Final April 2018 Kickstarter Update is Here!

- RIP the small Decarabia version.
- I do not know if I can manage to pledge any more in this short amount of time.
- Fangamer gonna have a hard time fixing all the mails since those manage-id-keys are easily broken and needs to be refreshed.
- No info about prequel bit-version. 8, 16 or 32 still unknown.
- Prequel lore change. Not as if that matter, its just a mini-game. I can see it totally as a Game & Watch thing. (1-bit?)
- Mods confirmed... For Resident Evil 4.

I give this update a 3 out of 10, 4 of which went down to economical reasons here, so I guess.. It should be 7 out of 10 then.

Never really cared much for the prequel game, but what I did care about it for was the story, is it still cannon? or is this spin off supposed to be some filler type alternate story that doesn't give a deeper understanding of what the bloodstained universe is like?

This update is more "functional", it is good to show important information and small bits of the game.

To it:


I can tell many will feel bad about this, but this kind of decision happens all the time on game-making. You decide to do X, and close to finishing, you realize X isn't good and needs to change. I totally understand and compreehend that they probably have a reason of why turning the prequel mini-game into a spin-off game. But that means the game's canonicity is...debatable. And that's...weird. Debating canon about a universe that doesn't even exist yet, since Bloodstained wasn't released yet.


Although i liked how Decarabia was at the sample video of the past, i can't say i dislike this version. It looks wicked and although it doesn't seem to pose a big threat, it will work wonders as a gimmick enemy. After Dullahammer head filling the void for "flying pest enemy", it makes sense for Decarabia to be turned from that, to this.

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I think this new update...will not be taken lightly. The deadlines are okay, but the rest of the information, such as the change of the mini-game from prequel to spin-off, Decarabia changes and such, this will be...interesting. I expect a hot debate. The dev team must prepare themselves.

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That's all folks!

I've been waiting on this deadline for a while, finally time to upgrade my pledge. I've wanted to jump from my $150 pledge made on the final eve of the campaign those years ago up to a $300 pledge so my game and soundtrack can be signed

Cool update! Here's what I think:

New enemy!
I like the Decarabia design a lot! Looks super creepy and evil. I also like that it's a physics-object reacting to your hits against it. Some more HP on it to capitalize on that would be good I think. I love the idea with the chain, especially when it hangs from the roof. The one at the bottom is kind of like a Mario-Chain-Chomp but with actual physics.
There's one thing that I think needs some improvement here and that's the super weak feeling of killing these guys. Why are the physics not enabled on the killing blow? I think they should be enabled, the chain should break and after the enemy flies away, you can do the dissolve-shader-thingy. That would make killing them much more impactful and satisfying. Right now it's more satisfying to deliver regular, non-lethal hits than the final blow because the physical reaction is so much stronger.

Quests!
I like that the villagers give you personal quests but these revenge-quests.... I'm not sure if I interpreted it correctly but it seems like you could just kill any of this type of enemy and the guy is considered "avenged". I don't think that this is how revenge works / should work. It should have to be one specific target, as in "these specific 4 demons killed my friend, find them and kill them, here's a description of where you'll have to look for them:[...]". Not only would that suit the revenge-narrative much more but it would also feel more like a quest. It would also break up the regular gameplay by giving you something specific to look for and by then setting up pre-designed encounters of certain enemies spawning in a certain area for a certain mission. Plus it would feel a lot more personal! I know it's more work but if you just have to kill any random enemy of a type a bunch of times it just feels like an afterthought.

Mini-game
About the mini-game... I don't actually know what to say. Is the change welcome or unfortunate? Who knows? We just don't have enough information about it.

Great update! looking at how they're ending the survies next month got me bumped how close we are getting. The side quest names caught me offguard, I was in a coffee shop while reading this and I uncontrollably started laughing because this is most definitely one of the best easter eggs I have ever seen!

Let's talk about the mini game, I know that many people will be disappointed with the decision they have taken regarding the game by changing it from a prequel title into something like a spin-off. The mini game would have featured Zangetsu as the protagonist character and from what we have gotten so far, we can already tell that Zangetsu went through a lot in his past which can't be justified or shown in one "mini" prequel title so maybe they just decided to keep that prequel story for a potential upcoming full title or an expansion because we live in an age where a game can be many games at the same time!

Just now i wonder, what kind of Shard (Trigger, Effective, Directional, Enchant, Familiar or Skill) AND how Decarabia's Shard will be? (If it has any).

Mini game update? What exactly did we learn about it? The mini game we know nothing about and haven't even seen is different now. Great?

A boring looking menu with boring sounding quests. Plus it's a mockup so it's not even what we're going to get? What's the point?

Also a boring picture of copypasted villagers. I know its supposed to be concept art but surely they have something to show that looks better than the monthly fanart they feature.

Decarabia looks cool but its basically Buer. I imagine we will get at least 300 enemies in the final game. Why not show one that doesn't look similar to the ones we already saw?
At least it wasn't another generic flying one like the pig, bat, gargoyle and harpy.
It's a shame that we've seen such few enemies and we're already seeing palette swaps. Thankfully Decarabia isn't as bad as Okyupete.
They shouldn't be afraid to show cooler enemies than rats and toads because of spoilers. They could show a different enemy every single update for the rest of the year and it would only be 9 enemies out of hundreds.

I would honestly be happier getting a high resolution version of that new Vepar footage they showed at that one Texas convention. Or perhaps the one with the Buer kick. At least its something that will be in the actual game I backed.

I have to say that the various menus and the quests in that mockup are a bit boring indeed in my opinion. I hope for a more stylyzed menu and more fleshed out quests in the final game. OoE's model is gopd, great in fact (it's my favorite IGAvania) but part of the budget could be/could have been implemented to have more "quest like" quests instead of basic fetch and killing quests. What I see now is not exactly bad, but I expected a bit more

Regarding Decarabia: eh, I agree with estebant. It does look very much like Buer, and while that's not surprising considering other IGAvanias I still stand by my conviction that it would have made a more original and memorable Medusa head like enemy instead of a Buer variation. I'd love to see as much variety as possible in the final game.

Regarding the prequel game I'd see it's fine either way, we didn't know much about it in the first place so it's fine if it gets changed. I have no doubts it will still be canon, however.

Overall, very practical update. I feel we're getting close to the final stretch and I'm excited for that.