Tenril

Devlog

• Xipilian Social Ceremonies
  March 02, 2024 by LapizLazuli

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  #Fantasy, #History, #Lore, #Narrative Design, #Worldbuilding, #Storytelling, #Story, #Story Rich

  Ceremonies The Xipilians take great pride in the longevity of their religious ceremonies, guided by the heads of the religious faction, and everyone is expected to partake in them. Solar Eclipses Duri... Continue reading

  
• Skill Tree: Swapping spells, Pyromancy tree path and much more!
  February 17, 2024 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome back to another exciting installment of our Tenril devlog series, where we delve deeper into the world of spellcasting and skill progression! In our last update , we introduced the Skill Tree... Continue reading

  
• Forging Your Destiny - Crafting System Part 3
  February 10, 2024 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome back to forging your destiny! Previously in Part 2.5 , we provided you with a glimpse into the new enhancements being made for the crafting menu and system as a whole. Today, we're thrilled to... Continue reading

  
• Forging Your Destiny - Crafting System Part 2.5
  February 04, 2024 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome back to part 2.5 of forging your destiny! In our previous post about the crafting system, we shared the main visual overhaul for the original crafting menu prototype to match it with the rest... Continue reading

  
• Lunaegan Social Ceremonies
  January 20, 2024 by LapizLazuli

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  #Worldbuilding, #Narrative Design, #Story, #Storytelling

  Ceremonies The religious faction guides most ceremonies due to the strong connection to the strong connection to religious beliefs. All cultural events are timed following the Lunar cycle. Full Moon C... Continue reading

  
• Skill tree: Menu creation and Biomancy path
  January 06, 2024 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome back to another devlog! With the recent completion of our In-Game UI overhaul , we've embarked on the exciting task of introducing new menus, like the Crafting Menu we showcased earlier. And t... Continue reading

  
• Forging Your Destiny - Crafting System Part 2
  December 23, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome back to part 2 of forging your destiny! In our previous post about the crafting system, we introduced the general crafting framework and asked an important question; What does a hero truly nee... Continue reading

  
• Social Structure; Xipilian City
  December 09, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Atmospheric, #History, #Lore, #Fantasy, #Story Rich, #Worldbuilding

  Central City The central city that all the Xipilians call home surrounds the central palace of the royal family. Both the palace and the city are split up into different sections for each faction to l... Continue reading

  
• Conclusion of the In-Game Menu Rework (Inventory, Stats and Settings)
  November 25, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome to the latest devlog, continuing the exciting journey from our last update. First off, we've improved the inventory screen even further – now, when you hover over an item, its value and desc... Continue reading

  
• New Spell - Scorched Air
  November 11, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to another thrilling edition of our devlog! Today, we're turning up the heat as we unveil our new pyromantic spell: Scorched Air! In a realm where the very air crackles with magical energy, Sc... Continue reading

  
• Social Structure; Village Network
  October 28, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Fantasy, #Worldbuilding, #Story Rich, #Lore, #History

  Central City The Lunnaegans had always lived in a big central clearing in the woods, and when they kept growing in numbers they soon realized that there would not always be enough space in the area wh... Continue reading

  
• In-Game Menu Rework (Main Screen and Inventory)
  October 14, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  #UI

  Welcome to the next phase of our UI Reworks in Tenril. In our previous post, we focused on revamping the in-game UI , and now we're looking into the overhaul of our in-game menu interface. If you've p... Continue reading

  
• New Spell - Pyromancer's Fortitude
  September 30, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this week's devlog, where we're stoking the flames of excitement with the introduction of our latest spell: Pyromancer's Fortitude! In a world filled with spells of immense destructive capa... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's History - Lunaegan Metal working
  September 16, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Story Rich, #Fantasy, #History, #Lore

  The Big Quake mentioned in this post and shown to have given metallurgy to the Xipilians in this post, did the same for the Lunaegans. The Big Quake created a big cliffside in the middle of the forest... Continue reading

  
• In-Game UI Rework
  September 02, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome to our latest dev log! As an extension to the last post on UI, we have continued to rework the existing UI. Thus, today we share our progress for the new and improved in-game UI! For those who... Continue reading

  
• Unleashed Renewal: Invigoration & Healing
  August 19, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog! Today we will be unveiling two incredible new consumable items; The Invigorating Potion and Healing Petals! 🍃 Invigorating Potion 🍃 Revitalize yourself with the Inv... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's History - Xipilian Metalworking
  August 05, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Atmospheric, #Lore, #Worldbuilding

  After the Big Quake that hit Tenril explained in this previous post, the subsequent exploration of the exposed caverns uncovered multiple veins of ores and cave systems. Upon their discovery, the Xipi... Continue reading

  
• UI Reimagined
  July 22, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome to our latest dev log! Today, we're thrilled to unveil our revamped UI. You may recall our previous update, where we introduced some exciting changes: Since then, we've listened attentively to... Continue reading

  
• New Spell - Moonlit Orb
  July 09, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this week's devlog, where we unveil the enchanting power of our new spell: Moonlit Orb! Harnessing the mystical radiance of the moon, Moonlit Orb conjures a mesmerizing sphere of ethereal m... Continue reading

  
• Culture-Lunnaegan Herbalism
  June 24, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  Origins When tired scouts drank some water that was caught in one of the beaker plants in the forest, they felt nearly instantly magically reinvigorated, and they brought this news to the highest rank... Continue reading

  
• Dialogue Treehaul (Part 1)
  June 03, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog! If you have seen our previous devlogs on the NPC interaction overhauls or questing system , you would know we have been continuously improving upon the dialogue system. F... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial&Showcase: Questing System - Final(Part 4)
  May 20, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome to the last phase of our quest system! We're excited to share that the first playable quest has been added. To further develop what was implemented last time, I made it so that when you talk t... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's History - Xipilian's taming of Beasts
  May 06, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #History, #Worldbuilding

  In the deserts that the Xipilians call home, it is rare to find any beasts due to the harshness of the environment. Only the beasts that adapt to the scorching heat and limited resources that grow in... Continue reading

  
• Passive Dialogue for Passive Peasants
  April 22, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog! As seen in our previous developments, we have been working on dialogue systems as well as a questing system for all your adventuring needs. However, sometimes you might w... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial&Showcase: Questing System - NPC Quests(Part 3)
  April 09, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome back to the continuation of our Questing system! We've been hard at work on the quest system, which is one of the more complicated features of our game. We want this to be truly modular and cu... Continue reading

  
• Meteor at Border
  March 26, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Worldbuilding, #History, #Fantasy, #Story Rich

  Meteor at the border. There was a big meteor that crashed into Tenril right on the border of the forest and central deserts. The fiery and booming impact of the meteor created a crater and destroyed t... Continue reading

  
• New player model!
  March 11, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Hey everyone, we've got some exciting news to share with you today! As you might be aware, our game is receiving major upgrades, one being a brand-new player character! Say goodbye to the old armoured... Continue reading

  
• Forging Your Destiny - Crafting System Part 1
  February 25, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  A silver-tongued shopkeeper once asked, what does a hero truly need? Perhaps you need to be swift, nimbly evading your foes. Perhaps you need to be strong, quickly crushing through even the hardiest o... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's History - The Grand Solar Flare
  February 04, 2023 by LapizLazuli

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  #Fantasy, #Worldbuilding

  A grand Solar Flare The biggest solar flare that’s been recorded by the Elves and Tieflings since their societies started forming has great cultural and religious meanings to both races. The solar f... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial&Showcase: Questing System - Progression (Part 2)
  January 21, 2023 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome back to the continuation of the Questing system! To simplify the progress since last time, much work has been put into refactoring the code to allow for quest regression. This means that when... Continue reading

  
• Send for the apothecary, but not for you!
  January 07, 2023 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog, where we showcase the newest update to the player UI, the boss health bar! This serves as an easy way of identifying and focusing on your boss in a potentially busy battl... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's History - Big Quake
  December 10, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  Big Quake of Tenril There was a big quake that shook nearly the entire world. This event was one of the firsts attempt of the God Tenril to give the races a gift. The races both perceived this event i... Continue reading

  
• Tutorial&Showcase: Questing System - Progression (Part 1)
  November 26, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  Welcome to this week's devlog, slightly different from the usual, this will be a multi-series post as we work on the Questing System for the game! One of the most important parts of an RPG is the stor... Continue reading

  
• Player Injury UI
  November 12, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog, where we showcase the newest update to the player UI, degrees of injury! It can sometimes be difficult to focus on your health bar in a fight, and as such this update see... Continue reading

  
• Social Structure; Xipilians
  October 29, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  cover image by dall-e Xipilian Society The Xipilians have built one big and ever-expanding city, Xipilia, in which they all coexist. They have created this big city in which all the Xipilians live. Th... Continue reading

  
• Starting Village showcase
  October 15, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  Greetings everyone! You might remember from a few months ago that we made a post showcasing the starting village in the game. Well, now you get to see it in the game! Our goal for the next update is t... Continue reading

  
• New Spell - Nature's Wrath
  October 01, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog, a shocking exposure to one of our new spells; Nature's Wrath ! A single lightning bolt does not do much by itself, but by casting this spell you're able to invoke the for... Continue reading

  
• Social Structure; Lunaegans
  September 17, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  #Fantasy, #Worldbuilding, #Story Rich, #Lore

  Cover Image by Dall-e Lunaegan Society The Lunaegans are a people that live very in tune with nature and the main rule in their society is that everyone is inherently equal, each individual born requi... Continue reading

  
• New Spell - Delayed Fire Spike
  September 03, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Welcome to this weeks devlog, a little preview on one new spell; Delayed Fire Spike ! This spell is able to hit hard, causing a fiery spike to erupt from the ground five seconds after being casted. It... Continue reading

  
• Blood splatter and Weapon Trails
  August 21, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Update, #Overhaul, #3D, #Combat, #Fantasy, #Blood, #Effects, #Devlog

  Combat is an integral part of Tenril, so we want it to look and feel as good as possible. There wasn't a lot visually going on with the weapon combat, resulting in magic combat being preferred. Hence... Continue reading

  
• Tenril's Fauna
  August 06, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  #Worldbuilding, #Lore, #Fantasy, #Fauna

  Cover image by; Dall-e Plant life The sun and moon not only grant the races their magical abilities, but it also affects the plant life that blooms during the day or night respectively. Just about all... Continue reading

  
• Hear the Grass between your Toes
  July 23, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Variety is essential in any game, especially when it comes to sounds. It helps set ambience and greatly helps with a players immersion. As such, instead of hearing the same footsteps wherever you go,... Continue reading

  
• We have a subreddit!
  July 09, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Reddit

  Greetings all denizens of Tenril! Today I'd like to inform you that we have a subreddit r/Tenril ! You might ask yourself why you would want to join it when all our content gets posted here anyway? As... Continue reading

  
• Culture: Xipilians Mythology
  June 25, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  Religion Due to the rift that was pushed between the Xipilians and Lunaegans, their once strongly connected religions have changed over time to reflect this rift between races. The solar bodies being... Continue reading

  
• NPC interactions overhaul
  June 11, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  An important part of designing a game is to always revisit old features. One that needed some improvements in the dialogue system. In the past it was a simple box where you could select some options t... Continue reading

  
• AI Movement - A Unity discussion
  May 28, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  #AI, #3D, #Atmospheric, #Fantasy, #Singleplayer, #Story Rich, #Third Person, #Unity

  AI movement for our enemies may seem quite simple, but for a game as dynamic as Tenril it becomes greatly more complicated. This is primarily due to the way built-in Unity features function versus the... Continue reading

  
• Devlog Schedule Changes
  May 21, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  #3D, #Atmospheric, #Fantasy, #Singleplayer, #Story Rich, #Third Person, #Unity, #Update

  Hello everybody and welcome! Todays devlog is an announcement about our plans moving forward with the project. Due to limited availability from most of our development team, creating new content has b... Continue reading

  
• Culture: Lunnaegan Mythology
  May 15, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  Religion Due to the rift that was pushed between the Xipilians and Lunaegans, their once strongly connected religions have changed over time to reflect this divide between races. The solar bodies bein... Continue reading

  
• Magic & Sorcery
  May 07, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Discussion

  The magic of Tenril is unique and divided. The powers come from the gods themselves which leads to there being a divide in those able to cast spells. One group is closely attuned to Lunnadian and the... Continue reading

  
• New Cover Design + Time-lapse
  May 01, 2022 by Tessa

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  #Art Update

  Tenril has a new thumbnail! Over the last few days, I came up with some possible options for the thumbnail for the itch page. So for this week's devlog, I have created a time-lapse video of the thumbn... Continue reading

  
• Teamwork Makes the Player Hurt
  April 23, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Did you know that enemies in Tenril actually communicate? Hopefully not as intelligently as me or you, but they can at least warn each other of nearby danger. When you damage an enemy they become incr... Continue reading

  
• Character Backstory: Liliana
  April 17, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  This post is going to go over the backstory of one of the two main villain characters of the story, Liliana. The two of them were the big starting point of this game, and thus the story is bound to be... Continue reading

  
• Tenril - Devlog Catalogue
  April 09, 2022 by HeavensGates#Catalogue

  Wanna read some of our devlogs? Well, here you can find a categorised list of all the ones we have done and we will also keep it updated with new ones when they come out! Story/Lore: Character Backsto... Continue reading

  
• Lunaegans Guard Training Weapons
  April 03, 2022 by Tessa

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  #Showcase

  Hey everyone! This week I wanted to show some of the props I currently have up close. In the picture, you can see the 3 Lunaegan training weapon models. The weapons are meant to serve as backup weapon... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.4.2 Hotfix
  March 26, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Update

  Another update rolling out! This one is fixing some bugs discovered with our launch to mac and linux. Fixes: Fixed a bug where the character continues walking when entering menus Fixed the mouse not b... Continue reading

  
• Loot, loot and more loot! How it's done.
  March 20, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  Loot. I love it, you love it, we all love it. So how does it work in Tenril? Well, it can be gotten in a wide variety of ways. Currently, you can get loot from pickups in the environment, chests, or t... Continue reading

  
• Character Backstory: Aamanon
  March 13, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  #Content Update, #Character backstory

  This post is going to go over the backstory of one of the two main villain characters of the story, Aamanon. The two of them were the big starting point of this game, and thus the story is bound to be... Continue reading

  
• Mac and Linux support is now here!
  March 10, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Update

  Good news, everyone! We have added support for Linux and Mac, this has been something we should've probably done earlier, but due to lack of available testers on those operating systems, we have not d... Continue reading

  
• How to grow your game on Itch.io
  March 05, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Discussion

  Hello readers, I'm Ryan, one of the programmers and somewhat of a community manager for our game, Tenril. For today's post, I will be sharing the knowledge I gained through my time on Tenril as well a... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.4 Harvesting Resources
  March 01, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Update

  Hello all, and welcome to another update post, this one has been delayed for a few days due to an issue with Itch.io images not working properly. I've worked hard to get this out to you this week, and... Continue reading

  
• Demo Level Showcase
  February 27, 2022 by Tessa

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  Hey everyone! Here is a small showcase video of an upcoming demo level! The scene features an area of one of the Wood Elf villages and will be directly tied to the story of the game. To explain a litt... Continue reading

  
• Repositioning Enemies - Explained
  February 19, 2022 by JacquesAV

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  #AI, #Mechanics

  Normally the best way to be able to beat an enemy in any game is to understand exactly how they work. One of the more complicated features for the enemies in Tenril is their ability to reposition them... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.3.5 update delayed
  February 19, 2022 by HeavensGates#Update

  Unfortunately, this week's update cannot be published as one of the programmers have been unable to work this week and the other is working on a rather large piece of content that is not yet ready to... Continue reading

  
• How it all got started
  February 13, 2022 by LapizLazuli

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  Now that the development of the game has officially started progressing with updates and demos on Itch, we thought it was time to talk more frankly and explain just how this all got started. This is a... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.3.4 Upgraded Graphics
  February 12, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Update

  As we have promised, we will be sticking to our weekly update schedule. For this week we took on a pretty big task of changing our graphics pipeline to something more realistic. The models currently i... Continue reading

  
• Development Roadmap
  February 05, 2022 by Tessa

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  #Roadmap

  Hey everyone! As promised in the previous post, we've created a roadmap to show our plans for the game. As we continue to work on the game and discuss more about our plans for the design, we'll keep u... Continue reading

  
• Future plans
  January 29, 2022 by HeavensGates#Discussion

  Hey everyone! To start I just want to say that it's been very fun working on this project so far, and I hope to continue for the foreseeable future. The idea of this post is to discuss what we want to... Continue reading

  
• Tenril - How to play
  January 23, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Tutorial

  NOTE: If you cant see text, open the image in a new tab and you should be able to see it, if not let us know and ill see if I can get a version with a background! Thank you for checking out our tutori... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.3.3 New Combat Scene and more!
  January 22, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Minor Update

  The new update has been uploaded. We recently implemented auto updating so from here on if you use the Itch.io app you will no longer need to download new versions and will be able to directly update... Continue reading
• V 0.0.3.2 Bugfix/Improvements
  January 21, 2022 by HeavensGates#Minor Update

  Bringing another update with more features and fixes! Stay tuned for next update as it will have some big changes. New content: Added an introduction NPC, they give some small hints into the world bui... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.3.1 Hotfix
  January 21, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Minor Update

  This update addresses some of the bugs. Mostly minor tweaks but should greatly improve the experience: Bugfixes/Improvements: Mouse is hidden during gameplay. For a better experience, mouse is now not... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.3 Content Update
  January 21, 2022 by HeavensGates

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  #Content Update

  Quite a few changes in this update: New: Enemies will now alert their companions of spotting the player. Loot has been added, when killing an enemy, you can get some items from them. Added stinky chee... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2.4 Bugfix/Improvements
  January 20, 2022 by HeavensGates#Minor Update

  It's been a bit since the last update. Much larger issues were tackled and hopefully will resume to frequent updates after this one. Bugfixes/Improvements: Sensitivity is now based on input device, pr... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2.3 New Weapon animsets
  January 17, 2022 by HeavensGates#Minor Update

  This small update includes a new animation set for the quarterstaff and spear. Be careful as this affects enemies as well, and they are a lot more difficult to fight now because of it. Good luck and h... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2.2 New Weapons
  January 16, 2022 by HeavensGates#Minor Update

  As of the new update, we have added 2 new weapons: Shortsword (Similar to the longsword, does less damage and costs less stamina) Quarterstaff(Similar to Halberd and Spear, boasts lowest stamina cost... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2.1 Hotfix
  January 15, 2022 by HeavensGates#Hotfix

  Bugfixes: AI weapons doing damage without them attacking AI weapons sometimes still doing damage if attacked while they are mid attack... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.2 Updated AI
  January 14, 2022 by HeavensGates#Small Update

  We've improved our AI quite a bit with this update. They should be a lot more interesting to fight with using different weapon types as well. If you want to see a quick reference for controls, check o... Continue reading

  
• V 0.0.1 First alpha build upload
  January 14, 2022 by HeavensGates#Prototype Build

  The current version exists more as a showcase than anything else. A tutorial is currently in development while this is just a showcase of combat. Below is a list of controls: Movement: WASD Sprint: Sh... Continue reading