Alchemist's Mountain

Devlog

• Alchemist's Mountain Demo Available
  November 19, 2021 by EvilArtBunny

  The demo is now available! Alchemist's Mountain has come a very long way from its game jam roots. Give it a shot. There are still quite a number of bugs we are fixing. And there will be an expansion o... Continue reading

  
• Alchemist's Mountain Presskit
  October 25, 2021 by EvilArtBunny

  Alchemist's Mountain Presskit by Evil Art Bunny Studios #Pitchyapitch Twitter post: https://twitter.com/EvilArtBunny/status/1452427999186325504 Game Title: Alchemist’s Mountain Release Status: In De... Continue reading

  
• Alchemist's Mountain Announcement Trailer
  October 24, 2021 by EvilArtBunny#Trailer, #Alchemist's Mountain

  Hey join our Discord to be update on the playable test build coming this Novemeber!... Continue reading

  
• Update 24th July
  July 24, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

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  Phew it's been a productive week. Let's hope this keeps up Updates: Sophia - honey cakes - correction to carry objects - fixed push and pull bug - double jump - modified hit boxes - bow and arrow mech... Continue reading

  
• Update 20th July
  July 20, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

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  Updates: Sophia - shield left and right animations. - strike left and right animations. Chickens - falling mechanic fixed... Continue reading

  
• Update 15th July
  July 15, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

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  Updates: Camera - camera follows Sophia properly when she falls now UI - adjusted info on upper left corner, item box, life, stamina bar Sophia - Added stamina mechanic, lose stamina from running, cli... Continue reading

  
• Update 9th July
  July 09, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Update: Sophia: - flute update -flip gravity updated - hammer and stick animations updated - breath meter animations updated Story: - further assessment of story and dungeon mechanics... Continue reading

  
• Update 21st June
  June 21, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Updates: Sophia - created rummage bag animation - created put down object ability... Continue reading

  
• Update 19th June
  June 19, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Updates: Sophia - fixed water camera Bombs - added bombs to game Story - re-establishing major plot line... Continue reading

  
• Update 12th June
  June 12, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Poor slime. Updates: Sophia - improved camera movement so that now camera moves ahead of Sophia if she is walking or running Slime - added squish mechanics 1st Level - grass sprites, tile sprites - i... Continue reading

  
• Update 10th June
  June 10, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  No programming but significant insights into game design and game loop Game will have overworld map, players will play levels ala Mario 3 style to unlock paths around the map trekking from Butterstrea... Continue reading
• Update 5th June
  June 05, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  A lot of work done today: Sophia - now also has a hammer weapon. Slime - updated collisions Skull Slime - new enemy created Turtle - further updated interactions Skull - cleaned up mechanics Chicken -... Continue reading

  
• Update 4th June
  June 04, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Update log: - added slime animations and Skull Slime - changed slime's movement from simply forward to actual jump... Continue reading

  
• Update June 1st
  June 01, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Updates - Added in new enemy type: Slime - Worked on enemy collisions - Introduced hp and power as enemy stats... Continue reading

  
• 29th May Update
  May 28, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Updated - turtle can now swim and float, turtle swim sprite... Continue reading

  
• 27th May 2020
  May 27, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Updates - further updated turtle enemy animations and graphics. - Added hit object when striking. -Turtle ricochets when hit. -Enemies, pots, chickens, all move when on top of a crate being pushed... Continue reading

  
• 26th May 2020
  May 26, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Added first moving enemy - baby kappa... Continue reading

  
• Update 25th May 2020
  May 25, 2020 by EvilArtBunny

  Alchemist's Mountain has now been in development for 17 months since it's conception. Update: Movement of crates, carry items, and player with changing water level further updated. Breath meter add... Continue reading

  
• Much achieved
  June 17, 2019 by EvilArtBunny#Alchemist's Mountain

  Meet Robyn. The apprentice smith. What happened to the old guy? Still aiming to get a playable demo out by July. Everything seems to be shaping up nicely. Bits of story are coming together. Bits of g... Continue reading

  
• Owl Shrine
  May 29, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  Wow - it's been a couple of weeks since our last devlog. Life has been very busy in general. But we are faithfully tapping away at Alchemist's Mountain. The game loop is more or less in place. The sto... Continue reading

  
• Slimy yet satisfying
  May 14, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  Inching ever closer towards that first playable demo. Got down some slime death animations today. Yay... Continue reading

  
• Making enemy types!
  May 05, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  So I've started work on a few enemy types for the first area of the game. :)... Continue reading

  
• Dark work
  May 02, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  Have had to spend a bit of time on thinking and planning through Alchemist's Mountain. Have got the major plot lines and challenges planned. Managed to get her strike animation up and running though... Continue reading

  
• Chickens
  April 20, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  What adventure RPG is complete without chickens eh? Very much inspired by Legend of Zelda. I just had to include chickens into the mix. And yes... you know what has to happen now right? Well if you do... Continue reading

  
• Getting ready for the climb ahead... the character not me
  April 16, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  Animations for Sophia are challenging. I'm not entirely sure why. I have fun doing them, and the results are nice (as far as feedback goes). But boy does it take it out of me. Well can't be worse than... Continue reading

  
• Building a house...
  April 14, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  ... is far more complex than I thought it would be. There were heaps of odd lighting, colour, and size issues I seriously had never had to juggle before. I'm glad after 4 grueling days of work it's be... Continue reading

  
• Trees!
  April 11, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

  Those trees took a bit of work. But I'm reasonably happy with how they turned out. Now for a bit of story writing and village building. I feel like this is gonna get tough! But am very excited to see... Continue reading

  
• Rocks, clouds, tiny flowers and one way platforms!
  April 09, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  Hurrah! I'm so happy with how far I've gotten tonight. The colours are looking much more vibrant and cheerful. And all those small little achievements. This is exciting!... Continue reading

  
• Building up the tileset
  April 08, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist Mountain, #rpg

  Well things are still moving faster than expected! We got a nice basic tile set working. Goal is to have a little village for players to run around in sometime just after middle of the year (it's real... Continue reading

  
• From RPG to endless runner?
  March 28, 2019 by EvilArtBunny#Alchemist's Mountain, #rpg, #movement

  Maybe I should make an endless runner with what I've got lol. The animation is a little rough but just testing out how her movements feel. Not bad actually. Probably going to work in some acceleration... Continue reading

  
• A jump animation is now in place!
  March 26, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist Mountain, #pixelart, #rpg, #sprite, #adventure, #early, #metroidvania

  Really enjoying myself with these sprites. Sure they are a lot of work and deleting pixels one by one can be tedious like weeding a garden by hand. But I feel like the results are really worth it. I c... Continue reading

  
• Alchemist Mountain - on the run to our discord server
  March 24, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #rpg, #pixelart, #metroidvania, #crafting, #early, #jam

  Hey this week has been great in completing the some animation for Alchemist Mountain. Our character finally gets a name: Sophia. And she can now idle, walk, and run. The run is an exciting feature as... Continue reading

  
• We got a walking animation!
  March 21, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #alchemist mountain, #pixelart, #sprite, #animation

  Phew that was a bit of work but I do believe the higher resolution sprites are paying off. It's at the level of expression that I want to communicate the remake of Alchemist Mountain. I believe the ne... Continue reading

  
• Alchemist Mountain Full Ver. Ideation and Planning has begun
  March 19, 2019 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist Mountain, #rpg, #crafting, #metroidvania

  Hi everyone! It's been awhile since I touched Alchemist Mountain. And it has been getting quite a few views and downloads. If you want to know, I've been busy getting ready Little Lost Robots as a fu... Continue reading

  
• First Place for Metroidvania Jam 2!
  November 17, 2018 by EvilArtBunny

  Woah! We won first place in the Metroidvania Jam 2! The final two days of the jam were an utter rush for us. At about day 26 of 30, I had just about completed all the little systems and was busy polis... Continue reading

  
• Metroidvania Jam 2 - 7 days left!
  November 09, 2018 by EvilArtBunny

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  #Alchemist's Mountain

  Well. We only have 7 days left. And due to time and resource constraints the question is polish or content? It seems like we're gonna go with polish. It wasn't the massive Metroidvania I hoped it woul... Continue reading

  
• Metroidvania Jam 2 halfway point
  October 28, 2018 by EvilArtBunny

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  Here's the first Devlog into the game! The purpose of this Devlog is to reveal the game design choices that were made along the way. We are a fair way into it the jam now (just about midway) so a lot... Continue reading