Horn of the Abyss – Bulwark faction update and more

Last month, HotA Crew members attended a great event, the GAMEDNI video game show. We have a long-standing friendly relationship with its organizers: they created the Streamfest festival, where a demo version of the Factory was presented to the public for the first time, back in 2019.

This time, we were invited again to answer questions from the Heroes-loving community; Anton Alexandrov, the creator of the famous Paragon map, took part in this session with us. We talked about some of our short- and long-term plans, and also took the opportunity to show some of the changes and improvements we have made since the announcement of the new Bulwark town. The show’s guests were the first to see them, and now we present them to you.

Significant work has been done since then, in particular, edits on a differing scale have been made to all unit models. Here we show only some of the updated sprites, so as not to reveal too much too early. The most heated discussions after the announcement concerned Tier 2 and 4 creatures, the Argali and Yeti, so we decided to show you the direction in which their improvements are headed.

Some changes can also be seen in the sprites of Snow Elves and Kobolds. A new hero model has been created, the female version of the Elder, the Bulwark’s magic-inclined hero. We also show new collages of creative searches that brought about the current versions of the Elder and Chieftain models.

Finally, a nice musical surprise. No, we haven’t presented the town theme of the Bulwark yet – you’ll have to wait for it still, although you could already hear some motives of this upcoming track in the announcement video. On the other hand, visitors to the show had the opportunity to hear the town themes of the Cove and the Factory performed by the Arcanum Vivum sextet, widely known among connoisseurs of classical games.

Paul Romero‘s pieces have occupiet a major spot in their repertoire for a long time, and now they have also played original HotA music by Docent Picolan and Maigret. We invite you to enjoy this wonderful live performance.