Greetings, friends!

It's Ede again. I would like to use the coming weeks until the Early Access release of Soulslinger: Envoy of Death not only to tell you more about the most important characters of the game. Nope, I will also use the "The Loops of Limbo" to tell you more about the evolution of Soulslinger - from the idea to the Early Access release.

Let's get right into it with the very first issue "The Loops of Limbo #1: From Sci-Fi to Afterlilfe":

Back in early 2021, Soulslinger: Envoy of Death originally started out as a sci-fi roguelite. It would've been set in a mysterious cave on an alien planet and you would've descended deeper and deeper into the cave until finally you've uncovered all its secrets. The problem was that as soon as we started working on that game concept, Returnal was released and it looked eerily similar to what we were making, down to the dark sci-fi setting and mysterious story.



Our publisher and I started talking about what we could do instead and I clearly remember when the publisher said "okay, tell us your most unique idea". So I dusted off my notes and looked at all the game ideas that haven't been realized so far (or, in some cases, never will be) and I thought "hmm, this idea of a gunslinger in the afterlife, trying to find his lost love is something that could work well for a roguelike".



There were already some game mechanics worked out for that particular concept, so I've presented this idea to our publisher. The rest, as they say, is history. And part of the next issue of "The Loops of Limbo" in the upcoming week.

Stay tuned and talk to you then.
Ede out.


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