Talented

Devlog

• Talented 0.10 Moves to Steam
  October 31, 2023 by TurtleFox Games#s 2D, #Cute, #Game Boy, #Pixel Art, #Retro, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Shoot 'Em Up, #Top down shooter, #upgrades

  Hello Talented Gamers! I'm sure most of you will have heard the news by now, Talented is moving to Steam and it's available today! As mentioned in our previous devlog we've replaced the itch.io versio... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #41 - Full Steam Ahead
  October 15, 2023 by TurtleFox Games#2D, #Cute, #Game Boy, #Pixel Art, #Retro, #Roguelike, #Roguelite, #Shoot 'Em Up, #Top down shooter, #upgrades

  Greetings Talented Gamers! Let's get the most exciting thing out of the way! I'm proud to announce that Talented will be launching on Steam on the 31st of October ! That's right, we chose the spookies... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #40 - Go Big
  September 29, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talented Gamers It's been a fortnight of Talent balance and reworks - so if that's your kind of thing you've got plenty to look forward to! Our focuses this time are Wizard and Warrior, but befo... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #39 - Recharging
  September 15, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  T is for Talented, G is for Gamers Since our last post we've been hard at work fixing some infamous bugs and performance issues in 0.9 and doing our first class balance pass on the Archer - which incl... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #38 - Setting The Tone
  September 02, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! It's been far too long since we've caught up, and there's a few new things i'm looking forward to share this time. Quick reminder - everything discussed in this devlog are chang... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #37 - Home Stretch
  August 04, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! Wow... What can I say except thank you for all of the amazing reception to our latest update. We've had over 6000 new players in just under two weeks, making this our most succe... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.9.26 - Nature's Bounty
  July 18, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  Greetings Talents one and all! Update 0.9 is finally here and it's slamming some mad b-balls with an overwhelming about of content, re-balancing, bug fixes and quality of life additions. Let's dive in... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #36 - Life and Death
  June 11, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talented Gamers! This past fortnight we've been working hard on even more Talent Packages and a brand new run end screen that includes some useful statistics on how your run went! Let's get to i... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #35 - Skill Issue
  May 27, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Epic Talents! We're well over half way through the content we planned for 0.9 - since we last spoke we've been experimenting with some things you might expect, but some you definitely won't! Let... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #34 - And Many More...
  May 12, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  #2D, #Game Boy, #Mushrooms, #Pixel Art, #Ghosts, #Pumpkins, #Roguelite, #Shoot Em' Up, #Shoot 'Em Up, #Retro, #Spooky, #Top down shooter, #Game boy, #bugs, #halloween, #new, #Spoopy, #game boy, #archer, #pixelart, #pumpkin, #retro, #rogue, #pixel art, #Spiders, #topdownshooter, #skill-tree

  Happy Birthday Talented Gamers! It's official, it has been 2 years since we first released Talented on itch.io and the response has just been amazing! We've had well over 10,000 people try it out, ton... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #33 - Fresh Roots
  April 30, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  #2D, #upgrades, #Roguelite, #roguelike, #roguelite, #Game Boy, #pixelart, #Retro, #Shoot 'Em Up, #Skeletons, #Spiders, #Mushrooms, #Spooky, #Spoopy, #skilltree, #skill tree, #skill-tree, #talents, #talented, #update, #new, #wizard, #warrior, #archer, #summoner, #topdownshooter, #pumpkin

  Greetings Talented Gamers! Time for another round of changes from the last couple of weeks of Talented Development. Here goes nothing... Fresh Routes Since moving Epic Talents deeper into the tree we'... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #32 - Shroomers Travel Fast
  April 16, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  #upgrades, #2D, #roguelite, #roguelike, #Game boy, #Pixel Art, #Retro, #Shoot Em' Up, #Skeletons, #Spiders, #Mushrooms, #Spooky, #Spoopy, #skilltree, #skill tree, #talents, #talented, #update, #new, #wizard, #warrior, #archer, #summoner

  Hello Talenters! Today we’ll cover some pretty exciting changes to the core gameplay loop of Talented, and show off a new addition to the game. As mentioned in the last Devlog, we really wanted to i... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #31 - First Impressions
  March 30, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Good Evening Talented Gamers! We hope you're enjoying the 0.8 update, we've seen yet another increase in players which is very exciting. After a hard earned week off we're getting back into the swing... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.8.22 - All Packaged Up
  March 19, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

  Never fear, Talented 0.8 is here! There are features upon features, so we will only give a brief summary of the major ones here, you can find a deeper dive into each in the Devlogs that lead up to thi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #31 - Echomancy
  March 14, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talented Gamers! It's been just over a month since our last update but - never fear, new information is here! In that time we've learnt the Echomancy talent and DOUBLED the number of talents in... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #30 - The Complete Package
  February 12, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Greetings Talentees! The final major feature of update 0.8 is being boxed up and we can't wait to hear what you think about everything we've stuffed in there! Before I jump into it, let's run over a c... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #29 - Quality AND Quantity
  January 15, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello high quality gamers! I'm back to completely overwhelm you with a huge dump of bug fixes, quality of life changes and balance improvements that are coming in the 0.8 update! I hope you like lists... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #28 - Choose Your Fighter
  January 02, 2023 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Classy Gamers! You wouldn't believe if I told you how close we are to another update already (so I won't), instead we're here to discuss one of the headline features of the 0.8 update: New Chara... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #27 - Gaining Elite Status
  December 16, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  [Hello] - Greet Talented gamers, gaining 10% increased development transparency. It's that time of celebration once again; Christmas a talented devlog. I may not have a beard but I do bring gifts comi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #26 - Mastery Comes at a Cost
  December 04, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello High Cost Talents! After a very, very productive few weeks on Talented I'm here to drop some news on the direction of the core combat, difficulty system and some changes to features that have be... Continue reading

  
• A look to the (near) future
  November 17, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  #Roguelite, #roguelike, #2D, #Pixel Art, #Top down shooter, #skill tree, #upgrades, #Retro, #rogue, #shoot 'em up, #talent-tree

  Hello Talenters! Since our latest update, we’ve seen a huge influx of players. We’ve officially reached over 7,000 browser plays, with 4,226 of them in the last few weeks! There’s been some grea... Continue reading
• Update! Talented 0.7.13
  October 29, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  #upgrades, #update, #roguelite, #pixelart, #2d, #retro, #talenttree, #halloween, #pumpkin, #shootemup, #skill tree, #top down shooter, #game boy

  The update we’ve been talking about for months is finally here! Below is a compiled list of every single change that has been implemented into the game since April. If you want to see more informati... Continue reading
• What’s that coming over the hill, is it an update?
  October 13, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  #upgrades, #talent trees, #roguelite, #rogue, #2d, #retro, #skill tree, #shoot 'em up, #top down shooter, #pixel art, #update, #bugs

  Well, nearly. It’s been a few weeks since our last Devlog, Talenters, but we’ve been working super hard on the final stretch of bug fixes and changes before we release the next update. I’ll begi... Continue reading

  
• A Helper's Dying Breath...
  September 15, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  #roguelite, #pixelart, #upgrades, #skilltree, #retro, #topdownshooter, #shoot 'em up, #talent tree, #2d, #Game Boy, #Ghosts, #Pumpkins, #Spooky, #Spoopy, #Spiders, #Skeletons

  Hello Talented Gamers! (and people who have just stumbled upon us…hi!) We’ll jump right into it with a new feature coming to the game in the next update. Combo Meter: The combo meter will be avail... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #22 - Knowledge Is Power
  August 24, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  #Pixel Art, #skill-tree, #Shoot 'Em Up, #Roguelite, #Top down shooter, #talent-tree, #2D, #Retro, #Game Boy, #upgrades

  Hello again people who also enjoy randomly generated talent trees and lil’ blobs (too long?) Before getting into what we’ve been working on the last couple of weeks, I just want to draw attention... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #21 - Into The Unknown
  August 10, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! I'm Bri and I'm going to be writing the Talented Devlog going forward! I'm really excited to join the development team and I can't wait to update you with all of the new feature... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #20 - Branching Out
  June 06, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! Long time no speak. Although we've been silent for a couple of months now - we've still been working away at the next update. I'm pleased to announce that this time we will be w... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.6.12 - Underground Atmosphere
  April 12, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! It's what everyone has been waiting for! The 0.6.12 Talented release is here, and there's a ton of new stuff. New Environment As mentioned in our devlogs we've completely revamp... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #19 - Digging Deep
  April 04, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! Lots more to share from the Talented Dev Team this time. We are preparing to bring you the next big update in a couple of weeks, which will really polish the gameplay experience... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #18 - A Whole New World
  March 21, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! Some big changes to Talented are coming up in the near future, and we have been working hard over the past two weeks to bring them to you. Today we will focus on some really nic... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #17 - Experimentation
  March 06, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! This past couple of weeks we've been experimenting with all kinds of new features, some of which have been suggested by the community! So let's get right into those. A lot of th... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #16 - Day and Night
  February 20, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Greetings Legendary Talents! We've been hard at work on the next Talented update and I'd like to show you some of the progress we've made! Time Panel This week we tackled the time panel, completely re... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #15 - Spicing Things Up
  February 13, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Greetings Talented Summoners! It's been a couple of weeks since the 0.5 update and we're so thankful for all of your feedback and suggestions. We've had a much bigger community response across the boa... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.5.8 - Swift Shadows
  January 29, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talentees! It's finally here, after 160 days, a new update for Talented! New Summoner Class Our fourth class, The Summoner, can conjure his own army to defeat the hordes of the Talented dungeon... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #14 - Summoner Finishing Touches
  January 23, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Damage Up Talents! Just a small update this week as I've mostly been bug fixing, polishing and balancing ready for the 0.5.X release. Here's some highlights: Cannot Purchase Talent Bug I think I... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #13 - Team Building
  January 08, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Elite Traits! I come to you on this brisk January day with news of those who seek to be your ally. You heard correctly, with the new Summoner Class you won't need to fight the hordes of the Tale... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #12 - For The Veterans
  January 03, 2022 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Legendary Talents! As promised, the time between devlogs has been slightly reduced! I've had a little more time to work on Talented over the holidays, so on top of my work on the new Summoner Cl... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #11 - Summoning Something New
  December 29, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! It's been a while and after I nice long break I'm finally back with an update to development on Talented. (It has been happening, I promise!) I won't make you wait a second long... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.4.11 - Elite Strength
  August 22, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented People! I'm proud to announce that update 0.4.11 is now live! While it's arriving a little later than I expected, I'm still extremely proud of what Ryue and myself have accomplished in... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #10 - Itch.io and Saves
  August 14, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Gamers! While gameplay development on 0.4.X is completely wrapped up. I won't be able to release today sadly as I've found a last minute annoyance in the way Itch.io handles save data!... Continue reading
• Devlog #9 - EVILLL
  August 08, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello NOOBS Mwahahaha , I've spent most of this week adding delightfully EVIL new features to Talented that will DESTROY even the most experienced gamers! Blank Talents As the Mastery Level cap climbs... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #8 - Ruining My Game
  July 31, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Skill Points, Quick update this week as a lot of my focus has been on improving the underlying basic attack system to make abilities and talents combo together more easily moving forward (which... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #7 - Stabby Stabby
  July 25, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talentees! IT'S TOO HOT (or it was at least). Now that's out of the way, let's talk about what's been happening with Talented this week. The Warrior Charges into Battle! I've been hard at work f... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #6 - Elitism
  July 18, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello Talented Folks! Development of 0.4.X is well on the way, and I want to start by giving you a quick overview of the new Enemy Elite Traits system and a few core gameplay changes that will be comi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #5 - Next Steps
  July 10, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Damage Up Talents! First things first I'd like to thank everyone who tried out 0.3.9! I'm so thankful for everyone who's shared their thoughts and feedback, or even just booted up the game for a... Continue reading
• Talented 0.3.9 - Class and Mastery
  July 04, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hey Talented Gamers! After just over 1.5 months I'm finally ready to drop 0.3.9, with all of the promised Class, Mastery and Traity (??) goodness. As well as a ton of bug fixes, UI changes and even a... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #4 - Makeover
  June 27, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Legendary Talents! This week was very much a week of polishing, and upgrading visuals. So let's jump right into it! I can finally reveal the new look for the Archer, our long range, quick attack... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #3 - Pre-Game and Progression
  June 20, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talentees! After a slower couple of weeks, with some much needed rest, I've been pushing forward at full speed with the 0.3.X update for Talented. The class system is really starting to take sha... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2 - It Takes Class
  May 30, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  #2D, #Game Boy, #Pixel Art, #Retro, #Roguelite, #Shoot 'Em Up, #skill-tree, #talent-tree, #Top down shooter, #upgrades

  Hello Talented Players! Very cool to see continued interest in the game and gather all of your feedback, please keep it coming! The Discord is the fastest way to get your questions about the game answ... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1 - Levelling Up The Game
  May 23, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

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  Hello Talented Gamers! After an amazing first week with hundreds of people playing the game and thousands seeing it, I'm a little nervous to take the next step forward and dive back into designing and... Continue reading

  
• Talented 0.2.3
  May 17, 2021 by TurtleFox Games

  Hello! I'm Vorstave, lead (only) developer on Talented! Talented is a for fun, side project that I like working on in my free time and today is the first time I've published it to the cold, unforgivin... Continue reading