Aura of Worlds (tuxdb.com)

Glorified Grotto, Graphical Enhancements, cursed chests and More!

Greetings Adventurers! We've been remastering the early gameplay and visuals, This is in response to feedback from testers that the first area needed to be more on par with the latter areas of the game, especially regarding variety.

Grotto of Guidance, Glorified

Environment and Terrain additions

Objects lodged in stone, double slab pieces, and transition tiles to mix things up.
Windows - 7 variants!
New statues, etchings and other decorative objects
Scaffolding Towers (see below)
Bronze blocks and shrines (rare)
New platform types
And more...

Other Level Generation Changes

Liquid hazard pools merge better with rooms and are more extensive.
Enemy distribution now draws from a much wider pool of enemies with reworked probabilities.

Tutorial update

We've updated the graphics of the 2nd tutorial to reflect the grotto's theme and have reworked parts of it to be more intuitive.

We've added more explicit instructions for players who got confused during the blink ability section toward the end.

Enemy variant - Spinner Beetle

While lacking the venom of its counterpart, the acid beetle in the gardens, living in the Grotto has given them keener senses to hunt in the shadows. If You see something fluorescent and pink glowing in the dark, that's probably its jaws, so beware!

Further Additions

Spear Combat Sharpening

With better animation:

Cursed Chests

Rarely, you'll find this guy, who will goad You into taking his contents. There are multiple interactions based on Your choices, but if You want his loot, You'll just have to reach in and bear the consequences! Accepting the challenge will net You multiple items: power runes, gold, and health, but You must endure the curse for the current level and the next..

New Spring Spike Sprites

The old design clashed in some environments, and new players generally found the old design too tame and hard to see. So we've redesigned them from scratch:

Other quality of life improvements and bug fixes

Crossbow knockback has been buffed by 25%.
Fixed weird one-block tall floating cave stone islands in Grotto of Guidance.
The cast projectiles from Enthrall and Sphere of Influence Powers now move much faster.
The hunter behaves differently on the last level of being cursed.
More rendering optimizations.
Numerous smaller balance changes.
Much more

[ 2023-06-25 17:52:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Aura of Worlds
Cognitive Forge

Developer

Cognitive Forge

Publisher

2018-04-24

Release

Indie Adventure Singleplayer EA

Adversity as your ally

F.A.Q.

Let's be transparent...
"What Gamepads are compatible?”
Currently Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers though other Xinput controllers may work.
NOTE: Not natively compatible with Playstation controllers yet.

Keyboard and mouse works just as well.

Is there much of a story in game?
There's minimal story exposition as of the current build.
We do plan on integrating a loose narrative as development progresses though...

“I'm running the game on an old computer, how can I make it run faster?”
Please see the following forum thread on optimization:

“Where can I report bugs/issues/suggestions?”
Please look to the forums, we check messages there each day. Feedback is welcome and there are some excellent community members who are willing to help to.

"Anything else to be aware of?"

Default gamepad controls are slightly different from convention, due to optional 360 degree aiming with right analogue stick. Though buttons can be rebound to suit.
It’s designed to be challenging, and death may be encountered frequently during your initial runs. Though there is no stunlocking/one-hit demises.
Being able to multi-task between abilities will greatly increase survivability.
**The game has a steeper learning curve than the average platformer, particularly in the first 25 minutes

Every challenge has multiple solutions

For example, if there is a chest on the other side of a lava pit; do you...?

Grapple across
Bend time and bounce off enemies
Use a boomerang to fetch the item
Blow up the pit with a grenade; setting everything nearby alight!
...

More Features

Over 70 unique enemies and traps
9+ randomized level themes. Such include tidal corridors filled with mines, rising lava, caverns lined with toxic and carnivorous plants...
3+ Primary world types (grotto, gardens, temple, ...) each with their own traps, enemies, boss and special theme layouts.
A plethora of creative abilities ranging from parkour to cloaking to warping time itself!
Every object has multiple uses E.g. you can grab that lantern from the ceiling, and carry it around to use as a portable light source or improvised flaming molotov...
Hand crafted pixel art and animations by Jessica Turner and Lachlan Cartland
Regular updates
A unique musical score.
Customize character skin and clothing colors.
Permanent progression: allows you to unlock world shortcuts, new items, character backgrounds...
So much more...

Whilst functionally complete; the game is under active development and more content is being added.

This project was Greenlit by the community back in 2016.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 10.7 or higher
Processor: 64 BitMemory: 1500 MB RAM
Memory: 1500 MB RAM
Graphics: Open GL 3.7 or higher
Storage: 1200 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: You will also need Mono Framework 5.8 or higher installed.

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