Bridgebourn

[p]Happy spooky season, treasure hunters.[/p][p]After reworking some systems to leverage multi-threading, I added a new feature I've been eyeing for a while now, and some other loading time improvements. This patch brings them to the demo.[/p][p][b]The Feature[/b][/p][p]Generatin…

[p]Hello treasure hunters,[/p][p]the previous few patches revolved around making the party members feel more important. This patch goes a bit deeper, specifically for Bahj. The goal was to further solidify Bahj's role and usefulness as a tank. Some other improvements and fixes sn…

[p]Hello treasure hunters, I bring another patch to the demo. This basically expands on the theme of last weeks patch. It introduces the wet status, as well as many more new item stats.[/p][p][/p][p][b]Wet Status[/b][/p][list][*][p]When hit by the Lightning spell, it chains to ot…

[p]Hello treasure hunters, I bring you another demo patch! This one includes a new weather feature: [b]puddles[/b]! They form during rain, and they aren't [i]just[/i] for visuals. They also conduct electricity![/p][p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43955803/be37fd5bcb71380536b31ffe9…

[p]Excited to include a new boss to the demo following its exclusive reveal in the Secret Sauce Showcase! Everyone welcome the Bakhtak, a dangerous reaper that you can expect to find lurking in ancient areas, or hunting you down when you are in the final stage of Mana Overdraw.[/…

[p]I'm occasionally on the lookout for performance candidates in the code, and optimize a couple minor things here and there, but this demo patch goes a bit further.[/p][p]I want the game to play smoothly for y’all without compromising the visuals or map sizes. I spent the last c…

[p]10 years into development and major, defining features are still being added to Bridgebourn and its demo. I'm so excited for this update as it unlocks an enormous iceberg of complexity.[/p][p][b]Strategies[/b] -[b] [/b]The flagship mechanic of this update[/p][list][*][p]Create…

[p]I've been working on refactoring the strings of Bridgebourn's codebase to allow for different languages. In an attempt to think of ways to implement it without increasing system requirements, I was actually able to reduce VRAM usage a tad bit and draw calls/texture switching (…

[p][b]Gameplay:[/b][/p][list][*][p]New Conduit spell[/p][/*][*][p]Re-added Familiar spell (Try turning it into an auto turret minion by making a custom ability at an Iridine Pylon!)[/p][/*][*][p]Added Crushing Blow effect: Heavy charged slashes, critical hits, Bahj's jump ability…

[p]I got myself a Steam Deck, so I was able to make the demo fully supported on the Steam Deck! Even though I'm working on the post-demo, I'm still throwing in an occasional patch for the demo to make sure it's as good as it can be. As always, if y'all find any issues or have sug…