- Why Below has taken half a decade to make - 11 April 2018
"Making a game is obscenely challenging," Nathan Vella, boss of Toronto, Canada developer Capybara tells me over the phone. "It's a little bit physically challenging, but it's always mentally challenging. Making a project pushes you. The metaphor I always use is - I don't know if you've ever been to the desert or somewhere ridiculously hot, and you're standing out in crazy warm weather, it's 35 degrees and you're like, oh my gosh, it's so hot! But it's a warm hot, so you're like, okay, I can kind of deal with it, and you're used to it not being this hot so you think it's kind of nice, and you acclimate yourself to the ridiculous heat in a desert. "Having a five-year project is like putting a giant magnifying glass between you and the desert and the sun. It makes everything so much harder. It makes every problem so much bigger. It requires so much dedication and commitment from the team…
- Below re-emerges with the promise of a 2018 release - and it looks like it'll be worth the wait - 5 April 2018
Below has finally re-emerged after an indefinite delay - and developer Capybara Games says it'll be out at some point in 2018. I've had my eye on Below ever since its eye-catching announcement during Microsoft's E3 2013 press event. Its reveal trailer teased a mysterious, menacing action-adventure game viewed from a top-down perspective, with the camera pulled back to the point where your sword and shield-wielding warrior is tiny on-screen. As the title of the game suggests, you explore the deep, dark depths, with little to no hand-holding. Details have been scarce so far. Old builds revealed Below to be a roguelike with inspiration taken from FromSoftware's Souls series. A while ago it was pegged for release in the summer of 2016, but in August of that year Capy announced Below was delayed indefinitely. The studio went dark to get the game sorted, and now, nearly two years later, Capy…
- New version release 1.2.1 - 27 October 2016
A brand new version has just been released! ːsteamhappyː Several new epics, a new story episode, and a bunch of additions. * A new story episode is available! * Mutator epics ** Mutator epics let creators alter the behaviour of Mitsu's core abilities ** Active mutators will show for the players in the lower right corner, and will optionally play a sound effect when activated ** Can be instantly activated when entering the adventure, or by triggers while playing ** Available only from the 3rd floor ** The jump mutator: *** Disable jumps completely, reduce the height of jumps, increase the height of jumps, make jumps insanely high ** The sword mutator: *** Disable sword attacks completely, make swords stun instead of damage, make sword attacks insta-kill enemies ** The Kunai mutator: *** Disable Kunais completely, make Kunais damage instead of stun, make Kunais insta-kill enemies ** The r…
- New version release 1.2.1 - 27 October 2016
A brand new version has just been released! ːsteamhappyː Several new epics, a new story episode, and a bunch of additions. * A new story episode is available! * Mutator epics ** Mutator epics let creators alter the behaviour of Mitsu's core abilities ** Active mutators will show for the players in the lower right corner, and will optionally play a sound effect when activated ** Can be instantly activated when entering the adventure, or by triggers while playing ** Available only from the 3rd floor ** The jump mutator: *** Disable jumps completely, reduce the height of jumps, increase the height of jumps, make jumps insanely high ** The sword mutator: *** Disable sword attacks completely, make swords stun instead of damage, make sword attacks insta-kill enemies ** The Kunai mutator: *** Disable Kunais completely, make Kunais damage instead of stun, make Kunais insta-kill enemies ** The r…
- New version release 1.1.4 - 22 November 2015
This time, we are adding an item that will help creators control the health of players a bit more, as well as nerfing the Marauder somewhat and fixing it a bit. New Features * New epic item - Heal pack! ** Sets to heal either Mitsu or a mount ** Can be respawned ** Will not be picked up if Mitsu or the mount are at full health ** Mitsu healing will not show while in mount mode, and vice versa * Tion Marauder changes ** Health reduced to 5, will now be marked with wrenches ** The Marauder now has a larger explosion radius upon death (which kills anything, including Mitsu) ** Missiles will now only do 1 damage (instead of insta-killing) - But will be fired more rapidly ** A (very short) countdown will now show when the mount calls you to eject ** The instructions panel can now be hidden by pressing X ** Death trigger can now be configured, that will activate once the mount explodes Bug Fi…
- New version release 1.1.4 - 22 November 2015
This time, we are adding an item that will help creators control the health of players a bit more, as well as nerfing the Marauder somewhat and fixing it a bit. New Features * New epic item - Heal pack! ** Sets to heal either Mitsu or a mount ** Can be respawned ** Will not be picked up if Mitsu or the mount are at full health ** Mitsu healing will not show while in mount mode, and vice versa * Tion Marauder changes ** Health reduced to 5, will now be marked with wrenches ** The Marauder now has a larger explosion radius upon death (which kills anything, including Mitsu) ** Missiles will now only do 1 damage (instead of insta-killing) - But will be fired more rapidly ** A (very short) countdown will now show when the mount calls you to eject ** The instructions panel can now be hidden by pressing X ** Death trigger can now be configured, that will activate once the mount explodes Bug Fi…
- New version release 1.1.3 - 15 November 2015
In this version we introduce the first mountable item in Kryll - The Tion Marauder! Apart from that (and the whole new mount system) there are several more fixes and additions. New Features * The Tion Marauder is here! ** This is the first mount that Mitsu can use! ** Dash into the Marauder to take control, the instructions on how to use it will show ** Mounts have a separate health bar, and will not regenerate health via spawn points ** You can link a mount to a respawn color, to respawn it (It will not respawn if it is currently in use) ** The Marauder is extremely powerful and durable, but lacks manoeuvrability ** While inside a mount Mitsu cannot perform some specific tasks (Such as praying at shrines or talking to NPCs) * Added a few new pickup/decoration items * It is now possible to use the sandbox even if you have an adventure under construction. ** To do that, press Ctrl+S whil…
- New version release 1.1.3 - 15 November 2015
In this version we introduce the first mountable item in Kryll - The Tion Marauder! Apart from that (and the whole new mount system) there are several more fixes and additions. New Features * The Tion Marauder is here! ** This is the first mount that Mitsu can use! ** Dash into the Marauder to take control, the instructions on how to use it will show ** Mounts have a separate health bar, and will not regenerate health via spawn points ** You can link a mount to a respawn color, to respawn it (It will not respawn if it is currently in use) ** The Marauder is extremely powerful and durable, but lacks manoeuvrability ** While inside a mount Mitsu cannot perform some specific tasks (Such as praying at shrines or talking to NPCs) * Added a few new pickup/decoration items * It is now possible to use the sandbox even if you have an adventure under construction. ** To do that, press Ctrl+S whil…
- Name changing is now possible! - 19 September 2015
Due to high demand, we have implemented account name changing. To change your name, simply log in to the site (You can do that by clicking on the avatar icon in your player panel) - and from the Profile tab you can choose to change your name. Please notice that you can only change your account name once currently, so it will not be abused. (We may implement extra name changes in the future under certain conditions). Enjoy!
- Name changing is now possible! - 19 September 2015
Due to high demand, we have implemented account name changing. To change your name, simply log in to the site (You can do that by clicking on the avatar icon in your player panel) - and from the Profile tab you can choose to change your name. Please notice that you can only change your account name once currently, so it will not be abused. (We may implement extra name changes in the future under certain conditions). Enjoy!
- New version release 1.0.9 - 18 September 2015
This time we greatly improved the gamepad support (you can even use the editor with a controller now! Even though the mouse will still be superior for it), and also added a few interesting features and fixes. Don't hurt too many snow bunnies! New Features * Better gamepad support! ** The left analogue stick will now work as well as the D-Pad ** You can now also emulate the mouse using the controller! *** R-Stick will move the mouse cursor *** The left shoulder buttons (LT/LB) will left-click/right-click *** R3 will also left-click ** A controller layout schematic was added to show how to play using a controller *** You can see it via the 'Control scheme' button in the player panel (at the bottom of the player panel) ** Please let us know if you wish more functions to be mapped to other controller buttons * Automatic death swords ** Players will now randomly leave death swords about why…
- New version release 1.0.9 - 18 September 2015
This time we greatly improved the gamepad support (you can even use the editor with a controller now! Even though the mouse will still be superior for it), and also added a few interesting features and fixes. Don't hurt too many snow bunnies! New Features * Better gamepad support! ** The left analogue stick will now work as well as the D-Pad ** You can now also emulate the mouse using the controller! *** R-Stick will move the mouse cursor *** The left shoulder buttons (LT/LB) will left-click/right-click *** R3 will also left-click ** A controller layout schematic was added to show how to play using a controller *** You can see it via the 'Control scheme' button in the player panel (at the bottom of the player panel) ** Please let us know if you wish more functions to be mapped to other controller buttons * Automatic death swords ** Players will now randomly leave death swords about why…
- Scheduled maintenance complete. The servers are back up! - 16 September 2015
This was shorter then expected :) Enjoy!
- Scheduled maintenance complete. The servers are back up! - 16 September 2015
This was shorter then expected :) Enjoy!
- Short scheduled downtime for a server upgrade! - 16 September 2015
We are about to perform a short scheduled downtime for an hour or so (probably less) to upgrade our servers. Thank you all for your patience!
- Short scheduled downtime for a server upgrade! - 16 September 2015
We are about to perform a short scheduled downtime for an hour or so (probably less) to upgrade our servers. Thank you all for your patience!
- Below Kryll is finally officially released! - 7 September 2015
We would like to thank the awesome early access community and all the players who supported us during the development of the game! To celebrate the release - the game is now offered at a limited time discount price. Enjoy, and see you around the world of Kryll!
- Below Kryll is finally officially released! - 7 September 2015
We would like to thank the awesome early access community and all the players who supported us during the development of the game! To celebrate the release - the game is now offered at a limited time discount price. Enjoy, and see you around the world of Kryll!
- New version release 1.0.0 (!!) - 28 August 2015
Is this it..? The Steam release build? More fine tuning and additions, moderation tools, some bug fixes and a brand new intro! New Features * Guestbook moderation tools ** It is now possible to delete unwanted guestbook posts ** Deleted guestbook posts will not be completely removed, and will show who deleted them ** Only these people can delete guestbook posts: *** Players can delete their own posts *** Adventure owners can delete any post in their own adventures * New intro clip! ** Will show before the login screen ** Can be skipped by pressing ESC * Improvements to the map ** We noticed that some players miss the ability to teleport to an entrance of an adventure, so we changed the button a bit *** It was split to two buttons - 'Teleport to shrine' and 'Teleport to entrance' *** The art better reflects the function of the buttons ** The map cursor will turn red if it hovers above a…
- New version release 1.0.0 (!!) - 28 August 2015
Is this it..? The Steam release build? More fine tuning and additions, moderation tools, some bug fixes and a brand new intro! New Features * Guestbook moderation tools ** It is now possible to delete unwanted guestbook posts ** Deleted guestbook posts will not be completely removed, and will show who deleted them ** Only these people can delete guestbook posts: *** Players can delete their own posts *** Adventure owners can delete any post in their own adventures * New intro clip! ** Will show before the login screen ** Can be skipped by pressing ESC * Improvements to the map ** We noticed that some players miss the ability to teleport to an entrance of an adventure, so we changed the button a bit *** It was split to two buttons - 'Teleport to shrine' and 'Teleport to entrance' *** The art better reflects the function of the buttons ** The map cursor will turn red if it hovers above a…
