Hello Recruits,
Today I wanted to update you on the Boon System in The Membrane.
There are many secrets hiding in the boons. You'll discover different builds that compound with one another to form exciting and fun experiences while you're hacking, slashing, slaying, and defending the realm against the Membrane spawns.
There are many boons that stack with one another, and there are other boons that are mutually exclusive. Today I wanted to talk about a few the latter ones.
The three main boons are the boons that affect and upgrade you bow and arrow auto-attack ability.
There are three starting boons that you'll find at the beginning of the game: Heavy Arrow, Fast Arrow, and Poison Arrow.
Each one has four different stages that improve in strength, speed, and/or time to kill. All three provide quite different experiences for different playstyles.
Some players might prefer to shoot arrows and keep running along the rings while, over time, the poison kills their enemies.
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Other players might prefer a more tanky build, where your arrows can kill in one shot with a chance to pierce enemies and kill those behind them.
And then there are players who might prefer speed. For them, I've designed arrows with a faster fire rate that can eventually fire in bursts of up to three arrows at a time, slaying enemies with incredible speed.
These three boons will be available in the demo for you to try and discover as you create your favorite builds,. There will likely be other variations of arrow boons coming in the future as I continue with development and we explore what the community is enjoying the most.
Boons are acquired by collecting pearls that fall from defeated enemies, (and possibly by striking the Membrane at the center of the map ;) )
The path to creating a really powerful build can take many different turns. Some boons are persistent, some become available as you unlock more characters for your crew, and others have narrative appearances that are tied to specific moments during a run. I'm look forward to sharing more with you and can't wait for you to try the boons and learn about your favorite builds.
Thank you for defending the world against The Membrane.
-Gerardo