[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.P :=-
[NEW] Game remembers last position in long overworld song and resumes from there to minimize repetition
[NEW] Added a guitar loop for the bard
[NEW] Support for multiple monitors on Mac
[+++] All achievements have now been implemented
[+++] Each world is guaranteed to have 32+ overworld secrets
[+++] Overworld secrets are more evenly distributed
[+++] The bard is guaranteed to be in each world
[+++] The cup has been moved to the first swordless dungeon
[+++] Entering the swordless dungeon is allowed with Velle
[+++] Metatron is now invulnerable to ice
[+++] Eiael drops a few more bombs per scan
[+++] Bath Kol has a more balanced repetoire in her final phase
[+++] Radruiel in the tower requires five or more underlings to recombine
[+++] Roq walks one step south when going upstairs
[+++] Roq is invincible for a moment the instant he uses a flask, so death is not possible
[+++] Empty store items are now prioritized as follows: bombs, cacti, kilobombs, small demon's tooth
[+++] Radruiel's total courage has been lowered
[+++] Eiael slows down towards the end to increase the tension
[+++] All dialogue backgrounds are a bit more opaque
[+++] Dialogue ending button appears sooner
[+++] Roq faces the talking character during dialogue
[+++] Refined several music tracks
[+++] Enemies healing is now more clear
[+++] Refined much of the dialogue
[+++] Shadows in dungeons are a little darker
[+++] Dialogue zoom accounts for height of current dialogue
[+++] Cactus now has special sounds if the effect is diminished due to overuse
[FIX] Fixed teleport landing in walls
[FIX] Fixed countdown continuing to overworld if teleporting straight from map
[FIX] Fixed Smith refusing to come with under certain circumstances
[FIX] Fixed accidentally being able to use teleport during ending
[FIX] Fixed accidentally being able to teleport from the map anywhere, any time
[FIX] Fixed missing Zchiveks
[FIX] Fixed birds appearing where they cannot actually fit
[FIX] Fixed a situation where spirit buttons could not be triggered
[FIX] Fixed gear menu not muffling due to new secret muffle
[FIX] Fixed musical issues with Radruiel
[FIX] Fixed gear menu display issues
[FIX] Fixed Murmuroth can appear in before boss room after defeat
[FIX] Fixed gear can show two blinks
[FIX] Fixed map can show two external locations from the same Z level
[FIX] Fixed Metatron's second song not playing
[FIX] Fixed bored animation playing while lying down
[FIX] Fixed displayed amount of diamond stashes always saying 40
[FIX] Fixed music muffled in sword cave
[FIX] Fixed innaccessible cave entrances
[FIX] Fixed shadows fading weirdly when elevating down into a dungeon
[FIX] Fixed a few secret paths not extending all the way into the area
[FIX] Fixed some sound loops continuing forever
[FIX] Fixed smoke and steam can appear on next screen
[FIX] Fixed not being able to trigger item in some secret rooms
Songbringer
Wizard Fu Games
Wizard Fu Games
2017-09-01
Action Indie RPG Adventure Singleplayer
Game News Posts 83
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support
Very Positive
(129 reviews)
http://songbringer.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/367080 
The Game includes VR Support
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
- OS: 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
- OS: 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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