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[Al_B]

You had me at "SNES-era Topdown JRPG Adventure".

One of my favorite games ever was Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past! I WILL Def be checking out your demo! I will be rooting for this to succeed.

[Aloft]

Changelog for Demo Build 4 (available from site later today):


- Fixed issue where a single frame of animation dropped input when changing between idle/walking
- Added the shield, left trigger, blocks projectiles when deployed, blocks enemy contact and knocks player back.
 fails to block enemy contact damage if the player is against a wall opposite for the direction of contact
- Added a clear settings option on the titlescreen - clears setting and input data - Restores key bindings to defaults.
- Reduced the damage to player collision area of the mini boss's main body.
- Fixed a bug where looped sound effects persisted when changing rooms.
- Adjusted Crab Boss invincability time.
- Adjusted key bindings in the options menu. If a key pressed was already bound, it will now swap them. Added to prevent 2 issues.
   1. A player would select the bind all keys option then proceed to press the same button for each input.
   2. A player would bind keyboard keys onto the 1st set of bindings (default set for controllers) which were
   already bound on the 2nd available set of bindings (defaulted to keyboard keys).
- Speed up crossbow bolts.
- Adjusted attack animations; the thrust is a bit faster, and the player can attack again before the entire animation completes
- When opening the map the cursor will be placed the the player's location in the currernt room.
- Sound and Music volumes can now be turned off by settings volumes to 0.
- Sounds for some particular assets were changed / intensified / amplified
- The block spawner now works a bit differently; it is now grid-aligned (instead of half-grid), and will wait to fully place a block if a player is within the placement collision; this fixes difficulty people had when placing the block half-grid units off from where they needed to for puzzles, while also avoiding the issues originally associated with full-grid placement

[Aloft]

New Demo Build Out Today

Sorry for the delay guys (some stuff with work intervened), but the new builds are up today!

The main new features are the new shield mechanic, some bug fixes and art tweaks, a new system for using the spawned block, and a continued look at the 8way movement scheme (toggleable in the menu):

https://www.aloftstudio.com/hazelnutbastille

[Josh Bossie]

Been following you guys forever on Twitter, and forgot you had a topic here. Anywho, tag! I'll check out the demo later on tomorrow.

[Aloft]

A look at one concept for logic gate puzzle elements:

[Aloft]

Spent way too long on a portrait of our heroine, hehe:

[Pixel.ABCD]

Just lovely game, reminds me Alunda. The OST is so great and I am definitely watching this on twitter for some time now  . Nice to see your progress here as well.

[mveed]

This looks great!  Definitely need to try out the demo.

Also really like your guys site, the aesthetic was made me smile!

[Aloft]

Haven't really posted in a while, due to doing mainly video clips now that I don't really have a way to post here...

Here is a color study we did today though:

[Danton]

God damn guys, this looks beauty!

Love the pixel art and overall attention to detail. Going to give the demo a go, anything specific you're looking for feedback on?

[Aloft]

God damn guys, this looks beauty!

Love the pixel art and overall attention to detail. Going to give the demo a go, anything specific you're looking for feedback on?

Hmmm- that last version of the demo is from some months back, but in general, the rough feel of combat and interacting with enemies if the biggest thing we are working to get right atm

[chrisDeneos]

Your game looks great, on point with what made SNES game legendary. Keep up the good work

[Aloft]

Aloft Welcomes Celebrity Guest Composer Hiroki Kikuta!

Hiroki Kikuta is best known for his work on the Secret of Mana OST:

He is an acclaimed Japanese video game composer, best known for his work at Square, which he joined in 1991. He was the lead composer for Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Sōkaigi,  and later Koudelka, for which he also acted as producer and concept designer at his own company, Sacnoth.

His work for Secret of Mana was incredibly influential in helping to shape the later music of the SNES era, and his techniques echo in Square's later titles as well.

He has graciously joined us as a celebrity guest composer, to contribute a handful of tracks which serve as the game's musical backbone.


Kikuta-San's Public statement reads:


“Hazelnut Bastille is a wonderful looking retro-style game! I’m looking forward to being a part of it and hope we can create music that lives up to the rest of the game and everyone’s expectations!”



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You can read more about this story in our Nintendolife Interview, at:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/03/feature_snes-style_rpg_hazelnut_bastille_coming_to_switch_with_secret_of_mana_composer_in_tow

[qMopey]

Holy what.  That's INCREDIBLE 

[Aloft]

Thanks a lot! We were super pumped for that one!

[Aloft]

Some of our recent content, but from the perspective of the editor, so you can see the full rooms at once!

[IndieGameFiend]

I can't wait to play this. The pixel art is beautiful. 

[Aloft]

Here's a new one showing off some battle scenes!

[Sersh]

I really like the color palette improvements you did recently!

[Aloft]

New Teaser Trailer Today!