Twisted Guardian is a ARPG game based in the fictional world of Nether.
You, the lone hero find yourself inside a dungeon cell with the cell door ajar. On the cell door you find a note which reads "I have opened the cell for you. How you get out of here is up to you. My debt is settled. G. i. R.". You have no recollection of what brought you here, this note is the only thing connecting you to your past. A high ptiched human scream echos down the hallways. No time now to ponder the past, you head for a near by chest in the hopes of finding something that can help you get out of this dungeon...
In Twisted Guardian you start by creating a new customized character, choosing a set of starting skills and setting your starting attributes. Through out the world you will gain experience, find wondrous items and discover new and exciting skills which will help you survive the many dangers you will encounter. The game is based on a classless system in which you decide what skills you want to use and which ones you want to discard, ultimately resulting in a character that is unique to your play style.
Hello and welcome to this weeks post, this week marks the release of an alpha version of Twisted Guardian. Last week was a slow week due to the release of Diablo3: Reaper of Souls ( Finally D3 is looking more like what I expected :P ).
The download can either be found on the blog here or on indieDB.
Gameplay
In this version there is only one dungeon level. You have to fight your way through the dungeon and every time you complete it the level will restart with harder monsters. Should you die you will restart at the beginning of the dungeon and all the chests and monsters will reset to their current difficulty. Through out the dungeon you will find chests and other containers that will provide you with potions, gear and the occasional skill.
Controls
WASD - move your character
Q - consume a health potion
E - consume a mana potion
1,2,3,4,5 - Use the skill in the slot
Left mouse button - Use skill in slot 1
Right mouse button - Use skill in slot 2
I - open inventory and equipment screen
P - open skillbook and skillbench
C - open character sheet
ESC - Pause game/ Quit menu
9 - Show/hide FPS and system info
For more details please see the blog post.
This is some concept art to different types of armour sets that can be found in the game. These would be middle to late game sets. Enjoy !
A introduction to the first bunch of mobs and a short summary of the weeks work.
A short dev update to show that the project is still going strong :) Topics: Sound, AI, Concept Art.
Short hello to the world that this project is still activ and whats been going on.
This is the first alpha release of Twisted Guardian with all its great "features" (bugs).
This is the first prototype release of Twisted Guardian. It is only a single map and simplistic gameplay.
Cool effects so far, I think you should add some kind of reaction of the enemies when they are shot by the fire but I can see that this is still very early development stage. Anyway, looks cool, like where you are going with this :)
Thanks!
Spell effects on enemies and specialized reactions are definitely on the todo list. :)