Games [WIP] Back To Ashes [Dark Fantasy Action/RPG]

Since beginning of 2018 ive started working on my first solo game project and as I have some mechanics and content in place ive decided to share it here. Im hoping that feedback ill receive here will be usefull and thanks in advance

All 'underhood' stuff like combat/AI/movement/equipments/spells ect ect are crafted from scratch by myself. Models/audio/animations marketplaces or custom made by artists.
Ill be posting updates at least once a week.
-> Youtube channel <-

 

This looks like a very strong debut. I thought most people made Asteroids for their first project.
I especially like the way the camera follows the Guardian of the Tomb in the first video when he does his high jump. The player can react to the animation -- very fair.

Where and how did you learn your impressive solo game making skills?

 

Wow, this is very impressive for being in the early stages of this project. In the first video, that boss was terrifying! All the elements – the music, graphics, effects, etc. go really well together.

 

Im programmer for many years but nothing game related sadly.
Also, thanks a lot

 

Another test fight against stronger bosslike enemy. I love designing those, great fun

 

@msamociuk88 to be honest, I find it hard to believe you don't have prior game dev experience.
From the little you showed us it looks like it was created by someone who has many game dev years under his belt

anyhow, whatever it is, the game looks awesome. keep up the good work.

one suggestion - it needs more work to get the lighting right. the game is way too dark. You can use different light effects to create a feel of a creepy dark area. otherwise, it is hard to see

 

Well Ive played a lot and have some certain vision. Just trying to stick to that vision

Regarding light, rendering software breaks the lightining a lot (makes it darker somehow) :|
But ill take it into consideration to make it brighter.

Thanks!

 

The gameplay looks awesome! I think you have hit a sweet spot there..

 

Wow! Very impressive! I'll keep an eye on this from now on.

 

Minor combat enhancements:
- Ability to parry and follow with fatality move
- Shield bash move
- Sprint run mode

 

Hey man, looks good.

Been researching combat systems lately...

You are writing yours from scratch?

Can you give us the 2 sec rundown?

Thanks!

Brian

 

Hey, thanks.
Yes all underhood systems are my own.
What kind of rundown You mean? I can answer some questions for sure, feel free to ask.

 

reminds me a lot of BloodBorne. Like aLOT. great job though. im jealous of your melee setup. very fluid. great game. i like the darkness

 

Good work! Keeping an eye on this one

 

Thanks, even comparing to bloodborne is a compliment ;]
Melee setup took like a 2 months of solid work and still far away from ready state. Really long process of bugfixing and tuning little things here and there, timings, delays, possible transitions ect

 

Yet another test fight - Stone Golem this time
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A little demo of game start area + some gameplay

 

Demo of first boss fight, includes some new animations and track from Sam-Oz

 

Slowly working on abilities/talents system. Pretty hard to desing it and keep in balance...
Planning to have 3 modes with separate abilities and traits, melee fighting, spellcasting and sustain mode where player will be able to heal and survive.
Below one of abilities from spellcasting mode.

 

Some new enemy - greatsword knight

 

Hey man, looks great. I like the use of lighting, music, sounds and visuals, really makes you feel like your hitting something.

I thought I was pretty familiar with every character controller out there.

Is this based off of "Sharp Accents" work?

It won't be too hard to determine once you release a demo.

Anyway, looks great, I hope I can pull off something similar.

Thanks!

Brian

 

Hey. Thanks for kind words
Im not sure what Sharp Accent is. Ive made controller and everything 'underhood' on my own from scratch. It took quite long tho x_x

 

Oh alright, cool man, good work!

I just say that because there are a lot of coincidences.

For example, the way the character walks with the sword, the right-hand mask used to keep it from going wonky is almost a dead ringer to the way they do it in their controller.

It's hard to tell from the video.

You should make a tutorial series and teach us lol.

Anyway, rock on!

Brian

 

This Looks totally great. Dark Souls 4

 

I didnt see those tutorials but maybe we using same animation set? (kubold mocaps from store) Reason why it may feel similar?
However, regarding making tutorials - maybe Ill do series of tutorials after finishing the project, we will see

Im sure You will, matter of time

I would say - Dark Souls 0.25 but thank You ^^

 

Very good looking game. I like the idea of it being diablo-like without being essentially turn-based.

 

Working on main/welcome menu...

 

That is very cool work man. Really gives you that creepy-lore feeling that a game like this needs. Congrats.

 

Thank Ya.
There is a couple of things to fix - like fire which is poor quality at the moment. But general sad mood is there, i hope

 

Been working on some extra secrets fun what ended up in concept of 'Relicts'
Sets of ancient items hidden in every map - after completing whole set for map - we will receive a reward.

 

Neat.

 

Looks awesome! Keep it up

 

Thanks

Here is another test cutscene for some enemy we will meet a couple times during the journey.

 

What are the weird firefly effects on the character? the little white specks

 

Just specular reflections

 

Don't touch suspicious skulls...

 

i see u use the old version of my "overlord" u can find the new one at sketchfab

looks cool btw

 

Thanks, high probable Ill use somewhere new version as well )

 

Have you been fired from Fromsoftware and now you search revenge tryng to make ur own game??!
Anyway you are so damn good!!

 

Haha. Its a loooong story You know

 

Knock knock...

 

Another boss encounter alpha test

 

was this made with Invector? AMAZING Job I love your AI plus your particle effect with the attack keep doing your thing your making me glad I never gave up on indie game design

 

I think i was starting with free invector version at very very start, but after like 10 months of development it ended up as making complete own controller anyway.
Thanks!

 

Added stunbars mechanics into game.
Constant pressure(attacks) on the enemy can cause stun.

 

Good job, sir! Got a déjà vu of an old game I used to play long ago called Blade of Darkness while watching your videos. (and probably the last of this type I played for last time, lol). Anyways, you earned a Twitter follower.

 

Small tease of dragon encounter. More to come soon.

 

looking good

 

This time, tests of Reaper fight

 

character control looks very smooth, what animation pack are u using?
also,i think some blue-ish fog or a bit of ambient light wouldnt hurt in your scenes.