It's been quite a while since I last posted on here. A lot has happened. I was making good progress on my game and my computer crapped out, I managed to fix my computer since Dell flat out refused and then it just crapped out entirely.

I pretty much gave up on my game, but my wife convinced me to at least give it another go.

So far: I have a short level, all assets are working, and 2 bosses, I'm about 40% done and will have a demo up and running within the next two weeks.

The game was originally supposed to be a Metroidvania type sidescroller, but much of that incarnation of the game was lost, so it has an Order of Ecclesia or perhaps Dracula X type of level system (multiple paths per stage) and players can replay stages.

It plays like Final Fight meets Castlevania, touching enemies doesn't cause damage, they instead attack like a standard beat em up, but it contains platform heavy levels, I'm hoping I nailed the secret sauce for good platforming with good, challenging combat.

Here are a few screenshots with brief explanations:

The character setup screen was inspired mainly by side scroller shoot em ups (Einhander, R type).

This is the main character getting crossed up by one of the main brawler type of enemies.

if you notice the top left has three bars, the first one is health, the second one is stamina for regular attacks and the third bar is meter (same as fighting games), the character just executed a "super" move, that was in turned shattered by the boss.