Upheaval News

Play the updated Upheaval demo now!

In this update, you can meet an adorably curious kitfox, an aggressive billy goat, and an elusive squirrel! There are also new mapping features, fixed bugs, a new verbosity setting for text-to-speech, and improved signposting throughout the game. I hope you enjoy! 🥳

[h2]Highlights from this update[/h2]

Meet the kitfox! It runs around the map, playing with you and sniffing at the ground. What’s it looking for?



Meet the billy goat! It leaps about on the mountain, looking for something to fight. Will that be you today?



New helpful navigation path on the overworld map! Right-click or long-press the map, and a path will appear on the map showing you how to get there.



A mysterious ruby-eyed squirrel, a character from a very early prototype, finally back in the game. Where will you find it?

[h2]Special Thanks[/h2]

Big thank you to Kurt and Chad for playtesting this release! I couldn't do this without my playtesters! Thank you so much for all your help!

Read the full changelog on itch.io.

[h2]Play it Now[/h2]

Try out these changes, start a new adventure! 🥳

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/Upheaval/

Watch the alpha version of Upheaval streaming pre-recorded gameplay during the Time Masters Festival from July 22nd to 29th.

Go check out all the other time-looping/time management games! Link to event

Thanks so much for your support! 😄

- Alex

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/Upheaval

Full changelog for version 0.0.20:

• Fixed game crashing on load for new players! 😩
  

This one is a minor update mainly to fix some issues with text-to-speech on Mac and Linux, and also to address some feedback I got about text-to-speech generally. But I also added a wild badger to the game that I’m happy about, and that makes for a cooler update name, so this is the Wild Badger Update!

Special thanks to Michael Taboada in the itch.io comments who helped me fix text-to-speech on Mac and Linux, and all the feedback and suggestions I got from the AudioGames forums and the Discord! 🙏



Enjoy. 😊

Full list of changes for version 0.0.19:

• Added a wild badger to a random location in the region south of town! You have to search to find it.
  
• Fixed text-to-speech not working for many players on Mac or Linux.
  
• Added new in-game information to text-to-speech options that should make it easier to integrate your screen reader.
  
• Fixed some minor issues with input focus.
  
• Added mailing list button to main menu.
  
• Added better crash reports so I can fix more bugs. 😄
  

Thank you! ❤️

Several users on the AudioGames forum requested a text-to-speech feature that turned out to be pretty easy to implement, so I added it, and Michael Taboada reported a Linux issue in the comments on itch.io that has been fixed now. So here's a tiny update with those! Enjoy. 😊



Full list of changes for version 0.0.18:

• Added "Copy Speech to Clipboard" setting for Windows only. This allows players to use some screen readers (such as NVDA) with the graphical version of Upheaval. See the accessibility page for more information.
  
• Fixed issue on Linux that was causing the game to ask for elevated privileges. 😱
  

Thank you! ❤️