Asternova plans

Hey Folks! 

The name's Rhys Thomas and I'm working hard on Asternova, a Collect 'Em Up with procedurally generated levels. I've posted this in progress demo to get the game out there and get some feedback.

I encourage you to play it and let me know what you think. I believe there's something here and with some refinement it can be something different that can really be enjoyed by people!

I plan to post updates here whenever I've got something new in the demo to show.

This is a list of things I'm planning to do with the game as I work on it. I'll post any new updates here as I get closer to implementing these features:

• Graphics overhaul (All art is currently placeholder)
• More moves for the Mole in combat
• Much better onboarding/tutorial (Apologies for the info heavy initial screens for now!)
• More challenge variety (the challenges for getting the Aster Jewels)
• More challenges per level (for new collectibles mentioned below)
• Higher level core loop including:
  • Black hole select menu (This demo is an example of one black hole)
  • Ability for Aster Jewels to unlock new black holes/black hole progression
  • Upgrade menu for upgrading mole stats/abilities
  • Adding new collectibles that unlock abilities and upgrade them
  • Adding artefacts that tell the player about the world
• More biomes (along with the enemies, environments and challenges that come with them

My next step will be looking at overhauling the graphics. Everything is placeholder right now, but I've found an artist that will be doing some fancy new artwork for the game. That will be happening in parallel with other features, so the hope is it'll become prettier over time.

In my next update, I hope to have some new artwork to show as well as some technical work around lighting and pipelines done so that the game can be made prettier. I'm especially excited about the lighting as it can completely change the mood of the game if done correctly!

Look forward to that. See you next time!