Well, I would say that the past couple of months for us at Tombstone Studios have been an absolute blast! Taking part in an incubator program such as Dundev really pushed us to learn and grow. Here's where this update comes in! Lots of features added to the demo to finalise it's release.
Robes & Wrinkles Demo Update Patch Notes:
New:
- Main Menu is now an interactable environment!
- Font Alteration in line with a more comic aesthetic
- Game Intro Comic improved (Done by the lovely Laurance Campbell)
- Sway added to the player’s camera movements
- Gargoyles are now possessable!
- Key room puzzle updated
- Replaced text boxes with voice over
- Audio queue for when the player gets hit
- Spectral Sight now has a coloured vignette
- Swords can now break objects
- Death screen animation
- Audio queues for all enemies
- Audio queues for all interactions between possessed objects and enemies
Fixed:
- Telekinesis Book radius increased
- Tutorial Icons colour changed in line with new intro comic
- Tutorials now disappear once completed in starting room
- Controller Main Menu interactions
- Spike trap to side room now does damage to the player
- Removed enemy in flame breathe room
- Gargoyles now awaken as player enters the ambush room
- Removed invulnerable state of Greg as he attacks
- Removed “Arena” option from Title Screen
Improved:
- Colour coordination of Skully and the ability that is currently selected
- Title Screen Title Animation
- Title Screen Button Animation
- Optional Skip with Skully’s introduction monologue
- Telekinesis Book brought to the front of the room
- Torch VFX Updated
- Lightning Flashes altered
- Door now slams after entering key room
- Flame Breathe visual overhaul
- Player death trail now looks like a skull that takes you back to the respawn point
- Loss of a life now has an animation
- Player damage indicators improved
Known Bugs:
- Possessed Gargoyles slide around if player isn’t moving
- No knockback on gargoyle projectiles