#LUNAR BLOOD

[midautumngame]

Unlike other roguelikes, Midautumn is designed to be more accessible to players who haven't played action games and actively encourages you to take hits, rather than mastering perfect dodging.

The core of Midautumn's combat system is built around Lunar Blood which acts as both your enemies' projectile attacks AND your ammo. These enemy projectile attacks don't cause direct damage. Instead you can absorb them as fuel for your own Lunar Blood-based attacks.

However, if you grab too much Lunar Blood or hold onto it for too long, it will become Lunar Rot which will then sap your health every time you dash, attack or get hit. You will need to collect and use fresh Lunar Blood to avoid taking damage.

But having a lot of Lunar Rot is not an automatic death sentence and can even be used to your advantage! For instance, stronger attacks cost more Lunar Blood to use. With Lunar Rot you will be able to do these stronger attacks more easily because you won't need to pick up as much ammo to meet their cost. Even if you have 99% Lunar Rot, you can stay alive by simply grabbing one more ammo and using lots of powerful attacks!

Of course there are also items to dispel the effects of Lunar Rot as well as Gifts from Spirits that can help you use Lunar Blood in ways that fit your strategy! Plus, additional accessibility options that let you adjust damage and difficulty so you can play how you want.

Try Midautumn for yourself in our free demo or buy on Steam / Itch!

[skullgrind]

LUNAR BLOOD - The Hammer (Unofficial Music Video)

Made for HEAVY TRAUMA 44

[onlyhurtforaminute]

LUNAR BLOOD-TERRORIST

[gaylactic-fire]

The Curse

Aka Hylia's favourite transmasc gets amnesia and forgets what periods are

[Part 2] [Part 3]

[cygnus-is-tired]

You know, having a lunar eclipse (also commonly called a blood moon) the day before the Ides of March feels a bit like a… omen. Wouldn’t you say?

[without-ado]

Full Blood Worm Moon l Rami Ammoun

[let-them-eat-rakes]

i choose to believe this is a symbol

[nortess]

the royal family wip🤟

[herestonow]

Worm Moon Total Lunar Eclipse 🪱

Bluesky

[emahriel]

08.04.24 – 14.03.25

[mouseshouses]

Moss mice, Blood moon

[mac-tirs]

the usage of different types of english in elden ring

most human/tarnished NPCs we meet, like rogier, ansbach, and nepheli, use late modern english:

"a sorcerer, as you might have guessed. i'm looking for a little something, here in the castle. when i'm not hotfooting it from the troops, that is." - rogier, first meeting "general radahn. a pleasure to see you, after all this time. but those remains do not belong to you." - ansbach, upon summon for PCR

but older demigods like messmer, ranni, and morgott use early modern english:

"thou'rt tarnished, it seemeth. mother, wouldst thou truly lordship sanction, in one so bereft of light? yet… my purpose standeth unchanged." - messmer, pre-battle cutscene "thou needst not indulge them unduly, but they too wish to appraise thy worth. it hath been a passing long time since a newcomer entered my service, after all." - ranni, after agreeing to serve her

then there are the younger demigods, like miquella, malenia, and potentially melina, who use a later variant of modern english, similar to the tarnished NPCs we speak to:

"if we honour our part of the vow, promise me you'll be my consort. i'll make the world a gentler place." - miquella, post-PCR cutscene "the scarlet bloom flowers once more. you will witness true horror. now, rot!" - malenia, phase 2 transition cutscene

finally, the hornsent NPCs like the hornsent, hornsent grandam, and the hornsent spirits such as the one outside the whipping hut, who use late middle english similar to the english found in shakespeare's sonnets:

"fie, another? ... then, as that woman would surely say, we are in our purposes well aligned. but understand. your kind are not forgiven. the erdtree is my people's enemy. by marika long betray'd, set aflame." - hornsent, first meeting "all your resentment lingers yet... the raw stuff from which i shall surely forge a curse. upon the dastard messmer's head. upon marika's children each and all." - scorched ruins hornsent spirit

i find it interesting how different the usage of english is in the game, and i feel that it can be a hint on how to properly date an individual's occupation in the lands between/land of shadow. the hornsent, being a people much older than many in the lands between, use the most archaic version of english, while the tarnished and younger demigods use a form of english more closely related to our own in the current period. older demigods (and marika herself, as heard from melina's recounts of marika's spoken echoes) use a form of english more closely related to the period of transition from middle english to early modern english.

additionally, another interesting thing to me: mohg is almost certainly nearly the same age as morgott (since they're referred to as twins), yet he speaks a little differently compared to morgott:

"tarnished, thou'rt but a fool." - morgott, post-battle dialogue "dearest miquella. you must abide alone a while." - mohg, pre-battle cutscene

this makes me wonder if it's possible that, assuming that miquella's verbiage is indicative of his younger age in comparison to the older demigods (aka the demigods born before the marika/radagon union), miquella's charm altered mohg's perception enough to also alter his manner of speaking and carrying himself in some way. if his pursuit of finery (dressing in embroidered robes and handling himself with poise, juxtaposing his bestial growls and strength) was mainly done in an effort to fit into miquella's ideal of a consort. of course, mohg could just be as vain as he seems to be all on his own accord, but i find that it's interesting to entertain the idea that even his current state of being was due to miquella's charm.

i'd love to hear what others think about this. i'm not very learned when it comes to english (it's not really my first language), but i find this all very cool to think about.

[onlyhurtforaminute]

LUNAR BLOOD-THE HAMMER

[pointandshooter]

Blood Moon, Lunar Eclipse

photo: David Castenson

[oxygenisachoice]

I stayed up late for the lunar eclipse and it put me in mind of Castlevania

[hazard-c-horror]

Blood Solar doodles!

Or Blood thirsty Solar in relation to my au/concept

I was so excited to see Blood Solar again. And it was everything I wish for, ye! Love the newest video so much! <3

Definitely have a lot of ideas and doodles running around in my head. Unfortunately, not enough motivation to continue the ask blog just yet, but who knows.

These doodles are mainly just me testing out characters design and poses. Playing around. While also giving a concept of Ruin trying to tame Solar