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Demo will drop soon! (delayed due to Itch.io set up)

Hey guys,

  Like the title suggests, our playable demo will be dr...

Demo will be available 9/30

Hi guys!

I'm here to announce that the first playable demo I promised will be available for download 9/30!

It will have Shinsuke and Jake playable with more polished sprites....

Announcement - Playable Demo!

Hey guys!

I would like to make an announcement with regards to a pre-alpha demo.  I think I should be able to deliver a playable demo within a week or two.  The demo will...

Showcasing at BIC Fest in Busan, Korea

hey guys, i know i have been silent for a while. i am currently showcasing Blazing Strike at this game show held in Korea with the help of Nicalis.

i will be announcing a playable ...

Post Kickstarter

Hi guys,

Been a while since the last time I posted an update.  As you already know, I ran a Kickstarter campaign until recently.  I officially pulled the plug about 2 day...

Kickstarter will be launching 8/1!

  Hi guys,

Just wanted to drop in and let you know that I will be launching a Kickstarter campaign on 8/1.  The reason I'm bringing this up on Patreon is because it'...

Meet the last member of the roster :)

Hey guys,

Just wanted to share my latest addition to the roster.  His name is Ryohei and he is a high ranking member of Hana's Yakuza org.  He will do anything to protect...

Demo delayed for a week - Details on the V00 demo

Hey guys,

First of all, sorry I have to update you with a bit of bad news.  V00 demo is almost ready, but I made a last minute decision to add more extensive input manager. ...

Very first playable demo! Available for download next week

Hi guys,

First I would like to say thank you for supporting me and the development of Blazing Strike :)  Can't stress this enough.

Today I would like to officially annou...

Updated Character Select

Here's an updated character select screen with more character idle stance animations.

Here I have also applied a CRT filter to achieve a more old school look. This filter can be turned on and...

first playable demo coming soon :)

Hey guys,

I am currently working hard to release my very first playable demo to you guys.

I would like to thank my patrons for being patient with me. 

I...

very first playable demo of blazing strike!!

hey patrons!

jusr wanted to share some playable demo gameplay. hopefully i’ll get this ready soon :)

Character No 2 for the very first playable demo

For the first playable demo, Shinsuke and Jake are the two characters that will be available.

This is Jake getting hit and blocking attacks.  Will be colored and cleaned up very soon. 2019-03-22 14:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post

WIP character select screen

Hey guys,

Lately I have been busy creating game UI, and here one of the screens I worked on. Hope you guys like it :) I will be posting the completed version with some BGM to go al...

Updated Roster of Blazing Strike!

Hope you like it :)

New Stage setup along with updated UI :)

New UI in the works

Hey guys,

  At the moment, I'm working on things like, animation(never ending), game modifications and coding to achieve pixel perfectness, and... a new UI.

 &...

It's official. Blazing Strike is coming to Nintendo Switch!!

Hey guys,

  Just wanted to let you know that Blazing Strike has been approved for a release on Nintendo Switch :) I am very excited to share this news, as I have ...

My first working netcode!

 Hey guys,

Sorry I've been silent for a while.  I have been busy working on Blazing Strike, but I still feel bad that I couldn't update you on a regular basis :(  With that sai...

Dev Update - Netcode

 Sorry I've been silent for a while.  I am working hard on Blazing Strike, but mostly not related to artwork these days.  As the image suggests, I have started working on netcode and...

Updated gameplay

Added and fixed number of things here.

- hit stop tweak and bug fix

- overall gameplay speed update closer to final version

- camera tweak

- more sprite cleanups

a...

Some of Alexander's rough animations

Recently on Twitter, people have commented good thing about Alexander.  I thought that was cool because even though he is one of my favorites, I honestly didn't think others would feel the same :...

2 Additional Characters!

Say hello to Alexander (far left) and Hana (far right). Just got done with these two and wanted to share a group picture with you guys :)

I explain each characters in detail on the other post, but b...

Graffy's WIP standing normal attacks

Graffy is the first character I created as a 3D model when I first started working on Blazing Strike, and now I'm in the process of recreating his animations in 2D pixel art.  

I initially had ...

Finally a set of pixelated characters in the game :)

Feeling pretty good about the new look so far and very motivated to make it even better!

Hope you like it :)

Mateo's Idle Stance is done

WIP Version:

Finished (cleaned up and colored) Version:

2018-09-27 00:42:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Shinsuke (our first sprite based character) being implemented in the game :)

With the new sprite look and 2D animation, the gameplay feels much better than before.  And implementing the sprites into the game is pretty simple :) Good thing I spent some time architecting th...

Some of the things currently in the works

Most recent update of Pink!

Hey guys :)

Here is the most recent work done for Pink's new looks.  She will hack and slash swinging that giant/mechanic katana without any mercy!

Characters

Characters

Jake: 

  The main character in the story mode.  Jake was your typical introverted high school teenager until he got in contact with the "Guardians" 2018-08-13 15:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post