Steel Judgment has entered Early Access!
It's finally here! A big thank you everyone who has supported this project and given me your valuable feedback ːDː As always please feel free to send feedback through the game's Discord server or the Steam community hub. Below are some important things you may want to know before buying!
What's in the game currently?
The game currently contains 2 zones with their own themes, arenas, and enemies/bosses for you to journey through!
Here is a list of features present in the game at the moment (not exhaustive):
8 weapons with unique mechanics
Over 30 upgrade items with stackable and powerful passive effects
12 equipment items with different active effects
Over 20 hand-crafted arenas to fight in
10 distinct enemy types with special attacks you can copy!
3 miniboss encounters
3 boss encounters
10 extra difficulty modifiers for an extra challenge after clearing the game
A deep combat system with a fun and replayable gameplay loop!
You can check out some of the new content not present in the demo in the videos below!
Can my data from the demo be transferred over?
The short answer is yes, but you will need to manually transfer the file and modify it due to a change in the save data format. However, I would recommend just starting a new save as there are many important story and gameplay-related changes in Yggdrasil/Zone 1 that you will miss out on.
Regardless, here are the steps you can follow to transfer your data. (Please remember to back up your files in case something goes wrong.)
Open the demo's game files in the steamapps common folder. (You can right-click Steel Judgment Demo in your Steam library > Manage > Browse local files...)
From there, navigate to the \\Steel Judgment_Data\\SaveData\\ folder and open save.json in any text editor.
Look for the "CompletedRuns" entry in the json text and remove the decimal point and any numbers after it (Eg. if it says "10.0", change it to "10").
Open the main game's files in the steamapps common folder. (You can right-click Steel Judgment in your Steam library > Manage > Browse local files...)
From there, navigate to the \\Steel Judgment_Data\\SaveData\\ folder, and copy-paste the modified save.json file from the demo's folder here.
If you follow these steps, your data from the demo should be transferred to the main game. If you need any help, please reach out via Discord.
What's next for the game?
I will be continuing development on the game (obviously), and the game's remaining content will be gradually added over time along with any fixes and adjustments to existing content that may be required. As Steel Judgment is mostly a solo development effort, this is estimated to take around 2+ years. More info can be found under the "Early Access" section of the store page.
Below is a rough roadmap of the content updates to come in the future!
You may also follow the game's YouTube channel for development updates, I will be posting there as often as I have something to show ːDː
Thank you again very much for your interest in my game, I will continue trying to make it the best I possibly can ː8bitheartː