Bloodmoon Survivors

Devlog

• Importance of Game Juice - Powerup Effects Update
  December 21, 2024 by TheNevel#2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  Although I haven't put out a new build this week, I'm feeling good about the direction Bloodmoon Survivors is going. I feel like I got absolutely nothing done and yet looking back on in reflection I f... Continue reading

  
• Weapons, Items, and SFX
  December 15, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  This week has been all about polishing the art and sound effects for the game and that has been keeping me plenty busy. It's amazing how true it is what they say about game development - Double every... Continue reading

  
• Playtesting, SFX Updates, and Icons
  December 05, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  Very small and early update this week because I'll be on vacation starting tomorrow. I unexpectedly had a playtest this week from a friend who's been giving me feedback on my games since Frisbros. App... Continue reading

  
• Demo Release Planning, Icons Rework, and SFX
  November 30, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  I've been working with a team now for long enough that I can comfortably say the game is no longer a one-man project. I knew this at a cerebral level but this week Ref asked the dreaded question "what... Continue reading

  
• Last Demo Boss Complete!
  November 24, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  The demo's art is finally complete!!! And just in time for the holidays. It's been a long time coming (much longer than I ever expected when I started) but Ref and I finally created and animated the f... Continue reading

  
• Cowboy Grenadier Boss fight and lighting
  November 17, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  This week Ref has been on an absolute tear and managed to create yet another boss from start to finish! I feel like we have truly settled into a rhythm pumping out these bosses, so much so that the co... Continue reading

  
• Music updates, Level 2 First Boss, and Fixing Camera and resolution support
  November 12, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  Another week, another boss! It seems like Ref has really hit a good pace with the bosses and they're coming out of the press faster than I can put them into the game. This week's is the monstrous culm... Continue reading

  
• Particles, Attack Pattern Cleanup, and First Music Tracks
  November 02, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  This week has been pretty light in terms of new content. With the Cover art done and Ref on vacation I found myself looking for things to tune and polish while no new art is coming in. As a result I s... Continue reading

  
• Preparing Steam Demo, Final Boss Level 1
  October 28, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  This week has been a fire hose of development. It started with little to no time to work on my project until Friday came around, then development really hit the fan. It had been slow going for me and... Continue reading

  
• New Capsule Art, Steam, and Attack Telegraphs
  October 20, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Survivor-like, #vampire-survivors

  This week I feel like I've hit some major milestones in Bloodmoon Survivors' development journey and boy am I excited to share it. Behold! Bruno has finished up the capsule art for the game and I got... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Bosses, Tutorials, and Glyphs
  October 12, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Top-Down, #vampire-survivors

  Happy Halloween! I just wanted to announce that this week dropped a new boss for Bloodmoon Survivors and have begun the artwork on the next one! And in the spirit of Halloween they're both equally poo... Continue reading

  
• Small update - Progressing
  October 07, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #2D, #bullet-heaven, #Bullet Hell, #Loot, #Pixel Art, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Singleplayer, #Top-Down, #vampire-survivors

  I've hit my first week in a long time where it's going to be a small update. Not much to talk about because it feels like everyone has their heads down in what they're doing. I think the biggest updat... Continue reading

  
• Logos, Bosses, and Preparing For Tutorialization
  September 29, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors, #devlog, #Vampire SUrvivors, #Indie Dev, #Loot, #Progress, #Changelog, #Development, #Design, #Game developement, #Bullet Hell, #Reverse Bullet Hell, #Bullet Heaven

  Hello everybody. I know it's only been a week but it feels like it's been far longer. Between Me, Bruno, and Ref, it seems like everyone's been busy so finding time to work on the project has been a c... Continue reading

  
• Bloodmoon Survivors 186 New Achievements Update
  September 21, 2024 by TheNevel#Bloodmoon Survivors, #devlog, #Vampire Survivors, #Indie Dev, #Loot, #Progress, #Major Update, #Changelog, #Developement, #Design, #Game Development

  This week I'm excited to announce a major content drop for Bloodmoon Survivors has landed! Along with the finalized artwork for all demo enemies and maps, I've added 186 new achievements into the game... Continue reading

  
• The Bloodmoon rises (in black & white), new elites, and achievements galore
  September 15, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors, #Devlog, #Vampire Survivors, #Indie Dev, #Progress, #Update, #changelog, #design, #development, #game development

  Another week has passed and the game is truly coming together. I'm ending this week on a positive note because I returned from a weekend away to find plenty of new art in my inbox! It's a pleasant tre... Continue reading

  
• New Elite Enemies and Progress on Achievement System
  September 09, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors, #Devlog, #Vampire Survivors, #Indie Dev, #Progress, #Update, #changelog, #design, #development, #game development

  This week is a bit thin on updates because I'm deep in to the development of the achievement system, and Ref is working more on the Elites for the game. A couple or random life events have also manage... Continue reading

  
• Welcoming a new artist, Ref continues making incredible art, and implementing an Achievement System
  September 03, 2024 by TheNevel#Bloodmoon Survivors, #devlog, #vampire survivors, #indie dev, #progres, #update, #changelog, #design, #development, #game development

  This week has been an exciting one for me because I'm excited to announce another artist being added to the Bloodmoon Survivors roster! While Ref has been cooking up pixel art, I have been searching f... Continue reading

  
• A week implementing lighting
  August 26, 2024 by TheNevel#Bloodmoon Survivors

  This has been a pretty slow week as far as development goes as I've been bogged down by implementing lighting. It's been something I've been silently dreading for a while now because I'm not very good... Continue reading

  
• New UI Palette, redesigning tilemaps, and a new level!
  August 18, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors

  Another week has passed and with it I'm happy to announce we've begun work on some exciting new content! This week has been a little bit of clean up, and a lot of work on the art and level design. It'... Continue reading

  
• Finalizing UI art and more enemies!
  August 12, 2024 by TheNevel#bloodmoon survivors

  This week has been all about growing my UI skills and focusing on nailing down a cohesive style. On the development side I've been working to reduce all my art assets to prefabs so that I can quickly... Continue reading

  
• More Enemies and Tackling UI Art
  August 05, 2024 by TheNevel#bloodmoon survivors

  This past week has been art art and more art. As Ref continues to churn out more excellent enemy designs I've taken it upon myself to start unify the artwork for the entire game, starting with the UI... Continue reading

  
• First Enemies and Controller Support
  July 28, 2024 by TheNevel#Bloodmoon Survivors

  I had a whole article written up and ready to go, but of course when I clicked save the page timed out and I lost an hour + worth of writing... I don't have the energy to write this blog again, so I'm... Continue reading

  
• New Tile Map, Key Bindings, Multi-Platform Builds and Economy Balancing :0
  July 21, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors

  Summary This week I: Received first tile map artwork Learned about tile map Rulesets First multi platform build Implemented Key Bindings Solved mysterious Mac Massive Cursor issues lol Balanced upgrad... Continue reading

  
• Refusing the Vertical Slice and Finding an Artist!
  July 17, 2024 by TheNevel

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  #Bloodmoon Survivors

  Art Iteration Bloodmoon Survivors is my second game and getting it to the state it's currently in has been a journey for me. While my first game, Frisbros https://thenevel.itch.io/frisbros was dev com... Continue reading