Songbringer (tuxdb.com)

The secrets are off the chain in the latest Songbringer beta update. Lots of other stuff too.
[NEW] 17 new achievements [NEW] It is possible to find the tophat without encountering the Drobth miniboss in permadeath mode (makes swordless and tophat-only runs possible) [NEW] New character and other stuff in Velle's cave [NEW] New elements in the intro cutscenes (there are more to come) [NEW] Secrets have been organized and scattered through the overworld for better item progression [NEW] New types of secret containers: pillars that must be destroyed, water that must be turned to ice, bushes that must be burnt [NEW] Can build a life container from quarters usually within the first overworld section [NEW] New type of secret entrance: the burning bush [NEW] New types of secret paths on the overworld [NEW] New types of secrets that can only be activated at night [NEW] New types of secret paths within dungeons [NEW] Language can be changed via the settings menu [NEW] New story elements [+++] If two controllers are connected and player 1 already has controller bindings, the other controller is automatically bound to player 2 [+++] Tightened up the rhythm of the title song [+++] Time during area transitions counts towards overall play time [+++] Spiffied up dungeon goal rooms [FIX] Fixed overworld gates accidentally being thickets instead of bombable pillars, ghost pillars, etc. [FIX] Fixed enemies sometimes being able to walk inside mountains and rocks [FIX] Fixed a situation where the swordless puzzles would not activate [FIX] Fixed crafted tophats not picking up items [FIX] Fixed a bug that could cause bushes to ceaselessly jostle [FIX] Fixed an issue where bushes could seemingly spontaneously emit an item [FIX] Fixed minimap jumping positions when moving between certain areas [FIX] Fixed secret walls sometimes being visible when transitioning between areas [FIX] Fixed blink not showing equipped on the map / equipment screen [FIX] Fixed graphical tearing fullscreen on Mac

[ 2016-06-06 07:15:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Songbringer

Wizard Fu Games Developer

Wizard Fu Games Publisher

2017-09-01 Release

Action Indie RPG Adventure Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 83

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mostly Positive (129 reviews)

http://songbringer.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Available DLCs:

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

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu or equivalent
Processor: 1.0 Ghz or fasterMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0+ Compatible Card
Storage: 2 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu or equivalent
Processor: 2.0 Ghz or fasterMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ Compatible Card
Storage: 4 GB available space

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