Two Strikes News

It's a great day for the Two Strikes fictional Japan. The key to the whole game is finally being introduced as a non-playable character. He will appear by the end of most of the single-player modes.

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The lore of this game is quite rich. Not a lot has been revealed, yet, but this is the point we are finally starting to make sense of all this nonsensical blood shedding.

The Shinigami is the god of death. He is known for inviting humans to the Japanese afterlife. An invitation to what, you ask?

[h3]A tournament.[/h3]

Only a couple of selected warriors were invited by the Shinigami to a ghostly competition. That's right. All the characters in Two Strikes are already dead. There are a lot of clues in the art, I wonder who noticed.

The Shinigami's motivation is quite unclear. Is he just bored? You have to play the future story mode to find out.

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]
The Shinigami is the boss of the game. He will not be a selectable, playable character.

He is a shapeshifter. He decided to take what he considered the best attacks of each character. So yes, he can transform himself into any of the 8 playable characters:

Weak Attacks
- Kenji, Ayai, Goemon and Hozoin.

Strong Attacks
- Tomoe, Yasuke, Shenyan and Miyo.

He has the same anticipation for all these attacks, making it very difficult to predict what is coming.
Also, he can cancel any attacks, so be on the lookout for feints as well.

With art made by Tulio Mendes, I hope you enjoy this new addition to the Two Strikes Universe.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- One Strike mode works again.

Hi everyone, small patch here.
The Story Mode is not finished. I accidentally left it unlocked. I hope this doesn't upset you too much.

It will be back once I finish it.

Thank you for your understanding,

Danilo Barbosa

Our new character gets some attention in this update. Thanks to the players, we were able to find and fix a lot of the issues with his release.

[h3]Bug Fixing[/h3]

Shenyan
• Fixed bug where Shenyan could not cancel his strong attack into a weak attack or anticipate it if touching the other player.
  
• Fixed AI to be able to use Shenyan special cancels.
  
• Improved Shenyan AI behavior from Level 3 and 4 for more exciting to play.
  
  Goemon
• Fixed bug that Goemon couldn't throw a kunai after being perfect parried.
  
  Yasuke
• Fixed bug where his head collider was acting a little crazy.
  

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• Added feature to remove the game ending blood jets, from more family play. I'm sorry it took so long to add it.
  

[h3]Buffs and Nerfs[/h3]

• Shenyan weak attack collider expanded.
  

[h3]Today is a glorious day for Two Strikes![/h3]
The Eighth Character arrives in the game! Shenyan, the Druken Wokou!

Shenyan is an insane character, not gonna lie to you! Don't let his age of Death trick you into thinking he's a nice old man. He is here in purgatory for his insatiable blood lust focused on one thing only: Creating misery for Hozoin. You see, they are long long-time acquaintance, childhood friends. But now, any of this matters anymore. You have to wait for the Lore to be ready to know why, sorry.

[h3]Gameplay![/h3]
This drunken pirate has one of the fastest walk speeds and dashes in the entire game. He can get in and out like no other.



Shenyan has two attacks, pretty standard. His trickeries are not in different attacks, but using the ones he has to make everyone very uneasy.

Shenyan's weak attack is fast but has the shortest range in the game, although his strong attack is by far the longest-ranged attack in the game, even beating Hozoin's weak attack.

[h3]What is Unique About Him?[/h3]



Shenyan has unique interactions with his Strong Attack. After a start-up animation, he enters a state where he keeps spinning his rope until it is finally released for a powerful attack. During this state, he can:

• Press again Strong Attack to cut it short and release it earlier.
  
• Press Weak Attack to use it in case an enemy comes too close.
  
• Dash forwards, to maybe use its Weak Attack.
  
• Or just dash backward, to start all over.
  

By the power of drunkness, Shenyan can even break game rules, doing whatever he wants with his strong attack.

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]
Thanks to the player @Green, that gave invaluable feedback, I decided to give some buffs to Miyo. He felt, just like me, that She was maybe too deep into deception and lacking a little in some practical uses of her dashes. So,

• After the dash forward attack, her recovery has 5 frames less, making her less susceptible to counters.
  
• Her back dash now doesn't have the "attack preparation" animation, making it a lot more reliable to close up the distance.
  

We are working in the lore and story mode, so soon you will have these things, but before that, enjoy Shenyan.

Hey all!
Just to warn you that the next update of the game will be towards the end of this month.
I just finished the lore section of the game, but I need to connect it to the achievements of the game before releasing it.

I hope you all understand. Also, we are working on other things that we cannot talk about it for now.

Cheers,
Danilo Barbosa.