1428: Shadows over Silesia News

Changelog v1.1.34

An error occurred while loading settings and corrupted the gamepad settings and some other
New recipe for green potion - now no longer with alcohol
Message about health replenishment after consuming red potion did not appear
NPC enemies are better able to navigate and react to approaching danger from other NPCs
Unplayable Hynek reacted poorly to enemies and did little to engage in combat
Improved NPC rotations again
Enemies will now raise an alarm if they see a corpse
Fixed animations flickering on corpses or sitting characters when they first come on screen
Death animation sometimes played for dead characters when they first appeared on screen
Lighting sometimes appeared in screens and situations where it shouldn't be visible
Chapter 8
- Bush in the cemetery have been slightly reduced in size
- Lothar fumbles in the final cutscene and doesn't ride properly
- The Hussites could ignore Lothar if he mounted his horse unnoticed
- Optimization
Accessibility - The message about stepping on the crate was also read to NPCs

Czech Game of the Year Award

On 10 December, the 13th annual award ceremony for the developers of the best Czech games took place. This time in a double edition for 2022 and 2023.

🏆 I’m deeply honored and humbled to share that 1428: Shadows over Silesia has been awarded Czech Game of the Year 2022🏆!

This recognition is especially meaningful in a year filled with so many incredible Czech games. It’s inspiring to see how much amazing talent we have in our country, and I’m proud to be part of such a creative and passionate community.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who played, supported, and believed in this project—it means the world to me. 💙

Complete broadcast of the award show (in Czech):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bWtPPJ4_9U
For more information and other award-winning games, visit https://ceskahraroku.cz.

Changelog v1.1.33

Added weights to items that did not have them
Optimization
Hell Knight now has a higher chance of knocking players down
Hussite quality mace now has a higher chance of critical hit
Improved some effects on devils
Adjusted and improved character rotations, which should prevent clunky twitching
Improved character walking effects to make them fit better on their feet - dust, water, footprints
Accessibility
- Redesigned the interaction reporting system, which should eliminate issues and improve comfort
- Now also reports distance when navigating to interactions
Chapter 11
- Minor scene adjustments and improvements
- Fixes and improvements to Basilisk animations and behaviour
- Fixed movement to enter the tower and up the stairs
- Fixed animations when carrying wooden boards
- Shifted the markers at the tower entrance to make them easier to see
- Some characters may have been inside horses and chariots
Chapter 13 - There was an annoying twitching of characters during the final cutscene
Tourney of the Bear Rock DLC
- German localization added
- Corrections to the French translation
- Player got the wrong mace at the blacksmith after purchasing it
- Slightly adjusted the stats of some opponents in the tournament
- Sometimes it could happen that the round did not end immediately, even if the opponent already had zero health
- Gypsy could sometimes be in a different place than she was supposed to be
- Slightly improved gypsy animations
- Sometimes the gypsy didn't remember that the player had already been to her for fortune-telling
- Day 3
  - The feast no longer has a looping debate
  - Some people on the tourney grounds were standing in the middle of the fence
  - If a player won a minnesinger competition, sometimes the entrance to the castle didn't open right away

Changelog v1.1.32

Fixed animations of some villagers to better match walking speed
Chickens sometimes appeared too small or too big
Hell Knight and Devil were leaving behind equipment on the ground that was supposed to go to hell with them
The non-playable Lothar and Hynek would no longer block the path and could be pushed away
Chapter 7
- Fixed an error in the text of the interaction with Straw
- Added a marker to the letter at the messanger camp
- If the monks are off screen in the city, they won't sing
- Increased the speed of monks off screen
- Guards in town sometimes did not respond to player's disclosure after the interview or responded late
- Lothar could sometimes turn his back during the cutscene of entering the duke's chambers
Chapter 10 - Lothar now automatically dismounts from his horse to prevent the player from blocking the door
Tourney at the Bear Rock DLC
- Day 3 - Hidden goods at the blacksmith who isn't there
- Gipsy may have disappeared under certain circumstances and blocked the player's progress

Changelog v1.1.31

Added new weapon - Saracen sabre (can be found on some skeletons in chapters 5 and 12)
Power of the Bastard Sword has been slightly increased
Interface size is now automatically adjusted to the resolution and can be enlarged or reduced
Settings file is now loaded regardless of system globalization settings
Tutorial screen for the map of Silesia contained an image of Pernstein Castle
Some animations are visible after loading the game and shouldn't be (character sitting, destroyed barriers)
Barriers can be destroyed from the wrong direction after loading
Translation fixes
Chapter 2 - fixed character speed in opening scene in Nysa
Chapter 5 - added autosave before opening door to first skeleton
Chapter 6
- Lothar's horse slightly reduced in size
- Enemies in the dungeon have broken animations after loading autosave
Chapter 7
- Performance optimization and enhancement
- More Hussites added to the camp
- When the messengers arrive, one of the members runs
- Shortened delay for Ambrose asking players for help
- Crossbowmen in the camp could sometimes kill a guard
- Shortened some of the dialogues
- Added markers to important characters in the camp
- After finishing the conversation with Prokop and loading the game, a marker would be visible that shouldn't have been
- In the final cutscene in the messenger camp, Hynek had his legs through the wagon
- Reduced the range of the guards in Monsterberg
- Enlarged the area around the monks in Monsterberg
- The monks in Monsterberg now move faster when they're invisible, so the player doesn't have to wait long for them
- In Monsterberg Castle, it looked like the player could still hide in a group of monks, which was not true
- Significantly increased the damage Lilith can deal
- Lilith would sometimes turn in a different direction when attacking
- John of Monsterberg would not sneak when player fought Lilith
- When escaping the castle, guards can now be pushed away
- Door to the Duke's chamber opened without animation after the cutscene
Chapter 9 - Fire leaks through the cauldron
Tourney at the Bear Rock DLC
- Accessibility - Navigation led to a location from where the barrel in the dungeon could not be used on day 5