Esoteric Ebb News

[p][/p][p]Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Fixed a companion line that appeared in the labyrinth, even when the companion was gone.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a double glossary entry.[/p]
• [p]Made the 'Lichhouse Blues' quest slightly less cryptic to complete.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an error that occurred when sleeping on day 3 while having completed every possible major quest before the end of day 2.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Made sure you don't miss a certain dialog in the epilogue by having a certain very strange setup of variables.[/p]
• [p]Made sure you don't get stuck in the Coinlord's bossfight if you managed to flip the table, while also not having opened the tea shop door. (You now have more freedom in that dialog to walk away or swear an oath at your own leisure.)[/p]
• [p]Fixed a line that makes it sound like Charisma calls the seagull a goblin.[/p]
• [p]Updated the glossaries with additional exact matches.[/p]

[p]It is with great joy I tell you all:[/p][p][/p][p]Go play it! It's been an absolute pleasure to put all of this together for you. I'm also very happy to announce that we are fully Steam Deck Verified. So go ahead and play on the go! Or on your sofa, if you're like me.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Eight long years. Over a million words written. A vast number of interconnected quests, each with more solutions that I can even remember. You'll be playing as a cleric. The adventure will take you from level 1 to 6. It should take us quite a few sessions.[/p][p]I hope you enjoy.[/p][p]-Christoffer Bodegård[/p]

On my first day investigating the bombing of a goblin tea shop in Esoteric Ebb, Christoffer Bodegård's self-styled "Disco-like" CRPG, I didn't let a second go to waste. Was it magic? An explosive? Did it have anything to do with the upcoming inaugural democratic election? Or was it a random act of violence? So many threads to tug on, and I've only got five days to figure everything out...
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Among the first things I did in Esoteric Ebb was spectacularly injure myself by posing a question to a kobold guard that was actually a statement. To whit, "you are a kobold." My Dexterity hollered at me to stave off embarrassment with a witty follow-up, but I failed the associated dice roll and almost bit my own tongue off.

"Use this to your advantage," growled my Strength stat. "Intimidate him with your life's liquid." So I spat blood through my visor, all over the kobold's feet. "He is baffled," observed my Wisdom. "Your actions have truly made a mark upon his dark soul." Later, the kobold and I agreed - again via dice roll - that neither of us like the taste of milk, which somehow unlocked a quest to become a milkman. Apparently, the money's decent.

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