The Five Crystals

Devlog

• Quick Update
  November 22, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios#indie, #gamedev, #indiedev, #update, #news

  Just wanted to give a quick update for The Five Crystals as of 22/11/2018 and what I’ve been doing for the past few months. First of all, I’d just like to say a really big sorry for the lack of up... Continue reading

  
• [Devlog #29] The Five Crystals | Game Over Screen
  September 02, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'm showing the newly added game over screen that displays when the player dies. There are two options that the player can click on when they... Continue reading
• [Devlog #28] The Five Crystals | Entering and Exiting Levels
  August 05, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'm showing the new animation that has been added when the player enters a randomly generated level. Addtionally, I'm also showing the newest... Continue reading
• [Devlog #27] The Five Crystals | Updated Random Level Generation and AI Improvements
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'll be showing the new objects that have been added into the random level generation algorithm. The objects that have been added include the... Continue reading
• [Devlog #26] The Five Crystals | New Enemy and More Options
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'll be showing two new options present in the options menu. These two new options allow the player to adjust the music and sound volume, a m... Continue reading
• [Devlog #25] The Five Crystals | Random Level Generation
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'm showing a brand new mechanic that randomly generates levels for the player to explore. Currently the level generation only generates the... Continue reading
• [Devlog #24] The Five Crystals | More Weapons
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'll be showing a new weapon that I have added into the game - the iron sword. This new weapon is a sharp sword that has a very fast attack s... Continue reading
• [Devlog #23] The Five Crystals | Selling Items to the Merchant
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals. In this devlog, I'll be expanding upon the merchant shown in devlog #21. With the new sell feature, the player can now sell items to the merchant; any items... Continue reading
• [Devlog #22] The Five Crystals | Basic LAN Multiplayer
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing a brand new feature - LAN Multiplayer! This mode currently allows for two players to host or join a game, and play together. Not much... Continue reading
• [Devlog #21] The Five Crystals | Merchant
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time I'm showing the new merchant feature. The merchant is an NPC who the player can buy items from, and at a later date, sell their items too. Enjoy!... Continue reading
• [Devlog #20] The Five Crystals | Updated Enemy Healthbars
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time I'm showing an update feature; enemy health bars. The old enemy health bars did not feel right, and were simply coloured red, and had no health bar... Continue reading
• [Devlog #19] The Five Crystals | Developer Console and More Tools
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time I'm showing off a new feature which is the developer console. This feature allows the developer to type in various commands that effect the game in... Continue reading
• [Devlog #18] The Five Crystals | Skill System
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! I've been working on a new feature called the Skill System, which enables the player to purchase and unlock skills using skill points which are given when th... Continue reading
• [Devlog #17] The Five Crystals | Interactive Textboxes
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! I've updated the original textbox code to support options and interactivity. The player can choose an option when interacting with a character, and the chara... Continue reading
• [Devlog #16] The Five Crystals | Player Health and Stamina Bar
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! I've updated the player hearts system in favour of a more simple health bar system, this way the player has more health and can sustain more damage, this val... Continue reading
• [Devlog #15] The Five Crystals | Saving and Loading
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time I'm showing a new feature that I have implemented; auto-saving and loading. When the player sees the screen shown in the video, their progress with... Continue reading
• [Devlog #14] The Five Crystals | Updated Ingredient Gathering
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing the new gathering system in the game. Before, you could gather ingredients using your weapons, but now, you need a special tool to gat... Continue reading
• [Devlog #13] The Five Crystals | Updated GUI and Journal
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off the update GUI for the game, which includes 3 buttons on the left hand side of the screen. The quest log button, the journal butto... Continue reading
• [Devlog #12] The Five Crystals | Goblins and Monster Sounds
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing a new monster that has been created for the game. It's called a Goblin, and, usually in packs, they will wait by chests, and spring ou... Continue reading
• [Devlog #11] The Five Crystals | Air Bar and Monster Drops
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off two new features for the game. The first one is an air bar which shows up when the player is underwater. It indicates how much tim... Continue reading
• [Devlog #10] The Five Crystals | Levelling and EXP System
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a new feature that I have been working on which allows the player to level their character to a max level of 100. The new EXP syst... Continue reading
• [Devlog #9] The Five Crystals | Rolling, Healthbars, and Damage Indicators
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off the new rolling feature, which is where the player can roll to the left and right, and not be hit by enemies when doing so. I'm al... Continue reading
• [Devlog #8] The Five Crystals | Tutorial Level
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a tutorial level that I have made to explain and show the basic features of the game, including how to move, attack, fight, get lo... Continue reading
• [Devlog #7] The Five Crystals | Skippable Cutscenes, Controls List, and More Cutscenes
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off another example cut scene that will take place in the single player campaign of The Five Crystals. I will also show skipping the f... Continue reading
• [Devlog #6] The Five Crystals | Cutscenes, Updated GUI, and Quests
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off an example cut scene that will take place in the single player campaign of The Five Crystals. I will also show the Quest menu, whi... Continue reading
• [Devlog #5] The Five Crystals | Supply Chest and Teleportation Stone
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a newly added feature called the supply chest, and another item called the Teleportation stone. The supply chest allows the player... Continue reading
• [Devlog #4] The Five Crystals | Recipe Book and More Alchemy
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a new feature recently added, which is the recipe book. This is a feature that allows you to view the many different recipes avail... Continue reading
• [Devlog #3] The Five Crystals | Crafting Table
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a new feature recently added, which is the crafting table. A crafting station which allows you to craft many different armours, we... Continue reading
• [Devlog #2] The Five Crystals | Ingredient Gathering, Alchemy, and Potions
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is another look at The Five Crystals! This time, I'm showing off a new feature recently added, which is the alchemy table. A crafting station which allows you too brew potions from different ingr... Continue reading
• [Devlog #1] The Five Crystals | Combat, GUI, Inventory, and Sounds
  August 04, 2018 by Blue Yeti Studios

  Here is the first look at a new project I'm working on currently titled "The Five Crystals". There are only a few features in the game at the moment, all of which will be shown in this devlog, enjoy!... Continue reading