Scarlet Tower News

Hey Guys!

We would like to announce the final result of the survey v1.0. We created a post for you to vote on what would be the future of Scarlet Tower. The voting result was:

• DLC - 123 Votes
• Scarlet Tower II - 99 Votes
• Minor Updates - Every Month - 49 Votes

So we will proceed with the Content DLC and patches for balancing and fixing the base game, and we will announce the DLC soon.

The update v1.0.2 is now available! Let's go to the patch notes!

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• In-game exit tab now correctly pauses the game.
  
• Ultimate ability no longer activates with the UI open.
  
• Fixed bug where Skeleton Staff fusions were constantly removing weapons from their recipes.
  
• Frostfire Burn description now displays its activation chance correctly (previously showing 100% chance).
  
• Reduced death screen delay.
  
• Summoning staffs descriptions now display correctly.
  
• "Give Up" button no longer overlaps the "Apply" button in options.
  
• Start/Enter button now plays the map selection UI.
  
• Loyalty points now display correctly, even if the player has reached the limit of 10 mastery talents.
  
• Fixed bug where Skeleton Staff fusions were constantly removing weapons from their recipes.
  
• Interval for Skeleton Staff and its fusions (Fire/Slime/Ice Skeleton Staff) now updates correctly.
  
• Frostfire Burn description now displays its activation chance correctly (previously showing 100% chance).
  
• Fixed bug where it was possible to exceed the 10 faction talent limit.
  
• Corrected description of Bloody Blindness.
  
• Corrected description of Pertinent Star.
  
• Cooldown display for Lunar Eclipse corrected.
  
• Corrected description of Exorcism.
  
• Tooltip now closes correctly on the encyclopedia UI.
  
• Fusion rarities are now shown correctly in weapon tooltip.
  
• Necromancer mission cemetery now always appears within reachable distance.
  

If you're enjoying the game, don't forget to rate us on steam, it helps us a lot! 🧛‍♀️🙏🏽

Join us discord!

https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX

Help us by reporting bugs found or with ideas in the #bug-report #ideas discord channel!

See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia

Hey Guys!

The update v1.0.1 is now available! Let's go to the patch notes!

This update was focused on making the game bug-free. We will release a new update over the weekend to finalize all the bugs that were reported on Discord #bug-report ( https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX ).


For players who are looking for an extra challenge, we are working on the "Nightmare" mode, which can be activated on any map and corruption level, drastically increasing the strength of enemies and their rewards. We are planning to release it in the next update (v1.0.2).

[h3]Added[/h3]

• "Give Up" button added to the Pause menu.
  
• New wave of enemies on the "Leviathan's Lair" map in the "Endless Mode".
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the "King of The Hill" talent scaling infinitely.
  
• Skeleton Staff (Base and Fusions) now removes the oldest skeleton to summon a new one if the player has reached the summon limit.
  
• Familiar abilities are now correctly brought.
  
• Missions with area on the minimap now display correctly (Necro).
  
• Improvements in the font selection screen.
  
• Champions (NPCs) no longer occupy summon space.
  
• Weapon tooltips now open correctly.
  
• Translation of the tooltip on how to unlock maps is now correctly translated.
  
• Ghost icons on the minimap fixed.
  
• Fixed fusion tooltip sometimes showing "Fusion with:" instead of the weapon name.
  
• Engineer's mission now displays the percentage correctly.
  
• Issues with hovering and selection in the chest UI have been fixed.
  
• Menu animation issues fixed.
  

If you're enjoying the game, don't forget to rate us on steam, it helps us a lot! 🧛‍♀️🙏🏽

Join us discord!

https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX

Help us by reporting bugs found or with ideas in the #bug-report #ideas discord channel!

See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia

Hey Guys!

The update v1.0 is now available!



For those of you returning now, I'll send 2 patch notes links, one for version v1.0 and one for the major content update v0.9.

Patch Notes v1.0
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2181720/view/4137192029927919981?l=brazilian

Patch Notes for Content Update v0.9 (Bloody Gates)
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2181720/view/3722847546242679126?l=brazilian

[h3]About version v1.0[/h3]
We would like to thank all of you for the tremendous help you have provided us throughout the Early Access period, with ideas, reports, translations, and much more, Thank You Very Much!!!

As the game was built based on many community ideas, we would also like to ask for your vote in this form, to understand what you prefer about the future of Scarlet Tower.

There will be 3 options:

A: Small Updates The option of small content updates every 30~45 days. Such as weapons, familiars, fusions, etc...

B: DLCs Major updates that expand the current content, bringing an expansion of the game in the form of DLC, including new game modes, new characters with new maps, new mechanics, and other more complex things.

C: Scarlet Tower II A new Roguelike Action RPG, but with more complex mechanics, something inspired by Hades (if Top-Down) or Dead Cells (if Platform).

[h3]Comment on this post A, B, or C (Optional comment)[/h3]
If you prefer, you can send an email to [email protected] or comment on any channel of our Discord https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX and your vote will be counted. (Any language)

If you're enjoying the game, don't forget to rate us on steam, it helps us a lot! 🧛‍♀️🙏🏽

Join us discord!

https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX

Help us by reporting bugs found or with ideas in the #bug-report #ideas discord channel!

See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia

Hey Guys,

After 3 months of work on bug fixes and optimizations, we're going to announce everything about version 1.0 and future updates.

The version 1.0 update will be available on March 25th (Tomorrow).

The focus of this update is to add everything you've requested from Steam, like Steam Cards/Badges/Avatars, significant enemy balancing, and millions of performance improvements. We want version 1.0 to run at 60 FPS on most devices.



[h3]New Features:[/h3]

• Animated Avatars for Steam profiles!
  
• Steam Cards
  
• Steam Emotions
  
• Steam Badges
  
• Steam Insignias
  
• Steam Backgrounds
  
• 25~50% FPS Increase
  
• Added option to switch between pixel and normal font
  

[h3]Balancing:[/h3]

• Enemies in "Nightpine Valley" had their damage reduced by 14%
  
• Enemies in "Plaguelands" had their damage reduced by 22%
  
• Enemies in "Leviathan's Lair" had their damage reduced by 28%
  
• Enemies in "Scarlet Bridge" had their damage reduced by 32%
  
• Enemies in "Scarlet Tower" had their damage reduced by 36%
  
• Skeleton allies had their life reduced by 25%
  

[h3]Mechanics:[/h3]

• Contraband NPC, which appears in Endless Mode selling permanent buffs, now appears more frequently
  

[h3]Glyphs:[/h3]

• 2 New Glyphs added for Ninn
  

[h3]User Interface (UI):[/h3]

• Tooltip added for debuffs on the Bridge and Scarlet Tower.
  
• Permanent buff display added to the "Shinning Coin" screen
  
• New button to select enchantment gems on the rune screen.
  
• Bestiary enemies are now revealed after eliminating the enemy.
  

[h3]Languages:[/h3]

• Native Simplified Chinese translation (Thanks Tracy)
  
• (New languages coming soon)
  

[h3]General Fixes:[/h3]

• Audio when selecting interface objects now works correctly.
  
• Asian text font numbers now work correctly.
  
• Description of "Templar Shield" fixed
  
• Ultimate key now appears correctly during gameplay
  
• Banning 3 items no longer crashes the game
  
• Talent "Death's Reckoning" now works correctly
  
• Talent "Shatter Bones" now works correctly
  
• CDR is now correctly limited to 70%
  
• Talent "King of the Hill" limits to 10,000 HP correctly.
  
• Limit of Vylat's "Royal Blood" talent now works correctly.
  
• Necromancer mission now works correctly
  
• Description of "Ivy Staff" fixed
  
• Description of "Frost Dagger" fixed
  
• Description of "Deep Orb" fixed
  
• Description of "Faith Armor" fixed
  
• Description of "Hammer of Justice" fixed
  
• Description of "Bleeding" fixed
  
• Description of "Living Bomb" fixed
  
• Description of "Fading Formula" fixed
  
• Description of "HP Regeneration" fixed
  
• Glacial Staff now appears correctly in the arsenal
  

We hope you'll help us by reporting issues on our Discord (https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX). We'll be monitoring Discord, with priority in the bug reports channel (#bug-reports).



[h3]Upcoming Content[/h3]

• New Epic Boss
  
• Equipment System
  
• Fusion of Heroic Weapons
  
• New Map
  
• New Weapons
  
• New Achievements
  
• New Fusions
  

The next major content update will be released shortly after the launch of the Scarlet Tower version 1.0 for Nintendo Switch (Q2 2024).

[h3]About Post 1.0[/h3]

• Now that we won't be in EA anymore, all new updates will be released first in the "Beta" system on Steam, so they can be properly tested before being released to everyone.
  

[h3]Frequently Asked Questions[/h3]
(Question 1) How many updates will there be for Scarlet Tower in 2024?

• We'll release as many bug/ performance fix updates as necessary for the game to run without bugs and at 60 FPS on most devices.
  
• We're considering between smaller updates or major content DLCs with post-Scarlet Tower maps. (Your opinion is highly welcome in the comments of this post or our Discord https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX)
  

(Question 2) Will there be announcements of new games from Pyxeralia in 2024?
Yes, we will announce 2 new games in Q3 2024:

• A Turn-based JRPG, inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics/Breath of Fire IV with some procedural generation and roguelike mechanics (Early Access).
  
  
• An Action Platformer inspired by MegamanX/Castlevania (Simultaneous release v1.0 on Nintendo Switch and PC).
  

If you're enjoying the game, don't forget to rate us on Steam, it helps us a lot! 🧛‍♀️🙏🏽

Join us on Discord!

https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX

Help us by reporting bugs found or with ideas in the #bug-report #ideas discord channel!

See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia

Hey Guys!

Let's go to the v0.9.9 update information!

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[h3]Update Summary[/h3]
• Was Vorax tough? Now you'll have more time to get stronger before awakening him. We doubled the damage required to wake him up.

• Annoying lag in the Interface? Solved.

• Were the weapons unbalanced? The Damage of all fusions has been altered.

• Missed the old accessories? They've returned "differently" in the new power-up system. Now, just roam around to gain a small status bonus.



• New Merchant, but he only appears in Endless Mode selling Permanent Status.



[h3]New Features[/h3]

[•] New Character: Maeve
[•] Ultimate Ability for all characters
[•] Endless Mode
[•] Smuggler Merchant, selling permanent status (Endless Mode)
[•] New Currency: Shinning Coin (used in the smuggler merchant of Endless Mode)
[•] New NPC: Engineer (she appears on the map when you have 3 fusions)
[•] New UI: Endless Shop (to buy Shinning Coin)
[•] New UI: Bestiary
[•] New UI: Arsenal
[•] Now you can see your weapons/fusions during leveling
[•] Native Translation to Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.
[•] "Minimap" is no longer part of achievements; it's unlocked from the beginning of the game.
[•] +15 New Achievements
[•] Fusions now belong to two weapon families (from the weapons that participated in the fusion)
[•] 2 New Glyphs for Ninn's Elemental
[•] The talent "Alchemical Mirror" now has a visual effect
[•] Life Shield now has a visual effect
[•] All new weapons from the last update have been released
[•] New Fusion: Fire Skeleton Staff
[•] New Fusion: Ice Skeleton Staff
[•] New Fusion: Slime Skeleton Staff
[•] New Tooltips in the Pause Menu

[h3]Changes[/h3]

[•] Nerf: Vorax now needs twice as much damage to wake up.
[•] Buff Rank 5: Water Staff +125%
[•] Buff Rank 4: Winter Staff +75%
[•] Buff Rank 4: Warmth Staff +75%
[•] Buff Rank 4: Underworld Tome +40%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Snow Cannon +100%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Raziel Tome +100%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Glacial Sword +175%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Glacial Staff +85%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Frost Dagger +210%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Ectoplasm Gift +310%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Darkness Knife +510%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Darkness Cloak +210%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Blizzard Wand +190%
[•] Buff Rank 4: Agony Crown +75%
[•] Buff Rank 5: Antichrist Blood 215%
[•] Buff Thermal Shock (+800%)
[•] Buff Anomaly (+40% Damage)
[•] Buff Finishing Blow (+20%)
[•] Buff Power Bargain (+30%)
[•] Buff Dark Accord (+40%)
[•] Buff Adaptability (25% > 40%)
[•] Buff Resilience (10% > 25%)
[•] Buff Twilight Day (+100%)
[•] Nerf Living Bomb (-60%)
[•] Nerf Templar Shield (-30%)
[•] Nerf Octopus Staff (-40%)
[•] Water Staff now causes slowness
[•] Veromus' Weapon is now part of the "Bloodmancer" family.
[•] Buff: All Allied NPCs had their life increased (+60%)
[•] Buff: Summon Dark Servant had its damage and life increased (+75%)

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

[•] Lobby slowdown in character and talent selection has been resolved
[•] Summons no longer collide with the hero
[•] Merged weapons no longer leave slots with COOLDOWN
[•] Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling in some interfaces on the Steam Deck
[•] Number of Summons now correctly counted in the pause stats
[•] Talent bar no longer trembles during the match
[•] Fixed a visual bug that showed ranks 1 and 2 of talents with identical values
[•] Talent: Sacrifice
[•] Talent: God Touch
[•] Talent: Immortality
[•] Talent: Iron Heart
[•] Talent: Last Whisper
[•] Talent: Pain Link
[•] Talent: Righteous Armor
[•] Frostfire Mastery (Now activates with Ninn's weapon)
[•] Talent: Beacon of Light had its FX duration corrected, following the description correctly
[•] Talent: Glorious Grace
[•] Talent: Divine Ties
[•] Talent: Generosity
[•] Talent: Glorious Grace
[•] Talent: Brewmaster
[•] Talent: Twin Mirror: Fixed a bug where having this talent prevented the player from receiving charges from Alchemical Mirror
[•] Talent: Deep Cut
[•] Talent: Ruptured Tendons
[•] Talent: Sharp Blade
[•] Talent: Sharp Claws
[•] Talent: Dark Regeneration
[•] Talent: Scarlet Embrace
[•] Talent: Red Conversion
[•] Talent: Enhanced Faith
[•] Talent: Heaven Embrace
[•] Talent: Sinner's Trauma
[•] Talent: Hypothermia
[•] Significant internal system improvements that should enhance the operation of various other talents
[•] All talents now function correctly with all build combinations.

[h3]Update v1.0[/h3]
[•] Update v1.0 is planned for January on PC and Nintendo Switch. Write in our Discord group (channel #ideas) what you would like to see in version 1.0. (https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX)


[h3]Happy Holidays!!![/h3]


If you're enjoying the game, don't forget to rate us on steam, it helps us a lot! 🧛‍♀️🙏🏽

Join us discord!

https://discord.gg/SMUMaKJ6qX

Help us by reporting bugs found or with ideas in the #bug-report #ideas discord channel!

See you in the next update!

Thank you so much!
Pyxeralia