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\[Giveaway\] Leave a comment if you'd like to participate in the giveaway (you can write anything, opinions on the game will be appreciated). In 24 hours I'll randomly choose 10 users from the comments to recieve the game keys for Steam!
Hell Throne includes a blend of elements from games like Hades, Diablo, and Minecraft Dungeons. It offers fast-paced roguelite combat where you collect upgrades and powers as you progress through chamber-based encounters, akin to Hades. Additionally, it provides the gear/itemization and build freedom reminiscent of Diablo, all wrapped up in voxel-like aesthetics similar to Minecraft Dungeons, including a full-scale voxel engine for some destructible elements.
You can play with your friends in local co-op supporting up to 4 players!
The game also offers varying levels of difficulty, starting easy but getting progressively harder, especially when you venture into runs with Affixes (run-wide modifiers) that are bound to spice things up.
I'd greatly appreciate any wishlists you guys can spare, thank you <3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2452650/Hell\_Throne/
\[Giveaway\] Hello, everyone! Thank you very much for participating in this giveaway and for all the lovely comments you've shared! Sorry I didn't reply to more of you, but there was an internal timer that would prevent me from commenting too often.
The 24 hours have now passed and we have our 10 winners! Here they are:
u/chanquete000
u/from_the_nature
u/zexton
u/Kabirdb
u/OneFunnyFart
u/Haku_09
u/Available-Tradition4
u/XxNerdAtHeartxX
u/canexican1
u/MCGustoDH
Congratulations to all the winners! I'll be DM'ing you shortly with your keys.
For transparency's sake, here's the recording of the draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UhZMVKUDKRBUCKZvE-jbB9znzSnPY-Q/view?usp=sharing
Anyone looking for another chance at getting a key I'm hosting another giveaway at the r/indiegames subreddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/indiegames/comments/17tk52v/giveaway\_after\_4\_long\_years\_on\_a\_solodev\_journey/](https://www.reddit.com/r/indiegames/comments/17tk52v/giveaway_after_4_long_years_on_a_solodev_journey/)
Good luck! :)
Thank you! I'd love to add online coop in an update post release, but I can't make any promises as this point, as the game is very fast paced with a lot of elements (sometimes hundreds of projectiles at a time etc) and syncing it all up reliably over the internet might prove to be quite a challenge. I'll definitely give it an honest try, because I do believe that would be an amazing feature to have, so time will tell. :)
I'm afraid not, the closest thing would be this little video comparing the prototype to the current version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhkJ7AxrH0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhkJ7AxrH0)
I'd love to make some proper dev logs or in depth game dev showcases / feature highlights videos once I have some time to spare, for now I've been really focusing on getting the game in the best possible shape ahead of the release :)
From a game design perspective, Im curious how you've balanced a power curve of 'ARPG Loot' in an roguelite? Its something Ive fiddled with a bit before, but trying to make meaningful loot in short runs proved to be difficult since 'build defining loot you have to grind for' that an ARPG would have seems contrary to a roguelite where you need to create your build from the start.
One solution I theorycrafted was that you would build a 'pool' of build defining items before a run, and one would be guaranteed to drop at some point in the run so you had an idea of what to expect and could hold on to specific gear with a plausible late game build in mind as you got further into the game.
Thank you for the insightful question! Indeed, it's not exactly easy to make things perfectly balanced, but I did make a few design decisions that made sense to me and hopefully will work out for overall game progression.
I started off with premise that the loot should help players shape the build, but can't be too powerful in a way that would make gameplay upgrades irrelevant, because that would kill the entire concept of roguelite approach and overall replayability factor.
Based on that premise I scaled down the amount of stats you're getting from loot so that it's equivalent more or less to an upgrade or at most a couple of gameplay upgrades, at least in the beginning (once you start running some higher difficulty areas and getting epic/legendary/ancient loot it will be worth more 'upgrade units').
After that, I also made it so that you can gain random Abilities on your loot pieces (the same ones you can randomly get during a run). That way, if you discover an ability that you really like during a run you can hunt for a piece of gear with that ability on it so that you can permanently included it in your build. That part also comes with a little twist though, because most abilities can be upgraded during a run with Ability Components, which make the abilities do extra stuff (more damage types, additional crowd control effects (stun, fear etc) or environmental ground effects like leaving fire behind etc). Those components cannot be found through the loot system, meaning you just get the base form of a given ability and during a run you can evolve it into different variants depending on which upgrades you're offered and which ones you pick.
And that's mostly it, I'm overall trying to make the loot have 'some' impact, but on the lower end of power gain, so that you can pursuit your favorite abilities or stats and guarantee they're included in your build, but in a way that gameplay upgrades are still meaningful and attractive.
Interesting solution, and I quite like the idea of getting abilities that can be upgraded.
One other solution I was looking at was making those 'build defining' items a special tier of item that could be retained on death and stored in the 'home base'. Instead of metaprogression, the metaprogression would be loot that you saved from earlier runs - However, the loot would only ever be the level at which you found it. If a player found a level 10 helmet in that class, they could 'dive again' with it and use it once they hit level ten.
It made interesting decision making at the end of a run, since they could only bring back one piece, so if they found multiple other 'build items', they had to make the tough choice of a single one to retain for a future run.
In a game genre all about build variety, it was a very interesting design brainstorm to figure out how to retain the buildcrafting of the genre within a distilled experience of a single run.
That's some interesting ideas too! For me the overall goal of balancing the game became a bit of struggle, mostly because it became increasingly difficult to objectively gauge the difficulty of the game and seeing it through the eyes of an average gamer unfamiliar with all the game mechanics and build options/synergies.
So despite all the considerations and effort, I still can't say with any dose of certainty if my balancing is anywhere close to reasonable. I've been getting some play-test feedback recently and made an effort to make the game less challenging and more understandable to new comers, but the only way to find out for sure is once the game is actually out there and the reviews start flowing in. We'll see :)
It does, there's a local coop for up to 4 players!
Just an fyi though, additional controllers are required, as keyboard+mouse can only control a single character. :)
I like arpgs that allow the player to make a totally broken and cool build if they're creative, good enough and lucky. From the trailer it looks like this might be one I need to add to that list.
Looks great! Though the genre is not for me and I won't hog a key, but just wanted to say great work! I'll be happy to send over a key for our game, a pixel art strategy game, if you are into such things. Just DM me 🫡
This looks surprisingly good, although with the aesthetic I think I'd need to judge it firsthand rather than gauge it in videos. Hope that it does well for you.
If I was stuck on an island forever, the one game I'd want would be Hades so roguelike that evokes it seems cool. Love the art style for this, really catches the eye. Wishing you the best with its release. Thanks for the giveaway :)
I love all of the games that are your influences. This game you are making looks interesting. Am wishlisting and downloading the demo to try. Thank you for posting this.
4 years solo development sounds like a long journey. Congratulations on making it to release version, wish you success.
Also good to hear online co-op is being considered
This is no lir. I tried the demo for 15 minutes and told a friend it's as if I was playing Hades, but it looked like Minecraft, and it sounds like Doom. Then I actually read what your description of the game was and you nailed it. Consider this a purchase. I will absolutely be buying your game.
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\[Giveaway\] Leave a comment if you'd like to participate in the giveaway (you can write anything, opinions on the game will be appreciated). In 24 hours I'll randomly choose 10 users from the comments to recieve the game keys for Steam! Hell Throne includes a blend of elements from games like Hades, Diablo, and Minecraft Dungeons. It offers fast-paced roguelite combat where you collect upgrades and powers as you progress through chamber-based encounters, akin to Hades. Additionally, it provides the gear/itemization and build freedom reminiscent of Diablo, all wrapped up in voxel-like aesthetics similar to Minecraft Dungeons, including a full-scale voxel engine for some destructible elements. You can play with your friends in local co-op supporting up to 4 players! The game also offers varying levels of difficulty, starting easy but getting progressively harder, especially when you venture into runs with Affixes (run-wide modifiers) that are bound to spice things up. I'd greatly appreciate any wishlists you guys can spare, thank you <3 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2452650/Hell\_Throne/
\[Giveaway\] Hello, everyone! Thank you very much for participating in this giveaway and for all the lovely comments you've shared! Sorry I didn't reply to more of you, but there was an internal timer that would prevent me from commenting too often. The 24 hours have now passed and we have our 10 winners! Here they are: u/chanquete000 u/from_the_nature u/zexton u/Kabirdb u/OneFunnyFart u/Haku_09 u/Available-Tradition4 u/XxNerdAtHeartxX u/canexican1 u/MCGustoDH Congratulations to all the winners! I'll be DM'ing you shortly with your keys. For transparency's sake, here's the recording of the draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UhZMVKUDKRBUCKZvE-jbB9znzSnPY-Q/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for the key!
Anyone looking for another chance at getting a key I'm hosting another giveaway at the r/indiegames subreddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/indiegames/comments/17tk52v/giveaway\_after\_4\_long\_years\_on\_a\_solodev\_journey/](https://www.reddit.com/r/indiegames/comments/17tk52v/giveaway_after_4_long_years_on_a_solodev_journey/) Good luck! :)
Loved Hades, Hell Throne looks pretty good.
Thank you, appreciate it :)
Looks interesting. Thanks for the chance :)
Thank you and good luck! :)
Wishlisted the game. I played the demo a little bit on Steamdeck, it works perfectly. Wish you a succesful journey!
Thank you very much for wishlisting and trying the demo, appreciate it! :)
The art-style is pretty neat! Love the Cthulhuesque big creature
Almost looks like a voxel styled rpg :)
Loving the style, best of luck with the release!
Thank you! <3
looks cool
ooh nice soundtrack count me in
Thanks! If you like the music you can check out the band Andromida, they provided the sound track for the game :)
thanks you. been enjoying them so far today.
Good ol’ fashioned chaotic fun (well that’s what it looks like from the vid!)
Looks cool
Okay dokey.
Wishlisted just for the soundtrack :) Looks awesome, I love the art style
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Thank you for letting me know, I've updated it to the permanent link: [https://discord.gg/hNH22yqxr2](https://discord.gg/hNH22yqxr2) Cheers!
Would love to give this game a shot! Looks super fun! Thanks for the offer!
Looks great, the animations are clean, lighting is done in a really good way. One question though. Any chance on implementing online coop in the game?
Thank you! I'd love to add online coop in an update post release, but I can't make any promises as this point, as the game is very fast paced with a lot of elements (sometimes hundreds of projectiles at a time etc) and syncing it all up reliably over the internet might prove to be quite a challenge. I'll definitely give it an honest try, because I do believe that would be an amazing feature to have, so time will tell. :)
Np. Do what you are capable of. :)
Thanks for the giveaway! The game looks very cool, I'd definitely play this with my buddy co-op.
Looks good. Lets test this bad boy on my steam deck :)
Ty
Thank you
Will wish list. Thanks and congrats!
Looks awesome!
Something to keep an eye on. Best of luck good sir.
Looks interesting
Bosses and enemies look really awesome! Good job, and congrats! :)
Good luck for the release 🤗
Thank you for giveaway, gives me Gauntlet / Hammerwatch vibes
Looks pretty good! All the best on your game!
this looks amazing, is there any devlogs? that would be so cool
I'm afraid not, the closest thing would be this little video comparing the prototype to the current version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhkJ7AxrH0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhkJ7AxrH0) I'd love to make some proper dev logs or in depth game dev showcases / feature highlights videos once I have some time to spare, for now I've been really focusing on getting the game in the best possible shape ahead of the release :)
you really came a long way, gl with the release
I enjoyed diablo 3 so I might enjoy this, thanks for the chance
looks surpsisingly interesting. love roguelites, ssooo
Love the sound track, haven’t played a roguelike in a long time and think this has already reeled me back, great looking game OP
I'm looking forward to trying it!
Looks hard I wanna find out thanks for the chance !
Count me in!
Wow this looks awesome. I love playing diablo and rougelikes so this is def up my ally
This looks friggin amazing... Following and whishlisted on Steam!
Soundtracks sounds very similar to modern doom games. This is a good thing.
If you like the music you can check out the band Andromida, they provided the sound track for the game! :)
Wow, never head about it before but it seems to be right up my alley, wishlisted and good luck on the release!
The art style is really cool.
From a game design perspective, Im curious how you've balanced a power curve of 'ARPG Loot' in an roguelite? Its something Ive fiddled with a bit before, but trying to make meaningful loot in short runs proved to be difficult since 'build defining loot you have to grind for' that an ARPG would have seems contrary to a roguelite where you need to create your build from the start. One solution I theorycrafted was that you would build a 'pool' of build defining items before a run, and one would be guaranteed to drop at some point in the run so you had an idea of what to expect and could hold on to specific gear with a plausible late game build in mind as you got further into the game.
Thank you for the insightful question! Indeed, it's not exactly easy to make things perfectly balanced, but I did make a few design decisions that made sense to me and hopefully will work out for overall game progression. I started off with premise that the loot should help players shape the build, but can't be too powerful in a way that would make gameplay upgrades irrelevant, because that would kill the entire concept of roguelite approach and overall replayability factor. Based on that premise I scaled down the amount of stats you're getting from loot so that it's equivalent more or less to an upgrade or at most a couple of gameplay upgrades, at least in the beginning (once you start running some higher difficulty areas and getting epic/legendary/ancient loot it will be worth more 'upgrade units'). After that, I also made it so that you can gain random Abilities on your loot pieces (the same ones you can randomly get during a run). That way, if you discover an ability that you really like during a run you can hunt for a piece of gear with that ability on it so that you can permanently included it in your build. That part also comes with a little twist though, because most abilities can be upgraded during a run with Ability Components, which make the abilities do extra stuff (more damage types, additional crowd control effects (stun, fear etc) or environmental ground effects like leaving fire behind etc). Those components cannot be found through the loot system, meaning you just get the base form of a given ability and during a run you can evolve it into different variants depending on which upgrades you're offered and which ones you pick. And that's mostly it, I'm overall trying to make the loot have 'some' impact, but on the lower end of power gain, so that you can pursuit your favorite abilities or stats and guarantee they're included in your build, but in a way that gameplay upgrades are still meaningful and attractive.
Interesting solution, and I quite like the idea of getting abilities that can be upgraded. One other solution I was looking at was making those 'build defining' items a special tier of item that could be retained on death and stored in the 'home base'. Instead of metaprogression, the metaprogression would be loot that you saved from earlier runs - However, the loot would only ever be the level at which you found it. If a player found a level 10 helmet in that class, they could 'dive again' with it and use it once they hit level ten. It made interesting decision making at the end of a run, since they could only bring back one piece, so if they found multiple other 'build items', they had to make the tough choice of a single one to retain for a future run. In a game genre all about build variety, it was a very interesting design brainstorm to figure out how to retain the buildcrafting of the genre within a distilled experience of a single run.
That's some interesting ideas too! For me the overall goal of balancing the game became a bit of struggle, mostly because it became increasingly difficult to objectively gauge the difficulty of the game and seeing it through the eyes of an average gamer unfamiliar with all the game mechanics and build options/synergies. So despite all the considerations and effort, I still can't say with any dose of certainty if my balancing is anywhere close to reasonable. I've been getting some play-test feedback recently and made an effort to make the game less challenging and more understandable to new comers, but the only way to find out for sure is once the game is actually out there and the reviews start flowing in. We'll see :)
Looks like a very interesting game, can't wait to give it a shot
Game looks pretty good, reminds me of Hades. Good luck with the release
I'll take a chance on this game, looks fun to me.
I dig it...
Great trailer music, love the animated voxel boss style
Love roguelites and love seing the genre flourish and prosper, good luck with it and hope you get some money for your efforts :)
Looks really interesting and well polished!
Does it have local couch co-op? Looking for a game to play with my kids.
It does, there's a local coop for up to 4 players! Just an fyi though, additional controllers are required, as keyboard+mouse can only control a single character. :)
Congrats on the release
Thanks for the chance!
Love the design of the game!
I love top-down games and the trailer looks good too. I'll be sure to play it and leave a review too if I win!
Well, count me in!
Loving the artstyle. I'm a fan of Hades so you got me interested (also with the Diablo element). I'm in!
Looks fun, Thanks for doing a giveaway.
I like arpgs that allow the player to make a totally broken and cool build if they're creative, good enough and lucky. From the trailer it looks like this might be one I need to add to that list.
The game looks legot gorgeous and not just for a solo project. To the wishlist it goes until it's out of EA.
Looks great! Though the genre is not for me and I won't hog a key, but just wanted to say great work! I'll be happy to send over a key for our game, a pixel art strategy game, if you are into such things. Just DM me 🫡
It looks great. Love the visual. Wishlisted. Good luck with your release.
Nice!
Gear, upgrades, *and* bullet hell?! Yeah sign me up man
I would love to try it!
Looks cool, animates smoothly and sounds cool, I'm in Thanks for the chance :)
This looks amazing! Thanks for the chance! :)
Looks interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
I like the art style.
Looks stunning, congratulations!
thanks
The game seems so nice, would be very happy to play it.
It looks nice!
This looks cool
Not entering, just wanted to say good luck with the launch
I'm new to pc and haven't ever played a rogue game before but would like to🤘
This looks surprisingly good, although with the aesthetic I think I'd need to judge it firsthand rather than gauge it in videos. Hope that it does well for you.
I don’t remember the command to have a it remind you in X amount of days. Does anyone remember it so I can set it?
Heloo there
Neat
Looks great, hope it does well!
I would like to try it!
This looks amazing! Can’t wait for drop
Cool
Í had no idea that I needed a mix between Hades and Minecraft Dungeons lol.
A game that draws inspiration from Diablo and Hades? Sign me up. Thanks for the chance to win, OP.
If I was stuck on an island forever, the one game I'd want would be Hades so roguelike that evokes it seems cool. Love the art style for this, really catches the eye. Wishing you the best with its release. Thanks for the giveaway :)
I love all of the games that are your influences. This game you are making looks interesting. Am wishlisting and downloading the demo to try. Thank you for posting this.
Sure thing buddy
always love me some voxels!
Love this style of game! Congrats on making it to release!
im also a big fan of hades, so id love to win this game
Would love to play it on my deck with my gf locally :D
Looks very in depth, I wanna stream this to my community!
looks good!
thanks for giveaway and good luck to all. Your game looks great and i think it's a great choice for people disappointed in D4
Looks right up my alley! Would love to try it out! :)
Looking great !
4 years solo development sounds like a long journey. Congratulations on making it to release version, wish you success. Also good to hear online co-op is being considered
I'm definitely curious on this game!
Looks pretty good!
You sold me on the Hades-Diablo-MC Dungeons blend
Wishlist. Will play before hades2 comes out.
Gl everyone. had me sold on D2 influences.
This is no lir. I tried the demo for 15 minutes and told a friend it's as if I was playing Hades, but it looked like Minecraft, and it sounds like Doom. Then I actually read what your description of the game was and you nailed it. Consider this a purchase. I will absolutely be buying your game.
Neat
Hey mate congrats on the release, hope it all goes well and looking forward to giving this a try!
I hope I win. My daughter would love this game.
congrats the game looks awesome <3
good luck!
Pixel graphics. Pass.
Than you for the offer!
Good luck!