Rack and Slay News

[h3]Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale![/h3]
Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more!



[h2]How about a FREE game?![/h2]
Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/

This free title introduces the general gameplay, protagonist and antagonists of the upcoming (paid) release, Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada. Be sure to add that to your Wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152060/Croak_Crusader_the_Champion_of_Canada/

[h2]COMING SOON[/h2]
Very VERY soon! Novus Orbis is a combo-based roguelike deckbuilder, set to release into Early Access on February 10th. There's already dozens of hours of content, and the game will only be getting deeper and more varied from here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437330/Novus_Orbis/

[h2]NEW UPDATES[/h2]
A collection of games have all timed free updates and big announcements for this event!

[h3]WizardChess[/h3]
WizardChess is a chess-like tactical roguelike with a near infinitely replayable amount of variety and depth. And today takes us a step closer to FULLY infinite replayability, with the addition of Daily Runs!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274210/WizardChess/

[h3]Starground[/h3]
At the end of 2024 Starground revealed a planned development roadmap. Today sees the Brewconomic Cropdate, adding animals, fishing, potion brewing, and an improved Space Hub.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2793380/Starground/

[h3]Magenta Horizon[/h3]
In addition to making the awesome art for this sale, solo-dev Maddison Baek has crafted new community items for Magenta Horizon! Play the game to earn Trading Cards, and unlock awesome profile backgrounds and other Steam goodies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109060/Magenta_Horizon__Neverending_Harvest/

[h3]Schism[/h3]
Schism has a new update dropping Feb 10th that adds some end-game content, and enhanced controller support. Keep your eyes peeled for that! But the BIG news here, is that Schism is leaving Early Access MARCH 10th!! There is no discount now, so as not to conflict with that launch discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/

[h3]Tower of Kalemonvo[/h3]
While this classic-style hack n slash ARPG isn't out yet, it did just receive yet another demo update. The name of the game right now is polish, preparing for our newly set released date of MARCH 28th!!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2351860/Tower_of_Kalemonvo/

[h2]FOLLOW ALONG[/h2]
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[h2]LOGO UPDATE[/h2]
I'm burying the lead a little here. But as a part of this event, I'm also debuting a redesigned 2 Left Thumbs Publishing logo - made by Fiend Folio artist RedRachis!

Hey folks, happy new year! 🎊

First of, a little celebration: The game broke through 400 reviews! That's way more than I ever anticipated to reach, so it filled me with a lot of joy to see this by the end of last year. THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤️

The highlight of today's small patch is another new language. Thanks to the incredibly generous support of Ladush, a fan of the game, the game is now available in Russian and with that in 8 total languages!

[h2]Patch notes (v1.28)[/h2]

• Added Russian translation.
  
• Adjusted the tile size of some of the new floors added last update.
  
• Fixed more translation typos and text rare box size issues.

All the best,
Fabian

Hi folks! Today artist extraordinaire Estivador and I have a little holiday surprise for you! 🎁

Speaking of holidays, the game will be on sale for Steam Winter Sale a few hours from now, so that should be a great time to join the fun-loving billiards roguelike family (or tell a friend about it)! ❤️

This patch includes a whole bunch of new graphics for floor tiles (including special boss-level ones), the outer arena walls and funky new hole graphics! 👀


And yes, you can turn the one below off by deactivating the "gore" checkbox. 😬


[h2]Patch notes (v1.27)[/h2]

• Added a variety of new floor tile graphics.
  
• Added special floor graphics for boss levels (5 and 10).
  
• Added alternative graphics for the outer arena walls.
  
• Added alternative graphics for holes.
  
• Changed Twitter links to Bluesky. Come say hi!
  
• Fixed several translation typos and minor bugs.

Finally, with the year coming to a close I'd like to thank each and every one of you for checking out my game! While the games industry is going through rough times, this has been a huge year for me and large parts of that come down to the, overall moderate but personally very significant, success of Rack and Slay (who's willing to help push past 400 reviews btw? 😝).

Not least thanks to your feedback, the game evolved throughout dozens of patches, multiple content updates, post-release ports to macOS and Nintendo Switch, as well as localization to support a total of 7 languages. This is way beyond what I imagined when I started working on this a little more than 2 years ago. So once again: THANK YOU, it means the world! 🙏

All the best and enjoy the holidays,
Fabian

Hi folks! Excited to let you know that just a few hours from now, The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards (or in "short" TGAGWCAGA) will be streamed on YouTube showcasing tons of exciting recently released and upcoming indies!

[h3]📅 TGAGWCAGA 2024
🕔 Friday, December 13th - 5:00 PM UTC / 6:00 PM CET / 12:00 PM ET
📺 Watch the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@TGAGWCAGA[/h3]

This is a great opportunity to check out games made by solo devs or tiny teams you may not have heard about yet! The world of indie games is a beautiful space full of creative minds who pour their hearts into deeply personal interactive pieces of art to try bold, wacky new things. This is where it's at!

To quote Balatro's Localthunk who (congrats!) just won 3 TGA trophies: "Please, now that I’ve been given my flowers, go play another deserving indie game and spread the love around." ❤️

Hey folks!

Thanks to none other than the amazing tricko, also known as Empty Bottle (who has also been one of the game's earliest playtesters), Rack and Slay is now fully translated into Italian!

Speaking of which, make sure to check out tricko's physics brawler Nice To Yeet You! I don't even have to lie when I say it's easily one of my most anticipated fighting games ever and I've already had a ton of fun with it in various playtests and the demo.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3108230/Nice_To_Yeet_You/

[h2]Patch notes (v1.26)[/h2]

• Added Italian translation.
  
• Impaler and Dice Juggler now spawn the first spikes / dice with a 90° offset if you have both, so you can more deliberately target an enemy with one or the other.
  
• Fixed a variety of translation issues.

As usual, if you have any feedback or ideas, please say hi via discord.gg/ludokultur and talk to me. Also maybe consider leaving a review if you like the game (some of the recently added language regions are known for somewhat harsher takes). In any case, thank you so much for playing and «benvenuto» if you're one of the new Italian players! 👋

All the best,
Fabian