All the puzzle mechanics are more or less finished and the test area feels like a solid level.
There’s still a lot of map-related stuff I want to do before I put it out for testing, including NPCs and animals, and maybe the saving system. Doing all the puzzles so far in one go without hints or saving may be a bit hard for most people…

I would have liked to reuse the NPC graphics from EBF4, but alas, I think I have to draw better ones for consistency with the other new sprites. (I didn’t even redraw the equips for the forward facing view, as you can see in the gif)

Working on the new map system mechanics!
It’s going slowly but well. (the EBF4 map system is so messily programmed that reverse-engineering it is somewhat troublesome)

Prepare to witness some cool new puzzles soon!

I made a slideshow video of all the EBF5 area art I’ve made, in case anyone missed some.
(but mainly it’s just an excuse to link my YouTube channel some more)

Last scene, and it’s one of my favourites!
I think I’ve got enough assets now to build a world.

Next up I’ll port over the EBF4 map code and program some new puzzle mechanics, which hopefully won’t take too long. For the most part the map system is not changing very much.

In other news: As of the end of the Steam sale, Epic Battle Fantasy 4 has sold over 100k units in total! (not counting bundles)

Also EBF5 is 60% done.

Spoilers: There most likely won’t be an ice temple quite like this one in the game.
I’m just testing out the temple assets here.