KazaK (Demo) v2.9.7

(Also available on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1858200/Kazak)

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★★★WELCOME TO BEAUTIFUL KAZERA!★★★

KAZAK is an RPG inspired by the 90s, with battles inspired by the Mario & Luigi RPG series.  There are no random encounters, with enemies being visible on the map and you can interact with them to gain an advantage in battle.  There are 3 playable characters, each with unique strengths and weaknesses.  Equip up to 4 skills per character to use in battle.  Each skill has advantages and disadvantages such as raising or lowing stats, and enemies have weaknesses themselves that can be exploited.  There is no MP!  Battle revolves around the mana gauge, inspired by the fighting game genre.  Attack or successfully avoid attacks to build meter and defeat your foes with super moves, while keeping their mana meters down or else you'll be vulnerable to a foe's super move.

The game has an unorthodox structure for RPGs, with a level select, allowing players to choose their own path through 15 stages, leading up to the final confrontation that will be altered depending on the route taken.  New Game Plus will allow for almost everything acquired during the previous playthrough to be brought over for another go at a different route and ending.  Completing certain levels can also have effects on later levels on a path.

★★★HOW TO PLAY★★★

In battle, each character has a unique button assigned to them, called the action button.  This button is essential to survival!  When an enemy goes in for an attack, you can DODGE with the action button!

If you aren't smart about your reactions and timing, you'll take a hit and can be afflicted with nasty status effects!

Some enemy attacks require you to deflect them, which often times does damage to the attacker!

Deflecting will leave you vulnerable for a few seconds afterwards though, so make sure you don't miss!

There can be other unorthodox situations where you need to hit the action button, so stay alert!

★★★READY?★★★

Current Demo build is a work in progress.  This is purely a gameplay demo and is not indicative of the story of the full release.

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*Please turn off sticky keys before playing this game!*  (If that is still a thing...)

This game is playable on keyboard, but a controller is recommended!

Keyboard/Gamepad (Xbox button layout listed) Controls: 

ARROW KEYS - move/navigate menus/Arrow Minigames in battles

ENTER/A - Select/Grab/Talk to follower/Mash Battle QTE/Maylee Jump or Defend

SHIFT/X - Dash/Yuuzal Jump or Defend

A/Y - Ruby Jump or Defend/Open Menu (Controller Only)

C/LB - Jump (Map)

SPACE/RB  - Shoot (Map)

START - Open menu on Map

TAB/SELECT - Swap follower

X/B - Exit menu/Open Menu on Map

In battle, LB/PageUp: Omni Jump (all characters will jump at once, if they aren’r already)

In battle, RB/PageDown: Emergency Block (All characters will guard but cannot jump or deflect against that enemy skill for the rest of the turn)

In battle, party members can be controlled with several different keys, but A,S,D is recommended.  

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If you encounter any bugs/issues, please let me know either here or @KazakProject on Twitter (X?  Whatever it's called).  Follow @KazakProject for more updates on game progress!  

Estimated release date of full game: "A rushed game is forever good or something like that.  I made Metal Gear and Konami still fired me, can you believe it" - Hideo Kojima

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If you experience any glitches, please ensure you have the most up to date version!  

Current Version:

2.9.7

• Performance enhancements.
• Title screen more accurately reflects version number
• Actors should no longer jump or swing during win animations
• Fixed bug with 2Pack that would add the crush property to every skill, causing Neklaws to react like they were weakened every time
• Removed a few enemies that had dickish placements in Airship
• Added new antepiece to teach jumping over obstacles in Airship

KNOWN BUG(S) THAT ARE ALREADY FIXED FOR NEXT PATCH: 

• Amanita’s poison mist attack causes other enemies to become invisible.  
• Neklaw's dying via having their grab attack countered, causes them to become a permanent statue on the battlefield.
• Pinbird's do not properly apply the flight state after being hit while lodged in the ground due to a quirk with the "remove by damage" box being unreliable.

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