Night Lights News

It’s been really enjoyable and inspirational to watch players stream Paladin Dream. It feels like playing God and watching people explore the world I created, and I also get to see which parts are celebrated, and where the game could be better or less confusing. I’ve gotten lots of positive feedback about the story, and I wanted to focus this update on showing more information about the world.



The demon worshiping cult is malicious, reclusive, and possesses black magic to keep outsiders away. I wanted to show the extent to which they’ve gone to protect their temple (which was crudely dug out of a city wall). In the update, Josiah explores an MC Escher-like looping room and a hallucination that projects his fear. This dungeon is intended to be full of creepy traps. The fortune-teller in Nazarfang encounter is also expanded a bit, to give the player some early insight into the 3 different religions and how they interact.



The northern wilderness is an area that is mostly not settled, and wild animals have free reign. Organized religion does not have much influence here. I created a new encounter where Josiah spars with another adventurer and their wild animal companion. There’s also a new battle with Josiah’s Reflection (think Link’s Shadow in Zelda games) that requires a bit of logic to win. To ease a side quest that involves a decent amount of backtracking, and I added a way for Josiah to jump down the mountain with a certain item. Making it to the top of Starcross Peak requires Josiah to leave civilization behind and examine his beliefs from a different perspective.

I fixed some minor bugs including dialog, art, and game balance. When you reach a new level, there is also a new common event that fires to tell the player to check and see if they’ve learned a new spell. Hopefully, this will lead to players realizing there are multiple ways to manage their resources. It’s great to get feedback and continue expanding the game.

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and thanks for supporting Paladin Dream!

Matthew

p.s. If you've read this far and haven't yet added Paladin Dream to your wishlist, now is your chance :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592120/Paladin_Dream/

Can you hear the trumpets and the stomping of horses? It seems we are approaching the royal castle! This location is an important link in Jacob's journey to other places. And, as you can see for yourself - from here we have a way to the kitchen, to the servants' room, to the king's castle, and to the prison (and who knows which location we will find ourselves in next time!).



Here, for the first time, we meet the inhabitants of the castle - a bored and resting servant, a castle keeper, and a guard patrolling the wall.

At the moment, this location, like the previous "Castle Gates", is being added with minimal functionality.

The plan is to add all the planned content first, and only then polish the game and fill it with all the dialogue, adventure, and puzzles you need.

Sorry for the slow development speed - the artist and I are doing our best to release the game as soon as possible. And, although after the main work we only have evenings and weekends to work on the project, we will slowly but surely bring it to a happy end.

Thanks to everyone who continues to follow the project - you give us the strength to continue. Stay tuned! See you in the next updates!

Thanks for all your support!
Dennis

p.s. If you're reading this and still have not added The Dark Prophecy to your wishlist, now is your chance ːsteamhappyː

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1565680/The_Dark_Prophecy/

☑️ Challenging gameplay
☑️ Interesting characters
☑️ Funny dialogue
☑️ Indie game dev at its best

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271170/The_Wizard_and_The_Slug/

• Optimization of the save/load system
  
• Fixed nasty audio bug that could multiply the volume by hundreds of %
  
• Fixed collectibles not accounted properly during restart of a level
  
• Fixed saving position of box and tv only if placed successfully in City 3-1
  
• Fixed saving position of tv only if placed successfully in City 5
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/590850/Night_Lights/

• Head bulb replaced with pumpkin for Halloween!
  
• Spider webs. Spider webs everywhere!
  
• Inserted small delay on level load before updating state of objects.
  
• Fade in on level load.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/590850/Night_Lights/