[h1]Hey all![/h1] How have you been? How are your family and friends? How's the thing you've been working on? Have you finally looked into that other thing? This month, we had a thought to go over one of the core, yet unique battle mechanics of Cricket: Jae's Really Peculiar Game: [b]The Tide Meter![/b] [h2]What is the Tide Meter?[/h2] As you fight, and land your hit timings, you will gain [b]Tide Meter[/b], which can be used to: [list] [*] Boost your attacks [*] Enable team attacks [*] Slow down time and make blocking / parrying enemy attacks easier [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38500927/cdd1e5a5201b323e5b4b0d25161f16b27adcd2e6.gif[/img] Boosted attacks do more damage, make status effects last longer, and make status effects more likely to take effect! You will wanna utilize [b]Tide Meter[/b] to make battling in Cricket far easier, it's rough going out there! It can really get you out of a bind or force the enemy into skipping turns, and the like! [u][b]Be careful though, enemies can use Tide Meter too[/b][/u]! If you NEED to use meter now, you can overspend on your turn, but be careful, that gives the enemy [b]FREE METER[/b]! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38500927/64373b741b8f1c5ac27adaa4e8a41e43c8910362.png[/img] We look forward to releasing the game to you all on 8/15, and to seeing your thoughts on the [b]Tide Meter[/b]! Got questions for us? Comments? Feel free to comment in this post or discuss on the Community page here on Steam! You can also follow us on [url=https://twitter.com/StudioKumiho]Twitter[/url]! Or if you're on the [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@studiokumiho]Tiktok[/url] thing. If you ever wanna talk with us directly, the best way to do that is on our [url=discord.gg/S27AwBFGjw ]Discord[/url]! [u][b]And of course, if you haven't wishlisted, consider doing so, it helps us a ton![/b][/u]