Ember the Werefox News

[h2]New Trailer Alert! [/h2]

Hey everyone! We just dropped our brand-new Launch Trailer for Ember the Werefox! This one’s packed with fresh footage, showing off more of the action and the adventure that awaits. If you’ve been wondering what it feels like to play and progress through the game, this is for you!

Of course, you can check it out right now on the game’s store page, but I wanted to share it here too.
Watch it, get hyped, and let us know what you think!

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YES, Ember the Werefox will release this spring!
That brings us to...

[h2]Closed Beta – We Need YOU![/h2]

As we sprint toward launch, we need some awesome beta testers to help us fine-tune Ember the Werefox! From March 4th to March 18th, we’ll be running a Closed Beta, and we’d love for you to jump in, play an almost-finished version of the game, and give us your feedback!

Good at spotting bugs or catching ideas we wouldn't? Just wanna give an early impression of the game before it's out? We want to hear it all! If you’re up for it, sign up here:

Ember the Werefox Closed Beta Signup

Your help means the world to us, and we can’t wait for you to come dig in!

Also, please Wishlist our game here on Steam, if you haven't already.

Thanks a ton!
- Adam & Arden

Ember enterers a spooky dreamland, filled with the embodiments of her greatest fears.
Will she be brave enough to stand up to the tormenting voices, shifting in the shadows?



Since Ember's first impressions during this past February's NextFest, we've taken all of the feedback given and poured time and passion into this game; also crafting many features which were previously underdeveloped. We can say that it's come a really long way these many months, as something we are very proud of!

With the festivity of Steam's spooky "Scream Fest", we saw a thematic opportunity to share a good chunk of this fearful yet family-friendly experience we're finishing up! This milestone demo and event are just ahead of the full release of Ember the Werefox, expected to launch before the end of 2024.



[h3]Enter the Dream[/h3]

Please enjoy the generously-offered portion of this game through our new demo!

As you play, let us know if you have any feedback and please Wishlist if you haven't already!

We'll be keeping an eye out for any comments within Steam, and on our public Discord server (which we'd be honored to have you join!).

Throughout the fest, we'll have a looping video of us playing EtW, streaming on its Steam Store Page, if you care to get a feel for the game without playing it yourself.

Alternatively, you can watch the prerecorded broadcast on YouTube (if you want to scan around instead of watching a broadcast on the Steam page): https://youtu.be/53J57QT_JAs

Otherwise, dig in to Ember's world, and stay tuned for more news soon!

Thank you for checking it out!
-Adam and Arden (LionArc dev bros)

Hello! If you've happened to visit our Steam store page recently, you may have noticed new art. We've been inspired to illustrate some "box art" that conveys the adventure and mystery of Ember the Werefox, without using our title screen or other pixel art.

We're really happy with what we've come up with!

Since there's no simple way to view our store art from the store page directly, I wanted to share a HD version of that here, and also share some demo news (below).




From October 28 - Nov 4th we'll be participating in Steam's spooky-themed-October games fest (tentatively called "Scream Fest"). For that, we've been making a significant push to share all that we've been working on since we first shared our game back in February (during our turn at NextFest). It's come a long way and we hope previous players and new players alike will enjoy all that Ember's initial experience in dreamland has become!

We'll announce that event again when it comes around, but please make a mental note to come enjoy a generous starting portion of this game, in about 10 days!



Hopefully this game will make it onto (and stay on) your Wishlist! Please follow our socials (links below) as we build up to this game's launch in the near future.

We don't have an official release date for Ember the Werefox yet, but we're fairly confident it'll be available before the end of 2024!

LionArc's Instagram LionArc's Discord Server LionArc's Website (email list) LionArc's Youtube Page

We originally didn't plan to address this yet, but we've getting feedback that days feel too short.

While we feel the day length provides an appropriate tension, we agree that it can feel short at times, especially as you're learning the game. we came up with a "quick and dirty" way to address this, and wanted to provide some resolution for any players (or poetntial players) that found the balance too unforgiving.

As a first attempt to address this, we're increasing the base day length by 15 seconds. This might not sound like much, but we don't want to swing too far without further testing, and 15 additional seconds can equate to several precious tasks in many situations.

Additionally, we're adding another layer to casual mode that will increase the day length by about 20% (another 30 seconds).
We hope this provides a "cozier" pacing that reduces some tension during the day without blowing the balance out.

Please note, with these changes, not all day music has been fully reworked, and some songs will start about 30 seconds into the day when playing on casual.


[h3]Demo Version 0.2.5.0 Release Notes[/h3]

Features
• Causal Mode now has longer days
• All day songs have been reworked to be at least 15 seconds longer.

Balance Changes
• Day length increased from 120 seconds to 135 seconds (+15s) in standard difficulty
• Day length increased from 120 seconds to 165 seconds (+45s) in "casual mode" difficulty
• Enemy count & spawn rate reduced slightly
• Enemy "spider" count & spawn rate further reduced for prologue

Fixes
• Fixed a bug that would cause the game to hang for a few seconds after the Boss appeared.

Known Issues
• Two of the four day songs will start 30 seconds late on casual mode, as music is still in process of being reworked.

This hotfix addresses two issues:

The first is a bug involving the crafting guide that would cover the feasting menu, making it virtually unusable... which sounds as annoying as some bathroom bullies, to me.

The second is that we believe the boss is a little too hard for the demo. So we're removing the boss's "defense" so it takes full damage, and increasing the overall HP for a net 23% less health.

Happy Nightmare slaying!

[h3]Demo Version 0.2.4.1 (Hotfix) Release Notes[/h3]

Balance Changes
• The Chapter 1 Boss now takes 100% damage instead of 50% damage.
• The Chapter 1 Boss HP increased from 650 to 1000 (with the above change, this is about 23% less health)

Fixes & tweaks
• Fixed a bug that would draw the crafting guide on top of the feast menu if it was the last tab opened.