2025 Dev Recap

Hello everyone! 

2025 was a big year for me and KAZ, so I wanted to sit down and share a proper recap of everything that’s happened, what I’ve been building, and where things are heading next.

Big moments from the past year:

• Announcing the game

• Showcasing at Gamescom 

• Winning ‘Pitch Your Game’

• Releasing the demo

I’ve loved  the community aspect, and hopefully we can continue to shape the game together! Here’s some of you trying KAZ out at Gamescom!

Development highlights:

A few big things happened on the development side too.

• I added 20 skins to the game! Including IP collaborations- Save me Mr. Taco, Bloodblast and more!

• I added 100 items, and I'm constantly adding more. 

• I incorporated 6 different game modes, each with a different gameplay style

  • Survival mode

  • Daily, weekly, monthly, and all time leaderboards 

  • Legends of the week: (starting items and builds that change every week.) 

  • Challenge of the month: hardcore mode with challenges that change every month. Some examples of the challenges:

    • Too many traps

    • Too many items

    • Rhythm based

    • High speed

…And many more!

• UI improvements:

  • “This game is played on your keyboard” notification in the beginning to guide new players. 

  • New stats included at the end of each round (now including APM)

  • Tons of smaller bug fixes that came up between versions. 

  • Developing the quest system

  • Improving item display in collectibles

  • Reworking menu UI and VFX

  • Adding interactive music

• Implemented new and exciting VFX:

  • I’ve worked on every item’s specific VFX, some of the notable ones are:

    • ‘Sadevistan’ effect (inspired by Cyperpunk the anime!) 

    • ‘Radioactive’ effect. 

    • ‘Berserker’ effect. 

    • ‘Star’ animations.

Many of these, and more, will be in the upcoming public demo release! Overall, KAZ got a significant amount of refinement.

What I’m working on now:

I’m still going full speed ahead with the development, and I have many goals for the next year.  Some of them are:

• Finishing the quest system

• Replacing the placeholder SFX and music.

• Adding better UI animation

• Better visibility for item effects

• Starter effect so each skin has its own special ability.

• Adding more items and skins.

Looking ahead to 2026: 

I have a lot planned, and I’m excited to share more as everything continues to take shape. There will be a new public demo, and a proper release announcement when things are ready.

Thank you for supporting me and the game in its first public year.
2025 was big- 2026 will be even bigger.

– Kalinarm