We've been hard at work on Elsie but we wanted to check in to share some awesome news. We’re super excited to announce a second playable character for Elsie! Joining the battle is Andru, a melee-based character with a bespoke suite of bladed weapons and power augments. Whilst he has a similar base movement kit to Elsie, such as dash attack, dive and bounce, his gameplay really diverges when it comes to his weapons and augments. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40102015/01ea5a8f2ed9b6d1d857cd20d9af2f7b835e591a.gif[/img] For the moment, Andru’s suite of weapons include a variety of elemental swords, claws, and ghost blades, all with different play styles, abilities, and effects. His starter weapon, the base katana sword, is the first weapon available to him, much like Elsie’s starter pistol and lets Andru perform a neutral 3 attack combo. Every class of weapon has a base weapon, and 3 elemental weapons similar to Elsie. Each type of elemental weapon has a different play style and feel, including different types of combos, different attack speeds, and distinct effects that open up a slew of gameplay possibilities. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40102015/8122427b1ec851ae06c5f37c92dc82c9b53bca63.gif[/img] Being a melee character, we have created a new set of augments specific to Andru. We wanted to highlight his particular abilities, and give him some unique powers, such as shadow stepping, kunai power ups, to compliment his melee arsenal. His augment kit is still deep in the works, but we’re excited to see how everyone builds their Andru in runs. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40102015/69fdff4077c3766405075855a32e7f431a5a50fa.gif[/img] A bit of story on Andru. While we are still developing his backstory, he is meant to be sort of a proto-guardian in the wharf. Build before the other guardians, and Elsie. He was build with different technology, towards the beginning of the Wharf’s existence, which would explain why he did not get taken over by the same issue that plagued the later guardians. Early in the game, Elsie does not know of Andru’s existence, and will run into him through the runs, until we unlock him as a playable character. Andru has been out on a long mission investigating the destabilization of the planet Ekis, even before the other guardians were created. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//40102015/607eae9d5d68620dfaf4956aa6603798132255c1.gif[/img] Be sure to let us know what you think of Andru and our brand new key art too!