DracoFighter

Devlog

• DracoFighter Balance and Bug Update
  November 16, 2022 by Vecderg

  DRACOFIGHTER'S FIRST (and ideally last!) BALANCE UPDATE I ran the game across more playtesting and found that the balance was rather upsetting. While it wasn't meant to be a focus ("top level play" is... Continue reading

  
• DRACOFIGHTER IS OUT
  June 24, 2022 by Vecderg

  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S TIME DracoFighter is releasing on itch and Google Play and Steam!! The demo and full versions are already available here and on Google Play, but both are still under review on St... Continue reading

  
• Final(?) Dev Update
  May 01, 2022 by Vecderg

  Hi there! Sorry about keeping you all in the dark for so long. I've been thinking a lot about DracoFighter, and I've been put into a tough spot. In my last post, I had a rather optimistic view about b... Continue reading
• Small Update
  December 06, 2021 by Vecderg

  Shadows added under characters and buffs given to Cyrus... Continue reading

  
• About Online Play / Full Release
  November 09, 2021 by Vecderg

  Hi there! Since the last update I've been looking into implementing online play every now and then, and have come to the conclusion: Online play will take a LONG TIME! I'm not aware of any free-to-use... Continue reading
• Minor Updates
  October 12, 2021 by Vecderg

  Many smaller changes, mainly bug fixes and balance changes. Biggest change is a new stance move on a secret character, increasing his complexity and difficulty by a lot, but I hope you all love it bec... Continue reading
• Smaller important changes!
  October 03, 2021 by Vecderg

  Huge special thanks to a bunch of my friends for playtesting! After watching them play and receiving feedback, I've made some important changes that'll make it easier for people to figure out the game... Continue reading

  
• Control Settings + Final Secret Character
  September 22, 2021 by Vecderg

  Preparations before looking into online play! Final secret character complete, story modes added for all secret characters, controller settings for keyboard available, and some balance fixes! I really... Continue reading
• STORY MODE + ALL STAGES COMPLETE
  September 16, 2021 by Vecderg

  VERY excited to announce this one! This is THE LAST major update before I get online play working! STORY MODE - Each character's motivations and backstories are explained with new storybook-like illus... Continue reading

  
• Secret Char Sprites
  September 12, 2021 by Vecderg

  Quick update to add colors to the secret characters' sprites, along with a few new sprites to make them more readable. ...aaand also hotfix for a secret character's combo trial... Continue reading
• AI Improvements!
  September 11, 2021 by Vecderg

  CPU opponents now decide attacks and movement based on positioning! This is my first time programming something like this, but each character has its own preferred spacing distance and a set of moves... Continue reading
• ALL ANIMATIONS COMPLETE
  September 10, 2021 by Vecderg

  All animations for the main cast is 100% completed! While there's still big milestones to hit like Story Mode, and there will most definitely be more fixes and character balance changes in the future,... Continue reading

  
• Plexie fully animated!!
  August 30, 2021 by Vecderg

  Plexie joins BiOS and Draco as a fully colored and animated character! I really enjoyed drawing her simpler design and working out every expression. As usual, this update comes with smaller additions... Continue reading

  
• Combo Trials, Split Screen, BiOS fully animated, and more!
  August 24, 2021 by Vecderg

  Quite possibly the BIGGEST non-character update in DracoFighter so far!!! BiOS ANIMATIONS -- BiOS is now FULLY sprited, meaning you can see his edginess in all its colored glory!! COMBO TRIALS -- go t... Continue reading

  
• Stage Select + New Animations!!
  July 19, 2021 by Vecderg#stage, #animation

  Definitely a Training Room has been added as a new stage, which you can select before starting a match! It has a larger area, which should help mix up gameplay by just a little bit, especially in Dive... Continue reading

  
• DIVEKICK MODE ADDED
  July 11, 2021 by Vecderg

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  #divekick, #extra modes

  New Divekick mode released! Based on the game Divekick of course, where you can only jump and divekick, and all hits are 1-hit KOs. Since Draco is the only character with a divekick he's the only one... Continue reading

  
• Bug Fixes & Polish... and a secret character??
  July 09, 2021 by Vecderg

  Many small but important changes added to the game! Includes: grabs working properly as lingering hitboxes, more consistent mobile menu navigation, pressing B to go backwards through menus, and many s... Continue reading

  
• Performance Improvement + Various Changes
  May 22, 2021 by Vecderg#bugfixes

  Re-exported all character sprites at a lower size, which improved loading times and performance significantly. There were some various balance and bug fixes, but to include a visual update I also fini... Continue reading

  
• Cyrus joins the battle!
  April 29, 2021 by Vecderg#cyrus

  A mad scientist that replaced his own body parts with robotic technology, Cyrus is an enigma that may have discovered time travel, before his attempts were foiled by a certain red dragon... While I wa... Continue reading

  
• Android Version Re-Added
  April 15, 2021 by Vecderg

  Removed Android APK temporarily to fix a serious glitch it had, which is now fixed along with some smaller changes (random optimization and balance fixes). Will be trying to work more on optimization... Continue reading
• BiOS joins the battle!
  March 29, 2021 by Vecderg#dragons, #fighting

  A robot assigned to guard the laboratory, BiOS awakens to do what he was programmed to do, ready to eliminate all threats... While still in draft phase, I'm releasing BiOS as a fully working character... Continue reading

  
• Early Access launch!
  March 19, 2021 by Vecderg

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  #plexie

  An alien that crash-landed on Earth to stop Draco, Plexie has to overcome her insecurities and fight off this galactic threat... After holding off on releasing Early Access builds, the biggest milesto... Continue reading