Heretic's Fork News

We are beyond excited to officially announce the console release date for Heretic’s Fork!

🎮 Coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on November 14th, 2024! 🎮

Watch the Release Date Trailer on YouTube

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In Heretic’s Fork, you'll step into the fiery shoes of a demon responsible for managing Hell’s own tower defense system. Your mission? To prevent escapees from eternal damnation by strategically placing traps, minions, and more. With a blend of strategic deckbuilding and tower defense, it’s your job to ensure Hell runs smoothly.

[h2]🏆 Key Features 🏆[/h2]

• Deckbuilding Meets Tower Defense: Choose from various cards to create your perfect defense strategy.
  
• Manage Your Realm: Oversee multiple levels of Hell and make sure no tormented souls escape!
  
• Dark Humor: Hell has never been so hilarious with our twisted, comedic narrative.
  
• Console-Optimized Enhancements: Enjoy improved performance, refined controls, and optimized UI designed specifically for console gameplay.
  

[h2]🔥 Coming to Consoles on November 14th, 2024 🔥[/h2]

Heretic’s Fork will be available digitally across all major platforms, so whether you're returning or diving into the inferno for the first time, you’ll be able to experience Hell’s favorite management sim in all its devilish glory!

[h2]🎤 Developer Quote 🎤[/h2]

“We’ve had so much fun building out the world of Heretic’s Fork, and we’re thrilled to finally bring this chaotic, devilishly addictive experience to console players. It’s time to show that managing Hell isn’t just a job — it’s a game!”– Stevis Andrea, Solo Developer at 9FingerGames

[h3]Known Issues:[/h3]

1. Crash in endless mode after several hours of playing.
   
2. Tower upgrade controls may become unresponsive in later stages of the game.
   
3. Rare conditions may cause wrong towers to combine or delete unrelated towers after combining.
   
4. The mouth in the center of the Gluttony stage might disappear in some cases.
   

We're excited for your feedback and will continue improving the game! Thanks for your continued support.

Hey Heretics!

We’re excited to share some exciting updates with you! We’re continually working on polishing the game and rolling out bug fixes and patch notes as quickly as possible.

To celebrate the new Tower Defense events and our upcoming participation in the Tiny Teams events, we’re also launching another sale this month – 50% OFF! 🎉

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2181610/Heretics_Fork/

Without further ado, here are the patch notes for this update!

[h2]Changelist:[/h2]

[h3]Crash Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed an issue with crashing on tasks/challenges screen when entering or exiting fullscreen with alt+enter
  
• Fixed random crash at the start of the shift
  
• Fix for rare random game crashes in menus
  

[h3]UI and Display:[/h3]

• Fixed newline display on the character selection screen
  
• Trashcan will unlock automatically now if the user used the key to unlock the saves folder earlier
  
• Endless button now has an explicit description saying that no further rewards will be given
  
• Internal rework of Rewards menu UI to improve performance
  

[h3]Gameplay Improvements:[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that allowed the tower to be healed even though it had already dipped below 0.
  
• Added Traditional Chinese localization
  
• Preload system resources on the loading screen to avoid freezes during gameplay on low-end systems
  
• Gamepad controls fixed for card unlock splash screen
  
• Can select torment level above 2 with gamepad now
  
• Can use gamepad in torment shop and social menus now
  
• Punished sinners counter now speeds up if you punished too many sinners in a short time (default speed is 30 sinners/sec)
  
• There is a 5-second delay between autosaves now to reduce HDD/SSD usage
  
• Regeneration card now instantly heals the tower by the healing amount left when changing stages
  
• Some caching and pre-caching to speed up the game in different places
  

[h3]Card Adjustments:[/h3]

• "Intimidation Tactic" card logic reworked
  
• Fixed issues where the following card effects wouldn't be saved/loaded correctly
  
  (Blighted Blood, Boiling Blood, Bonus, Burn Them All, Curse Them All, Dark Believer, Dominate, Duplicating Shiv, Enlight Them All, Healing Flame, Hellflame, HolyMoly, Hot Potato, Holy Fire, Intimidation Tactic, One Man Army, Pick of Destiny, Powerdraw, Quake, Rainbow, Redemption, Repercussions, Retribution, Salvage, Shadow Priest, Shot, Spammer, Synergist, Trinity)
  
  
• Trinity power doesn't give passive bonus to tower and garrison damage when it's inactive and works exactly as the text on the card says
  
• If you have more than 1 charge of Intimidation Shuffle, then reshuffle will consume the charge and all reshuffled cards will be free
  

[h3]Known Issues:[/h3]

• Crash in endless mode after several hours of playing (may be unreachable after HP lock fix in 1.2.0.5)
  
• Tower upgrade controls might become unresponsive on later stages of the game
  
• Some rare conditions may cause wrong towers to combine or delete unrelated towers after combining
  
• The mouth in the center of the gluttony stage might disappear on some frames under certain circumstances (happened with Forker and Sin Spotter towers with lots of ASPD boosts)
  

We’re committed to continuously improving the game and your feedback is greatly appreciated. Please let us know what you think!

An update to fix some issues with the recent update as well as add the ability to recover crashed endless runs.

• Added an autosave that occurs when entering endless mode — if the game crashes during endless mode, then this file can be used to re-enter the shift. (Prevents the player from losing the rewards for completing a shift due to crashing in endless mode.)
  
• Updated GameMaker version.
  
• Fixed an issue that made the enemies jump forward when fps is low.
  
• Fixed an issue that highlighted structures on the left panel when they aren't being selected.
  
• Slightly adjusted the Russian localization to ensure the text fits in one line where needed and does not go off-screen.
  
• Fixed some crashes related to the input system for controller support.
  
• Correct prompts now display in the pause menu when using a gamepad and steam deck.
  

Please report any bugs, we will fix them in future hotfixes!

- Some elbow grease on the code to fix crashes and improve build stability and overall performance

Dear Heretics,
We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each one of you for your support and patience. It's been a while since our last update, and we've been hard at work perfecting the game based on your valuable feedback. After months of alpha testing, we’re ready to announce that The Savior's Descent Update is finally live!

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[h3]🌟 Save Relic:[/h3] Load back into a shift from the menu with ease using the new Save Relic!



[h3]🔄 Endless Mode Optimization:[/h3] Experience smoother gameplay and improved performance in Endless Mode.

[h3]🔥 Torment Modifiers:[/h3] Brace yourself for new challenges with Torment Modifiers added to Endless Mode.

[h3]㊗️ Japanese Localization:[/h3] We have added full support for the Japanese language as was requested.

[h3]🔄 Continue Shift to Endless Mode:[/h3] Seamlessly transition from Shift to Endless Mode for uninterrupted gameplay.

[h3]🎮 Full Controller Support:[/h3] Enjoy enhanced gameplay flexibility with comprehensive controller support.

[h3]🎵 New Music:[/h3] Immerse yourself in the original game soundtrack "Heretic's Fork: Infernal Metal" by DeusVult Inc in-game and on all major music streaming platforms!



Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/21h71W1izgFxxT52qRkfsd?si=f2J5K9pvS7unfSpA5Y984Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/heretics-fork-infernal-metal-original-game-soundtrack/1753681984

YouTube Music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nY-yXdF3sw7JFVP__h34ihpiHFTOs9MhU


The Original Soundtrack Album created by these talented musicians:
Guitars: Anton Bender
Instagram: antonbender

Drums: Denis Marinkin (Den Marinkin)
Follow him on Instagram: den_marinkin

Recording/Mix: Andrey Kravchenko
Follow him on Instagram: andrwrckr

But before we get on today’s update, we’d like to mention that there’s going to be a 50% Discount on Heretic’s Fork in celebration of our participation in Steam Summer Sale starting today, and ending on July 10th, you can enjoy playing Heretic’s Fork during this time for a 50% discount if you don’t have it already you can gift it to your friends :-P

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2181610/Heretics_Fork

Thank you for your continued support, and remember: Hell awaits, and there's no escape!

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Sincerely!