Hello Gladiators

Welcome to the very first entry in the "Crystalis Descendant Dev Log," We will step into the shoes of our game developers and experience the process of creating a game from nothing. Septembers been a very busy month for us and we wanted to take the opportunity to share some progress with you all before our memories fade. We will try to keep up with monthly development logs as its a good way to track our progress and keep you all in the loop. Weve been a bit quiet about sharing our progress lately for a few reasons. One is that weve been working hard towards finalizing the game systems. This isnt flashy work and it doesnt look great in gifs, but oh does it add to the feel of the game. With systems comes boring stuff like menus, settings, languages, UI, game state, save data, controls, and transitions but there are also a few features that came together this month that were really excited to share. Without any further ado let's jump in.

New Mutation: Fracturion

New mutation barges into the arena!
Has armored scales and takes significantly reduced damage
Has 3 different attacks: Stomp attack Charge attack Bounce attack
Enrages when below 50% HP

Animations

Crystal

Basic idle
Start of wave
Wave idle
End of wave
Overload
Overload idle
Corrupted (when mutation invades the arena)
Corrupted idle
End of corruption

Gladiators

Gunslinger:

Idle
Run
Spawn
Faint

Crystallisk

Ravager:

Run
Spawn
Bite

Mutations

Fracturion:

Roar
Idle
Run
Stomp attack
Anticipation for charge attack
Charge attack
Slamming into obstacles
Bounce attack
Anticipation for bounce attack
Enraging
Defeated

Environment

Torch flickering

Audio

Crystal

Basic idle
Start of wave
Wave idle
End of wave
Overload

Crystallisk

Added a death sound for the Crystallisk

Mutations

Fracturion:

Roar
Stomp attack
Run
Rolling
Impact: Armored
Impact: Exposed
Impact: Obstacle
Exhale
Defeated

Environment

Gate crashing

UI

Added button sounds for the different menus

Environment

Arena gate:

Broken
Intact

Generic:

Torches

VFX

Added several different VFX elements

General

Updated sprites for several game assets:

Crystal
Gunslinger
Minigun
Crystallisk
Fracturion

Tweaks

Gladiators

Added different stats for the Gladiators: Vitality: Amount of hitpoints Agility: How fast the Gladiator moves Fortitude: Damage reduction Luck: Chance to evade an attack

Gunslinger:

Increased the Gunslingers movement speed slightly
Increased the Gunslingers HP to 105 (was 95)

Crystallisk

Increased spawn rate of Crystallisk significantly

Ravager Crystallisk:

Decreased the Ravagers HP to 45 (was 125)
Decreased the Ravagers damage to 11 (was 14)
Decreased the Ravagers HP gain per wave to 2 (was 4)

Burrows

Increased amount of Burrows per wave slightly

Mutations

Fracturion:

Increased amount of XP rewarded for defeating Fracturion to 6300 (was 3045)
Removed basic attack sequence
Decreased amount of XP rewarded for defeating Fracturion to 4000 (was 6300)

General

Upgrades now display the amount of stacks you unlocked
Decreased XP-scaling per level
Increased amount of XP gained per shard
Increased required XP for first level

System

Reworked combat system for Mutations to be more consistent

Audio

Adjusted volume of sound effects for volume balancing

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where Fracturion would not charge to a fixed distance
Fixed text overflowing on large numbers for the floating damage numbers
Fixed pause menu not working after some time

Known Issues

Lightning strike upgrade does not get reset
Dashing through the gate
Title PRESS E TO INTERACT stays present
Burrow states are visible on top of each other
Pause menu stops working
Pausing when Fracturion roars keeps roar VFX present
Wave stats on result screen displays 14 waves completed instead of 15

Web Build

Menu scaling
Browser sometimes displays error when attempting to go fullscreen

[ 2023-09-29 18:42:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Crystalis Descendant
Boxsun

Developer

Boxsun

Publisher

Q1 2024

Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA

DOMINATE - FALL - UPGRADE - RISE

Crystalis Descendant is an endlessly replayable Action Roguelike where your goal is to annihilate hordes of crystal monsters and conquer the arena! Welcome death with open arms as you upgrade each time. Unlock new permanent upgrades outside the arena to prevail next time you go into the fray again!

FEATURES

9 different weapons and abilities with each their unique playstyle and upgrades
Random temporary upgrades each run
Countless builds made by you
Obliterate burrows to charge the crystal and survive
Numerous different and unique enemies
Unique bosses granting bountiful rewards
Over 200 different upgrades to make you stronger every run

SHOW YOUR WORTH

Train to become the finest warrior of them all! Charge up the Crystal to make the challenge harder. But beware as the Crystal shows no mercy nor does it pick a side. Gain temporary upgrades to stand a chance against the endless horde of monsters. Annihilate everything in your wake and make sure they don't come back!

ENHANCE YOUR POWER

Become stronger after each run as you unlock new permanent upgrades to greatly enhance your weapons and abilities.

MAKE YOUR BUILD

Pick your favorite character and equip them with a weapon of your choice! Select a suitable ability to aid you in your battles ahead.

IMPROVISE - STRATEGIZE - TERRORIZE

Unlock and use the random upgrades at the end of each wave to the best of your capabilities. Form strategies and build towards the ultimate gladiator. Made a mistake? Fear not! These upgrades disappear when you step outside of the arena.

ROADMAP

Discover our plans for the future! Take a look at our roadmap to see what exciting updates and content we have in store for Crystalis Descendant. We're committed to delivering a thrilling and evolving experience for our players.

Some thanks are definitely in order! We are a small team developing games we love, so we would like to thank you and our amazing community for all the support so far. Without you, we wouldn't be here.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2187610

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