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Hallow's Eve: Permadeath Halloween JRPG

4 years ago

Devlog 02: "Candy Corn and New Levels"


Greetings, everybody!

We're almost at 40 views on the project -- wow! Thank you guys so much for checking it out so early in the development, I really appreciate you guys. It's so motivating to hop on and see the numbers go up, please stick around!

We got a good amount of work done in the past two days since the last devlog, so here's some in-game screenshots and some explanations:

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While this is a placeholder graphic for the KNOCKOUT! screen, I got the run over system down. Now the game is a functioning permadeath run-based experience. Neat!

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Candy Corn is a valuable resource in Hallow's Eve. Every enemy you slay gives one or two, and a boss gives 5. Think of this as a valuable currency that never goes away. It can be used to buy cosmetics -- and maybe permanent stat boosters? That's a iffy idea but it may reward more playtime with easier subsequent runs.

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Here's a relatively cheap cosmetic you can buy from the Candy Corn shoppe -- a catcher skin for the slugger! It's a simple yet fun design that adds a little more customization to the characters. I wanna drop the game with about 4-5 skins per class -- more on that next week -- and have them range from 20 to 100 Candy Corn each.

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The Haunted Graveyard is getting more detail by the day. The Pumpkin Patch is pretty much done so I'm adding details and new and interesting sights to the graveyard -- such as the tower obelisk monument. Also, you can see me being attacked by a bat as I try to get the screenshot.

Also, I drew up a new boss for the Haunted Graveyard:

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The groom! A devilishly dashing ghoul buried in his finest wedding apparel... Maybe his tuxedo could be a skin, who knows?

That's it for now, see ya!

-damonsmithgames



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