Calamity Sanctuary

A rougelite with Battlenetwork gameplay

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Long time no see. The above video shows what I have so far for the Daemon Screen, which is where the player can equip passive abilities. The caveat is that you must be able to fit all of the wanted passives inside the grid.

This implementation is going to stay like this for now, but I have some ideas for improvements later on, like maybe Daemons have an optional part that if you're able to fit provides an improved version of it, and also some "soulbound" daemons, which you can't unequip once you equip, and finally maybe some more constraints on what you can equip such as color limit and what not.

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Here is a quick webm of the state of the game so far. A lot of the building blocks are there, such as tools to make spells, enemies, etc. A lot of the starting screens are also implemented and pretty functional. The glaring issue so far is all of the programmer art + placeholders, but that's problem something that is only going to change in a long time. I still don't have a clear vision in terms of art direction, so I don't want to waste anyone's time with that.

Furthermore, I need to design some more spell types, some spell keywords, and 'Programs', objects you can find during battles which will give you passive bonuses. I'm in the works of designing a tool to create those things, so once that's done the whole design process will be able to kick into gear.

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What is Calamity Sanctuary?

Calamity Sanctuary (Working Title) is a roguelite with grid based real time combat based on the Battle Network series by Capcom.

Reviving the amazing mix of deck building and twitchy reflexes of Battle Network has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. The idea of taking the core gameplay and placing it in a smaller (i.e. easier to develop solo) package has crossed my mind many times in the previous years, and now I felt like I had the necessary skills and that the time was right.

So, what can you expect in Calamity Sanctuary?

Battle increasingly difficult enemies as you try to make your way to the Sanctuary

Earn new spells and Programs along the way.

Choose between different characters, each offering different abilities and playstyles

Calamity Sanctuary is being developed solely by me, using LibGDX with Kotlin. As such, it will be available on PC, Mac and Linux. Developement started in early November, being worked on part time while I work a full time job. No release date, nothing close to a demo, no final art has been made (but a lot of palceholders), no music, no balancing, etc. It'll be out when it's out.