Supporter newsletter 39

Issue
This is a copy of Eternal and Diamond Supporter Newsletter #39, published by Grinding Gear Games.

Hey Diamond, Eternal and Unique Item Creator Supporters,

I have just had a short holiday, and have come back to a very busy games studio. Chris is working on 1.0.1c, while I am concentrating on getting Descent: Champions finalised. Rory and I also have a lot of email and PMs to catch up on. If you have messaged us, thanks for your patience!

We’re getting a huge number of people wishing to talk about their unique item designs now - Please remember that it’s best if this communication takes place in response to the message you first received about item creation. If you haven’t received this message, contact support@grindinggear.com and they’ll send you a new one!

The race season started on the weekend. It has been exciting to both see new players experience them, and to see high levels of competition from our experienced racers.

1.0.1 Uniques

The 1.0.1 unique items have all been discovered. The discussion has been interesting and I am keen to see these items being used in a wide variety of builds.

Upcoming Uniques

For 1.0.2, we’re looking at finally getting a Unique Map in! We’ve got a low level wand and an item that changes as you increase in level.

Insider Info

Pete Thorneycroft has been an animator with Grinding Gear Games since August of this year.

Pete moved from the UK to work at GGG. He originally studied engineering at Exeter University, while also making flash animations. Deciding he liked the animation more than the engineering he changed to studying digital animation.

He worked mostly on animation for children’s television, including making a pilot for his own series (which unfortunately did not get developed). After a few years of television he then went to work on computer games.

His work on Path of Exile has mostly focused on death and destruction, working on the Cannibal chests and monster death animations.

Pete can be seen here: http://i.imgur.com/pvbZtSD.jpg

As an extra bit of insider info, here is a brief look at the coming 3d art for Lioneye’s Glare: http://i.imgur.com/ehKhBSB.jpg