Items in Nocturne are designed to give you meaningful choices (and tough decisions) in the middle of an intense Rhythm battle. So with the upcoming new demo releasing in June on Steam, Nocturne is getting a complete overhaul of its items and equipment and I think it's going to change how you approach each battle. Builds and Playstyles At its heart, Nocturne's combat is about reading the rhythm…
Before I jump into the details, and backstory, with how I settled on the combat mechanics for Nocturne, I want to give you the heads up there are some game mechanics mentioned here that only appear later in the game, but there are no story spoilers . That being said, if you don’t want to know about ANYTHING that will be featured later in the game, do not read this post. If you’re okay with lear…
I've got a "Good News / Bad News" situation here. Since we're all gamers, I thought I'd give everyone a dialogue option, so you can decide which order you read the news in. Hover the spoiler tags in the order you'd like. GOOD NEWS New content is coming to the demo on June 1st! For the first time ever, a piece of Chapter 2 will be available to play. Plus, you'll be able to experience The Arcade,…
If you've been following Nocturne's development for any length of time, you'll know that the music is a core part of the game. Every enemy encounter is a rhythm battle and by the time you're done with the story, you'll have worked your way through 101 original tracks (if you find and defeat every enemy that is). But I get asked all the time how it’ll work if someone wants to go back to play a s…
Did you know Nocturne actually has a longer Demo? It's the old demo from 2024 which includes the full first chapter. It's not quite as polished, as it's missing the modern UI, and controller support. But you can play the full first chapter including the boss fight! Details about how to access this demo are on the community discord. Come drop by and check out some more content!
Nocturne will be featured in TGAGWCAGA 2024—The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards! This is a grassroots indie community livestream coming this Friday, December 13th! TGAGWCAGA highlights incredible indie games that truly deserve more attention while also poking a little fun at the exclusivity of The Game Awards. Subscribe now to TGAGWCAGA’s YouTube channel so you don’t miss…
If you found yourself unable to progress past the New Game screen, or had a softlock during any of our Tutorials, we've just released a small demo patch to fix those issues. · The Satoru fight will no longer softlock even under the most laggy conditions. · Fixed an issue where some OS languages (such as Turkish) wouldn't allow you to create a new game. · Being defeated by Kimothy and Satoru no…
After many years of development, we've released our first public Demo. The demo features the first chapter of the game, which is about 90 minutes of gameplay! We'd love to see any gameplay videos or livestreams of the Demo, so be sure to link them on our Community Discord But that's not all! We also published our first official Trailer for Nocturne, with some exciting previews of the content to…
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Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.