Survival Devlog #5: The Jungle Update & Alpha Boss

This is the big update right before our alpha release for Stardance! Finished all the combat stuff from last devlog’s WIP, added the new Jungle biome, tier 7 verdant steel, potion brewing, and the final boss for the alpha: Kro’Gath.
BTW I have been gone for a long time, and I may have repeated some things, so please bear with me!
Added since last DEVLOG:

• NEW JUNGLE BIOME:
  • • Toxicity bar that builds up from the green fog and poisons you if it hits 100% (stops natural health regen and deals steady damage)
  • • Mud pools that cut your movement speed by 40%
  • • Solid vine blockades you have to slice through with a sword to get through
  • • Jungle herbs, jungle spores, and Verdant Ore
• NEW ALCHEMIST TABLE & POTIONS:
  • • Alchemist table crafted at the workbench with wood and slime gel
  • • Antidote (resets toxicity back to 0%)
  • • Healing Potion (instantly restores +40 hp)
  • • Adrenaline Elixir (+35% speed boost to run through mud)
  • • You can drink them by selecting them in your hotbar and left clicking
• NEW TIER 7 VERDANT STEEL GEAR:
  • • Verdant ore requires a Cobalt pickaxe or higher to mine
  • • Verdant Armor (80% defense and makes you completely immune to jungle poison)
  • • Verdant Sword (lifesteals +2 hp back on every hit)
  • • Verdant Pickaxe (super fast swing speed)
• NEW JUNGLE ENEMIES:
  • • Giant Hornets (flying mob that hovers away and shoots toxic stingers)
  • • Venus Spore-Traps (hidden turret plant that opens up and shoots 3 needles when you get close)
• FINAL ALPHA BOSS: KRO’GATH, THE PRIMORDIAL CORE:
  • • Phase 1: rooted in the center with an impenetrable siphon shield that absorbs all sword hits and heals him. You have to dodge needle barrages and mine down the 2 Siphon Conduits using your pickaxe
  • • Phase 2: his armor shatters and he uproots! Flies around chasing you down ignoring mud, shoots 5 needle fans, and does a fast charge attack that you have to perfect parry to stun him
  • • Soft enrage at 25% hp where toxicity starts rising automatically
  • • Big boss health bar at the bottom of the screen
• QOL & DEV TOOLS:
  • • Smooth mouse wheel scrolling for the crafting panel (clamped at 500px)
  • • Press (backquote) to open the cheat console for testing (spawn krogath, give, heal, mobs count monitor)

Next Steps(Short term):

• Shipping the Stardance Alpha build!
• Setting up GitHub pages web version so people can play in browser + desktop .exe download
• Adding audio, sfx, and background tracks(maybe not in stardance)

I wish I could’ve done more for this project, but I simply id not have the time. I hope to transfer this game to a REAL game engine and hopefully make it into something im proud of. For now, here is the game that I have achieved for stardance, and thank you to everyone who tries my game.

**Showcase: **