Hey Guild Leaders! Since last update, two weeks ago, I've added two new achievements, fully planned out how controller support would work and made some progress on the new areas- Here's an overview:

New Areas

I've been working more on the sewers area... It's starting to really take shape - I want the water to be animated later on too, but for now I've added the function to make the water level rise / drop - water will have a slowing effect on player characters, so the idea is that some oddities could affect it!

I was thinking the exit from the sewers area could look like a massive grate - and it'd have a unique style based on where it's leading - whether to a (future) crystal area, the upcoming mushroom area, or to more sewers <.< Also, to those of you who remember the upcoming Mushroom area (posted in a previous update)-

I've recently started setting up one of the enemy types for it -

Which will cover player units with poisonous spores that give them debuffs!

Controller Support?

This week I outlined what's going to be necessary for adding controller support in a neat little document, as well as which keys would be used for anything, etc. This upcoming week and a half, I want to focus on trying to implement these new additions. I'm definitely not certain I'll be able to complete it so please don't take it as a promise! But... I want to try!

I've also added a couple of achievements - One for healing all your 4 characters to max health by eating One for pushing an enemy off the map for the first time (which was added today)

What's next?

I want to spend the next week and a half working more on controller stuff, but afterwards... More Speech -Two to three weeks There's two things I want to add during this update; 1. A system for updating the speech of existing characters 2. Expanding the speech system, adding more lines, context (for characters) and other improvements. Improved bonfire UI -Two weeks I want to make the bonfire interface clearer so players experience less fiddling and confusing when healing their characters. Visual Overworld -Two to three weeks The Overworld interface is a bit lacking and gray - so I was thinking about redoing it by displaying some things like the guild with custom 3D visuals.

The End

And that's all, thank you for checking out this update! This week Netherguild also participated in the Steam sale for the Roguelike Celeberation, it's an annual event celebrating traditional roguelikes (which Netherguild is inspired by!). Oh yeah, if you haven't yet, please review Netherguild if you've enjoyed it! Reviews help a ton :D or, if you have a specific feature / content you'd like to see before a review is added, then feel free to wait until then! Thank you all for the kind comments in the feedback notes too (': Until next time, -David

[ 2023-10-25 19:48:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Netherguild

David Vinokurov Developer

David Vinokurov Publisher

Planned November 2022. Wishlist to be notified! Release

Strategy RPG Singleplayer EA Tags

Game News Posts: 170

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (68 reviews)

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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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1GB
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