Hey guys. Porting games to mobile is a fairly in-depth but boring process, so it would be a waste not to do something fun in this time. I’m thinking of updating EBF4 in a similar way to what I did with the games in the Epic Battle Fantasy Collection – I’d like to add some more content that could have potentially existed at the time EBF4 was released.

So far, my ideas are to add another column of summons (8 more), and another column of weapons for each character (4 each). This way I won’t need to create any new graphics, and can mostly work with what already exists.

There’s a lot of existing weapons to choose from, from my earlier games and other work. So some fan favourites can be added, if you have any preferences. I think only Anna will need completely new weapons created for her.

For the summons, it would be cool to summon some more tough looking monsters like Golems, but also some with interesting buffs, such as the Spirit, who could revive the party. Let me know if you have any favourite monsters, or ideas for effects, that you believe should be represented.

As for other new content, I think other areas of the game, such as skills or flairs, are already quite full, and I don’t know how interesting any additions to those could be. New areas or monsters would be too big of a commitment.

Since I’m copying quite a lot of code from EBF5 for the mobile port, it’s tempting to copy some other aesthetic features too, but they may change the original vibe of EBF4. For example, I quite like the vocal sounds that NPCs make in EBF5, but I’m not sure everyone would like to see that in EBF4. I’m also tempted to copy the element and status effects icons from EBF5, since a lot of those were updated to be clearer on mobile screens. Changes like these would probably be welcomed by new players, but may feel weird to long-time fans.

As I mentioned in my previous post above – most of these new features can be added to the Steam version of the game too, after the mobile port is finished.

Let me know what you think.