Summers points out that realmwalkers can now encounter one of the top player-requested features: doors.

And one of our developers took it upon themselves to put doors in.

Feedback has spread into the whole crafting system too, which Inflexion originally saw as artisanal.

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You want to refine 100 ore into ingots, right?

Now on to my next task, Flynn tells me.

And that became abundantly clear to us on that.

A screenshot of a giant Bound monster from shared-world survival game Nightingale

So the UI has been adjusting to support that better.

Inflexion are hoping to eventually add more types of biomes with unique things to do there.

When I ask if Inflexion will ever monetise the Realm Cards, Flynn tells me that might happen.

A screenshot of a realmwalker gathering wood in upcoming shared-world survival game Nightingale

It would only be cosmetic elements like card backs, though, not the attributes of the cards themselves.

Each of Nightingales realms measures around four square kilometres.

Thompson explains that therell be options to customise your base with multiple architectural styles, should you fancy it.

A screenshot of a giant Fae in upcoming survival game Nightingale.

Yeah, our game tries to be relatively grounded, he tells me, no pun intended.

And then there are magical exaggerations and magical things that come along.

The team rethought how death works in the game pretty recently, for example.

We actually just changed that last week, Flynn says.

Inflexion thought that was a bit much, particularly for solo players.

Thatll stay where they died and wait to be reclaimed.

Watch out though, because dying means youll be cursed.

So if it makes sense to go back and get your stuff, go get it.

Flynn reckons that would have to play out over perhaps a year of storytelling and game updates.

And then eventually, can you?

Can you do all the incredible things necessary to unlock a portal back to Nightingale City itself?

LikeNo Man’s SkyandGroundedbefore it, Nightingale’s fantastical premise is a different spin for the often grimsurvival gamesgenre.

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