8/29/2014

Long time no see!



To be honest, I should've made this update back in April, since I've stopped working on this game since then.

Nonetheless, I have made significant progress on the game:

• New custom (but simple) physics engine! Oughta support a good 100 objects at once.
  
• Dynamic skit selection - Different scripted conversations appear depending on party members and their actions.
  
• Mirrored rooms - Rooms' mirrored versions are now added to the generation pool, allowing for twice the "variety".
  
• Persistent background textures - Backgrounds reflect the player's elevation in the dungeon.
  
• Team Management - Split up your party members and control them in completely different rooms.
  
• Background music gets a cool filter effect during pause.
  
• Sthomas!

Try out the new stuff here!
---See newest link above----

So why has Slush Dungeon has been neglected this past half-year?

Well, I've been busy with a whole bunch of life transitions (graduating college, internship, getting a job).

In addition, I've picked up a new pet project, "Slush Tile Rush", which is much less ambitious in project scope.
My plan is to finish Slush Tile Rush and then decide on the fate of Slush Dungeon.
I'll likely put it on hold, where it will join the rest of my vast collection of unfinished games. :p

Hia!

Gildedguy here, you might be familiar with my Slush Invaders animations and game.

I just wanted to share my new project, "Slush Dungeon" (such a creative working title, I know).

It's an action platformer with rogue-like elements and squad-based dungeon crawling.


Some gameplay features:

• Randomly generated dungeons, with different enemy and loot amounts for each play-through.
  
• Control up to 3 fighters at a time, each with distinct combat styles.
  
• Synergy - Instead of leveling up and gaining stats, fighters become more "in-synch" with each other.
  
• Emphasis on resource management and exploration.
  

Right now I'm using Flash's native vector graphics for rending, but I'm looking into using the Starling engine instead.

Hopefully, I can get it to look something like this:


Anyways, you can try it out here:
---See newest link above----

Let me know if you think it's fun!

All feedback is welcome, though, I'm already aware of the bugs.
Keep in mind that this is a very rough prototype, so animations will be missing, and the fighters are a bit OP for testing purposes.