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Happy spooky season, treasure hunters. After reworking some systems to leverage multi-threading, I added a new feature I've been eyeing for a while now, and some other loading time improvements. This patch brings them to the demo. The Feature Generating the navigation meshes (use
Hello treasure hunters, the previous few patches revolved around making the party members feel more important. This patch goes a bit deeper, specifically for Bahj. The goal was to further solidify Bahj's role and usefulness as a tank. Some other improvements and fixes snuck in to
Hello treasure hunters, I bring another patch to the demo. This basically expands on the theme of last weeks patch. It introduces the wet status, as well as many more new item stats. Wet Status When hit by the Lightning spell, it chains to other wet entities. Reduces lightning re
Hello treasure hunters, I bring you another demo patch! This one includes a new weather feature: puddles ! They form during rain, and they aren't just for visuals. They also conduct electricity! But that's not all. There was also an upgrade to the item distribution code. Before,
Excited to include a new boss to the demo following its exclusive reveal in the Secret Sauce Showcase! Everyone welcome the Bakhtak, a dangerous reaper that you can expect to find lurking in ancient areas, or hunting you down when you are in the final stage of Mana Overdraw. Othe
I'm occasionally on the lookout for performance candidates in the code, and optimize a couple minor things here and there, but this demo patch goes a bit further. I want the game to play smoothly for y’all without compromising the visuals or map sizes. I spent the last couple day
10 years into development and major, defining features are still being added to Bridgebourn and its demo. I'm so excited for this update as it unlocks an enormous iceberg of complexity. Strategies - The flagship mechanic of this update Create highly customizable auto behaviors fo
I've been working on refactoring the strings of Bridgebourn's codebase to allow for different languages. In an attempt to think of ways to implement it without increasing system requirements, I was actually able to reduce VRAM usage a tad bit and draw calls/texture switching (esp
Gameplay: New Conduit spell Re-added Familiar spell (Try turning it into an auto turret minion by making a custom ability at an Iridine Pylon!) Added Crushing Blow effect: Heavy charged slashes, critical hits, Bahj's jump ability, and Summon Pillar (with high enough velocity). Wh
I got myself a Steam Deck, so I was able to make the demo fully supported on the Steam Deck! Even though I'm working on the post-demo, I'm still throwing in an occasional patch for the demo to make sure it's as good as it can be. As always, if y'all find any issues or have sugges
Following the updated look on the steam page, I put together a new patch for the demo: Gameplay Made party Jump ability act like a dodge (quicker, more responsive, iframes) Ability Scrolls no longer consume mana Party can now equip Ability Scrolls Added Message Log in the Journal
Graphics: Following last patch, I continued doing some graphical tinkering. This new feature, the transparency window, will make the game much more legible, I think! Additionally, the world map got a new look! Gameplay: Some minor gameplay additions and changes as well: Summon Pi
Hello treasure hunters, I wanted to give y'all a quick update! As I continue working on Bridgebourn, some of the new features occasionally trickle down into the demo. For patch 0.6.12, that includes a new lighting engine! There were 2 main reasons for this feature. One is that th
Brand new playable intro section. Added a new helmet, chest, pants and shield. Koshks can now be mounted. Item stats are better influenced by the item type. Elemental damage stat stacking is now less likely. Your parties items can now be extracted at an Iridine Anvil. Performance
New Reagent reaction: Reagent + Mana gas = new Mana Charged status effect for all nearby friendly iridians (temporary infinite mana). You can now toggle an "overhead view" of your area with the map button by tapping, and opening the world map by holding. Charging your Slash can n
I heard y'alls feedback in regards to the emerging story not being overly clear in the Bridgebourn demo. Bridgebourn isn't just an ARPG. It's focused on having a unique, crazy and bold story in an immersive fantasy world. So, I decided to move the ending in the demo a bit further
Available in the demo, you can now play with 4 people total! It's local-coop based, so you choose someone's client and save file as a host. However, using Steam Remote Play, it's basically multiplayer! Just plug in some controllers/invite steam friends on Steam Remote Play, load
I was able to get access to a Steam Deck for a bit and patched out the bugs pertaining to Steam Deck and other hand held gaming devices. The bugs included interacting with UI and party manager mode with the mouse cursor via joystick, and a crash at the Aghash boss fight. If you r
I just launched a big Bridgebourn update (available in demo)! The goal is to solidify the game experience by adding new content, iterating on problematic content and balancing the player/party. Let's get into the changelog and the reasoning behind some of the changes. Death Bank
I am so honored to have been both the investors and audience pick for the first episode of OTK's Pixel Pitch! It was such a blast to be on the show. Where do we go from here? In the short term, I'll be fixing bugs and monitoring the response from the demo. It's currently getting