Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night creator Koji Igarashi took to Kickstarter this week as part of the game’s latest news update. In the new post, Igarashi went over another gameplay system: creating shards from crafting.
Here’s the full rundown:
We would like to talk about the shard-crafting system. We’ve discussed the crafting element of Bloodstained in the past, and I’m sure everyone knows about item crafting and the shard rank-up system from the Beta Backer Demo.
However, in addition to all those… you can actually create new shards from crafting!
Let’s begin with an example. Riga Storaema is a Conjure Shard – these were formerly known as Trigger Shards — that conjures fire columns.
Rigo Storaema
If you upgrade this shard, you’ll be able to create a new Directional Shard called Riga Dohin.
(As a side note, the Riga Storaema shard you used as a base will not disappear after you’ve created a new shard; instead, the item used with the shard will disappear. In other words, the item acts as a catalyst to create a newly enhanced ability from the existing ability. So you get to use your favorite shard to create new ones without losing it. I think it’s a pretty good deal!)
Our current phase of development has been fixing bugs, bugs, and bugs… There was a particular bug that caused lighting to weigh heavily on system resources which is now gone. With that solved, we can now be more flexible with lighting, which we’re improving on a daily basis. We’re all working hard to deliver a solid game to everyone.
We’re still going strong. Thank you for your support!
