Nordic Ashes News

Update v0.13.4

Hello!!
In today’s update we wanted to focus in some suggestions and fixes you sent us. And new Ragnaroks too!

[h2]Helheim Ragnarok VI & VII[/h2]
We’ve added Ragnarok VI and VII to Helheim. Let us know how it feels! We know this mode was quite complicated last time, but it was due to a few bugs that were solved some weeks ago, so this ones should be plausible!

[h2]Niflheim Ragnarok I-V[/h2]
We've also added Ragnarok I-V in Niflheim! So you can enjoy hardcore runs in this cold weather!

[h2]Suggestions[/h2]

The Ultimate ability input has been improved. The icon shown in the bottom left of the screen will now glow each time it’s available.
Alpha settings can now be modified with keyboard and controller. Keyboard pressing I/O and controller with up/down directional buttons.
After an enemy is defeated, the dissolving animation lenght has been reduced, so enemies you defeat disappear quicker.
In manual aim, the direction of your attacks is now displayed.

[h2]Regarding FOMO[/h2]
We’ve been reading your comments about FOMO in the last post, and thank you for commenting and doing it as constructive criticism, we really appreciate when feedback is written in a constructive way 😊
Our idea with themed skins or events has always been to add some variety to Nordic Ashes, but we understand your concerns. We will work on a solution to avoid this issue.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

In some cases Yggdrasil leaves would reset.
The Snowman relic and the Pinecone’s shadow were not affected by the alpha settings.
In some boss fights the music stopped playing.
When activating the use of the mouse to move the character, manual aim was autoactivated. Now aim will be automatic.
Constellation UI texts were sometimes overlapped.

Thanks again for your feedback, comments and love ːNA_Gnokiː

As always, if you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

Winter Festival is here!

Hello Survivors!
In this post we’d like to introduce Nordic Ashes Winter Festival!

It will take place from December 1st until January 4th.
This Winter Festival includes the following:

[h2]A festive Talkôr skin [/h2]
Even though he looks a bit grumpy, we’re sure he’ll be a nice Santa. All his Relics have got a festive skin too! Conquer Jotunheim playing with Talkôr and keep it as a permanent skin.

[h2]Winter Jotunheim[/h2]
Festive decorations all over Jotunheim. You will be able to spot some funny costumes in enemies too (we’re big fans of the Protectors lol).
Remember you can reduce the number of freezing stacks from the Jotunheim curse if you possess fire relics, the more the better.

[h2]Winter themed relics[/h2]
Last year you enjoyed so much the winter relics. This year we’ve added ascensions so they are even stronger!
Please notice that themed relics will appear more often than regular ones.
On that note, you may disable the Winter event on the Settings panel if you prefer to play regular runs.

[h2]Improvements and fixes[/h2]

Translations updated: Chinese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Ukrainian and Brazilian Portuguese.
Sindrok's bug that made you invincible.

We hope you enjoy this Winter Season as much as we did developing it!
Next steps will lead us to Asgard, the last of the 9 Realms. Hopefully, this new map will be released before the end of December.

Thanks again for all your feedback and comments, we always try to read everything, and even though we’re not able to answer everyone, it certainly makes us smile when we read you 😊
Wish you an amazing weekend, and see you next week!

Update v0.13.2.1

Hi!

We just posted a hotfix.
In some occasions, hiding the UI lead to a bug where you couldn’t recover the UI back or the game would freeze.

Thanks for reporting it!
Cheers!

As always, if you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

FatalZone + Nordic Ashes Bundle

[h2]New bundle arrived![/h2]

Hi!
We’re happy to announce we are partnering with FatalZone and created the VikingZone bundle!
You can now enjoy both games with a 10% discount! ːNA_Hardː

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36824/Viking_Zone/

Update v0.13.2

Hello! ːNA_Leafː
Today we have a suggestions/fixes update related to your feedback :D

[h2]Improvements [/h2]

If you touch the Gnöki Exchange Shrine (the one in the shop, that exchanges xp for gold) once and then step away, it will exchange xp for gold 1 time. But if you stay close, it will exchange xp for gold multiple times, faster each time.
If you already have the maximum gold, it won’t keep exchanging xp for nothing even if you stay close.
This exchange shrine will also appear in the room before the final boss.
Changed the color of the timer that appears on the bottom center of the screen during runs so you can see it better.
You can now hide the UI during runs in case you want to take a screenshot pressing F9 or the left joystick.
Manual aim (mouse): we’ve slightly changed how it works and we hope it is now more intuitive. It will aim at you enemies while you keep it pressed.
Green hearts will now appear always in last position. This way you will lose them first when you get hit, as they grant you xp when they break.

[h2]Alruna balancing[/h2]

To make unlocking her more intuitive, it will now be on Niflheim Realm. As ice potions are unlocked in this realm, it will make things more straight forward.
And speaking of Ice Potions. We’ve also changed the probability of them appearing on the shop, so they are easier to obtain. Before, red potions were Common and the others were Rare. Now they all have the same % of appearing.
Her weapon Selenite Wand, has now manual aim too.
If your character has earned penetration stats, Selenite Wand will have them too.
Alruna’s Ultimate ability: she will summon one extra Gunborg every 5 summons on her global stats.
The Mandrake’s cry area is now larger.
Splintered Bones have now a larger area. Their initial duration has been changed from 2 to 3.
Splintered Bones caused bleeding, but it was not specified in their description. Now it is.
Updated Alruna’s minions descriptions.

[h2]Hansi balancing[/h2]

Crimson Dagger had a random target. It now targets nearby enemies.
Deep Crystal now starts with 2 projectiles instead of 1 and the area of effect is larger. It also targets enemies more efficiently.
Shadow Crossbow has now faster projectiles but they last less and have less attack speed. It now targets the closest enemies.
Shadow Warrior also targets now the closest enemies.

[h2]Effects visibility tutorial[/h2]
We’ve added a new tutorial. In case your abilities crowd the screen and you can’t see what’s below them (the ground, your enemies…), you can always reduce their alpha so they become more transparent and you can see through them.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

There was a know bug that made some bosses or enemies immortal. This should now be fixed.
Alruna’s Splintered Bones relic was not aiming correctly.
Sometimes, Alruna’s stats regarding her innate ability were not being added correctly when you leveled up.

We hope you enjoy this update!
Next week we will introduce Winter Season!!
Have a nice day and see you very soon! ːNA_Crystalː