[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[/quote] -=: Beta Version 0.9.M :=- [NEW] Elevators glow as they get near bio-energetic sources [NEW] Meditation slowly restores courage [NEW] New boss music [NEW] New overworld enemies: Baiyag2 and Phant2 [NEW] Areas on the overworld can sometimes have wider edges [NEW] New secret item placements [NEW] The overworld has a new mysterious cave [+++] Virlocke in dungeon 1 only spawns spiders once [+++] All other Virlockes grow fatter as they are about to spawn [+++] Map is more noticeable, especially when switching from gear [+++] Added a scene and refined the intro artwork [+++] Improved the performance of ripples [+++] Fire mages have explosive resistance [+++] Foes no longer appear on some overworld interest areas [+++] Refrain from auto-organizing equipment in crafting area [+++] Crafting laser magnetizes items inwards [+++] Old equipment is reloaded after leaving crafting room [+++] Miniboss music refined [+++] Removed some unimplemented achievements [FIX] Fix Jib sometimes not noticing new scan locations [FIX] Fix push pillars sometimes being difficult to use [FIX] Can access the gear menu while Roq is holding his arm in the air [FIX] Fixed Rockface turning gray when meditating [FIX] Fixed beta notice being stuck on cutscenes [FIX] Fixed the shadow alignment of some items [FIX] Fixed a case where using teleport went to a black screen [FIX] Fixed accidentally saving last teleport position when using boss portals [FIX] Fixed a case where the bard was overwritten by a river

[ 2017-05-15 07:50:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

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.

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