Soul Blaze [Dreamcast]
A downloadable game
Soul Blaze is a fast-paced mini-game designed to showcase the power and flexibility of the Spiral Game Engine on the Dreamcast, which is currently under development.
Step into the sneakers of Rhyo, a young martial artist on a heartfelt mission: find the rare flownder so his mother can bake a special cake for his grandfather. But the peaceful Soul Blaze village is no longer what it once was.
Mechanical crabs have invaded the land, turning every path into a battleground. To succeed, Rhyo must explore every corner of the village, master his martial arts skills, and speak with the locals to uncover clues about the mysterious flownder's wherabouts.
Punch, kick and combo your way through waves of robotic enemies inspired by the golden age of Sega action classics, until you finally confront the colossal guardian of chaos: Master 'crabby' system!
A mechanical nightmare forged from ancient arcade power and crab fury.
Will Rhyo restore peace to the village, or be crushed by steel claws? Is up to you!
Go now fearless explorer!
Controls:
Credits:
- Art and design by Rogerio Perdiz
- Game engine and programming by Miguel Angel Alosete
- Soundtrack composed by Subin Karkani
Change log:
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Stunning visuals in this one. Will be keeping an eye on Spiral Engine for sure!
Thanks! :D
Thank you! :D
Hey @DarkPath - I left a comment on the Dream Disc '25 page for Soul Blaze, but I thought I'd leave one here too. I'm actually having a problem getting the demo to start.
It gets stuck on the Title Screen. It says "Press Start" - but nothing happens. I've tried it on my Dreamcast (using MODE) and also on a couple of emulators. But they all get stuck on the Title screen. The music and stuff is playing, so I don't think it's crashing. But it's not registering any button press.
Do you know if there is a bug? Or am I somehow doing something wrong?
Cheers.
Hi, that's very strange. I've tried it on Flycast now and it works fine. I'll try it on my console as soon as I can. Did you download the .cdi file? Or the zip file?
@DarkPath To answer your question, I downloaded and tried both.
BUT I managed to get it working. It's weird though, I had to use my RetroFighters Wireless controller on my Dreamcast.
I originally tried 3 official Dreamcast controllers. They work on every other game (official and homebrew). But didn't work on this.
But the wireless RetroFighters did work! Really not sure why 🤷
But awesome demo! Great to see what could be possible in future for indie games! 😎👏👏
Thanks! I'm glad it finally works for you and that you were able to try it out. Maybe some controls aren't compatible, but the original version should be. In any case, I've uploaded a new version—I don't know if you've had a chance to try that one yet.
Hello!
I have a standard Dreamcast with the factory GD-ROM drive.
On it, the menu loads in about 10 seconds, and after pressing Start the game takes around 80 seconds to load. After that it runs fine.
Redream has issues and seems to fail to run the game.
Flycast (default settings) runs the game, but the FMV becomes sluggish and the shadow volumes turn pitch black and show some bugs.
Flycast with a real Dreamcast BIOS loaded has been reported to run the game just like on a real Dreamcast.
I was about to test it with DreamShell, but my TV malfunctioned, so I’m not sure about that one yet.
You’re the first person trying it using MODE 🙂 So I guess it might be suffering from the same issue as Redream.
@Rogério Perdiz I managed to get it working. But it's weird, only a specific (unofficial) wireless controller seems to work on my Dreamcast. I replied to DarkPath above in full.
But to answer your question re. Emulators. I tried ReDream and NullDC. Both failed to register my controller presses.
Though the emulators themselves did register the controllers. Like I can navigate the ReDream menus with the controller, but it fails to play the game.
I've never used Flycast. I'll try that in future. But, as I say, I got it working now🥳
Great demo btw! I know it's not fully finished yet but really cool to see what could be possible 😎🤘
That's awesome news! Thanks for the update.
Yesterday I gave a try to the most recent version and now it runs on ReDream... in fact it runs a bit too well. The game is locked to 30 FPS, but in ReDream runs at 60 FPS 😆
Shadow volumes and .roq fmv still don't work but that is not a problem on our end, only the emulator guys that can solve it.
Thanks, you're a pal! :) Have a great time!
Awesome news and great looking project! 💕👌
Thanks! :D
Thanks SEGASKY! :)
Hope you have a Blast playing it!
Wow, this game looks amazing! I’m downloading it right now to try it out on real hardware. By the way, the Spiral game engine looks really powerful. Where can I get it or buy it? I’m interested in trying it out and creating things on the Dreamcast.
Hello Mr. Backware™! Nice to meet you!
Thanks! We’re really happy the game left a good impression on you! 🙂
The Spiral Game Engine is still in development. As you can see, it’s already working well and has quite a lot of features, but it still needs some work before being ready for the public. Miguel, the creator of Spiral, really wants to make sure the first release is solid and polished.
Stay tuned! 🙂
I'm glad you like it! Yes, the idea is to publish it for free when it's ready, but there's still some work to be done before it can be made available.
Hey it's me Subin... gonna checkout soon.
Hope you have a great time playing it Subin!
Thanks for your awesome work! Sounds like a Dream! :)
Enjoy! I hope you like It :)