Road to v2 + Update 1.6

After months of work we’re ready to show you what’s been happening with Shieldmaiden and what you can expect in the near future. We took this time to set a new path for the game and reach Version 2!
Version 2

With the planned updates, Shieldmaiden becomes a bigger and better game. Some of the new features are:

Extended Movement

• Asta can now Dash, both on the ground and in the air, creating new opportunities both for combat and for platforming;
• She can also combo her dash with a jump to reach new speeds and distances;

Extended Combat

Now Asta has many more tools to deal with the possesed machines of Modigard, such as:

• Push Finisher: Asta can now push enemies, allowing her both some time to breath or an opportunity to give chase with a dash and keep attacking;
• Uppercut: Asta can now throw the enemies in the air, stopping them from attacking and opening up an opportunity to keep attacking;
• Quick Return: Asta now can call her shield back when it hits an enemy, getting back into action faster;
• Dash Attack: Asta can attack straight from her Dash;
• Power Up: Asta gets a Damage Multiplier based on how much Energy she has, for a maximum of 200% damage;

Extended Burst

Asta now has variants of her special attack, the Burst:

• Standard: The good old Burst. Now with shorter range and weaker, but consuming less Energy;
• Frontal Burst: This one reaches further than the Standard Burst, but only shoots in one direction;
• Ultra Burst: Consumes all energy and breaks your shield for maximum damage on the whole screen;

Extended Story

Sieldmaiden’s story is being reworked to become better and more cohesive. It will also have new ways of being told, such as the new Dinamyc Conversation throughout the game;
Revised and Extended Levels

With all these new things the old levels become obsolete, so we’re remaking all of them with the new gameplay in mind, giving you more opportunities for combat with reworked enemies and Arenas, more opportunities for platforming using the new Dash, and the story, with the inclusion of Dynnamic Conversations and optional collectables that expand the story of Asta and what happened in Modigard;
Planning

These new things will come to the game through 5 updates, each based on a level, which we call Road to V(ersion) 2;

• Road to v2 - Part Zero (v1.6): It’s already up! This update has the new opening and Tutorial, along with some new moves for Asta, such as the Dash. Check the patch Notes at the end for more details;
• Road to v2 - Part One (v1.7): Will come with the Level One (Wolf’s Run Nature Sanctuary) Remake, along with some other minor things;
• Road to v2 - Part Two (v1.8): Will come with the Level Two (Scrapyard District) Remake, along with some other minor things;
• Road to v2 - Part Three (v1.9): Will come with the Level Three (Mt. Runa Hospital Complex) Remake, along with some tweakes on the Interlude and some other minor things;
• Road to v2 - Part Four/ Final Part (v2.0): Will come with the Level Four (Mourning Grounds) Remake, along with some other minor things;

We hope you enjoy whats going on with Shieldmaiden! Here are the Patch Notes:

Patch Notes Shieldmaiden v1.6.0

Asta

• Lowered HP;
• Revised SFXs;
• Shield goes further, faster;
• Projectiles have more knockback;
• Melee starts a little quicker;
• Melee and Throw have their own separate buttons;
• Dash: Asta can now Dash both on the ground and mid-air;
• Dash Attack: Pressing the attack button while dashing will result in a melee attack;
• 3-Hit Combo: Asta’s combo now has one more hit;
• Melee Hitbox: Asta’s melee rach has been increased by ~50%;
• Asta now stays in the air while hitting enemies;
• Power-Up: Asta’s damage increases based on how much energy she has, for a maximum of 200% damage;
• Skills:
  • Push Finisher: The third hit from the combo pushes some enemies;
  • Uppercut (Up + Melee): Throws some enemies into the air;
  • Quick Return: Pressing the Throw button as soon as the shield hits an enemy makes it come back much faster;

• Burst now has 3 versions:
  • Standard Burst (Just pressing the Burst button): It’s the old Burst. Consumes less energy;
  • Frontal Burst (Left/Right + Burst): Like the Standard Burst, but instead of a circle shoots of in one direction;
  • Ultra Burst (Hold Burst): Consumes all of Asta’s energy and breaks her shield, but hits all enemies on screen;

Enemies

• Risen Scrap: HP increased by 50%;
• Turret and Drone now have a version 2, with new behavours. They are the Red recolors;
• Turret (Standard and v2) becomes Broken Turret after taking some damage;
• Nurse and Glorious Dead have revised animations;

Gameplay

• Tutorial remade from the ground up with the new mechanics in mind;
• Arenas: Closed rooms where Asta must defeat waves of enemies to proceed. Currently they only show up on the tutorial, but will come to all levels in the following updates;
• revised Cutscenes: Reworked Opening, Tutorial and ending, with some tweaks along the game;
• Dynamic Conversations: Now the characters can talk without stopping the flow of the game;
• Levels 1 to 4 have been slightly tweaked and had Dynamic Conversations added. In the comming updates they will be remade like the tutorial. this is only to keep the experience somewhat pleasant in the meantime;

Miscellaneous

• Dash added to the Key Rebinding/Controller Remapping screens;
• Melee and Throw now have their own separate inputs on the Key Rebinding/Controller Remapping screens;

We are always on our Discord server if you want to talk!
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More updates are comming soon. Thank you everyone for the support!