BattleJuice Alchemist

Devlog

• Happy Holidays!
  December 19, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey everybody! As the year comes to a close, we want to say thanks for the wonderful support throughout 2024. Looking ahead, 2025 is set to be an exciting year for BattleJuice Alchemist, with the prom... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Crafting Conversations
  November 19, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks! The release of Act 2 for BattleJuice Alchemist is slightly delayed, but in the meantime, I wanted to share some insights on a related topic: the art of dialog writing. Team Collaboration Ou... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist Act 2 Sneak Peek at Gamescom
  August 20, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Exciting news, everyone! BattleJuice Alchemist Act 2 is almost here, and we can't wait for you to dive in! If you're heading to Gamescom, you’re in luck—come be one of the first to experience it s... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist — Roadmap for June & July '24
  June 28, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Greetings, Alchemists! As most of you may know, we launched our big localization update not long ago. We now have 12 languages in the game! This was quite the effort, and our publisher and translators... Continue reading

  
• New Localization Update for BattleJuice Alchemist Live Today
  May 29, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Fantastic news everyone! We released our localization update for the Early Access of BattleJuice Alchemist! From today, our world and story will be even more accessible with the update now adding Fren... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist — Roadmap for May '24
  May 17, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Greetings, Alchemists! May has arrived, and our journey through BattleJuice Alchemist's Early Access continues with fervor. Here's a glimpse into what we've been brewing up for you. Continuing from ou... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist — Roadmap for April '24
  April 05, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Greetings, Alchemists! As we're powering ahead at full steam, we wanted to give you a sneak peek into our Early Access journey for April 2024. This month, we're diving into the task of adding new lang... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist Hotfix 0.28802
  March 28, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Greetings, Alchemists! We're thrilled to roll out our first hotfix (0.28802), for BattleJuice Alchemist Early Access! This update focuses on addressing some bugs and implementing a few quality-of-life... Continue reading

  
• BattleJuice Alchemist Early Access Launch
  March 21, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  It's been a fantastic day for us: BattleJuice Alchemist has just launched into Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384060/BattleJuice_Alchemist A big th... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Our Demo & Steam Next Fest Wrap-up
  February 16, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks! Wow, what a whirlwind Steam Next Fest was! We're absolutely buzzing from the response to our demo . Thousands of you dove in and gave it a spin, amazing streamers showed it to their audienc... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Our Secret Visual Improvement
  January 11, 2024 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks! Welcome to the first BattleJuice Alchemist devlog of 2024, where we spill some beans on how we spiced up our headless lorekeeper, Dullahan. This one's for the tech nerds, but I promise it's... Continue reading

  
• Happy Holidays!
  December 22, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

  Dear BattleJuice Alchemist Community, As we approach the festive season, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to each and every one of you who has been following the development of our game... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Unlocking Character Variety
  December 01, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #animation

  Hey folks, as you're aware, we're a small team dedicated to BattleJuice Alchemist. With our combined efforts, we (that's Patrick and myself) essentially have the workload of one single full-time artis... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Climbing Peaks and Diving Deep
  November 09, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #loot

  Hey folks, okay, you caught me. There was a devlog on verticality before this one, but I couldn't squeeze in everything I wanted to share. So, I'll touch on the topic again. I'm sure it will be worth... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: So beautiful... what's the catch?
  October 13, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#vfx, #particles, #gamedev, #rpg, #loot

  Hey folks! Welcome back to another development update for BattleJuice Alchemist! This time we delve into the realm of particle systems. Understanding them is crucial for enhancing our hyper-stylized,... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: New Dev Stream
  September 22, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks! I hope you're all doing well and looking forward to a well-deserved weekend. After fitting Gamescom into our milestone schedule, we've been quite busy catching up. But don't worry, we're do... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Gamescom Retrospective
  September 01, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #loot, #gamescom, #marketing

  Dear diary, with Gamescom behind us, I can say it was a rollercoaster: challenging, but also a ton of fun and a great learning experience. This was the first time ever I had a booth at Gamescom, let m... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Building Vertically
  August 11, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #gamedev, #Indiegame

  Hey folks! A quick organizational announcement first: I'll be writing this devlog every three instead of every two weeks from now on. This allows me to hopefully go into more depth on the one hand and... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Rendering Cutscenes
  July 21, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev, #devlog, #indiegame, #rpg, #loot, #unreal, #ue4, #ue5

  Hey folks! Those of you following this devlog may have heard that I was playing with the idea to move our cinematics into Unreal Engine. Now I did it and would like to discuss it with you! If you play... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Making New Creatures
  July 07, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #Gamedev, #Loot, #aRPG

  Hey folks, this week I'd like to take you on a deep dive of how Patrick and I created a new enemy for BattleJuice Alchemist. Although I enjoyed being a solo dev a lot, I love working collaboratively l... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: We won the award for Best Visual Art at DevGamm!
  June 22, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#ue4, #unrealengine, #gamedev, #indiedev, #rpg

  Hey folks, I am super proud to tell you that BattleJuice Alchemist won the award for Best Visual Art at DevGamm Vilnius 2023. For those of you who are not familiar with it, DevGAMM was born in the Ukr... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Playing with Power!
  June 09, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

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  #loot, #rpg, #indiedev, #gamedev

  Hey folks, as you may know our base-building system has been a big addition to the game and it is by far not just a cosmetic feature. I never talked about many of its intricacies, so let's take a look... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Translating an RPG is hard
  May 26, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#rpg, #loot, #indiegame, #indiedev

  Hey folks, I have recently been working on the translation system for BattleJuice Alchemist. And surprisingly I found this to be quite a fun task to work on. Seriously! In software development there i... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Getting the Band Together
  May 12, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks, this week we have some celebrating to do! For over a year while working on the game itself, I worked on biz dev opportunities to get funding for BattleJuice Alchemist off the ground. It was... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Debuffs & Decoys
  April 27, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #Gamedev, #Loot

  Hey folks, here comes another how-it-is-all-related devlog! Debuffs have been a thing in BattleJuice Alchemist almost since day one. Enemies can use them to slow you down and cap your resource pools f... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Shields & Breaking Them
  April 14, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks, in the last devlog I gave a little sneak peek on a base-building element that's called an illuminant. But before I can explain what it does, I have to get to the main topic of this post: en... Continue reading

  
• The Big Base Building Update: Patch Notes 0.23803
  March 31, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#base-building, #crafting, #rpg

  Hey everyone, those of you following my devlog might have seen this coming. You can now experiment with the new base building / tower crafting feature in the Steam Playtest version! Building your towe... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Day-Night Cycle and UI Animations
  March 17, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev, #day-night cycle

  Hey folks, I can see the end of the tunnel regarding base-building implementation. As I already announced, it will be tied to some mysterious underused system. That system is the day-night cycle, whic... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Pop-Up Book Cinematics
  March 03, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks, we won an Emerging Talent Award sponsored by AMD at the the World Trailer Awards last Sunday! I'm really happy and proud about this great mention. Technically the award was for our latest g... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Alchemical Autocannons
  February 17, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #indie, #automation, #arpg, #base-building

  Hey folks, in the last devlog I ended with teasing some kind of mystery cube. Here comes the explanation... The cubes you see here are power markers. Corresponding to our damage types, there is physic... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Base Building Is Evolving
  February 03, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#loot, #rpg, #base-building

  Hey folks, so I'm still knee deep in implementing base building and will continue to work on it for the next few weeks. I'm happy with the progress, so let me quickly show you what has happened. We no... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Don't Break that Window!
  January 20, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#indiegame, #gamedev, #rpg

  Hey folks, many of you might be familiar with impostor syndrome, where people doubt their skills and have the (unjustified) fear of being exposed as a fraud. I don't suffer from it, but I am also not... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Navigating Complex Structures
  January 06, 2023 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev, #indiegame, #RPG

  Hey folks, I hope you had a great start into the new year! After a few days off, I committed myself to some interesting problems that came up while working on the new base building system, which I'd l... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Basic Tower Building
  December 17, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey folks, this week came with quite a surprise: BattleJuice Alchemist was (and still is) featured by Epic Games as the top Weekly Spotlight project. This means everybody who launched Unreal Engine th... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Fighting Injustice for Our Players!
  December 02, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey everyone, we need to talk about randomness, fairness and decision-making, but let me get started with some great news. I did not want to make this the headline of this devlog, because I already sh... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Preview on Alchemy Tower Construction
  November 18, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev

  Hey everyone, so this week I have something small and something big for you. Let's start with the smaller something. I always wanted to keep UI elements attached to the 3D elements of BattleJuice Alch... Continue reading

  
• Update: Patch Notes 0.21801
  November 03, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG

  Hey everyone, I usually post patches for the Steam playtest on Fridays, but 0.21801 is already done, so here it comes a day early! As announced in the last devlog, you can now choose if you want to pl... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Preview on Perks and Classes
  October 21, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #indiegame, #indiedev

  Hey everyone, when I started working on BattleJuice Alchemist, I was sure that you would play an alchemist. But the game is also an RPG and different classes are expected. So how do we handle that? Le... Continue reading

  
• Update: Patch Notes 0.21401
  October 07, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#indiegame, #indiedev, #gamedev

  Hey everyone, in the last devlog I already talked in depth about the upcoming UI overhaul. It is now completed and live on the public branch of the alpha playtest. So you might have already seen bits... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Preview on UI Overhaul
  September 23, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev, #indiegame, #rpg, #UI, #UX

  Hey everyone, let's dive right into what I have been up to recently. Everything presented here will be within the next patch, which will be published in a couple of weeks. So, less talking, more movin... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: New Gameplay Stream, FearFest Interview & More
  September 09, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey everyone, this fine Friday I have a mixed bag of devlog-worthy goodies for you, so let's dive right into it. I had to talk to a lot of people in the wake of Gamescom, which was fun, but also time-... Continue reading

  
• New Gameplay Trailer
  August 30, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#Trailer, #RPG, #Gamedev

  Hey everyone, it was about time that I fired up Premiere Pro and made a new trailer. BattleJuice Alchemist has been overhauled on so many ends over the last months and so many things have been added t... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes 0.20701: New Alchemy Workshop, Dashing (and Thoughts on A.I. Generated "Concept Art")
  August 12, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#RPG, #ConceptArt

  Hey everyone, in the last devlog/preview post I already announced that I was working on a dash move. It is now done and you can try it out within the Steam alpha playtest ! But this is not what this p... Continue reading

  
• DevLog: Preview on Dashing and Visual Changes
  July 29, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

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  #RPG, #Devlog, #Dash, #indiegame, #indiedev, #ue4

  Hey everyone, I'm glad you found your way to this corner of the internet to get a little sneak peak on what is coming with the next patch of the BattleJuice Alchemist alpha playtest . For quite some t... Continue reading

  
• UI Accessibility & Item Changes
  July 15, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#gamedev, #indiedev, #rpg, #ui, #ux, #accessibility

  Hey everyone, in the last patch I introduced some features that can help playing BattleJuice Alchemist despite difficulties with manual dexterity. Today I pushed patch 0.20401 to the public branch of... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes 0.20205: Accessibility, Aiming & Ritual Magic
  July 01, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks#accessibility, #gaming, #gamedev, #indiegame, #indievev, #RPG

  Hey everyone, last week I sneakily pushed a patch for the open Steam playtest but did not have the time to properly tell you about it. Today I pushed another one, version 0.20205, and it is time to ta... Continue reading

  
• Patch Notes 0.20005: Arcane Environments & Hell Skulls
  June 17, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

  Hey everyone, it's Patch Friday! I already gave a preview about it in the last devlog, now the new mini map and camera controls are available on the Steam open alpha playtest. If that does not rock yo... Continue reading

  
• Preview: BattleJuice Alchemist Alpha gets a minimap, compass, freely rotatable camera and lots of customization
  June 07, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks##rpg, ##action-rpg, ##dark, ##loot, ##deckbuilding, ##singleplayer, ##lowpoly

  Hey everyone, recently I decided that I could no longer make this a future-me problem: some playtesters found camera movement not perfect in places. You could freely move the camera in zoomed-in third... Continue reading

  
• First Itch.io Devlog and Open Alpha Patch Notes 0.19603: Propagating Fire and Freezing Lakes!
  June 07, 2022 by AlchemicalWorks

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  ##rpg, ##dark, ##action-rpg, ##deck-building, ##singleplayer, ##loot, ##crpg

  Hey everyone, I have been writing the bi-weekly devlog for BattleJuice Alchemist for a long time and now decided to bring it to Itch.io! Everything I talk about today can be explored by all you fine p... Continue reading