Apollyon: River of Life News

Hello & welcome back to the coven, practitioners!

A few rare softlocks & inaccurate clues to various mysteries in the later Intentions have been fixed & cleared up with this update. The Memory Intention, the Haunt, and the final Intention should be slightly easier to follow in some places.

As always, feel free to report and bugs in the Steam community or Planar Danse discord channel, and I'll add them to my to-do list!

KSM.

The Skulltide begins! As of today, necromantic shenanigans have come to Steam, and the Planar Danse returns for a second release.

Skullltide launches today with its full upgrade and gameplay loop realized, feature complete in all its entropic glory. Get it today at a discount, and a greater discount if bundled with the previous game in the Planar Danse, Apollyon: River of Life!

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There are three levels consisting of two more exploratory and the final gauntlet; in the final game the same structure will be echoed, having two more random/exploratory/resource-collecting levels before every "boss" level, whether or not that level has a "boss" or some other greater challenge. There are two ability sets of five abilities, and one additional hidden behind conversation, for a total of eleven abilities you can bind to your bones.

As updates come, minor and major, they will be placed upon the "beta" branch, which can be enabled in the Steam client Library, under game properties. They will remain here for 1+ day(s). For those of you reporting bugs through the Planar Danse discord channel, Steam community, or direct email (for those countries in which the former two locations are banned), please note if you are or are not on the beta branch. :)

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More content will be coming to the game so long as the players & community continue to play, so spread the word to get more dark magic into your hands, and faster! The first update will bring the next enemy type to the toughest level, as well as the first of the third ability set.

Get it in the first week at a discount, and if you've been waiting to try this *and* the previous game from TPD, an additional 25% off can be found when bundled together, also on Steam! Just like Apollyon, more content will be coming to the game so long as the players & community continue to play, so spread the word to get more dark magic into your hands!

I'd like to thank those who stuck with me through the development of this game and the previous one from the Planar Danse. Skulltide will first and foremost always be for the players; the Planar Danse for the readers; and the world to be given & shared.

I wish each and every new skeleton a lengthy & entertaining unlife!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2814060/Skulltide/

Black magic is back at it again, with the left-handed path returning with a 2.1 update! Here we have stability and balance fixes, three brand new spirits, a new character upgrade, and a fifth, hidden ending to the game!

Experience network issues? Fixed!
Experience too many deaths early? Fixed!
Experience total confusion, or total invulnerability? Fixed?
Experience the end of the world? Not. Fixed. That one's on you!

The primary complaint I've heard with Apollyon is that they do not have time in their first ritual to understand the rules before getting ambushed by any number of horror from the outer dark. To remedy this, the Apollyic ritual shall tempt new practitioners into the fold with powers and boons... only to revoke them later when you most depend upon them!

A couple of players made a genius suggestion, and so it has been implemented! Using the keys 1, 2, 3, and Tab, the player can now navigate the Spirit cards without using the mouse! It sounds simple but it truly improves game flow, try it yourself!

Additionally, the Veiled Practitioner has been buffed, and can be upgraded into the Learned Practitioner! This character retains the primary benefit of the Veiled Practitioner in the fact that it is twice as likely to pull spirit cards that lead to new character unlocks

Lastly, and perhaps most foolishly, a nasty server error was buried within a player's game logs, and through unearthing it, Apollyon now utilizes 90% less network traffic! Disconnecting and reconnecting mid-game is now quicker than ever, taking only 1.5 seconds in our tests (rather than the erroneous 30-120).

A reminder that bugs and suggestions can be reported in the Steam Community channels or our theplanardanse discord channel.



That is all from the River of Life, but the universe of the Planar Danse continues! Amidst our sixteen-and-one worlds, there are many stories to be told, including a novel yet to be announced, and the brand-new, just announced, second game from theplanardanse.

Skeletons rise in the Skulltide! Join them today!

In addition to about a hundred minor bugs, the initial and ongoing network connection for Apollyon has been improved, leading to a ~90% reduction in network traffic. This means that disconnection/reconnection mid-game by other players has gone from ~90 seconds to mere moments!

Catch up on development and news in ThePlanarDanse discord & youtube, new developments are coming...

A number of player-reported issues were fixed here, as well as a new setting, including:

• Accessibility setting to increase the size of the smallest text and tooltips.
  
• Logic issues hiding some approaches on four cards erroneously.
  
• A locked achievement!
  

The Apollyon sale is still on-going... Now is a great time to invite your friends to summon demons, together!