Shardpunk News

Hi! First and foremost, a new version has landed.

[h3]1.1.1 PATCH NOTES[/h3]

New features:

• Added a possibility to rename characters. A character can be renamed in-game via the character details screen.

Difficulty/balancing:

• Suicide bombers now should not explode in front of bleeding out characters that often.
  

Bugfixes

• Gunter: corrected the effects of the "Focus" skill on Wait it Out and Take Cover combat tactics.
  
• Combat bot: fixed the issue with ground slam not consuming an AP if the bot had 1 AP left.
  

[h3]BETA BRANCH: DREAD MECHANICS[/h3]

I have finished overhauling the Stress system for Shardpunk, and I would like to hear your feedback on it before it goes live - that's why there's now a public beta branch available, with the new Dread mechanics in place.

Dread mechanics separate combat stress management from shelter stress management, change the way the quirks are acquired and adjust shelter stress-reducing skills.



Switching to the beta branch will NOT remove your existing profiles - you will be able to see them again when you switch back.

A couple of useful links:

Accessing Shardpunk beta branch

Dread mechanics description

There's also a separate channel on our Discord server for discussing beta changes.

Thanks for reading! I am looking forward to your feedback! Take care!

Hey everyone!

[h2]Rat Pack is now AVAILABLE and FREE for everyone![/h2]

Your squads are about to get shocked!

Leah, the Electromancer enters the roster with arsenal of electrifying abilities.
Sacrifice Health for Action Points, set a Trap, Blink around, Drain Life from the Rats, and Discharge the power within her body!

The Rat Forces also recruited some new members to their ranks. Shock Troopers will make sure you are stunned for the Elite Variants of Grunts, Shotgunners, Machinegunners, and Snipers to hunt you down.


[h2]New playable character - Leah, the Electromancer.[/h2]


She mastered the power of electricity and wields it to fight off the vermin hordes.

[h2]Leah's abilities:[/h2]

[h3]Shock Trap: Stuns enemies who enter its range[/h3]


[h3]Blink: Teleports Leah to a selected tile in range[/h3]


[h3]Life Drain: Drains life from enemies, damaging them, and healing Leah[/h3]


[h3]Sacrifice: Grants Leah additional AP at the cost of HP[/h3]


[h3]Energy Discharge: Damages and stuns multiple enemies around Leah[/h3]


[h2]New Enemy Type - Stun Lancers[/h2]


Rat Pack introduces a brand new type of enemy - Stun Lancers, melee enemy units that stuns your squad members when it gets too close. When encountered, it’s best to keep them at a distance… as if being a rat didn’t make them repelling enough.

[h2]Elite Variants[/h2]


Stun Lancers enter the roster of the vermin horde accompanied by Elite variants of Grunts, Shotgunners, Machinegunners, and Snipers. Elite units can appear as a part of a special encounter in map location. They are a bigger challenge, but drop more useful loot.

We hope you will have tons of fun playing with Leah in your squads, tackling Shock Troopers, and finding creative ways to deal with Elite Variants!

Let us know what you think about the shocking additions to the Shardpunk roster!

If you haven't yet, make sure to check out Blood Pack DLC, which is also completely free and adds a layer of gore to Shardpunk!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2357190/Shardpunk_Verminfall__Blood_Pack/

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[h3]1.0.31.6 PATCH NOTES[/h3]

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue that could randomly not spawn a loot point that was necessary for the tutorial level.
  

Hey everyone!

As we mentioned in the past, we are dedicated to release regular updates for Shardpunk and work on additional content.

Since launch, Shardpunk: Verminfall has been accompanied by a free DLC, Blood Pack, which added a layer of gore to the game. It allows you to splatter the rats all over! If you haven’t yet, make sure to check it out!

Shortly after the release we started working on additional features we could introduce to the game as regular updates, but also began work on a more substantial addition - such as a DLC. That DLC was one that we felt would be something that would come with a reasonable price tag and be available sometime after launch. Player response, reception and feedback shared both on Steam and Discord steered us in a direction of adding a new playable character, as well as a new enemy type and elite variants of already existing units.

Last month we announced Rat Pack at Tacticon, giving you a glimpse of what’s coming. Now, it’s time for two key pieces of information regarding Rat Pack's launch.

First: Rat Pack will be available on June 29, a week from now. It is the first DLC to introduce a brand new squad member and new enemies.

Seeing you all excited about the game, sharing your experiences in the reviews, on the forums, and on Discord, led us to a decision to make Rat Pack completely FREE for everyone!

[h2]Rat Pack Content[/h2] [h3]New playable character - Leah, the Electromancer.[/h3]

She’s a truly shocking addition to the Shardpunk roster.

She mastered the power of electricity and wields it to fight off the vermin hordes.

Her abilities include:

• Shock Trap: Stuns enemies who enter its range
  
• Blink: Teleports Leah to a selected tile in range
  
• Life Drain: Drains life from enemies, damaging them, and healing Leah
  
• Sacrifice: Grants Leah additional AP at the cost of HP
  
• Energy Discharge: Damages and stuns multiple enemies around Leah.
  

[h3]New Enemy Type - Stun Lancers[/h3]

Rat Pack introduces a brand new type of enemy - Stun Lancers, melee enemy units that stuns your squad members when it gets too close. When encountered, it’s best to keep them at a distance… as if being a rat didn’t make them repelling enough.

[h3]Elite Variants[/h3]


Stun Lancers enter the roster of the vermin horde accompanied by Elite variants of Grunts, Shotgunners, Machinegunners, and Snipers. Elite units can appear as a part of a special encounter in map location. They are a bigger challenge, but drop more useful loot.

Check it out in action: https://youtu.be/duZSgiZ0yJk


We hope you’ll have tons of fun playing Leah and plowing through new Rats while we are working on future updates and content for Shardpunk!

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Hello everyone! Let's get straight to the interesting part - here are the release notes for 1.0.31 version:

[h3]1.0.31 PATCH NOTES[/h3]

Difficulty/balancing:

• Added an Ironman mode, which prevents the players from reloading a mission. Actually, that was the default way the game was played until now, so maybe the correct way of saying should be "added a non-Ironman mode".
  All existing saves are treated as Ironman modes. Non-ironman mode allows the player to restart any mission (except the tutorial one). Unlocks and achievement progress does not get rolled back though (as they are bound to a profile, not the current game-in-progress).
  
  Ironman settings in the difficulty window. The window has been expanded, as more stuff will start to appear there.
  
  
  
• Increased the number of enemies that can appear in chapters 2 and 3.
  
  
• Increased the base HP of chapter 2 boss.
  

QoL

• Added a numeric HP display in combat. It can be altered in the Gameplay Settings.

Numeric HP display mode. Some might love it, some might hate it. Do let me know what you think!


New content

• Added explosive barrels on maps. A map can spawn a random number of such barrels. Barrels will appear in existing saves as well from now on.

BANG

Balancing

• Rose: “Salvage bandages” shelter action has been replaced with the “Heal everyone” shelter action, which allows to heal every character in a shelter. In existing saves, the old action has been replaced with the new one.
  
  Stryk3r has fairly ranked Rose quite low in this awesome Guide to Characters, so maybe this will help making her better.
  
  
• Rose: “Rush It!” action now simply grants a regular extra AP instead of adding that “non-movement AP” thing.
  
  
• Hector: increased the amount of enemy misses in the “untouchable” skill.
  
  
• Michael: “Clean weapon” skill now adds extra damage (it was extra max damage until now), but the bonus is reduced.
  

Note to localization modders: when an action description changes, its translation key gets changed in the localization file. If the game does not find a matching key, it falls back to the English translation. Therefore, if there's no matching translation to, say, an updated skill description in the game, it will be displayed in English (instead of showing an outdated translation).


As usual, thanks for playing Shardpunk! And do share all your thoughts/ideas on the game! Take care!