, 2024 Share Posted November 27, 2024 (edited) Welcome back sunken survivors! We're back once again with another edition of the Sunken Scoop, we know you missed these regular updates from your favourite ocean-themed mod (and the irregularly bad title puns :p)! In this edition, we'll be sharing some very exciting pieces of artwork! For the eagle eyed survivors who noticed the sneak peek in last Scoop's Cartorhynchus feature art, you may have an idea of what's in store... It's time to show off the structures that will make up your first humble home beneath the waves! The Coral tier has gotten some lovely concept art courtesy of RexMyPet! And to complete the other half of the horrid title pun, ZCI has been drawing up some buff icons to give our creatures' abilities a more official feel! Read on to find out more! If this is your first time diving into the deep end, the Sunken World project is a dedicated team of individuals who are looking to spruce up the seas in the same way that Scorched Earth offered a unique, biome specific challenge to survival! New creatures, resources, structures, items and more, all set on a huge custom map, we're looking to give ARK's oceans the TLC they deserve! The main goal is to bridge that huge gap between early and late game ocean exploration, and make it much more viable and more fun to live a life beneath the waves. This is unofficial content and is only related to our mod. It is in no way related with the official game and its content releases. Let's dive into the scoop! IT'S SEA REAL ESTATE Your first home beneath the waves is finally here (some assembly required)! Below is a selection of pieces from the upcoming Coral structure set, an Adobe/Stone-tier alternative to pricey Vacuum Compartments. The Coral tier will be made up of pre-fabricated structure pieces that can snap to one another. We decided to shift to pre-fabricated rooms quite early, both to save on mod file space and coding strains. Trying to get the game to figure out if a bunch of individual walls, floors and ceilings actually formed a closed airtight box would be highly challenging when a much easier alternative is available. Also, you'd be surprised how much file space the vanilla structure sets take up in the game! Don't worry console players, we've got you and your mod file space limits (mostly) covered! And of course, we can't talk about the Coral tier without mentioning how RexMyPet graduated from concept artist to head chef with how hard he cooked on these concepts! Massive thanks go to him and his incredible work! Standard Room The humble beginnings of a mighty undersea castle! The standard room is your basic building block, and you should be able to fit a healthy amount of essentials for survival in one... or just cram a bunch of tames in there for no good reason! Moonpool Why is it a moonpool if it's not moon shaped... Name semantics aside though, if you need a quick access point to the outside ocean, just dive right into the opening in the middle of this structure! The cross section is still a WIP, and we'll share some more pictures once it's ready. Observatory The perfect place for some R&R below the waves! This piece was the one that was teased in the previous scoop, and its use in game will be similar to what you saw in the artwork. This beautiful shell-shaped viewing platform will provide a spacious place to admire either your undersea tames or the majestic environments below the waves! More Pieces? While we may add some more pieces, we're currently still testing what does and doesn't work within the kit! Concept art is all well and good, but for something as ambitious and essential as the Coral tier, we want to make sure everything works as intended so we don't overpromise what we can deliver. We do have some ideas floating around on what other pieces we could add, and we'll be sure to share once we're sure they'll work in game! ICONIC ICONS Are you (sea)sick of that pun yet? Well for those of you who didn't close the forum out of disgust at my sense of humour, check out these beautiful buff icons made by ZCI! He's really captured the official style of the buff icons perfectly, and these icons will be added to the mod in a future update to give our creatures just that little extra custom flair! In the first row, from left to right, we have Acrophyseter's Rally Call, Ambulocetus' Metabolic Rush and Edestus' Impale. The second row, also from left to right, has Henodus' Buried Buff and Protoceratops' Sugar Rush. COMMUNITY CORNER Another Scoop, another community corner! Let's continue this streak, we love seeing the things you guys create! If you have TSW related adventures, art or anything in between you want to show off, feel free to send it over in the submissions channel in our Discord, or you can tag us @ARKSunken or with the hashtag #sunkenscoop on Twitter! Clips and Videos Creator: DarkEdgeTV It's not a "Clips and Videos" section without a DarkEdgeTV TSW video! In this mod showcase, she's checking out the latest additions to TSW, the Acrophyseter and Floating Weave structures. We had a whale of a time watching it, and hope you do too! That's all for this edition of the Sunken Scoop, thanks for tuning in! We hope you're just as excited to live in the new coral structures as we are! And if you're looking for the best place to talk about the excitement, why not join our discord? Have a wonderful timezone! If this is your first time seeing TSW, check out the links below to find out more! Please note that if you want to play our mod, you need both the map and creature mod active.Discord: https://discord.gg/BAkvgc7Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkSunkenYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArkTheSunkenWorldMap Mod (ASE): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2182740759Creature Mod (ASE): https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2182770728Creature Mod (ASA): https://legacy.curseforge.com/ark-survival-ascended/mods/the-sunken-world-additions Edited November 27, 2024 by ashgcy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobros2000 Posted November 27, 2024 Share Posted November 27, 2024 Sugar rush icon is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevaltrean Posted December 7, 2024 Share Posted December 7, 2024 I can't wait to use the Acrophyseter and the observatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adilmahfoudi2 Posted December 11, 2024 Share Posted December 11, 2024 Thank you ... ,😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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