Hey Skul Squad,
It’s been a while since our last Dev Blog, right? ;) Hope you all are doing well!
This Dev Blog will focus on our development schedule for the rest of this year. We can’t wait to build upon what we have so far and make Skul an even more thrilling experience for everyone.
It’s also important to mention that a lot of these decisions were made based on your feedback, even from the Early Access period. We hope the proposed changes/additions are to your liking.
Without further ado…
Here are the proposed changes!
Updates Planned for Q2
“Continue where you left off” Auto-Save Function
Many of you have been asking for this feature for a long time, so we’re currently developing it.
No more need to worry about having to quit mid-run because of some other engagement and losing all of the progress you made. We want you to be able to play Skul whenever or for however long you want.
Add New Skulls & Improve Existing Ones
When it comes to improving existing skulls, we aim to make some of the less fun or difficult to use skulls more accessible and exciting to play with.
Add New Quintessence & Improve Existing Ones
Considering that Quintessence are closely tied to a player’s growth and gameplay we’ve spent a lot of time looking into how to make them even more meaningful and fun to use. And we think the future changes should do just that.
In addition to that, we also plan on adding another field NPC and “special event maps” to boost the replayability even more.
Launch Switch, PS4 and Xbox One Versions This Summer
You’ll finally be able to enjoy playing Skul on other platforms this summer.
And you may not have seen this yet, but earlier today we revealed some gameplay footage from the Switch version in the Nintendo Indie Showcase! All three console builds are pretty far along in development and just need some more optimization and polishing. If all goes well, we may be able to launch them in June. Fingers crossed!
You can check out the video for yourself at the link below.
**Starts at 16:15
Updates Planned for Q3
We think that you and Skul are getting pretty OP, so we’ve decided to add a New Game+ mode (hard mode)! Let’s see if you can complete the challenge in your own special way.
Updates Planned for Q4
For this update, we’ll be focusing on adding several QoL features such as a stat interface and index for skulls, items and Quintessence.
We’re also currently looking into adding more options for permanent player progression and how to better utilize the Witch Trait system.
Food will also be improved to make it more dynamic and fun.
Please keep in mind that depending on the situation we may have other updates that aren’t currently listed. For example, we would love to do another character crossover!
We’ll do our best to continue to improve Skul and make the best version of it that we can.
Please stay tuned for more updates.
Thank you!
Skul Team