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Launch Date & Trailer Reveal

Our Early Access release is coming... A date has been set. 15 June 2023. Less than one month away.

Exciting times!

Appropriately, the store page has been updated with a brand spanking new trailer showcasing much more of the gameplay and many of the features you can expect in the full version, as well as a slew of updated screenshots.

And for those of you who can't bear to go all the way to the store page...

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Update v0.6.3: Cards & Fixes

Welcome... to the Cards & Fixes update.

This update focusses on changing combat in a major way. No longer will you find randomly-generated groups of baddies, thrown together without care for challenge or preparedness. Each group is now carefully hand-crafted to create a better (proper) progression all the way through Chapter 1.

Bosses have also gotten a rebalance, and importantly, we're introducing Unique cards... A special choice on character creation which (in the future) will grow with you throughout your adventure.

Of course all this is experimental and subject to change in future updates.

Lastly, we'l be maintaining more detailed changelogs from now on, so you have a better idea which features have been added and which bugs have been fixed.

Happy hunting out there... in the Zone.

Changelog:
  • Changed combat from randomly-spawned enemies to pre-designed groups
  • Rebalanced enemies
  • Added intro battle
  • Added unique starting cards
  • Enemies now show ranged and melee intent on mouse hover
  • Cards gained from Research should no longer disappear on load
  • Equipped items should no longer disappear on load
  • Fixed some jank with card targeting
  • Can no longer lose Energy when trying to draw from an empty Action pool
  • Despair card no longer reduces Energy when drawn
  • Fixed problem with certain cards not recognising their true cost
  • Fixed some cards going blank when drawn
  • Fixed crash on train yard boss death
  • Fixed research tooltips breaking in some circumstances
  • Fixed normal maps not working on some battle backgrounds
  • Fixed sound conflicts on equipping items
  • Fixed issue with dialogue skipping hiding text boxes
  • Story side quests are now properly removed from the list when accepted
  • Replaced more temp art

0.6.2

So comes the biggest update of the year so far! Further stability improvements are accompanied by dozens of new art pieces, replacing 90% of our nasty temp assets with much, much nicer stuff.

The demo now offers new backgrounds, new battle arenas, and new cut-ins, all helping to make the story and environments come alive more than ever.

Other highlights include:

  • Fixed fleeing from train yard boss
  • Fixed slugroach crash
  • Numerous other fixes and improvements


As always, if you run into any problems, please report it on the discussion board and we will do our very best to fix the issue.

Update 6.1.2

A new version is now up after much work and many errors dealt with!

Highlights include a complete overhaul of cards and mechanics, complete overhaul of buffs and passive effects, complete overhaul of map travel, and a new system for fully persistent dropped items.

As always, please report any problems and I will fix them.

Update 0.6

Today marks the release of demo version 0.6, which is a big jump from the previous.

What's new, you ask? Many things. So many that I've lost track of them all.

Some of the highlights:
  • Simplified main menu
  • A totally redesigned side quest system
  • Many key fixes and stability improvements
  • New cards and items


As for what comes next... Content. We have all the major systems in place; what we want to focus on now is more levels, more enemies, more items, more cards -- and most importantly, continuing the story, as well as more unique side quests.

Stay tuned!