Time flies doesn't it? The project has undergone many significant changes during the past month, among them the new content must be the most immediately apparent. 

The game has almost doubled in content since the last DD. Old saves should get automatically updated by the game, but I have also implemented multiple save slots since then. The new stages can be a little experimental at times for the sake of variety and difficulty in general should be higher as well. 

I hope the game is not too unbalanced, but I implemented a rudimentary item system to help with that. Right now it's quite simple, simply granting the player a set of pre-determined items at certain points during a level but I hope to add decision making to this mechanic in the future.  

 Other key aspects such as enemy AI have gotten a rework too. Some enemies are designed to be complete bastards so I hope that's noticeable.  

Besides that I've managed to squash a significant amount of bugs, some quite embarrassing in all honesty. However, as always my work is far from done in this regard. 

So that's it. I think I managed to complete the goals I set up for myself last DD save from the settings menu because honestly I don't know what to put in there for a game of this kind. Also, the cover is questionable, but I think it's an improvement.

Due to current circumstances I'm unsure of how much progress I could make for next DD, but this time I'll try releasing content more often instead of saving it all up. In particular there's a plot point I wish I had set up at the end of this demo.

Anyways, that's all I've got for now. Thank you for your interest and I hope you enjoy the new stuff.  

Afterlife Gladiator on Steam! Woooh!