Oakden V007 - Devlog

Hello,
After a long time I finally put out a public build of this game for people to put their hands on.
The game is a monster slasher with only mouse/touch control.
Currently it's only out for web with plans to eventually get it out to steam and mobile.

Play the game here https://svnriz.itch.io/oakden
Watch gameplay here https://youtu.be/f29QPRfQobg
Follow me here to see updates https://www.instagram.com/svnriz/
Join my discord here https://discord.gg/cbuBhAYD



A few screenshots:

V002
Added: Depths, Tutorial

V003
​Added 3 new skins in the shop.
Added unlock skin functionality with unbalanced economy.
Made the enemies drop more coins to further unbalance the economy.
Game now pauses on death,
Fixed a bug with enemy death animations.
Added some fancy fades to some buttons.

V004
Added some effects on the hero in the main menu and when you pick up coins,
Coins can now only be picked up when not slashing.
Made bad economy a little bit better.
Fixed a bug where the dead sprite didn't show up in the right place upon death.
Added text to death screen.

V005

Added a new enemy: Wall crawler
Edited visuals for tutorial

​Added a HUD to the level.
Changed the word "Coins" to a coin icon in the level.
You now start with 3 shields again.
Added animations to menu and shop arrow buttons.
Adjusted enemy behaviors.

New. smoother logo in the intro.
Added a combo system with visual effects.
Fixed a game breaking exploit in the core mechanics.
Made the hits register more accurately.
Fixed a bunch of other crumbs here and there.
Felt cute so I set the shields to max.

Also just realized all itch.io devlogs up until now were sitting in drafts unpublished ...
They are all live now so you can give them a look if you're interested, better late then never
Also added some cool GIFs to the screenshots gallery