Community13 Feb 2023Bound By Blades is featured in Friendship Games Week 2023!Don't play alone on Valentine's Day - We are thrilled to join many outstanding indie gems, gathered in the Friendship Games Week 2023 , thanks to our dear friends Frogsong Studios , who are presenting this event! Frogsong Studio’s Friendship Games Week 2023 is dedicated to all local multiplayer indie games! And we have joined with three games of our own! Get our cozy Boss-Rush Indie-RPG Bound B…
Young Bounds! Are you enjoying our Indie-RPG Bound By Blades? Because, we need your support! If you appreciate the cozy game, but also the tough, but rewarding challenge of boss-fights, we'd be happy if you nominate our Bound By Blades for the ‘Better With Friends' Steam Award 2022 ! And here's how you can vote for us: · Either you simply use the nomination format above · Or, simply head over t…
Hotfix Patch - Fixed Tower levels being incompletable - Fixed pet missions removing materials from players Please let us know if you experience anymore issues and we'll work on them asap!
Young Bounds! A new week has begun and kicking off this week, we have a new patch available! Shoutout and big thanks to everybody, for the ongoing support and feedback, helping us to improve the game further! Find below all fixes and small additions: Additions & Updates · Added Region selection for online multiplayer · Dreamland rare materials rates increased greatly (probably too much, therefo…
Young Bounds! We were already able to provide the first small patch for our game, also thanks to your feedback across all channels so far. Without further ado, find below all fixes and small additions: Fixes · The known multiplayer issue, impacting mostly Chinese players, where the online-multiplayer might not properly work, when one player is trying to start a game with a boss, that the other…
Young Bound! Vanquishing evil has never been this wholesome. Today, together with developer Zeth, we are pleased to announce our cozy boss rush RPG Bound by Blades, which is now available on Windows PC here on Steam, with a launch on Nintendo Switch and mobile via iOS & Android planned for 2023. In this boss rush comfy crafting RPG mash-up, you choose one of three main characters, determine whe…
Hey everyone, Together with solo-developer Zeth , we are proud to reveal the release date for the buss-rush-styled adventure Bound by Blades , along with a new dev commentary trailer, where Zeth narrates the games' emphasis on challenging combat, crafting and coop! Your journey will begin on PC (Steam) on November 15, 2022 . Bound by Blades is an action-RPG where intense boss rush-style battl…
Hey everyone! In this post our community manager Knufte asks Zeth, the game creator some questions, I hope you guys enjoy! Please tell us about Bound By Blades Bound by Blades is a cute indie adventure full of epic boss rush battles. The focus in Bound by Blades is on the bosses, what makes the battles special? A: As one of the first things people see is the unique grid system, which ties into…
To celebrate the Steam Next Festival, players will be able to play the new demo of Bound by Blades. Be sure to be one of the first to try it out. Bound by Blades is an Indie Action-RPG with a focus on intense boss battles. Experience the thrill of Boss Rushes with the wholesomeness of a cozy Indie RPG as you confront ferocious foes, collect loot, and craft new epic gear to fortify yourself for…
Developer Update & Upcoming Release! It's been a long long time since we've had an official developer update, so let's get you caught up! We Are Content Complete We've been content complete for a few months now, this means the game has all the content in it, and is in the final stages of bug squashing and polish readying up for release later this year! Bosses Please welcome our newest bosses! N…
Today, together with developer Zeth , we are revealing something special for RPG lovers: the brand-new indie title Bound by Blades . Launching in Q4 2022 on Steam and releasing later on Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS devices, Bound by Blades is a boss-rush-style RPG with an emphasis on challenging combat and crafting. Embark on a journey through the magical world of Ashmyr , a once thriving…
Hey everyone! We've been working hard on BBB and have a new playtest available on steam! It's limited to the first 100 players right now, so if you want a chance to try it out and give feedback, click on the link below and register to join the Playtest! Steam Playtest Link Feedback helps immensely, so please fill out the survey after playing and give feedback on the steam forums! Steam Forums
Developer Update 22 Let's try out this blog thing! (Videos are hard!) General Info For a very long time we've been hard on funds, but we've recently received a small investment that allows us to release our game unimpeded. The majority of the team was able and willing to take rev share, so we only had to cover for animations with additional funds. This now lets us complete all 10 core bosses, p…
Developer Update 21 Online Multiplayer · 2 Player online multiplayer now working in game · Cross platform support to play between any platform · We’ve worked on lag compensation to limit bugs and visual oddities in multiplayer · Client side controls, so you never feel latency when playing · Ready up menu for battles New Castle of Fangsfate · New City hub area to explore · New characters and sho…
Introducing the third and final playable character, Kota · A heavily armored guardian from the Oxbourne Tribe · Combo his boomerang attacks by timing them with the return of the disc · Block a large amount of attacks, and absorb energy by doing so · Release the stored energy through your strong attack, launching projectiles back at the boss Equipment Sets for all characters and Updated Blacksmi…
The second playable character, Guren is now in game! · An agile bunny archer from the Fangorian Tribe · She has a pet wisp that carries charge for her strong attacks · She's able to attack while running · Her quick attacks build up charge into her wisp · Her quick attack finisher is a multi shot, hitting 3 targets at once · Her strong attack can build up to 3 charges for a very strong blast Tal…
Developer Update 18 · Improvements to make the game feel more responsive with quicker actions all around · Perfect dodges now reflect back projectiles · More impact on strong attacks and hits, with screen shake and hit freeze · Boss 4, Talys functionality shown off with temp art, as well as her concepts and final art for later · Mac and Linux support as well as more controller support added in…
Hey everyone! I want to announce that despite our KS not being able to reach the funding we need, we will continue development on a smaller scoped version of BBB to release in a shorter time span. I'll be selling my car to help give our team a little more support to keep us going through release, but the real heroes making this dream a reality is the team. They're all willing to make sacrifices…
Our latest Kickstarter Update is here with a Plushie Addon and talking about the Multiplayer with a prototype video! Kickstarter Post Lamgi Plushie Addon This is the first pass on the plushie, (we're having the legs become a bit stumpier and cuter) The plushie is available as a Kickstarter Add-on, at $50 which includes the shipping cost! To add an order for the plushie, you can change your pled…
Hey there! We're 20% of the way to our goal with 23 days still go, make sure to check out our Kickstarter and get your copy on PC at $15 and save 25% from release price! Kickstarter posts link here Update Notes · Game Build Updated! · Dev Live Stream Tomorrow! · Language Support Announced! · Lead Developer's (Zeth) Background · Cute Finny voice by Astreigha who did an awesome stream of the game…
Make sure to check out the playable demo on the Steam page if you haven't already! We've spent 2 years developing it out, with a nice light story and easy first bosses and then ramp it up with some crazy challenge bosses with unique attack variations to really give it the end game spin we look to create. And if you like the demo please check out the Kickstarter here!
After 2 years of development building out the Bound By Blades demo and polishing for all of the amazing feedback, we are ready to hit Kickstarter! Spread the word and prepare, as we have an awesome trailer, demo, and Kickstarter page full of beautiful art and gifs for you to check out!
Watch the Dev Update Video This video focuses on showing the core features within the demo and gameplay while talking about the planned features and upcoming Kickstarter! Kickstarter coming later this month! Near the end of this month will be our Kickstarter's launch, we're waiting until we're a bit closer to it before we announce the date so keep an eye out for us! The Agile Archer, Guren For…
In this post I want to list out all of our planned goals for the final release of BBB. Our demo works as a solid proving ground of the combat system and core gameplay, but there is so much more we want to build – and I’ll explain them all here. I’ll be going through all of this in detail in the upcoming Kickstarter launching this September, but I want to give everyone a hint now of what we’re a…
Watch the Dev Update Video Here Updates and Changes · Title Screen animated · Lamgi animated in town and dreamland, they run, prance and jump · Finny now animated in town (Eldros coming soon!) · Wisps moving around on the edges of the battlefield · Particle effects for Teo added in Battle for dash, dodge and charge attacks · New Epic Music for Battles past the training phase · New Loading scree…
Want to be one of the first to try out the game and give feedback? Join our discord! We'll be adding players to our early play test group through Discord with each new build leading up to our Kickstarter launch around September. We're primarily looking for feedback to help improve Bound By Blades and ensure a smooth experience for everyone to play! We do ask for any and all players who get to t…
Dev Update 15 Dev Video Link here Since DreamHack was our focus before, we haven’t made a dev update in quite awhile, so we’re combining that into this update as well. Our main additions include the new Title Screen, new Music throughout, Mittux animations, Teo VFX animations, and combining the potions into the player healthbar UI. Our animator Aden has finished all the boss VFX, and I’d love t…
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