Back when we started making Eight Dragons, we were intent on making something that felt like it was of a particular era in gaming. That meant proper pixel-art, a CRT effect, arcade gameplay... We were so focused on achieving that goal that we went all the way with how it was presented, right down to blocking out a third of the screen with static status bars, just the way it was when we were kids.
Coming up on the first anniversary of launching Eight Dragons, we had a bit of a rethink - why not make it a little bit more like the arcade games of our youth rather than the home computer games? So we've given it a bit of an overhaul. We've gone from this:
...to this:
It looks a lot nicer, as you can see! While we've been upgrading the look, we've also tweaked the gameplay by adding a dash move. Double-tapping in any direction will shoot you off at double speed, giving you a way to quickly dive out of trouble. If you're dashing left or right, you can also attack at the same time, giving you a way of getting the first hit in before you're mobbed by enemies.
We hope you like these changes as much as we do!