It is party time! Come to meet our last member of the gang, Faithful Devil, and his 5 fairies!
Faithful Devil was originally a nameless devil born in the Quick Sands River. Through fortunate coincidences, he consumed the nine reincarnations of the Buddha of Life, which granted him power. Later, he made a bet with the Holy Monk and went westward, gradually growing into a prominent figure whose fate was closely intertwined with Holy Monk, Swine King, and Wukong. Faithful Devil can absorb the elements into his Skeleton Rosaart and can summon five (female) fairies of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth from these absorbed elements. In addition, he is skilled at exhausting cards to control the flow of his deck, using his Soul Eater to manipulate the positioning of his enemies, and leveraging his unique "Overload" status to unleash explosive power.
In addition to releasing Faithful Devil, we have also conducted a lot of optimization work, mainly on art and UI. We have adjusted and optimized all the cards for Wukong, Holy Monk, and White Dragon, aiming to increase the differentiation between cards and better experience during combat.
Furthermore, we have also adjusted the layout of the battle scenes, added background blur, and made the battlefield layout more reasonable so that players can distinguish actions and intentions more clearly.
Lastly, did anyone get it right in last week's guessing game? The hand gesture of the Fire Fairy is a tribute to Makima from Chainsaw Man!
Other Optimizations and Adjustments
Reduce the strength increase requirement of little monkey to 3 for Wukong. And each time the strength increases, the requirement further reduces by 1.
Add an option to allow Swine King to gain a command card in the camp of chapter 4.
Increase the chance of getting a correct element in the Omen fight.
Enhanced Singing Sword as it will increase the damage exponentially.
Bug fixes
Fix a rare case where Worm Larva does not trigger.
Fix a text bug in the Abortion Spring event.
Fix the issue that spirit shifting copying ice dragon card will start an exception.
Fix the issue that Event UI cannot be hidden in Endless mode.
Dev Log #057: 2023-04-21
We are thrilled to announce that after four months of development and testing, we will officially be introducing Faithful Devil on May 1st! Alongside this, in early May we are also aiming to launch an iOS version and a Kickstarter campaign to support the continuous development of future DLCs.
Please join our Discord, or follow us on Twitter to stay tuned for more exciting news!
This week, we continued to put the finishing touches on Faithful Devil and made significant UI optimizations and adjustments to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, we have implemented enhancements to Wukong, further improving the user experience:
Polished and enhanced the card assets for all Wukong cards
Change one of Wukong's starting cards to Shape Shifting.
Uproar in Heaven can now deal damage as the scaling of the target’s Max HP, making it much stronger in a later stage.
Increase the base count of Longer and Heavier Monkey King Bar cards to 3
Reduce the Energy Cost of Chaotic Power to 2
Monkey King's Roar and Break the Soul can recognize unremovable poison correctly
Simplify the requirements for Wukong to enter the final chapter, the Soul Mountain storyline.
Taking into account the feedback and suggestions from our community, we have added a hint screen that explains how to attain the "good" and "evil" points and meet the requirements to enter the final chapter. The hint will appears after the initial event, with an option to hide it in the future . We believe that this additional information will assist players in navigating the choices and storylines more easily.
We also added more card assets for Faithful Devil!
Bonus! Do you know which anime the hand gesture in the picture below is paying tribute to?
Optimization and Adjustments
Buddha of Light's confusion is single target.
New highlight target effect.
Optimize card cancel during target change when playing more than 1 card at a time.
Voodoo Elder's Catalyst is not capped anymore.
Green Snake Scale gives Block each turn.
Clean up and optimized multiple UI, including event, compendium, statistics, etc.
Bug fixes
Fix a few skill location issue in compendium.
Fix a bug that replacement of companion will cause Evil Barrier to fail its update.
Other bug fixes.
Dev Log #056: 2023-04-14
This week are participating in theEastern Game Fest, where we are offering a 10% discount on both our game and OST! This is the perfect opportunity to introduce our game to your friends and loved ones who may also share a passion for gaming!
At the same time, we are dedicated to putting the finishing touches on Faithful Devil by incorporating new card assets and making necessary UI adjustments, while simultaneously resolving any lingering bugs. Furthermore, we are excitedly preparing for the game's highly anticipated official launch on May 1st.
A quick glance at new card assets！
We added a search function for cards, consumables, and relics in the compendium.
Add an option to disable map fade in graphics settings.
Enhancement and balancing
Seed changes to 0 energy cost, with a consumable cap of 5.
Does not show card lock in the compendium.
The Swine King in Faithful Devil's plot will start with 100% HP.
Confirmation is no longer required when Faithful Devil is gaining elements.
Bug Fixes
Fix English description of transmutation of Spider.
Fix Spirit Devil Summon exception when there is no enemy.
Better backup for save file.
Fix a localization bug for Good Monk summon UI.
Fix missing Chinese Characters.
Fix a few event assets for Faithful Devil.
Fix commandant cards description bug on map scene.
Journey to the West is participating in the "Eastern Games Fest" event
Dear friends,
We are delighted to announce that Journey to the West is taking part in the "Eastern Games Fest," a remarkable event organized by the Steam platform! As part of the festivities, we are pleased to offer a 10% discount on our game and OST. Additionally, a free demo version is available, enabling players to experience the game before making a purchase. We look forward to your participation and hope you enjoy our game.
In the trial version demo, players can experience some of the characters and content of the game, hoping to let everyone feel the integration of DBG and Chinese mythology.
We are looking forward to meeting with all game enthusiasts during the "Eastern Games Fest" event.
Dev Log #055: 2023-04-07
This week, our team is hard at work on improving the new character, Faithful Devil. We are adding new assets, refining game mechanics, and diligently working to eliminate any bugs that we encounter.
We are also excited to announce that we are preparing for the game's official launch on May 1st and will launch a Kickstarter campaign at the same time! If you have enjoyed playing our game, we kindly ask that you help spread the word by recommending it to your friends, and other gaming communities who you believe would also appreciate our efforts. We appreciate your support and look forward to bringing you the best possible gaming experience!
Come and meet our new element fairies!
We also added two Faithful Devil companions: Spirit Devil and Fate Devil.
Spirit Devil unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 0.
Fate Devil: unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 1.
Bug Fixes and other iimproves
Fix a potential bug of Righteousness.
Fix Chaotic power only give 150% damage for heavy Monkey King Bar.
Fix font issue.
Add effect for the transmutation of fire spider.
Dev Log #055: 2023-04-04
This week, our team is hard at work on improving the new character, Faithful Devil. We are adding new assets, refining game mechanics, and diligently working to eliminate any bugs that we encounter.
We are also excited to announce that we are preparing for the game's official launch on May 1st and will launch a Kickstarter campaign at the same time! If you have enjoyed playing our game, we kindly ask that you help spread the word by recommending it to your friends, and other gaming communities who you believe would also appreciate our efforts. We appreciate your support and look forward to bringing you the best possible gaming experience!
Come and meet our new element fairies!
We also added two Faithful Devil companions: Spirit Devil and Fate Devil.
Spirit Devil unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 0.
Fate Devil: unlocks after finishing Faithful Devil trial 1.
Bug Fixes and other iimproves
Fix a potential bug of Righteousness.
Fix Chaotic power only give 150% damage for heavy Monkey King Bar.
Fix font issue.
Add effect for the transmutation of fire spider.
Dev Log #054: 2023-03-31
This week, we made significant strides in the development of Faithful Devil. We updated some draft card assets for testing purposes and incorporated Achievements and English localization to enhance the user experience. We plan to release 2 Faithful Devil companions next week. Additionally, we continued to refine the Faithful Devil's cards and mechanics, making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal gameplay. Overall, we are excited about the progress we have made and look forward to sharing our continued success with our dedicated community. 【Link】
Adjustment
Flood the Holy Mountain does not cost HP.
High Buddha will not remove allies before summoning Sarira.
Bug Fixes
Fix a potential bug of Righteousness.
Fix High Buddha Sarira effect in Compendium.
Snow dance description fix.
Dev Log #053: 2023-03-24
Thank you all for your support for the past year! This week, we made significant progress on the development of Faithful Devil, completed all animations, and added several new story endings. Additionally, we have been hard at work creating new art assets for the game, which will improve the game's overall visual appeal.
During our development process, we also encountered a few bugs, but we were able to fix them quickly, ensuring a smoother gaming experience for players. Overall, we are pleased with the progress we have made this week and feel that we are on track to deliver the new character as planned.
Check out the new design for Five Element Spirits!
Check out Faithful Devil's new animation!
Enhancement
Divine Light Bomb can now clear all blocks and evil barrier from the target before dealing 50 damage to all enemies.
Life Stealer can now convert the excessive HP absorbed into Evil Barrier.
Bug Fixes
Fix new card frame star position for level 2 cards.
Fix deflect effect.
Fix a energy problem caused by Tie You Up on spirit shifting card.
Fix a description bug of made in abyss.
Swap talent tree localization。
Fix Emperors Command length issue with Goddess of the Moon.
Fix a crash caused by Two Birds One Stone.
A Letter for 1st Anniversary! and Dev Log #052: 2023-03-17
Hello everyone!
I'm Dr. Z. It has been a year since the launch of Journey to the West EA. Thank you all for your continuous support, encouragement, and urging. On this special day, I want to chat with you all about the status of the project and studio, and our plans for 2023.
Journey to the West is our first commercial product at Z Studio, which consists of only 2 people. For nearly 3.5 years now, we have been pouring our hearts and souls into this game, self-funding every step of the way. We haven't taken a salary, and have even had to spend nearly RMB 2 million on outsourcing expenses. We made plenty of mistakes along the way, especially with our lack of experience in gameplay and art, which unfortunately resulted in sales not being proportionate to our effort.
But despite all of this, we've never given up. I personally have been working 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, trying to make this game the best it can be. The journey has been tough, but there's nothing more enjoyable or fulfilling to us than developing games. And even though sales have been poor, we're not going to let that discourage us. We're determined to keep improving the game so that we can bring everyone out there a high-quality, enjoyable experience.
We plan to release the official version in May. The last character, Faithful Devil, is now available for closed beta testing, while there are still balance, bug, and art improvements needed. After that, we hope to develop three or more DLCs and adjust the development period based on funding.
Developing DLCs still requires a lot of outsourcing for art, so we plan to launch crowdfunding campaigns on both Momo and Kickstarter in May 1st, the same day the official version launches. We hope that players who are capable and enjoy the game can provide more support.
Yours, Dr.Z
Please see our regular weekly update below:
Faithful Devil is now available for beta testing! Please switch to:
“FaithfulDevil2023”
branch to play and test! Currently, Faithful Devil’s card assets, initial artifacts, and talent icons are still being designed, and some text is being localized. During the beta testing period, we will constantly optimize the card logic, adjust values, and fix bugs. Please provide us with your feedback and opinions!
We have also made many art optimizations:
we have replaced the card frames of Wukong, White Dragon, and Holy Monk with more exquisite new ones
optimized the card art of Wukong's Shapeshifting
updated the battle background of the combat with Hell Emperor.
added special effects to the game-over screen
Thanks for everyone's feedback, we have done a round of concentrated strengthening of Goku's attack power:
Monkey King’s bar: The original attack bonus of 50% under the heavy status is changed to an additional 100% damage.
Talent: The "Advance Fighting Method Vol. I" now adds extra defense.
Talent: The "Advance Fighting Method Vol. II" now adds an additional 100% attack power.
Purple Gold Crown: An additional 100% damage, up to a maximum of 400% damage.
Other Optimizations
Star Dart applies 3 Vulnerable at start of combat.
Lowered the requirement of experience points needed for redeem a trial level.
Bug fixes
Fix a bug where Omen will summon player killed companion.
A lot of Faithful Devil related bug fixes.
Dev Log #051: 2023-03-10
This week, we completed the implementation of all the card logic, effects, audio, and plot for the Faithful Devil, and are now gearing up to commence beta testing next week. Additionally, we made some adjustments to certain relics and introduced a new feature that allows players to trade their experience points for trial levels.
At the character selection page, players now have the option to redeem their earned scores (experience points obtained after each play) for trial levels by simply clicking on the Trial Furnace. The higher level, the more score needed.
