Devlog

• Official Release Announcement
  February 16, 2022 by Apartment 18 Productions

  After over 2 years of patient coding, debugging and balancing, Dragon Battle is ready for release! Play for free online here on the itch page. The GM Rom file is available for download and purchase vi... Continue reading
• Graphic and audio overhaul
  November 03, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Got some publisher feedback recently asking to remove the community music in the demo and replace it with all original music, as well as to generally move away from the generic menu UI. So I composed... Continue reading
• The Janayana (Classic) [DEMO]
  October 28, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Calling all Dragon Battle Champions! We've just released a demo version of the still-in-development-game that inspired Dragon Battle. It's a retro-GameBoy-style RPG called The Janayana ( link ). Drago... Continue reading
• Initial release coming soon ...
  October 23, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

  After tons and tons of debugging & polishing work, the initial release version of Dragon Battle is NEARLY ready for release! I started with the final Dragon King encounter with a moderately leveled-up... Continue reading
• Two Bit Circus BETA Night update
  September 17, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Greetings Champions, For your gaming delight we've just updated Dragon Battle BETA version 0.9.9 to coincide with our upcoming Two Bit Circus BETA night feature. Specific updates in this version: - ad... Continue reading
• Upcoming BETA night feature
  August 04, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  We just got news this week that Dragon Battle has been selected for an upcoming beta night feature and play test event for a local gaming company at the end of September, so we're extending our beta a... Continue reading
• v0.9.8 release!
  June 13, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Final pre-release playtest version. Keeping with the ethos of making the game as simple and fun as possible in honor of the retro 8-bit format, the game has been whittled down to just the core dragon... Continue reading
• version 0.9.7 release!
  May 29, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  #new release

  Announcing a major new update & final testing release! As we approach Dragon Battle version 1.0, we're testing final bugs and gathering playback feedback on this release, version 0.9.7. For the past m... Continue reading

  
• Endless debugging / polishing
  May 21, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Have been in endless debugging & polishing of the game to prepare for release. - 10 total dragon encounters - Built-out kingdom to explore in story mode - Skills and spells to unlock - New music and g... Continue reading
• Sneak-peek pre-release of new build (feedback wanted)!
  May 03, 2021 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Hi Dragon Battle fans, We're about to release a new update with 10 dragons and a built-out mini-RPG where you can explore the Western Kingdom to unlock different weapons and spells. There's a bit more... Continue reading
• Preparing new batch of dragons
  November 19, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Can't believe it's been over a month since initial version of Dragon Battle, glad it's had such a great reception despite bugs and other flaws. We've been hard at work behind the scenes to perfect & l... Continue reading
• Taming dragon heals.
  October 26, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  As a final touch, making 1/2 of the dragon's heal spells fail so it's not totally out of control... Continue reading
• Yet more UI polishing / updates
  October 26, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Another round of polishing updates. Specifically: - found some bugs in the sword / spear scripts that was destroying weapons. fixed, all weapons working smoothly now. - rebuilt dragon damage reporting... Continue reading
• Yet more updates
  October 22, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Continued to playtest and find more UI updates needed, as well as add final touches for future game use before replicating this combat template for the rest of The Janayana. - added 2 new spells: heal... Continue reading
• Hits bar updated
  October 21, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Repaired some minor bugs, also dug into the hits bar for the opponent and did a thorough re-vamp. Hoping this works better for players... Continue reading
• More UI polishing
  October 21, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Finally getting through all UI bug notes from early play testers. Post-arena shops are now all menus instead of loops. More polishing of existing loops and game text to remove extra text messages whil... Continue reading
• UI update
  October 20, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Another new build update for the game, this time focussing on UI feedback from early play testers. Specifics: - Fixed bug that wasn't showing default high score belonging to Saffron-Basil :) - Updated... Continue reading
• More debugs / updates
  October 20, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  Spent several hours play testing and taking notes, then reviewing latest play test comments from reviewers and early play testers. Many fixes and updates in this build, including: - Dragon heal spell... Continue reading
• Major playtest update
  October 18, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

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  Did a major update based on playtest feedback over the weekend. Specific updates: - a lot of work on balancing player classes. Fighter should be less OP, Knight/Wizard/Ninja should be more powerful -... Continue reading

  
• New build live & updated
  October 16, 2020 by Apartment 18 Productions

  New build is live for Dragon Battle! Did a quick update to fix some minor gameplay bugs and make the post-battle arena store more fluid, as well as adding selling older armor... Continue reading