Kalia and the Fire Staff

A game about a fiery demon girl

[sharb]

Bun n' Gun, Development update #156 - Heads up display | Sharb on Patreon

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Not a very exciting update but a very necessary update, this week I've been working on better option support. If you remember from the 2D demo all that existed for options was a auto re-binder, now there's a better connected rebind menu for controls.

To help new comers with the game I've also added conditional text boxes to explain how the game works.

Try the demo out here!

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[kaliadev]

It's currently winter in Brazil meaning that this bit of art is technically off-season, but it's also summer in the northern hemisphere so I guess it fits! Kalia might be a fire-wielder, but that doesn't mean she dislikes swimming!

[kaliadev]

A new devlog finally! Today's post is a recap on all the goblin enemy types that will be featured in the third chapter of the KatFS demo (and a few more)!

[kaliadev]

To all our followers, friends, and anyone just passing by, Kalia wishes everyone a happy pride month!

[kaliadev]

Local demon girl exercises her personal space

[kaliadev]

Happy May the 4th from Kalia! >:]

[kaliadev]

Kalia and the Charged Attack (and Why Input Design is Important!) - Kalia and The Fire Staff Pre-Alpha by gdn001

Hello all! Today I felt like sharing a little insight into a recent implementation in KatFS and how it can be a simple example of interactio

Why do your games feel clunky and awkward to play? Maybe it's time to apply some input design? Here's a devlog about the charged shot feature in Kalia and the Fire Staff, and how even a simple input action can have plenty of thought behind it!

[inkdragonworks]

The big work on this month was creating an object that could handle auto-tiling collision blocks for me. I spent around 2 weeks on it but it’s managing to cover a lot of the stuff I want, albeit there’s still fine-tuning with slopes. Ended up making a lot of the tilesets meant for chapter 2 based around it. I’m pretty satisfied with it since it helps prevent what could be 1-3 hours of manual work, and instead doing it once the player enters the room. That leaves details like walls and decorations to figure out.

A lot of parallax assets were finally taken from concept art to sprite assets, which you can see a few of in the first gif. There’s still some left, like this minecart rail I want to put in:

I also spent time making more journal/shop menu assets, representing items you can buy and equip at different points.

The auto-tiler and more bug fixing ended up taking a lot of time for me, so I really didn’t get that far with making Chapter 2′s level art. There’s just a lot of small decorations I’ll have to make on top of more bug fixing and editing more dialogue/cutscenes to be shorter. My intention is to continue on those things, as well as ironing out more of the auto-tiler.

However I’m considering taking a break this month to pick at a different idea for a bit, so I don’t get burnt out on PnJ. I’ll have to wait and see though.

[kaliadev]

Albeit Kalia and the Fire Staff is planned to be a linear game, I still wanted it to take place in a consistent setting. This bit of concept art showcases the areas Kalia's journey will take her through. Kalia finds herself lost in a massive cavern, filled with underground forests, ancient ruins and an entire buried forgotten city. The labels here have been encoded to keep things within spoilers for now. >:]

[fiercethebanditart]

Assorted sprite work made for friends

[kaliadev]

Kalia spotted! >:]

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If you weren't sure of Kalia's fire-wielding abilities yet, here she is assuming a fiery aspect. Don't worry, it's not dangerous at all for her, but I'd suggest you keep your distance...

[kaliadev]

Oh yeah, did you know that the two existing chapters of the Kalia demo are now connected?

They're still two separate scenes, but instead of returning to the main menu after completing chapter 1, Kalia can now travel between the two levels (almost) seamlessly!

The full game is set to feature an entire continuous journey through several areas, similar to games like Half Life and Uncharted. Having connected levels also allows me to put them together for a nice complete overview of the game's world!

You can read more about it in this devlog!

[kaliadev]

Kalia Art Dump

First, apologies for forgetting about Tumblr again. :') I really want to remain active here, it's just very energy-consuming to juggle several social channels at once. But with that said, here's a bunch of Kalia arts that I would like to share:

First, happy late Easter everyone! This egg-hunting Kalia is actually from 2022's Easter, but since I was busy during the weekend I didn't have the time to make a new drawing. I still like how this one turned out anyway.

This is Kalia being served her favorite food by Carrie from "Carrie's Order Up!" by @inkdragonworks. Love his characters. :]

A bit of promo/concept art for Kalia and the Fire Staff where she gets to do a cool pose while an entire street burns behind her. This also counts as a preview for the third chapter of the KatFS demo! >:]

New banner with Kalia running around in the caves, featuring a slightly updated logo.

Finally, ending up with something silly - an edit of a cat GIF featuring Kalia and her trusty companion. I have realized that by living alone in the woods with a black cat, I might have made Kalia into a witch... And I'm on board with the idea. :P

[kaliadev]

The Kalia and the Fire Staff demo chapter 2 update is now available!

After venturing through the ruins, Kalia finds herself within an ancient mining complex. And to make matters worse, the dark caverns are infested with swarms of cave-dwelling spiders! Besides the new chapter, this build features many other improvements, such as new sound effects!

You can download KatFS 0.2.0 in its itch.io page here: https://gdn001.itch.io/kalia-and-the-fire-staff

[w1k]

Experimental drawing I did a while ago while trying to sketch out some characters for my shmup. Tempted to stick to this style of composition for the different characters portraits

[inkdragonworks]

An old, one day experimenting with slime golf type of game. Starring a Slime Poppin.

[kaliadev]

Devlog - The KatFS Demo Chapter 2 is Almost Done!

Hello everyone! I've just posted a new devlog to the KatFS itch page after over a month without any of them. You can catch up on some of the new features coming in chapter 2 by reading it:

The KatFS Demo Chapter 2 is Almost Done! - Kalia and The Fire Staff Pre-Alpha by gdn001

Hello everyone! It's been far too long since my last devlog. Development on chapter 2 just went on steadily and I haven't shared many update