First Cut

Devlog

• First Cut: Samurai Duel - Now Available on Steam
  January 17, 2024 by Drasnus

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  #release

  Hello everyone, First Cut: Samurai Duel is now available for sale on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2193490/First_Cut_Samurai_Duel/ The game will come to Itch.io sometime in the near future... Continue reading
• New Trailer, Release Date
  January 02, 2024 by Drasnus

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  #trailer, #release, #date

  Hello everyone, First Cut: Samurai Duel will be released on Steam on January 17th. Here's a new trailer: The game will release on Itch.io sometime soon after this, though I don't have a specific date... Continue reading

  
• New Footage: Beta 0.27
  August 28, 2023 by Drasnus

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  #beta, #footage, #video, #patch

  Hello everyone, just dropping in with some more gameplay footage: Since this mode is focused around being outnumbered I have added a couple of new features to help even the odds: corpses can now be pu... Continue reading
• New Footage: Beta 0.26
  July 23, 2023 by Drasnus

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  #beta, #premium, #scenario, #mission, #gameplay, #video, #footage

  Hello everyone, It's been too long since my last post on here so I thought it was time to show off some footage of the new game, coming to Steam and Itch.io. My apologies for not updating this page la... Continue reading
• Closed Beta on Steam
  April 14, 2023 by Drasnus

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  #beta, #test, #patreon

  Edit: The beta is closed for now. Thank you to everyone who signed up. Hello everyone, Today the beta version of First Cut: Samurai Duel is now available for just under $10 via Patreon. Patrons will g... Continue reading
• New Years' Check-in
  January 15, 2023 by Drasnus

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  #new year, #update, #news, #steam, #discord

  Hello everyone, this is just an update post for those of you following on Itch.io. The launch of the Steam page for the new premium version of First Cut has gone very well: https://store.steampowered... Continue reading

  
• Steam Page / Trailer
  November 14, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #steam, #trailer

  Hello everyone, As of a few minutes ago the new premium version of First Cut has a 'coming soon' page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2193490/First_Cut_Samurai_Duel/ This is a big milesto... Continue reading

  
• More News - Discord, Steam, New Footage
  October 21, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #news, #premium, #steam, #discord, #scrolling, #scenario, #singleplayer, #customization

  Hello, I'm back again with some more news and updates on the new premium version of First Cut, currently in development. First of all I made an official Discord: https://discord.gg/nkA8XhJXVt I put it... Continue reading

  
• Further Progress
  August 31, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #progress, #update, #premium, #features, #improvements

  Hello, I'm back with another progress update on the new premium version of First Cut. Apologies for taking so long as I have been working on a lot of little things at once and the game has been in a m... Continue reading

  
• Art Pass 3: Customisation and Death
  July 07, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #update, #progress, #art, #premium, #remake

  It's time for another progress update on the new premium version of First Cut, still in the works. I've been working on remaking the menu, starting with the player customisation screen. The UI visuals... Continue reading

  
• Art Pass 2 - Stances and Strikes
  April 24, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #animation, #game design, #update, #art, #premium

  It's been a long while since my last post so I thought it's time to update everyone on my progress with the new and improved premium version of First Cut. I have been implementing the new animations a... Continue reading

  
• Art Pass 1
  February 14, 2022 by Drasnus

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  #premium, #update, #animation, #character, #customization

  Just a general update on my progress towards the new premium version of First Cut. I've been recreating the character animations from scratch, and have now finished drawing all the original keyframes... Continue reading

  
• My Return
  November 29, 2021 by Drasnus

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  #update, #fix, #bugfix, #game speed, #fps, #blood

  Hello everyone, After a long period of inactivity I've returned to First Cut, with much thanks to my new benefactor who has provided some financial incentive and useful advice. It has come to my atten... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix
  November 02, 2020 by Drasnus

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  #hotfix

  I uploaded a couple of hot fixes today to fix some problems introduced in the new update: - Menu no longer resets to windowed on game restart - Fixed counters (counters are meant to skip frames to be... Continue reading
• October Update (version... whatever)
  October 31, 2020 by Drasnus

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  #update, #first cut, #gore, #fighting, #customization

  I just uploaded a new update finally. I started by fixing the player 2 character colours, sorry that was broken for so long. The game now saves both players customisation and colours automatically. I... Continue reading

  
• Update
  August 12, 2019 by Drasnus

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  #update, #shoving, #blood, #stage, #2019

  I have just uploaded a new build of the game. It contains a number of changes I worked on throughout this year. I've been very busy with university work these last few months so my apologies for the l... Continue reading

  
• Update: Sprites, New Stage
  October 26, 2018 by Drasnus

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  #update, #sprites, #blood, #stage

  In this update I added some extra frames of animation when the characters change stance. I think this goes a long way to making the game feel smoother. I also added an new indoor stage, with a new bl... Continue reading

  
• Small Update (river, scores,sprites)
  October 13, 2018 by Drasnus

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  #update, #sprites, #water, #score

  Apologies for the delay between updates. I started university again last month so I haven't had as much free time. In this update I added some extra frames of animation to the blocking/clashing sprite... Continue reading

  
• Small Update: Counters
  August 24, 2018 by Drasnus

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  #update, #save, #counters, #blocking

  A small update. Despite saying that I'd fixed the counterattacks in the previous update I realised that I hadn't properly, and that inputs were turned off during hitstop. I have overhauled counteratta... Continue reading

  
• New Update
  August 21, 2018 by Drasnus#update, #sprites, #blood, #AI, #background

  I just rolled out a new update. I added a few appearance options to the player select menu. You can now choose between a few hairstyles, a hat and some robe alterations in addition to the colour picke... Continue reading

  
• Some New Content I'm Working On
  August 06, 2018 by Drasnus

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  #content, #sprites, #arcade, #customization

  I've been working on some new content lately. Firstly, I've begun the early stages of an arcade mode in which you will fight multiple simple enemies on the way to a handful of bosses of increasing dif... Continue reading

  
• Small Update: New sprites and AI
  July 24, 2018 by Drasnus#sprites, #shading, #AI, #update

  I just uploaded a small update I've been working on. The sprites have been reworked to include some extra shading to fit in better with the more detailed backgrounds. I also added a few extra details... Continue reading

  
• New Update: Shoving, mouse controls and various tweaks
  July 12, 2018 by Drasnus#update, #shoving, #sprites, #mouse

  I just uploaded a new update: - You can now shove your opponent away by double tapping forward while holding the attack button. - Holding your attack lets you charge up your movement speed when you re... Continue reading
• Coming Soon: Mouse Controls
  July 07, 2018 by Drasnus#mouse, #controls

  The next update will contain the option to play with keyboard and mouse controls in addition to the current options. I think this will go a long way to improving the feel of the game for players who d... Continue reading

  
• Another Update Soon
  July 06, 2018 by Drasnus#shoving, #charging, #stage

  I've got some more changes incoming soon. I added the ability to shove opponents away as a way to interrupt their swings or make some space. This should go a long way to prevent players getting stuck... Continue reading
• New Update Released
  July 03, 2018 by Drasnus

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  #update, #dodge, #2018

  I just released a new update with some tweaks and new content. I have updated the main page with information about the new dodge mechanic plus more detail about the general game mechanics. There is a... Continue reading

  
• Impending Update
  June 30, 2018 by Drasnus

  I noticed this little game started getting more downloads lately and I figured it was about time I gave it some love. The game will now be compiled using the YoYo Compiler which should lead to perform... Continue reading
• Fixed Multiplayer
  October 16, 2017 by Drasnus

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  So at some point in the previous builds using 2 gamepads ended up breaking the game by spawning in too many players. I don't actually own a second controller so I had to find this out while testing at... Continue reading
• Tweaked Mechanics/New Stage
  October 15, 2017 by Drasnus

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  In this update I made it possible to keep walking slowly while holding your attack. I also added a new stage, and tweaked the AI... Continue reading
• Difficulty Settings
  October 14, 2017 by Drasnus

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  I just added a new update which includes difficulty settings for the AI. The original difficulty is now called 'duel'. I also added some music to the menu... Continue reading
• Tiny Update
  October 13, 2017 by Drasnus

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  Just fixing the player 1 brightness slider from going out of bounds... Continue reading
• Another Update
  October 13, 2017 by Drasnus

  Remade the menu. It's still basic but it works much better. You can now recolour the robes of both characters. I also added two snowy stages... Continue reading
• Small Update
  October 12, 2017 by Drasnus

  Just now I added support for keyboard controls. They can be selected from the menu by pressing left or right, but if no gamepad is found it will default to keyboard. If you keyboard controls are selec... Continue reading