Shacknews checked out Coridden:

Coridden is a smooth action RPG with combat juice and an excellent shapeshifting hook

Diablo meets Animorphs in Aftnareld's co-op action RPG epic.

One of the biggest surprises for me at PAX East was easily Coridden. I sat down with one of the developers to run through their co-op demo, and I didn’t want to get up. This game not only makes the familiar hacking, slashing, and looting of the classic action RPG feel great, but it has a monster collecting-slash-transforming gimmick that fits the space perfectly. I do have some questions or concerns for the full thing, but after one demo session I’m completely on board to find those answers myself.

On the surface, Coridden is a traditional action RPG with up to four players. The characters are defined, but their roles and skills are not. Some of that will be determined by the equipment you find as you go, but there are plenty of skill tree options to dive into as well. Those choices feel important, as Coridden definitely has the juice when it comes to combat. It wasn’t complex, but the way I could seamlessly play with light attacks, heavy attacks, skills, and dodging felt almost out of place in this genre. But in a good way that elevated the Diablo-like structure to more than simply button-mashing.

The icing on the cake is the monster system. While it doesn’t go as far as approaching Pokemon-style collecting, certain encounters result in a monster “drop,” which you can then equip as a new skill tree. From there you can transform into the monster on demand, giving you access to a whole new set of gameplay mechanics. That extends from combat into exploration, an example being the first monster you get allowing faster movement speed and longer jumps. Also, in co-op, you can have one player ride the other, giving you even more combat options. And it all feels great in your hands. Nothing stood out as clunky, janky, or anything like it.

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LV 1 Gaming interviewed the Coridden devs:

Corriden Developer Interview PAX East 2024

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Matt talked with the developers of Coridden in MC #521:

MC521: Narin and Valle of Aftnareld, developers of Coridden

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Couchpotato spotted a new dev update for Coridden:

Important Figures Behind our Protagonists

Dev Update #24

Greetings, Shifters! 

In the previous update, we introduced you to our main protagonists - the Dayal siblings. Today, we wanted to tell you more about the characters that are the closest to them. Let's talk about their family, their roles and challenges in a post-apocalyptic world.

Charvi – Mother of the siblings
Charvi is a kind, caring and determined woman. She has been managing the family tech shop inherited from her and her sister Ira’s parents for many years. She raised all of her children mostly by herself, with the occasional help of their father and her sister (when they weren't busy scavenging). Many people in Quilon know that they can not only go to her to buy and fix things, but hire help to perform requests that only scavengers take upon themselves. Charvi is also known for always trying to help someone in some way, regardless of how much money someone might have.

Ira – Charvi's sister, siblings aunt
Ira is energetic, positive and smart. She never wanted to have a family herself, but she always stayed close to Charvi and helped her raise her children as much as she could. She has a lot of joy and pride being an aunt. Ira has a brilliant, inventive mind, and loves tinkering with tech. It seems that she especially enjoys experimenting with creating new types of weapons...

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Couchpotao spotted dev update #21 for Coridden:

Unveiling the Secrets of Aasha: The Story of Coridden

Dev Update #21

Greetings, Shifters!

While Coridden's visuals and smooth multiplayer gameplay may be eye-catching, there's an important layer of the game that's hard to show through screenshots and GIFs. Beneath its visual surface lies a story that weaves together elements of adventure, mystery, and the indomitable spirit of humanity. Let's explore it together!

Coridden's post-apocalyptic narrative is set on a distant planet, where remnants of old human society and technology are scattered across a landscape reminiscent of Earth's Mesozoic Era.

The story takes place many years after a mysterious disaster forced colonists to leave their city and the advanced technology that used to keep them alive. The colonists have since built a new city, learning to adapt and survive in a world where dangerous reptile beasts roam freely.

A group of brave people called the "Scavengers" go into dangerous places to find resources and artifacts that were left behind after a catastrophic event. Our protagonists, the Dayal siblings, become a part of this group after their lives take an unexpected turn when they equip ancient hi-tech devices that grant them extraordinary shapeshifting powers.

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You can learn more about the combat of Coridden in dev update #15:

A Close Look at Combat!

Dev Update #15

Greetings, Shifters!

In Coridden, we wanted the combat system to not only test players' reflexes and fast decision-making, but also to encourage communication and collaboration among team members. The different items and abilities can make the battle better or worse, depending on what kind of enemy they face and how fast they react. 

Here are four aspects we kept in mind to create the combat challenging in Coridden:

Reacting
responding to threats, taking actions, and controlling your character;

Targeting
analyzing enemies, planning out take-down order, using the right tools;

Managing energy (a resource to perform attacks and certain skills)
balancing defense vs attack, risk vs safety;

Playing as a team
talking to each other to eliminate the right targets, managing energy and targets between players, helping each other in need, making use of everyone's strengths & tools, compensating for each other's weaknesses.

During combat, players can use melee and ranged attacks depending on their equipment, and choose between light (faster) or charged (slower, but more powerful) attacks. Charged attacks are extra useful when the enemy is blocking attacks or has a lot of damage reduction!

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Rock Paper Shotgun checked out the action RPG Coridden:

Coridden is an action RPG with shapeshifters in which you can ride your friends

Valiant steeds wanted

The one great weapon in my arsenal as mercurial uncle and cousin to several infant humans is the timeless game of Horsey. You know - when you get down all fours and offer to give the kid a ride around the sitting room. It's murder on the old kneecaps, but as any shrewd parental tactician knows, Horsey is a game with a sting in its tail (making this a kind of scorpion Horsey, I guess). The horse in the game of Horsey is free to choose the direction of travel, even if it's somewhere the rider would rather not go. Towards the bath or dinner table, for instance. Towards the dentist, if needed.

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The coop-action RPG Coridden has been announced for 2022:

 Coridden

Embrace your new-found powers as a shapeshifter in Coridden, an action adventure RPG for 1-4 players with a strong co-op focus. Utilize your various forms traits to overcome obstacles and defeat tough enemies. Set out on a mission to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization, and to stop a slumbering threat from erupting once again...

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SAVE THE PEOPLE OF A DISTANT WORLD
Take the role as one of four thrill-seeking siblings who one day gain superhuman abilities after receiving old artifacts. Explore different paths in the choice-driven dialogues and the various quests you can take on during your mission to save your people.

BECOME A SHAPESHIFTER
Experience the strength and freedom of being a shapeshifter! Switch between your human and beast whenever you want to utilize each form’s strengths when needed. Gather DNA from the creatures you defeat and use them as items, just like other loot. The different forms aren’t just for combat, you can use them to explore the world in different ways as well as overcome environmental obstacles.

FIGHT USING BOTH YOUR SKILL AND CHARACTER BUILD
Complement your character build with your own skill in the hack and slash style combat. Learn how and when to attack, dodge, block, jump, shoot, shapeshift, grab and use abilities to take out the aggressive beasts, bandits and security machines that you’ll encounter on your journey.

RIDE OUT TOGETHER IN CO-OP
Up to 4 players can play together in drop in/drop out co-op gameplay. Work together while fighting, exploring, engaging in dialogues and building your skilltrees. In co-op you also unlock a special team mechanic: riding on each other’s back to become a strong cavalry unit together!