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My next project: Emperor's Arena

Thought I'd make an early announcement of the project I'm working on, Emperor's Arena.

(obviously still early on in development.)

The battle system is inspired by Undertale and Deltarune's battle system, where you have normal RPG options on your turn, but the enemy attacks with projectiles you actually have to dodge. I thought it would be cool to make a roguelike game with that system, so, here's that game!

The idea is that the player is a skilled fighter, captured to fight other skilled warriors from around the world for entertainment. So, you'll face these unique and difficult fights, and get an opportunity to purchase upgrades, new abilities, and consumable items between rounds. You'll even get rewarded for doing cool things for the crowd (such as getting close to bullets without getting hit, shown in the gameplay footage.) Also, healing is hard to come by, so every hit counts. And, of course, if you die, you have to start over.

So, if you like the UT/DR battle system and roguelikes, let me know what you think of this concept.

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Emperor's Arena Update

Happy New year. It's been a couple months since my last post about this, and I haven't been working as much I as would like on this project. Still, I've made some progress recently

Here's a quick version of the arena you spawn after death

And the fight intro.

I still have a lot of strong ideas for enemy characters, which I think will be an important thing for a game of this format, since the whole game is essentially just boss fights against powerful characters. However, I've only actually implemented a couple.

There's still a lot of systems I haven't started working on, but I'm excited to work on them. Eventually.

Unfortunately, I'm heading back to school again soon, so I may have less time and energy to work. But also I did much of the work on Disciples of Varahces at school, so I'll still do a bunch of work on this too.

I'll try getting a demo out with a few early enemies once the main systems are done, then once that's done I can work more deeply into later game content.

Let me know your thoughts about the stuff I've previewed above (including the fight UI). Til next time.

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GMTK Game Jam 2024 Game: Ultra Hyperneutrino Magextomatic Concentrated Matter Beam Gun MK 9

Ultra Hyperneutrino Magextomatic Concentrated Matter Beam Gun MK 9 by Sirunknown

Escape a base with a powerful, experimental weapon.

Participated in GMTK's game jam this year, here's my submission. The game is more of a proof of concept than a full game, but I hope you all like it!

Also, I may post more about my next major project sometime soon. I have been working on stuff since finishing Disciples of Varahces.

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Disciples of Varahces, coming out of Early Access soon!

Disciples of Varahces version 1.0 is releasing this Friday. (June 28th)

For now, here's an updated trailer I put together.

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Disciples of Varahces Update v0.8

Disciples of Varahces has been updated on Steam!

Patch Notes:

v0.8 -Added stage 4, and the final boss -Balance -Rebalanced enemy stats -Now 5 waves per stage

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 10

I've done a lot of work on the Final Boss since the last post.

She had a lot of complicated moves, so it was pretty fun to program her attacks. I actually ended up using a modified version of my cutscene system to implement her abilities, which worked surprisingly well, especially compared to the few other complicated abilities that other enemies use.

Now, all I have to do for this update is some audio and balance, which should be done soon.

I do want to get this update out in the next few days or so, because Disciples of Varahces is part of Steam's Endless Replayability Fest, which is running May 13th-20th, and is on sale as well. Just wanted to make sure I get some attention towards the game while this is active.

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Disciples of Varahces is a roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 9

Thought I would give a quick update on development, since it's been over a month since the last post.

Most of my work has been done on the final stage and the final boss. The final stage is effectly done, and, for the final boss, I basically only need to finish the graphics. Which is significantly easier said than done.

She says the thing!

Once all that's done and the update released, there should only be a few more minor updates, and then the game will be fully done!

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Disciples of Varahces Update v0.7.1

Disciples of Varahces has been updated on Steam!

Patch Notes:

-Updated UI -Updated main menu -Added lighting effects to certain projectiles -Added a bunch of new hurt sounds to enemies

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The demo version has also been updated, so it has the same better UI and main menu. (You are still restricted to 1 character and 1 stage in that version.)

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Disciples of Varahces Update v0.7.1

Disciples of Varahces has been updated on Steam!

Patch Notes:

-Updated UI -Updated main menu -Added lighting effects to certain projectiles -Added a bunch of new hurt sounds to enemies

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 8

I'm preparing for transitioning out of early access. Of course, the main content of the full release update will be the fourth and final stage, but I'm also working on some visual improvements to stuff that already exists.

Recently, I've updated the main UI. Here's a comparison.

Old:

New:

I've moved the health bar to the bottom right and changed where the health text is, and I've overhauled the wave counter and objective text. The new wave counter even has a bit of animation to checking off the boxes, instead of a simple number increasing.

Of course, these UI changes are not final, so if anyone has thoughts on the UI, let me know about it!

Other than this, the bulk of the work for the next update will be the next stage. Once that's done, the game will basically be complete and will no longer be in early access. Until then, you can still check out the game and enjoy it before the full release.

Disciples of Varahces on Steam

Disciples of Varahces is a roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger

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Disciples of Varahces Update Version 0.7: Coming Soon

Disciples of Varahces Version 0.7 will be coming out on Steam tomorrow! This update includes Stage 3, allow with a bunch of new enemies and a handful of items.

Here's the full update notes:

-Added Volcanic Caverns stage, with 5 new enemies and 2 bosses. -Added a few new items and achievements. -Visual enhancements -Improved health bar. -Improved end of stage portal. -Improved item descriptions. (now in color) -Rebalancing

Disciples of Varahces on Steam

Disciples of Varahces is a roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 7

It's been a while since I last posted a progress update, but I have still been working on the game. This next major update features a whole new stage: The Caverns, which is why it's taking a while. However, I'm basically done with the enemies, and I mainly just need to do spritework and balancing.

I've also taken the opportunity to add some visual enhancements for the game. For example, here's the new portal graphics.

Also, with some feedback from the Godot subreddit, I've made the health bar much punchier.

That all said, I can probably have the new stage done and update out by February. Until then, you can always check out the game on Steam!

Disciples of Varahces on Steam

Disciples of Varahces is a roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger

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Disciples of Varahces Update v0.6.1

Disciples of Varahces has been updated on Steam!

Patch Notes:

-Reworked some enemy sprites -Added difficulty settings -Rebalancing -Player starting damage reduced to 4 -Shadow Bolt ability nerfed -Executioner's Axe item nerfed -Curse trader has a 50% chance of showing up, but only allows you to take 1 item -Grunt Archcaster boss teleports less often

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 6

A couple weeks ago I released v0.6 of Disciples of Varahces. Since that was a content update, this next update I'm working on is a smaller update that improves older stuff.

The main thing was redoing the sprites for some of the older enemies. Here's a comparison:

As for the Grunt Archcaster, I wanted to rework the red magic aura thing into something more fluid by having it be rendered in engine with a particle system as opposed to just drawn in the sprites.

Here's what the particles look like:

Of course, I wanted the aura to be more visually interesting, with an outline, so I found an outline shader online and...

Yeah, that's not gonna work. The problem is the shader applies to each particle individually, as opposed to the whole particle system. Additionally, it conflicts with the particle material shader, resetting the particle colors to the raw white texture I was using instead of the red color I defined in the particle material.

Basically, I found out the best way to do this would be to render the particles to a viewport, then put the shader material on the viewport container. This would allow the shader to apply to the end result of the particle system at once. Here's what the scene tree looks like for that.

And that's how I got this outlined, shifting aura effect, if you want to make something similar.

This enemy respriting project was the main thing I wanted for this minor update, so I should be able to release the update sometime soon. After that, I'll start working on the next major update, which will include Stage 3.

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Disciples of Varahces Update v0.6

Disciples of Varahces has been updated on Steam:

Disciples of Varahces on Steam

Disciples of Varahces is a roguelike where you fight waves of increasingly stronger enemies, gathering items along the way to grow stronger

Patch Notes:

-Added Mage Hunter boss -Added Curse Trader, along with 9 new items for the shop, which occasionally appears in the transition space between stages. -Added 2 new achievements for the new content. -Added new uncommon item. -Enabled v-sync option in settings.

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 5

The other major feature of the upcoming update is the new boss: the Mage Hunter.

The Mage Hunter is an expert in taking out magic users, which, unfortunately, includes you. He has some tricks up his sleeve, so be careful!

He can spawn on any stage, as long as it's the second time you've been there this run. (So, with the current stage list, you can encounter him in the badlands starting at stage 3 and in the swamp starting at stage 4.)

Let also take a look at some of the new items coming:

The Bone Dagger is a new uncommon item, added because a currently existing uncommon item, the Mage Hunter's Belt, will be locked behind a new achievement for killing a Mage Hunter, so this is taking its place as an auto-unlocked uncommon item.

And here's a couple items that are available from the curse trader showcased in the last progress update:

As promised, with the pace I've been working at, the update should certainly be coming out this month.

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Disciples of Varahces Progress Update 4

Happy Halloween! It's been a while since the last progress update, but this next game update will be bigger than the last, and should be finished soon.

Speaking of, here's the major feature that will be introduced in the next update: The Curse Trader.

The Curse Trader has a chance to appear in the transitional space between stages. He offers you some powerful and unique items, as long as you take his curses as well.

The curses affect your speed, damage, or maximum health, or increase the amount of enemies that spawn, and come in three levels of severity. These curses are also randomly generated per item whenever the curse trader spawns.

There are currently 9 items planned to be added to the curse trader's pool of items (not including the 12 curses that you may be afflicted with), although more may be added as I work on the update, and in future updates.

The curse trader and all his items will be the major addition of the update, although I'm also working on adding a new boss. That considered, the update should be out sometime next month.