Willow

A project in Greenbank, AU by Joshua Smith
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A story based, platformer rpg, with focus around two unlikely companions.
Backers: 96
Average Pledge Per Backer: $13 AUD

Funded: $1,200 AUD of $1,000 AUD
Dates: Mar 19th -> Apr 18th (30 days)
Project By: Joshua Smith
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Latest News

We Made It, Thank You Everyone!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, With the special help of Mason for the $250 reward, we made it over the finish line! Thank you so much guys, great things are in store in the near future. I've spent some time cleaning up the art for our protag that i'd love to share. ... (Read More)

New campaign cover

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Played around with paint.net until I got this here. Decided to use it as the cover.  (Read More)

first tech demo now ready

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Updated the main page with all the new stuff. The tech demo is the first of its kind, and just has some random stuff in it. I'll update it later on when I clean things up a bit. Heres some more details: What will be continued to work on before... (Read More)

Good news

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone,  So I have some great news, I get the next week or so off, so you know what that means, and just in time for before the campaign ends too. Im making it a personal goal to have a demo ready by this Friday night (it'd be like a Friday... (Read More)

Sorry for no updates

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I've unfortunately had to change computers from my powerful pc to a slightly less powerful (very less powerful) laptop, the good news is Game Maker still works perfectly so I can still work on the game, albeit a little awkward. Was working on player... (Read More)

Some pictures of the first area/demo in progress

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
area titles passive creatures  (Read More)

Halfway there!

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much everyone, we're just over halfway, both in funding and in time, so we're doing really well, lets keep it up! :)  (Read More)

Upcoming tech demo plans/details

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, thanks for the great progress, we keeping well on track :). I mentioned a tech demo that I was building a few updates ago, well that's now turning into the whole first chapter of the game, up to the first boss. This will give a good... (Read More)

video of some basic gameplay

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, Thought I'd share that I've taken the names out of the story (ray'fyn and willow) and replaced them with 'the stranger' and 'the girl'. It will make more sense in the story of the game why later on. New video of the room that will be... (Read More)

I think I've got a solution

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
So I've spent a few hours diving into game mechanics, that of other platformer rpg's and a lot of theory behind these games, and I've finally overcome my writers block. The basic idea is that Willow and Ray'fyn will always be together, while Ray'fyn... (Read More)

(need some opinions) Re-looking at gameplay mechanics, changing focus

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
So after running some testing with the idea of using two characters at once, both with different abilities, I found that for a singleplayer, it was just too overwhelming especially facing a high speed boss fight, to keep two characters moving at... (Read More)

Video of the tech demo progress

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, got some basic progress on the tech demo, which now has moving characters and the mechanic of linking Ray'Fyn and Willow, and them also letting go. While holding hands, they act as one, but when separated both are individually... (Read More)

Starting a tech demo

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I just wanted to say in the update today that not much happened as I was at work, but I'm planning on starting a tech demo that will be ready in a week or two, this will include mainly mechanics that will be used in the game itself,... (Read More)

Some art progress

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
today i came up with the first revision of the walk sprite for ray'fyn (the spear wielder), not final but still looking nice, so i though i'd share. initial walk sprite (heavily subject to change)  (Read More)

Great Progress (first day)

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks all for the great progress we've made in just one day! Just thought I'd mention, that once the project is funded we will start with the whole rewards portion like statues and enemies etc. Hope we continue these great strides :)  (Read More)

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