Songbringer (tuxdb.com)

[quote]Songbringer has had a private, closed beta in progress since February 2016. Backers of the Kickstarter and others that have preordered have been sent keys to unlock the beta version. Anyone can obtain a key immediately by preordering the $32 version at http://songbringer.com/preorder or by raffling points gained by watching the live stream http://twitch.tv/wizard_fu[/quote] -=: Beta Version 0.9.J :=- [NEW] Hidden boss [NEW] New items: Jib speed booster, flask 2 [NEW] New block types: lava, spirit blocks, spirit walls, kilobomb walls [NEW] Backtracking doors: these require an item you will gain later on [NEW] Many new types of puzzles [NEW] Thief enemy that steals items [NEW] Ice dungeon music is procedural [NEW] Songbringer dungeon music is procedural [NEW] Dungeons have more secret rooms and better items [NEW] Camera zooms in a little in dungeons [+++] Attack momentum now allows one more degree of free movement (hero won't get so locked into one attack direction) [+++] Improved Jib's AI so he no longer gets stuck in some situations [+++] Pathfinding uses collision system for realtime accuracy [+++] Chest items can be picked up from below [+++] Chests only require one hit to open [+++] Can light Lassaurium (ice boss) on fire [+++] Metatron cannot be hurt while growing and a few other tweaks to make him less easy [+++] Active chests now have lights [+++] Item rooms and extra floors use the same musical key as the base dungeon [+++] Procedural music intensity factor is blended while transitioning between areas [+++] Improved the loading speed between areas slightly by better usage of sprite cache [+++] Improved the GPU performance by removing a few texture lookups in shaders [+++] Reduced the GPU memory footprint [+++] A maximum cap is now placed on the number of sprites [FIX] Fixed black screen in sword cave (Mac only) [FIX] Fixed a black ground texture that sometimes happened on the overworld and required restarting [FIX] Fixed accidental no item drops from enemies on the overworld when at full health [FIX] Fixed push pillars being difficult to push [FIX] Fixed kilobomb explosion not affecting some areas of the room [FIX] Fixed an issue where all keys could be used up getting to the boss switch room [FIX] Fixed buttons being accidentally hidden behind walls in some rooms [FIX] Fixed all gates into boss switch rooms accidentally being missing [FIX] Fixed an issue where Jib could climb and climb until he was invisible [FIX] Puzzles that lock the doors no longer appear at dead ends [FIX] Fixed an issue where ice dragons could leave behind an invisible collision box [FIX] Fixed hero using refill immediately if starting there [FIX] Fixed heroes moving to lower left of screen when using the cup [FIX] Fixed a bug where worlds could have two or more drobth miniboss areas [FIX] Fixed missing drobth miniboss area in some worlds due to being overwritten [FIX] Fixed enemies spawning in the middle of the sky

[ 2017-04-20 07:42:13 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

💰 Games on Sale 💰

GAMEBILLET

[ 5974 ]