Soulblight - Dev Blog

This week I would like to talk in more detail how we build Soulblight tactical combat around distance control So each character during the fight is surrounded by the circle which represent its position on the battlefield. By pressing the right button you can light up a frontal part of it and activate what we call the grip. When the grip touches another circle the characters become engaged to represent the clinch combat. This maneuver besides linking the characters together also forces them to use a secondary attack



Depending on the weapon this attack might be less or more powerful than the main one. The wielder of the more cumbersome weapon now will be forced to find a way to disengage. The easiest way to do it is by performing a special slam action. He need to be careful though this maneuver burns through a lot of stamina.

Hey Everybody!
As mentioned last week, today I have a big announcement We’ve been preparing it for weeks, and now we’re finally ready! Soulblight will go live at kickstarter on August 17th! We will be revealing more info on what’s to come as we get closer to the date. For now help us announce the news to the world and support our Thunderclap:

Yes everybody! We’re going to Seattle! The main point of our upcoming Kickstarter will be our visit at PAX WEST. We’ve been selected by Foundation Indie Games Poland to showcase our game at their stand this year. If you happen to be at PAX this year drop by Polish booth and say hello

P.S Soulblight Kickstarter will go live on AUG 17th. Don’t forget to support our thunderclap: www.thunderclap.it/projects/59652-soulblight-live-on-kickstarter

One of the members of our Steam community suggested that I would post the Alpha Update changelog to help you all follow on the development. This is an Awesome idea. Not sure why I haven't thought about it earlier  It happens that I just uploaded new update so here comes the first one:

• The alpha build is now in the form of Kickstarter Demo. It's a bit shorter as we don't want to show the locations that still contain assets in a concept stage(like camp and chapel)
  
• Chrono Inhibitor armor sSpiked armor set added. Armor deals passive damage to the enemy when in Grip.
• Spiked armor set added. Armor deals passive damage to the enemy when in Grip.
  
• First light armor set added
  
• Items made of black steel can no longer kill you. When you equip an item with that tag while on full wounds you simply don't receive the Black Steel Curse buff until you heal.
  
• 6 light shields added
  
• 6 medium shields added
  
• 6 heavy shields added
  
• Spear primary attack speed has been increased. This weapon type seemed to be a bit under-powered.
  
• The loot you receive as a taint reward is now more varied.
• Bosses movement speed increased. You should no longer be able to infinity kite him.
• Now when you’re sneaking through the creaking zone the range in which the sound is heard depends on how fast you're walking (You can sneak slower by gently moving the analog stick)

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P.S
If you'r interested in checking out Soulblight sign up for the alpha demo at www.mynextgames.com
You can also support our upcoming kickstarter. it goes live on AUG 17th here's the thunderclap link: www.thunderclap.it/projects/59652-soulblight-live-on-kickstarter

After over a month of intense work on our Kickstarter campaign last night we finally finished. We sat down to look through all the materials we've prepared. It seemed to be ready to go as everything was "ok". However deep inside we felt that "ok" was not good enough.

You see one of the things that we’ve learned while working on Soulblight is that making a good game isn’t enough this day. We live in an age of the information overflow. Usually you have only a few seconds to get someone's attention. Keeping that in mind our idea of “More literal approach to RPG” isn’t easily transferred into a single picture or a 5 second video. That is the reason we struggle when we present our me to new people. And this is also the reason our Kickstarter campaign at its current stage is just "ok".

Don’t worry. This doesn't mean we want to sacrifice our vision of the game to make it more “promotable”. The game will remain unaffected. What we need to do is find a new, more approachable way to communicate what we have to say.

We have some ideas on how to do it but now we just need some time to make them happen. This means that we have to postpone Soulblight Kickstarter campaign for a month or so Launching it without solving that problem might do more harm than good.

Once more thank you for all your support and sorry for the delay.

Regards,
Kuba

P.S Postponing the kickstarter doesn't mean we won’t be showcasing Soulblight at PAX West this year. Actually I'm writing this from the airport waiting for the plane. If you happen to be in Seattle this year drop by booth #6003 on the 6th floor and say hello

This week we've been slowly going back to our routine after PAX West. To jump straight into the development we've took on the feature we've been excited to implement for a while now - Dual Wielding