EndCycle VS 2nd Birthday Bash!
Mark your calendars! On April 20th, we're throwing an epic birthday celebration for EndCycle VS! And you are invited! Join us for a Special Birthday Stream and Tournament! Stream Kickoff: April 20, 2024, at 16:00 (CEST) [url=https://www.twitch.tv/12b3games/about]You can join the birthday party here Tournament Start: 18:00 (CEST) Will you be the next Voxel Champ? Register for the tournament here Get ready for thrilling battles, crazy combos and unforgettable moments!
Let's make this birthday unforgettable!
Hello everyone! We're back to regular updates for the game, which means there's a ton of new content for you all to look forward to! Let's get right into it!
Improved Fun Time mode
Ever wanted to play online with no cooldowns? 100x the damage? Only 20% HP, or even 200%?
Say less, we got you covered! You can now adjust these settings when playing the Fun Time mode both offline or online!
Practice Mode Options
For those of you wanting to test all of the game's parameters, you can now adjust them when fighting in the standard Practice Battle!
This should make testing your strategies easier than ever before!
Re-Balanced Attacks and Characters
After our last tournament, we went all out on patching the game and it's strats. Here are a few highlights of the changes:
Most objects now have their health reduced to 300. This should enable you to finally get rid of pesky road-blocks your opponent places to protect themselves!
We adjusted Fin a little bit. With the powerful strategies displayed by our devoted fan Herkura, it was near impossible to make a dent in his overheal stall strat. Now you will notice that Fin has significantly slower Ultra gain and the Ultra does not refill his cooldowns any longer. Fin is still a powerful tank to be aware of, but now you should be able to deal with him before the time expires!
New sand panels! They now slow down cooldowns and entities standing on top of them! This should encourage their use a little more, as they are definitely a stronger presence to be aware of!
Changelog
Here's all the changes as a list:
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+ New developer-side debug tools for easier desync detection!
+ Reworked Sand Panels: Entities standing on them are now slowed down!
+ Practice mode improvements: Damage tracker, settings to change the battle field panels or adapt practice dummy!
+ Brand new Funtime mode: Modify base HP, Damage OR EVEN COOLDOWNS!
* Fixed AI enemies using removed VOCs and styles
* Neutral Panel party revert duration 16 -> 14 seconds
* Enemy Panel party revert duration 8 -> 4 seconds
* Reduced Move panel duration from 20 -> 10 seconds
* VOCs:
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* Lv1 Companion: Reduced Health from 500 to 300
* Lv2 Panic: Element Normal -> Fire
* Lv3 Snacker: Element Normal -> Nature
* Lv1 ShotCorn: Damage 60 -> 40, crush 6% -> 7%; Explosion damage 160 -> 120, crush 20% -> 15%
* Lv1 LifeHook: Removed being able to pull heals out of objects
* Lv2 Mosquito: Reduced range
* Lv2 IceCube: Reduced Health from 600 to 300
* Lv3 Anthem: Reduced Health from 350 to 300, removed stun
* Lv4 Generator: Reduced Health from 400 to 300
* Lv4 Bomboyage: Reduced Health from 500 to 300
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* Fin: Reduced Hyperactive speed buff from 35% to 20%; Reduced Ultra gain from getting crushed / damaged; Removed Ultra VOC refilling gauges
* Fossil Fuel: Ultra now falls slower
* Tri-Wing: Increased Fuel system recharge speed 6 -> 5 seconds
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* Lv0 Flip: Now decreases VOC Power/Healing by 25% and increases crush by 25%
* Tempo Lv0 -> Lv1
* Impact Lv0 -> Lv1
* Lv1 Float: Reduced duration 6 -> 5 seconds
* Lv1 Magnet: Increased duration 2 -> 2.5 seconds
* Lv1 Repel: Increased duration 2 -> 4 seconds
Hello everyone EndCycle VS is now participating in the Lunar New Year Sale 2024 with a 70% discount. Hope you can enjoy our game!
We're back from Gamescom y'all!
And we're super excited to jump back into VS updates - especially with our September Tournament coming up this weekend! Speaking of which: [url=https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/QMLSfZ4JcU#/signup/alh742dions]You can register for the tournament here And we'll also be streaming the entire thing over on Twitch: right here (click me) With this update we're introducing two exciting new additions to your arsenal!
NEW PANEL TYPE: HOLY
For the first time since launch we're introducing a new panel type: Holy!
While standing on this panel you will take 25% less damage from enemy attacks, making for a great way to boost your defensive packs!
NEW VOC: LAST HOPE
You're on your last leg, the opponent clearly has the upper hand and you see no way out? Then it's time for LAST HOPE our very first LVL X Type VOC.
Using this VOC immediately puts you into an "Determination" state for 6 seconds - re-filling all your VOCs and granting you one last chance at victory. Botch this chance though and... you lose. USE THIS VOC WITH CAUTION! With that all that's left are the many balancing changes we've included after seeing your tier lists and shoveling through your feedback! If you've got any changes you'd like to see, or if you've discovered VOC/Characters/Styles that need some balancing let us know in our Discord: https://discord.gg/zS33UCb Check out the Changelog below, and we'll hear each other soon! -Daniel and Gal + New Panel Type: "Holy" + Standing on this tile reduces damage taken by 25% * Fixed Audio output device not switching when disconnecting or changing * VOCs: * Lv1 Senpai: Removed Repel status effect * Lv1 Panic: Now increases own Crush gauge * Lv2 Mosquito Now auto-tracks enemies * Lv2 Dualeaf: Increased range by 2 * Lv3 Companion -> Lv1 * Lv3 Repair+ -> Lv2 * Lv3 Anthem: Slowed down speed and increased HP loss * Lv4 RepairAll -> Lv4 * Lv4 Destruct -> Lv3 * Lv4 HolzWalz: Now spawns 2 logs per panel instead of 3 * Lv4 Bomboyage: Now also detonates after 3 seconds or when on Lava panels + LvX Last Hope: Refills all VOC cooldowns and enters Determination state * Styles: * Lv1 Grass/Metal/Lava -> Lv0 * Lv1 Ninja -> Lv0 * Lv1 Invis: Invisibility now lasts longer * Lv1 SuperArmor: Now blocks Stun, Freeze and Flinching * Lv1 Eject: Now removes all target Buffs * Lv1 Guard: Increased duration * Lv1 Invert: Now also flips VOC used + Lv1 Holy: Spawns Holy tile on target * Characters: * Saffron: Removed faster cast speed and weaker attacks * Bella: Ultra Targeting Shots now apply Stun and have more Ammo * AV.atar: Ultra now has short stun and reduced damage by 25% while charging * Jeremy: Fixed Ultra not comboing into itself * Farmadile: Ultra now has same properties as Gigantree, increased Health and spawns Plantraps in front * Punk: Determination now lasts longer (3 sec. -> 6 sec.), passive triggers when under 45% health * Bombarbara: Fixed Ultra not having I-Frames * Spark: Buffed passive to 50% damage buff for 4 seconds
Hello everyone! She's finally here!
Saffron has officially joined the EndCycle VS cast [previewyoutube=EFmcWRLRIHA;full][/previewyoutube] Hit your enemies with your magic bracer, charge your ultra VOC - then unleash Swords Of Light on them!
Additionally following your feedback after the last tournament, we've re-balanced big chunks of the game, added new ultras and a bunch of new abilities to EndCycle VS! Bella's partner Tetra joins her in battle and stops the enemies cooldowns!
Greed's new Ultra let's it grow and attack with small "Greedlings"!
Farmadile's new ultra "LEMON TREE" creates a vicious LEMON TURRET!
There are many more new abilities and ultras! This update changes the meta like nothing has ever before! This Sunday 11AM ET we're holding a tournament to officially break this update in! Register here: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/ER3CZnrnuY You can watch the stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/12b3games Check out all the changes below!
+ Resistance System:
* Freeze, Stun, Elemental Boost, Damage and Crush Damage are lowered when hit
* Characters:
* Spark: Changed Ultra pattern * Punk: Buffed Ultra, increased Power and has new passive * Bella: Reworked ability * Farmadile: Reworked Ultra and passive * Yven: Removed Overheal ability * Fin: Buffed passive buff and duration * Sofa: Buffed Ultra and reworked passive * Cress: Reworked Ultra * Bombarbara: Reworked Ultra and passive * Greed: Reworked Ultra and passive + Added Saffron to the game! * Improved AV.atar charge handling * Decreased Flinch duration 0.3 sec. -> 0.2 sec. * Healing from grass panels doesn't prevent crush from decreasing
* VOCs:
* MOC Push: Added cooldown and increased damage * Lv1 Compensation: Increase heal * Lv1 AntiSword: Added cyber effect * Lv1 X-Flame: Increased crush * Lv1 VinePull: Increased speed, damage and crush * Lv1 LifeHook: Capsule lands on user, increased speed and Crush * Lv1 TempoForm, Lv1 ImpactForm: Remove Debuff * Lv2 AquaCrusher: Increased speed * Lv2 FlameBurst: Added blind to FlameBurst * Lv2 Gatling: Reduced Crush * Lv2 LogLaunch: Increased speed and create Grass * Lv2 EjectAll: Increased range and damage * Lv2 Backflash: Added stun * Lv2 CoffeeBean: Now grants speed boost * Lv2 ColdRush: Flinch immunity, increased boost and Flinch * Lv2 FluShot: Increased range * Lv2 ToxicWave: Increased poison efficiacy and Crush * Lv2 FrostBack -> Lv1 and increased speed * Lv2 PanelBack: Increased range to entire row and cast range * Lv2 PainCrave: Decreased heal and 50% Crush now applies * Lv2 Swap -> Lv1 * Lv3 Companion: Increased damage * Lv3 Invis: To Lv2 * Lv3 Snacker: Reduced health to 200 and rate of fire * Lv3 Anthem -> Lv2 and increased range * Lv3 FireGate -> Lv2 * Lv3 Explant -> Lv2 * Lv4 MudBarrage: Increased range * Lv4 Lightmass: Increased heal speed * Lv4 Reflector: Blocks more shots * Lv4 Bolt: Increased range and damage * Lv4 Sineball: Increased damage and crush``` See ya at the tournament! Best, Daniel and Gal
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!
One year ago EndCycle VS finally launched after over 8 years of development!
Since then we've announced many updates but none as important as this one:
SAFFRON JOINS THE FIGHT
Saffron is officially joining the EndCycle VS cast!
And Cress will join Duelists Of Eden as a pallete swap!
Stay tuned for more news on this crossover which has been a long time coming!
ROLLBACK NETCODE
Rollback Netcode has finally been implemented!
It has been a long and difficult process but thanks to your support and patience during our community-playtests we were able to implement a completely new netcode which allows players with slower internet connections to enjoy EndCycle VS the same way as everyone else!
TOURNAMENT
What better way to celebrate EndCycle VS' anniversary than with a tournament!
Join us this Saturday (April 22nd 6PM CEST) for a very special birthday event!
The first place will receive a free copy of EndCycle VS as well as the official "Voxel Champ" Discord role!
You can watch the tournament here.
Sign up for the tournament here.
To prepare your decks and strategies you can join us today (April 20th 9 PM CEST) right here on our Steam Page for our birthday stream where we'll hang out and play EndCycle VS with you guys!
Thank you everyone for a fantastic first year of VS and here's to many more!
-Daniel and Gal
Hi everyone! We are happy to announce our latest localization news: EndCycle VS has been available in Chinese! Thanks to Hawthorn Games for bringing the game to the Chinese audience. To provide a better PvP experience, we are going to build the Seoul server. You can also use Steam's Remote Play Together function to play with your friends. Let's VS!
Hi everyone! We hope you all have had a great 2023 thus far! We're excited to bring you another update for EndCycle VS which mainly focusses on fixing severla issues as well as improving visuals left and right!
Update
+ Added new battle start animation * Fixed issues when switching localization * Fixed German localization issues * Fixed various gameplay issues * VOCs: * Lv3 VoltSpread: Improved visuals * Lv1 X-Flame: Improved visuals * Styles: + Lv1 Coming: Creates moving panel toward you on target! + Lv1 Going: Creates moving panel away from you on target!
Tournament
This Sunday we're holding our February tournament! Can you claim the title of "Voxel Champ"? You can register here: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/J5lPSbSXDP Join us over on Twitch to watch the whole event live: https://www.twitch.tv/12b3games And here's our last tournament to re-watch: [previewyoutube=mt79lWu7qQk;leftthumb][/previewyoutube]
Conquest
Our "Conquest" Event is over! Both Azure Shield and Crimson Force fought valiantly but in the end Crimson Force won Anikka 7:4! Here's how the map looked at the start of our event:
And this is what it looks like now:
It was a thrilling event and we thank everyone that has participated! We hope to see you on Sunday Cheers, Daniel and Gal
2022 is almost over! What a year it has been for EndCycle! So many tournaments, mods and of course fan-art has been created this year that it's hard to keep track! BUT FEAR NOT DEAR ENDCYCLERS! Our holiday stream is almost upon us!
The Holiday Stream Schedule
We'll start our stream Sunday December 18th at 4PM CET with...
The mystery game
We will begin our stream by playing our mystery game of the year! And you'll get to decide which it will be! Just go to this link to vote on the games our Discord community has suggested! And do join the Discord if you haven't yet!
The Retrospective
After our mystery game we'll be taking a look at everything EndCycle VS in 2022! That means going over tournament highlights, mods and more! We're also going to dive into some never before seen prototypes of EndCycle VS... who knows what we'll find in these old files.
The Tournament
To finish the stream off we're going to host our December tournament! It will begin at 7PM CET Sign up here This will be the first tournament to include all the new VOCs and STYLES we've introduced over the last few months. We can't wait to see how you'll utilize them!
Of course the entire stream will be broadcasted over on Twitch, click here to get to our channel! We'd wish you a wonderful holiday season and happy new year but there'll be plenty time for that during our stream! See you then! -Daniel and Gal
Happy Holiday season everyone!
The year is almost over so what better way to close it off than with our last VOC-Pass entries! The VOC-Pass was our gift to our loyal fans and something of a challenge to Gal and myself - we promised you 2 updates and at least 4 new VOCs per month, and I'm proud to say that we've achieved just that! With EndCycle VS 2.3 we've released 4 updates, 2 new Styles and 9 exciting new VOCs since the beginning of the Pass back in October! Try to top that Santa!
2.3 is our farewell update to the VOC Pass but we'll of course still update EndCycle VS regularly especially after our December tournament! We made sure to make this the best update yet so you'll have a lot to play with before our next update drops! Let's get to it
VOCS
SNACKER
Who doesn't love a good turret? With this devious addition to your arsenal you'll spawn a SNACKER-object which keeps firing until its HP run out!
Here's a fun idea for ya: Flip the SNACKER to give yourself several HP boosts! This stacks really well with Fins new ability "Hyperactive"!
MAGNADE
Is your opponent playing too many objects for your taste? Make them your enemies downfall with MAGNADE! Magnade gives your opponent the MAGNET ailment which attracts all objects around them!
Pro tip: Use Magnade to give misplaced cubes a second chance at glory!
STYLES
MAGNET
This Style grants the targeted entity the "MAGNET" ailment! Use this to your advantage - take your turret on the go for instance!
REPEL
This Style grants the targeted entity the "REPEL" ailment! Push away unwanted entities and objects! "SENPAI" now grants you this ailment automatically!
CHARAKTERS
Several charakters have received new abilities and/or have gotten their abilities revised! This will make for some interactions during our next tournament on December 11th
YVEN
Yvens ultra is now much easier to land! His shards now attach themselves to himself instead of the entity he hits! This makes it much easier to put the desired effect on his Ultra-VOC!
Additionally we gave him the "Overheal" ability so stacking up green shards really pays off now! Wait a second... Overheal? Isn't that Fins ability?
FIN
Fin has evolved as a fighter! Our favorite healing specialist learned a new ability which compliments his already fanastic tanky build: HYPERACTIVE!
With this new ability every time Fin get's healed by a VOC he receives a short speed boost! So far so good! Wait that reminds me...
SOFA SOGOOD
Sofas backstabbing ability had to go. How often were you able to attck your enemies from the back anyway? We replaced with something better! RISER let's the popular furniture Noise float above any potential ground-floor danger!
After using a VOC Sofa will gain the "Float" ailment for a couple of seconds!
CHANGELOG
Here is the entire Changelog with all the juicy details you can expect from this update! + Added Magnet and Repel status ailments + Magnet: Pulls in objects towards entity for a short period of time! + Repel: Pushes away objects from entity for a short period of time! * Countering now only makes you invincible towards the entity that triggered the counter * Spectating in lobbies is now the default setting and can only be turned off by lobby host * Adjusted UI in online lobby screens * Characters: * Tankitty: Ultra VOC decreased stun duration * Fin: Added "Hyperactive" skill! Speeds you up when healing! * Sofa Sogood: Changed skill from Backstab to "Riser"! * Makes user float shortly after using a VOC! * Yven: + Added Overheal skill to Yven * Reworked Ultra VOC and Crystal Shard granting skill * Shards are now granted on Yven after using an attack * Spawned Crystal now grants different effects based on shards currently on Yven * VOCs: + Lv3 Snacker: Spawns popcorn machine which keeps firing at enemy! * Lv2 ElecNade -> Magnade: Throws magnetizing and stunning grenade! * Lv4 Cybarrier: Reduced duration 6s -> 5s * Lv2 Virus: Poison duration 8s -> 6s * Lv1 Senpai: Now grants Repel effect * Lv3 MineCake, Lv1 SpikeTrap now do not affect floating entities - Removed Lv3 AdvanceRush * Style: * Lv0 Counter: Changed some interactions * Lv4 Counter-Cybarrier: Increases duration not hits * Lv3 Counter-PanelGrab: Takes over 3 panels in front * Lv4 Counter-AreaGrab: Takes over a row and a panel in front * Lv4 Counter-Neutralize: Neutralizes over a row and a panel * Lv0 Treasure: Counter attacks now automatically trigger once treasure activates the VOC
TOURNAMENT
With all the VOC-Pass updates having been released it is time to prove your mastery over all the new VOCs and abilities! OUR DECEMBER TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 11th 7PM CET! You can sign up for free here. Have a wonderful Holiday Season everyone and we'll see each other at the tournament! Love, Daniel and Gal - 12B3 Games
Hello everyone! We have some awesome news for you all!
Steam Autumn Sale!
It's been a long time coming, but EndCycle VS is on sale again! This time you can grab the game for 30% cheaper than normally! A huge roguelike story mode, multiple singleplayer modes, thousands of attacks and hours of thrilling multiplayer battles await you in EndCycle VS so if you haven't yet:
Now is the best time to get the game!
New Beta Update!
The game's 2.3 update is now live on Beta! Grab a bucket of popcorn and switch your game branch: This is one of the biggest beta updates we've put out so far!
Curious about the changelog for this update? Well look no further: + Added Magnet and Repel status ailments + Magnet: Pulls in objects towards entity for a short period of time! + Repel: Pushes away objects from entity for a short period of time! * Countering now only makes you invincible towards the attack that triggered the counter * Spectating in lobbies is now the default setting and can only be turned off by lobby host * Adjusted UI in online lobby screens
Characters:
* Tankitty: Ultra VOC decreased stun duration * Sofa Sogood: Changed skill from Backstab to "Riser"! * Makes user float shortly after using a VOC! * Yven: + Added Overheal skill to Yven * Reworked Ultra VOC and Crystal Shard granting skill * Shards are now granted on Yven after using an attack * Spawned Crystal now grants different effects based on shards currently on Yven
VOCs:
+ Lv3 Snacker: Spawns popcorn machine which keeps firing at enemy! * Lv2 ElecNade -> Magnade: Throws magnetizing and stunning grenade! * Lv4 Cybarrier: Reduced duration 6s -> 5s * Lv2 Virus: Poison duration 8s -> 6s * Lv1 Senpai: Now grants Repel effect - Removed Lv3 AdvanceRush
Styles:
* Lv0 Counter: Changed some interactions * Lv4 Counter-Cybarrier: Increases duration not hits * Lv3 Counter-PanelGrab: Takes over 3 panels in front * Lv4 Counter-AreaGrab: Takes over a row and a panel in front * Lv4 Counter-Neutralize: Neutralizes over a row and a panel * Lv0 Treasure: Counter attacks now automatically trigger once treasure activates the VOC Looking forward to how you all will use these new features when the branch hits stable! Gal Axis & Daniel Dorner - 12B3 Games
Can you feel it? That grey depressing sky? The air too cold for your fall outfit but too warm for your winter drip? Isles filled with christmas treats nobody is in the mood for? Yes... we're deep into November.
Time for a new EndCycle VS update!
VOCS
Kali
Inspired by the Hindu goddess of the same name this VOC will keep anyone from healing themselves! As soon as she detects someones HP going up she'll hunt them down - take away all of their healed HP and deal some extra damage to boot!
Kali always moves vertically towards its target first before honing in horizontally! You can use this to your advantage!
Here's a fun trick: Apply a "FLIP" Style on Kali to prepare a back-up heal support in case you get hurt!
Sandstorm
Trap your enemies in a swirling vortex of sweet sweet grainy sand. It's coarse, rough, irritating, and gets everywhere: SANDSTORM!
Sandstorm is an ideal combo starter for close combat combatants as it is a passive DPS (damage per second) move.
Check this out: Apply a "PULL" Style to your Sandstorm! This way your enemy will have a harder time escaping the storm AND you can use two Sandstorms at once in order to peel your enemies HP away!
Sandshot
Goodbye Sandhole and hello Sandshot! Bring some beach vibes to this grey season with this brand-new sand projectile! Combined with Sandstorm your enemies better prepare a counter or else they'll have a hard time escaping your fury!
Tuger 2.0
A visual upgrade to Tuger has arrived Rawr!
New Menu UI
Check it out! Now you can access all your favorite modes in a heartbeat!
Tutorials
We've re-vamped all tutorials and the entire first-player experience! Now newcomers will have an easier time than ever to get into the deep combat of EndCycle VS! And that's it for this update but check in on our EndCycle VS 2.3 announcement stream this Sunday! 7PM CET over on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/12b3games See ya soon! -Daniel and Gal
Hi everyone,
yesterday we held our monthly EndCycle VS tournament and I'm pleased to say that we have a newcomer amongst the ranks of Voxel Champs!
It's the author behind the most extensive EndCycle VS guide currently out there: Cyper Alexsi!
Long live the Voxel Champ With his Noise packs he dominated the tournament - losing for the first time only at the finales.
Here are the thrilling final moments of the tournament. LDDestroyer played a tricky Yven but Cyper switched packs in the finale only showing of his resilient Fossil Fuel in the final matches:
You can view the entire tournament here:
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Here is the entire tournament in bracket form:
And here you can view the winning packs!
First up of course CyperAleksis packs which caused the debut of Fossil Fuel as well as Tankitty in an EndCycle VS finale!
Second place LDDestroyer proves that Yven can be an almost unstoppable force with his Ultra VOC.
Third place Luca is also a well-deserved newcomer on the EndCycle VS podium!
This tournament saw new strategies left and right and we're proud of all the ways you guys were able to integrate the new VOCs into your packs!
Further Announcements:
The next tournament will take place on December 11th! In the coming days EndCycle VS 2.2 releases on stable and this Sunday we're already going to give you a look at EndCycle VS 2.3! As always we're streaming on our Twitch Channel See you guys soon! - Gal and Daniel
Happy Halloween everyone!
The spooky season might be over but that doesn't mean we can't have an after-party!
NEW VOCS
Another two weeks have passed so let's show you our two newest VOCs: TUGGER and SENPAI Tugger is a Lv3 Effect VOC that allows you to grab enemies - even if they're around the corner!
With the LV1 Protect VOC Senpai you can push anyone that comes near you away with ease!
You can combine these two VOCs for some excellent combos!
ShotCorn received an upgrade after your feedback! Its kernels now drop on the enemy's current panel !
New Opening
Additionally we've added an intro sequence to the game which get's us properly pumped everytime we boot EndCycle VS! You can watch it here: [previewyoutube=eAGZx-hfumg;full][previewyoutube=eAGZx-hfumg;leftthumb][/previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
New Mode: Tournament
With the new tournament mode our next tournament is sure to be the best one yet! Quickly enter matches with the perfect tournament settings! Make sure to sign-up for our November tournament (which will take place on the 13th at 7PM CET) here: https://challonge.com/endcyclevsnovembertournament Please let us know what you think about our newest update over on our Discord And look forward to our stream this Sunday over on our Twitch channel where we will reveal further new entries into the VOC Pass as well as some very exciting surprises! Hear you all soon! -Daniel and Gal
Hello everyone!
EndCycle 2.0 and the VOC - Pass
With EndCycle VS 2.0 we're introducing the VOC-Pass! Every two weeks we will bring you two brand new VOCs to try out! We're starting off the VOC-Pass with: ShotCorn
This nifty little LV1. Nature-VOC hurts your enemy and spills kernels of corn. When the kernels are hit by electricity or fire they pop dealing additional damage! H2-Go
This LV4. Water-VOC pushes enemies away from you and then freezes them! Here is the entire change-log: + Added VOC tease and changelog display for updates onto title screen * Spawned objects can no longer stay alive on broken panels * VOCs: + Lv1 ShotCorn: Shoots corn that falls to ground and explodes when hit with fire / elec or lava panel! + Lv4 H2Go: Fires freezing and pushing splashes down three rows! * Lv1 LifeHook: Fixed flip not creating damaging capsule, reduced endlag when missing * Lv1 VinePull: Reduced endlag when missing * Lv4 HeatStorm: Now only produces lava panels on hit * Lv4 EarthBarrage -> MudBarrage: Now produces grass panels on hit * Lv4 Generator: Now produces metal panels on hit More updates are coming very soon! New VOCs are releasing every two weeks until the end of the year! You can already check out EndCycle VS 2.1 in the beta branch - we will release the stable version this Sunday.
The new VOCs are sure to shake up the meta!
So with 6 brand new VOCs under our belt we cannot wait for the next tournament which will take place on November 13th! You can sign up here As always we'll stream the entire thing! See you there! Oh and don't forget to join our Discord! https://discord.gg/zS33UCb -Daniel and Gal
Hello everyone and welcome to another EndCycle VS Modding Jam! What is a modding jam? Well... "You can create your own attacks, characters and more all without a single line of code using the in-game Toolbox!" Your task is to create the funniest EndCycle VS Meme Mod possible in under 2 weeks! First time creating custom mods and content in EndCycle using the toolbox? No problem! There is an in-game tutorial on how to do so which you can start by simply opening the toolbox in the Mods menu (or pressing F1)!
The theme is: MEMES
Low-quality shitpost? A character consisting of only one sprite? Game-breaking VOC that only people from the EndCycle discord will understand? If you can name it, you can meme it! Create a mod full of memes within the next two weeks and upload it on the Itch.IO page here: https://itch.io/jam/323168/preview You can submit your mod for the jam from the 7th July 19:00 GMT, to the 17th July 16:00 GMT! Are you seeking help or a team? Join our discord!
Rules / Guidelines:
- You can work alone or in a team!
- If you dont own the game you can still participate as part of a team!
- Submit your mod with a short description in a file, where you'll detail your mod.
- No NSFW mods, submitting mods with NSFW content will lead to an automatic disqualification
- Pre-existing assets need to be credited inside a text file submitted alongside the game mod
- Mods created before the start date cannot be used
- Please submit a 30+ second video clip or trailer of your mod alongside it!
Ranking
After the deadline is over, we will be going through all the mods and playing them! The final ranking is based on:
- Overall: How was the mod? Was there a lot of content? Was it fun to play?
- Creativity: Does the mod add something completely new to the game? Do the creations go beyond what is thought possible with the toolbox?
- Quality: This does not refer to whether it was a high-quality or low-quality shitpost, but rather how much care went into creating it!
Rewards
The creators of the top 3 mods will each receive an EndCycle VS Steam code to gift to a friend! Additionally, all the mods will be showcased on the official 12B3 Games Youtube Channel! We will also be playing through all submissions in a special stream, on Sunday 17th July! We're looking forward to you all joining and creating funny mods with us! See you all online! - Gal & Daniel
Rejoice - another update is here!
With new options to customize your Adventure Mode experience, 2 new VOCs and more this update is sure to keep you busy! + Adventure Mode Viruses are here! Do you want to add additional challenges to Adventure Mode? With Viruses you can add modifiers before every run to add fun effects like: -) Randomizing your character before every fight -) Randomizing your pack after each zone -) Flipping the entire game upside down + Customize your Adventure Mode runs with up to 4 of these modifiers! + Up to 15 different ways to customize your run await you! + Unlock new Viruses by completing Adventure Mode events, campaigns and more! + Enjoy this brand new way of playing the roguelike Adventure mode of EndCycle VS!
+ Added German localization for menus, VOCs, Styles, and more (dialogues are still missing) Finally players can enjoy EndCycle VS in the language of the games developers! Deutsch! We're still working on localising the dialogues in the story modes but for the most part our first language pack is ready for all our german speaking fans!
+ Added EndCyclopedia entries for Yven * VOCs: + Lv3 BubbleBounce: Reflects projectiles for a few seconds or until hit! + Lv2 FluShot: Launches poisoning flu diagonally and two panels ahead! * Reflecting attacks now reflect thrown objects as well
And that's it for this update! Tell us what you would like to see in EndCycle VS 1.7! Cheers, Daniel and Gal
What's up EndCycle players!
We're back with another fun new update for all of you! This one primarily focuses on new panel interactions, as well as balancing changes to make the game more fun for everyone! Let's take a look at all the changes in this newest version:
- Rebalanced Noise Leaks and Mini-boss events in Adventure Mode! We heard you, the new events were too simply too tough, so we eased them up a lot. As a developer it is hard to balance the game so it's fair to new players as well!
Characters
- Increased movement speed of characters with Glide skill! Tankitty and Greed players rejoice!
- Reworked Bella passive: Powers up every 4th VOC! Stacks reset when using a non Lv1-3 VOC!
Panels
- Reworked Grass panels: Attacks activated while on top of a grass panel now regenerate health on hit! When hitting it with a fire attack, the entity now also only takes 25% extra damage instead of 50%!
- Reworked Metal panels: Now can only be removed by turning them into "Normal" panels first! We reduced damage bonus that electric attacks get on it to 25% from 50% as well!
VOCs
- Lv2 BioHeart: Heal 120 -> 140
- Lv2 ChronoRip: 75% Slowdown -> 60% Slowdown
- Lv3 Regen: Heal 50 -> 80, Regen duration 15 seconds -> 10 seconds
- Lv4 ElecShift, FireShift, WaterShift, NatureShift rebalanced to ElecDrive, FireDrive, WaterDrive, NatureDrive! These VOCs now speed you up additionally to their original effect of changing your element and buffing same-element VOCs!
May Tournament
That was it for the patch notes on 1.5! To test it out, we also just had another EndCycle VS tournament! The long-standing champion LDDestroier was dethroned by the new EndCycle VS champion: Disc-Oh! You can watch the entire tournament VOD here: [previewyoutube=p-W6Byrtdv0;full][/previewyoutube] The strategies shown in this newest tournament were unlike any we have seen so far! This tournament was dominated by strategies relying on the new "Counter-style", which players made use of by countering their own attacks!
Take a look at the tournament-deciding combo by Disc-Oh, where he used his own HotMagic to counter a ColdRush attack, which he could then combo into Freezing-Meteors to make the enemy stuck on the panel, unable to dodge them! The mastery shown in hitting every single of the three meteors just shows how much time Disc-Oh devoted to learning the ins and outs of his combos! However, every king has his downfall: Will you be the one to beat Disc-Oh at the next tournament? Join our Discord server so you can practice with others until the next tournament! https://discord.gg/zS33UCb Thank you all so much for your continued support, and we hope you are looking forward to our next update! The next one will focus on bringing you more Adventure mode content again, so get excited! Love, Daniel and Gal - 12B3 Games
+ Added quick-filtering in VOC menu by holding down the Turn button and pressing the four directional buttons + Replaced "Sale" section in shop with "Tips" sections that recommend VOCs based on current character + Android: Added rotation lock setting to keep game in landscape mode * Simplified and reworked Yven's Ultra * Buffed default Haste/Brake status effect duration and intensity * VOCs: * Lv2 Panic: Increased Haste and decreased blind duration * Lv2 Meteors: Power 120 -> 110, Crush 120 -> 90 * Lv2 LogLaunch: Power 100 -> 90 * Lv2 ChronoRip: Decreased slowdown of countered target * Lv2 Frostag: Reduced spawn delay and increased fall speed * Lv3 PotatoBomb: Reduced explosion delay * Lv4 HeatStorm: Increased travel speed * Lv4 LeafCross: Removed flinch * Lv4 Artillery: Increased bomb fall speed * Styles: - Removed Lv0 RushBack, Lv1 Haste, Lv1 Brake, Lv1 Berserk, Lv1 Meek + Added Lv0 Tempo: Target gains Berserk buff and Brake debuff + Added Lv0 Impact: Target gains Hate buff and Meek debuff * Turning is now possible while using Rush-2 and Rush-3 styles * Lv0 Treasure and Lv0 Cyber now target player with buffs/debuffs
What's up everyone!
Are you feeling the summer heat already? We certainly are as we're preparing for our vacations But not before giving you guys another update! AND what better way to celebrate all the improvements to EndCycle VS since launch than with a grand tournament!
Let's get into it starting with the update!
EndCycle VS 1.4 is here!
We've listened to your feedback and spiced up Adventure Mode quite a bit with new events and better ways to improve your roguelike experience! + New Mini-boss event that allows you to fight noises and obtain powerful passive-skills as rewards! + Noise Leak events where Noises will ambush you in groups!
+ Mysterious tablets can be found all over Anikka now... + New dialogues when playing as Yven + Made it possible to rearrange VOCs! + Noise battles drop specific VOCs now that are indicated by their coloring on the map + Noise battles drop element VOCs dependent on their own element. + Punks / Agents will now randomly attack or befriend independents instead of being passive towards them We still have quite a few ideas for Adventure Mode that you'll see soon but for now we hope you'll enjoy this much improved roguelike experience! Now for some balancing changes: * Balanced campaign star rating to be more forgiving * Fixed requirements to obtain 5 stars on a lot of campaign missions * Stacking Tempo/Impact style with pre-existing buffs now increases duration instead of intensity * Berserk / Meek no longer affect crush power * Characters: * Tankitty: Fixed passive firing off shots when not getting damage and fixed them changing panels * Farmadile: Fixed Ultra not hitting correct amount of times * Yven: Fixed invulnerability exploit when misplacing Crystal VOCs: * Lv1 IceCrawl: Increased speed debuff duration to default, Power 110 -> 130, Crush 10% -> 13% * Lv2 Swap: Extended invinicibility period * Lv2 FrostBack: Spawned IceCube is now treated as full-fledged IceCube and is not broken on fall * Lv2 Caffeine: Increased speed buff duration to default * Lv4 Generator: Made HP visible, Power 120 -> 110, Crush 16% -> 14%, Max hits 6 -> 4 * Lv4 Gigantree: Shows remaining health Styles: * Lv0 Infuse: Reworked to now grant Berserk to user in exchange for health * Lv0 Mindgame: Fixed panels getting changed through cursor with certain attacks 4 updates in less than 4 weeks, heck yeah! And we'll keep on pushing them out especially since...
WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER TOURNAMENT ON MAY 29TH 4PM GMT
This is YOUR opportunity to become our next Voxel Champ!
To register for the tournament and get a quick run-down click here We will be streaming the entire tournament as always over on our Twitch channel which you'll find here For the best tournament experience and to find sparring-buddies come and join our Discord right here! Our current Voxel Champ is LDDestroyer! Let's have a quick look-back at our launch tournament! Here are the final blows:
With a perfect win LD takes down the previous Voxel Champ and claims the title for himself! You can view the entire winner-table here: https://challonge.com/de/fn2znfxx/standings We've uploaded the entire tournament to YouTube for your viewing pleasure (shout-out to Discord user Aerce for saving the entire video from vanishing!): [previewyoutube=XHqU-KlSsFQ;full][/previewyoutube] [previewyoutube=wVvfNIiAU6M;full][/previewyoutube]
That's it for now! Thank you all for your support please let us know how you're enjoying this update! And please leave ideas,suggestions and any other kind of feedback so we can keep improving EndCycle VS!
Love, Daniel and Gal
WOW has it already been two weeks since launch?
We can't believe how much the community has grown since then, thank you so much everyone!
After receiving TONS of new feedback we've already updated the game THRICE since launch.
Here's an overview on what has changed over the past two weeks!!!
Difficulty:
- Made all difficulties easier and reduced CPU difficulty
- Rebalanced some adventure mode encounters and campaign missions
- Prevented complex AI enemies from using Lv3 Invis, RepairPlus and RepairAll and Lv1 Invis-Style
- Adjusted the amount of Ebits earned through battles and adventure mode
- Softened environment hazard in Arahas Desert
Quality Of Life:
- Added quick-filtering in VOC menu by holding down the Turn button and pressing the four directional buttons
- Replaced "Sale" section in shop with "Tips" sections that recommend VOCs based on current character
- Simplified and reworked Yven's Ultra
- Added pop-up tutorials in menus and adventure mode
- Added VOC / Style description when getting rewards in Adventure mode and BattleCycle
VOCs:
- Lv2 Panic: Increased Haste and decreased blind duration
- Lv2 Meteors: Power 120 -> 110, Crush 120 -> 90
- Lv2 LogLaunch: Power 100 -> 90
- Lv2 ChronoRip: Decreased slowdown of countered target
- Lv2 Frostag: Reduced spawn delay and increased fall speed
- Lv3 PotatoBomb: Reduced explosion delay
- Lv4 HeatStorm: Increased travel speed
- Lv4 LeafCross: Removed flinch
- Lv4 Artillery: Increased bomb fall speed
- Lv1 SpikeTrap: Is now placed two panels ahead of the player
- Lv2 PainCrave: Removed penalty when failing, increased heal to 150% of damage taken
Styles:
- Removed Lv0 RushBack, Lv1 Haste, Lv1 Brake, Lv1 Berserk, Lv1 Meek
- Added Lv0 Impact: Target gains Berserk buff and Brake debuff
- Added Lv0 Tempo: Target gains Haste buff and Meek debuff
- Turning is now possible while using Rush-2 and Rush-3 styles
- Lv0 Treasure and Lv0 Cyber now target player with buffs/debuffs
- Buffed default Haste/Brake status effect duration and intensity
- Reworked Lv1 Repair -> Lv1 Yoink: Steals buff from target
- Lv0 Infuse: Fixed health being drained too much when using multi-hit attacks
Hello everyone! After 9 hard years of development the time has finally come:
EndCycle VS is now officially out!
[previewyoutube=g1EORFsKmLQ;full][/previewyoutube] We put our hearts and souls into the game to create something unlike anything else and we hope you all will enjoy it! We hope to see you online soon! With love, Gal and Daniel
Hi everyone! Today is launch day! We are beyond excited. Although we were planning on releasing the game at 3PM GMT we are currently waiting on Steam to fix some internal issue so the game can finally go live. Thank you for your patience we hope this gets resolved ASAP so we can all go an finally play EndCycle VS together. UPDATE: Early Access owners of EndCycle VS are now also unable to play the game. We have reported this to Valve and are awaiting a response. UPDATE 2: ALL ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED! THE GAME CAN BE PURCHASED NOW! We hope you all enjoy EndCycle VS to its fullest. Love, Dan and Gal
Hi everyone!
We hope that you're having a great weekend! Today is the day! Our first major update ever since the end of Early Access has arrived! Let's get straight to it!
Introducing... YVEN
Yven is the second in command at Azure Shield. Del's right hand man and what many see as the strongest man in Anikka. Shrouded in mystery his abilities heavily differ from any other power previously seen in this world. His mighty crystals serve only one purpose: Let Del re-awaken the Godi in order to destroy them for good.
His ability and his ultra VOC work together in tandem. Yvens ability lets him carry 3 shards with him that he shares with any entity that gets hit by one of his attacks. His Ultra VOC spawns a crystal that affects anyone carrying these shards - depending on the number of shards the effect gets stronger or weaker. The effect of the crystal is determined by the last VOC-Type Yven used.
Control:
Strike:
Effect:
Guard:
We hope you'll enjoy playing as Yven! He certainly is geared towards highly skilled players that can work with a lot of set-ups for their strategies!
New VOCs
Gigantree and Inksplash are here to shake up the game! Gigantree creates grass panels around itself through an unshakeable and unmovable tree, while Inksplash is a new way to blind your enemies and deal damage to them at the same time!
7 New Styles!!
Here are our three favorites:
Treasure
With the "Treasure" style you can wrap up a nice gift for your enemies... and watch it blow up in their face!
Mindgame
The "Mindgame" Style forces any entity hit by it to use the VOC you've styled with it!
Ninja
With the "Ninja" Style you switch places with an entity on the field and let it use your VOC for you! We can't wait to see how you will use these VOCs in the future!
The following characters have received completely overhauled Ultra Vocs!
- Punk
- QT
- Greed
- Cherry
- Jeremy
- Bombarbara
- AV.atar
New Maps!
4 new multiplayer maps have been added! Parallelogram, Rainy Day, Fiery Palace and Electric Danger! Two of these maps incorporate Noises into their design for the first time ever in EndCycle VS!
New font and dialogue boxes!
We have polished ALL in-game fonts and added speech bubbles to give each interaction in the game more flair!
New and improved Adventure mode!
Thorughout your adventures you'll now be able to stumble upon special events that are character-specific and give you additional advantages/challenges throughout your entire run!
We've also included new enemy formations and re-balanced all encounters to properly scale with your progress creating an immensily improved flow! The starting/continue screen has received an overhaul as well!
Plus take a look at this flashy new boss-death animation!
Nice.
Battle Start Dialogues!
At the start of battles characters will now spout unique interactions depending on which characters are facing each other! These comments can be disabled for the multiplayer!
Victory Comments!
Every character has received battle-win messages to really bring their victory home!
UI changes!
Changes big and small across the bord making EndCycle VS smoother to look at than ever before!
Tutorials!
Our boy Fin will teach you all about creating your own Attacks, Dialogues, Campaigns, and even Battles all within the EndCycle VS Toolbox!
Stream
To celebrate this update we are having ourselves a nice long community stream tomorrow! Join us 7PM GMT to go over all these big (and little) changes together and play against/with me using all the new toys we gave you guys!
Join us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/12b3games
Here is the full changelog!
+ Added battle start and victory comments!
+ New immersive dialogue boxes that are on top of battle!
+ Completely revamped and added high-resolution fonts!
+ VOC Pack Characters are now visible on pack select screen
+ New Final Boss theme!
+ CPUs in Online multiplayer and offline Versus can now be customized
+ Tons of additions and improvements to the Adventure Mode:
+ Reworked adventure new game / loading screen
+ New boss defeat animation
+ New character-based encounter depending on player
+ Shops can now sell normal VOCs!
* Changed Noise encounters to start easy but become tougher with each zone
+ Unlocked characters now have descriptions when selecting them!
* Improved support for international keyboard layouts
+ New Character: Yven - Azure Shield's second in command!
+ Shrouded in mystery with unique crystal abilities
+ Place Crystal Shards on enemies by hiting them with attacks!
+ Activate the Ultra VOC to make the shards explode!
+ Depending on the last-VOC, the Ultra VOC effect will differ!
+ Completely revamped some character's ultras!
+ Crimson Punk - Standing Proud: Gets help from other punks for a punching combo!
+ Azure Agent - Specialist: Now rushes towards enemy before creating explosion!
+ Jeremy - Pieces: Added simple helper and revamped attack pattern!
+ AV.atar - Rhinestone Ripple: Charge up Ultra to unleash splitting data wave!
+ Q.T. - Mech Rhythm: Now shoots multiple projectiles from nozzle diagonally!
+ Bombarbara - Wretch Trigger: Now drops special Bomboyages where user explodes!
* Fin - Courage: Now instantly heals up 200 health
* Bella - Infinity Slash: Now can only try targeting up to 5 times
* Sofa Sogood - Green Haze: Reduced poison duration to increase poison DPS
* Greed - Gooey Stream: Reduced amount of rushes to 3 but increased power
* Fossil Fuel - Mass Extinction: Now also unleashes four fireballs
* Cherry - Calorie Bombs: Changes shape and pattern of ice cream balls
+ VOCs:
+ Lv4 Gigantree: Creates immovable tree creating grass panels!
+ Lv3 InkSplash: Splashes T pattern in front with blinding ink!
* Lv2 BackFlash: Crush 0% -> 15%
* Lv2 ChronoRip: Crush 0% -> 10%
* Lv3 FireGate: Can now only stop 5 projectiles instead of 1000 damage worth
* Lv2 Showstopper: Speed decrease 50% / 3 sec. -> 75% / 5 sec., Crush 0% -> 10%
* Lv2 Virus: Poison duration 25% / 15 sec. -> 25% / 8 sec.
* Lv3 WickedScreen: Duration 3 sec. -> 2.4 sec.
* Ice panels now freeze entities on top if entity is hit by a water attack
* Revamped VOC designs to look more like cards
+ Styles:
+ Lv1 Ninja Style - Disguises with adjacent object and makes it attack!
+ Lv1 Sand Style - Places sand panel on target position
+ Lv1 Lava Style - Places lava panel on target position
+ Lv1 Grab Style - Takes over one panel when using attack
+ Lv0 Storm Style - Rushes forward before using attack
+ Lv0 Escape Style - Rushes backward after using attack
+ Lv0 Treasure Style - Wraps VOC in loot box that activates when hit!
+ Revamped all style icons!
* Replaced some styles with more unique and fun alternatives!
* Lv0 Rush-Up > Lv0 Storm
* Lv0 Rush-Down > Lv0 Escape
* Lv0 Tense > Lv0 Treasure
* Lv0 Alarmed > Lv0 Mindgame
* Lv0 Slow > Lv0 Counter
* Lv1 Flinch > Lv1 Sand
* Lv1 Fast > Lv1 Lava
* Lv1 Neutral > Lv1 Grab
+ Toolbox:
+ Added Campaign Tutorial
+ Added Dialogues Tutorial
+ Added Battle scenario Tutorial
+ Added VOC / Attack tutorial
+ New debug command system that enables dev commands for modding!
That's it for this update!
We still have many more ideas for EndCycle VS that you will get to experience very soon!
Can't wait for you all to see them!
Love,
Daniel and Gal - 12B3 GamesTHE WAIT IS OVER!!!
Finally after 9 exciting years and a wonderful Early Access period we are ready to announce that the full version of EndCycle VS will be released on 20th April 2022!
[previewyoutube=tOBfAoBGhKo;full][/previewyoutube] To celebrate our launch-reveal we have a special dev-stream going on right now on our Steam page, with both developers playing through all our modes and answering all your questions!
Upcoming Content
Here is what you can expect upon full release:
- Rollback Netcode! We are currently implementing Rollback Netcode to ensure that every player across the world can enjoy our online multiplayer to its fullest!
- New character! A mysterious new character enters the roster. Whose side will they join... Azure Shield or Crimson Force? Stay tuned for more information very soon!
- New campaign! A new campaign will let you explore the present, past and future of the EndCycle VS universe.
- New VOCs We have a couple of nifty new abilities ready for you that will truly spice up the meta!
- New Adventure Mode scenarios and bosses! We're adding friendly as well as dangerous new scenarios to the adventure mode making every single one of your runs even more unique! New boss-fights await you as well!
- More character Interactions! We're adding special character dialogues to many scenarios like 1v1 Battle-Start and Battle-Win taunts!
- Graphical Improvements! New animations, a new starting screen more beautiful dialogue boxes... EndCycle VS has never looked better.
- Polished Fonts! Enjoy full clarity with these great-looking fonts that support not only English but...!
- Japanese and South Korean localisation! If you prefer playing EndCycle VS in either Japanese or Korean... well soon you'll be able to! Starting at launch we're adding two new language options to the game!
- New Ultra VOCs Every single Ultra VOC has been re-evaluated by us. Get ready for brand new and improved Ultra VOCs that will finishing the fight even more satisfying!
- Improved UI-work
- Improved Modding Features and Tutorials
- Server Relay Netcode to play your mods online!
- And many more surprises!
GIVEAWAY!!! Win a copy of the game!
We're giving away 5 copies of EndCycle VS to anyone that subscribes to our Newsletter before the 5th of March! Subscribe to the Newsletter under this link and enter the change to win one of 5 copies of EndCycle VS upon launch: https://bit.ly/Bi_Cycle We are very excited to share this news with you and can't wait to see you all online!
To all of you that have supported EndCycle VS during it's Early Access period:
Thank you for your support! We currently have two projects in the works specifically for you! As you all know we are currently working on a HUGE update for you all. This update will include new VOCs, Adventure Mode events, and heavy balancing work on all fronts! And the second project is our soundtrack which will be available on all streaming platforms starting at launch! Anyone that has purchased EndCycle VS in the past will receive the entire OST for free as a high-quality digital download! Thank you everyone! Hear you soon! - Daniel and Gal <3 @12B3 Games
Hello everyone!
We have decided that it is time for the EndCycle VS Early Access phase to officially end! This means the next chapter in EndCycle VS development is starting right now as we begin work ahead of full release! We would like to thank everyone who bought EndCycle VS and has supported us so far. During Early Access, your feedback has been invaluable. Over the last few years, EndCycle VS has grown so much and we honestly believe it is mainly thanks to you guys. Whether youve joined our tournaments or created awesome mods, you've always made us proud of the game we are making and the community we are building. This was EndCycle VS only 3 years ago:
And this is the same game today:
What a glow up. But theres still plenty of work weve got to do before EndCycle VS launches and so much more we want to add. Thats where this phase comes into play. In order to properly prepare the game for its full release, we need to temporarily stop selling the game to new players until launch day. This means that until the day of our full release, EndCycle VS will not be purchasable by people who don't already own it. If you already own the game there is no need to worry! You can still play EndCycle VS with all its features intact! And you will of course have access to all the new things we'll add on launch. As thanks for your loyalty over the years, we will give everybody who has bought a copy of EndCycle VS a special reward on launch day, so stay tuned! Regarding you, the community, we will still continue to interact, chat and play with you. Our weekly streams will remain intact and we are going to keep our modding jams and tournaments going! Keep an eye on our Twitter for news on our latest events. We promised you that 2022 would be our biggest year yet and this is the first step towards that. There will be lots of exciting EndCycle VS news in the upcoming months. Subscribe to our NEW official bi-weekly Newsletter (the Bi-Cycle) to always stay up-to-date here. All subscribers will have the opportunity to win copies of the game upon launch, so sign up today for a chance to win free access to EndCycle VS! If youve got any questions about this and want to ask us, you can do so by heading over to our Discord server here. And once again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our passion project. We CANT WAIT to show you all the things we are going to add until our official launch and beyond. Love, Gal and Daniel - 12B3 Games
Happy Holidays everyone!
We've been quite busy over the last few months, working on this update which kept increasing in size until well... it became the biggest update we've ever released (yet again lol).
With this update we're making it easier than ever for YOU to create your own unique EndCycle experiences. Put whatever characters and sprites into the game that YOU want to see, create your own characters using our new and nifty tutorials and share them with your friends!
Now all of this is easier than ever with "Copy+Paste", "Undo+Redo", "SAVE ALL", "TEST", "PREVIEW" features that make the new Toolbox the best it's ever been!
On the story-front we've added a completely new campaign!
"Crimson Force" follows the story of the final days of Cress, Rozu,Spark and the Crimson Punks as the Crimson Force we've known and loved up until now.
Many new gameplay elements await you and the canonical end of the EndCycle VS storyline.
Yet we have one final campaign in line for you...
There are also TOO MANY other major and minor changes to detail here so here is the entire changelog!
+ MAJOR TOOLBOX UPDATE!
+ Added 2 Toolbox tutorials with more to come!
+ Let Fin teach you how to add your own Animations to the game!
+ Or learn how you can create your own custom character to play with!
+ A lot of elements now have a preview for visualizing content!
+ "Test" button allows you to try out many of your creations!
+ Copy / Paste enables easy replication of data between elements!
+ Undo / Redo lets you correct mistakes or peek into the past!
+ Added simple Particle Editor
+ Breadcrumbs let you view objects within the current tab (Press the "@" button)
+ Improved entity AI editor
+ Added Spawn conditions to entities in battle scenarios
+ Added warning when trying to close the game without unsaved changes
* Reworked toolbox designs
* Improved battle editing visuals and added entity dragging
* Overhauled battlefield editing to paint with LMB and drag with RMB
+ New Campaign: Crimson Force
+ Featuring 3 new Battle Runs
+ New story revelations, the prelude to the game's climax!
+ Completely revamped Campaign battles
+ Adjusted difficulty curve
+ Rewrote many cutscene dialogues
+ New VOC UI for an easier overview of your attacks
+ Overhauled Adventure Mode
+ Balanced enemy encounters and bosses
+ Shortened paths between events for faster travel
+ combined Data Fragment and Upgrade events
+ Quickened reward / spawning animations for less waiting time
* Improved starting tutorial
* Onslaught and Adventure mode enemies now don't use healing items anymore
* Optimized mods to load in a fraction of the time they used to
- Android: Due to design constraints, battles are now forced to landscape mode
Thank you for supporting us over the years, EndCycle VS is entering it's finish line in 2022 but we have so so much yet in stores for you. See you next year!
Hello friends! This Sunday we want to give you some small and some big updates on the current state of EndCycle VS. We will show off several big updates to the Revo system and give you an overview on what you can expect for EndCycle VS in the coming weeks. Though this will be an information-heavy stream you can still challenge Gal for a match or two! Come join us this Sunday 7PM CEST on Twitch! Follow us here to never miss a stream. All the best -Daniel
Hello friends!
We are back after working on this update for 3 weeks instead of 2.
It's a little experiment of ours, which allows us to experiment a bit more between updates.
Tell us how we did!
This updates major focus is the Toolbox!
We made it a lot more user friendly and changed the design so it'll become much easier to read.
The best part? Drag & Drop integration. That is a huge deal believe us or not.
Now if you mess up the sequencing of an AI you can easily rearange it in seconds!
Also Fin is now part of the Toolbox helping out players by explaining all the parts of the Toolbox one by one.
We hope this'll make the Toolbox a lot more fun to use and we can't wait to see what you'll create with it.
Oh and we've also rebalanced a bunch of Vocs and added 3 new ones we deemed necessary.
Here is the complete changelog:
+ Added an outline to your character when your Ultra VOC is ready
* Taking over Panels in battle runs now makes them 'semi-colored'
* These panels can be accessed by all entities
* Semi-colored panels grant ultra fast cooldowns for your party
* Entering an enemy's semi-colored panel stops your cooldown
* Gave Bella's colors a resprite
+ MAJOR REBALANCING AND NEW VOCS!
+ Lv1 PanelFist: Hits and cracks a panel in front or changes it based on style!
+ Lv1 X-Flame: Fire shot that spreads extra damage in an X
+ Lv2 Frostag: Tags an enemy in front and drops a frost bomb after a bit!
* Lv0 BuildMove -> MOC BuildMove
* MOC GreenPiece: Charge 0.7 seconds -> 0.5 seconds
* Lv1 IceSpear: Decreased casting delay
* Lv1 Eject: Power 50 -> 70, Crush 10% -> 14%
* Lv1 HotMagic: Crush 10% -> 12%
* Lv1 AntiSword: No more damage penalty, Power 50 -> 110, Crush 10% -> 12%
* Lv1 AttackForm: Duration 5 seconds -> 7 seconds
* Lv1 SpeedForm: Duration 5 seconds -> 7 seconds
* Lv1 MagicSnip: Power 70 -> 90, Crush 6% -> 15%
* Lv1 Yoink: Crush 10% -> 16%
* Lv1 IceCrawl: Power 70 -> 110
* Lv1 Droplets: Spawns 2 droplets, Freeze 1.8 seconds -> 2.2 seconds
* Lv2 CannonGrab: Power 75 -> 125, Crush 7% -> 16%
* Lv2 Dualeaf: Power 100 -> 130
* Lv2 Crusher: Crush 30% -> 28%
* Lv2 EjectAll: Power 100 -> 150, Crush 15% -> 21%
* Lv3 Plantrap: 5 Hits -> 6 Hits
* Lv3 FrontFlare: Power 50 -> 140, Crush 30% -> 26%
* Lv4 Barrier: Duration 8 seconds -> 6 seconds
* Lv4 HeatStorm: Power 200 -> 180, Crush 30% -> 26%
* All counter VOCs: Extended counter time window
- Removed some very situational and weak VOCs:
- Lv1 PanelCrack
- Lv1 BuildGrass
- Lv1 BuildIce
- Lv1 BuildMetal
- Lv1 ChargeFlame
- Removed Charge style to improve battle flow
+ MAJOR TOOLBOX UPDATE!
+ All Lists are now tabs with drag-and-drop functionality!
+ Improved colors make navigating complex data easier!
+ Some elements are now displayed beside each other!
+ Fin aids you by giving you helpful tooltips!
+ Almost every element has some documentation!
* Improved toolbox navigation and scrolling behavior
- Removed Patchwork Metas and unified them with patchworks
That's IT. A huge update surely worth the extra wait.
Please tell us what you think of it in our Discord (click here)
See you soon!
Gal and Daniel
Howdy everyone!
We're excited to finally bring you a new Noise after all this time: Farmadile!
This speedy tank creates Grass panels when it attacks!
Its Ultra-Voc "HolzWalz" launches a huge log barrage from said Grass Panels!
Trap your enemies and enjoy the wooden mayham.
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+ Added VOC Style particles!
+ Most Styles now have a particle they make the VOC emit
+ Styled spawned objects have a constant particle effect
+ PC: "Clean GIF" setting which creates beautiful battle GIFs!
* Teleporters now show particles leading to their destination
* What platforms a save is linked with are now visible
* Servers now support versioning
* Changed how Blind ailment works in local co-op matches
* Successfully outsmarted bugs
And that's all for now!
See you all next time!
Hello again everyone! Another 2 weeks have passed, so another update is out! This time we're calling it Team.01!
Why Team.01?
Well we reworked our entire design philosophy when it comes to Team Deathmatch maps! We added 5 new maps for you to play on, and they now feature a completely new panel type which makes the entire battle feel much more connected than our old teleporter-based approach!
Better CPUs!
CPUs also became much harder as they're now able to use ultra VOCs against you, so Team Deathmatches with only CPUs fighting against you will now REALLY test your skills!
Reworked Local Multiplayer Experience
We also completely revamped the Versus screen! Through this screen, you can play offline matches with your buddies in local multiplayer or customize offline battles the same way you would with online multiplayer matches!
Changelog
If you're interested, here is our entire changelog for this new update: + Completely reworked Versus screen! >+ PC: Improved local multiplayer experience! >+ Unified rules between online and offline versus battles + NEW PANEL TYPE: Run-panels! >+ Indestructable and unchangeable move panels >+ Your character will run along them and turn automatically + Completely reworked Team Deathmatch maps! >+ Sanctuary >+ Roundabout >+ Catch The Rainbow >+ Invader >+ Tempest >- Removed Mid-Side + New 1v1 maps >+ Sumo >+ Snowball + New shop dialogues! + New Endcyclopedia entries! + Android: Lite users can now play BattleCycle and Onslaught! - Online battle backgrounds cannot be defined anymore * Gently asked unwelcome bugs to leave the room * CPUs are now able to use Ultra VOCs * Autofill now has a sick animation * Autofill can now replace entire pack if already full * Improved controls on Android * Improved broken and cracked panel visual clarity * Reworked some campaign dialogues! * Fixed save sync issues We hope you have a lot of fun with this new update! - Gal & Daniel (12B3 Games)
Another new update is here!
2 weeks have passed, so say hello to our newest update: Help.02! Did we mention we're now pushing out an update every two weeks? We didn't? Well now we did! While not huge, these updates still add a whole bunch of new things to the mix. Just check out this amazing changelog: + Adventure Mode SAVING! Runs are saved after each zone + Auto-fill button that automatically completes a pack + Team deathmatch-feel improved + Team deathmatch status updates appear on top-right + Improved tutorials with previews and better explanations + Added advanced inventory and elemental tutorials + New Achievements can be unlocked + Message when betraying / switching sides in Adventure Mode * Better game feel when damaging enemies * Faced our fears and used bug spray * Game Servers can have custom ports
Auto-Fill
With the new "Auto-Fill" button you can now let our super advanced AI complete your pack! Lean back as it does some heavy lifting to create a great deck with the starting base you provide it with!
Adventure mode saving!
Do you or your relatives experience the following: Playing Adventure mode and accidentally betraying your friends all the time? No problem! Your progress in an Adventure Mode run is now saved after each zone you clear, so you can easily continue with only a slight setback if you get killed! No more retracing your steps and entering the exact same seed again!
Improved Game-feel and Team Deathmatch experience
Our highly trained engineers (Gal) analyzed the game feel and thought there is still room for improvement. After years of theorizing and experiments here is the result: The camera now zooms in ever so slightly when YOU hit an enemy. This makes the game have that crispy hitmarker feel, yet not get in the way of visual clarity. We also improved the visual effects for our team deathmatch mode. It now feels much clearer and more fun to play! That's about it for this week's update! We're hoping this update will be fun for you all! -Gal & Daniel
It's Friday! Time for a brand-new update!
Today we're focusing on adding Tutorials to the game as well as several QOL improvements.
This way new players will quickly be able to take part in our online multiplayer and pose as formidable foes for all you EndCycle VS Pros in the future!
Furthermore we've tinkered with the Inventory menu, adding the option to customize recipes you've bought and improving the overall deck building flow.
Here is the complete changelog:
+ Interactive Inventory Tutorial
+ Menu explanation & Tutorial
+ Added UI improvements
+ VOC Templates
* VOC bar now adapts to color of set
* Bug-demons exorcised
* Updated and improved the entire Help menu
* UI improvements
* Re-worked starting Tutorial
Here's a look (or two)!
We hope you're enjoying your summer!
-Gal & Daniel
Hello again! We're hard at work to bring you regular content-updates in EndCycle VS and this week it's time for another one! This Friday we're releasing the Help.01 Update! It will focus on adding more interactive tutorials for new players and add several hotfixes! As more and more people are starting to get into the online-EndCycle VS scene we're providing them with the necessary tools to unfold their potential as quickly as possible! And to celebrate, we're having ourselves a little tournament! Try out the new update while our very own project lead Gal Axis will participate and live-stream the event! The winner of the event will receive a special role in our official Discord steamhappy !!! You can sign up here: https://bit.ly/EndCycleVSTournament And here you can join our Discord, which we will use to plan out everything: https://discord.com/invite/zS33UCb Check out the livestream / VOD of the tournament here: [previewyoutube=_4iJSd1BzAU;full][/previewyoutube] See you on the battlefield! -Gal & Daniel
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Hey everyone,
we've collaborated with the wonderful LunarLux developer CosmicNobab to bring you a new character: Bella
She is the protagonist of the game: LunarLux! Check out its chapter 1 demo on Steam!
Her Ultra VOC Infinity Slash is a unique addition to our game:
First you lock on to your enemy and then you can deal massive damage with a series of heavy blows.
Unleash your Lux with this new and exciting character!
-Gal and Daniel
* Fixed many issues with the online multiplayer * Fixed issues with mods not displaying text correctly * Improved online multiplayer experience
+ Brand-new netcode which allows for online scripted mod support + Online matches can now be joined through steam / discord invites + New Player list which displays players currently in-game + Redesigned AV.atar sprite and concept art + Packs made in Adventure Mode / BattleCycle can be saved as Recipes + Descriptions on Mode select menu + New field flicker and party change animations + Re-added animations for IceCube, BoulderDrop and Companion + Custom spawn animations for certain characters + Re-added game crash reporter for PC version + Battles and music in online matches can now be set random - Replays are temporarily disabled * Reduced spectator chairs size * Simplified Revo scripting * Many many bugfixes
Hello there!
This Sunday we're finally moving EndCycle's new and improved online multiplayer out of its beta stage and giving it a full release!
To make sure it's the best it can be we want YOU to join us in a Sunday evening live-event where Gal and me will play the new multiplayer with anyone attending and stream ourselves doing so.
We'll also answer your questions and be happy to just hang with y'all.
The event starts this Sunday the 27th of June at 20:00 CEST
Watch it here:
[previewyoutube=ZMLiXri7JFQ;full][/previewyoutube]
AND Join our Discord to participate: discord.gg/zS33UCb
If youre new to EndCycle VS this is the perfect time to start:
EndCycle VS is part of the Steam Summer Sale and 25% off!
We're really proud of the progress we've made with EndCycle VS and believe us: The best is yet to come. Can't wait to see you on Sunday! Love, Gal and Daniel - the guys behind it all
Hello everyone, Gal Axis here! I am the project lead and programmer of EndCycle VS! I just created a little update vlog on the state of the online multiplayer of the game here: [previewyoutube=uJh8uZEpVDI;full][/previewyoutube] Here is the content of the video in text form if you would rather read: As you might know, we have been reworking the online multiplayer systems of the game since early January. As such, the official servers have been offline a lot of the time. We apologize for this inconvenience. We are working diligently and as fast as we can on bringing out the new multiplayer experience. So the question on your minds must be how the new online multiplayer is coming along. After looking at the systems in place, I decided to keep the lobby system intact as it worked well until now. On the flipside however, I have started a complete rework of the old online battle code. Before the rework, it was extremely hard to maintain and it took a lot of resources to adapt it to changes and additions to the game, such as the ultra attacks. I have now made it possible for the battles to automatically transfer their entirety over the network and load it with barely any adaptations to the netcode to work. This change also makes it possible for modded battles to work online. However, this ended up being a mistake, as battles would perform very poorly in terms of FPS and the amount of data transferred. At the beginning my goal was to make the systems so automatized that it would need no further input from me or developers of mods to create online multiplayer content. Unfortunately, while I was testing these systems, it became apparent that complete automation was not possible. In a battle run situation, the game simply transferred too much data and ran very slowly trying to copy the state of all objects to the clients. I exhausted almost every possible optimization measure possible while still keeping it all automated. I kept insisting on this solution so that developers of mods would have an easy life, however it ended up costing me a lot of development time. I have now decided to rework this automatic systems and introduce some manual networking definitions that modders will also have to use in order to keep the data transfer low and the FPS high! What this means, is that I now need another go at reworking the online multiplayer to transfer events instead of the data itself! This change will minimize the amount of data transfer and make it not impact the performance of the game. This change is quite the big amount of work, so it will take some more time before the new online multiplayer is ready to be played. I hope you now have a clearer grasp at where the online multiplayer update is and hope you look forward to playing it. Thank you all for your continued support of the game! Look forward to more news about the release date of this update soon!
Hello everyone! As part of the final touches on the game, we're now adding rollback multiplayer! What this means is that the online multiplayer experience will be polished to a degree, where you won't even feel like you're playing online any longer! As part of this overhaul, we'll also be adding support for the custom scripts you make when modding to be transferrable via the network. This means you'll be able to play online with all of your custom content, even with elements you coded yourself. Cool huh? Unfortunately, there have been issues with our online multiplayer as of late. And due to us having only one programmer (Gal), we have to dedicate our time and resources towards creating the new overhauled experience. As such the current online servers for the game will be under maintenance a lot and suffer outages. We hope that this next update will stabilize and enhance your online experience! We're trying to make it as fun as we can! Thank you for your understanding and your continuous support. - Gal & Daniel
Happy Gift Day and happy holidays!
As the year comes to an end, EndCycle VS is changing! And what better way to change, than a gigantic update?!
This beautiful new artwork made by @Aura Miyonautica marks one the final steps of EndCycle's development into a finished game! So let's see what the update has to offer!
Adventure Mode!!!
This is the big one. A brand-new Roguelike mode featuring a whole game worth of content. Just check out the trailer: [previewyoutube=hgxDdl0vRkE;full][/previewyoutube] Travel the world of Anikka, explore its sights, listen to the beautiful music, encounter Crimson Force and Azure Shield as their conflict escalates and fight deadly enemies! All from the perspective of any of our characters! This mode will certainly bump up the amount of playtime EndCycle VS offers tremendously!
Steam Workshop Support!!!
The game now fully supports the Steam Workshop!
Download mods instantly or even upload them to the workshop with just one-click in-game! We tried making it as easy to use as possible!
Linux Support
The game now also fully supports 64-bit Linux systems! All 5 people of you who have a Linux system: Grab the game and tell us if everything works well please! :)
And much much more!
This update is so big I could talk for days about it... there's a new toolbox system, new sprites, etc etc. Instead of blabbering about it just go play it! Don't have the game yet? Well fear not!
Steam Sale and Giveaway!
To celebrate the Gift Day mood, you can now buy EndCycle VS at 20% off for the duration of the winter sale! You can also win 1 of 5 keys for the game on Twitter! Happy holidays everyone, and thank you for loving the game and supporting us throughout the year. We couldn't wish for a better gift than the fanbase we have. :) - Gal & Daniel 12B3 Games
Hello everyone!
Phew... this update took more outta us than we thought, but we are very close to being done! When it releases, you will get a WHOLE GAME'S WORTH OF CONTENT FOR FREE! That's right, this update is so massive it could very well be called its own game!
Check out all of our work in this neat "ADVENTURE MODE" update trailer:
[previewyoutube=hgxDdl0vRkE;full][/previewyoutube] Wow, amazing right? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! It just needs some more polish and the finishing touches; Then we'll be ready to launch. We can't give a specific date yet, however stay we'll be posting once its there! Unfortunately, we decided to scrap Taunts, as we do not have enough time and budget to implement them. We hope you can understand! Now before we sign off, we want to ask you again to...
give the game a positive review on steam if you enjoy it!
We're looking for a publisher and it really helps us show them that our players like what we're making :) Thank you for all the support we really love all of our players. And thank you for playing the game we made! - Gal Axis (12B3 Games)
Hello everyone, Gal Axis the project lead / developer of the game here! As some of you know, I have just finished moving to Norway and will be staying there for 10 months as part of my bachelor studies. While this will not affect the state and goals of the project, the amount of updates and the development speed might drop somewhat. EndCycle VS has always been a passion project of mine, that I had the joy of being able to pursue professionally since we released it on Steam in Early Access. Since release, the game has come incredibly far. With today's version of EndCycle VS having been almost entirely redesigned, the project has morphed, changed and grown so so much. I want to take a moment and thank you all for your support so far. Your kind steam reviews, discord messages and tweets have meant the world to me and the team. Seeing how much you all love our work has been shocking in the best kind of way to say the least. <3 Now let's get into the meat of things: If I had to say, the secret dev-version of the project is just about 95% complete! If you are not up-to-speed with all the new additions, I recommend you look through our twitter and check our most-recent posts for a recap of things that will be added with the next update! Here is a short roadmap of the things we will still be adding... Next update: "Ultra"
- Unique Ultra Attacks for each of the characters
- New reworked roguelike-mode
- 2 new playable characters
- Full Steam Workshop integration
- Achievements on both Steam and Android
- 4 new attacks and 1 new style
- Tons of balancing changes and sprite reworks
- Character-specific Taunts (Online + Offline)
- 3 new campaigns
- ~8 new attacks
- Capture the Flag gamemode
- ~3 additional characters
- Improved Netcode and online multiplayer systems
A brand new EndCycle VS!
Hello everyone, I'm Gal Axis the project lead / programmer of the game here to share very exciting news with you all!
First of all, as you might have noticed already: The game's logo is now updated and different! This look is closer to what EndCycle VS stands for: A fast paced pixel-art fighting game that is yours for the making!
Revo Scripting is now in the game!
Using the new Revo Engine you can create your own cross-platform scripts to code your own game modes, battle systems attack patterns, and anything else you want to create.
We're still working on a lot of guides that document just how you can utilize this new feature properly, so stay tuned for Steam guides that will be popping up soon.
If you have any questions, come join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/zS33UCb) and chat with other mod creators which are already working on mods with the Revo engine!
Mods are not the only new thing however! This update has a lot more in store for you...
Joining the fray is a new character: Fossil Fuel
This behemoth of a noise is able to consume lava panels in order to boost the magnitude of attacks to their limit!!!
With its large HP pool and power, it will be a challenge to take down in online multiplayer. Just make sure to steer clear of water and slowing attacks!
New VOCs
There is a bunch of new attacks for you to play with!
- Lv1 UpBlade and Lv1 Downblade VOCs combined with the newly reduced sword ending lag will make it posible to combo your enemies out of this world!
- Lv3 PotatoBomb will stick to your enemies and explode in an X radius around them with a powerful explosion! You can get really creative with setups due to the delay!
- Rain down the Lv1 Droplet VOC on your enemies and freeze them solid! Due to its low cooldown, it's easy to overwhelm your enemy and trap them in a cool situation!
- Absorb your enemies' hits and turn them into HP with the new Lv2 PainCrave! Combining this with Fin's new "Overheal" ability will result in an explosive amount of HP!
Character shop Characters can now also be bought in the shop instead of having to unlock them through specific game modes! This way, you can now focus on the modes which are the most fun to you!
Liking this massive update? Well, expect even more exciting news soon! Grab the game on steam now if you're on the edge, I guarantee you will have fun. Also if you haven't yet, join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/zS33UCb)! It has a lot of fun people to hang out with and every new member is more than welcome. :) I hope you enjoy the game we have been making and have fun playing it! - Gal Axis
Happy new lunar year!
We have been working hard to bring you all the newest EndCycle VS content. Here is all the new stuff you can look forward to... Check out this little video of all the features EndCycle VS has to offer: [previewyoutube=Ij6e-EgwJmE;full][/previewyoutube]
New Main Menu and UI feel
As we have added a lot of features to EndCycle VS, we thought it might be time to update our main menu to accommodate all of them. So, we present to you: EndCycle's New Main Menu:
You will find the features much more easily accessible than before. We also polished UI feel here and there. We hope you enjoy the soothing UI animations we created.
New VOCs
This time around we added two new VOCs: PanelBack and AreaForce! The former reverts back an enemy panel in front of you and shoots a powerful energy orb towards your enemy! The latter forcefully takes back the closest row from your enemy and is only level 3, but it hurts you slightly in exchange!
Have fun experimenting with these new VOCs! Oh, there's also a new Style: Neutral! With this style, you revert the closest stolen panel in front of you back to a neutral party. Use this style wisely...
Recipe Hub
You can now upload your recipes online and share them with the world! Simply go into the inventory and press the "upload" button in the recipes menu. You can of course also download recipes from all over the world! Get inspired by other people's decks and make your own spin-offs and variations of them!
Local Lan Server
In the Online Multiplayer menu you will now find a new "Host Server" option! Clicking this will open up your own private lobby which is hosted through your computer! Doing so enables you to host a lan lobby for yourself and your friends (or even an online one if you have port-forwarded the ports 17778 and 17779)! Have fun playing with your friends even without connecting to the internet!
Save linking
You can now connect your save file between Android and Steam! Simply visit the "Save" section under the settings and initiate a Host and Client pair-up between your phone and your PC! Once you do this, you will be able to take your adventures on the go without any further hassle!
Just be careful not to play on both devices at once, as you may lose progress otherwise...
As for the full list of changes:
- Added Recipe Hub: Share your recipes online with the world!
- Added new more immersive tutorial
- New mode select menu
- Improved UI animations
- Added login button to settings
- Fixed music running in background
- Fixed save linking issues
- Improved error reporting
- Fixed mod browser issues
- Reworked movement animation
- You can now host a single-lobby lan server in-game
- Added save linking between Android and Steam
- Your EndCycle VS data is now backed up on the cloud
- Added text cursor navigation to text boxes
- Converting panel party now turns them neutral first
- Optimized GIF prerecording performance by 1500%: Almost any old PC should be able to run it now!
- Reworked panel colors
- Moved Role change buttons in Portrait mode
- Modding: Added "Hide/Show" button to many sections
As for VOCs:
- NEW: Lv2 PanelBack: Reverts panel party in front!
- NEW: Lv3 AreaForce: Reverts row party but hurts user!
- Lv4 Bolt: Fixed sound effect
- Lv2 BuildMove: Panel affected is now in front!
- Lv1 IceSpear: Power 150 -> 180
- MOC Push: Power 120 -> 100, Crush 50 -> 70
- NEW: Lv1 Neutral-Style: Stolen panel in front becomes neutral!
It's the most wonderful time of the year...
because there is a truly special new EndCycle mode available!
The Rogue-inspired "BattleCycle"!
Enter intense battles
Choose new gear after each fight
And try to defeat as many foes as you can
Try to beat your own highscore and share it with us in our Discord
We hope you'll enjoy it - we certainly do!
And here is the complete list of changes in the new update:
+ Added new skills only attainable through the new BattleCycle mode:
+ Vampiric: Restore health when damaging the enemy
+ Revenge: VOC Cooldowns reduce when taking damage
+ Undershirt: Survive one fatal hit per battle
+ Conqueror: Gain a short Berserk status after taking over panels
+ Toxic: Poison enemies when you receive damage from them
+ Critical: Your attacks will sometimes do double crush damage
+ Panicky: Gain a short Haste boost once per battle when your HP is low
+ VOCs can now be sorted by Power and Crush Power
+ Improved UI handling in many places
+ Sand tiles now slow down entities instead of stopping them
+ Added Tutorial menu entries
+ Added 4 new starter packs to shop:
+ Flame Fury
+ Aqua Attack
+ Thunder Tools
+ Grass Guard
* Made button tips dynamically adjust themselves based on context
* Added mouse button tips
* Inventory now always uses same save file, even when playing modded
* Sped up UI animation speed in certain places
* Changed "DragonRider" difficulty name to "Voxelized"
* Changed landscape UI
* Fixed random crashes on Android
* Thrown objects now travel based on user speed
* Starting seed is now shown during Onslaught mode
* Fixed localization issues when mods are active (text surrounded by ???)
This months fan-art is by Kevin Victoria who gave us this wonderfully amped-up Rozu!
I wonder how far he'll get in the BattleCycle?
Probably further than me.
Uh...
See ya!
Hey, how are youuuu?
We're doing great!
EndCycle VS just received an update with a brand new single-player mode!
Fight through waves upon waves of enemies, and try to beat the high-score!
Also new with this update:
The EndCyclopedia!
Unlock concept art and behind-the scenes tid-bits of the development of EndCycle.
Also featured are the winning fan-art submissions of our 2 Art-Contests!
Like this amazing piece by Serpaheneid
See y'all soon!
Byeee
Hey!
I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween season.
Finally Cress - the leader of Crimson Force- arrives to EndCycle VS!
She's a really brave fighter so her ability focuses on close-combat!
We hope you'll enjoy playing as her!
We've also added the possibility to add CPU enemies.
Creating their AI was a lot of work, you can use them to train or just to sparr for fun, in case you can't find other players to fight against.
A bunch of new Vocs also await you.
All in all another huge update.
Here is the full list of added features and changes:
>Misc:
+CPU Enemies can now be configured in online/local play
+ Halloween menu theme
> Characters:
+ Cress leads Crimson Force to victory!
* Del ability change!
* Boss: Deal damage when target is far away!
> VOCs:
+ Lv4 Artillery: Jet bombs 3 rows 1 panel ahead!
+ Lv4 Generator: Fires ElectroRay when hit by ELEC!
+ Lv2 Panic: Blinds, but speeds you up drastically!
+ Lv2 FreezeRush: Freezes entities in line!
+ Lv1 AntiSword: Rushes forward and strikes with last debuff!
+ Lv1 AttackForm: Grants Berserk, but slows down user!
+ Lv1 SpeedForm: Speeds up user, but adds Meek!
+ Lv3 AdvanceDash: Rushes forward, grabs panel if entity hit!
- Lv4 Heal+, Lv4 Regen++, Lv2 Regen, Lv2 Flurry
> Styles:
+ Lv1 Anti: Removes last debuff and applies it onto attack!
+ Lv0 Alarmed: Boosts power when low on HP!
+ Lv0 Tense: Boosts power when almost crushed!
Our art for this post was created by Ariel.
You can find more of his work here: https://www.instagram.com/serapheneid/?hl=es
Happy Fall everyone.
See ya soon!
Hey have you heard the news?
That I'm about to post for the first time?
No? It's a new update!
Here's what it contains!
+ Added VOC level sorting
+ Campaign skip cutscene button
+ Better Inventory menu UX
+ Install Mod button at Mod menu
* Improved game feel when moving
* Lv0 VOCs are now called MOCs
* Balanced some Campaign AI
* Added replay mode preview on mode select menu
* Added Settings to set the amount of auto-replays saved
* Fixed tutorials
* More anti-cheating measures were added
* Added Reset settings option
+ Pressing F1 will now always open the Toolbox overlay
+ Added Reload Assets button to mod manager
* Fixed issues when creating mods
* Optimized Toolbox overlay ram usage
* Drawables edited in the toolbox will now auto-refresh
- Removed option to open new Toolbox windows
- Removed Install Mod button in toolbox
> Characters:
* Increased Tri-Wing fuel system cooldown
> VOCs:
+ Lv2 CannonGrab: Takes over panel if target is hit
* Lv1 SofaGrab: Fixed Neutralizing effect bugs
The biggest addition this time is the improved modding Toolbox!
You can now modify the game while playing it.
Please try it out and tell us how much smoother it is than before.
Our sleepy Cress- header is by chibicheesepuff.
Check them out for more cuteness: https://chibicheesepuff.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art
Love you
-Daniel
That's right!
The Play-Store release of EndCycle VS is upon us, and you can pre-register NOW for FREE.
EndCycle VS for mobile will contain all the features of EndCycle VS for PC.
You can even cross play with users from the Steam version and bring your favorite mods over!
We hope you'll enjoy this expansion of EndCycle VS.
Playing on the go is really fun and we believe you'll think so too!
See ya soon!
-Daniel
What. It. Do. EndCycle Fans.
We're excited to bring you another big update! To try it out, simply switch to the beta branch, by right-clicking the game in your steam inventory, and pressing properties. From there, simply select the beta option as shown here:
The focus this time lies on bringing you more tools and attacks to make battles even more exciting than before!
Let's first talk about all the new ailments that are possible with this update:
+ Blind: Limits your vision to a 3x3 area
+ Haste: Speeds up your VOC cooldown speed
+ Brake: Slows down your VOC cooldown speed
+ Berserk: Boosts your attack power for a small duration
+ Meak: Reduces your attack power for a small duration
+ Floating: Makes you float, making you unaffected by panels
+ Frozen: Freezes you into place, making you unable to move
Now unto the VOCs that utilize those ailments and more:
+ Lv3 BackFlash - Counters with blinding attack!
+ Lv3 Companion - Places cube that slides towards attacker!
+ Lv2 BoulderBack - Counter by dropping a boulder on enemy!
+ Lv2 Virus - Counters with poisonous explosion when hit!
+ Lv2 CoffeeBean - Throws bean that speeds up cooldowns!
+ Lv2 PanelLance - Hits 2x1 area with panel changing slash!
+ Lv2 ShowStopper - Slows down enemy gauge when hit!
+ Lv3 FrontFlare - Blinds 3 panels ahead!
+ Lv1 SpikeTrap - Lays spikes that impale enemy!
* Froster and Humidity now freeze enemies
* Caffeine now grants haste
* Reworked StunWave and ToxicWave
* Reworked Anthem and Lightmass
Of course there are a bunch of new Styles as well:
+ Lv1 Meek - Weakens target attacks!
+ Lv1 Float - Makes target float, ignoring panels!
+ Lv1 Haste - Speeds up target cooldowns!
+ Lv1 Brake - Slows down target cooldowns!
+ Lv1 Blind - Turns target blind!
+ Lv1 Freeze - Target is frozen, preventing movement!
+ Lv1 Crack - Target's panel is cracked!
+ Lv1 Repair - Target's panel is repaired!
+ Lv1 Grass - Target's panel is changed to grass!
+ Lv1 Ice - Target's panel is changed to ice!
+ Lv1 Metal - Target's panel is changed to metal!
- Removed Heal-2, Heal-3, Power- and Crush-Styles!
* All Styles are now either Lv0 or Lv1, and many styles have been re-balanced!
Your mods can now be even more extensive:
+ Styles are now moddable - which means that you can create your own styles now!
+ Volatile Skill: Keeps draining HP
+ SuperArmor Skill: Prevents flinching during attacks
+ Rebound Attack now can have a custom drawable
+ Shoot Attacks can now travel tile-by-tile
* Updated UI with more colors to be more readable
> Other improvements:
+ All backgrounds now have custom panels
+ New background: Astrat Night
+ Replays of past-battles can now be watched in the Replay mode
+ Added automatic battle replay recording
+ Added indicator when getting hit by weakness element
+ Added Cheat and Debug settings
+ Battles can now be set to best of three, or best of five
* Rebalanced Characters
* Improved VOC UI feel
* Unlock Message is now faster
* Added Reset Settings button
And that's all for this update, but the next one is just around the corner.
In fact, this update is just the first half of the huge Crimson-Update, which was getting bigger and bigger the longer we worked on it.
We decided it was getting too big for a single update and didn't want to keep you waiting any longer for a lot of stuff we could just bring you early.
The next update will bring you 3 new campaigns, which further explore the world of Anikka. One of those revolves around Cress - the brave leader of Crimson Force, while another one is about Del - the calculating chief of Azure Shield! As for the third one... You'll just have to wait and see!
We can't wait for you to see it.
Until next time!
- Daniel and Gal
Heya!
Have you met Cress?
She's the leader of Crimson Force and will storm into EndCycle VS with the next big update!
To celebrate her reveal and the rest of the summer, we're holding a fanart contest!
You can win 1 of 5 EndCycle VS Steam keys, and get your art featured in the game!
For more information on the contest and our cast of characters look here:
https://www.endcycle-vs.com/contest.html
Can't wait to see what y'all will come up with!
See ya!
-Daniel
Hey y'all hope you're having a wonderful summer.
We are currently trying out some new things with the combat system to make it faster and more fun!
Open up the beta branch of EndCycle VS by right clicking on EndCycle VS in your library, going under properties and then selecting the "Betas" submenu. Select the beta, and then open up EndCycle VS to try out the new combat system.
It definitely takes some getting used to, but we are convinced that this new system will make for a much better experience.
But please let us know what you think!
The great thing about Early Access is that we can react to your feedback, and make the game the best it can be together with YOU.
Tell us all about your thoughts on the new system here:
https://discord.gg/zS33UCb
See ya next time!
Oh and a new update is coming soon!
-Daniel
Hi!
Took my sweet time writing this but....better late than never!
Hopefully you already got to play the new Azure update.
If not then look at all this new stuff:
+ Single-player campaign!
Finally you can explore the world of EndCycle VS.
Get a glimpse at the lives of several of our main characters, by fighting your way through several missions!
Maybe you can even unlock some cool stuff along the way....
+ New characters!
Delicia and the Azure Agents enter the stage. What is their plan?
Also several hidden SP characters appear out of nowhere...can you find all of them?
+ Character Customisation!
Change the clothes of your favorite character!
Gender neutral characters even allow you to change their skin color and hair length to allow you to self-insert yourself into the exciting online battles!
+ Added new panels and reworked old ones
+ Lava: Hurts non-FIRE elementals
+ Grass: Heals non-FIRE elementals
+ Metal: Can't break and speeds up ELEC elementals
+ Ice: Makes non-WATER elementals slide
+3 Sexy new battle-backgrounds!
+ New menu themes
Making the UI more diverse and fun!
+ Colorblind mode and more accessibility options!
You can now disable all "tap" based attacks and instead choose to "hold" a single button.
+ Interactive Credits!
+ Quality of life stuff:
+ Added new fonts
+ Changed "Practice" battles into "Test" battle with dummy
* Battles are now started out with a full Strike Gauge
* VOCs now show their styled power/crush values
* Spawning attacks that can't spawn the object don't reduce gauge
* Fixed VOC inventory navigation
* Renamed Neo to AV.atar
VOCs:
+ Lv2 BuildMove
+ Lv1 BuildGrass
+ Lv4 PanelSword
+ Lv2 SofaGrab
+ Lv4 Explant
+ Lv3 FireGate
+ Lv0 GreenPiece
+ Lv2 BioHeart
> Lv3 BigSword: Removed Charge
> Lv4 Bomboyage: Power--, Crush--
> Heal is now a Pickup
Styles:
+ Lv0 Infusion
+ Lv0 Turn
+ Lv0 Slow
+ Lv1 Fast
+ Lv1 RushBack
> You can now turn while moving with a rush-style
Thank's to your support in Early Access we can keep expanding EndCycle VS every month! Thank you so much, I hope you're enjoying our little game.
See ya soon!
Hey everyone hope you're having a wonderful spring so far! We took the nice weather, as a chance to shut the windows, sit down in front of our PCs and create this new update! Here's what you can expect: + Added in-game Mod manager Now it's easier than ever to put anything you like into the game! + Added Mod browser to up- and download mods in-game Do you want to share your mod with the community, without actually having to leave the game? Now you can! + Game now automatically synchronizes mods with server Join a server that has a mod running, and the game will automatically install that mod for ya, so you can enjoy and share all the wonderful possibilities of modding! + Reworked Tutorial and Tips menu We gave this one an overhaul so new player can get the hang of the game more quickly, and veterans can see neat tips and tricks to enhance their playstyle! + Reworked entity HP/Crush gauge It looks prettier now. We hope you enjoy this update, which clearly has a modding focus. To all the none-modders out there: We're already working on the next update which brings new content to the base-game. You can look forward to exciting gameplay-enhancements! Have a lovely April!
At the beginning of April you can expect a small- yet exciting update, which let's you finally upload your mods, and also search for new ones inside of EndCycle VS very own mod-browser. You can also run your own custom server with any mod you like! Players that join will automatically get the mods installed and enabled so you won't have to worry about mod compatibility! Once we are finished with this update, we'll let you know about the bigger things to come. We can't wait to see what you'll do with the modding tools!
Hello lovely Cyclists!
With this new update we're introducing you to ONE NEW BACKGROUND!
...but more importantly we've updated the in-game modding tools now allowing you to modify EndCycle VS to a greater extent!
What is also new, is that you can stack up multiple mods at once, and integrate up to 1000 of your own characters into the game!!!
If you haven't gotten into modding yet here is what you can do in EndCycle VS:
- Add new playable characters (sprite, stats & abilities) to the Roster
- Create your own battlefields
- Create enemies and define their AI however you want
- You can of course create you own background as well
- Add your music to fights
- Change the sound effects of the game
- Heck if you want to you can change any sprite so you can even remove our beautiful logo
- Use every possible variable to create unique attacks
- Change the attack range and trajectory!
- Chain multiple individual attacks together to form a combo!!
- Make the attack transform and interact with the battlefield!
- Add custom sound effects!
- Change its element, power and level!
- And much much more!
- "On Sale" tab in shop
- Power/Crush display when looking at VOCs
- New VOC icons
- Overhauled shop UI
ANOTHER MONTH ANOTHER HUGE UPDATE
This month we are proud to finally unveil the identity of the cute fellow who has been all over out promo-material: It's Rozu the Noise-Hunter!
And a special guest visits our growing roster: Tri-Wing!!!
Characters now have unique abilities, to make battles even more diverse.
A bunch of new Voc's and Styles also have been added!
We can't wait to see how you'll use them.
Here's the complete changelog:
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! Rozu joins the Voxers!
- Rozu gains extra speed while he has full HP.
! Tri-Wing joins the Roster!
-Just like in it's own game, Tri-Wing moves in 4 directions and refills its
gauge periodically
+ Character Skills:
Certain characters now have special abilities that switch up the way they
play
+ Set Lobby Game Mode to 1v1 or 2v2
+ Quick-Match option
Choose the Quick Match option to quickly connect to any open lobby
+ Lobby Passwords
+ Edit Game Mode Rules in lobbies
+ Players can be kicked / made host from player list
+ New Menu visuals
+ Filter VOCs by Role
+ New Character Selection screen
+ Lobby Chat from Inventory/Shop
+ Reworked In-Battle Chat
* Added 4-High to Stage Selection
* Improved VOC Inventory Navigation
* Player Element is now shown in Local PvP mode
* IceCubes aren't destroyed when hit by weakness anymore
* Ice Panels duration increased
* Practice Battles are now started out with a full gauge
* Regen rate increased by decreasing duration
> Fixed:
* IceCube explosion push/pull
> VOCs:
New VOCs:
+ Lv2 Telepunch
(Normal) Materializes a giant fist, which can be activated on your chosen lane
+ Lv1 ElectroRay
(Elec) Charges up for a beat, and then starts shooting a lazer ahead which damages entities multiple times and stuns them. Depletes VSG bar and keeps damaging as long as the button is held
+ Lv1 Meteors
(Fire) Creates giant meteors falling unto the battlefield. The longer you activate this Voc the more meteors will fall.
+ Lv0 ChargeFlame
(Fire)Charges up while the button is held, when the button is released a Flame Shot is shot ahead of the player if the attack was fully charged, otherwise the charge resets
+ Lv2 HotMagic
(Fire) Creates a mantle of fire right onto the user which makes all projectiles in the panel in front disappear instantly and that causes slight damage
+ Lv1 LogLaunch
(Nature) Shoots a log ahead which rolls along the ground. If the shoot button is pressed more often, the VOC spawns more logs at the cost of one bar per log
+ Lv2 Plantrap
(Nature) Sprouts vines directly in front of the user, healing the user and damaging the enemy as often as the attack button is pressed, reducing the VSG bar slightly every time.
+ Lv1 Caffeine
(Normal) Pulls the user three panels ahead.
+ Lv2 WideSword
(Normal) Slices a 1x3 area in front of the user
+ Lv0 Push
(Normal) Pushes any object one panel in front with a big fist back by one panel, dealing slight damage
+ Lv3 ChronoRip
(Special) If hit within a short time span the time slows down for a short moment and the user moves behind one panel
+ Lv3 TrndWttr
(Water) Shoots a water bomb to the designated panel, which freezes hit panels in a plus
Removed VOCs
- Lv2 Cannon+
- Lv3 Cannon++
- Lv4 Grenade+
Balancing:
> Lv2 IceCube: HP--
> Lv5 Lightmass: HP--, Lv4 -> Lv5
> Lv2 StunWave: Stun--
> Lv2 Dualeaf: Power--, Crush--
> Lv2 Mosquito: Range++
> Styles:
New Styles:
+ Lv1 Up
Pushes target up
+ Lv1 Down
Pushes target down
+ Lv2 Copy
Gives target the element of the used VOC
+ Lv1 Rush-Up
Moves Player one field up before using the VOC
+ Lv1 Rush-Down
Moves Player one field down before using the VOC
+ Lv1 Rush-2
Moves Player 2 fields forward before using the VOC
+ Lv1 Rush-3
Moves Player 3 fields forward before using the VOC
Balancing:
> Heal-1 / Heal-2 / Heal-3: Heals user on hit
> Heal-2: 100 Heal -> 150 Heal
> Heal-3: 200 Heal -> 250 Heal
EndCycle VS
12B3
12B3
2019-01-01
Indie Multiplayer Coop EA
Game News Posts 58
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(76 reviews)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/886200
EndCycle VS Linux 64 [142.52 M]
Fight foes in intense, fast-paced situations by combining reflexes, strategy and the right attacks!
- Build your very own deck and create a unique playstyle, by combining attacks and styling them with your own effects making for... if our calculations are correct... more than infinite combinations!!!
- Alter the battlefield and use it to your advantage!
- Choose from several characters, or bring your very own sprite into the game!
- With the included modding tools, you can create unique servers with their own rules. Giant battlefield, cannon attacks only? Sure! Tiny battlefield, 1-Hit K.O? Absolutely! Every player is a squirrel and the soundtrack consists of bagpipes? ....if you must.
- Create GIFs with the provided GIF recorder, that lets you record events after they've happened.
- With the Discord integration you can see who's currently in-game, looking for a fight, or even view current fight results on the go!
- OS: Windows XP. Vista. 7. 8. or 10Graphics: 128MBStorage: 400 MB available space
- Graphics: 128MB
- Storage: 400 MB available space
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