Duoshift is going into the Steam Next Fest! The store page content is updated and the demo is up as well. The game still has many issues especially related to difficulty but I strongly believe that it has a lot of potential. Please give me feedback and report the bugs so that, I can improve the game fast. I am very passionate about turn-based games and this passion came from Advance Wars series…
Watch the Demo Trailer Demo coming on 16th October. Be sure to play it and give me feedback. Changelogs: · Updated levels so multiple custom entities spawn at start, increased initial reroll count, increased The Wall's HP, reduced card removal costs in the shop, and improved overall reroll behavior. · Added Season 3 gameplay background textures (Snow and Snow Night), cutscene frames/dialogue, t…
Changelogs: · Resolved major Save/Load system bugs, fixing crash-on-load errors, missing "Continue" options upon game restart, missing card hands after loading, and Duoshifter AP values not preserved when saving/loading. · Added an enemy spawn indicator to provide next enemy spawn hint - displays exclamation marks if any spawning in the upcoming turns and spawn count if spawning in the immediat…
Changelogs: · Re-balanced game difficulty across levels, shortened multiple levels, and implemented game design improvements specifically targeted for playtesting. · Added new entities: Repulsion Bomb, Mud, Oil, Oil Barrel, Acid, Acid Barrel, and the Burn element (WIP; not functional yet). · Added Card Element Indicators: Jam, Burn, Retain, Exhaust, Remove, Stun · Added Entity/Card VFX for Reta…
Changelogs: · Implemented a Reroll system giving a limited number of rerolls at the start of each run to refresh hand cards during gameplay. · New and Improved OST: start screen/main theme music with variation in card selection scene, level selection music with variations and gameplay (level/battle) music is just high pitched start screen music added as placeholder. · Improved 'The Wall' mechan…
Changelogs: · Added Card Selection Scene where players can select 2 cards for each Duoshifter from a random set of cards. · Added a consistent pair of bottom buttons across Duoshifter selection, card selection, level selection, rewards, and shop scenes. Not functional yet. · Streamlined Duoshifters selection by removing the "Go" button from the Duoshifter selection scene: selecting two Duoshift…
Changelogs: · Added shadows to all grid entities. · Introduced new and improved visual effects including unit destroy, machine gun and cannon medium muzzle flashes which also replaces old muzzle flash sprites. · Added a screen shake effect on unit destroy. · Fixed a critical crash that occurs when a duoshifter destroys the other duoshifter. Developer Notes: My life has been pretty eventful now-…
Changelogs: · Changed the Core Mechanic of the game, allowing players to select any Duoshifter at any time to execute multiple card actions without shifting. · Implemented new card context actions (move or swap, add to hand, add to draw, add to discard, and ap Swap) and integrated the Divert action. · Added a new context-action-link feature enabling multi-action cards with linked context select…
Changelogs: · Integrated a death status preview system that stops previewing subsequent statuses if an entity is predicted to die from an action. · Implemented a new context action allowing entities to swap positions. · Implemented and expanded turn element effects (including lockdown, stun, and expose), and configured turn elements to decrement each turn. · Added curve line indication in the r…
Changelogs: · Expanded the game's audio design integrating numerous sound effects (including Card UI specific sounds), dropping old music tracks, and reducing default volume baselines. · Expanded card mechanics by introducing 3 unique Trash Cards and a mechanic where Duoshifters receive a Clutter card in their draw set upon taking damage. · Executed a major Custom Actions and Shield Rework, alo…
Changelogs: · Integrated a significant batch of new music track additions and UI SFX across game screens. · Re-balanced all game levels to smooth out difficulty curves and enhance overall playability. · Added an "Entity Select to Focus" feature with a dedicated context control display, and attached UI hover sounds to cells and entity selections. · Implemented an FPS-independent lerp system to r…
We are on our way to the first pre-demo playtest. The development is going really well. From now onwards, I will share the updates here as well. Here are the changelogs and developer notes to get an insight on what's going on with Duoshift. Duoshift v0.16.20 (Pre-Alpha) Changelogs: · Implemented Season Data integration into Level Selection, allowing levels to dynamically display based on the cu…
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