Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi! Another small update, also an announcement that Blade Rush will be part of the Bullet Festival!! If you haven't already now is a good time to pick up the game at a pretty hefty discount. Additionally, if you like the game and haven't already left a review, I would really appr
Small patch to address some issues I noticed on a livestream (Thank you Note !) Added a setting in the main menu options to reset gamemode tutorial popups. Changed the boost tutorial text to better reflect the UI without palette.
Hi all, Extremely sorry these two bug weren't noticed sooner! Fixed Boss Rush quitting after first boss. Fixed an extremely rare bug where after dying (player destroyed/removed from the level), if an event or bonus caused your multiplier to reset (via a bonus resetting the timer,
Hi everyone, Just wanted to quickly announce and give some much deserved credit to the composer of Blade Rush, SuperSMZ. This is his first full game soundtrack/album, and after a year it's now finally available on YouTube and Spotify. Please go check it out and give him some supp
Hi everyone, Here is another quick update to finally improve the tutorial (better late than never). If you have had trouble enjoying or understanding the game in the past, I encourage you to jump back in and try it! Improved text in the boost and shoot sections to better explain
Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that Blade Rush will be at FORMAT Liverpool 2025 tomorrow. I'm bringing Steam keys and other cool stuff as give aways :) This is a quick update before that event to add some last minute small fixes. Fixed music for a certain gamemode missing the
Hi everyone, I wrestled with putting this update as a hotfix since it's only small changes, but they have a big impact so I think it fits a major version. Also, I forgot to mention this in the last post but the itch.io version of the game has been delisted. There hasn't been much
Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay with this update! A lot has happened this year and I've been struggling with some personal issues that caused this to take a lot longer to finalise than I would have liked. This update focuses on some small QoL fixes and visual/audio changes. Addi
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that Blade Rush will be at Norwich Games Festival tomorrow, 29th and 30th of May 2025. Feel free to come along! I will be bringing the entire game for anyone to play. Thanks!
Hey everyone! This is a bit sudden, but Switchblade has had to be renamed. I was aware that the game shared the name of another game called Switchblade for some time, but was under the impression it wouldn't be an issue because this one is so much smaller. However, I've since bee
Hi everyone! Here's a build to address some balancing changes. Added a grace period after teleporting either by the teleporter hazard or enemy , so that you can't accidentally run into pickups. Made the map for One Big Minefield a little easier. The goal with that map was to intr
Here is a quick hotfix for version 1.1: Fixed a bug where getting any S rank after completing the campaign would grant the Perfectionist achievement. Fixed a bug where selecting a campaign level, going to the ability screen, then returning would disable leaderboards until you res
Hi everyone! The response to Switchblade has been great to see so far. Thank you so much! Here is a build to address some feedback I've received in the past day. Fixed leaderboards not showing a failure notification when offline. Added mutators to the campaign menu. They will dis
Hello everyone! Switchblade is now released after a year in development! I hope it was worth the wait and that you enjoy it. So what now? I'm going to take a much needed break, and after maybe a week or so push a build for bug fixes or feedback I may have missed. I may have small
Hello everyone! Here is a quick build to address some leaderboard bugs: Changelog Fixed leaderboard names causing crashes (Thanks Dannad!) Fixed campaign levels and gamemodes missing from the demo showing up as empty leaderboards. Slightly increased the character limit on leaderb
Hello everyone! Thank you for the response so far! It's been great seeing people play the demo. Here's a quick build to address a bug: Changelog Fixed ability not recharging on death. Added new shaders to the main menu background. Thanks, Noba
Hello everyone! Small update to the demo to address some last-minute issues. Changelog Fixed Surge crashing in freeplay. Fixed a handful of softlocks in the tutorial and other small issues that made it confusing. Fixed the boss not giving feedback when you damage it in the tentac
Hello everyone! As promised, here is a new build including all of the previously given demo feedback. I think I promised that anyway, I forget if I even mentioned it. Either way here it is! Unfortunately, save files had to be reset for this update. This doesn't affect your leader
Hello everyone! The response to the demo has been staggering. I'm so grateful to everyone who checked it out and gave feedback, whether positive or negative. Thank you so much! While work continues on the main build, most feedback here will be prioritised for that version of the
Hello everyone! The demo for my game, Switchblade, is now available! Please check it out and wishlist if you enjoy it! Feedback is super appreciated! Thanks!