Aura of Worlds

Devlog

• Happy Halloween 🎃👻
  October 31, 2022 by Cognitive Forge

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  Happy Halloween, folks! We've got some seasonal bonuses and permanent additions to the game for you! Seasonal spooky event With some specials for Steam Scream Fest and beyond Check for a gift bag of G... Continue reading

  
• Update Set 0.106.X - Quality of life improvements, new hazards & item upgrades
  July 09, 2022 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #roguelike, #quality of life, #update, #platformer, #dev blog

  Hey Folks, Here are some of the most recent updates we've been working on by category: New Hazards and Opponents Freeze burst These icy mines spray large freezing shards in all directions (potentially... Continue reading

  
• Happy Lunar New Year + Update Set 0.102.3X!
  April 09, 2022 by Cognitive Forge

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  Hi folks, we hope things are going wonderfully for you with the dawn of the new year! New Items: With a new year comes new tools to play with! Shotbow This weapon trades accuracy for crowd control and... Continue reading
• Update Set 0.104.X + upcoming biome teaser
  April 09, 2022 by Cognitive Forge

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  #gamedev, #procedural generation, #roguelite, #roguelike, #update

  Hey everyone, Here are some of the new updates we've been working on: New Enemies Cursed Tomes These books were enchanted to bring the story of intruders to an abrupt end with a variety of melee and r... Continue reading

  
• Rise of The Frost Phoenix
  October 30, 2021 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #roguelike, #platformer, #aura of worlds, #frost, #ice, #phoenix, #gamedev

  Hi Everyone! Update set 0.100.X is our greatest update for the game yet. We've been adding a lot of new content and refining/rebalancing existing game systems based on community feedback. Rather than... Continue reading

  
• New boss: Luminous Grand Slime, new enemies, items & more - Update Set 0.97.X
  August 24, 2021 by Cognitive Forge

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  #platformer, #roguelike, #roguelite, #Aura, #Worlds, #Gamedev, #Update, #Overhaul

  Hi everyone! Here are some of the new updates we've been working on New Boss: Grand Luminous Slime This one serves as an alternative boss in the Grotto of Guidance area. It might look slightly smaller... Continue reading

  
• Update Set 0.95.x - Quality of Life Improvements
  August 24, 2021 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelike, #platformer, #gamedev, #aura, #worlds, #update

  Hi everyone, Here are some of the changes for the update: Level Generation Updated algorithm for an increased variety of rooms in the: Grotto, Temple, and Ice worlds. Introduced faster and more thorou... Continue reading

  
• Happy Lunar New Year 🐂🏮 + Update sets 0.94.X & 0.93.x!
  February 15, 2021 by Cognitive Forge

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  #Aura of Worlds, #Lunar New Year, #Roguelike, #roguelite, #platformer, #gamedev

  Hi folks! We hope your feeling refreshed for 2021 and the year of the Ox! We have some more content for you! We have some bonuses for you during the festivities: You will have an extra 12% XP in each... Continue reading

  
• Ice world now available ❄️ - Update Set 0.91.x
  December 27, 2020 by Cognitive Forge

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  #christmas, #new year, #roguelite, #ice, #frost, #major update

  Hey everyone, We hope you're keeping well during the festive season! We are finally making the 4th area of the game available to play: Cold Crust Caverns Large open icy mountainous caves become intert... Continue reading

  
• Merry Christmas 🎄 🌟! Happy Holidays!
  December 25, 2020 by Cognitive Forge

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  #Christmas, #Festive

  Wishing you all the best this festive season! We'll have multiple updates for you in a couple of days... Continue reading

  
• The Cross Platform Update: Mac, Linux, DirectX, new 🎶 and more..
  May 15, 2020 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelike, #roguelite, #gamedev, #pixelart, #platformer

  Hi everyone, We’ve been enhancing the engine and adding support for Mac and Linux. Making the game available to people on different platforms has always been a critical goal with this project. We ar... Continue reading

  
• Update Set 0.82.X: Better Level Generation, Hub 2.0 and More! +Bushfire Appeal
  January 17, 2020 by Cognitive Forge

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  #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Update, #Procedural Generation, #Platformer, #Procedurally Generated, #Charity

  Hi everyone! We’ve been working on multiple enhancements and new features for you, over the past couple of months: New Hub Now almost double the size with far more polish than its predecessor. Added... Continue reading

  
• Update Set 0.80.57
  January 10, 2020 by Cognitive Forge

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  With Update 0.80.57, we have quite a few additions for you: The Hub: This starter world comes with portals to the various areas and crafting stations for: Cosmetics. Unlockables. Pets Starting Equipm... Continue reading

  
• Update set 0.79.x: Easy mode, pets, new ability + more outfits, audio 🎵...
  December 31, 2019 by Cognitive Forge

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  #dev, #roguelite, #aura of worlds, #roguelike platformer

  Introducing a new system of Pets These companions that will follow you around as you navigate the labyrinths of death and the realms beyond. As with most systems (starting gear/worlds/character backgr... Continue reading

  
• Update set 0.77.x
  December 31, 2019 by Cognitive Forge

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  Character Skins We don't judge people by their attire, race, background or... (and neither will the monsters...). Now you can choose your clothes and set your skin tone (which will otherwise be set ra... Continue reading

  
• Update Set 0.73.X
  December 30, 2019 by Cognitive Forge

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  New Abilities Enthral: Turn your opponents into temporary allies. Side Note: lighting was disabled for this GIF. Frost: Wrap your opponents in ice. New parallax backgrounds for the grotto Other mec... Continue reading
• Update Set 0.75.x
  December 30, 2019 by Cognitive Forge

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  With this new system comes 9 different player trait/passive ability sets which allow for further customization of play-style. These range from increased defence to gaining double jump & infinite wall... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.71.4
  November 25, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  New Abilities: Dashing : Sap of Weakness : The fluid derived from a rare plant can be used to lower the defence of your opponents. Mechanics: New Status effect. Chests can be carried to block projecti... Continue reading
• Permanent Progression Overhaul - Update 0.69
  September 23, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelike, #platformer, #roguelike platformer

  New items, sound effects, rewards for earlier players and an entirely new set of unlockable goods. New weapons / abilities Hammers, Chakrams, Temporal field... New XP system NOTE: This is done in... Continue reading

  
• Update of the beast 0.66.9.6.60
  July 22, 2018 by Cognitive Forge#roguelite, #roguelike platformer, #aura of worlds, #gamedev

  New enemy 1 - Giant blood bats Stronger, smarter, and immune to many of the tricks that worked on their smaller cousins New enemy 2 - Skeletal rangers Their lighter armor makes them considerably more... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.66.4.5
  July 16, 2018 by Cognitive Forge#roguelike platformer, #pixelart, #roguelite, #aura of worlds

  Equipped items are drawn on all humanoid characters!!! Small items are synced on the active hand's current animation (only hidden during special actions like dodge rolling) The larger weapons are draw... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.65.4
  May 30, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #roguelike, #platformer

  Hi folks! We've been listening to your feedback and suggestions over the past two weeks and have been updating the game accordingly :) Here's what's changed... Four New runes : Sharpness Shadow Reflec... Continue reading

  
• Steam Release + Early player bonus
  May 21, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #platformer, #roguelike, #steam

  Hi Folks, Thank you for your support so far. We've got some special rewards for players who've invested early. We've also been making quite a number of updates over the past couple of months as you'l... Continue reading
• Review Highlight: Gameranx
  May 11, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #press, #roguelite, #aura of worlds, #Gameranx

  Hi Everyone, We'd like to give a shout out to Katrina Filippidis and the rest of the team at Gameranx for an awesome article: http://gameranx.com/features/id/148398/article/aura-of-worlds-impressions-... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.61.12.5: Lighting, graphics and optimisations
  February 25, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #roguelike platformer, #platformer, #roguelike, #gamedev, #Aura of Worlds, #Lighting

  Hey folks; Here are the details for the latest updates :) Changes from 0.61.10 to 0.61.11: Upgraded lighting system. Much better path finding for the bronze knight. Two new potions. A new elite en... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.60.11.5 - New Potions; better loot and more...
  January 15, 2018 by Cognitive Forge

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  #roguelite, #roguelike, #roguelike platformer, #Update, #Gamedev, #IndieDev

  Hey folks :) For this update we've been working on a new system of potions, status effects, tweaks to items and lots of rebalancing. New potions for: Defence Blood Thirst Cloaking Improved the anima... Continue reading

  
• DoubleJump.Co: Aura of Worlds First Impressions
  December 27, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#press, #platformer, #roguelite, #roguelike, #article

  Hey folks :D, Hope everyone had a wonderful break over Christmas! We would like to thank the writers at DoubleJump.Co for creating a fantastic first impressions article on our roguelite. " Players... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.60.5 - Unique Boss items
  December 22, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#gamedev, #pixelart, #game, #roguelite, #roguelike

  Changes from 0.60.1 to 0.60.5 (19th of December): 3 new items: Each of them unique unique drops for an area boss... Player passive life regeneration has been nerfed. Bug fixes: Bouncing off skeleton f... Continue reading

  
• Aura of Worlds: Interview and Feature - GameCloud
  December 06, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#gamecloud, #press, #interview

  A huge thanks to GameCloud editor Patrick Warring for both writing about our roguelite and interviewing to members of our team (Anthony Liew and Jessica Turner) You can find the article here: https:/... Continue reading

  
• Checkpoint Gaming Feature: Aura of Worlds
  November 25, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#Press, #Media, #roguelite, #platformer

  Hi everyone :), Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Kieren Munn and the rest of the CheckpointGaming.Net team for their awesome article covering our rogue-lite platformer: "Aura of Worlds is 3... Continue reading

  
• PC Gamer Article: Most promising indies seen at PAX 2017
  November 20, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#media, #game, #pax

  Hi Folks, Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Shaun Prescott and Jody Macgregor for including Aura of Worlds in their top 10 list of games at PAX Australia. The other 9 have also had extensive... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.60.1 - targeting system upgrades...
  November 15, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#roguelite, #roguelike, #platformer, #gamedev

  Hi folks :D! Here's the detail of what we've been working on with the last update: Targeting system update: more opportunities to turn certain enemies against each other. Allies and rogue enemies can... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.59.10.5 - decapitation and more...
  November 11, 2017 by Cognitive Forge#roguelite, #update, #gamedev

  Firstly, we'd like to thank everyone for your support online; it helps immeasurably in staying sane during development :). Here are some details of the update that went out yesterday: Changes from 0.5... Continue reading

  
• Pixel Pop Network - Article Feature Focus – Aura of Worlds
  November 06, 2017 by Cognitive Forge

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  #press, #article, #pixel

  Hey everyone. Just wanted to give a quick shout out to the awesome folks at Pixel Pop Network for their feature article on our game :): http://pixelpopnetwork.com.au/2017/11/pax-australia-2017-focus-a... Continue reading

  
• PAX Australia 2017
  November 01, 2017 by Cognitive Forge

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  A huge thanks to everyone who checked out our game at PAX Australia last weekend. We were at booth 35, at the heart of the Indie Pavilion it was great to meet so many of you in person :) The event wen... Continue reading