Developer posts and news about this game.
Overhauled Tutorial System One of the problems that I wanted to fix was to ensure that players had enough practice with rhythmic spellcasting before they fought their first boss. I overhauled the tutorial system in order to provide players with an initial challenge of executing s
Changes Simplified Spell Timings - Timings within spell groups are simplified to have the same timing. Timings between groups are now more similar. Bright Volumentric Atmosphere - Discarded the nighttime settings in place of a bright daytime setting with slight volumetric fog. Ad
Changes Removed BPU UI - The BPM UI added an extra layer of complexity to gameplay that required players to attend to the enemy, the spell rhythm UI, and the BPM UI. In addition, it would require a significant amount of development work to ensure syncing with the music bpm. The f
Dark Mode Updated the map to have a nighttime setting and to be responsive to auto exposure. These changes increases the contrast between dark and light patterns. The spell particle effects are now more prominent and stand out better against the background. Muriel Added Muriel fr
Changes: Nighttime Setting - Updated the map to be in the night. Shogun - Added a new level 9 boss that uses sword combat. Terra - Added a new level 10 boss that regularly defends with a shield. Muriel - Added a fast paced level 12 boss that will stretch your limits. More Details
This change is intended to simplify the Spell and BPM user interfaces by switching how the timing transformations work. Before, the spell icons would move across the screen from right to left, and now they are rotating and scaling up without translation offsets. Changes: New BPM
Updated the Spell User Interface from a translation interface of icons to a rotation and scale interface for icons. Also updated the BPM UI to be a circular expander, rather than a translation tick.
I decided to add music integrated into Spell Beats, but it works a little differently than the usual rhythm game. Normally the musical beat dictates the pace and when the user should respond. In our case this will only be generating spell boosts such as damage, stamina, or heal b
Added an auto-save feature that saves at the start of every new level, but it only saves the highest level reached. Use the Continue button to continue from the highest level you reached and New Game to start from the beginning. It does not save progress part way through a level.
I realized that the spell rhythm game mechanics needed to be introduced sooner. So, I decided to move the spell rhythm tutorial from level 5 to level 3. Changes Moved the spell rhythm tutorial from level 5 to level 3. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, --Garett
The amount of time played on the demo is well below average as shown by its Steam statistics. Why do most players stop before the 10-minute mark? My current idea is that it is due to the difficulty of the Level 3: Elements boss. This idea seems to be supported after watching the