Here's a few works-in-progress as promised! Still needs a lot of work, namely the feet on the Oni.

(Export settings were different - got the frame rate wrong I think!)

Been a while since have updated this -

And an old gif - combat is even more brutal and gory now :p
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/B94ollAIUAEa3zu.mp4

Thought I'd post a recent gif showing off the current state of the game, really loving all the stuff I can do with spine (although my actual animating skills need improvement!)

Freidenker01 wrote

There's just one thing that makes me skratching my head... why is the flame of the torch dark? Sdhouldn't it be bright as it even seams to be the lightsource?

That's a very good point! I think the only answer I have for you is because it looks good

For anyone interested, there is a playable demo of the game available at http://risingsunstudios.co.uk/dawn-of-the-ronin-demo/

It is mainly for our IGF submission so there isn't a whole lot of content right now, but will give you an idea of how the final game will play

Shiu wrote

I really like the style of this game. Where did you draw your inspiration from? The excessive blood reminds me of Ninja Scroll

Thanks!

The inspiration was mainly from a fascination with Samurai, nothing too special there, but I did try and watch a lot of shows and movies for "research", including Ninja Scroll, Ran, Seven Swords, whatever I could find :-)