Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello everyone. In the previous devblog, I talked about the rework of the Skill Properties system. Each Property installed on a gene unlocks two Forms for the corresponding skill. These Forms can significantly change the mechanics of the skill and turn it into different variation
Hello everyone. In one of my previous devblogs, I talked about Skill Properties. These are modifications that can be installed on genes and developed during a run using Gene Substrate. In older versions of the game, they worked in a fairly straightforward way: a property could mo
Hello everyone. Today I’d like to talk a bit about character progression in my game. In many RPGs and roguelites, progression is built around several different systems. The most common approach is simple: the player earns experience, and experience gives levels. The player finds
Hello everyone. In previous devblogs, I talked in detail about the Genetic Lab system, which allows the player to develop and rebuild the genes they find. The Lab provided access to various operations involving individual genes and gene pairs: stabilization, consumption, destabil
Hello everyone. In one of my previous devblogs, where I talked about the new demo version, I mentioned that I had reworked the dungeon map generation. Now I want to take a closer look at this particular change: how a new sector is created, from a few connected nodes to an actual
Hello everyone. This week, I released a new version of the demo on Steam, containing mechanics and fixes accumulated over several months. I have already started working on the next gameplay system, which will most likely take more than one week to complete. Every few days, I try
Hello everyone. On August 1, I plan to release a new demo version of IRSEN on Steam. Two months have passed since the previous major update, and during that time hundreds of changes have accumulated across the game. I have collected the most important of them in this devlog. I wo
Hello everyone. Today I want to take a closer look at the game’s demo and think about what should remain available there and what should be reserved for the full version. The current IRSEN demo already presents the game’s main systems: genes form chains, chains unlock skills, mut
Hello everyone. Today I would like to talk about the character origin system that will be added in the next version, 0.48. In IRSEN, the character does not have a class or any fixed development tree. The character’s current attributes depend on the genes being used and the gene c
Hello everyone. Today I want to talk about an intermediate layer of the game that exists between dungeon floor runs. This is the Processing Station. Usually in RPG games, the player has some kind of basic hub where they feel at home. It can be a town, for example, where the playe
Hello everyone. Today I want to talk about the gene extraction process in the current version of the game. The first version of loot in the game worked like regular RPG loot. After killing a group of enemies, each defeated enemy had a chance to drop a random gene. But I decided t
Hello everyone. In today’s devblog, I would like to step away from describing the internal systems of the game for a moment and talk about the visual update I am preparing for the next demo version on Steam. The first versions of the game were built as a vertical slice of all sys
Hello everyone. In previous devblogs, I talked a lot about genes, chains, skill properties, and the Gene Lab. But the character build in IRSEN is not made only from genes. There is another layer of combat support - implants. Genes form the foundation of the character build: attri
Hello everyone. In today’s devblog, I will finish describing how the Gene Lab works. In previous devblogs, I already covered gene development in the lab: fusion for increasing allele tiers, as well as operations involving a single gene — consumption, stabilization, and destabiliz
Hello everyone. This week, a new public version of Irsen was released on Steam. The demo is now available to download and try. In the previous devblog, I tried to describe the main updates included in the new version. I briefly mentioned the global interface systems. Today, I wou
Hello everyone. Quite some time has passed since the release of the Irsen 0.43 demo. Over the past weeks, I gathered the new work I had done and prepared the next public version: 0.451. In today’s devblog, I want to go through the changes included in this version. Loot and Gene E
Hello everyone. I continue covering operations involving single genes in the Gene Lab. In the previous devblog, I talked about absorption - a way to turn an extra gene into a permanent bonus. Today I will cover another operation: gene finalization. Finalization. If absorption is
Hello everyone. I continue covering gene operations in the Gene Lab. In one of the previous devblogs, I already explained the basic procedures involving genes. Now I want to look at operations involving a single gene. During a run, there comes a point when a gene is clearly no lo
Hello everyone. In this devblog, I decided to step away from explaining large gameplay systems for a moment and instead show a small visual improvement I recently added to the game. I was working on a melee combat effect. For psionic attacks in Irsen, I already have projectiles,
Hello! IRSEN now has a public Steam page. You can add the game to your wishlist and follow future development updates here on Steam. IRSEN is a turn-based roguelite where your character fights alone against coordinated enemy squads. The game focuses on tactical combat, gene-based