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DevLog October 2025

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We hope you all had a great Halloween! ๐ŸŽƒ Fitting the theme, we spent the past month dealing with a rather spooky bug ๐Ÿ‘ป[/p][p][/p]
Unity Bug
[h2]The problem ๐Ÿž[/h2][p]If this bug happened to you, itโ€™s quite obvious to see: the game crashes โ€‹๐ŸŽฎโ€‹๐Ÿ’ฅโ€‹[/p][p]Unfortunately, the cause isnโ€™t that obvious to find. We highly suspect itโ€™s related to changes from a recent Unity update.[/p][p]We know the crash occurs when the game tries to access a piece of memory that has already been freed (the application no longer โ€œownsโ€ that memory, so the operating system blocks access, resulting in a crash).ย [/p][p]Rolling back is not an option, as the update was necessary to close a security vulnerability in the engine itself and Steam announced to take actions if games do not fix this.[/p][p]As with every reported bug, we tried to reproduce it. Unfortunately, on our own computers with various hardware setups, we havenโ€™t been able to reproduce the crash yet. So we're unable to narrow down what line of code (if it's only one) actually causes the crash ๐Ÿ˜•[/p][p][/p][h2]Our Approach ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ[/h2]
  • [p]We keep a close eye on all your bug reports while researching if others encountered similar issues (and maybe have a solution).[/p]
  • [p]We work together with some catastic community members (who sadly experience these crashes) to gather more information.[/p]
[p]We might already be onto something! ๐Ÿ˜ฏ Once the fix is confirmed, a new version will be tested and rolled out on Steam. Sorry again for the trouble, we hope to fix the issue as soon as possible! ๐Ÿค—[/p][p][/p][h3]Since the Unity bug has taken up quite a lot of our time, the rest of our Monthly Update is a bit lighter:

[/h3][h2]Third Biome โ„๏ธ[/h2][p]Up to now, weโ€™ve talked about the new setting, a new boss fight, and showed you the torches. What we havenโ€™t mentioned yet: Steam Achievements ๐Ÿ… Weโ€™re currently working on new achievements you can unlock while fighting your way through the snowy mountains โš”๏ธโ€‹โ›ฐ๏ธโ€‹[/p][p][/p][p]Stay wild and pawsome! ๐Ÿฏโ€‹๐Ÿ†โ€‹๐Ÿฆโ€‹๐Ÿผโ€‹[/p]