Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition News

v2.0.3

Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that prevented unlocking certain Outcome sketches.
Fixed an issue where for certain choices the wrong ending cinematic video or audio was shown.

The first patch for Herald: The Interactive Period Drama - Complete Edition is out. In it we address several bugs that were reported during the launch weekend. A list of fixed issues can be found below.


[h2]Bug fixes:[/h2]

• Fixed issue that prevented certain achievements from unlocking. Unfortunately, this bug also means that any newspaper headlines unlocked on earlier versions of the game did not count towards the ‘Completionist’ achievement. If you still have the save file, you can load the final scene again to have those headlines count towards the achievement.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to attempt to localize to German or Spanish based on system settings, while no such localization exists.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Credits would not end automatically.
  
• Fixed several instances where it was possible to click on an object through a wall.
  
• There was a ‘reset unlocks’ button in the archives that did nothing. It has been removed.
  

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[h2]Content fixes:[/h2]

• The game should now accurately record whether you opened the brig. This opens up more variations of the cinematic shortly after.
  
• Rob is no longer standing around alive seconds after getting shot.
  
• Caleb will no longer falsely accuse Devan of talking to the captain if Devan did not talk to the captain. Conversely he will now accuse Devan if Devan did in fact talk to the captain.
  
• Ludlow now accurately remembers if you backed him up on gun rights.
  
• Tabatha should no longer ‘dance’ when the group is scheming in the cargo hold.
  
• Made various minor tweaks to text and cameras.
  
• Inspecting the guestbook in the saloon now brings up the correct image.
  

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We want to thank all players who have played the game during our launch weekend for helping us find any lingering issues with the build. We can't promise that everything is fixed, there might be soms small things in there that we missed. Please continue to report these bugs here, so we can fix them in the next patch.

If you haven played the game, but haven't written a review yet, please do! We would be very grateful.

- The Wispfire Team

We’re very happy to announce that today, at long last, the Herald will conclude its journey.

Herald launches as part of the LudoNarraCon, Fellow Traveller Games’ digital narrative games festival that runs on Steam for its seventh year in 2025, from May 1 - 5 2025. Herald: Complete Edition is 15% off during this online games conference.

If you already own Book I & II, you will receive an extra 40% discount for the Complete Edition with our special Complete Edition bundle.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/53156/The_Complete_Edition_Upgrade/

We hope you’ll love it
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HmVfxJI4A[/previewyoutube]

Did you finish the game? We’d love it if you left us a review to tell us what you think!

Want to learn more about Herald’s development? Watch our DevStream program during the LudoNarraCon on the Wispfire broadcasting page: https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198191894502