Sker Ritual News

Sker Squad,

Thank you all for playing and reviewing the game on Steam. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive but of course we recognise some issues thanks to the community here on Steam and over in our Discord. Our developers have been working hard the past 24 hrs to iron out as much as possible and after updating to patch 0.1.2 we have also now released Patch 0.1.3!

[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations Patch 0.1.2[/h3]
- Improved the performance impact of multiple transparent effects (impacts/miracles/torches etc)
- Fixed one of the Menu Music unlockables incorrectly locking
- Improved performance impact of Audio Sources with Audio Occlusion
- Fixed an issue causing Abraham to get stuck and not attack
- Fixed an issue where the Lamb-baah-ghini achievement would unlock incorrectly
- Improved performance of terrain
- Fixed several instances of enemies that come out in unaccessed areas
- Lowered XP Needed per level
- Potentially fixed an issue causing players to get stuck in the environment when entering Ghost Mode
- Fixed an instance causing the Lamb not reach its destination
- Increased Max Upgrade Tier to 5
- Increased the cap for Revive Token to 150000 from 15000
- Increased the amount of sounds that can play at one time
- Identified issue causing mouse input lag (will be addressed on the next update)
- Fixed an issue causing the game to take a while shutdown
- Increased spawn rate of entrails by 10%
- Corrected typo in one of the achievements
- Identified a major performance issue caused by G-Sync Monitors and playing in Windowed mode

[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations 0.1.3[/h3]
- Widescreen support (initial implementation, some menu backgrounds will need to be updated for it)
- Fixed Small Interactable indicators not appearing unless you're looking at an Interactable objects
- Improved the performance of a lot of particles
- Fixed Tier 5 Weapon Cost
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to break if an enemy with a Damage over time effect
- Increased Max Field of View to 120, up from 100

This is just the start of many patches to come for both bug fixes, optimisations and rolling out new content. Please see our roadmap for a general guide to what's to come but we will be releasing a more detailed roadmap of what's coming very soon!

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

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Sker Squad,

What a start to our Early Access Beta journey!

Thank you all for playing and reviewing the game on Steam. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive but of course we recognise some issues thanks to the community here on Steam and over in our Discord. Our developers have been working hard the past 24 hrs to iron out as much as possible and have now released Patch 0.1.1!

[h3]Bug Fixes & Optimisations[/h3]
- Fixed Profile Negative XP Bug
- Fixed Potential Issue when Spawning Certain Items Online
- Fixed a bug where having too many friends was causing performance issues
- Fixed a bug where friend updates were causing performance issues
- Fixed an issue where Buffs would cause an error
- Fixed a lot errors caused by null references
- Fixed an issue where being hit would cause an error
- Added more text to disconnect reasons to help diagnose problems
- Added a command line to enable more debug logging to help diagnose problems
- Identified a performance issue caused by too much Audio playing
- Identified a performance issue caused by lag compensation colliders
- Fixed an issue found in matchmaking
- Fixed an issue where enemies were spawning in wrong
- Fixed issue where the game doesn't end if the last player with a Life Token exits and the others are in ghost mode without a Life Token
- Identified cause of game hanging when it tries to quit

This is just the start of many patches to come for both bug fixes, optimisations and rolling out new content. Please see our roadmap for a general guide to what's to come but we will be releasing a more detailed roadmap of what's coming very soon!

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

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Calling all inhabitants of Sker Island! The gates to the Sker Ritual Early Access are open for all who dare enter on October 6th. We're proud to reveal our roadmap for the beta development which we intend to complete by April 2023. By the end of this announcement, you'll know what to expect on launch followed by every 'Episode' update until the 1.0 launch.



What to expect on launch:


Episode One; the very first map 'Cursed Lands of Lavernock' is near completion. The map will feature all objectives, trials and a boss fight with the only major feature missing being some of our top secret Easter Eggs.


Sker Pass; a completely free cosmetic reward system with absolutely no premium pass option, just like they used to make 'em. The Sker Pass will launch with 50 free items (including masks, animated menu backgrounds, player icons, menu music, weapon charms and more) and each Episode update will offer 25 new items to unlock.


Discounted Full Game; we asked our community [including Discord members] how much they would pay for the game after having played the Alpha demo and the results were more than we were expecting. As we would like to encourage more people to play the game we decided that for Early Access, Sker Ritual will launch with a base price of $14.99 / £11.39 / €12,49 (early adopters keep an eye out in October) which will be raised for the 1.0 launch.


Additional DLC; optional bundles of themed cosmetic items will be available to purchase on the Steam store for $3.99 / £2.89 / €3.29. These are purely cosmetic to show off in-game.


Languages; the initial launch will feature English only however, we are already working on the localisation for several other languages which we will implement as soon as possible. Want your language in the game? Let us know!

So much more! So you want to know more? Well it just so happens our dev team are lurking in the official Discord server. If you need even more specifics, just ask.

What to expect with every Episode update:


An Episode will be a new map update with the added bonus of some Sker story (with some voice acting) that follows on from the events of Maid of Sker. There's been some confusion in the community about whether the game will feature a separate Story Mode and to answer that, it will not. Sker Ritual is a round-based co-op FPS and is not a replacement for a [hypothetical] Maid of Sker 2.

Each Episode will add tons of new content including new maps, Elites, Bosses, objectives, trials, easter eggs and weapons. Plus you'll get major gameplay updates on the Miracles system, an in-game communication system and so much more. Our update schedule is as follows:

October: The Cursed Lands of Lavernock
December: The Ashes of Sker Hotel
February: Sewers of the Dead
April: Deadly Lover's Fortress

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Wales Interactive are releasing Sker Ritual a week earlier than planned after a cheeky announcement on Twitter.

We understand delays are inevitable in game development but we think there's been just a little too much this year so we have made the decision to move the Early Access release date of Sker Ritual to the 6th October (10am PT / 6pm BST).



With a highly successful testing period and exhibition at EGX London 2022, the team believe that Sker Ritual is ready now and we can’t wait for everyone to explore this new title in the Sker Universe. ICYMI, there is a ton of content to come over the next 6 months with every Episode release, which we revealed in our Roadmap.

The earlier release date will also coincide with the launch of our Sker Collectors bundle (Maid of Sker & Sker Ritual). This will be a Complete the Set bundle, so anyone who already owns Maid of Sker will get double the discount savings!

Stay tuned for information on our upcoming free Sker Pass reward system (when we say free, we mean completely free, no premium option) as well as additional DLC & bundled content!

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Meet the developers of Sker Ritual and have a shot at The Cursed Lands of Lavernock map at EGX from Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th September 2022. EGX is the UK’s biggest video games event, featuring panels, tournament, cosplay competitions and the chance to get hands-on with everything from classic to pre-release games.



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