- Updates Notes For Jan. 12, 2025 - 12 January 2025
Added Vive Cosmos default controller bindings
- Update Notes for Jan 10, 2025 - 11 January 2025
Fixed a problem with one of the tutorial buttons.
- Happy New Year 2025 - Mythlink to Go Free! - 1 January 2025
Hello Everyone! Besides the embarrassing miss of the last update (which was originally supposed to be published in April of 2023!) things have been quiet in the Mythlink world. Given the state of things, there is an important announcement I would like to make around the pricing of Mythlink going forward. It's no question that the gaming world is in a bit of a slump right now. Game sales across the board seem to not be meeting expectations as development costs continue to rise, and the rise of AI has caused a massive shift in investments away from other technologies such as VR. The world economy also continues to struggle as people need to stretch their dollar further and receive less. As such, I am happy to announce that Mythlink will be going completely free starting roughly 1 week from today. The user base for VR is already small, and with such a competitive market, I would rather see…
- Enter: Duro - 1 January 2025
(This announcement was supposed to go live Apr 30, 2023 but was mistakenly held in a draft state-sorry!) Could it be? A new Mythlink announced out of the blue?! Well, not really, no. Duro is an honorary member of the Mythlink family, but is not truly a Mythlink himself. Which is a bit of a shame, because he is a vital part of every Mythlink Keeper's journey to become the best! Duro is everyone's favorite training buddy, providing an infinite source of practice to test out new abilities, loadouts, and just generally mess around while waiting for an online opponent. That's all well and good, but did you know Duro actually has an ability of his own? Let's go over it! Arguably the most powerful ability in the entire Mythlink universe..."Duro Regen"! Duro regen is a passive ability that triggers after 1 continuous second of not taking damage. It's effect? Well, it restores health to Duro at…
- Achievement Unlocked - 1 April 2023
No April Fools prank this year, instead just some new unlockable content in Mythlink, available now! That's right, after last month's addition of Steam community content to the game, it was time to round out the rest of the release and push out one more key piece of digital bling into the ecosystem. That is, of course, game achievements! A grand total of 15 achievements are now ripe for the taking within Mythlink. There is a healthy mix of challenge ranging from fairly easy to pretty difficult. Let's take a look at what these achievements entail, including a sneak peak into how to unlock the hidden achievements! These should be pretty self explanatory. Unlock each of the Mythlinks, get some killer high scores, and win some online matches. Simple enough, right? Right. But don't underestimate some of those score thresholds! While they are far from impossible, it will definitely take some…
- Update Notes for March 15, 2022 - 15 March 2023
Added 15 Steam Achievements
- Emoticons and Badges and Cards, Oh My! - 28 February 2023
New Steam update! This time around it's not about game content though, instead it's time to take some steps to integrate all of the neat features Steam has into Mythlink! If you read the release blog, you may have noticed that one of the "Level 1 Priority" adjustments was to add "Steam Achievements & Community Items". Well, half of that is done and Steam community items are now available for Mythlink! What are Steam community items? Steam community items are a collection of, well, items that you can get for playing games on Steam. Mostly they are granted automatically based on playtime of the game. They include things like trading cards which can be exchanged on a marketplace, or things that can be used on your account like badges, wallpapers, and emoticons! You get the idea, so now let's dive in and see what these items look like for Mythlink. Trading Cards There is one trading card fo…
- Update Notes for 2/12/2023 - 12 February 2023
Fixed a bug with the error message not showing up for certain screens when the game is run without VR...for real this time.
- Update Notes for 2/11/2023 - 12 February 2023
Updated the "VR Required" screen to support more resolutions
- Looking Forward and Looking Back, 2022-2023 - 1 February 2023
It’s that time once more, a quick retrospective on how last year went and what’s on the docket for the upcoming year! 2022 On this post last year, I was hoping to have had release the paid version of Mythlink, start a “fierce” marketing campaign, enter competitions, conventions, and so on. The big win here was that Mythlink was successfully released. Maybe not in 2022, but at least before this post was made, so I get partial credit. Mythlink has now been out for 11 days and it’s a great weight lifted to at least have it out in the wild. As for the fierce marketing campaign and entering competitions/conventions? Well…not so much. Although I did try marketing, it wasn’t as fierce as I had hoped because it’s extremely expensive. On top of that, I’ll be the first to admit that Mythlink is not the most stylish game. People will always tend to judge first on appearances and unfortunately it i…
- Mythlink Has Been Released! - 20 January 2023
That's right! After what, 5 years of development and then 2 (or was it 3?) tentative releases, Mythlink has finally been released! At a discounted launch price of $8.99 (normal price $9.99) the latest independently created VR game can be yours! The Full Retail Release of Mythlink includes the following: 3 completely unique Mythlink monsters to choose from, each with over 25 abilities. Unique VR monster battling system 6 different minigames, each with its own mechanic specially crafted to take advantage of roomscale virtual reality. 3 different stats to level up your Mythlink using the minigames above, each of which gives distinct advantages during battle. 1v1 PvP online play where players can battle other Mythlink Unities online using their very own custom battle loadout. Each Mythlink can bring up to 9 unique abilities into battle at once! An offline battle training mode to test out th…
- Player's Choice: 2022 Best Upcoming Indie - 28 December 2022
Just a quick post here to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who voted in the Indie DB indie of the year contest. Thanks to your support, Mythlink was voted as #10 best upcoming indie! Even reaching the top 100 completely smashed my expectations, but reaching the top 10 has left me speechless. You can check out all of the superb games who made the cut here: https://www.indiedb.com/games/mythlink/features/players-choice-best-upcoming-indie-2022 Again, a sincere thank you to all who voted. I look forward to the release on January 20th!
- Is Seeing Believing? - 23 December 2022
It's that special time of year again, my friends you see. Now gather 'round, so you may hear my decree. The Mythlink release date is announced for all to behold. And this time for real. Believe it! Tenfold! "But why should we trust this time around?" you cry. A fair response, I cannot lie. And no good reply, do I have for thee. But 'tis the season for believing, so give it a shot, for me? January twentieth, I say, with nothing up my sleeve. This time for sure, I dare not deceive. A new trailer we have, though only the date has changed. I've even got it here, linked and arranged. And so we come to the end, of this holiday story. Was it a bit annoying? or a fun allegory? Worry not my friends, for next time shall not be so wordy. Even for me, this is a little bit too nerdy. Hope you enjoyed this edition of the blog and thank you for a great year filled with both ups and downs! Next one wil…
- Indie DB: Indie of the Year 2022 - 12 December 2022
Welcome to a very special edition of the blog! Today I've got a call to action. I'm super happy to announce that Mythlink has made it to the finals (top 100) of the Indie DB Indie Game of the Year competition! HUGE thank you to everyone who voted in round one to get us this far. Cutting right to the chase...I need your votes once more! Use the link below to go to the page and vote. It takes 2 clicks, is free and easy to do. No registration required! While you're there, check out the other awesome games in the top 100. You can even use the image below to vote! Did you vote yet? Good. Are you still reading? In that case, check out these very impressive stats from the first round of the contest. The indie game community is clearly alive and thriving, I have personally played some of the games on the list and can say with confidence there is plenty of fun and creativity out there. That's it…
- Train. Battle. Become the Best. - 1 December 2022
Last month was a tough one with the delay of Mythlink's full release, but that doesn't mean the efforts have stopped! As mentioned in the last update, this month was focused primarily on the branding and visual appeal of the game through various storefronts. Let's start with the big one, Steam. What's new on Steam? Take a look for yourself! New main header logo! The boring font on black has been replaced with an action scene to help show what the game is more about. What better way to show that than with a battle and featurette of the 3 Mythlinks? Minorod charging towards Galest who just fired off some attack helps show the action-packed battle part of Mythlink. There's also the glove there to help show it's VR capabilities. Of course, we can't forget Urusagi, who sits to the right of the logo in an arms-up pose, as if to say "Hey, we're excited to see you!" In addition to that, I wante…
- Frightful Next Fest Results - 26 October 2022
Addressing the elephant in the room right off the bat, it's a bummer about the delay. No news yet about the next release date target. To give a sense of scope, I am pretty committed to prevent this effort going beyond May of 2023 unless I decide to take some big steps not currently planned. Let's get into the main topic for this month: the Steam Next Fest! Steam Next Fest took place earlier in October and takes place several times over the year. The event focuses on upcoming games to be released on Steam that have a playable demo. If you missed it, Mythlink took place in the Steam Next Fest this time around. I took full advantage of the Next Fest scheduling, which allows for games to also have up to 2 live streams where their game will be featured on the Next Fest main page. Now, I did make a mistake when scheduling the live streams. You are able to see the current schedule of the live…
- Mythlink: Release Update - 13 October 2022
"If you release this game as is, it will fail." A difficult thing to hear for a project you've worked so hard on for so long. Difficult, but necessary as well. As I sat on a call with a professional game marketer just 10 days before a release I had long been looking forward to, my head spinning from all of the mistakes he pointed out that I had made, the phrase began to sink in more and more. He had never even played my game and barely knew the title, but by the end of our conversation I started to wonder if there was a single thing I had done right on the presentation of the game. And the answer may very well have been "no". I like to think I'm at least not completely naïve and somewhat of a reasonable person, so none of the words were wasted on me. So blind, was I (and many others I'm sure), to just wanting to get the technical aspects of my game done that I had neglected arguably the…
- Mythlink: Steam Next Fest October 2022 - 30 September 2022
The last monthly blog post before the 1.0 release, just two weeks to go! What better way to get the hype train started than with a whole slew of marketing materials? The only question is where to start... Let's go with trailers! Two new trailers are available now for your viewing pleasure. First up, the fun and exciting release trailer: Next up, we have a narrated trailer which talks players through some of the mechanics of the game. I think both of those trailers turned out great and am very happy to have them represent the game. Now let's get into the information based on the title of this blog post, which is the Steam Next Fest! I won't bore you with all of the details of Next Fest, but in short it is a way for upcoming games to get highlighted within Steam. The catch is your game must have a demo...which Mythlink just so happens to have. With Steam Next Fest comes some some cool tem…
- Mythlink Steam Next Fest Broadcast #2 - 11 September 2022
The second live-stream broadcasting event for Mythlink! Come hang out, chat with the developer, and see the game being played.
- Mythlink Steam Next Fest Broadcast #1 - 11 September 2022
The first live-stream broadcasting event for Mythlink! Come hang out, chat with the developer, and see the game being played.
