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Eight Dragons 2020 Update

Eight Dragons 2020 Update

Eight Dragons

In November 2019 Eight Dragons was unleashed upon the Earth! Now, a year on, we're releasing a version so bold that it'll blow you away all over again!

Eight Dragons: A manual manual - how novel!

Eight Dragons: A manual manual - how novel!

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Didn't you just love ignoring the game manual that came in the little plastic box games used to come in. Well now you can not read the Eight Dragons manual...

Eight Dragons: The Letsplay Flood

Eight Dragons: The Letsplay Flood

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What happens when you release a game that people love? A flood of letsplay videos, that's what! Let's look at some.

Eight Dragons is HERE!

Eight Dragons is HERE!

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It's finally launched! It took us nearly two years longer than originally planned, but there's a lot more in it too. And it really is an excellent beat-'em-up...

Eight Dragons: The Perfect Power-up Pic-nic

Eight Dragons: The Perfect Power-up Pic-nic

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There’s a tradition in side-scrolling beat ‘em-up games, and it’s a little strange, but at some point in the genre’s history, random items of...

Halloween Sale Anyone!?

Halloween Sale Anyone!?

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That's right, it's the spooky season again, so us kindly ol' game devs are giving you a treat! 10% Off your regional price for Eight Dragons! - No Trick!

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update 5: It's a big one!

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update 5: It's a big one!

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It's been aaages since the last update, we know. We've been moving the game from an in-house engine to Unity - that's a pretty hefty change behind the...

Creating an Ending

Creating an Ending

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With Retro styled games, it's all about the pixelart. Want something on screen? you've got to draw it. You can't use photography, you can't just pose...

Eight Dragons will be at Insomnia 65!!

Eight Dragons will be at Insomnia 65!!

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This is exactly the kind of news that we love to bring you! Eight Dragons will be gracing the illustrious halls of the Insomnia Gaming Festival!! You...

More on Eight Dragons art creation

More on Eight Dragons art creation

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A while ago we featured a few videos of our lead artist drawing the Office level for final Boss 'Kane', well Chris has made a few more videos of his process...

- UPDATE - Eight Dragons!!

- UPDATE - Eight Dragons!!

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We've not yet spoken about the last two updates to Eight Dragons on Steam Early Access, so here's the lowdown!

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update II

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update II

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Two weeks into Early Access! So far things have gone well - we haven't had many bugs crop up, but we have had some suggestions on gameplay improvements...

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update

Eight Dragons: Early Access Update

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Our first week on Early Access has gone really well. That's not to say you guys haven't found any bugs - you have, and told us about them, and we really...

Eight Dragons is now in Early Access on Steam

Eight Dragons is now in Early Access on Steam

Eight Dragons 1 comment

Eight Dragons is now in Early Access on Steam! We've taken on board suggestions and critiques from all quarters, but recognise that there's more to do...

Eight Dragons - Showing at Insomnia 64

Eight Dragons - Showing at Insomnia 64

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Eight Dragons will be showing in the Indie Zone at Insomnia 64.

Contortionism: How to stand on your own shoulders

Contortionism: How to stand on your own shoulders

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Some thoughts on iterative improvement in game asset creation, and a little progress report.

Eight Dragons! - Refinement and what comes with it.

Eight Dragons! - Refinement and what comes with it.

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There comes a time on every game's life when it needs to look itself hard in the face and finally decide that it might not have the best facial hair...

Eight Dragons! - How the art is made

Eight Dragons! - How the art is made

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A short article about how artist Chris Hines works with Aseprite to create graphics for Eight Dragons.

Eight Dragons! -Getting ready for release-

Eight Dragons! -Getting ready for release-

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What is Eight Dragons? Oh! See these fine individuals? Well, they've got good reason (Repeat: good reason!) to be violent with everyone in their way...