Striving for Light News

Even though we are currently deep into playtesting 1.0 and hunting and ironing out the final remaining bugs we decided to roll in a fix for a few of the most anying controller bugs to bring more enjoyment to the game until 1.0 drops on July 11th.

1.0 will contain a huge amount of controller support improvements and fundamental redesigns. We finally got our hands on a steam deck testing unit so we did now as well run into all these issues you have been running into, which are very specific to the steamdeck and how input is handled.

We will share more information on what improvements are coming to Controller Support, Steamdeck, and general Quality of Life in one of our upcoming 1.0 Content Update Reveal Marathon Episodes :)

[h3]Bugfixes:[/h3]

• Fixed wrong attack angle when aiming with the controller thumbstick which some times randomly jumps to the current mouse position
  
• Improved controller menu navigation for controller (we can't roll in the full fix and improvement pre 1.0, but it will be fully resolved on 1.0)
  

Welcome back Wanderers to the 1.0 Release Reveal Marathon #7, where we will unveil a major part of the extensive 1.0 content update. Last week we reveiled New Weapons, New Skill, New Trinket and the new Enemy Weakening/ Debuff System coming to Striving for Light with the upcoming 1.0 release. You can check out the new announcement trailer here in case you missed it:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/517464419177858010?l=english


Note that everything which is presented here is still in development and testing and might change until release.


With the upcoming massive 1.0 release content update Weapon stashes will be added. This highly requested feature now allows to store one additional weapon for each attack type: a stash slot for a melee weapon and a stash slot for a ranged weapon.

When hovering a dropped weapon you will now have the possibility to press TAB on keys or the left thumbstick to switch between your currently equipped weapon of the same attack type or your stash space.



This weapon could not only be an alternate crafting weapon that you want to keep for later during your run. You will also be able to swap between those two weapons of the same attack type during combat to open up never before seen build possibilities.





The new weapon stash system comes with a new weapon swap system that allows you to switch between your 2 melee or your 2 range weapons on the fly during combat.



There will be a new hotkey for swaping weapons of the same attack type, which can be, of course, rebound in the options menu.

Actively using 2 weapons of the same attack type will surely unlock never before seen build possibilities. What about playing the new Sunderbow range weapon that increases projectile damage on your targets to then switch to your main range weapon to deal devastating damage.

On this occasion we also improved weapon pickup to make it easier to understand which weapon will be exchanged, preventing you from having to pickup weapons multiple times to understand what was picked up and which stats to compare.

Now when getting close to a weapon will bring up the stats of the dropped weapon as well as the weapon to exchange to allow a direct comparison.


The game now auto saves much more frequently to prevent progress loss.


We hope that this preview excites you for the upcoming 1.0 release! We are looking forward to hear your thoughts on all the new features and content.

But behold, this is only a fraction of what will come with the 1.0 Release, we will continue the reveal marathon on next Wednesday 25th of June.

You are invited to join our official discord. Chat with fellow SfL Players, discuss builds, the new content update or just hang out with us.

[p]Welcome back Wanderers to the 1.0 Release Reveal Marathon #6, where we will unveil a major part of the extensive 1.0 content update. [/p][p]Last week we reveiled all the Steam Features including Steam achievements and trading cards coming to Striving for Light with the upcoming 1.0 release. You can check out the new announcement trailer here in case you missed it:

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This week we want to cover some of the new content coming with this massive 1.0 update. You might have spottet some new skills, weapons and trinkets in the announcement trailer. So lets take a closer look what the 1.0 update will add to the already very expansive set of skills, weapons and trinkets.

Note that everything which is presented here is still in development and testing and might change until release.



1.0 will add 4 new weapons to the core weapon pool. These weapons feature complete new mechanics never before seen on any item in Striving for Light. These weapons will feature not only the bouncing molten orbs that allow for a flexible melee range hybrid builds but also introduce brand new enemy weakening effects that utilise the with 1.0 new introduced enemy debuff system. But lets take a look at the weapons first:

• Moltenedge - Melee Weapon: Every attack creates 3 molten orbs that bounce in attack direction piercing through all enemies. Damage scales with melee damage. Orb can trigger all your projectile on hit effects.
  
  
• Shardpiercer - Melee Weapon: Every weapon hit weakens enemies and makes them receive +20 % increased damage from projectiles.
  
  
• Nightgrape - Range Weapon: Every hit weakens enemies and makes them receive +10 % increased damage from companions.
  
  
• Sunderbow - Range Weapon: Each projectile hit weakens enemies and makes them receive +5% more projectile damage.
  
  
• Shatterspire - Melee Weapon: Every weapon hit weakens enemies and makes them receive +10% increased damage from melee weapons.
  
  

The new weapons will utilise a new enemy weakening/ debuff system which will increase the damage enemies will receive for:

• Direct Projectile Damage
  
• Direct Melee Weapon Damage
  
• Direct Companion Damage
  

Weakening Effects will be displayed above enemy HP bars to indicate your current damage bonus on the targeted enemy.

• Cinderfall - Melee Ability Skill Node: Every melee attack creates a molten orb that bounces in attack direction piercing through all enemies. Damage scales with melee damage. Orb can trigger all your projectile on hit effects.
  
  
  
  
• Cinderfall - Legendary Weapon Ability: Every attack creates a molten orb that bounces in attack direction piercing through all enemies. Damage scales with melee damage. Orb can trigger all your projectile on hit effects.
  
  

• Emberclast - Offensive Trinket: Orbs of molten fury leap from every strike.
  Every attack creates a molten orb that bounces in attack direction piercing through all enemies. Damage scales with melee damage. Orb can trigger all your projectile on hit effects.
  
  And yes you guessed right, since this is no legendary trinket ability you will be able to equip this trinket 4 times. For the full molten orb mayhem :)
  
  

We hope that this preview excites you for the upcoming 1.0 release! We are looking forward to hear your thoughts on all the new features and content.

But behold, this is only a fraction of what will come with the 1.0 Release, we will continue the reveal marathon on next Wednesday 18th of June.

You are invited to join our official discord. Chat with fellow SfL Players, discuss builds, the new content update or just hang out with us.[/p]

Welcome back Wanderers to the 1.0 Release Reveal Marathon #5, where we will unveil a major part of the extensive 1.0 content update.

Last week we reveiled the Release Date for the 1.0 Release of Striving for Light including the Release Announcement Trailer.

Striving for Light will have its full 1.0 Release on July 11th 2025. You can check out the new announcement trailer here in case you missed it:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/543358846952800641?l=english

This week we want to cover some of the new Steam Features coming to Striving for Light with the 1.0 Release Content Update. There have been some highly requested features and we are looking forward to share more details on these in this post.


With the 1.0 Release we are bringing Steam Achievements to Striving for Light. Currently we are at a total of 196 Achievements and counting. These achievements will be shared accross all your leagues, game modes and save files and synced with steam.

Therefore we have reworked the existing achievement system to clearly separate and structure:

1. Steam Achievements - Global across all leagues and save files
   
2. Seasonal Challenges - League and game mode dependent
   
3. Unlocks - League and game mode dependent
   
4. Stats - Global across all leagues and save files
   

Furthermore we are adding stats to Striving for Light. Stats allow for some more long term achievements like defeating a certain amount of enemies, bosses, or collecting things like light fragments or ... deaths...



Some achievements are tied to these stats but they also give you a nice long term overview on what you have achieved playing Striving for Light.

Previously unlocks have been mixed into the general achievements those are now completely separate. We also added a hardcore / softcore toggle button that allows you from the main menu to view your current achievement progress without needing to enter the game and access it from the pause menu.


The 1.0 content update will also utilise steam rich presence, that will display your current in game activity across steam.




With the release of Striving for Light you will also be able to collect steam trading cards for the game and craft badges.



On crafting badges you can get rewarded by Striving for Light steam emotes and profile backgrounds.

In case you feel like you need some extra spice to hype you up until release. We decided to share a new desktop wallpaper concept art.



We hope that this preview excites you for the upcoming 1.0 release! We are looking forward to hear your thoughts on all the new features and content.

But behold, this is only a fraction of what will come with the 1.0 Release, we will continue the reveal marathon on next Wednesday 11th of June.

You are invited to join our official discord. Chat with fellow SfL Players, discuss builds, the new content update or just hang out with us.

This update mainly brings a compatability layer for the new save file system coming with 1.0 and the new character slots. We also added some improvements to the zoom level and translations.

[h3]Major Changes and Improvements[/h3]
Increase max zoom out level slightly, and max zoomed out is now the default when loading the game. Also the nearest zoom level has been slightly reduced.
Improved Translations
Compatability layer for new save file system with character slots for 1.0 added

The 1.0 Release is coming July 11th. Here is our announcement post:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/543358846952800641?l=english

If you encounter any issues please report them so that we can make sure to fix all of them before 1.0 releases.