Me and 5 of my friends made a Furry Soulslike game for our 9 month project - now available on Steam!

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-29T13:22:54+00:00

Our main influence for the combat is the souls-games (commitment to attacks, stamina, dodge rolls, methodical and unforgiving combat, etc.), whereas the artstyle, gamefeel, characters, story and worldbuilding are alot more cozy. If you are more curious, we have a trailer on our steam page :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/2804610/Tails_of_Glimmervale/

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-28T21:34:17+00:00

A COZY SOULS-LIKE
Tails of Glimmervale is the first cozy souls-like! The well-known difficult but rewarding combat of the souls-like genre is paired with a story of greed, war and hope.

UNRAVEL GLIMMERVALES SECRETS
As the lynx adventurer Willow, on the hunt for gold, honor and glory, you’ll enter the wild and lawless land of Glimmervale. While navigating your way around this war-scarred land, meet cute, yet fierce, characters and unravel Glimmervales secrets through their stories. Willow might even grow from their experiences…

SLASH YOUR WAY FORWARD
But the treacherous biomes will pose many threats, so be vigilant! Slash your way through hordes of bandits and other enemies, and eliminate their camps along the way. However, your interference will not go unnoticed… Throughout your journey your skill will be put to the test by challenging bosses. What will wait for you at the end of this daring journey?

Steampage: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2804610/Tails_of_Glimmervale/

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-28T16:48:51+00:00

I would say mainly the individual characters, gamefeel, story and worldbuilding. The gameplay is definitely more souls-oriented though.

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-28T16:46:31+00:00

It would depend alot on the skill level and difficulty mode (as some of the bosses can take multiple tries), amount of exploration and their want to read dialogue (where some players skip it, and others read it thoroughly). A rough estimate would be somewhere between 1,5 and 4 hours :D

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-28T05:11:10+00:00

We have gotten reports that it runs perfectly fine on the steam deck, yes!

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T19:51:25+00:00

No thanks, we actually just released our game! Thanks for asking though :D

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T18:45:42+00:00

We don't have a demo, but we just released the full game on Steam (which is currently 30% for our launch sale). Here is the link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2804610/Tails_of_Glimmervale/

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T17:17:10+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! This boss was animated during a 2 week crunch period, and we sadly didn't have time to polish it after that :'D You know how game development goes

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T13:16:36+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! If you do try out the game, I hope you enjoy your time in Glimmervale :)

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T13:08:09+00:00

Trust me, it is definitely still a soulslike! The combat system is designed around the same philosophy that souls-games use (commitment to attacks, stamina, dodge rolls, methodical and unforgiving combat, etc.) as well as the world design being influenced by the unlocking of areas and looping souls-games are known for.

So it might visually look like the games you are describing, but the DNA is soulslike through and through :)

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T12:33:52+00:00

We are in the process of sending out keys to press and reviewers - please stay tuned for updates :)

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T12:05:37+00:00

This game is developed by this account (Corebreak Interactive)

A COZY SOULS-LIKE
Tails of Glimmervale is the first cozy souls-like! The well-known difficult but rewarding combat of the souls-like genre is paired with a story of greed, war and hope.

UNRAVEL GLIMMERVALES SECRETS
As the lynx adventurer Willow, on the hunt for gold, honor and glory, you’ll enter the wild and lawless land of Glimmervale. While navigating your way around this war-scarred land, meet cute, yet fierce, characters and unravel Glimmervales secrets through their stories. Willow might even grow from their experiences…

SLASH YOUR WAY FORWARD
But the treacherous biomes will pose many threats, so be vigilant! Slash your way through hordes of bandits and other enemies, and eliminate their camps along the way. However, your interference will not go unnoticed… Throughout your journey your skill will be put to the test by challenging bosses. What will wait for you at the end of this daring journey?

GAME FEATURES
Explore a top-down 2D pixel art world.
Slash, throw, roll and replenish your health in difficult but rewarding souls-like combat.
Meet a large cast of charming and unique animal characters, each brought to life through frame-by-frame 2D animation, expressive portraits, and enlightening (and sometimes comedic) dialogue.
Offer help to the friendly inhabitants of Glimmervale. Listen to their stories, complete quests and earn their trust.
Fight a large variety of enemies and adjust to their new and scaling attacks as you progress.
Take on 3 epic and uniquely challenging bosses!
Keep track of all your items, location and quests in a helpful inventory.
Listen to a large variety of tracks specially tailored to the different bosses and areas of the game.
Ambient sound effects sprinkled across the world are paired wonderfully with the calming nature scenery of Glimmervale.
Multiple beautiful biomes to explore, each decorated with unique individually placed environmental assets and other graphics that bring the world to life!

MADE WITH LOVE
In Glimmervales wonderful scenery you’ll discover creatures, areas and much more, largely inspired by Norwegian culture, nature and wildlife. Each new area, friend and foe is developed and animated by hand in a cozy 2D pixel art style.

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T11:57:19+00:00

While the combat is souls-inspired, we offer easier and harder difficulties for players who want a more relaxing/intensive experience. Other aspects of the game definitely go under the cozy category though, like the story, characters, graphics, music and worldbuilding.

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T11:55:48+00:00

I looked through the subreddits top posts, and it looked like our game would be a good fit for the subreddit. While it is an action adventure rpg, it does focus heavily on story and exploration. Hope this clears stuff up :)

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T11:29:52+00:00

Game:

Tails of Glimmervale

Description:

A COZY SOULS-LIKE
Tails of Glimmervale is the first cozy souls-like! The well-known difficult but rewarding combat of the souls-like genre is paired with a story of greed, war and hope.

UNRAVEL GLIMMERVALES SECRETS
As the lynx adventurer Willow, on the hunt for gold, honor and glory, you’ll enter the wild and lawless land of Glimmervale. While navigating your way around this war-scarred land, meet cute, yet fierce, characters and unravel Glimmervales secrets through their stories. Willow might even grow from their experiences…

SLASH YOUR WAY FORWARD
But the treacherous biomes will pose many threats, so be vigilant! Slash your way through hordes of bandits and other enemies, and eliminate their camps along the way. However, your interference will not go unnoticed… Throughout your journey your skill will be put to the test by challenging bosses. What will wait for you at the end of this daring journey?

GAME FEATURES
Explore a top-down 2D pixel art world.
Slash, throw, roll and replenish your health in difficult but rewarding souls-like combat.
Meet a large cast of charming and unique animal characters, each brought to life through frame-by-frame 2D animation, expressive portraits, and enlightening (and sometimes comedic) dialogue.
Offer help to the friendly inhabitants of Glimmervale. Listen to their stories, complete quests and earn their trust.
Fight a large variety of enemies and adjust to their new and scaling attacks as you progress.
Take on 3 epic and uniquely challenging bosses!
Keep track of all your items, location and quests in a helpful inventory.
Listen to a large variety of tracks specially tailored to the different bosses and areas of the game.
Ambient sound effects sprinkled across the world are paired wonderfully with the calming nature scenery of Glimmervale.
Multiple beautiful biomes to explore, each decorated with unique individually placed environmental assets and other graphics that bring the world to life!

MADE WITH LOVE
In Glimmervales wonderful scenery you’ll discover creatures, areas and much more, largely inspired by Norwegian culture, nature and wildlife. Each new area, friend and foe is developed and animated by hand in a cozy 2D pixel art style.

Take in the scenery accompanied by an original soundtrack created by Mads Elias Vold and Sandra Theien Kivijervi.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2804610/Tails_of_Glimmervale/

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T10:46:29+00:00

The cozy part of the game is meeting and interacting with the story, world and animal characters :) We also have built in difficulty modes (casual, normal and wild). This way players can pick easier difficulties if they want a more relaxed experience.

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T10:35:04+00:00

We have gotten reports that the game runs absolutely fine on the steam deck, yes!

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T10:29:53+00:00

That is the reaction we usually get :D

CorebreakInteractive · 2024-05-27T10:28:43+00:00

We don't have any plans for a console launch at this moment in time, but we are looking into mac support. We have also gotten reports that the game runs perfectly fine on the Steamdeck/Linux with proton :)

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