Heyyo CraftedCircuitry here! Today, I am proud to announce my new game The Harbinger of the Deep is coming to Steam! It's a 2D Topdown Twin-stick Shooter RPG where you shoot your actions and how you use them can decide the fate of the future of the Sea, the last civilization who survived a great Tsunami that flooded the entire world.

Prototype

I've decided to really document this game unlike my first game, Deep Dark Wrath. Above was the first prototype showcasing the mechanics of the game.

Below is when the game got its first befriend and test dialogue. I've also worked on the HUD.

The artstyle and font was decided pretty early on, just like with Deep Dark Wrath. It goes against most rules, but I do really like making sure to have an idea of what the game looks like as I prototype.

I've also started to do the environment. With this, the very first Prototype was born. I can essentially build off everything later on from these.

I then continue to iterate this into the versions v0.1.0 to the current v0.1.8.

v0.1.0 to v0.1.7

Just a quick fire album of what I've done to the game. Essentially, I just start building the content, the story, the many dialogue, and more.

I've also joined a Playtest and Feedback Jam over on itch to gain some more feedback as I iterate and polish the game.

Naming the Game

Before this the game wasn't actually named yet. Why? I just wasn't sure with 'The Harbinger Droplet'. So I kept looking for ideas, I still wanted to keep Harbinger but I wanted to still use some sort of idea of the Sea in the name. So I kept searching, until, The Harbinger of the Deep was born.

v0.1.8

After many months of creation, I am still only 4.5 areas deep into the planned 8. But I've done a lot of improvements, optimizations, and more to really make the game as best I can make it.

I've learned a lot from Deep Dark Wrath and I hope to really show what I've learned.

The Future

The Harbinger of the Deep will hopefully be part of a few events this year, so stay tuned as I may be able to showcase some really nice content updates by then.

Hope you all are doing well, and are hyped for The Harbinger of the Deep!

Thanks for reading, and CraftedCircuitry signing off for now.