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[JaJ]

I have a screenshot of the first summon in action:



You get this summon (the spirit of the earth) after beating him.
This summon summons a swarm of wasps where the number of wasps is equal to the total power among your party members. The wasps deal physical damage when they hit.

The swarm is led by the earth spirit himself. If the earth spirit hits an enemy it deals damage equal to the total power among your party members.

So obviously the summon is more effective targeted at enemies with low defense, against parties of three enemies, and the summon is most likely to damage the center enemy.

I want to have the summons make use of the space like this, so that players need to take into account not only the type of damage, but also where the summon will do the most damage.


Other news: I've started a thing called "timelapse tuesdays." Every week I will create a timelapse of part of the development process and post it on the games' facebook page


Also: Nadia was here will be shown on "Indigo," an exposition of indie games in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

[JaJ]

I've recently started a part-time job, but it's taking a lot of my energy. I often have only 2 hours a day to work on the game and I don't want to let that time go to waste, so I'm picking this devlog up again, hoping it gives me the energy and motivation to get the most out of the development time I have.

Right now I'm working on a mine area that ties into Tereshan's personal story:


When I've finished the puzzles of this dungeon I will start working on a new demo that shows all the changes I've made in the last year and a bit. You can play the older demos but a lot of its problems have been fixed already

The soundtrack has also been finished in the last year. One or two song might still be missing, but most of them are definitely there! You can listen to the soundtrack here: https://soundcloud.com/joep-aben/sets/current-project-1

[JaJ]

There still seems to be too little time for everything.
I'm working on the mirror area still, I'm also playing with the idea to incorporate this card game I designed a while back into the game world and a side story. It would be cool to make both a physical version and an in-game version.

These cards make the game look more complicated than it is though, it's a very basic "take that" game with a fun twist.




I've used the same color palette as I did for Nadia Was Here

[JaJ]

I've had some productive days.

Here's an update on the mining area:

This is also the area where the mirrors will be.


Also, finished all the 16 different cards of the card game. Here are some of the cards:

[JaJ]

I quit my job last week, so this was the first week I could work on Nadia Was Here full time again.

I did almost as much work this week as I did in the last three months! I finished all the puzzles for an entire area of the game!

[UmutD]

Agreed with above, very sweet colors! Following.

[JaJ]

Thanks!

I'm working on the puzzles for the abandoned school building this week:


May work on the tiles some more too. They seem a bit flat.

[~Tidal]

I already love it, keep going, you've caught me.

[JaJ]

Thanks!

Working on the 4 towers of the abandoned school building. It has puzzles with cracked floors you can fall through similar to Tret tree and jupiter lighthouse in golden sun

[JaJ]

Just finished the puzzles for another area of the game. It is an underground cave with bioluminescent plants.

[JaJ]

Recently I've been working on adding some "juice"

[gimymblert]

suscribing

[siskavard]

Still looking really cool. 

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

i want to play this 

[brantkings]

subscribing too

You probably got that already but I want to say this color palette is really creative.

I liked the reflection thing too, I wonder why did you make the reflection rotate 90 degrees when you see it from the side. I mean, I know why (the wall is in another perspective) but you didn't need to took the effort I guess. Well, it made me like it a bit more so that maybe was worth it.

[JaJ]

Thanks everyone!

I was actually pretty unsure myself of how the walls should reflect, so I'm glad you think it looks good

The month of december will be spent making cutscenes, so I don't know how many new things I will have to show yet as I don't want to spoil stuff, but I am going to try to keep this updated!

[Alex Higgins]

The reflections and juice and cards and everything's looking gooooooood.

[JaJ]

Thanks!

I've got some pretty big news! The kickstarter for Nadia Was Here is finally live! By reaching the goal of this kickstarter I'll be able to go for the final stretch and finish the game while working on it full time. It is time to finish this game that I want to exist so badly!!

[JaJ]

I've started a Thunderclap campaign to promote my kickstarter for Nadia Was Here. It's a quick and easy way to support Nadia Was Here if you like what you are seeing!

If I reach my supporter goal, Thunderclap will blast out a timed Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr post from all supporters, creating a wave of attention.

[El-Metallico]

Wow, man, huge amount of work. Looks great, keep it up!