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Netherguild's New Year Progress and Plans 2023

Hey guild leaders! For the new year, I wanted to share some of what I worked on in 2022 and my plans for 2023 and beyond.
Bossfight against "pig", the leader of the purple bandits. No, he doesn't say "happy new year" in-game

2022 Overview

Some of the new additions this year include:

Steam Demo
Initial upgrading system for buildings in the overworld
Improved inventory screen
Vastly improved loot
Visual effects that make Netherguild look amazing
A whole lot of bugfixes, quality of life improvements and more, thanks to the community! <3

In the full upcoming version:

A system for "pits" - will let you push enemies (or be pushed) into a lower floor!
The Bandit Stronghold - a new area with a bossfight, 3 unique non-boss enemies (so far, possibly more before / after release), and 4 oddities.
The living quarters of bandits - various oddities will appear here.
A bandit fire-breather - watch out for these guys in prolonged fights.
"Help!" Will you save this poor stranded soul?
The city of Mist - a new area with 7 unique enemies (more being worked on!), 5 oddities, unique equipment and the "Mist" itself - a tough environmental hazard!
A machine guardian has been defeated
Bridges that swing in subterranean wind

Early Access Release

I really wanted to release Netherguild in early access this year... but, I had to delay it, since the early access content wasn't yet on the same level as the content of the demo area (the bluestone mines). And - I'm glad I delayed it! a lot of the awesome stuff I have planned for the early access release possibly wouldn't have been there had I released too early. I'm currently planning to release Netherguild in Early Access around February / March of 2023! I don't have a date set in stone since there's still many things to do: for example, adding even more content and enemies to the game, polishing Netherguild to avoid a few common complaints on release, and creating a trailer! But all in all, for what it counts, I'm hyped to see players discover all the new stuff I've been working on for the release version :D

Fin

And that's all for this yearly update!! Thank you for checking it out. If you have any feedback, feel free to let me know in the comments or in the Discord, where I post regular weekly updates. Hope you have an amazing 2023!!! -David Vinokurov

[ 2023-01-01 16:20:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Netherguild

David Vinokurov Developer

David Vinokurov Publisher

Planned November 2022. Wishlist to be notified! Release

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https://www.netherguild.com/

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Netherguild is a turn-based tactical roguelite dungeon-crawler, where you command expeditions below the earth in a desperate attempt to cure a strange plague.
Explore, camp, and fight as far as you can before heading back to resupply.
What will you discover underground?

Key Features:

Bonfires:
Construct campfires underground, rest and eat next to them. The food items you consume affect your guild members and the rest of your expedition, with passive effects, permanent changes and more!
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Combat:
Learn how to defeat different enemies (and when to flee) in combat. Hitting enemies requires no RNG - so you can depend on your abilities, but watch out for tricky enemies that are immune to your strategy, unfortunate circumstances and surprises!
In Netherguild, combat is another form of resource management- how can you prevent your characters from getting hurt, or receiving harmful debuffs? When is it the right time to use a powerful ability, when should you save it for later?
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Oddities:
Different oddities you find underground will present you with various choices that may affect your expedition and the game world at large.
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The World Above:
While you explore below, different events may happen above-ground, presenting opportunity and choice when you return from expeditions.
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Replay Value:
Random equipment, random character backgrounds with different skills each playthrough and procedurally generated levels every time you descend underground mean that playthroughs feel different every time.
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Additional Features:

Roguelite with Persistence and Story: Keep your characters at the end of each expedition (if they survive), equip them with powerful items and level them up over time. Netherguild's story progresses the more you explore and find out about the secrets of its world.
Dungeon Crawling Resource Management: Powerful abilities have a limited amount of uses. Your characters have limited inventory space. What is more important? The priceless loot you bring up back to the surface, or the firewood logs that let you descend even deeper?
Original Game World: Netherguild may be fantasy, but don't expect it to play by genre conventions at all; No Orcs, no Elves, and no wizards casting fireballs. Expect to find strange biospheres and denizens far underground.
Cute Voxel Aesthetics: Contrasted by a story with serious themes, as you face against plague and conspiracy!
Solo Developed: I'm always happy to get feedback, suggestions and inspiration from players. You can reach me through various channels such as my twitter, the Netherguild discord and Netherguild Steam forum. If you love Netherguild, dislike something about it, or you have a fantastic idea you think should be added to the game, please let me know! :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464220/Netherguild/

Early Access: Risks, Plans and Expectations:

Risks: It's possible that during development, I would run out of money and wouldn't be able to continue full time development.
If that were to happen, I'll take up part time or full time work and develop Netherguild in my spare time. This game will be finished as long as I'm physically able to work on it.
I'm doing everything in my power to combat this risk - for example, marketing and getting to a certain number of wishlists before release should prevent it from ever occurring - but I think it's still important to be honest about risks like this before release.
If you want Netherguild to be successful, help me out! Let your friends, favorite streamer or gaming news site know about this game (:
Plans: Updates will happen in regular intervals; With a new update every week to three weeks. I would like to have weekly / bi-weekly updates for the most part, but of course that depends on development, with bigger changes taking longer to update, but containing more content and additions.
Expectations: Expect progress to be slow and steady- being a solo dev means I can't finish the game in a year, and big updates will take time. Also, expect me to always be active on the Netherguild discord during Early Access, listening to your feedback.

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