[1.6] The Arsenal Update - OUT NOW
Hāyi saṭankaruvan! This is (once again) a bit behind schedule, but I'm happy to announce that the latest update - The ARSENAL Update - is out now! It's a pretty hefty update, too! Lots of good stuff in this one. The Slayer FIRSTLY, without further ado, let me introduce your new c
Hāyi saṭankaruvan!
This is (once again) a bit behind schedule, but I'm happy to announce that the latest update - The ARSENAL Update - is out now!
It's a pretty hefty update, too! Lots of good stuff in this one.
She is a ridiculously nimble, whip-wielding, chakram-throwing vampire slayer who is all about dancing around enemies while keeping up the pressure!
Her whip is an unusual melee weapon with very good reach (and some other unique properties), but she has a whole arsenal of neat tricks to throw at foes!
Wonder what they do? Only one way to find out! :D
Nearly all of the new options can be chosen alongside the champion's existing moveset option - allowing you to experiment with different combinations in your search for your ultimate hero! The possibilities are endless!
(Okay, maybe not endless but really - there are a lot of new combos!)
Original post The Slayer
FIRSTLY, without further ado, let me introduce your new champion! Meet the Slayer:
She is a ridiculously nimble, whip-wielding, chakram-throwing vampire slayer who is all about dancing around enemies while keeping up the pressure!
Her whip is an unusual melee weapon with very good reach (and some other unique properties), but she has a whole arsenal of neat tricks to throw at foes!
Additional Moveset Options
In addition to the Slayer, every champion has an additional moveset option they can unlock! Take a gander at the new additions to your arsenal:
Wonder what they do? Only one way to find out! :D
Nearly all of the new options can be chosen alongside the champion's existing moveset option - allowing you to experiment with different combinations in your search for your ultimate hero! The possibilities are endless!
(Okay, maybe not endless but really - there are a lot of new combos!)
Quality of Life Improvements!
Finally, I've been hard at work on improving stuff that should be better! There's a lot of small tweaks here, but some of the important ones:- Friendly fire has been turned off in the Rituals! So now you can MUCH more easily play with friends!
- When your character spawns in, you have a longer window of invulnerability, and your indicator is more obvious! Making it much easier to find yourself in the middle of a complicated fight!
- The shadowy enemy champions in the Dark Challenger rituals now indicate where they are going to teleport to - making it possible to avoid insta-kills when they would appear right next to you!
- Feeling bad about the start of a boss Ritual? Take advantage of the new Restart option in the pause menu!
- The Flight powerup is no longer horrible! Now instead of making your movement weird and floaty, it just gives you infinite double-jumps!
- And a bunch of little bugfixes!
After over a year and a half of hard work, the next update - The HORDE Update - is finally out.
Basically, everything has been polished and tweaked and is smoother and better than ever before:
There are four main tiers of enemies:
What does each do?? I wonder...
Every powerup can be held in combination with the others, however. This should be rare in practice, but can lead to some unusual scenarios...
Whew! That's a lot. It's been a busy couple weeks on this stuff.
This update is almost donnnne 9_9
I recently got together the draft of his dedicated Trial (most of the enemies have a stage that introduces them, adding them to an assortment of enemies you'll have already fought against). Check out some draft gameplay!
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Yeeeeah, the final stage may be a bit too much. I'll probably remove the Flameskulls from it so the only ranged attacks come from the Deathshead.
I officially have drafts of most of the stages I'll add in 1.5!!! There's still a chunk of TO-DOs before the full release though:
But in addition, I've been still working on the game! And an updated beta build is now available.
The main thing is that the beta includes a Mac build! So those of you with OSX can now get a preview of the upcoming update.
The main other changes are:
It is out now in the new "beta" update channel! The change is only available for Windows right now (didn't have time to get the Mac builds going today)
She will not be in the next update though. I may have the next update be a bunch more character moveset options, they're fun to make, give new ways to experience all the existing fighting, and I have quite a few ideas of what to add.
I also really need to update the Steam page for the new store UI... but due to priorities that's gotta wait until I am actually pushing the Steam update.
I'm also trying to get BB2 onto Switch! But that whole process is taking a while. :/
Assuming I get them all done, this will be the zombie squad after the update:
They look pretty good, eh? All... pointy and shit. (
Good luck.
Oh, and for the truly hard-core out there, once all these "standard" stages are defeated, there will be an "endless" version for that region, with ALL enemies in the mix, and ANY of the bosses periodically appearing.
The Gunslinger is a bit broken. Not because he's super elegant and flexible, but because his bullets can annihilate pretty much anything before it can touch him. So, I'm going to slightly nerf his bullets (for example, he'll have 3 shots before reloading rather than 4) and buff him in other ways (for example, his Pistol Whip move can use some work) to make him more nuanced and interesting to play.
Planned Buffs
Of non-broken characters, it's my opinion that the Ninja is the best/ideal character in terms of balance. He's simple but flexible, and it's relatively easy to do extremely well with him.
So, I gotta buff all the other chumps who are having a hard time keeping up!
This is going to vary on a character-by-character basis, but most of the changes aren't going to be simple flat buffs - I'm trying to increase character flexibility, not make them better at what they already do.
For example: The Warrior is a pretty strong character in my opinion! But certain scenarios can expect too much forward planning from the player. So, I'm making her Parry "priority-trump" her offensive moves (meaning she can deflect attacks/bullets while in the middle of a sword swing or bouncing off of the terrain) and making her Dash priority-trump even that. (This has pretty huge implications in play, I expect you'll see what I mean when the update comes out.) I'm also making her Parry take 0.6 seconds instead of 0.75, which makes it a bit less dangerous to whiff with (though it requires slightly more precise timing).
Well, ANYTHING is HERE! I'm pleased to announce that Update 1.4.3 is OUT NOW!
This mainly adds a new character - the CRUSADER, a mighty warrior who cleaves through foes with his deadly halberd while shrugging off blows like they were nothing!
His special ability is ZEAL, where he can absorb any one hit - while in the middle of other actions!
Tanking blows like this does NOT interrupt what he was doing previously, allowing him to charge up his slow spin attack and cleave groups of enemies!
This is extremely powerful, but requires precise timing - give it a try!
(XBox is having some issues on their end so the console update will be a bit late. :/)
What does this update feature?
To this:
#speedup #progress #bots #are #getting #there
Move towards me god dammit
In other news, Bots should finally be possible after this work is done!
And yeah, that's a new Wave Mode arena. For some of the cool upcoming Wave mode content. Neat, huh? :D
