Windmills

Devlog

• Windmills final demo
  June 13, 2022 by poorlocke

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  #demo

  After a year since conception, I am finally entering the final phase of development. It has been quite a journey with its ups and downs. The game is very close to what I aimed for and I am very anxiou... Continue reading

  
• Windmills goes on public Beta
  January 28, 2022 by poorlocke

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  #beta, #demo

  Windmills has finally a Beta Release! After many months of development and a lot of painful polishing and optimization, I have a build that is pretty close to what I aim for the players to experience... Continue reading

  
• Alpha Release
  August 31, 2021 by poorlocke

  This is the alpha build of the game. With this release the gameplay and combat are finalized. There are 3 areas to explore and 2 bosses to vanquish. New mechanics have been introduced and controllers... Continue reading
• Feinting attacks
  August 18, 2021 by poorlocke

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  Advanced enemies can feint their attacks to catch the player off-guard. This adds more depth to the combat and pushes the player to actually observe their foes... Continue reading
• Combat Tuning
  August 07, 2021 by poorlocke

  Following the user input from the previous version, I decided to re-work the combat mechanics. As was pointed out, attacking had absolutely no point since all the enemies could be parried. This gave m... Continue reading
• Project Windmills
  August 04, 2021 by poorlocke

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  #metroidvania, #soulslike, #souls-like, #action

  This project is called "Windmills". I got the inspiration for the name from Don Quixote's iconic encounter. Core Concept The initial thought was to have the protagonist narrating past events, but maki... Continue reading