It all began with a single drop. Form it two primal forces emerged. Forces of life and death. They fought one another in a futile effort to renounce their allegiance, only to realize that to exist separately is against their nature. From that communion the Soul Tree was born and with it the world as we know it.
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Instead of XP grinding, it introduces a Tainting Mechanics. While traveling through the shattered reality of the Sanctuary, you will receive personality traits based on your choices. These will be the main source of your strength. To harness them, you will have to act accordingly. Becoming an alcoholic means that you will be rewarded for getting drunk, but from that point being sober might prove to be unbearable.
Hey, everybody!
Kuba from My Next Games here. It’s been a while :). Almost 4 years have passed since I stopped writing these monthly updates. Why did I stop? Honestly - It’s because I didn’t have too much to talk about. Back then we were running out of money and we were unable to continue the regula Soulblight updates like we would have wanted. In order to survive we were forced to do contract work and we didn't have too much time to create our own content.
That didn't mean we gave up on creating our own games. Whenever we had some time we’ve been brainstorming ideas for our next title. After a while we finally came up with a one we wanted to pursue. There was a problem though - even though the idea was small it was rather ambitious. As it usually is with this kind of thing we needed funds to make it happen. Luckily we live in Poland and this place has a lot of opportunities for small indie developers like us. We took our idea and applied for various government funding programs. We were lucky enough and our concept was deemed interesting enough to get two grants.
So… Here we are. Let’s make it official :) We’re working on a new game - Hank: Drowning on dry Land.
It's going to be about a vigilante named Hank who has time travel super powers. Pretty useful for fighting badguys but it's maybe not the best for his mental health. It'll be free so don't forget to wishlist so you don't miss when we release it!
And here’s a shout out to the two institutions without witch any of this wouldn't be possible:
Until next time!
Kuba
I’ve noticed Soulblight active player community has grow a bit recently. Because of that I’ve decided to reactivate our Soulblight Challenge Initiative...
Kuba from My Next Games here. Yes you guessed - It’s November and it’s my another update summary :) Here’s what we’ve been up to this past month.
Just uploaded Soulblight demo to Indie DB! :D Besides that it was a very busy summer...
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Embrace your flaws to survive a...
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Is there anyway to support you guys as a backer post-kickstarter? Maybe paypal and/or backerkit pre-order?
Hey :)
Yes ppl have been asking about this - we're working on setting it up. If you're interested you can sign up for a newsletter at www.MyNextGames.com
I will send out the info when it's up
Good luck for your kickstarter, I'll be backing :D
Thanks! :)
Ever considered coop?
+1 for coop! Loved the Taint system description, reminds me a little of that Afflictions of Darkest Dungeon, but with a good side along!
cool, look forward to it
Yes :) It's one of the first fetchers we want to add after the realese