Witch Blast (dungeon crawl shooter)

[Hapax]

It seems that just leaving a missing piece in that lower wall would show a door. It could be filled with something to show a locked door.

That said, there are a number of games which 'get away' with this sort of perspective - I noticed a few while researching some old systems - so there's not solid reason to completely give it up, unless you would prefer it the other way.

[Cirrus Minor]

A pixel artist joined the project a few days ago, he will redesign 100% of the 2D art 

The perspective was a main thema, but after some mockups and talking with the player, it seems that the "Zelda"-view (although very "free" with the perspective), is better for this type of gameplay.

Here is one mockup he's done with an alternative perspective:

[Distant Difference]

Woah that looks insanely awesome. I played the heck out of the most recent version. If you change it to that i would fall in love. Have been following the thread for awhile. (keep up the good work  )

[Cirrus Minor]

Thanks Distant Difference !

But we won't do this way, this perspective will change the gameplay to much: tiles could "hide" sprites, bats and fairies are supposed to fly over some walls, etc...
He's working on "Zelda-type" dungeon's tiles now.

The new sprites will be included in the next version, I think he will redesign the main character too.
He's not pro, but quite skilled, he's done an amazing work on imps and snakes !

[Dark2Dragon]

Awesome sprites!

If i imagine some more sprites of this kind, i feel how great this game will be.
Keep it up!

[Cirrus Minor]

Happy Halloween with Witch Blast ! 

[Cirrus Minor]

Hi,
we are still working on the new graphics, the pixel artist is doing an amazing work !
There is no release date yet.

Here is the new hero with some stuff:

[achpile]

Wow! It's AWESOME!

[Cirrus Minor]

Hi !
A short video with the new game intro and menu:

[Hapax]

Where have his clothes gone? 

[Cirrus Minor]

Well he just wake up in the middle of the night, no time to dress up... 

But he can find what he needs in the dungeon, of cours ! 

[Cirrus Minor]

Hi ! A new release today !

Witch Blast v0.4
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Download: https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast/releases/tag/v0.4.0

The current release focuses on:

• new 2D art and music,
• more speed,
• more content (items, monsters...),
• the 6th level.

Thanks to Geheim for the german translation !

Changelog (from v0.3.7 to v0.4)

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- ADD New level
- ADD New monsters
- ADD New items
- ADD New spell
- ADD New art for sprites and tiles
- ADD New room surfaces
- ADD New intro and menu
- ADD Levels have different tilesets now
- ADD In-game menu (pause)
- ADD Inventory display in the in-game menu
- ADD Chest for completed challenges
- ADD Tutorial state save and reset
- ADD Cauldron now explodes while dying
- ADD Sound for imp's teleportation
- ADD "Jump" animation for items you can get
- ADD Zoom effect when starting / dying
- ADD In-fight save game
- ADD Mouse right click support (spell)
- ADD Show selected key in key configuration
- ADD Credits screen
- MOD Game is faster now
- MOD Standard Rat IA changes (rats now move in 4 directions)
- MOD Frozen dividing bubbles generate frozen "children" bubbles
- MOD Fireball (spell) now goes through monsters (if enough HP)
- MOD Lightning bolt now goes through monsters (if enough HP)
- MOD Cyclops' damage decreases
- MOD Giant Spider is more difficult to kill now
- MOD Shop's items too expensive displayed in red
- MOD One cauldron max in witches rooms in level 5
- MOD New death screen
- MOD Exploding fire shot replaced with sulfur item
- MOD Exploding corpse with timer now
- MOD Snake AI changes (no more "group attack)
- MOD Witches and Flowers use ray casting to fire or not
- MOD Cauldron + Witches only on rooms with walls
- MOD Bats and little slime HP-
- MOD "Elemental" monsters resistance or weakness increase
- MOD Double and triple quick shots don't do so much damage when cumulated with damage items
- FIX Cyclops firing in the wall when too close to the north wall
- FIX Items can fly a long time on the walls
- FIX Clean message queue while starting a new game

Trailer


Enjoy !

[achpile]

Wow! It's great!!! New sprites look very very good  And new soundtracks is awesome, but I miss the old one =) I really love it!

[zmertens]

Hey CirrusMinor, have you considered putting your game up on Steam Greenlight? I'm sure a lot of people in the SFML community would support it.

[Cirrus Minor]

Thanks !
Achpile, I'd like to have the old music too, but my skill and gears are not good enough
I've asked a frined of me - musician (damn good with a guitar or a bass!) and composer - to rearrange and play the "Witch Blast Theme", he's told me OK, but he's too busy right now, so I hope in a future version!

Thanks NullPointer, but I don't know a lot about video games and game dev
Why should I put a free game on Steam ? For visibility ? And what should I do ?