Soulash

Devlog

• Soulash 2 Announcement
  April 28, 2023 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, As many of you may know, I've been able to commit myself fully to game development for the past year, and I've been hard at work on the sequel to Soulash. I've decided to begin... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v1.0.12.3 hotfix
  September 09, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Small hotfix today to address issues with UTF-8 characters in Windows username causing crash on startup. Fixed - Fixed a crash related to Windows username using non-latin charac... Continue reading
• Hotfix v1.0.12.1 & v1.0.12.2
  June 23, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #minor

  Greetings fellow gods, Quick hotfix today to address the crafting menu crash. Changed - Resting and sleeping no longer closes the Crafting Screen. Fixed - Fixed crash in Crafting Screen when hovering... Continue reading
• Soulash v1.0.12 Deck of Entities
  June 15, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Greetings fellow gods, Today's update addresses some bugs and improvements reported on the official Soulash Discord server, as well as a new unique item - Deck of Entities, a single-use item designed... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v1.0.11 Gauntlet of the Lich Lord
  May 20, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #minor

  Greetings fellow gods, We have a new update today, with a unique item designed by Sinful, one of our Patrons , a bunch of fixes, and QoL improvements. Changelog below: Added - New unique item, Gauntle... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v1.0.10 Difficulty Selection
  May 02, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #minor

  Greetings fellow gods, Today's patch brings 2 major additions - Difficulty Settings before starting a new game, and Data tables for modding. We have 4 tweaks that you can customize for both Easy and H... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v1.0.9 Mushman released!
  April 17, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Soulash v1.0.9 is now live and it features Mushman, a new playable race designed by one of our Patrons - Thorvall, a Lizardman race buff, crafting improvements, auto pickup of s... Continue reading
• Update v1.0.8 Font scaling
  April 05, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, It took me a while, but I finally got to implement the font selection and sizes in the options, including support for adding additional fonts through mods. There are a couple of... Continue reading
• Update v1.0.7
  March 27, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, A couple of QoL improvements, buff to Bear Trap & Flame Pillar, and a bunch of fixes in today's patch. Added - Added Dialogues tab in the message log to filter out other message... Continue reading
• Update v1.0.6
  March 20, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  The next update brings 2 new artifacts, new actions allowing to sleep through the day/night, buff to staves, and lots of fixes. As usual, some of the changes will not apply to already generated worlds... Continue reading
• Hotfix v1.0.4 & v1.0.5
  March 13, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, A very important hotfix today, addressing some of the major issues! It's advised to update as soon as possible. Added - Added more inks and papers to some enemies. - Added Thorv... Continue reading
• Hotfix v1.0.3
  March 10, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Added - Support for numpad keys in crafting screen input. - Added information about tool quality on crafting recipes. Changed - Changed tiles for Cave Ascent, Cave Descend, Dirt Wall to help identify... Continue reading
• Hotfix v1.0.2
  March 07, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Thank you all for trying Soulash, I hope you're having a good time! Here's a changelog for the latest hotfix Changed - Improved durability of some early game melee weapons. (applies only to new games)... Continue reading
• Hotfix v1.0.1
  March 05, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, v1.0.1, a quick hotfix has just been deployed targetting mainly some of the issues with graphics mod setup, more to come. - Fixed rare crash on god death. - Fixed core gfx mod n... Continue reading
• Soulash v1.0.0 release
  March 04, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release

  Greetings fellow gods, The time has come to conquer the world! Soulash v1.0.0 is now available on Itch and Steam , with the long-awaited graphics mod. To celebrate it we've enabled a week-long 10% dis... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.7.3 Gnolls released!
  February 12, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Today we're bringing you the final minor update before 1.0 that is scheduled for the 4th of March, introducing Gnolls, a new playable race designed by one of our Patrons - Delta... Continue reading
• Soulash 1.0 trailer
  February 03, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #trailer

  Greetings fellow gods, Just a quick update this time, we have a new trailer for the Soulash 1.0 release coming to Steam and Itch on the 4th of March, check it out below. Let us know what you think, ar... Continue reading

  
• Soulash 1.0 releasing on the 4th of March
  January 30, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #announcement

  Greetings fellow gods, The time of reckoning is upon us! The long-awaited Soulash v1.0 will be released on Itch and Steam on the 4th of March 2022 , including the graphics update from the Steam demo,... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.7.2 Crop Goblins
  January 16, 2022 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, This is the first of the bigger patches focusing on balancing and polishing Soulash before the upcoming 1.0 Steam release. The major highlights of the patch are a new type of en... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.7.1 UX Improvements
  December 31, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Last day of the year 2021 and a final Soulash patch that brings some improvements and fixes for modding, as well as UX improvements, including UI scaling for 2560x1600 resolutio... Continue reading
• Modding contest
  December 19, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #contest, #modding

  Greetings fellow gods, As you might have heard, we're planning to start a closed beta on Steam in January, where we will test the core graphics mod, Steam Workshop integration, achievements, and more... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.7.0 The End released!
  December 18, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #major, #release

  Greetings fellow gods, We're in the endgame now. Soulash v0.7.0 The End introduces victory conditions and two victory scenarios, for the first time in the existence of the game, it's possible to win!... Continue reading

  
• The world of Soulash - Core GFX preview
  December 04, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #preview

  Greetings fellow gods, Today I have for you a little preview of our core gfx mod for Soulash that will come to Itch in early 2022 alongside Steam released. The video contains minor spoilers about the... Continue reading
• Soulash v0.6.2 Djinn
  November 27, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release

  Greetings fellow gods, New month means new player-designed content! This time around we're implementing Djinn as a playable race, designed by one of our Patrons - Sishio. A very interesting caster-typ... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.6.1 Abomination
  October 23, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release

  Greetings fellow gods, Hope you've been enjoying battles with the gods since the last update. It's this time of the month again - patch day! Today we're adding yet another interesting race into the ga... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.6.0.1 hotfix
  October 02, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  ##hotfix

  Greetings fellow gods, Today's patch brings a bunch of fixes to the game and one UX addition - information about weapon scaling on abilities. If you happen to have an issue that was not yet addressed,... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.6.0 Gods released!
  September 25, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #major, #release

  Greetings fellow gods, The time has come to face the gods that hold the world of Soulash in their grasp. In major patch v0.6, you will face up to 17 different gods that come after you to the mortal re... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.5.4 The Maze
  August 28, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Greetings fellow gods, A big "minor" update this time around! This update brings a new location to the game, called The Maze. It's a secret location that I will let you find on your own. It's guarded... Continue reading

  
• Soulash hotfix v0.5.3.2
  August 08, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Just like the previous hotfix, this one (v0.5.3.2) addresses mostly stability issues and fixes bugs reported on our discord channel . Below is a full changelog: Added - New opti... Continue reading

  
• Soulash critical hotfix v0.5.3.1
  August 01, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Due to a critical bug that may cause permanent save damage I've just deployed a 0.5.3.1 hotfix for Soulash. It's advised to upgrade as soon as possible. The issue relates to tel... Continue reading
• Content Vote July 2021
  July 29, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #content-vote

  Greetings fellow gods, We've just got the amazing Lizardmen race into the core game, designed by qwmzy, and we're hungry for more! The time has come for our monthly Patron content votes, we've got 3 g... Continue reading
• Soulash v0.5.3 Lizardmen
  July 25, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release, #minor, #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, Soulash patch v0.5.3 just went live with a new player-designed race - Lizardmen. The new race offers unique ravage corpse action that quickly consumes corpses leaving only bones... Continue reading

  
• Soulash second birthday!
  June 21, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, It's been exactly 2 years since Soulash became available to the public as an alpha! Two years of your amazing feedback, support, and bug reports. We've grown the game tremendous... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.5.2 Bone Wraiths & Demons
  June 19, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, Soulash patch v0.5.2 just went live with 2 new player-designed races - Bone Wraiths and Demons. We've also added a tweet button in the cemetery and death screens, so share your... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.5.1 UX & Modding Improvements released!
  June 05, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog

  Greetings fellow gods, It's been a while since v0.5.0 and its list of 10 hotfixes was released. Work slowed down a bit during the Kickstarter campaign, but I'm picking up the pace. As the next big add... Continue reading

  
• Soulash roadmap to 1.0
  May 19, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #kickstarter

  Greetings fellow gods, As there's a lot of questions about where the game is and what needs to happen before we get to the 1.0 release, I've prepared a draft of a roadmap to clarify what's before us... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter update and what we may get
  May 10, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #kickstarter

  Greetings fellow gods, As we're getting close to the end of the first week of our Kickstarter campaign, I thought I'll drop an update about how are we doing. During the first week, we've reached 36% o... Continue reading

  
• Soulash coming to Kickstarter!
  May 01, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, I'm thrilled to show you the progress we've made within the last couple of months with Xiclu. You can now try the new graphics demo by going to the main page https://wizardsofth... Continue reading

  
• Soulash in 2021 and beyond
  March 07, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog

  Greetings fellow gods, It took me over 2 months after the end of last year, but as my son just had his birthday, I thought there could not be a better time to share my Soulash development plans for 20... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.5.0.4 & v0.5.0.5 release notes
  January 16, 2021 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Below you will find release notes for the last 2 hotfixes. Added - It's now possible to jump to an invalid space where there is no tile with abilities: Charge, Lunge, Phaseshi... Continue reading

  
• Soulash hotfixes 0.5.0.2 & 0.5.0.3
  December 29, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Two more hotfixes to sort some things before moving on toward the next major goal. Added - New checkbox for mods "Clear map" that removes all existing maps from mods loaded befo... Continue reading

  
• Soulash hotfix 0.5.0.1
  December 22, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Greetings fellow gods, Quick hotfix to deal with some of the crashes and issues related to the latest major release: Fixed - Crashing on abilities unlocked from special items. - Crashing from AI tryin... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.5 Living World
  December 05, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #major

  Greetings fellow gods! A long overdue patch is finally here, with a long list of goodies introduced to Soulash. It's been a weird year for many of us and I hope you all stay safe and healthy during th... Continue reading

  
• Soulash status update
  August 01, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  Hey guys, it's been a longer while. Since the last update, it almost felt like it was our world that was being destroyed. I thought it was long overdue for some status update. At the very least, I sho... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.4.2 Bugfixes
  April 13, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Hey guys, hope you're all staying safe. Here's a batch of bugfixes and stability improvements for Soulash. The most significant change in this patch is allowing AI to think in three dimensions, includ... Continue reading
• Soulash v0.4.1 Dialogues
  March 29, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Hey guys, I hope you're all well in these weird times. I've had some difficulty pushing the work on Soulash in the last couple of weeks, but I plan to get on track and keep our 4-month release schedul... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.4 Mod support
  February 22, 2020 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #major

  Greetings fellow gods, It's hard to believe it's February already, but we're finally here, with the second major update to Soulash. The main goal, as many of you know, was to add the rest of the edito... Continue reading

  
• Soulash development in 2019
  December 30, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #year-wrap

  The year 2019 is coming to an end. It's a perfect time to look back and see how much Soulash grew over the last year of development and get excited over what is yet to come! Most of you probably don't... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.3.4 Content Editors
  December 23, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #major

  Happy holidays folks, After over a month of hard work, I was able to wrap up the first three content editors for Soulash modding support to properly say goodbye to 2019. In v0.3.4, we can create addit... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.3.3 Mods screen
  November 15, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  ##minor, ##changelog

  Hey guys, In this patch, I've prepared fundaments for our next major release - v0.4 that is scheduled for the first quarter of next year, which as some of you might know , will be focused on mod suppo... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.3.2 Wind
  November 04, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski#changelog, #minor

  Hey guys, The patch comes a little later than expected, I got sunk with a nasty bug yesterday (walls) that required an excessive amounts of math. This patch brings a little bit more life into the worl... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.3.1 Multiple saves
  October 27, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski#minor, #changelog

  It was a long wait for the multiple save slot feature, but the wait is over. No more accidental save override! You can start all professions and check which one meets your playstyle, before committing... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.3 "Destruction" released!
  October 19, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release, #major

  Hey there! The time has come for the next major release cycle, v0.3 "Destruction" update to Soulash! The new patch comes with new content and mechanics, as well as some changes and fixes. As with the... Continue reading

  
• v0.3 sneak peek
  September 29, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #sneak peak

  October approached quickly, and with it the beginning of a new release train. The promised v0.3 "Destruction" update will be available at 19.10.2019 to everyone who has purchased the alpha version of... Continue reading

  
• v0.3 status update
  September 11, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog

  Hey guys, It's been a while since I wrote something here, so I thought I would let you know the game is not dead and I'm still going at it toward v0.3. Let's start with somewhat bad news. I will get a... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.8 Damage rebalance
  August 17, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Had to take a break from work, but I'm back now, ready to push for v0.3 destruction update. Today another minor patch that includes some rebalancing of the damage formula, tooltips explaining how hit... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.7 Drag
  August 04, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Took me a bit longer than expected, but the next minor patch is available. Lots of missing descriptions, two new actions: dragging heavy items and closing doors. New ability for amazon leader that can... Continue reading
• Soulash v0.2.6 Version check
  July 21, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changeloge, #minor

  It's been a month now since Soulash release, and my focus will be shifting more and more toward working on the major v0.3 update. In this patch, we'll have a notification on the main menu screen insid... Continue reading

  
• How to create new enemies in Soulash
  July 14, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #modding

  Hey guys, As promised in the last week devlog , this weekend I'll dive into explaining how you can modify or create content for Soulash. This will be a bit technical devlog, but I'll try to explain ev... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.5 Key mapping
  July 13, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  I know, I know, "how could you release a game without key mapping?". It's available now, with a bunch of crash & bug fixes and a couple of balance changes. I didn't put in the time to implement all re... Continue reading

  
• Soulash release cycle
  July 07, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog

  Hey guys. Time flies. It's been over two weeks after alpha release already. As things are moving along and Soulash is becoming more stable with every update, I thought it could be worthwhile to write... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.4 Bug fixes
  July 04, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Lots of bug fixes from the community boards, still some left on the list, but some of these are crash fixes, so it's better to have them patched sooner rather than later. You will see changes to abili... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.3 Cemetery
  July 01, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Hey guys, this time not only bunch of bugfixes, but a new feature - Cemetery, with extra information about your past runs, that were not available on the death screen. Added - Cemetery, available in t... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.2 changelog
  June 27, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Lots of bugfixes reported in the community boards mostly. Some of these came with hotfixes during the week. Demo version has been updated too. Added - New zombie summoning animation. - Zombies now spa... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2.1 changelog
  June 22, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  First batch of post-release bug and crash fixes. Changed - Arrows can be salvaged. - Claws can be crafted and salvaged. - Names of entities have a brighter color when the glyph is dark, so the text c... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2 alpha released
  June 21, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #release, #changelog, #major

  Whew, it was a very intense week to catch all the bugs and crashes from the demo. I'm very proud to finally present to you everything I worked for the past 27 months. A whopping 3000 hours went into t... Continue reading

  
• Scoring in Soulash
  June 15, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #design

  Soulash is a roguelike with permadeath. It will be challenging to beat the game and might require multiple tries. To help see progress, a scoring system was implemented that is calculated upon death... Continue reading

  
• Soulash v0.2 Alpha Trailer
  June 12, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #trailer

  Hey guys, Quick update - Soulash v0.2 Alpha Trailer is now available, with quite a bit of gameplay sneak peak, showcasing what to expect in less than 2 weeks! If you liked what's coming, help me sprea... Continue reading

  
• Soulash demo v0.1.6 changelog
  June 09, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Next demo version will be available with v0.2 alpha release 21st June 2019. Added - Pickup sounds. - Ingots added to base crafting recipes. Changed - Smoother camera movement. Fixed - Movement animat... Continue reading
• Consistent world of Soulash
  June 08, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #tech

  Hey guys, it's been a while. Sorry I had to skip last weeks blog post. I was busy fixing bugs and polishing the game before 0.2 alpha release. In case you missed it, it will be available on 21.06.2019... Continue reading

  
• Soulash demo v0.1.5 changelog
  May 28, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Quite a lot more going on behind the scenes in preparation to v0.2 releasing next month, but I was able to prepare some changes relevant to demo. Added - Animation and sound when using a bandage. - Ba... Continue reading

  
• Static content in Soulash
  May 24, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #design

  This article was inspired by FAQ Friday on /r/roguelikedev . Soulash has a big open and consistent world that feels like one map. I've made the decision early in the development to have the world map... Continue reading

  
• Soulash design choices and it's future
  May 17, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog, #design

  Hey guys, Last week I mentioned the upcoming alpha release of Soulash version 0.2 , which will be available on 21st June 2019. This week I would like to talk a little bit about design choices in Soula... Continue reading

  
• Soulash demo v0.1.4 changelog
  May 14, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  One quality of life addition and some bug & crash fixes. Added - Resistances table now have icons that indicate which part of the body is protected by displayed value. - When hovering mouse cursor ove... Continue reading

  
• Soulash demo v0.1.3 changelog
  May 12, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Added - Added split between static and dynamic actions on the bottom action list. - Some locations now display markers on the world map to indicate places worth visiting. Many locations will remain hi... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.2 alpha release date
  May 10, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #devlog

  Hey guys, Most of you probably know that one week ago I've released a free demo version of Soulash . There has been quite a bit of feedback for me to go through and I'm glad so many of you enjoyed the... Continue reading
• Soulash demo v0.1.2 changelog
  May 05, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #changelog, #minor

  Hey guys, Thank you all for your amazing feedback, because of you I'm able to improve the game. :) I've added the changelog file to the game folder also, if you decide to get back to it later and wond... Continue reading
• Soulash demo v0.1.1 changelog
  May 03, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski#changelog, #minor

  - Fixed reloading the world map after death during new game creation, which may have resulted in crash... Continue reading
• Free Soulash demo available!
  May 03, 2019 by Artur Smiarowski

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  #demo, #release

  Hey guys & gals, I'm very excited to announce that after a little over 2 years of development I'm finally able to show something (hopefully working) to the public. Soulash is an open world roguelike... Continue reading