Hey everyone!
We're super excited to let you know that we've been selected for the Steam Summer Festival, where we will feature a whole new Demo available on our Steam page from... now! 😱
Lots has changed since our last Demo, and we decided to make a small recap for all you lovely people out there. We also prepared for you special contest! More info below.
New Progression System: Infusions
Our Talent Tree is joined by the final piece of our Progression System : The Infusions 😤
Defeating the Old Gods will reward players with Shards, the embodiment of their power.
However, in our new system, Players will be able to "Infuse" those Shards into their base toolkit for attacks, dashes, and even the Talents themselves!
Each infusion will have a different effect, and can be switched around at any time, unlocking a wide range of different builds and play-styles, giving players more freedom than ever before!
Moreover, we've completely reworked our Fury branch, with a whole new active skill, passive effects and talent nodes!
Player controls: Tighter & Faster!
We've gathered an incredible amount of feedback in the last public demos, and thanks to your input we've had the data to overhaul our player-control system.
We've reduced animation-lock times, added animation-cancel to attacks, fastened the dash speed, reaction time and severely increased the overall responsiveness of all player inputs.
Our goal is to keep the game's difficulty intact, while making the game feel more fair by giving players more agency over the character actions and movements.
New areas, Npcs and Boss(es?)
Doors that were once closed now lay open:
Delve deeper into the Citadel, find clues and relics of its ancient past, unlock new talents and skills and face even stronger, darker opponents...
Abyss Mode Contest
But wait, there's more! Prove your worth by completing the Demo, and you will unlock the daunting Abyss Mode, where twisted, corrupted foes will be awaiting the daring.
Will you take on the challenge and take a part in our Abyss Mode Contest with prizes? 🤔
What are the prizes?
⚔️ 5 codes for a full version of Eldest Souls will go to the 5 players with the best time in Abyss Mode, where they need to kill the Abyss Guardian as fast as they can! They will also be highlighted in credits.
⚔️ 3 speedrunners who will beat the Abyss Guardian without getting hit once will get a full version of Eldest Souls and digital soundtrack. Oh, and of course we will feature their videos on our social media profiles!
⚔️ You can win in only one category; Abyss Mode (5 winners) or Abyss Mode-No Hit (3 winners)
How to join a contest?
⚔️ First, download demo from Store Page: Eldest Souls on Steam
⚔️ Beat the demo to unlock the Abyss Mode.
⚔️Once unlocked, you can access Abyss Mode from the main menu, and select the Guardian boss-fight.
⚔️You will have time to customize your build before the fight starts, with NEW talents and shards that are not available in the base demo!
⚔️The in-game timer will start automatically at the beginning of the fight, and will stop once the Abyssal Guardian is defeated.
⚔️ Don't forget to start recording before you start to play or you may miss your best time!
⚔️ Submit your video before 2020.06.23 23:59 (CEST)!
How to submit a video?
⚔️ Publish a link to a video of your quickest Abyss Mode fight in this thread: Submit your video
⚔️ Each player can submit unlimited number of videos, but please, act responsible and don't post too many links, we need your best run, thanks :)
Please, be aware that everybody can join in and show us some speedrun skills - but if you already have taken part in the First Speedrun Contest and you won a prize then you can’t win once more! Make room for other players, you speed demon ;)
The winners will be announced on Wednesday, 2020.06.24.
That’s all you need to know. Good luck!