Devlog #1

NEW EXTRA JUICY DEMO INCOMING!

Yo, we updated the demo. Couldn't just leave it sitting there on the old build so here we are.

We've been cooking behind the scenes since the last launch. Lot of new stuff in here now.

Leaderboard

We added a leaderboard tracking your time for each run. Our most regarded game designer has the top spot. Try to beat it, I dare you. We couldn't.

Currently this tracks your TOTAL TIME over the whole run. So rolling and slotting dice counts into that timer. For maximum pressure. We thought this was a cool way to introduce a new way of playing this game, tested it ourselves and really liked it.

In the future this leaderboard will be expanded to let you filter between characters and maybe different difficulties. This way all the moth lovers (or any other characters) can compete against each other without distractions.

Here is a highly professional concept, might look like this:

COSMIC BANANAS

The character progression itself got more balanced as well, you can now unlock characters with COSMIC BANANAS which you collect in battle. COSMIC BANANAS will become even more important in the future. So keep your eyes peeled for COSMIC BANANAS.

UI/UX

The board and your dice management UI got quite a few UX updates. We could feel the pain and confusion, so now it should be easier to see what you’re about to do. Or should do.

Example #1: Placing hexes. Before you couldn’t clearly see that you are replacing the spell with a hex, and that the hex only influences only some neighboring spells. This UX update should improve that.

Example #2: Dice Overview in the Dice Manager. In the earlier version, this quickly turned into PAIN the more dice you had. Dice are now sorted and each spot gives you a dice counter. Should also make it easier to slot dices faster, for that sweet sweet highscore.

Art & Music/SFX Updates

Lots of fancy updates for art. All aimed at pushing the game more into the visual direction we envision. More pixel, more crank, more post processing, more juice. Our Main Menu can now become your favorite screen saver. In the old demo the main menu was pretty static. We hope to catapult you right into the action and mood of the game with the change.

Same idea for the Character Selection! Rotate that board and look at all these characters. weeee~

There is more art stuff, but instead of spoiling everything (yes I am that lazy) I will let you discover it on your own.

Honorabe Mentions

We abused our coders for better performance and bugfixes. Should improve your experience overall. If you encounter any bug, send it to us via discord. For any other feedback or strong opinions, head over to discord aswell.

With all this we hope you will have fun diving into DEESICKS.

Thanks for reading!

PS

We are posting cringe videos on social media. please check it out. i am spending too much time on it.