In occasion for the Steam Shoot 'em Up fest, we have decided to release a small content patch for Bullet Casters. While this update focuses mostly on new stages, we plan to bring many balancing and QoL improvements in the future updates based on the feedback on our Discord Channel and the Steam Discussion page.
UPDATES
- Introduced a new area: Paloma Lakes - Introduced 5 new stages in the Paloma Lakes area - Introduced a new boss fight. - Introduced new battle themes for the Favill and Torden boss fights.
We hope you enjoy these new challenges.
As a reminder, the game is currently on 25% sale! If you like Bullet Casters, consider recommending it to your friends ;D
Bullet Casters has been selected to be featured in the OTK Games Expo, and to celebrate this event we are releasing a small patch with some new content and fixes.
The OTK Games Expo is an event featuring many cool upcoming indie games that will be hosted on Asmongold's Twitch channel today, June 10th.
UPDATES
Content:
- Introduced a new boss fight: Guforobo [FEROX].
Balancing:
- Ella's (boss) 2nd and 4th phase have been slightly nerfed. - The magic circles that fire downwards in Ella's (boss) have been changed to be more distinguishable from the aimed ones. - Buffed the Ocho attack option: its fire-rate now increases the further the option is from the player.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with the attack options sometimes not firing when the attack button is pressed when the level starts. - Xbox buttons are now displayed in the game UI when connecting a gamepad. Note that because of an issue that happens only when running the game on Steam if the controller is already connected when starting the game the buttons displayed will still be the PC ones. We are going to fix this issue with an upcoming minor patch. - Made Favill's (playable character) bullets less transparent.
That is all for this update, take care!
Update V0.8004
- Updated some temporary translations. - Fixed text size scaling in some instances. - Fixed Gems number text overlapping with the Gem sprite in the Level Selection.
This should be the last localisation-related update for a while. The next ones are going to contain balancing updates and maybe new features/stages ;)
Bullet Casters Early Access is out now!! What's next?
Hello everyone!
First of all I want to thank everyone who purchased the Early Access of Bullet Casters, your support means a lot to us <3
If you have played the game, please consider leaving a honest review. We want to read your thoughts on it, so we can better shape the development of future content. Furthermore, reviews (and confirming tags) are really important to get visibility on Steam!
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
In the near future we will keep updating the game with fixes, balancing and some other features suggested by the community. The next big step will be patch 0.9 which will add a whole new area, the oriental region of Paloma, with many new stages, enemies and bossfights!
SOCIALS
Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates, and consider joining our Discord if you want to ask us something directly or talk about the game with other players!
If you have beaten either Arcanum [FEROX] or Stigma [FEROX], the ultimate challenges in the Early Access, you will also be assigned an honorary role on the server!
https://discord.com/invite/qGUMBduvWy
last but not least, check out the first music upload from the Bullet Casters soundtrack by our friend Dominic Ninmark!
https://youtu.be/aaPuYvlgTpw
Take care!
Update V0.8003
- Various localization fixes (including Bossfights names not being set to the right language) - Added a description for Items in the shop
Update V0.8002
A small update to address some minor issues:
- The intro audio would not play until you adjust the Music Volume - A stage in the Nim Gates area, Nim Gates 2, would send you to the wrong stage when selecting "continue" after completing it.
Big Updates and ESA Winter demo!
Hello everyone! It has been a while since our last devlog on Steam, during this time we have been working a lot on improving Bullet Casters and we can't wait to show you more.
GAME UPDATES
- the visuals have been deeply reworked: old assets have been updated to make the colors more coherent, new animations have been added to characters, bullets and enemies and the UI has been completely redrawn.
- While the multiplayer mode will still be present, lately we moved the focus on the single player mode. It will now feature a story that you can go through as each of the 4 playable characters and more than 70 stages packed with many different monsters and boss-fights.
- The soundtrack of the game has been completely remade by Dominic Ninmark (Gravity Circuit, Blazing Chrome, Mighty Goose, Rival Megagun and more).
ESA WINTER 2023
This weekend, 17th and 18th February, Bullet Casters will be present at ESA winter 2023 in Malmö (Sweden) with an exclusive demo! If you participate in the event, come say hi! Our station will be located in the practice room. In case you are not familiar with the event, ESA is a speedrunning marathon livestreamed on Twitch that raises money for charity! ESA website for more info.
New Demo available now!
Hello everyone! Coconzilla here. I am glad to announce that today an updated version of the Bullet Casters Demo is available!
DEMO UPDATES
CHARACTER SELECTION IN CHALLENGE MODE
Originally we planned to develop the challenges of Bullet Casters to be played with a specific character, since for some of the levels you would really have to make full use of a certain Bullet Caster's unique ability. Though thanks to the players' feedback we realized that most challenges would actually be fun and balanced with every fighter, Despite their extremely different shooting styles.
By pressing the Focus Button in the Challenge Mode menu it's now possible to switch between the 4 characters (except for the "Tutorial" challenge) here is a short overview of each of them:
Ella Balanced character with a shooting style that requires good precision but has very high single-target damage output. Her special ability changes whether you are pressing the Focus button or not.
Favill Beginner-friendly character that can easily deal with multiple enemies at the same time and doesn't require precise positioning. His damage against single targets is not as high as that of the other Bullet Casters. His special ability creates a small sun that deals high damage over time in an area, very useful to get past the opponents' defenses.
Hana Technical character with high damage potential against both single and multiple targets. Her base attack can either shoot energy blades or be charged up to make Hana dash and slash all the enemies in her path. Her special ability allows her to place a portal that she can teleport to, which can be useful for escaping dangerous situations but also to reach enemies faster.
Torden Extravagant character that shoots electric bullets from the two drums spinning around him. You can press the Focus Button to stop the drums rotation, allowing you to hit enemies from any point of the battle-field. His special, not usable in Focus Mode, can be activated by pressing the Special Attack Button when his two drums are overlapping, and it generates a powerful thunder that penetrates the monsters' defenses.
VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS
these are some visual improvements we added since the last demo:
- Made custom sprites for each character's name. - Increased feedback when enemies get hit. - Improved explosion when enemies are defeated. - Added animation when mana is picked in Duel Mode. - Made Favill's bullets less distracting.
As for the last demo, we would love to hear your feedback about the demo! You can use the "Send Feedback" and "Report Bug" in the game's main menu to write to us, and if you want to talk directly to the devs you can join our Discord server with this link:
That's all from me, I hope you have fun trying the demo!
Upcoming Events and New Demo
Hello everyone! In this devlog we are going to talk about upcoming events that we will be attending, the new demo build and as usual report what we have been working on in the last period.
EVENTS
- INDIE LIVE EXPO
Bullet Casters is going to be featured in the Indie Live Expo, an event broadcast in 3 lenguages, Japanese/Chinese/English, taking place this weekend. Follow the event's Twitch page to not miss the stream:
We will also stream a recorded gameplay on the Steam page for the duration of the expo.
- NORDSKEN
The Last Credit Games team is going to have a booth in Nordsken, a fair taking place the 26th and 27th May in Skellefteå, Sweden. Come say hi! We are even going to distribute some exclusive stickers with the chibi artworks of the characters there.
- It is now possible to choose which character to play in Challenge Mode. - Challenge Menu reworked to handle the new features. - Increased visual feedback when enemies get hit. Monsters now change color for an instant upon getting hit, and the color indicates how much health they have left. - Monsters now drop mana uniquely in Duel Mode. - New sprite for player health. - New sprites for the character's name in the character selection menu. - New Challenges - New Monsters
UPDATED DEMO
You will soon be able to get a test of all the recent improvements and new features: a new demo for Bullet Casters is coming up this weekend! The player's input has been incredibly valuable to improve the game, and of course we would love to hear your opinion on the updated features.
We are going to create another post when the new build is up, but that is all for this devlog. Take care!
Development Update - New Monsters, Challenges and Features
Hello everyone! In this brief update we just want to update you about Bullet Casters' development. In the past weeks we have been working on new content for the game, as well as improving some of the existing features.
New content
- 5 new monsters, including Onibi, Firework Mage and Missile Golem. - 4 new challenges. - A new arena: Grayhurst Castle.
New and updated features
- Started working on the localization system. - In Challenge Mode the player can now see his best completion time for each challenge. - In Duel Mode, the monster selection menu has been reworked to convey info about each unity in a more immediate and efficient way through icons that represent their most important traits.
Furthermore, we are currently working on features for the Challenge Mode to make it more accessible and allowing for more different approaches to the levels.
Check out some of the new content in this short video dev-log.
If you haven't already, consider subscribing to the Bullet Casters' Youtube Channel, we are going to post more previews of monsters and challenges soon!
