It’s been over a year since we received that Deathground gameplay trailer, and Jaw Drop Games has been plugging away ever since with development on this Survival Horror shooter. They’ve now released the first dev diary for Deathground to help keep fans up to speed.

Titled “DevGround”, the first episode clocks in at under five minutes, but is merely there to catch you up on the status of the game’s development. “We’ve wanted to create these [devlogs] for a while now, as a better way of keeping you all in the loop,” says the team.

Indeed, the video goes over the “juicier” updates for Deathground, as well as showing off the some of the blockouts for the five maps that the team is planning to have ahead of the game’s initial launch. Currently, the Alpha-pledged Kickstarter backers are playtesting the Powerplant map, having already experienced the Mission Command and Bunker maps last year.

The game’s dark and gloomy art style is also touched upon, with the video noting that there’s still plenty of art dressing and lighting passes to during the Alpha and Beta testing periods.

The main focus of the video, however, is the enemy AI, which the video showcases in the example of the Raptor. The animation is also another focus, in order to make the dinosaurs’ movements smoother when they’re in the pursuit of the player. “We’ve been working on lots of little details like that, to make the gameplay experience feel more immersive.”

Check out more in the video below. Deathground is currently available to wishlist on Steam.