Hello good folks
The demo for Androfoco is completed and has been submitted!
I’ve not released a demo before, so it was a new experience. Priorities were shifted so things that are usually reserved for the release of a game were brought forward.
This includes stuff like:
- Creating a trailer
- Fixing awkward UI bugs that I was putting off
- Polish on the UI – button prompts and whatnot
- Sensitivity settings
- Extra visual flourish, making some particle effects pop better
- Adding some environmental story telling to a particular map
- Compiling the credits list properly ( I just scribble it down in a text file as I go along )
Speaking of the trailer here it is:
The footage for trailer was recorded entirely using Bazzite Linux so it should hopefully work nicely on Steam decks and the like!
There is a link in game to open the web page version of the credits. It is more readable on the website and I included hyperlinks to people’s portfolios and stuff.
I’m not sure when exactly the demo will be available but it should be out for Steam Next Fest from the 15th June and hopefully a little bit before then. I am looking forward to reading people’s impressions about it.
For the demo I wanted to give an impression what the battle system is like. In the full version, the story mode will gradually add different mechanics so that players can learn how best to use them.
To grab people’s attention, in the demo you just have access to all the mechanics but all the bots have nerfed cooldowns so it feels more like a PvP battle (if everyone you were playing against was a bit daft!)
Anyway peace to you all take it easy 😉