A Mysterious Forest and City Under Siege: Developer’s Log Vol. 5
☯Hello everyone!😈
Welcome to the Official Twilight Monk Team Development Log.
Follow along and get an exclusive look at the Kung-fu fantasy metroidvania game releasing in 2025! If you’re interested to see more exclusive gameplay videos and screenshots, don’t miss out on the action on our official X page!
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This month we’ve been continuing refinement of the Eastern continent and two major locations that are directly pulled from the original Twilight Monk novel series! This should be exciting for fans of the books as they can see two iconic locations brought to life!
[h3]The Darkroot Forest[/h3]
Though last time we accessed the Jabah Dooba desert via boat, this time around Raziel will have to ride the very spooky ghost train to reach his destination…
We wanted the conductor to be a little comical, with some cheesy Halloween style jokes in his back pocket.
Stylistically, this has to be one of the team’s favorite dungeons so far! It took a lot of inspiration from games like Legend of Zelda which always have some sort of “lost forest”. You’ll find yourself a bit lost at times as this dungeon is particularly maze-like. Here’s a look at the result of polishing this time around.
The overworld area received a rework to have a richer purple tone, as well as a strong light emanating from the entrance to the Dark Forest so it’s a little bit easier to know where to go.
Many areas that were still in a preliminary state have been finalized with atmosphere and detail.
Refinement of new mechanics in this dungeon, as you can see there is a fireball that gets released when you’ve used the Phantom Pillar to activate it. You can kick it around and burn vine walls that block your way!
The color scheme has been adjusted quite a bit to be a little darker and moodier, and effects and details have all been added in at this stage. More NPC portraits this time around, including our cute little friend Amiku!
[h3]Giant’s Crown[/h3]
Giant’s crown is a city overrun by the “Cannon Ballers”, a group of Sky Pirates at war with the residents seeking to defend their territory - the “Blokes”.
We’ve put a lot of special attention into designing diverging paths for the player to explore. You’ll be navigating the dungeon and restoring power to various sections to activate elevators and contraptions.
Some more underwater chasms that connect to old mining areas as well! We tried to create lots of optional paths within this dungeon so we hope when you play you’ll enjoy going back and discovering all the secrets.
[h3]Additional Content[/h3]
Besides these two locations, we’ve added in some new content including these cute little guys, Bojo Birds!
They will be collectible throughout your adventures in Speria, so see if you can manage to collect them all!
To find out where they’re hiding, leave it to the “papa Bojos” who will show you the way to their locations.
Plus a few new enemies, such as these cauldron enemies which suck the life force out of Raz until he’s able to successfully destroy 5 of them.
We hope there’s something among the new content that piques your interest! Thank you always for following along and we’re looking forward to sharing more progress and sneak peaks in the next update.
Until the next one,
- The Twilight Monk Team
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Add to your wishlist!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911940/Twilight_Monk/
https://twitter.com/TwiMonk_Game Twitter
https://twilightmonk.startgravity.jp/ Website
* All images represented are work in progress and are subject to change
Welcome to the Official Twilight Monk Team Development Log.
Follow along and get an exclusive look at the Kung-fu fantasy metroidvania game releasing in 2025! If you’re interested to see more exclusive gameplay videos and screenshots, don’t miss out on the action on our official X page!
[hr][/hr]
This month we’ve been continuing refinement of the Eastern continent and two major locations that are directly pulled from the original Twilight Monk novel series! This should be exciting for fans of the books as they can see two iconic locations brought to life!
[h3]The Darkroot Forest[/h3]
Though last time we accessed the Jabah Dooba desert via boat, this time around Raziel will have to ride the very spooky ghost train to reach his destination…
We wanted the conductor to be a little comical, with some cheesy Halloween style jokes in his back pocket.
Stylistically, this has to be one of the team’s favorite dungeons so far! It took a lot of inspiration from games like Legend of Zelda which always have some sort of “lost forest”. You’ll find yourself a bit lost at times as this dungeon is particularly maze-like. Here’s a look at the result of polishing this time around.
The overworld area received a rework to have a richer purple tone, as well as a strong light emanating from the entrance to the Dark Forest so it’s a little bit easier to know where to go.
Many areas that were still in a preliminary state have been finalized with atmosphere and detail.
Refinement of new mechanics in this dungeon, as you can see there is a fireball that gets released when you’ve used the Phantom Pillar to activate it. You can kick it around and burn vine walls that block your way!
The color scheme has been adjusted quite a bit to be a little darker and moodier, and effects and details have all been added in at this stage. More NPC portraits this time around, including our cute little friend Amiku!
[h3]Giant’s Crown[/h3]
Giant’s crown is a city overrun by the “Cannon Ballers”, a group of Sky Pirates at war with the residents seeking to defend their territory - the “Blokes”.
We’ve put a lot of special attention into designing diverging paths for the player to explore. You’ll be navigating the dungeon and restoring power to various sections to activate elevators and contraptions.
Some more underwater chasms that connect to old mining areas as well! We tried to create lots of optional paths within this dungeon so we hope when you play you’ll enjoy going back and discovering all the secrets.
[h3]Additional Content[/h3]
Besides these two locations, we’ve added in some new content including these cute little guys, Bojo Birds!
They will be collectible throughout your adventures in Speria, so see if you can manage to collect them all!
To find out where they’re hiding, leave it to the “papa Bojos” who will show you the way to their locations.
Plus a few new enemies, such as these cauldron enemies which suck the life force out of Raz until he’s able to successfully destroy 5 of them.
We hope there’s something among the new content that piques your interest! Thank you always for following along and we’re looking forward to sharing more progress and sneak peaks in the next update.
Until the next one,
- The Twilight Monk Team
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Add to your wishlist!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911940/Twilight_Monk/
https://twitter.com/TwiMonk_Game Twitter
https://twilightmonk.startgravity.jp/ Website
* All images represented are work in progress and are subject to change
