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The update is tomorrow

New update coming next week!

Patch 0.9.0 - ETA July 21st
Contains 4 new achievements and:
- new Challenge stage
- 2 new Arcanas

Extra
- 1 new character... they're telling me they're three, but trust me, it's just one

Tweaks
- Added a new music track when opening the Bestiary (can also be used as a standard in-game track )
- Moved save data folder on Windows to a safer location to avoid Cloud conflicts and issues on Steam Deck

Bugfixes
- Recovery numbers bringing the game to a halt with limit broken weapons

Bugfixes from 0.8.2. 270
- Having only Pentagram when limit breaking won't display a blank menu anymore
- Limit broken Gorgeous Moon is now affected by amount
- Prevented Pentagram and Gorgeous Moon to flash too quickly when leveled up rapidly
- Made it easier to see the relic at the end of Stage 5
- Fixed some typos in Limit Breaks
- Defeating the reaper before 31:00 counts as surviving 31 minutes

Tetris Attack
Demon's Crest

Current Development Roadmap

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921399732599926894/995993995928932462/Roadmap080.png

Characters: 24/24
Stages: 9/10
Weapons: 47/49
Power-ups: 20/20
Achievements: 123/???
Major Relics: 6/6
Arcanas: 17/22

For reals, out of all the characters I played with I had fun playing as April the most.

Any comments?

The update is now live!

New update coming Thursday!

Patch 0.8.0 - ETA July 7th

Contains 3 new achievements and:
- new version of Stage 5. Will revert to the previous version once successfully completed
- final roadmap relic with a new game mechanic
- 1 new arcana

Extra:
- 1 minor relic to view enemies data from the main menu (the list will be updated with more data and details as we get closer to v1.0)

Tweaks:
- Updated some graphics
- Added a visual indicator of how many skins are available per character
- Added option to always pick Coin Bag or Floor Chicken when leveling up after maxing out all weapons
- Added visual reminders for Banished items
- Obtained unlocks can be filtered out from the list
- Crimson Shroud's retaliation damage now heavily damages some special enemies

Bugfixes:
- "Reach minute 31" arcanas not unlocking under certain situations
- Post-Moongolow stage crashing with certain characters

The new character is ridiculously classy.

I too have had Super Epic on my Switch/PC as well. I'll eventually play it.

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (PC)

Played it via Capcom Fighting Collection.

I finished Arcade mode with my main Jon Talbain.
Easily one of my favorite fighting games of all time.

The update is now live!

paperwarior posted...

Shotgun Legend (PC)
Pretty good straightforward Zelda 1 clone.

This sounds neat. I shall wishlist it.

paperwarior posted...

Vampire Survivors (PC)
All achievements. Now I'll have my work cut out for me finding something as low-effort to play when I can't get motivated or don't have the lack of distraction for something else.

New Update is dropping tomorrow. More Achievements to get!

The new update drops tomorrow.
It'll probably go live in the afternoon.

A new update drops tomorrow. Hype!

Updated Development Roadmap
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921399732599926894/987042413476446248/Roadma070.jpg

Characters: 23/24
Stages: 9/10
Weapons: 46/49
Power-ups: 20/20
Achievements: 114/???
Relics: 5/6
Arcanas: 14/22

Patch 0.7.3 - ETA 23rd of June

Contains 5 new achievements and:
- 1 new character
- 1 new weapon
- 2 new Arcanas

Extra (not present on the roadmap):
- 1 Minor relic to change character appearance (where applicable) and do another silly thing

Tweaks:
- Updated some graphics
- Improved stats of Vento Sacro's early levels
- Added extra area coverage to Fuwalafuwaloo
- Moved Magic Banger relic to Green Acres
- Improved Localization support to auto adapt long strings and names

Bugfixes:
- Tentative fix for standard saves not working on Steam Deck for some users

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (PC)

This game is good. Really, really, good.
Very good beat em' up.
Love the mechanics, graphics, controls, animation, OST,
It is good stuff.

64th Street: A Detective Story (Arcade)

Played this via Fightcade with a friend.
He was Rick and I was Allen.
This game has the cool mechanic of tossing enemies into the background, a mechanic we
would see later used again in Batman Returns on the SNES.
It also has a unique mechanic where you can toss your partner and do a special dual attack.
So yeah, this beat em' up had a few nice things going for it. Too bad the final boss was disappointing.

Hook (Arcade)

Played this via Fightcade with a friend.
I was Rufio and he was Peter Pan.
This game was really good and followed the source material very well.
Also, I like how at the end of this game, Hook Movie Spoilers: Rufio lives and doesn't die in the game's ending! That alone makes it cool to me.

Mega Twins (Arcade)

Played this via Fightcade with a friend,
Very fun action/platformer. Graphics are nice and colorful.
Solid stuff.

SEGA AGES Sonic the Hedgehog (Switch)

It was neat playing this game with the Spin Dash and Drop Dash but I never really used them much.

Castle of No Escape (PC)

Replayed this one. I find myself coming back to this game quite a lot. It's addicting to me.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game (Switch)

Replayed. It felt neat playing through this game again. I still have it installed on my PS3.
Beat it with Scott.

Dragon Climax (PC)

This game is good stuff and simple fun.
You play as two different characters.
One character's game play is inspired by Kung Fu/Kung Fu Master while the other character plays like Shinobi.

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Arcade)

Played this on Fightcade with a friend.
This game was ok. The intro of the game is very memorable when the main character, Snake, sets the explosion to break out of prison to fight his way through freedom. It was fun using knives and machine guns.

Violent Storm (Arcade)

Played this on Fightcade with a friend.
This is part of a trilogy of Beat Em' Ups. Crime Fighters (first game), Vendetta (second game) and this game. Story wise they are not connected.
This was Konami's last beat em' up they made at the Arcade and it shows.
I was Wade and my friend was Boris.
The graphics are great. Bright, colorful and huge sprites. The OST is godlike,
One of the best beat em' ups around.

American Man (Switch)

One of the worst games I have played this year .So awful.
A very poor Contra clone where you can't even JUMP AND SHOOT.
It's very short and you get no continues if you lose your life meter.
Awful enemy placements on the last level.
I deleted it after I beat it. Stay the hell away from this game.

Link: The Faces of Evil Remastered (CD-i/PC)

I used to own a CD-i long ago. I liked playing Link: The Faces of Evil. Yes, I legitimately liked it.
It played just like Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and I like that game too.
Playing this remaster was really something. I liked how everything was faster compared to the original, for better or worse. It also has a hint system.
If you beat Hero Mode, you get to play as King Harkinian.

Shadowgate, Deja Vu, Uninvited (NES/PC)
I replayed these via 8-Bit Anthology: Volume I
It felt really cool replaying these with mouse control.
There was also one small minor change added to Uninvited for one of the puzzles you get to click on the safe and type in the numbers to enter the safe combination.

Deja Vu: MacVenture Series (PC)

Beat this version for the first time. I dislike having a timer before you die.
Other than that, was nice to see some of the things here uncensored (some stuff was censored for NES)

Shadowgate: MacVenture Series (PC)
Replayed this version. Played the Mac version of it. What I dislike about this version is that the torches run out too quickly. There was another thing I disliked doing but it did made sense having to empty our your inventory anywhere on the screen in order for you to cross the bridge after drinking Bottle 2. It made sense since you can't carry a lot of things in your inventory cause it would weigh you down.

The Uninvited: Macventure Series (PC)
Again, having a timer where you eventually die from making too many moves is pretty awful.
This version was still kinda cool.
Overall, the NES versions are the best way to experience the ICOM trilogy over the MavVenture Series, IMO.
I find them more lenient and fair. I also like the music in all three of those games too and they add to the general atmosphere IMO.

Swords and Bones (PC)

A nice short action/platformer. It has two endings.
It's inspiration is of the likes of Castlevania/Ghosts 'n Goblins.
You can also upgrades yourself too.

Roar of Revenge (PC)

I really liked this one.
Heavily inspired by Rastan and it even has the look of Faxanadu.
You get power-ups and abilites as you progress further into the game.
I even managed to get the best ending on my first try. I recommend it if you're looking for a really good retro inspired action/platformer.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (Arcade)

Played this with a friend on Fightcade and did all of the Courses.
It's very fun to 1 CC this game.

Volgarr the Viking (Switch)

Inspired by Rastan with a touch of Castlevania and Superr Ghouls 'N Ghosts.
This game is awesome and very satisfying.
I had put this game down for two years before going back to it while I was still diving into my backlog.
This game is hard. Very hard. But it's a satisfying type of hard where you feel very satisfied passing each level.
There were no cheap deaths or anything of the sort. If I died, it's because I made a bad decision or it was my own fault.
Patience is the key when playing this game and tossing spears is the safest thing you can do.
I got Ending C. Maybe I'll go back to this game one day and try for a better ending. It has a different path you can take with different levels and another ending.

The Real Ghostbusters 1987 (Arcade)

Played this with a friend on Fightcade.
This was an ok game. It originally was a game called Meikyuu Hunter G.
Only difference was it played the Ghostbusters Theme throughout the game and you were playing as unnamed Ghostbusters.

WWF Wrestlefest (Arcade)

Played this with a friend on Fightcade.
We beat the Tag Team mode and became the Tag Team Champions by defeating The Legion of Doom and successfully defended the Tag Team Championship.
I was Jake "The Snake" Roberts and he was Big Boss Man.
One of the main highlights was when we both hit our respective finishers on the LoD and got the pin (DDT and Boss Man Slam).

Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors, Battle Circuit (Arcade/PC)

Replayed all of these via Capcom Beat Em' Up Bundle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeoAOURUPsA

^ This is amazing

Good update is good.

The new update is live!

Castlevania

I have no idea!

Here's what the current Development Roadmap is looking like right now.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921399732599926894/981845306419347486/Roadmap060.png

Characters: 22/24
Stages: 8/10
Weapons: 44/49
Power-ups: 19/20
Achievements: 105/???
Relics: 5/6
Arcanas: 12/22

GOGZero posted...

New update coming next week

Patch 0.7.0 - ETA 9th of June

Contains 8 new achievements and:
- first iteration on Stage 5
- 2 new Arcanas
- 1 new Weapon and its evolution
- 1 new PowerUp

Tweaks:
- The Stage Selection screen will now highlight when the lunar eclipse event is available in Moongolow
- Added a toggle to disable Golden Eggs bonuses
- Updated some sprites
- Changed PowerUp markup cost from percentage-based to a flat increase

Bugfixes:
- Bonus Revivals from Golden Eggs not working
- some controllers crashing the game at random intervals
- vanilla game crashing after save data alterations from mods

I checked the update again at the devlog on the official Discord server and a new character is also going to be added.
Another Bugfix as well: Rerolls, Skips, and Banish disappearing from the PowerUp screen on old save files

Tomorrow is the update!

I played the Shantae series in a weird order.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae
Shantae and the Seven Sirens

New update coming next week

Patch 0.7.0 - ETA 9th of June

Contains 8 new achievements and:
- first iteration on Stage 5
- 2 new Arcanas
- 1 new Weapon and its evolution
- 1 new PowerUp

Tweaks:
- The Stage Selection screen will now highlight when the lunar eclipse event is available in Moongolow
- Added a toggle to disable Golden Eggs bonuses
- Updated some sprites
- Changed PowerUp markup cost from percentage-based to a flat increase

Bugfixes:
- Bonus Revivals from Golden Eggs not working
- some controllers crashing the game at random intervals
- vanilla game crashing after save data alterations from mods

I'm a little wary of the Golden Eggs at the moment and won't go out of my way to grind for them. Not sure if I would feel comfortable of having permanent +1% of Curse or not.
Probably wouldn't matter much.

The Golden Eggs are permanent.

"Golden Eggs boosts the character's starting stats. It does not however increase the character stats while in-game. As a result, any golden eggs obtained in-game will take effect for the next game session."

"As of May 27, 2022, many players report that Golden Egg will increase Amount and Revival on character select screen only. These stats will not be increased in actual gameplay or on the pause menu during gameplay."

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I'm very bad at this library.

Runetracer could potentially help you at the Library.

Reg posted...

I seem to have lost any record of completing the unlocks from the last update

That's... Rather deflating, honestly. Since I didn't really like the Pinion or its upgrade.

Valkyrie Turner works with Heart of Fire Arcana now so it might be a little better.

This update was great. So much good stuff was added.

The new update is now live!

Yes

https://twitter.com/poncle_vampire/status/1526558498326208516

Vampire Survivors is now on Xbox Game Pass,
Neat.

Another update this Monday!

Patch 0.6.0 - ETA 23rd of May

Contains 5 new achievements to unlock:
- 1 bonus stage
- 1 relic to access 2 minor gameplay mechanics
- 2 new arcanas
- 1 more rank for the Skip power-up

Tweaks:
- Halved base duration of Shadow Pino and Valkyrie Tuner
- Shadow Pinion and Valkyrie Turner striking attack has a damage bonus depending on how long it has been "charged"
- Arcana XIX - Heart of Fire also affects Valkyrie Turner's striking attack
- Every bonus point in Armor now also increases retaliatory damage by 10%
- Music and music mods can now be previewd in stage selection screen

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Due to the amount of work needed to improve on the save data issues with Mac and Steam Cloud, and also for the future patch 0.7, patch 0.6.0 will have less content than usual. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I also hope you have fun with the new little mechanics added in this patch!

One of the new mechanics is mostly for players who simply enjoy playing the game even when there's nothing left to unlock, so please don't feel like you have to grind for these new bonuses.

Future content, unlocks, and achievements will still be (un)balanced on the vanilla character stats and power-ups* and so will not expect you to have accumulated any of these new bonuses.
* Curse excluded

Getting Gold now should be no issue thanks to this new update.
Good for new players.

I'm back to 96/96 achievements now until the next update.

The new update is now live!

It might come out today.
If not, tomorrow for sure!

New update is dropping this weekend!

Patch 0.5.2 - ETA 7th/8th of May

Contains 8 new achievements and:
- A coffin in Gallo Tower
- 3 between weapons and evolutions
- 1 new item to pickup
- 2 new Arcanas
- 1 new relic/minor gameplay option
- 1 more rank for Banish

Tweak: updated some sprites

Bugfix: Celestial Dusting firerate affected by FPS

Tom Bombadil posted...

giovanna kinda sucks in early game huh

Try to be on the lookout for the Clover. It synergizes well with the cats!

Yes

Knives are great

SovietOmega posted...

I've done just about everything in the game, with the exception of killing death.

I would imagine with the newly added Arcana, I think the Slash and Awake Arcana will be an even bigger help. It might be a little easier if you're using the Library method with Suor Clerici.

Grand Kirby posted...

What's in the update?

Contains 6 new achievements to unlock:
- New challenge stage
- New character
- New weapon
- 1 more rank for Skip powerup
- 1 more rank for Reroll powerup
- 2 new Arcanas

Tweaks:
- Added a toggle in Stage Selection to disable Arcanas. Disabling them also disables the extra minibosses at 11:00 and 21:00
- Added the option to pick a random first Arcana
- Reduced long term gains of Gatti's attack power when stealing chicken
- Halved projectile explosion damage from Arcana XIX - Heart Of Fire
- Reduced cost of: Reroll, Skip, Banish

- Tentative fix to chicken/coinbag choice presenting itself when there are items still that can be leveled up
- Added an extra backup system for save data. These backups will not sync with Steam Cloud
- Bugfix: Phieraggi not affected by Arcana V - Chaos in the Dark Night
- Bugfix: Pause screen occasionally overlapping other screens when using a controller

WIP: - Changes to La Borra area scaling

New update dropped today.
This game is wonderful.
Has anyone else been playing it?

Bump for awareness.

https://twitter.com/SwordOrWhip/status/1509515961958862850

Neat

Super Mario Bros. (NES/Switch)

I played it on Mario Day.