DEVELOPER LOG

Introducing The Lord of the Rotbloom! This is the God of The Blighted Realm, the first level in No Gods of Men. He will be the final boss. In order to reach him, you will need to perform the summoning ritual (implemented last month), consisting of finding the two mystical crystals hidden somewhere in the level. Once you bring them back to the belfry and summon The Lord of the Rotbloom, he will then spawn and the boss fight will commence. This month I designed and implemented

Spring is almost here! Here are the updates for February: Belfry and Boss Summoning This was the major feature update for February. Each realm will have a godly boss the player must summon. In order to summon the boss the player must find two “belfry crystals” in the level. These crystals are in random areas each level and once the player finds one, they must wait (survive) near the crystal until it “attaches” to them. Once it is attached, the player must guide the crystal to

Happy February! See below for details on what was accomplished in January. Post-battle run summaries After the player completes a run (whether they’ve been vanquished or they have defeated the god of the realm) they will be presented with a summary of their performance. I am planning to add a post-run reward system to this as well – if the player accomplishes certain things (enough kills, achieves a certain level, survives for a specific time) they will have a chance of winni

Happy New Year! Lots of progress has been made even despite the holidays this month! Omni-directional attacks The player can now point the cursor anywhere and shoot in that direction, all fully-animated. I wanted faster-paced action for the player but originally I’d planned to have the player only shoot in the direction they were facing. This made player positioning critical and more strategic however it came at the cost of pace-of-action. Ultimately allowing the player to sh