Monsters Loot Swag News

It's the final countdown to the early access release of Monsters Loot Swag, shipping with the first half of the game complete, on 16th August 2022 at ~1pm PDT / 9pm BST / 10pm CEST (as long as my maths are right on those time zones).

So let's look at what it is actually shipping with as an Early Access title:

• 4 playable catgirl cosplaying characters.
  
• Single player or online multiplayer Co-Op.
  
• Levels 1-5 full playable.
  
• Different Monsters for each level.
  
• Individual Boss Monsters for each level.
  
• All 108 swag and power-ups fully coded.
  
• Art for 98% of power-ups.
  

And what early access actually means:

• Updates will be monthly and should take ~10 months to complete, so final full shipping of the completed game is estimated as summer 2023.
  
• Levels 6-10; total 10.
  
• Individual Monster Bosses for levels 6-10.
  
• Specific Monsters for levels 7 and 8, other monsters are complete but the levels are not.
  
• 2 or 3 swag/power-up abilities need specific art/models/animations which are related to each other.
  
• A further 4 playable catgirl cosplaying characters; total 8, that will be unlocked once available and the player has reach a gameplay milestone; eg: has an achievement or steam stat.
  
• 6 Trials/Challenges/Mutagens are coded but not enabled, these are to be unlocked as the player progresses through the game, and as such will be available at the end of the game.
  
• Souvenirs; souvenirs are coded but art is not finished, these are extra RNG collectables which Boss Monsters drop. Currently there is a blank page in the Swag and Statistics screens for this.
  
• Steamworks for modding
  

So if an early access title of ever increasing levels of murderous twin-stick, swag collecting, catgirl monsters mashing sounds like your kinda thing, please wishlist Monsters Loot Swag!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1789310

This is Water Hazard, she enjoys gently trundling around fairways, sipping gin and tonic and clubbing alligators to death to try and get her ball back.

Water Hazard is a mix range, melee based playable character with a trio of hand-to-hand standard attacks, featuring good mobility, with good strength for knocking monsters out of the way. Her special attack is a slow but high damage attack which cuts through all enemies to the front and ends with an additional explosion at long range, whilst her evasion is simply to jump on a golf buggy and barge enemies out of the way.

From the feedback that I have gathered, one thing was unanimous - absolutely nobody liked the default mouse aiming system.

This has now been remedied to a control scheme that people requested, namely a visible mouse cursor or "aiming reticle" which the player rotates to. The larger the distance between the cursor and the player's facing direction, the faster the player turns. This also now works for gamepad and Steam Deck control, as all control types turn at the same rate, so no one scheme has any disadvantages over the others.

You can swap control between Keyboard+Mouse and Gamepad input at any time in-game, via the pause and options menu.

If you're playing on Gamepad and suddenly lose input because your mom is bent over hoovering infront of the screen and accidentally pulls it out, the control system will default to KeyBoard+Mouse, and the game will pause (unless in online Co-Op Multiplayer). Once you plug your Gamepad back in you can choose Gamepad input again from the Options Menu.

And if you're on Steam Deck you will notice absolutely no changes.

Late Night - for me anyway, your time zone may well vary - comfy gameplay stream with the dev.
Watch me blast seven shades out of monsters while grabbing as much loot and swag as I can.



Kicking off @Thursday 16th June; 11pm BST/ Midnight CEST / 3pm PDT if I got my maths right for other time zones ... and if the power stays on and my broadband connection doesn't get ganked by late night maintenance teams ...

Monsters Loot Swag; Blast Monsters -> Win Loot -> Get Swag!

Developer Livestream for Steam Next Fest! Does exactly what it says in the description - hopefully ...

June 14th @8pm BST / 9pm CEST/ 11am PDT ... if I my maths is right ...

As long as my broadband doesn't cut out and the power stays on I will be streaming the freely available demo of Monsters Loot Swag to showcase the first level of the game and display the demo's three playable characters.