Nikki Kalpa

@kalpasoft.bsky.social

Icon by @gorefont.bsky.social Grotesque game developer. Working on They Speak From the Abyss Wishlist They Speak From the Abyss: Zenith https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393290/They_Speak_From_The_Abyss_Zenith/?beta=0 They/Them🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

I played Spectral Tower recently. I have a way more feelings about it than I probably should have for what kind of game it is. I made it to about a quarter of the way through Queenrose Tower and thought "Okay, I think I get it."

Screenshot of the game Spectral Tower for the PlayStation.

A corridor that stretches into the distance. A tipped over table with a silly face dances in the center. The creature's name is "Bed Golem"
On the left side, there's an array of dice. Each side is being shown from 1 to 6. 1 is marked with a star, 2, 3, and 4 are marked with a circle and 5 and 6 are marked with X
There's a UI box with the portrait of the player in the top left. The text reads
"
ニーキ
クレリック
17/30
ベッドゴーレム
ベッドゴーレムだScreenshot of the game Spectral Tower for the playstation.

A corridor that stretches into the distance. goblin silly holds a wooden bat in the center. The creature's name is "Goblin"
On the left side, there's an array of dice. Each side is being shown from 1 to 6. 1 is marked with a star, 2, 3, and 4 are marked with a circle and 5 and 6 are marked with X
There's a UI box with the portrait of the player in the top left. The text reads
ニーキ
クレリック
20/30
鬼: レベル 5
ゴブリン

戦う
必殺技Title screen for Spectral Tower on the PlayStation. 
Text reads:
つづき
始めから
設定Screenshot of the game Spectral Tower for the Playstation.
It's a dungeon map with panels on the grown that have symbols written on them. the main character sits on top of one of the panels.
There's a UI box with the portrait of the player in the top left. The text reads
ニーキ
クレリック
30/27

I know there's more baffling, but what comes to mind is one time someone went on a giant rant about how my game could not be beaten because it "Wasn't designed to be beaten" And "Enemies just come out if nowhere, Skyler can't catch a break."

S R Jones @aegisimmemorial.bsky.social · last mo.

If you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.

Now that the game is nearly done, we're going to be putting out a final demo update in the next couple of days that fixes a lot of the issues with the build that's currently up. The main fixes include balancing and fixing some items and skills that didn't work. We also added a full combat log.

Now that the game is nearly done, we're going to be putting out a final demo update in the next couple of days that fixes a lot of the issues with the build that's currently up. The main fixes include balancing and fixing some items and skills that didn't work. We also added a full combat log.

I combined all 22 of the Shin Megami Tensei fan models I've finished over the years into one image. With the exception for Strawberry Frost, who was lost to time. Demon names and games they're from are in the alt text.

An image containing a series of creatures from the Megami Tensei series.
From Left to Right:
Cunhur (Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers)
Culebre (Devil Summoner)
Shax (Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers)
Mussie (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment)
Spartan (Shin Megami Tensei 2)
Imp (Shin Megami Tensei)
Mobius (Shin Megami Tensei)
Nekomata (Shin Megami Tensei 2)
Heroine (Shin Megami Tensei)
Wyrm (Shin Megami Tensei)
Apsu (Ronde)
Todomeki (Devil Summoner)
Zeed -Angel- (Devil Summoner)
Stymphalides (Devil Summoner)
Andromeda (Shin Megami Tensei 2)
Gaap (Shin Megami Tensei)
Sargatanas (Megami Tensei 2)
Spider (Shin Megami Tensei 2)
Taotie (Devil Children)
Aerophant (Devil Summoner)
Death Rider (Shin Megami Tensei)

Anyway! They Speak Zenith playtests have been going very well. There was a nightmare bug that we had to work through that set things back like, two months. But it's mostly taken care of now. Now that things are functioning as normal again, it seems like things are going 🎇okay🎇