BCB 16 with Angel-Corlux of 505 Games

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0:00:00 Welcome & Introduction of 505 Games Angel-Corlux
0:02:55 505 Games teamed up with IGA-san, why?
0:06:00 Will Bloodstained 2 use kickstarter?
0:07:53 You can still back and get the pre-order, have the goals grown?
0:09:10 Wii U to Switch, Amiibo's coming?
0:10:35 Will 505 Games give out Bloodstained merchandise in the future?
0:11:49 Bloodstained at gamescom? No, but events are coming!
0:12:21 The movementspeed & abilities of Miriam
0:14:40 Does 505 Games have any creative input?
0:16:40 Metacritic verdicts thoughts?
0:18:03 No restrictions for IGA-san about development
0:18:37 How does the brand & IP work between creator & publisher?
0:20:30 Fans creative requests - Where to draw the line?
0:22:19 Interactivity Vs Visuals: Igavania's eye of details
0:24:37 Marketing: Wide target of gamers or Igavania gamers?
0:25:34 IGAvaniacs meme was born
0:26:06 Angel-Corlux favorit Castlevania sub-weapon
0:27:27 Sword or Whip?
0:28:18 Angel-Corlus favorit SotN + Bloodstained aspect
0:30:27 Will Miriam have unique movements similar to Alucard?
0:31:24 What have been learned from Mighty No. 9?
0:33:10 Any plans to use and intergrate speedrunners requests?
0:34:50 What happend to the monthly kickstarter updates?
0:36:00 Can we expect cameos, like Shovel Knight or Shantae?
0:37:13 Are (the enemy) Morte replacement of skeletons?
0:37:51 Have some weapons and spells button input codes?
0:39:00 How much will the alpha show if its playable?
0:39:40 Transformations in the game?
0:39:45 Does familiars have personalities?
0:40:15 Is the levelcap still 255?
0:41:08 The shard animations & settings
0:42:12 Are there any shields in the game?
0:42:45 Goofball Defence Force unite!
0:43:45 Early Alpha Access: Backer Exclusive Status?
0:44:55 Physical expectations about boxes and such?
0:45:55 When can we pre-order on console and steam?
0:46:24 Quality on the physical packages?
0:47:19 Was Angel-Corlux around when the kickstarter started?
0:48:16 Ayami Kojima poster?
0:49:25 IGA ring
0:50:19 A thing to look forward to: Weapons!
0:52:30 How do 505 Games and Artplay communicate & connect?
0:53:20 Screenshot comparison Church, why change?
0:55:24 Attack faster / Speedrun tricks
0:55:51 Favorit environment thus far?
0:56:34 Sequence-breaks & tricks to glitch out
0:57:34 Saveroom to be multi-purposed?
0:57:56 Allowing modding?
0:59:09 Angelic & Demonic costume for Miriam?
0:59:59 Why drop bags in game and not items directly?
1:00:58 Crafting & Forging
1:01:55 Wall-meat or wall-mac?
1:02:16 Will the 'Retro Level' use 'Prequel's' assets?
1:02:40 Any stretch goals cut?
1:03:10 New Game Plus, continue with or without items?
1:03:38 Cross-platforming play?
1:04:14 The prequel, how far in development & release?
1:05:02 Familiars staying all blue or not?
1:05:30 "Biggest Castle"?
1:06:13 --- Live Chat Q&A starts ---
1:06:38 Bloodstained budget situation?
1:08:08 About Mana, our Communication Manager
1:10:30 Food items?
1:11:02 The Bell in the 2017 Church E3 Demo!?
1:13:05 Influences on the game design?
1:16:42 Steampunk elements in Bloodstained?
1:17:15 First prototype starfish enemy, where is it?
1:17:59 Miriams room & castle customization?
1:19:00 Easter eggs about Castlevania?
1:21:16 Character shader final?
1:22:36 Any leaderboards for competitive?
1:24:17 Achievement system?
1:24:48 Staggered content or not?
1:25:41 Loading-times & framerates?
1:26:31 Will streaming the alpha/beta be allowed?
1:27:30 Pure Miriam, how do we get that costume?
1:28:22 The player menu information
1:29:10 Any Nintendo Switch & PS Vita issues?
1:30:27 Older movie references? B-movie monsters?
1:31:14 Playable characters reveal before launch?
1:33:20 Example of something we did not think about asking?
1:34:15 Whipsword viable the whole playthrough?
1:35:14 Ippo Yamada still making music to the game?
1:36:00 PS Vita + PS4 cross-save?
1:36:49 Rare weapons, rare materials or both?
1:37:05 The female "assets" challenges?
1:41:40 Miriam's character design
1:44:14 Miriam's crystal curse, does that detail matter?
1:45:18 "What is a man?"
1:45:48 Newschannel for the Switch?
1:46:32 The IGA quality
1:47:11 The Nightmare Mode
1:48:39 Hayter & Belgrade still attached to the game?
1:49:45 The demon-boss Gremori
1:51:03 A thank you & fan creation appreciation
1:52:08 Bloodstained arm cast
1:52:14 Talking about DICO
1:53:00 Mana joining the discord-chat
1:54:04 About guns & ammo in Bloodstained
1:56:03 When Adi Shankar visit Artplay
1:59:00 Thank you, look forward on more news!

it wouldnt surprise me if skeletons arent a thing because china has a hard ban on skeletons and some other supernatural creatures, so having some kind of analog that fulfill the same lore and role while skirting using certain names to avoid those bans is a thing

2spooky eh?

Also, looking at Enkeria's list, it dawns upon me we forgot to cover the point of Miriam's back-protruding crystal rose and the aura it used to emanate being gone from the 2017 playable. I think that might fall in the same category of answer as the blue lighting effects originally seen in those IGN screenshots, as referenced in "0:53:20 Screenshot comparison Church, why change?", but I'm not sure.

Also, it might be a little weird for listeners how I just kind of jump in and start asking chat questions without introducing who I am earlier, but they probably picked up I'm Brent somewhere along the line, lol.

He already knows about it, we chatted about that topic a bit in the discord before, in the context of the church lighting etc. I believe he said he was going to meet with IGA soon and be part of what he asks about. He knows, but we just didn't address it specifically in the BCB. No biggie

Angel-Corlux wants to talk about so many weapons.

I certainly want to hear about them. Especially Spears. Maybe an Ice-element Whip, or a Lightning-imbued Sword [called "Vajra"] too?

Since there are kicking-boot weapons as well... how about Shoes of Darkness?

Great podcast! I don't usually hear this broadcast (sorry!) but this one was cool and informative.

Yep, cool, just what I thought

Yeah I figured some of you guys just want some answers to the ones you are most interested in, maybe not to "spoil" too much, or just to save time. Appreciate the shout out!

About Character speed. We know there are abilities in the game, and those will probably make Miriam very flexible and fast. We do not know for sure, but we do know she will have them as passives or with simple button combinations, for instance sprint might be double tap left or right. In air perhaps you hold a button down to float, maybe down + up makes her jump super high? Stuff like that.

Also, the settings are one of those things IGA look at lastly, or have been doing so for many games. He mentioned during Symphony of the Night playthrough that he felt the select menu and ingame shop menu from the librarian was still in alpha/beta, since they did not have the time to design it. What we see is the development menu, the exoskeleton of the design. Something he learned the "hard way", the games thereafter was a bit more polished in terms of this menu, but still. With time and effort, the menu would evolve!

From footage to footage, we have spotted some differences in the menu, and when it comes to settings it seems that we might get very much power over how to treat and shape our experience of the game. Turning things on/off perhaps, and even run around with a thick book (tome) with bestiary information. Perhaps even a menu to change costumes "on the fly".

I think the menu / settings for Bloodstained might be the most complex / interesting feature in all of Igavanias thus far.

SotN is what we call IGAvania. But it really is in the details. If someone says Metroidvania, we understand them, and it will always be like this. So in our world it would be like this: Circle of the Moon = Metroidvania. Castlevania Lord of Shadow = Action. Aria of Sorrow / Symphony of the Night = IGAvania.

We are all Igamaniacs now.

There are many features that are logic to input in the game, so yeah. I guess we have seen maybe 2-5% of what Miriam can do in terms of movement and abilities (passive shards included only) as well as any form of transformations, if she has that. Add in items and settings and difficulties, playable characters and modes and a PREQUEL.. Well.. Now we are in for a feast with wineglasses all over the place!

Learning from the-game-that-shall-not-be-named was more about the whole concept of giving the fans what they want and communication. Because the only thing the-game-that-shall-not-be-named and Bloodstained have in common.

1. Like Mike said in the podcast are they both are a Kickstarter project, this is what Bloodstained does right first of all.

2. Both are side-scrollers, well, we like that don't we?

3. And lastly both are homeage to our childhood / memory, that last part is difficulty since that means you always have to be better as the time goes so you can "top" that memory. In some cases a game can easy split the same placement in your top 10 games in your heart.

I have such a hard time seeing these two games being compared. It's like saying.. Well. Tetris did waaay better than Ikari Warriors 3 on famicom! It is like.. Yeah, both are pixels.. Both lets you control some pixels on screen and sure, the game becomes frenzy after a while ... but thats it!?