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Belgrad: Curse of the Castle
7 years ago

The State of the Third Belgrad game


Yes, I’ve been making a third Belgrad game. (…and Curse of the Castle is the second one. We don’t speak of the first one.) It’s at least beyond halfway complete.

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The main gameplay is pretty much put in. The map is established. The dungeons are made. A lot of the background details have been put in. New moves have been programmed. New powerups have been added. A good majority of brand-new NPCs have been drawn, but not fully programmed. I think I got the save feature made properly.
…however, reality is about to become harsh on me, as I’ll be moving and still need a new computer. I’ll have a few hiccups before getting this game completed. If I could do a Kickstarter, I’d gladly do it. What for? Music, polish, software upgrades, possibly voice clips, and maybe making it sale-worthy on real game systems.

If any of you can help, this third Belgrad game will be even greater than this one. Who knows? Maybe Diana and Vivian would meet in this one.

So, what is the story for this third one? Well, you’ll have to wait and see. All I can say is that it’s set in 1999 in America, and as such, will be less Castlevania-like.

Do any of you think you can support this?

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