Hey, nerds. Still hard at work on my Zelda clone. Based on feedback from many different people, I've settled on a tentative title of Guardian Cry. I hope to have a playable demo with the Phoenix Temple out by the end of the year, which will require me to do a lot in a short timeframe, but so far I'm on track to pull it off.
The big silver emblem you see in the screenshot is how the player will track their progress through the game. On its surface are reliefs of the four Guardians - the Minotaur, the Gryphon, the Phoenix, and the Unicorn. Each time you defeat one of the Guardians and gain its ability, that Guardian's eye glows ruby on the emblem. In the pic none of the eyes are glowing, even though the player would have beaten the Minotaur and the Gryphon by the time they're in the Phoenix Temple - I wanted to show the emblem without any modifications.
Yeah, unfortunately, that would mess up the aspect ratio. Rooms are sized based on the screen space available with the UI bar on the left, so if I removed it I would have to enlarge all of the rooms.
Hopefully you'll be happy to know that the pause menu comes up instantly when the button is pressed.
Thanks! I'll be sure to post the demo here on Hexbear once it's done.