Hi everyone!

I've been studying Castlevania lately, and making the levels without the enemies has become a bit of a pain since I prefer to have something visual (and honestly any excuse to animate things is always a good thing for me). That's why I'd like to show you two enemies that will appear in BsB:

·Eyecoustic: pesky little creatures that feed from terrible music. Easy to deal with as long as you are not jumping towards a pitfall.

·Chestnut: huge human-like creatures that have their face localized entirely within their torso. They throw mallets as their main line of defense against foes.

Same as Castlevania, I'd like to showcase different mythological creatures in the game with some twists just to add a bit of fun (and avoid potential lawsuits from Konami obvs). Eyecoustic is inspired by the Chonchon, a Mapuche flying beast that used to be a wizard's head that flew with its ears.

source: Bitterfly (Castlevania wiki)

Meanwhile, Chestnut is none other than one of my favorite mythological creatures of all time: the Blemmyes. They were rumored to be a community of people without necks that had their faces on their chest. This nowadays shows that perhaps the folks who saw them for the first time actually saw apes, but it's still a wonderful design for an enemy.

Source: Nuremburg Chronicle, Wikicommons

And those were two of the regular enemies that Baldomero Carrasco, last of the Carrasco Clan, will have to face in order to reach the villa of Lord Barren and defeat him once and for all. Yes, everything will be wood or wood related puns. No, you can't stop me.

Sorry if you were expecting a bigger update, but after tweaking all the mechanics and events there's really not much to show that makes me go "OH WOW THIS IS AWESOME" (I'll post more references if you like the format though!).

Tune in next time with the design of the first level and a small sneak peek of what you'll see on it.

Have a nice weekend!

-Ray