20 Aug 2026Developer post

Spryward & Slushy Alpha Update 4

Hello everyone! Added Anchored Slings with Slushy. Test it out practice some physics based slings as slushy attatches to buildings now! Finished a draft for the first Ravager Hideout, you can now play the Lowell hideout in its entirety. This means Tag is now faceable as a boss ba

15 May 2026Developer post

Spryward & Slushy Alpha Update 3

Added a pause menu built for doom scrollers! Pull out the phone, ignore the lock screen... Lost? View the maps app. Edit game settings directly from your phone. Leave the game on in idle too long and Spryward might hit you with some poses! Added more trees to the open world. Adde

31 Mar 2026Developer post

Spryward & Slushy Alpha Update 2

Previously on Spryward : New to Spryward or just catching up? Well I've recorded and animated a short mini comic that explains everything you need to know about the story of Spryward. Spoiler warning for issues 1-4 of Spryward obviously. I think this video will help new players w

Previously on Spryward :

New to Spryward or just catching up? Well I've recorded and animated a short mini comic that explains everything you need to know about the story of Spryward. Spoiler warning for issues 1-4 of Spryward obviously. I think this video will help new players who are jumping on to play the new open world Spryward & Slushy.

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New VFX! :

I've incorporated a lot of Binbun's vfx packages for godot! Amazing resources that have brought a lot of light and joy to previous attacks in Spryward. Special thank you again for the work Binbun does for the Godot community.

Electro Flutter :

While electro walking pressing A with an in enemy in sight will blink you behind the farthest enemy. When no enemy is farther than 5 meters, Spryward will do a new burst jump attack instead.

Power Charge :

Hold down on the d-pad to regain a small amount of health and charge up stamina.

Incandescent Form I :

At full stamina power charge & dive to become incandescent. A new form that will drain all your stamina, but for a short time experience raw power that can deliver victory in one punch.

Power Punch :

Hold dodge to charge up a power punch that explodes on impact! Using this may send you back a few feet.

Directional Sprint :

While electro walking, holding the right stick down or up will cause Spryward to move even faster either up or down. Allowing more vertical movement.

Tree Changes :

In an effort to improve performance and to build more artistic cohesion I've replaced the asset pack 3d tree models I was using before. I replaced them with billboard tree meshes hand drawn by me! I'm adding more foliage variety along with better optimization. I'm adding gpu instanced trees to each burrough individually. Apologies for any dead zones at the moment.

Mission UI Progress :

Working on the Ravager hideout mission. Running into some bugs so avoid the hideout icons for the moment while I work on fixing that.

That's all for this month's update! Wanted to give you all a heads up. I will be attending Lafayette Comic Con, Aug 22nd. This will be my first con and I'll be sharing a live demo of Spryward on the floor. So mark it on your calanders and if you're in the area stop by and say hello! I'd love to meet you and it should be a good time. Anywho, thanks for checking out Spryward. Till next time!

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26 Feb 2026Developer post

Spryward & Slushy Alpha Update 1

Hello everyone! Here's an update to the alpha build for the month of Feb! Changes : Improved animation sync. Optimization improvements. Fixed UI Menu Scaling issues for non standard aspect ratios. Added alert for crime completions Added Super Villain encounters to the open world.

29 Jan 2026Developer post

Spryward & Slushy Alpha Released!!

The open world adventure begins! Long time no see true believers! This is Spryward & Slushy, a new Spryward game free for all owners on Steam! This is the alpha build; it features the entire open world of Credell from the Apastron Universe. This means locations recreated from

The open world adventure begins! Long time no see true believers! This is Spryward & Slushy, a new Spryward game free for all owners on Steam! This is the alpha build; it features the entire open world of Credell from the Apastron Universe. This means locations recreated from the ground up from multiple games collaged into a new open world. Play through the tutorial, intro level, and have access to 20 procedural crimes in the open world.

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Current crime types in the game :

Ravager Beatup

Drone Patrol

TV Invasion

Young Ravager Rescue

Zombie Horde

Coming next:

More crime variation

Cutscene with Marnie post intro level

First Ravager Hideout! These are mini linear levels you can replay and complete to progress the story.

Known Issues :

There are missing connections to map warps, anything sewer or neo government related is either broken or just not implemented yet.

There are lots of missing or overlapping textures in the overworld.

Tutorial dialogue breaks on Linux Steam deck build.

Overlapping Spryward animations.

Physics wonkyness.

Realtime dialogue timing sync.

Location titles overlap text and break labels.

Main menu ui is busted on some aspect ratios. (sorry steam deck & widescreen users)

Note from Dev :

Thank you for your patience. It's scary to hear the developer of the early access game you've been supporting decides to switch game engines. I never stopped working on this game. I genuinely love it with all of my heart. Which is why the 2 year absence of content was necessary for Spryward to become an even better game now! I've been teaching myself Godot to build this game on an open source framework. I'll share with you what I've learned on my Youtube along the way. I hope you all enjoy this open world version of Spryward. This is the start of a new beginning for the Apastron franchise as a whole and I'm excited to be building it live here on Steam for all of you to see again! Being able to have the opportunity and make my dream game like this is all thanks to you my players! I have to thank Scott Snyder for mentoring me and guiding me through my writing journey as well.

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05 Apr 2025Developer post

Spryward Godot Port : Progress Report 1

Hello Spryward & Slushy fans! It has been too long. I apologize for that. I have been hard at work teaching myself Godot. For those that do not know, Unity made some sketchy changes to their policies retroactively. Spryward is my passion project the project I open virtually e

Hello Spryward & Slushy fans! It has been too long. I apologize for that. I have been hard at work teaching myself Godot. For those that do not know, Unity made some sketchy changes to their policies retroactively. Spryward is my passion project the project I open virtually every weekend. I won't have it jeopardized by eratic corporate entities. I've been porting Spryward and its assets to the Godot engine.

I've been remaking the game in Godot, sorta. My intention is to make a whole new experience in Godot that still meets our early access guidelines for this project. This means the godot version of Spryward will come to all steam owners as a free update. It will replace the default launch option for the game on Steam. However, issues 1-4 will still be playable as an alternative launch option on Steam. The Godot version of Spryward will be called Spryward & Slushy! It begins with its own issue #1 that picks up right where the events left off in Spryward issue #4. The Godot version, Spryward & Slushy will honor the whole story leading up to this point, but will be the perfect jumping on point for new players to get into this story!

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Spryward & Slushy will be open world. I've been building Credell from the ground up incorporating locations from issues 1-4 of Spryward and the putting in all the playable areas from Vacancy Unlimited! Which is another game I made that takes place in this universe. Procedural crimes will popup around the city, when a story mission isn't active. The core gameplay loop feels a lot better with twice the number of frames than before, a new art style, and a new dynamic physics system that allows you to bully and crowd control your enemies. Check out the prototype footage above and let me know what you think!

If you'd like to hear me speak more about Spryward and what's going on with the project, check out this vlog I made going over some of my reasoning and sharing personal life stuff.

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By the end of the year, I aiming to have a beta branch on Steam for you to try. This will include a tutorial featuring a civilian Deshaun battling Mr. Media, a fully explorable open world Credell, more procedural crimes, and the first story mission of issue 1! I'll keep you posted with video updates like these as we get closer to that Steam beta branch! Thank you for your patience. Spryward is the story I've always wanted to tell and my dream game project. I've never stopped and won't stop working till this is the best game it can be.

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16 Aug 2023Developer post

Spryward Issue #4 launches on Steam!

Featured in Spryward Issue 4 "Something New" : Rail grinding New dodge Reworked Heavy attacks New character Marnie Maryweather The death of "REDACTED" The return and redesign of the Metroborg 3 new Antagonists, The Divination Trio (Mesmerist, Pillager, Sterling) Play as Spryward'

22 Jul 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #33

What I've been working on : Added new Reptoid Shotgunner enemy Added new Basic Neo Government Soldier Enemy Changed Lunge into a basic dodge attack. Lunge can now be triggered while gliding with electromagnetism Lunge last longer and has less attack phases Slushy slinging height

07 Jul 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #32

The geometery for Issue 4 Level 3 is now avialable to test and free roam through the chapter select. I haven't added events yet because I want to gauge how well the map runs. It's the most open map I've made so far with the most amount of AI agents running around on the map. I wa

09 Jun 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #31

+Updated pole swinging animations +Made variable speeds so different super suits have different pole swing speeds +Added slide as an alternate if you hit or hold dash while grounded +Progress on Issue 4 Level 3

31 May 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #30

+Made new ui for the pause menu +Improved pause menu title logo +Added new optional camera features to the pause menu +Added camera option soft zone width : Soft zone width gives Spryward some soft space on the X axis that won't move the camera. Upon leaving that soft bound will

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+Made new ui for the pause menu
+Improved pause menu title logo
+Added new optional camera features to the pause menu

+Added camera option soft zone width :
Soft zone width gives Spryward some soft space on the X axis that won't move the camera. Upon leaving that soft bound will cause the camera to lerp towards the player on the X axis.

+Added camera option soft zone height:
Soft zone height gives Spryward some soft space on the Y axis that won't move the camera. Upon leaving that soft bound will cause the camera to lerp towards the player on the Y axis.

+Added camera option to look at Spryward's head instead of the middle of his body
+Updated credits page on main menu
+Added Issue 4 level 2 to the high score page on the main menu
+Added more grindable rails to older levels
+Updated some of the Steam store page art assets

Note from the Dev : Thank you all for 1 year of support on Steam early access. Spryward has changed a lot since I launched a year ago. It's a bizarre idea for a game I’ve wanted to make for a long time. I love new comic day every Wednesday. I love the idea in comics that the story is never over. When I got the opportunity to join Scott Snyder’s comic writing class, I knew I had to make something different. I know I can’t release a new issue every wednesday, but getting to create this ongoing story here on Steam has been an absolute privilege. I’ve been challenged as a developer in new ways with this project and it’s special when you get to work on something this personal. Issue 4 has been very exciting for me. There’s been so much that I’ve learned through adding the new cutscene system and continuing to practice drawing. I’m feeling comfortable and ready to look back and improve the art of the first 2 issues. I’m going to be going back and possibly redoing the original cutscenes in this new style I’ve been using for issue 4, which could improve the opening. I just wanted to let you all know I’m committed to developing this game through at least 6 issues. At most I’ll end up doing 8, but I have 5 and 6 written. It's a matter of drawing all the art assets I need and doing the 3d modeling of key locations to get everything done. As I put it above, I updated the credits page. There are tons of people who helped make Spryward possible. If you’re reading this you’re probably one of them. Thank you sincerely, and I hope you enjoy the update! The new camera options aren’t attached to the dynamic camera system, so you can still choose to use them in tandem or mix & match. Let me know what camera options you leave enabled. Have a good rest of your week everyone.

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27 May 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #29

+Added 3rd scene to issue 4 +Created Marnie's textile workshop environment +Created Marnie's workshop crew character sprites +Connected new cutscene to sewer level in issue 4 +Connected new cutscene to the main menu issue select screen

20 May 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #28

Prior to the apocalypse Marnie Maryweather was one of the survivors from the 2 Lakefield slashings. One of the only survivors still alive today in Spryward. You can see her sporting cosplay of her original character, Xizzi. The Lakefield slashings take place in a short horror gam

13 May 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #27

+Coded a new player controller for Slushy +Added combat to the Slushy player controller +Added and enemy for Slushy, Magic Jellyfish +Added new sewer level to Issue 4 +Added new sewer level to the main menu +Connected Trio boss fight and sewer level +Added in level cutscenes for

05 May 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #26

+Added an issue 4 boss fight vs the Divination Trio +Created Pillager Boss AI +Created Mesmerist Boss AI +Created Sterling Boss AI +Created boss fight cutscene system for mid battle transitions +Added new achievements +Added link to boss fight from main menu +Added connection to

14 Apr 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #25

Hello everyone! Apologies for the silence the last 2 weeks. I've been super sick and it has been hard to work. Hoping to rest this weekend and feel better for programming the new bosses. Just about finished animating all of the divination trio sprites! Leaving some progress on Pi

31 Mar 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #24

+Added 5 new achievements +Added new water enter FX +Added water enter FX when slaming into water +Added water exit FX +Added specific water exit FX when charge jumping out +Made metal rails that Spryward can grind on +Added grind rails to move levels +Added grindable rails to th

04 Mar 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #23

New Issue 4 cutscene is complete and in the live build! Next steps for me are to finish the boss fight that goes with this scene. I'll share you some more progress on that the 10th!

25 Feb 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #22

+Fixed bug where heal SFX would play on a loop if full health when wearing the anger suit on easy mode +Optmizied Issue 4 Level 1 more for Steam Deck users +Fixed Issue 4 cutscene errors for Steam Deck users +Fixed bug where player would start jump animation too soon if just bein

+Fixed bug where heal SFX would play on a loop if full health when wearing the anger suit on easy mode
+Optmizied Issue 4 Level 1 more for Steam Deck users
+Fixed Issue 4 cutscene errors for Steam Deck users
+Fixed bug where player would start jump animation too soon if just being bumped into the air momentarily or while walking over bumps/inclines
+Finished drawing a walk cycle for Mesmerist

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+WIP on the area for the Divination Trio boss fight
+WIP on Slushy's character controller

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+Updated credits accurately show issue 4 content
+Updated hyperlinks on the credit screen
+Fixed bug where Trains could freeze and not respawn on Issue 4 level 1

Coming soon in Issue 4 the divination trio boss fight and cutscene are the next set of content to drop. Aiming to get the cutscene done by the 3rd. Boss fight AI will take a little longer so assuming I get the animations drawn for each of the trio that should go up on the 10th. After that the next set of issue 4 content deals with the sewer environments. This area does introduce the reptoid society that lives underground. Also for the first time take control of slushy in the sewer level. Slushy can fit into small spaces to help Spryward unlock doors and get to unreachable areas. I've already started to setup the character controller for Slushy. Let me know what type of gameplay you'd like to see with Slushy. His gameplay segments will be less combat oriented and more quick puzzle solving and story beats. Another addition you'll likely see added next week is narrator prompts. Some dialogue in levels is from Spryward's thoughts or saying something out loud. With Mr. Media I want him to have a more pivitol role in the story so some dialogue specifically in issue 4 will change and be replaced by our narrator with new text bubbles to go with that. Thanks for the patience as I continue to hammer away at content for Issue 4. As always if there's anything you'd like to be added to Spryward let me know down below. Have a good weekend everyone!

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14 Feb 2023Developer post

Spryward Devlog #21

The first level and cutscene of Issue 4 are now playable and in the live build! Thank you all for being patient. Sorry I couldn't get you this update last Friday, but it's here now. Issue 4 is a jumping on point so there will be no requirement to play isssue 1-3 content to acess

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