The third major update for my game Faye Falling is out now! The new update features an expanded Challenge Mode, improved backtracking, new secrets, new rings, trial rewards, QOL updates, improved performance, the ability to equip two rings at once, and lots more! Faye Falling is
The third major update for my game Faye Falling is out now! The new update features an expanded Challenge Mode, improved backtracking, new secrets, new rings, trial rewards, QOL updates, improved performance, the ability to equip two rings at once, and lots more!
Faye Falling is also 35% off for the next two weeks, so make sure to grab it if you haven't yet!
If you haven't checked it out yet, Faye is very much a spiritual successor to View From Below. It takes everything I did with this game and makes it so much better. It features 5 endings, 6 bosses (+1 secret boss), 3 gameplay paths, an original soundtrack with 30 songs, and lots more!
I'm really excited to announce that my new indie rpg "Faye Falling" is out now! It features.... 5 unique areas to explore, each filled with secrets 24 puzzles 3 Classes Dozens of spells Dozens of enemies, each with their own unique attack patterns 6 Bosses + a hidden secret boss
I'm really excited to announce that my new indie rpg "Faye Falling" is out now!
I caught some issues I missed initially in the 1.73 update . Fixes Re-added some missing smile posters + the missing poster barrier near the mirror Fixed secret beast rooms 1 and 3 missing their visual clues Fixed the joining Gabriel scene + a layering issue in it Added bleed aro
I caught some issues I missed initially in the 1.73 update.
Fixes
Re-added some missing smile posters + the missing poster barrier near the mirror
Fixed secret beast rooms 1 and 3 missing their visual clues
Fixed the joining Gabriel scene + a layering issue in it
View From Below has been ported over from Game Maker 1 to Game Maker 2. (This took so much time and work, you don't want to know LOL.) While porting, I was also able to fix a rendering issue that would cause black lines to appear between tiles on some displays. Game saves from pr
View From Below has been ported over from Game Maker 1 to Game Maker 2. (This took so much time and work, you don't want to know LOL.) While porting, I was also able to fix a rendering issue that would cause black lines to appear between tiles on some displays.
Game saves from previous versions aren’t compatible with the new version- but they won’t be deleted or overwritten, so you can resume old saves whenever you wish by returning to 1.72 through the Steam client. (Select the "2021 Build" from the update branch as per these simple steps.)
You can find the full patch notes below.
Patch Notes
Engine
Ported over to Game Maker 2
Bug Fixes
An issue causing black lines to appear between tiles on some devices was fixed
Game Feel
Doubled the walking speed of the player
Condensed tutorials
Condensed chase sequences
Balanced some evade patterns and spell castings
The shaders and tilesets have been made brighter
Other Tweaks
Removed some settings no longer necessary (ie. the achievement sound as Steam now has that built in)
PS. A release date will FINALLY be announced soon for my follow up game Faye Falling. (Follow me on twitter to see it first!)
Bug Fix -The Shadow Knight minigame now increases your attack stat correctly (Thanks to r.e.fan0 for catching it!) Balancing Improvements -Reduced damage of chase sequences by 1 hit -Made casting the "Fire Ball" spell a bit easier
Bug Fix -The Shadow Knight minigame now increases your attack stat correctly (Thanks to r.e.fan0 for catching it!)
Balancing Improvements -Reduced damage of chase sequences by 1 hit -Made casting the "Fire Ball" spell a bit easier
Improved Performance -Thanks to the GMsched extension, the game now runs smoothly with lower CPU usage. Bug Fixes -Fixed a rare bug with the dialogue box position in an early chapter 5 scene -Fixed the attack sound overlapping in some cases when hurt in the overworld -Fixed two r
Improved Performance -Thanks to the GMsched extension, the game now runs smoothly with lower CPU usage.
Bug Fixes -Fixed a rare bug with the dialogue box position in an early chapter 5 scene -Fixed the attack sound overlapping in some cases when hurt in the overworld -Fixed two rooms showing the stem when the screen is shaking -Fixed the 3rd enemy’s speed not being used correctly when setting the turn order
The first anniversary of View From Below is quickly coming up this month! I learned so much from making (and launching) this strange, dark little game, that I’m really hopeful and excited about what the future holds. If you haven’t played it yet, now would be the perfect time, be
The first anniversary of View From Below is quickly coming up this month! I learned so much from making (and launching) this strange, dark little game, that I’m really hopeful and excited about what the future holds.
Before announcing my next game in a few weeks, I wanted to first release one final update for View From Below. (Aside from any future bug fixes if necessary, of course.) It makes *lots* of small tweaks to round off some rough edges, and improve balancing.
Here’s the full patch notes:
Gameplay
Bell’s first chase sequence has been updated with an additional attack pattern
Altered the map design for Rose's third chase sequence with more alternative routes
Balancing
Adjusted some item sell prices
Lowered the damage done in most of the chase sequences
Lowered the Challenge+ bonus damage done in all of the chase sequences
Visuals
Improved the good ending cutscene art with a nicer rain effect
The Soul Gate now scrolls nicely in the tower top area
General Tweaks
Made some small adjustments and fixes to cutscenes, such as some new sound effects
Dialogue
Some dialogue was tweaked to improve flow
Bug Fixes
Fixed a small Demon Summoner visual bug
Fixed being able to buy trinkets even when out of inventory space
Fixed Melody's armor and trinket not unequipping fully in some contexts
I want to give one final thank you to every one who played and supported View From Below- it really means so much to me. I had no idea if anyone would even play it- so the fact that hundreds have is a really cool feeling. (Not too bad for my first go at this :S)
I’m still kicking myself over some launch issues, but I’m really proud of where the game is today. All the feedback I received was so helpful, and I think helped make the game better and better with each of the 6 major updates.
I’ve grown a lot as a developer, and as a writer, these past few months, and I think my next game is really going to show that. I can’t wait to finally show it. You can keep up with me on twitter to see when it's first announced.
A new build for View From Below is now available. Version 1.63 was released on the 8th of January with a few important fixes for bugs introduced in 1.62. (Hopefully I managed to fix it all up before anyone ran into them.) These are the (short) patch notes: Patch Notes -Fixed the
A new build for View From Below is now available. Version 1.63 was released on the 8th of January with a few important fixes for bugs introduced in 1.62. (Hopefully I managed to fix it all up before anyone ran into them.)
These are the (short) patch notes:
Patch Notes -Fixed the game acting glitchy during certain story events -Fixed some rare crashes
A new small, though important, update for View From Below is up now. It adds 2 new minigames to give the Abyss consoles more variety, as well as some other cool little improvements and additions. It also fixes a rare glitch introduced in the last update that'd stop the correct cu
A new small, though important, update for View From Below is up now. It adds 2 new minigames to give the Abyss consoles more variety, as well as some other cool little improvements and additions. It also fixes a rare glitch introduced in the last update that'd stop the correct cutscene music from playing, and some scenes not playing out correctly when mashing the confirm and cancel keys really fast.
Full Patch Notes: New Abyss Minigames -The 1st computer now has a brick breaker mini game -The 2nd computer now has a Snake minigame -The 3rd computer has the original block-matching minigame, with a minor visual bug fixed
Tweaks and Fixes -Improved balancing -Fixed an issue where the correct music wouldn't play in some cutscenes after a battle or screen change If you have any issues, feedback or questions, feel free to leave a post on the steam forum.
A quick, small patch for View From Below is up now. It has some small improvements, as well as some minor bug fixes. Patch Notes: -Made the attack bar smaller horizontally -Improved spell casting balancing -Added and changed some overworld music -Improved flashback 6 and 7 cutsce
A quick, small patch for View From Below is up now. It has some small improvements, as well as some minor bug fixes.
Patch Notes: -Made the attack bar smaller horizontally -Improved spell casting balancing -Added and changed some overworld music -Improved flashback 6 and 7 cutscene artwork -Some visual improvements -Fixed some minor bugs
Hey! I just released a new major update for View From Below. It adds some new features like GamePad rumble, the ability to set GamePad button prompts and in-game online leaderboards, as well as lots of refinement and polish across the entire game, such as new Rose chase sequences
Hey! I just released a new major update for View From Below. It adds some new features like GamePad rumble, the ability to set GamePad button prompts and in-game online leaderboards, as well as lots of refinement and polish across the entire game, such as new Rose chase sequences, and improved tilesets. Here are the full patch notes:
Patch Notes:
New Features
Full GamePad support with button label settings, and rumble
Added in-game online leaderboards
New Rose Attack Patterns
Sequence 1 was remade
Sequence 2; the swords now spin, and spawn closer to the player
Sequence 3; the beams now spawn from Xs, and swords occasionally also spawn
Tweaks
Improved screens and menus
Pacing improvements to Chapter 1 and 3
Important fix to balancing to avoid the late-game balance issue
Renamed The Runes of Truth to “The Abyss of Truth”
Improved some jokes
Visual improvements, such as new weather effects and improved tilesets
Made characters refer to the MC as “mortal” instead of “human”
Added the ability to turn Alternative Sync on or off, and a "reset" button
Osseus has a new attack pattern with 2 forms
HP and Mana bars now ease in and out smoothly, and fade to black after the character faints
Bug Fixes
Fixed melody’s armor not always lowering the damage she takes
Changed some performance settings to fix lag on the latest Windows update (this update was made quietly pre-patch)
If you have any feedback, or run into any issues, please let me know in the community forums or in a comment below.
As usual, here's the trailer once more (I'll be updating it to reflect 1.6 soon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kOWq6lN7k&feature=emb_title
I'm really proud of the game now, so updates will likely slow down as I shift focus to my next project (I'll announce it soon!)
I really want to thank everyone that has played the game so far- all of your support, messages and feedback has really meant a lot to me. This was the first real game I've ever made, so to have so many people actually enjoy it has been such an amazing feeling.
Hey everyone, I just finished up another update for View From Below. While it adds a few new things, it was mainly focused on polishing up some visuals and story sequences. I'll be releasing 1 more major update sometime in December- but for now I can safely say that the game is *
Hey everyone, I just finished up another update for View From Below. While it adds a few new things, it was mainly focused on polishing up some visuals and story sequences. I'll be releasing 1 more major update sometime in December- but for now I can safely say that the game is *very* much all finished and polished up. If you do have any feedback or suggestions though, make sure to let me know!
Patch Notes:
New Content
Added some final new achievements
Added 3 more Shady Traders selling powerful items
Added 2 new minigames for attack training and eating mana berries
Added an Iron Mask blacksmith
Added 3 additional stats to the spy log: perfect attacks, owl flights and coins collected
Tweaks
Refined the broken bridge scene in chapter 1
Major dialogue improvements
Added a small screen shake when puzzles are finished or levers are flipped
Increased the intensity of the brightness setting
Finally chose a good sound for Bell's voice LOL
Talking sound effects now play when the name of the talker is hidden
Added a proper error message if a text file fails to load due to a broken installation
Important Bug Fix
Fixed the game soft locking before the final boss fight if you get to the event right before it, and then back tracking and doing another battle
...Phew! Quite a lot! If you have any feedback, or run into any issues, please let me know in the community forums!
Here's an updated version of the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kOWq6lN7k&feature=emb_title
Following 2 recent small updates - 1.31 and 1.32 - today I'm really excited to announce that the biggest update for View From Below yet is up now! It includes new content, new features, new secrets, and lots of polish and refinement throughout the game. Here are some of the updat
Following 2 recent small updates - 1.31 and 1.32 - today I'm really excited to announce that the biggest update for View From Below yet is up now! It includes new content, new features, new secrets, and lots of polish and refinement throughout the game.
Here are some of the updates: New Content
Added some new achievements
Added The Fountain of Riches and Secret Igloo to Glacies
Added a Blacksmith
Added new types of coins, and a new type of chest called a Chance Chest
Added a new song that plays inside ice caves
Tweaks
Improved map design
Made Challenge Mode harder (hehehehe...)
Improved some dialogue, and toned down some meme-y-ness
Added NPCS you met through out your journey to the 2nd last room, congratulating you on your victory
Lots of visual improvements, such as Bell attacking with treasure instead of coins
Bell has a new talking sound effect
Fixed some tiny bugs
You can check out the full patch notes in the community forums here. If you have any suggestions or feedback, make sure to post it in the community forums, in a review, or in a comment below! I might take it on board for a future update.
Here's the trailer once more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AlYpDLNVls
Thanks so much to every one who has played View From Below so far- I hope the new updates will make your current play through, or your future play throughs, that much more enjoyable.
I just finished up and uploaded a new small-ish update for View From Below. It includes new features such as a (mean) Knight who will train your attack stat for 100 gold, a spirit who will offer you hints and advice in Fallen Temple, as well as some other little things such as gr
I just finished up and uploaded a new small-ish update for View From Below. It includes new features such as a (mean) Knight who will train your attack stat for 100 gold, a spirit who will offer you hints and advice in Fallen Temple, as well as some other little things such as graphical improvements.
These are the Full Patch Notes: -Added attack training -Added hints -Balanced some chest contents -Minor bug fixes -Small visual improvements
Hey everyone! I just uploaded a small update for the game. This doesn't add anything too exciting like new content or anything, but it does make some small fixes and tweaks. -Improved the options, and made them save globally -Lots of minor visual improvements -Set more name restr
Hey everyone! I just uploaded a small update for the game. This doesn't add anything too exciting like new content or anything, but it does make some small fixes and tweaks.
-Improved the options, and made them save globally -Lots of minor visual improvements -Set more name restrictions to avoid possible conflicts
Hey everyone! I'm back again with another major update for View From Below. Launching just over 3 months ago, the game has improved and grown so much thanks to all of your feedback and suggestions! I'm really excited to announce that Patch 1.3 is available now! These are the upda
Hey everyone! I'm back again with another major update for View From Below. Launching just over 3 months ago, the game has improved and grown so much thanks to all of your feedback and suggestions!
I'm really excited to announce that Patch 1.3 is available now! These are the updates:
Tweaks and new features
Game feel improvements: Smoother camera and hit stop
Some visual polish
Balancing updates
Rose now attacks with lasers instead of knives
V-Sync is now on by default
Reduced the strength of the brightness setting, and capped the minimum to 50%
Improved pacing in chapter 3 and 4
New Content
Added "Diamond Fruit" and "Chance Fruit"
Added 2 new chests
Added some new secrets
You can check out the full patch notes in the community forums here. If you have any suggestions or feedback, make sure to post it in the community forums or in a review! I might take it on board for a future update.
I hope you're holding up well during these weird times. Please be well, and thanks for everything. I hope you give the game a shot if you haven't already! Here's the trailer:
Hey everyone! Thanks so much to all of you that have played View From Below so far – it really means the world to me. The game launched just over 2 months ago now, and thanks to your feedback and suggestions, it's continued to grow and improve, and become the best game it can pos
Hey everyone! Thanks so much to all of you that have played View From Below so far – it really means the world to me.
The game launched just over 2 months ago now, and thanks to your feedback and suggestions, it's continued to grow and improve, and become the best game it can possibly be.
I'm excited to announce that Update 1.2 was just released, and it contains a bunch of awesome new features:
Bell's house is now accessible, should you manage to seek it out. In it, you can find out more about the mysterious character, as well as attempt to unlock his giant safe. But what's the combination? And what does it contain? You'll have to explore Below to find out…
Glacies Cliffs now contains 5 hidden "Mana Berry Trees" which were planted by a quirky Mage. Find, pick, and eat from them, to boost your Max Mana stat!
Many tweaks and QoL updates have been made to the game based on player feedback. These include some new menu and window designs, a new attack pattern for the Skelly enemy, and a dozen or so rarer bug fixes.
I know that there's so much more important things going on right now in this intense, dramatic year. But maybe releasing a game about hope and kindness into it wasn't such a bad idea…
Thanks so much to everyone who's played View From Below so far! It first released just over a month ago, and it's been really awesome to hear your thoughts on the game, as well as about the secrets you've come across and your theories on the lore. Today I uploaded a major update
Thanks so much to everyone who's played View From Below so far! It first released just over a month ago, and it's been really awesome to hear your thoughts on the game, as well as about the secrets you've come across and your theories on the lore.
Today I uploaded a major update that includes Steam achievements, online community leaderboards for the minigames, as well as an unlockable New Game+ mode called "Challenge+" ! I've also previously released smaller updates that have added graphical improvements, the ability to quickly skip evading minigames and much more!
Challenge+ makes enemies harder, items cost more and sell for less, and also includes some mode-exclusive lore. It's tricky, but not too tricky- I promise! If you manage to beat it, you also unlock a special achievement. Pretty nifty!
Thanks so much for playing VIEW FROM BELOW. I hope the game has meant as much to you, as it's meant to me. If you haven't had a chance to get the game yet, now would be a really good time to play.
