Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey all! Selecting 'Items' from the Action Wheel will bring you to this new menu, allowing you to inspect the unit's inventory, use consumable items such as crystals or potions, and switch equipped weapons or armor with equipment held in the inventory. It's built to be compact an
Hey all! Are you tired of the colour blue? Wish you could customize the colours of Crystal Horizons to your liking? Well, now you can! We've set up a new settings page to handle colour customization. You'll be able to set the colour used for each unit team in the game, as well as
Hey all! Today I want to briefly talk about class progression, and how certain classes are accessed over the course of the game. While we do allow you to change a unit's class very freely, the list of classes that a unit has access to will start smaller and expand over time as yo
Hey all! Just a little teaser image today; maybe some of you will recognize it from somewhere? It almost makes me wish we had some kind of fishing minigame in Crystal Horizons. Almost.
Hey all! As I briefly mentioned last week, I've also been looking into replacing the top level of the action menu, where actions such as Move, Attack, Skills and End Turn are found. While it's still a work in progress, here's a look at how that's shaping up! We're temporarily usi
Hey all! Here's a first look at a new menu I've been working on. I've been doing a ton of research recently and have a bunch of new ideas for how to improve some aspects of Crystal Horizons, primarily focusing on the UI. Recently, I've been trying to improve the Action Menus, whi
Hey all! I was hoping to have the new VFX integrated properly by this update, but it's been a bit more difficult than I expected. So, while I can't yet show it off quite to the level I had planned, I have prepared a little teaser to tide people over. Maybe it will be working soon
Hey all! Lots of behind-the-scenes work done this week, so here's something small for the update while we keep chugging along. I've been looking into where we have a lot of empty space around the UI while planning out what assets we need and where we can use them. Here, on the De
Hey all! This week, I'd like to share with you the first iteration of an addition I've wanted to implement for ages now. This is still an early draft version, like a proof-of-concept, but I have some cool ideas for how to improve it in the future. Introducing, the Unit Circle! We
Hey all! While we're working on upgrading our VFX systems for attacks and spells, I've also started playing around with map-based particle systems, such as for weather. Here we have a quick screenshot of the Snowy Coast map with some actual snow falling. It's just a static image
Hey all! Here's a quick look at some design changes we're trying out for status icons. First, we have a before-and-after comparison with the Ruptured icon (from Thief), where we've changed the background and background accent to be gradients rather than flat colors. It's a simple
Hey all! We're working through a lot of the things we talked about in last week's progress update, and while we are making progress I don't have anything from that ready in time for this week's update. I was hoping to have the updated status icons ready, but I'm not quite satisfi
Hey all! It's been a little while since our last big progress report, so I think now is a good time to share where we're at and what our priorities are for the next stage of development. To start with, here's a quick recap of what we've been up to since our last progress update:
Hey all! We've made some pretty notable progress on updating the Glossary, the massive repository of information that can be accessed at any time. The screenshots I'll be sharing this week have been taken while the Glossary is in a state of 'not quite working right now', so while
Hey all! Short update this week; I'll just be sharing our progress on some of the status icons for the Berserker class. Of the five unique statuses this class has, there are two that we have in a state that I would consider shareable. These two are still very likely to change as
Hey all! I've got something interesting for you this week: A work-in-progress of another battle map! We've got some new tiles and scenery assets, such as the cobblestone road and market stalls, but still have a whole lot left to do on this one. Now, you may be asking, why show of
Hey all! We're close to wrapping up our work on class icons for the immediate future, so allow me to share with you two new ones this week. First, we have the icon for the Templar class! This icon may be somewhat reminiscent of the Lumimancer icon in terms of colors, which helps
Hey all! This week, allow me to show you the class-specific status icons for the Archer! These include Aiming, a status that increases attack range, and the various Elemental Quiver statuses. These are Fire Attuned, Ice Attuned, Lightning Attuned and Light Attuned. Only one of th
Hey all! Here's another look at the Bulwark class along with it's class icon! Similar to Knight, Bulwark is an extremely defensive class, and has exclusive access to the Dual Shields weapon type. As we don't have the portrait ready, I've set up a temporary method to display a spr
Hey all! Allow me to introduce a new addition to the Tile Panel in the top left; we now have custom icons for unique Tile Effects! Here we have Guard Aura, the passive defense buff granted by Knights, and Sanctified, a lingering healing effect placed by the Lumimancer's Sanctuary