Alpha & Beta
We are Attending the Next Fest on October 9th
My New Game's Community Server Has Been Opened
Finally, the community server of my new game was opened, I shared a post about an earthquake in Turkey and I asked you to donate for those in need, I hope your donations reach their destination.
After a while after the earthquake, we entered the recovery phase and I can say that we have made significant progress in our game, I shared an article on itch.io about what we did and I will copy it from there.
Mage Class Rework: Although the mage class is not currently available, the composer in my team said that there is little gameplay difference between the mage and the archer, and we changed the mage to a class focused on dealing area damage, all of the mage's abilities were about sending something forward and we changed that.
I won't go into too much detail for now, but to summarize briefly, we replaced the ice cone skill with icy spikes and now spikes come out of the ground, we changed the lightning arrow ability with lightning strike, now it shoots lightning from the top, we changed the fireball ability with flame spray, now it shoots flame in front of it.
Lore and Dialogues: We have completely finished the story and dialogues that we will show in the demo, most of the translation is finished, also the descriptions of the abilities, the dialogues of the pet have been translated, I have nothing special to explain about the story, but the uncertainty about the story is over
Mushroom Enemy Animations: We have completed all animations of the walking mushroom enemy. Walking, taking damage from all directions, doing damage from all directions and dying animations have been made, I'll leave the video below, you can watch it there:
We also overhauled the underground section, placed the lighting in a more attractive way and composed music for the underground that would better reflect the atmosphere. I'm posting the video about it below:
We are currently working on the appearance and animations of the character, unfortunately we have not progressed as far as I can share a video about it, but I want to share it with you as soon as possible. Stay tuned for developments, with love
About the Earthquake in Turkey
I'm not in the earthquake zone, likewise, no one in my team is in the earthquake zone, thank God, but unfortunately there are people whose relatives died in my team, my grandmother passed away recently, so I can understand people's pain. The number of deaths and injuries is constantly increasing, the number of destroyed buildings is increasing, I see people who are under the rubble. I also see looters and I get really angry and sad when I see them, it drives me crazy that looters can think about this when people are suffering so much.
I am really happy if those who have the opportunity to donate, i will definitely share the usd, eur and gbp accounts of an institution that i trust, you can also donate on youtube, i will share the link for it
USD: TR320006400000210212150262
EUR: TR150006400000210212150277
GBP: TR370006400000210212260849
Swift Code: “ISBKTRIS”
If you don't trust the ibans I copied, you can have a look here and compare.
In addition, there is a panel on the right side of the video on the youtube link i shared, youtube does not deduct from your donations from there, if you do not trust the ibans i share, you can donate directly to youtube.
Youtube Link(Turkey Earthquake Relief Fund)
Latest Status of My New Game
Final exams were held in January and I had to take the make-up exam from 5 courses, I only had one course left after the make-up exams, but other than that, there were troublesome situations.
My grandmother was in the hospital for about 15 days and passed away 10 days ago, so we stayed at my grandparents' house for a week, so the funeral home is not left empty for a week.
Apart from this, I also had some family problems, when everything came together, I couldn't deal with the project much.
We are working on the project, I want to present the demo to you as soon as possible and in the best way.
By the way, I would like to inform you that I have expanded my team, I have included a translator in my team, it will only translate between English and Turkish languages, but I am aware of the importance of quality translation, I would like to support more languages in the future, but our opportunities are limited at the moment.
Lowest Price Ever
Currently, background, tiles, lighting, some portrait drawings are ready, drawing of the character and some animations are being worked on. Apart from that, we are working on the universe and the story of the game, we are also reviewing some systems in the game or I am trying to make small touches that I think you may like, but I don't want to miss too many surprises, so I'm talking a little mysterious :D
If you remember, I shared a developer roadmap, but unfortunately I had to postpone it because the team was busy and we couldn't spare much time for the project. It is not right for me to publicly publish a project that I do not find sufficient. Therefore, please be patient and avoid statements such as "publish as soon as possible".
Actually, my goal was to publish the demo until the New Year's at the latest, but unfortunately, everything in life does not happen when we want, so I want to publish a good demo even if it's late, I wish everyone who reads this announcement a happy new year, and those who could not read it because they did not see the announcement. :D
Latest Status of My New Game
Normally, we were planning to release the game in full version on Steam in the first quarter of 2024, but we need to create a budget for the possible expenses that may occur for the game, and I do not want to make the team members wait too long to repay their efforts, so we are switching to the early access model and it has been released on Steam in the first quarter of 2023. We plan to release, and the transition to the full version is when we normally plan to release, namely the first quarter of 2024. We will switch to the full version in 4 stages. Just below, I leave our developer roadmap:
Developer Roadmap:
Fall 2022: Release of demo(1 biome, 2 character classes)
January 2023: Opening the Steam store page
2023 Q1: Early access on Steam (3 biomes, 2 character classes)
2023 Second Quarter: Early access to the second tier (5 biomes, 3 character classes)
2023 Third Quarter: Early access to tier three(7 biomes, 4 character classes)
2023 Fourth Quarter: Moving to the fourth stage in early access and preparing for the full version (9 biomes, 4 character classes)
Q1 2024: Full version on Steam, release on Epic Store
Q3 2024: Attempts to publish on console platforms and, if appropriate, on console platforms
Note: Due to unforeseen reasons, there may be a delay in the scheduled dates,
When the demo is released and the steam page is opened, I will share here, I am waiting for your support. By the way, thank you very much for your interest in the discount I made in August. Among the discounts I made for 4 years, it was the discount period where I made the most sales. I look forward to your continued support, thank you all very much.
Price Update Implemented
I said I would do the DLC for free as well, and I did it right after the announcement. I have to admit, it was a mistake from the very beginning to publish this DLC for a fee, and you are absolutely right in your reactions. I promise you that in my new games, I will not install paid DLC unless it offers really great content.
Let's talk a little bit about my new game, I'm planning to release a demo in April, but because the team members are a bit busy, we can't progress at the speed I want, which probably means the demo will be delayed. I prefer to delay instead of releasing a bad or incomplete demo. The planned release date of the game is the first quarter of 2024, but I cannot say that it will definitely be released on this date at the moment. However, I can say that I believe this game will be a really good game and I am doing my best to present you a good game. I can say that it will be a much more advanced game than Alpha & beta. When I release the demo, I will announce it here. That's all I'm going to say for today, see you when the demo is released.
About Pricing
How Alpha & Beta's Pricing Will Be: The current global price of Alpha & beta is $2, Turkey's price is 5 TL, and very soon the global price will be $1, there will be no country-specific pricing because when I make the global price $1, I will have given the minimum price tag.
About DLC Being Free: Yes, we will update the price of not only the main game but also the DLC, I would like to give the good news that the DLC will be free. I also received criticism as to why a DLC that only adds a difficulty level is paid, at that time, the idea of uploading DLC for free did not seem right to me, so I uploaded the DLC at the minimum price, but some players did not like it, and yes, I can say that they are right. However, I would like to thank everyone who bought and supported my game. To get back from this mistake, I reduce the price of alpha & beta to the minimum level, and I make DLC for free.
I am trying to offer you the best games within my possibilities, I hope you will like and support my work...
Hello From a Long Time
First of all, I did the coding and optimization of alpha & beta a little bad, I admit that, but since there are not many features in the game, it is almost impossible to go below 30 fps, so there are not many situations that affect you related to optimization, and I also noticed that bad code writing causes some errors. Luckily I learned from my mistakes and my new game will code much more smoothly and at the same time it will be optimized at the best level.
We are not curious about the experiences in your old game, tell us about your new game!
I'm coming to that topic right now, my new game is going well right now, it's really great that I haven't encountered any big problems so far, even though there are times when I can't deal with it because of the intensity, I can say that everything is fine right now. I started the development process in April 2020 and so far I have come a long way, most of the gameplay elements are ok, even the interface design is largely ready, I have prepared many systems, now new enemies, weapons, classes, abilities, etc. It will be easier for me to add things.
Of course, I haven't worked in the categories of graphics, sound, story, chapter designs, dialogues, localization, worlds yet, so I can say that it is a very incomplete game at this stage, not even in the pre alpha process, I am trying to make the game much better by getting your feedback. I need your feedback right now and please try the game and give feedback. If you want to try and contribute with your feedback, I leave the itch.io link below:
Swift Stickman Itch.io
About My New Game
If I need to talk a little bit about my new game, it will be a metroidvania - rpg mix platform game. For now, I only used geometric shapes, but when I find a graphic designer, this will change and all graphics will be renewed, I expect you to try and give feedback