Phew, this was a busy one!
Welcome to the 7th Windblown Development log, this time sponsored by lack of sleep and even more coffee!
Now, if you're here but somehow missed it...
WINDBLOWN WILL RELEASE INTO EARLY ACCES ON OCTOBER 24TH!
Check out the brand new Release Date Trailer here!
Oh, and on top of that, we're happy to announce that we'll be launching a Single Player demo in the upcoming Steam Next Fest!
Jump in from October 14th and experience Windblown for yourself!
P.S. Any progress you make in the demo will carry over into the Early Access!
The last month has been huge for the development team, as we hit multiple milestones and delivered several builds of the game! Who knew making an early access build, preview build, AND single player demo would be a lot of work, eh?
We also added several huge additions to the game, including weapons, systems, and more! Let's take a look.
3 New Weapons
- Sirocco - We wanted to add another ranged option closer to the beginning of the game. We also wanted something more akin to a "magic" item, so flame firing Siroccon was born!
- Anchor Boom - A slow but heavy hitting... well... anchor. It does shoot cannon balls though! Perfect for builds that have a quick way to trigger alterattacks, like the Fish Knife or Shield.
- Eye Blade - We won't spoil too much with this one, but it's an absolute monster that you'll encounter later on in runs 👁️
New Skin(s)
A fun part of Windblown is the cute characters you get to play as! Which is of course something we'll be expanding on as we work through Early Access.
And to celebrate this awesome achievement for our team, we're giving everyone who plays the upcoming Steam Next Fest Single Player demo a free Guinea Pig skin!
Guinea Pigs have mohawks... Right?
Plus we may have added one more skin to the game... But you'll have to explore and have some luck on your side to find that 🤫
New Difficulty Settings
A huge part of any roguelite is it's replayability, right? So based on our players feedback we've introduced new difficulties to the game!
A new difficulty unlocks every time you complete a run and beat the final boss (up to a current cap). This has added a huge new challenge to the game, as enemies are tougher, hit harder, and will send you back to the Arc faster than ever!
Steam Deck Verified
Another huge milestone for the team was getting Windblown Steam Deck Verified! Surprisingly, we achieved this in one attempt!
Either the game is just perfect for Steam Deck, we're good at what we do, or just got very lucky... 👀
Steam Achievements
We also spent some time adding a whole bunch of Steam achievements! 16 to be exact.
After all, It'd be rude not to add something for the completionists!
New Languages
We've had a bunch of players asking us for additional languages to be added to the game. Now, this isn't as simple as it sounds, but we've done our best to add more in ahead of Early Access!
You will now be able to experience Windblown in:
- English
- French
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Spanish
And that's all for last month! There was a BUNCH of other stuff that went on behind the scenes, but we don't want to bore you with a wall of text!
Our next major update is... *checks notes*. Oh.
Early Access launch!!
We hope to see you there!
You can Wishlist Windblown below, and stay up to date on our social media!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911610/Windblown/