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5/31/2020 Much Obliged


Howdy cowboys or cowgirls.

Before I even start this wonderful blog, I'd like to thank the absolute mad man in charge of getting this game on the spotlight section of the main page!

When I was a little kid "like Casey" I would browse this site while consuming my paste. I would always look at the spotlight section, and I would've thought "Someday, I'll be up there!" but I was too focused on my wind pipe being closed up by the aforementioned paste... Good times...

But all paste related things aside, I'm amazed that this project has even gotten this far, 23 downloads isn't to shabby for a dinky little demo! Seriously I'm on the spotlight section so I have no right to complain! I feel like I'm the king of the world for once, you all have made my wildest dreams come true!

I'd like to give a sincere thank you to all of the people who are invested in the world of Phantism, I appreciate every little view, download, and comment!

So let's look at some progress shall we?


Progress Update

As of today, Chapter 2 has officially been completely finished!
In the demo you get a small taste of it. In this thrilling chapter
Casey finds himself on the strange yet vivid continent of Evergreen, high above
the land in the Sky Garden.
Casey soon bumps into Bardol's brother Narek while searching for answers about the mysteriously eerie figure.
He is a wise sage who explains the deeper origins of Bardol within an ancient temple that expresses the creation of Phantism.

How ominous...

I've added a plethora of new fixes and some solutions to balancing issues in the game. The biggest one was making the game's Dark Souls like difficulty a little more tame.
There are lots of new items and equipment to help balance the gameplay, such as the wickedly powerful Pocket Flame that does 80% fire damage to all enemies.

I'm kind of disappointed about the demo. I feel like it didn't portray the game's main mechanics as well as I'd like it too aside from the first introductory chapter teaching you a few things. Sometimes a deadline can be a harsh mistress!

The "Turret" Allegory

Lets focus on how party members work!
A good allegory would be that the main unchangeable guy "Casey" acts as the main ship with his fully varied customizable move-set and the party members act as turrets that compliment the main ship with there more linear approach.

Let me elaborate, the other two character you decide to put on your combat team have a smaller direct amount of skills and only excel in one task in the stats department.
This game is really going to push your sense of strategy! To full on attackers to characters that can create items in a battle There's truly a play style for everyone!

How Items Work

Items are either found in Toy Chests or bought in shops. Most chests on the overworld that are out in the open have a chance of being trapped, empty or having nothing at all or you might get lucky and find a doubled item!
Every encounter in this game appears on the over world so there's no random encounters here!

Enemies don't chase you preferring to take a straight path that you have to walk around or some even like to stand in-front of a chest that contains a valuable item that doesn't have a chance of being trapped.
This game encourages you to fight the enemies, I.E seeking out a particular enemy to gain a new skill for Casey to steal or fighting an enemy for a chest.
This game isn't grindy but you'll still have to fight some enemies to gain new skills and experience. Fighting enemies is super choice oriented so it makes for an interesting experience.

Clock Casey:
Once again one of the earlier forms in development is being replaced with Clock Casey!

You gain this form by fighting the caped Father Time! when Casey is in this form he goes faster on the over-world and auto runs by speeding up time!


Wrap Up
Well that about does it! If you leave a comment I'll respond 100% I love hearing what you guys have to say! I also fixed the music page! Before, it brought you to a dead link but now it works! I'd like to high five the person or persons in charge of putting this game up on the main page,

All I can say is much obliged!

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You forgot CowLBGTQs. I'm super dissapointed
author=Quoteman
You forgot CowLBGTQs. I'm super dissapointed
What the actual hell?
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