Monthly Archives: January 2018

DevBlog 90 / She’s the one who knocks!

Hi everyone!

This week we’ll have a “slightly shorter than usual as far as words are concerned but always great in content” DevBlog post, and while you can expect a few more like these down the road let us assure you that we’re always at full momentum behind the scenes!

During most of the week we’ve focused on the final area of the game, as well as its characters, which are still work-in-progress but will make their appearance in the near future.

There was also a major review and overhaul of the dialogues and lore text for the whole game, which has been a bit time-consuming as the whole team has taken some time to express their thoughts and pitch some suggestions, we’re nearly done with it though, phew!

Oh, and the game manual is being reworked as well, as it was ancient, dusty and full of spider webs.

Also, here’s a special treat, just for you, a screenshot and a quote from one of our characters, take it, it’s yours!

*epic battle music playing*

“But you listen to me, and listen closely… when blue blood drips from your fingers… don’t let it taint your spirit. There is just something rotten about the Royalty…” – Some Misterious Character

And on the subject of Magicae, which we approached in the last DevBlog, we’ve put some thought on how it may be used outside of combat and have taken the first steps in that direction, as you can see in the following gif!

Nothing can stop us now!

That’ll be all for today, wasn’t as short as we initially expected it to be but we just love writing! Feel free to get in touch with us with suggestions on what you’d like to see in future posts, we read all emails, messages and comments we receive on our social networks and it fills our hearts with joy to get your feedback!

Have a great weekend!

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DevBlog 89 / What sorcery is this?

Hello dear readers!

As promised last week, we’re bringing you some magical goodness for this devblog… so without further ado, let’s all put on our robes, wizard hats and get our hocus pocus on!

*Ahem* Oh! And please take note that both the names and effects are work-in-progress!

Magic in the world of Decay of Logos is called Magicae, an ancient art that has been nearly lost to time, and that may only be tapped into by prodigious individuals with a strong life essence.

Light spell and Fire potion in action.

While we’ve decided that it would be optional for players to learn and use Magicae, those who choose to practice it must be aware that it comes at a cost, as it will slowly drain one’s vitality.

If the main character gets involved with the world and its characters, the opportunity to learn the following spells will come up at specific times during the adventure:

– The Light spell will be useful for navigating dark areas without the need of handling a torch, and might even blind some enemies.

– Shockwave will damage and push certain enemies away, possibly causing some of them to topple!

– Finally, the Fireball will do what fireballs do best, burn and bring pain to your foes!

As you can tell by the disclosed information, different enemies may react differently to spells, and some may be more resistant than others to certain damage types or effects, which brings us…

To the potions! We’ve talked briefly before about how we’ve added new potions for buffing the main character, and now we’re finally ready to share some additional details. We’ve added the following potions buffs that will add additional depth to combat and inventory management:

– Apply/Anti Fire
– Apply/Anti Poison
– Apply/Anti Paralize

The anti/drinkable potions remove the respective status effect from the main character, while the appliable ones are used to enchant the currently wielded weapon for a short duration, causing each attack to stack the effect on enemies!

Shockwave spell and Paralyze potion in action.

Similar to the spells, some enemies may be resistant or even immune to certain effects, while others vulnerable. Feel free to experiment on them, for magical science!

That will be all for this week, hope you’ve enjoyed the reveal of this new mechanic and that you partake in the mystical arts of Magicae when you get your hands on the game!

Have a great weekend!

Ah, yes, you can take off your robe and wizard hat now… bye!

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DevBlog 88 / Village, Potions and Polishing

And it’s our favorite time of the week again, yes!

…Hello!

That’s one big wishing well!

Ain’t it a beauty? The village is now complete AND populated, so all that remains for it is a final polish round, together with all the other areas, when we’re done with all the locations of the game world.

The Royal Guard has also been completed, with all its animations and behaviors, and he’s been particularly busy destroying our testers and developers without breaking a sweat!

Two familiar faces, one shirtless torso.

Oh, there’s the village again, awesome! Anyway, we’ve also added the final set of potions, with additional logic for the buff/debuff system, which will provide more depth and dynamic to combat, choose what potions to carry wisely and you’ll have a better time!

Another QA testing session took place, where we reviewed older issues and took note of a few new ones that came up, we’re doing these more frequently as we further development and the results are speaking for themselves.

The final chapter is on its way!

Glorious! Work has just begun on the final areas of the game, which lead to the Kingdom Castle… we’ve come a long way!

For the next week, we’re hoping to bring you some magical goodness and further details on this new system that has been recently introduced, we’re all very excited about it and you should be too!

Have a great weekend and thank you for reading!

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DevBlog 87 / We’re back in town!

Happy new year!

Hope your holidays were as awesome as ours and that you had the chance to spend quality time with your loved ones, just like you are spending right now with us, as you read this devblog!

We took the chance to do some playtesting over the holidays, resulting in lots of fun, but also a few bugs and issues that we’ve corrected over this week, while also taking the time to polish things up a bit.

Ianua is brought to life!

The masons and carpenters have finished building the village, and our in-house painter, well, he painted the following images for your viewing pleasure.

No time to rest!

Our wizard has finished the logic for the magic system, which is also great news for us all as we are thrilled to play around with this new mechanic!

Power! Unlimited power!

New animations are going to be added both to the main character and the enemies for this new system, we’ll be sharing some of them down the road.

Lastly, we’ve added full support for the steam controller.

Thats it for this week, thank you so much for reading, the team wishes you all an amazing new year!

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