Witch Blast (dungeon crawl shooter)

[Mortal]

amazing, good job. i like the graphics and effects. the most i like the inventory screen , it looks really fabulous

[Cirrus Minor]

Thanks MORTAL, and yes, the 2D artist who's joined the project is very skilled!



And I've now added Witch Blast to IndieDB, here:

[Cirrus Minor]

Hi!
There are a lot more Witch Blast players, as I can see in the scores database.
The reason is that the game has been featured last weekend on GameJolt, it gives it a lot of visibility.


Witch Blast on GameJolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/witch-blast/95627

We are working on a "feedback" patch to fix the bugs of the new version and to improve gameplay.
It will probably include an experimental multiplayer mode (à la BoI: a player controls a fairy with the gamepad). It's a GitHub contribution from a developer.


Mac OSX build (with online scoring) available on GitHub: https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast/releases/tag/v0.7

[Cirrus Minor]

Today, a short gameplay video with:

• the 2 players mode: the second player can control a fairy with the joypad. The fairy has no hitbox yet, starts with a weak standard attack, and evolves at the end of each level (she can gain power, speed, an elemental attack, double-shot, etc...),
• the score in game: because Witch Blast becomes more and more a scoring game - with the online hall of fame - players have suggested to add the score in the game UI - like a "normal" game - and they want to understand where the points come - in the video, we can see how much finding a secret room or completing the first level without losing a single HP do.

That will be in the next patch.
There will be some new / updated graphics too, and the 2D artist is working on the UI right now (for the score, and more...), and of course bug-fixes and improvements.

[Tank]

Really awesome work. It's one of those ultra-active SFML projects, love it.

[Cirrus Minor]

Thanks Tank!
I've looked again at my first message here, and I can say I've never thought this project would go so far...
And I'm glad Witch Blast has become, for some people, an example of what we can do with SFML.

Oh, and I've done a short video about the evolution of the game, one week ago:

[Cirrus Minor]

Witch Blast v0.7.5
Download: https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast/releases/tag/v0.7.5

Hi!
Today, the new update, with the 2 players mode, a new scoring system, a new UI, the score in the game screen, and more.

Thanks a lot to Geheim, achpile and AFS for the translation (since the 0.3.x)!

Changelog (from v0.7 to v0.7.5)

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- ADD 2 players mode
- ADD Score display in game
- ADD New game and pause UI
- ADD Player scores are shining in score screens
- ADD German, Spanish and Russian translations
- ADD Mouse support for using/dropping consumables and switching bolt type
- ADD Config option to turn off the pause while losing the focus
- ADD Config option to turn off sprite batching of particles
- ADD Config option to decrease lifetime of particles (for old computers)
- ADD Potion description in the pause screen
- MOD Sausages can now be killed in one shot (standard damage)
- MOD Lightning spell deals progressive damage (5 dam in level 3, 6 in level 4, etc...)
- MOD Increase of the divine protection duration
- MOD Effect cooldown are now in the upper part of the interface
- MOD Cooldown to pick up a potion we've dropped is now 5 seconds
- MOD Explosive barrel is now red with an explosion symbol
- MOD Some barrels are damaged at generation
- MOD "Bomberman"-type rooms have always barrels at level 4 and above now
- MOD Green blood and slime corpses have been desaturated for a better game visibility
- MOD Level up divinity effect has been changed (was too close of the divinity intervention effect)
- FIX Inputs are processed while the game window has no focus
- FIX Doors don't open when there is still spider webs in room
- FIX Spider webs slow down some spiders
- FIX Grid on walls
- FIX The player effects (poison, slow, damage up, etc...) are not saved
- FIX Bag appears only when the player has boots
- FIX No door to secret room on loaded game
- FIX Item order in the inventory
- FIX It's possible to let the player name blank
- FIX It's possible to drop potions we don't have
- FIX Closing the game in the pause screen don't save the game

Pause screen



New color for explosive barrels


Have fun !

[Tank]

Jeez crazy! Nice update

[subconsciousbias]

How did you do save/load games? Can you go into detail? Did you use serialization from boost library? I am very curious to hear your explanation.. I love the game, very nice.

[Ruckamongus]

How did you do save/load games? Can you go into detail? Did you use serialization from boost library? I am very curious to hear your explanation.. I love the game, very nice.

It's open source, so you can view it yourself: https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast/blob/master/src/WitchBlastGame.cpp#L6165

Cirrus Minor, you haven't made any changes to the dev branch in a month! Are you giving up on Witch Blast?

[subconsciousbias]

How did you do save/load games? Can you go into detail? Did you use serialization from boost library? I am very curious to hear your explanation.. I love the game, very nice.

It's open source, so you can view it yourself: https://github.com/Cirrus-Minor/witchblast/blob/master/src/WitchBlastGame.cpp#L6165

Cirrus Minor, you haven't made any changes to the dev branch in a month! Are you giving up on Witch Blast?

ty!

[Cirrus Minor]

Hi everybody!

Cirrus Minor, you haven't made any changes to the dev branch in a month! Are you giving up on Witch Blast?

I had to make a "pause" in my projects but now, I will try to go on with Witch Blast.
I'd be really glad to have a v1 release some day.

How did you do save/load games? Can you go into detail?

I don't use serialisation, I'm saving information about the current state of the game and the player (which level, how many gold coins, HP, etc...), the map of the level, and each room (room type, tilemap, items, blood particles, etc...
And as Ruck said, you can look at the code