After being buried in Blender much of the past two weeks – but it’s finally time to check the models and animations we’ve created into the project! There’s now a custom character with custom fins/mask/snorkel that swims using custom animations – the first real steps towards a game filled with our own assets (which is a *huge* deal from our perspective)!
We have done a lot of this previously with FAB and Mixamo assets – so it wasn’t all new – but it has definitely been challenging getting new models to work the first time. We also added a Niagara emitter to test blowing bubbles… but had to put it on the snorkel instead of a regulator (since we haven’t gotten that far yet!) to do a proof of concept. There’s still a few bugs to work out, but we are definitely happy with this as a start.
The goal is still to get all major systems built and a vertical slice / intro segment built 1Q 2026 to share alongside our planned Kickstarter campaign and MegaGrant proposal.
If this looks interesting to you at all, please follow our progress at our website and on Discord; hoping to do some very early playtesting in the coming months to get feedback on controls and feel – and excited to bring players and fans along with us on the quest to bring this to life!
Mischief Games 
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