Love your work, keep it up. Looks amazing so far just from being able to follow your dev blog!

Ohh wow I love the aura on those drops :D

Here lays the shield of hyrule and the hammer of thor! :)

Do you think it’s possible to program AI similar to monster hunter in this type of 2D medium?

May I suggest removing the undo tile from arcade mode, for puzzles?

Otherwise people will simply stay in the room as long as it takes to crack it, unless of course you put a timer or some other incentive on those rooms to ensure they can’t try it endlessly. It seems like time should be a limiting factor in them.

These UX/UI details really show how much work you’ve put into testing. I love how you always come up with ideas make it easier for players to do common activities.

Keep up the good work! I can’t wait until the finished product!

Once again i just can bow down before your animation style, you guys(and girl!) really are keeping the quality high!

Also it seems you have a feeling for good and meaningful features! =)

I’ve gotta disagree with J. I want to be able to finish the puzzle. If there’s no undo button then I’m just gonna take longer up front staring at it until I figure it out. So the net result is the same (me solving the puzzle), but less fun because I just have to sit and stare until I figure it out instead of trial and error.

By ‘timer’ I mean, you have # seconds to solve the puzzle by the time you go in.

So either the puzzle be on a timer (60-120 seconds to complete, you can rewind the puzzle) or you can take however long you want to complete it but can’t undo would be preferable to me.

@J We have a timer for all of the puzzle challenges, you can’t see it in the GIF because the puzzle have already been solved. As of now you have around 90 seconds to solve each puzzle, which have been just about enough during our in-house testing sessions!

Looking at that whirlislash an idea popped into my head. I think it would be cool if you could combine your skills into a new one à la Chrono Trigger. Like, if you used the whirlislash and fireball you’d have a trail of fire coming off your weapon that would catch the enemies around you on fire. Ice nova and the summon storm spell could make an ice cloud that hits enemies with a blizzard. Etc etc

The strength could depend on the level of the two skills and cost more mana, maybe have a longer charge up time or something like that to balance it out. I think it would be cool, not every skill could be combinable so there could be some experimentation and discovery going on to try out new combinations and builds.

I like the idea of quick equip. Especially that you can “quick-compare” them.
But I think the wind slash buff is a bit unnecessary. It was totally okay and the faster animation looks a bit harsh.
But a cool update though!

Great new updates! I love the item drop aura, it looks so goopy :3

Smirt’s idea sounds amazing and I would love to see it, but that could be something to add after the public release is done. It sounds like a lot of work.

This game is taking forever to come out…

Whenever I think: “They can not make that game more awesome” I see another of your weekly recaps…

I’m stunned everytime I read these *-*
I am really glad, that this project exists and I hope that you’ll never encounter huge problems making the game.

How much more work do you think Arcade Mode needs before it’s ready to be betatested?

Also, is there anything stopping someone from just picking the same skills every single time they go through Arcade Mode? Some skills might be better than others. Might be nice to simply offer a selection of 3 different skills/spells to level up in Arcade mode, just to coax people to adapt to different styles of playing.

If you think all you need is chain lightning, you’ll never actually bother using ice nova. :(

Everything nice..but the item glows are awesome:D!!

@Smirt: That’s a neat idea, but it would mean a whole lot of work! If we’d add something like that, it would likely be post-release as Antar suggested.

@J: It’s live now!

When playing, it’s easy to fall into your own groove, but we don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. An in-house tester commented that he felt the build he went with was “the only way” and he had a hard time switching it up, but when he described the build it turned out it was very different from what anyone else used. Basically, he went with what fit his style, and what worked best against the challenges he struggled with!

Also, there’s a lot of adaptation to what gear you find early on. If you get your hands on a good two handed weapon, or a powerful magic rod, you might want to adjust your build accordingly to take advantage even if you usually pick one handed skills!

@Theodore: So does that mean you can respec your skill points at any moment in the game? Do you have to buy the ability to respec?

There’s a TON of new items for sale in the store… which I kinda wish there wasn’t. :P It would be awesome to craft this stuff instead of just buying it outright. Loot feels so much better when you get it as a drop or craft it.

Also, I see Phase/GigaSlime/Gun have drops now. Do they actually drop them at the moment? And if so, do I just have to kill Gun/Phase with a new person to get their drops, since there doesn’t seem to be a way to refight them at the moment?

Maybe there should be common items for sale in the stores, but better items can be crafted and looted from the chests and monsters? Anyways, keep up the good work up :)