Verdian

Skill: Mana Shield -- when Focusing, automatically casts barrier, and damage is taken from mana before the barrier HP. Can face tank a lot with a mana build! Inspired by the old school Diablo 1 spell:

#indiegame #indiedev #rpg

Amazing! Love seeing the progression

Anyone know of other games with a crafting system like this?

#indiedev #indiegame #rpg #runeknight

Skill: Master Cut - attacks now also count as a parry. Inspired by HEMA longsword fencing, where the best defense is a good offense.

Synergizes with other parry skills, such as "parry now counts as an attack" = double attack with the right timing:

#indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #8bit #rpg

Correct, no pathing. Skill tiers are only gated by player level. Respec is free for now while testing, but it feels a bit too arbitrary without some commitment or cost to respec. What I like is being able to pick any abilities to synergize together, not just hyper-specialization down a paths.

I’m trying a system where you can allocate points wherever, can mix & match, but each skill level costs increasingly more; if skill level 1 costs 2 points, level 2 costs 3, etc. Each level adds a lot of value, so it’s always a meaningful & difficult choice for the tradeoffs, not just a grind

Skill showcase: Stormblade - on heavy attack, procs casts of equipped storm spell. I find this very satisfying😁 You might recognize the placeholder lightning VFX from FF3/6!

#indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #8bit #rpg #runeknight

GIF test - skill showcase: spell parry. You can now parry an enemy spell, absorb it, and deal a portion of the damage absorbed on next attack

#indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #8bit #rpg #runeknight

RUNE KNIGHT by Verdian Action RPG with souls-like combat in 2D.

I’m experimenting with a different take on 2D combat if you want to give it a try and give any feedback (no platforming!) Alpha version for testing: verdian.itch.io/rune-knight

Gameplay of my first solo project Rune Knight, fully playable download at verdian.itch.io/rune-knight

#indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #8bit #rpg #runeknight