This update to Songbringer brings lots of refinements to the game, including a faster blink orb item that can be found sooner in the game.
[NEW] Roq can now push some types of objects and thereby solve puzzles, open secrets, activate switches, etc.
[NEW] Bombs are required to leave the first section of the overworld, making it highly unlikely for the player to wander very far without finding something interesting
[NEW] Some worlds have the first overworld section sandy instead of forest
[NEW] Characters sometimes talk without pausing the game and requiring a button to advance (modeless dialogue)
[+++] Blink orb level 1 cannot teleport through solid objects, allowing it to be found much sooner in the game
[+++] Blink orb can be used like any other item by binding a button, or it can be used by double tapping in any compass direction
[+++] Jib can scan multiple items at once if they are near each other
[+++] Jib talks a little bit alien
[+++] Dungeon 1, 2 and Velle's cave are guaranteed to be in the first overworld section
[+++] Better cliff coloring
[+++] Story dialogue is less likely to be abrupt and/or interrupt what you were already doing (most of the time it now waits until you have stopped moving in order to trigger the dialogue)
[+++] Bombable pillars look more bombable
[+++] More flocks of birds
[FIX] Fixed eye strain: enemies are no longer dark at first and night time is brighter
[FIX] Can no longer get locked in a puzzle room if you don't have the means to solve it
[FIX] Must have cactus container before jostling trees and bushes gives a cactus
[FIX] Fixed bushes sometimes blocking Zero's cave
[FIX] Fixed collision box issue with cliffs
[FIX] Using lighter automatically sheaths the sword
[FIX] Fixed swordless dungeon before boss pattern
[FIX] God mode and invincible buttons now enabled in release mode (beta version only)
[FIX] Fixed pillars not being destructable in swordless dungeons
[FIX] Sheaths sword before going down into swordless dungeon
[FIX] Jib properly plays talk animation when getting a new item
[FIX] Must stop on elevators to use them
[FIX] Demon's tooth comes after boss explosion
[FIX] Fixed a few retries in the overworld generator, a small percentage of overworlds will now have a different layout
[FIX] Once a dungeon room is unlocked, it stays that way
[ 2016-04-30 09:07:19 CET ] [ Original post ]
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- Songbringer - The Trial of Ren
Songbringer: Procedural Action Adventure
Explore 308 million procedurally-generated worlds. Take the nanosword, awaken sleeping evil and quell the nightmare before it happens.
You play the role of protagonist and accidental hero, Roq Epimetheos. With a propensity for partying and making music, he cruises the galaxy with his skybot Jib aboard the ship Songbringer, searching for verdant planets absent the presence of galactic police.
When Roq finds the nanosword hidden in a cave on Ekzerra, he unwittingly awakens an ancient evil. The sword is pretty fraggin' sweet though. It... hums.
Jib, the Skybot
Jib's story is quite long. He began life as a human boy on the skycity planet Yuerder. Growing up, he took an interest in programming artificial intelligence, eventually making a career for himself. On his deathbed, he illegally transferred his consciousness into a skybot, destroying the consciousness link thereby preventing overwrite.
7500 years later our story begins...
Jib scans the bodies of your fallen foes, sometimes uncovering valuable loot. He can also gain the ability to stun foes. Jib is automatically controlled by AI, or player two can play Jib in local co-op mode.
Lacking the ability to grow one as a human, Jib is obsessed with mustaches.
Procedural
You choose a 6-letter world seed when beginning a quest. This seed is used to procedurally generate the planet, overworld, secrets and dungeons.
Entering the same world seed will always generate the same world. Thus lore and competition can be shared with others.
Play a new seed and surprise yourself with a new world. Or enter a seed you are familiar with for a speed run.
Open / Non-linear
The generated overworld is open and non-linear. Head in any compass direction you like or play dungeons out of order.
Of the nine dungeons Roq and Jib can uncover in each world:
- Some are thematic, containing puzzles and items integral to completing the world.
- Some are secret, hidden side quests in which abilities can be gained.
- Some are tough as nails with overwhelmingly difficult foes, mobs and bosses.
Secrets of the Cacti
Everywhere one looks, there is much that is not seen. Concealed treasures abound. By eating cacti, Roq gains psychedelic powers and is able to perceive the secrets that lurk in plain sight.
Some items Roq discovers can be combined to create distinct artifacts. Find a blink orb and a fire cube? Take these to the droidsmith aboard Songbringer to craft a fire orb enabling Roq to teleport forward a few steps while turning into a fireball.
Being a Zelda-inspired game, Songbringer features no experience points (no XP). Progress is made by crushing mobs, vanquishing bosses and claiming lost technological devices.
Leaderboard
On completing a quest, several factors are quantified to produce an overall score:
- Time to complete
- Percentage of map uncovered
- Percentage of items obtained
- Game mode: regular vs permadeath
Your score can be saved to a global leaderboard sorted by world seed. This leaderboard cycles through seeds by popularity and freshness. You can manually override to view a particular seed.
Links
Twitter @wizard_fu
Twitch (daily live stream)
Youtube Channel
Facebook Page
Official Website
Kickstarter (successfully funded)
Press Kit
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