Hey fellas, i got one question for you:
Are you ready? ? ?Ha! i know I am!! It's looking like that my 10/1 beta release date is going to happen for sure! Just to update, i've refined ALL the character stair animations, all works as it supposed to know. All stages are complete, all characters abilities are good to go, the only exception being Grant's climb. It's still juuuuuuust a bit choppy but i have an idea on how to fix it to make it perfect, so that's next on the list
All previous glitches, ALL, are fixed now and its shaping up to looking like, sounding like and playing like a Castlevania 3 reboot SHOULD be. It's close enough to its roots to know where it is coming from, but new enough to make it fun and not feel like you're playing a different type of Castlevania instead of a fresh update (like others of the like tend to do IMO...). Darkman posted a new vid for me yesterday showcasing the "onionskin" i am now using. Don't worry, it's not going to be overkill lol. What you seen in the vid is 97% of that effect you'll see in the game. The other 3%...well, lets just say its at a key point and due to the obvious reasons (you'll know what i mean in a few minutes when the thread gets bumped down 1 or 2 haha) that will stay under wraps until the full version is released. Given that this game has you playing ALL stages expect even at a speed run to take a minimum of 3-6 hours of normal gameplay, not to mention what I brought up (yeah folks, remember, you heard it HERE first
) about adding my classic mode to include roided up versions of the characters in their NES form with all other game graphics updated. Given the time restraints i put on the release, i wont be adding the classic mode and boss rush to the beta version, but they will be ready by the time all the testing is finished. Including many members here the beta tester list is well beyond 20+ members now, so there will definitely be a broad margin of gamers testing it out for me, and that list is growing with every new video, post, news etc. With that said, even though there are several testers here that have PM'd me asking to jump on the crew, more never hurts so if anyone that would like to jump in and be a beta tester, feel free to PM me anytime and i'll send you the beta file. I'll be sure to post back on here with the progress of the beta, up to and including release time so make sure to check back dudes!