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The Ballad of Bellum: Demo available on October 17!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · 12d

It's been a lot of work, but it's almost here:
The demo for The Ballad of Bellum will be available on October 17!!🥳

youtu.be/H10bysFLsc0

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The Ballad of Bellum: Thank you for 10K

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · 17d

The Ballad of Bellum have passed 10K wishlists!! That's a crazy number I'd never imagine reaching, so thank you 🎉😍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1MC...

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The Ballad of Bellum: mah mill!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Sep 5

Added a watermill🌊🫧 And, perhaps it's time to revisit fishing to get it properly up to date👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-k...

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The Ballad of Bellum: Controller support and keybinding🎮

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks! No, but I was considering it.

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 21

Added controller support, keybinding menu, UI button prompts and soft shadows!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwY7...

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The Ballad of Bellum: Look at all the options you have!!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 12

The settings menu is almost completed! With only support for changing language and keybinding left✅

youtu.be/iFWzWdSIs-U

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The Ballad of Bellum: settings?

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks!

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sorry I posted the wrong link, so here's another post!
Working on UI can suck somtimes, and I've been postponing the settings menu due to not knowing exactly how I wanted it, but here's a quick peek at how it's looking so far, and I'm quite satisfied with it 🧮

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7_...

The Ballad of Bellum: File selection and dying??

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Aug 7

Oh damn, I posted the youtube studio link. Thanks for pointing that out 😆

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Jul 2

‼The Ballad of Bellum will soon have it's very first demo available over at the game's Discord‼

But in the meantime:
Here's a quick peek at file selection in the main menu, as well as dying📂💀

youtu.be/lQJ29S3UYTk

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The Ballad of Bellum: Bossfight

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · May 30

I wasn't sure if I was going to post this, as it kinda spoils some of the dungeon, but here's a peek at the bossfight in the dungeon that I've previously showcased. It's still WIP and got some placeholders, but I'd love your feedback🦋🍃

youtu.be/s0tzt-nfdXM

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The Ballad of Bellum: thicc ass oak 🍃

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · May 24

Now that we can properly see through objects that's obscuring the player, I've finally been able to add some larger trees to forest areas, like this new thicc oak tree 🍃

youtu.be/wxgwvF4KAko

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The Ballad of Bellum: new interactable dungeon mechanics!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · May 15

I've not been able to dev as much as I had hoped for the last couple of weeks, but here's at least another peek at the dungeon I'm working on 👀With this I've added weight- and time-based buttons!

youtu.be/kjTAHhhd2UM

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The Ballad of Bellum: Unto the dungeons!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks, and glad you like it 😁

The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · May 1

Here's a sneak peek of a dungeon I've been working on 👀🌿It's been a lot of fun adding some of the dungeon mechanics so far!

youtu.be/VxwttzxdwxM

Also, the Discord is up if you wanna hang out (link in linktree)

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The Ballad of Bellum: I'm your target now 🎯

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Apr 11

Just added a targeting system I'm really happy with! 🎯 You can cycle through all enemies within a region, or manually target with the 'free aim' mode . Got some great feedback about it in our Discord! Feel free to join 👀(linktree in bio)

youtu.be/XUZ6mBKfRc4

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The Ballad of Bellum: I can see! 👀

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Apr 8

After a lot of work I've finally replaced the blue silhouette with a proper dither fadeout while behind stuff 👀I think it turned out great! Wdyt?

youtu.be/Hv0V5nLPJaA

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The Ballad of Bellum: Deep dark forest vibes 🌿

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Apr 1

Been working on a large new forest, and here's a showcase of it with the ambience it will have the first time you travel there 👀🌧

youtu.be/y_7NcB7AHA0

Also, feel free to join the game's Discord to learn more about the game! (link in bio)

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The Ballad of Bellum: The Discord is now open!

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Mar 31

The Ballad of Bellum has now been in development for a year, and the Steam page has been up for half a year!

I'd like to celebrate this by opening the game's Discord!
Link: discord.com/invite/R6b7K...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeH...

The Ballad of Bellum: Lush forest village🌿

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Mar 24

These few last days I've been remaking the village that the game starts in. It's now located in a steep terrain area right at the edge of a dark and dangerous forest👀🌿 Any thoughts?

youtu.be/JcuXw1ULO5M

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The Ballad of Bellum: Beggin' on mah knees for that basement soup 😩

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Feb 28

This has been a lot of work, but I've finished all interiors for the farm, added light casting through doors and windows, ground shadows, crawling!! and a cool grandfather clock👀

youtu.be/X06V3vqyCtk

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The Ballad of Bellum: Mah house, mah home

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Feb 18

So after making the house for this farm tree times I'm happy with the result! I also started working on interiors for some bulidings, like this barn👀wdyt?

youtu.be/O_7-ZK-FB4E

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The Ballad of Bellum: The forest is scary now!?

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's another enemy that will make some areas of the deep forest more dangerous in The Ballad of Bellum👀🐛

www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ms...

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The Ballad of Bellum: Bushcrabs!? 🦀🍃

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Feb 3

[The Ballad of Bellum]
Here is a brief look at an enemy I've been working on. The 'Bushcrab' lurks in tall grass and thrives in shaded areas, often found in forests and other areas away from commonly traveled roads🍃🦀👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cONX...

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The Ballad of Bellum: Swimming and Diving 😎

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The Ballad of Bellum - Demo available October 17 @bokehdev.bsky.social · Jan 13

Added swimming and diving🏊‍♀️
I wasn't sure if I was going to add diving or not, but it turned out great imo! Wdyt?🤩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3hS...

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