Relics of Aurelia

Devlog

• Balance changes and bug fixes
  November 14, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  Quick one: - A handful of late game boss HPs have been increased to prevent some Relics from steamrolling everything - Awkward Headband has been tweaked to not guarantee as many hits (it's still super... Continue reading
• Discord Access
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  I just finished putting together a discord server for anyone who'd like to keep tabs on this project, chat anime, games (especially metroidbrainias!), or just shoot the breeze with like-minded people... Continue reading
• From Idea to Minimum Viable Product
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts#devlog, #metroidvania, #metroidbrainia, #mvp, #minimum viable product, #vertical slice, #ideation, #prototype

  Hi everyone, It's been a bit so I just wanted to let you all know what I've been up to: I just released version .96 of the demo which fixes some cutscene animations, helped polish some of the characte... Continue reading

  
• Fewer Random Battles in Starting Areas
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  -Reduced Random Encounter Rate in Prosperous Plains, Grassy Hub, and Mining Cave -Fixed a visual event in the fireplace on the farm -Made the chest behind the grave less enticing... Continue reading
• New Title Crawl Included
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  - Reminder to SAVE your game - Instructions on how to play in fullscreen (4:3) - Story rich title crawl!... Continue reading
• Intro Improvements
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  -Updated the intro cut scene to better set up the characters, the world and the stakes -Made some tutorial information unmissable in a hopefully natural feeling way... Continue reading
• New Lore Sprinkled in on Bookshelves and a Dungeon Redesign
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  Hey everyone, This update brings: - A redesigned first dungeon area to keep the quality of the early mapping consistent (The cave is still small but its design is much less boxy and has better pathing... Continue reading
• Patch notes for demo .102
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  Just some quick fixes for this one: - Rebalanced enemy groups, stats, and skill pools to make the difficulty less spiky and the encounters more unique - Moved a chest over one tile in the Windswept Du... Continue reading
• Chunky Hotfix
  November 06, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  Hotfix - Gave extra spacing to map transitions so you can move into and out of new areas more easily - Added (a hopefully subtle) tutorial to teach players that bookshelves have hints and lore - Chang... Continue reading
• Balance and Flavor!
  November 03, 2024 by Plexicrafts

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  Made a few quick balance changes to help make intuitive Relic combination choices or "Builds" feel as strong or as unique as they should. While tweaks are minor, they can take a while to get just righ... Continue reading
• Improved pacing to the opening sequence
  October 10, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  - Opening Text Crawl word count has been reduced by more than half so things feel less exposition / info dumpy - Reworded some dialogue for Artyr and Renault's fight to make it less clunky... Continue reading
• Briarbat Estate Dungeon Puzzle polished
  September 20, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  Did some user testing for the new puzzle in Briarbat Estate Ruins and changed the wording of the clues to make them clearer and less obscure. Hopefully that should create a better paced puzzle and dun... Continue reading
• Dungeon Rework
  September 15, 2024 by Plexicrafts

  The ruined fortress of Briarbat Estate, located in the North of the Grassy Hub, was probably the worst environment in the game... I threw it together as a placeholder and it stuck around that way for... Continue reading

  
• Text Fixes
  December 07, 2023 by Plexicrafts

  Whew, just did a speed run of the whole game checking all of the events for any issues that came up due to the crazy amount of text color changes I pushed in the last version... I caught 20 minor colo... Continue reading
• New Side Quest and Text Colors for Items/Relics/Monster Names
  December 07, 2023 by Plexicrafts

  Hi everyone, I have recently added some new text colors in the in game text to help items, stats, equipment, monster names, and useful info stand out more in the game. I've also have a complete side q... Continue reading
• Better Text Formatting and Story Flow
  November 16, 2023 by Plexicrafts

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  I made a few devlogs but never published them so here is a combo of all of the things that were added or changed: - Story rich title crawl! - Reduced Random Encounter Rate in all areas - Made some tut... Continue reading