Valfaris: Mecha Therion News

[h3]ALL HAIL! The brand new arcade-style Challenge Mode is now available! If you've already beaten the game, Challenge Mode will be ready to play as soon as the latest update has installed. If you haven't beaten the game, Challenge Mode will remain locked until you do! [/h3]

These are some of the main differences between Challenge Mode and the default Original Mode:

• Therion is equipped with lives instead of a health bar
  
• Weapons are upgraded on-the-fly by collecting pick-ups
  
• Earn a score by defeating enemies and destroying anything that's destructible
  
• Weapons can be downgraded if you're hit by an enemy
  
• Gain extra lives at score milestones and by collecting Blood of Valfaris
  
• Checkpoints can be destroyed as a way to earn Blood of Valfaris
  

There are more details about Challenge Mode in our previous Steam post.

We've discounted the game to celebrate the arrival of Challenge Mode – it's available for half-price until next Monday, 2nd September.

VALFARIS: MECHA THERION ARRIVES ON CONSOLES LATER THIS WEEK!

The wait is almost over! You'll be able to grab Valfaris: Mecha Therion on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles in just a few days! It launches 29th August. Be sure to add the game to your wishlist on the console of your choice and you'll be notified as soon as it's available.

Matt | Big Sugar

[h3]Challenge Mode is coming in a free update to Valfaris: Mecha Therion on 26th August. Designed to give skilled players another way to play through the game, Challenge Mode includes some arcade-style changes, such as lives instead of health, a scoring system, and weapon upgrades via pick-ups.[/h3]

[h3]Challenge Mode details:[/h3]

Score

• Increase your score by killing enemies and destroying anything that's destructible!
  
• Defeat bosses quickly for bonus points
  

Lives + Checkpoints

• Number of current lives are represented by red bars on the HUD
  
• Start with 2x lives. Lose a life when you take a hit
  
• Lose all lives and you restart from the last checkpoint
  
• When you respawn at a checkpoint, 1x life is deducted from the total lives you had when the checkpoint was activated e.g. if you activate a checkpoint with 3x lives and then subsequently lose all those 3x lives, you respawn at that checkpoint with 2x Lives. It's game over when you have 0x lives left
  
• Gain extra lives at score increments, starting at 100,000 and then every 120,000 after that i.e. 100,000 / 220,000 / 360,000
  
• You also gain an extra life for every 5x Blood of Valfaris you collect
  

• Score multiplier increases with your current amount of lives: 2x Lives = 1.0 Multiplier / 3x Lives = 1.2 Multiplier / 4x Lives = 1.4 / 5x Lives = 1.6
  
• Destroying a checkpoint yields 1x Blood of Valfaris. Only melee attacks can destroy a checkpoint
  
• WARNING: You can't utilise a destroyed checkpoint
  
• Weapon and Module loadouts can still be changed at checkpoints
  

Upgrades

• Weapons are no longer upgraded at checkpoints
  
• Defeated enemies can drop weapon pick-ups. Collect these to upgrade your Destroyer, Melee, and Auxiliary weapons
  

• Weapon ranks are displayed on the HUD
  
• As well as losing a life, taking a hit can also downgrade weapons
  

All hail Challenge Mode - we hope you enjoy it!

Matt | Big Sugar

[h3]All hail! The Valfaris: Mecha Therion Official Soundtrack is now available on Steam! Composed and recorded by former Celtic Frost guitarist Curt Victor Bryant, it includes 22 original tracks and is priced $4.99 USD.[/h3]

You can find the full track list at the OST store page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2689790/Valfaris_Mecha_Therion_Soundtrack

In addition to the OST, we've also just uploaded a PDF manual for the game. It includes all the good stuff that old school game manuals used to include: game info (controls, difficulties, weapons, power-ups, mechanics etc.), story background, screenshots, and a few hints & tips. You can check it out from the store page side menu:



And, finally, Valfaris: Mecha Therion is currently discounted by 50% for the Steam Daily Deal, which started today and runs until next Saturday, 6th April. It's the biggest discount we'll be doing for a while, so it'll be a great time to grab it if you haven't already!

Hope you all enjoy the OST and manual!

Matt | Big Sugar

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647920/Valfaris_Mecha_Therion/

[h3]Hey everyone – we got the tick. Valfaris: Mecha Therion is now officially verified on Steam Deck, so enjoy playing wherever the hell you like! [/h3]

Check out the video below to see it running on the Deck:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

The Galaxy has been ripped a new wormhole that leads straight to version 1.0.5! We've had some weapon & module adjustments, overall performance improvements, and added in Polish localization!

WEAPONS

Electroburst

• Now charges more quickly.
  
• No longer slows down your movement while charging.
  

Wrath of Kykris

• No longer destroys plasma projectiles (it will still destroy solid ones like missiles).
  
• Uses more energy to fire.
  
• Small damage nerf.
  

MODULES

Reflector Edge

• Increased damage of reflected projectiles.
  
• Increased number of types of projectiles that can be reflected.
  

Crash-Burst

• Now unleashes banshee ghosts on impact.
  

The Rally module has been replaced with the "Fuel Stabiliser" module.
This module reduces the fuel cost to boost, allowing you to perform 3 boosts when the fuel gauge is full, rather than 2.

OTHER CHANGES:
- Added in Polish language.
- Performance improvements.