Raji: An Ancient Epic
Raji: An Ancient Epic - Developer Stream + QA session
Just like last time, we will be making our exclusive event demo available to download and play, so if you missed out last time, this is your chance to get a taste of the game!
So be sure to join us as in the Steam Game Festival as we showcase our game and let you play our exclusive event demo. While you’re at it, be sure to have a look at the countless other games that are waiting to be discovered!
Do note, this demo will only be available to you while the Steam Game Festival is going on, once the event ends, the demo will disappear as well.
If you have any questions for the developers, please do join our Discord server!
http://discord.gg/rajithegame
Play the newly updated Demo!
The Guerrilla Collective festival has started and Raji: An Ancient Epic is taking part!
For this event AND the upcoming Steam Game Festival, we have once again made our demo playable.
But that's not all - the demo has been updated.
After the Spring Steam Game Festival, we reached out to you (our community) to ask for your feedback. That feedback was hugely valuable to us and we hope that you'll be pleased to know that we have taken your thoughts to heart and have made some changes to this demo.
Changelog
- We've added a new intro cinematic to give context to the beginning of the game
- Combat has been re-balanced (so hit points and damage have been changed)
- We've added new utilities to Raji's combat kit
- Several visual improvements in environment and combat effects were made
- The tutorial has been improved in order to help you better understand the game's mechanics
- We've added a new subtype of enemies that have all new attack abilities.
- The mini-bosses have been rebalanced to be more challenging
- And of course, we've fixed multiple bugs.
We hope that you will enjoy our newly updated demo.
After playing the demo, please do leave your feedback in our feedback thread for this new demo.
We hope that you'll enjoy test-playing Raji: An Ancient Epic!
Raji: An Ancient Epic Progress Report
Hello everyone,
Though it’s been a while, we’re back with our end-of-week news blast giving you an insight into what we have been doing.
Progress
As we mentioned in our last post most of our work has now shifted from development to polishing - yes that does mean that we’re almost done with our game’s features and levels, now we’re making sure that the bugs are cleaned out and that everything is balanced well.
One of the things that we have noticed is that it’s really easy for us to not notice the progress that we’ve made - this is quite a common thing for other developers as well. Since you work on a project for hours day and night, small changes can actually blur together.
So, for both your viewing purposes and for our own team’s sake, we’ve begun putting together before and after videos to really show the distance that they’ve covered
Capital City - Starting Location Old vs New
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How our artists transform the block level
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Evolution of the Jumping Pillars
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We hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing our progress and we’ll keep on sharing more videos and images in the near future.
Raji News Blast - Get to know what we have been working on!
For this week's news blast, we're going to be doing something a little different and sharing a bit of what we have been working on.
As you know, we recently had a pretty successful demo that was playable during the Steam Game Festival, and from that, we received a lot of feedback. Since the event ended, we have been hard at work gradually going through what you told us and working on improving our game.
So, how does this relate to this week's article? Well, we are going to give you a sneak peek into the work that we have been doing.
Updating Icons
Starting with something light-hearted - the icons in our game are getting a big overhaul. Why is that you ask? Well, we received some very interesting feedback that led to a 'once seen, it can't be unseen' moment.
It was pointed out to us that the original icon (see on the bottom) resembled a pair of pants.
Of the 9 new options, which do you like the most?
Improving the Visual Effects
Pretty much all of the Visual Effects (VFX) are getting a touch-up. That said, thanks to the feedback we received, we have a clear starting point - the special attacks.
Here you can see a small sample of what we have been working on.
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What's more, as well as upgrading the effects for the Trishul, we also went straight to work improving the other weapons in the game. (The bow and an as-of-yet unrevealed weapon!)
AI Improvements
Moving to something that affects the actual gameplay directly. This is something that has been on our to-do list for quite a while, the AI that controls the demons are getting an update. So watch out, Raji is going get a bit more challenging!
Though we don't have a way to show you what this looks like just yet, we thought that it would be an interesting point for you to know nonetheless!
That said, we are looking for fun ways to show and explain the changes that we're making to the AI, it will just need a bit more organizing from our side.
So that's it for this week's update, we hope that you've enjoyed getting to know a bit more of what we have been working on.
And remember everyone, take care, stay safe, and wash your hands!
Raji News Blast - Thank you for Everything!
Steam Game Festival
We want to give a big thank you to everyone who played our demo during the Steam Game Festival.
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Not only was it great to see everyone play the demo, but we were thrilled by the reaction, attention, and also the feedback that we received!
The MIX
Earlier in the week, we heard some great news. Raji: An Ancient Epic was one of the winners of the first MIX Choice "Best of The MIX" Award during our live showcase!
In the words of The MIX:
The craftsmanship of Raji really stood out to us and the online audience of The MIX Live Showcase.
It really is a fantastic feeling to be one of the winners and we'd like to extend our congratulations to the other winners as well.
If you're curious to know who the other winners are, check this Facebook post by The MIX!
Play our new demo with the Steam Game Festival!
Starting today and until the 23rd of March, Raji: An Ancient Epic will be taking part in the Steam Game Festival and during this time you will be able to play an all-new demo of our game!
What's more, this demo is completely new. Unlike the old demo that was made years ago for our Kickstarter Campaign, this demo is based on the actual game and will let you play through our first level.
However, this demo will only be available to you while the Steam Game Festival is going on, once the event ends, the demo will disappear as well - so don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
You can get the demo directly on our store page and you can see all the other games in the Steam Spring Game Festival page!
The Raji: An Ancient Epic Weekly News Blast Returns
After taking a short break last week - the Raji weekly news blast is back, and wow have we got some great news for you!
The Steam Game Festival
We’ve got some fantastic news for you, Raji: An Ancient Epic will be taking part in the Steam Game Festival starting next week!
During this period, we’ve got a special demo that you will be able to play - not the old Kickstarter demo, but something entirely new, based on the actual game.
This video will show you just how different the game is now, compared to the old Kickstarter demo. The first fight scene shows the old demo, and then we transition to the current game.
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Be sure to take part as the demo will only be available to play during the festival - once the festival ends, the demo will dissapear as well!
A Short report from PAX East
We’re sure that our readers would love to hear just how PAX East went for us, so you’ll be happy to know that it was really quite something special!
As countless people came to play our game, we quickly realised that the feedback was overwhelmingly positive - and we thank each and every one of you for visiting.
Introducing The New Level
So far you've only seen in-game footage taken from the first level of Raji: An Ancient Epic; this changes today!
Let us introduce the opening scene from our second level - The Fort!
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Raji News Blast - Reporting from PAX East
PAX East Special
This week’s news blast is a special edition that looks at what’s been going on at PAXEast so far. So sit back, and enjoy.
If you are in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, do consider stopping by! The event started yesterday (27th) and runs until the 1st of March.
Arriving at the venue!
Setting up our booth
Some early visitors
Exploring the event before everything is set up is quite an interesting experience!
It’s quite an impressive sight!
That’s it for this news blast, we hope that you’re just as excited for the game as we are!
If you want more Raji related news and content, be sure to check out our social media channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rajithegame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rajithegame
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajithegame/
Discord: https://discord.gg/rajithegame
Raji News Blast - Bringing back Eye Candy
Eye Candy in Raji!
Our community has always told us how much they like the visuals in Raji: An Ancient Epic, so we took the time to create a few special Eye Candy screenshots!
We’ll have more screenshots like this soon!
Charging your Weapon with Elemental Powers
So, we’ve shared quite a few videos of the new elemental powers in the game - but you’ve not yet seen just how Raji can charge her weapon with the elements. Until now that is!
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Raji at PAX East
Don’t forget that we will be attending PAX East this year with the Indie Megabooth!
Attending the event will be our two co-founders and co-art directors, Ian Maude and Shruti Ghosh who would love to meet you!
That’s it for this news blast, we hope that you’re just as excited for the game as we are!
If you want more Raji related news and content, be sure to check out our social media channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rajithegame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rajithegame
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajithegame/
Discord: https://discord.gg/rajithegame
Raji News Blast - Event Season Returns!
PAX East - Indie Mega Booth
The 2020 event and convention season has started and we’re diving right into it. Our first event is going to be PAX East as part of the Indie Mega Booth!
So if you want to meet up with us and can get to Boston, this is your chance!
More Elemental Improvements
In the last few weeks, we’ve been showcasing our work to add elemental attributes to the game. We’ve covered weapon basic attacks, weapon special attacks, and now we have one more. The unique special attack!
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Be sure to let us know what you think!
That’s it for this news blast, we hope that you’re just as excited for the game as we are!
If you want more Raji related news and content, be sure to check out our social media channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rajithegame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rajithegame
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajithegame/
Discord: https://discord.gg/rajithegame