- Patch 0.85 - The Paloma Lakes - 27 September 2023
Hello everyone! In occasion for the Steam Shoot 'em Up fest, we have decided to release a small content patch for Bullet Casters. While this update focuses mostly on new stages, we plan to bring many balancing and QoL improvements in the future updates based on the feedback on our Discord Channel and the Steam Discussion page. UPDATES - Introduced a new area: Paloma Lakes - Introduced 5 new stages in the Paloma Lakes area - Introduced a new boss fight. - Introduced new battle themes for the Favill and Torden boss fights. We hope you enjoy these new challenges. As a reminder, the game is currently on 25% sale! If you like Bullet Casters, consider recommending it to your friends ;D Join the Bullet Casters' Discord Server
- Patch 0.83 & OTK Games Expo - 10 June 2023
Hello everyone! Bullet Casters has been selected to be featured in the OTK Games Expo, and to celebrate this event we are releasing a small patch with some new content and fixes. The OTK Games Expo is an event featuring many cool upcoming indie games that will be hosted on Asmongold's Twitch channel today, June 10th. UPDATES Content: - Introduced a new boss fight: Guforobo . Balancing: - Ella's (boss) 2nd and 4th phase have been slightly nerfed. - The magic circles that fire downwards in Ella's (boss) have been changed to be more distinguishable from the aimed ones. - Buffed the Ocho attack option: its fire-rate now increases the further the option is from the player. Fixes: - Fixed an issue with the attack options sometimes not firing when the attack button is pressed when the level starts. - Xbox buttons are now displayed in the game UI when connecting a gamepad. Note that because of…
- Update V0.8004 - 4 April 2023
- Updated some temporary translations. - Fixed text size scaling in some instances. - Fixed Gems number text overlapping with the Gem sprite in the Level Selection. This should be the last localisation-related update for a while. The next ones are going to contain balancing updates and maybe new features/stages ;)
- Bullet Casters Early Access is out now!! What's next? - 30 March 2023
Hello everyone! First of all I want to thank everyone who purchased the Early Access of Bullet Casters, your support means a lot to us
- Update V0.8003 - 29 March 2023
- Various localization fixes (including Bossfights names not being set to the right language) - Added a description for Items in the shop
- Update V0.8002 - 28 March 2023
A small update to address some minor issues: - The intro audio would not play until you adjust the Music Volume - A stage in the Nim Gates area, Nim Gates 2, would send you to the wrong stage when selecting "continue" after completing it.
- Big Updates and ESA Winter demo! - 17 February 2023
Hello everyone! It has been a while since our last devlog on Steam, during this time we have been working a lot on improving Bullet Casters and we can't wait to show you more. GAME UPDATES - the visuals have been deeply reworked: old assets have been updated to make the colors more coherent, new animations have been added to characters, bullets and enemies and the UI has been completely redrawn. - While the multiplayer mode will still be present, lately we moved the focus on the single player mode. It will now feature a story that you can go through as each of the 4 playable characters and more than 70 stages packed with many different monsters and boss-fights. - The soundtrack of the game has been completely remade by Dominic Ninmark (Gravity Circuit, Blazing Chrome, Mighty Goose, Rival Megagun and more). ESA WINTER 2023 This weekend, 17th and 18th February, Bullet Casters will be pres…
- New Demo available now! - 22 May 2022
Hello everyone! Coconzilla here. I am glad to announce that today an updated version of the Bullet Casters Demo is available! DEMO UPDATES CHARACTER SELECTION IN CHALLENGE MODE Originally we planned to develop the challenges of Bullet Casters to be played with a specific character, since for some of the levels you would really have to make full use of a certain Bullet Caster's unique ability. Though thanks to the players' feedback we realized that most challenges would actually be fun and balanced with every fighter, Despite their extremely different shooting styles. By pressing the Focus Button in the Challenge Mode menu it's now possible to switch between the 4 characters (except for the "Tutorial" challenge) here is a short overview of each of them: Ella Balanced character with a shooting style that requires good precision but has very high single-target damage output. Her special ab…
- Upcoming Events and New Demo - 18 May 2022
Hello everyone! In this devlog we are going to talk about upcoming events that we will be attending, the new demo build and as usual report what we have been working on in the last period. EVENTS - INDIE LIVE EXPO Bullet Casters is going to be featured in the Indie Live Expo, an event broadcast in 3 lenguages, Japanese/Chinese/English, taking place this weekend. Follow the event's Twitch page to not miss the stream: Indie Live Expo - Twitch We will also stream a recorded gameplay on the Steam page for the duration of the expo. - NORDSKEN The Last Credit Games team is going to have a booth in Nordsken, a fair taking place the 26th and 27th May in Skellefteå, Sweden. Come say hi! We are even going to distribute some exclusive stickers with the chibi artworks of the characters there. Nordsken website NEW BUILD AND UPDATED FEATURES - It is now possible to choose which character to play in C…
- Development Update - New Monsters, Challenges and Features - 5 May 2022
Hello everyone! In this brief update we just want to update you about Bullet Casters' development. In the past weeks we have been working on new content for the game, as well as improving some of the existing features. New content - 5 new monsters, including Onibi, Firework Mage and Missile Golem. - 4 new challenges. - A new arena: Grayhurst Castle. New and updated features - Started working on the localization system. - In Challenge Mode the player can now see his best completion time for each challenge. - In Duel Mode, the monster selection menu has been reworked to convey info about each unity in a more immediate and efficient way through icons that represent their most important traits. Furthermore, we are currently working on features for the Challenge Mode to make it more accessible and allowing for more different approaches to the levels. Check out some of the new content in this…
- Next Fest feedback and upcoming changes! - 22 March 2022
Hello everyone! A few weeks have passed since the release of the Bullet Casters' Demo, and in this period we received a lot of helpful feedback and suggestions to improve the game. In this devlog I want to share with you what feature we are going to change or add based on your input! Challenge Mode Our goal is to make Challenge Mode overall more accessible, while keeping the raw challenge there for those who desire it. - The difficulty curve will be smoothed. - Time limits will be made generally less strict. - We will add an "Assist Mode" to make it easier for player who are new to the genre to experience the game. General - The different characters of Bullet Casters play in significantly different ways, especially when it comes to special attacks. We want to make it easier to understand how they work without necessarily having to read their description. - Visual feedback when hitting e…
- Devs show off Bullet Casters' Challenge Mode! - 25 February 2022
Hello everyone! First of all, I want to thank you for the huge participation during our last stream, where we had about 23.000 unique spectators! In this second Next Fest stream we want to showcase the Bullet Casters' single-player Challenge Mode. We are going to play through the 14 challenges included in the beta (in the final game we are planning to have ∼ 60 of them!) while talking about their design, future plans for the game and answering any question from chat. If time allows it, we will show a bit more of the PvP mode too! Take care, Coconzilla
- Devs face off in the Bullet Hell PvP Mode! - 23 February 2022
Hello everyone! I am Coconzilla, designer and programmer of Bullet Casters. In this upcoming livestream me and Rokman, the game's pixel artist, are going to face off in the Duel Mode while talking about the game and answering any of your questions! We are going to talk about the design of the different characters and monsters and share some insights on how to play them more efficiently. We will also discuss a bit future plans and changes that are on the way based on the players' feedback. If time allows it, I would like to show off the single player Challenge Mode too! Join us this Thursday at 15:00 GMT!
- The Demo is Live! - 22 February 2022
Hello everyone! I'm glad to announce that the Bullet Casters demo is now Available on Steam! In this trial version there are 4 different playable characters, 15 monsters that you can mix and match to create your own bullet hell, and 14 challenges that will test your skill and wits. We are really curious to hear your thoughts about it, so consider sending us your feedback directly from within the game by clicking the "Leave Feedback" button in the main menu, or join our Discord to chat with us. The game development is still underway so any suggestions to improve it are welcome!
- The Demo is Coming! - 17 February 2022
Brace yourselves, for the Bullet Casters demo is coming on Steam soon! From the 21st February you will be able to get a taste of what our game has to offer. The demo will feature 14 levels, 4 playable characters, and 15 monsters to mix and match in Duel Mode to create your own bullet hell! In the last week we worked on a tool to allow you to send us feedback or report bugs directly from within the game, so we are really looking forward to your suggestions on how to improve Bullet Casters. Also, tomorrow at 17:30 GMT Rokman (the game's artist) and I, will play some of the demo's challenges on the Bullet Casters' Discord server. We are going to talk about the design of the different levels and answer any questions you have about the game! Join our Discord here. Hope to see you there!
- Our first Devlog! - 25 January 2022
Hello Everyone! We are Coconzilla and Rokman, respectively the programmer and pixel artist for Bullet Casters. This game is a project born of our passion for Local Multiplayer and Bullet Hell games, and we are looking forward to sharing it with you all and hearing your thoughts. Now that the Steam page is up and running we are going to regularly share updates on the development of the title every 2 weeks or so. For this post we just want to let you know that a Beta is coming really soon, so brace yourself!
