You can play the Blades of Crossed Hearts Demo right now on Steam. It's a edgy 2D anime fighting game about vampires fighting through purgatory to settle their unfinished business. Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3317000/...

No screenshot to show for this, but the next update will include an arcade mode for players of the beta test. It will not be available in the demo yet but hopefully it will be soon

Mipmapping will be added in the next Blades update. Essentially this makes UI elements smoother and less jagged and should make text way easier to read.

There are now indicators for directional specials that show how to perform them. The burst indicator is also incorporated into this UI.

New Blades update released: bladesofcrossedhearts.com/patch-notes/... There are many new UI changes, here's an example of the new character select

Updated in-game UI planned for an update this Thursday (May 15th) Meter looks a little nicer, and characters now have icons letting you know their special move inputs as well as whether their burst is ready or not.

Forgot to repost this here earlier

Video of the new parry mechanic against Mr. Peter Placeholder.

Check out the new #BladesOfCrossedHearts Wiki at bladeswiki.owencmyk.xyz

Early player vs enemy prototype. This is Peter, he's my placeholder stickman until I figure out what the enemy designs are gonna be

New menu update. Still gotta work on the stage select and movelist a bit, but it's coming along nicely and looks super clean.

Newly updated in-game art gallery coming soon. (also fanart by @dualdrawn.bsky.social)

Finally got a good idea of what I want the world of Blades of Crossed Hearts to look / feel like, and I finally got a proper workflow for making new stages. Hoping I can add more soon and really start to flesh out the world. Here's a WIP

Just updated the library capsule for Blades of Crossed Hearts. The picture is drawn by a friend of mine (spadeinthedirt), and I genuinely think it's the coolest looking capsule here. Though I must admit Devil May Cry 5 gives it a run for its money.

FIRST EVERY CYANIDE FANART BY @renim321.bsky.social I'M SO HYPED IT'S SO COOLLLLL

On a more serious note: there are some pretty big updates recently. Speed of attacks is down to give hits a heavier feel, and Cyanide's teleport ability has had a few changes to make it feel better.

I have removed one frame from the start of Cyanide's idle animation. This will undoubtable be the most divisive change I will ever make to the game. I extend my gratitude to the affected families.

I just made my first devlog for my anime hack and slash fighting game @blades-game.bsky.social youtu.be/E5sa_obx4ko?...

My character action fighting game's Steam page is now live! Please wishlist it even if you're not gonna buy it. It helps with the algorithm. store.steampowered.com/app/3317000/...

Reworking Mercury with new attack animations.

Reworking Mercury's normal attacks

I redesigned the #BladesOfCrossedHearts menus. Now with added mouse support.

WIP synthy metal song for the #BladesOfCrossedHearts soundtrack.

Figured I should share some footage of my in-development anime fighting game Blades of Crossed Hearts. Let me know what you think!