Hello again!
With the playtest ongoing and players are trying their skills in the Undead West, it's time to talk about some of the creatures you might encounter on your journey.
💀 Adversaries
You will come across a variety of different bosses that you will need to defeat in order to progress throughout the game. This will require learning their attack patterns and movesets which will take you many attempts as you die, return, try again, and die again until you are victorious.
When you defeat a boss, you are rewarded with your choice of 3 boons. These are run-temporary buffs that can affect different aspects of gameplay such as bullets that freeze enemies on hit, set them on fire, or spread posion damage. You also receive a random resource like more health, or more whiskey.
In the Catacombs you will meet some unnaturally large residents of unsavory nature. A Rat that has outgrown his kin and declared himself Lord of the underground. A gelatinous substance that merged into one large (and slightly hostile) blobby Cube that bounces and slimes around.
The Graveyard, home to the most nefarious undead you’ll ever meet. The Gravekeeper is a long dead legend of a gunslinger brought back to life in undeath, revolver in hand and supernatural powers in his fist. The Lich, with summoning magic beyond worlds swings his fiery staff and harrows you with spinning runes and fireballs.
In the Mines, the rocks tremble and fall from the ceiling with every movement of this leviathan tunnelling worm. It’s massive body bursts out of the ground, great maw with rows and rows of teeth gnashing. Fire builds and spews from the mouth of the fearsome Beast of the Depths, a terrifying creature like something from a nightmare.
And on the other side of the caverns, the Bandit King of the Outskirts denies you passage to the railway beyond. His shotgun gleams in the sun, outlaws far and wide stand at his every beck and call. He is no pushover either, for when wounded he will retreat to his chaingun wagon, rattling a hail of bullets at you.
💀 Ongoing Playtest
In case you missed it, we’re running an open Steam Playtest for Undead West and Janosik 2. Both games feature pixel art character-driven stories with Janosik 2 focusing on fairy tale platforming action, and Undead West opting for wild west combat roguelite. The games are available to test out until September 23rd.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640400/Janosik_2/
💀 UNTIL NEXT TIME!
That's all for today. Thanks for reading, and see you next time.
-koschei, lead developer and artist
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