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MAJOR UPDATE on FEB 28th JST! Here's what it's all about!

Hello everyone!

The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here...
We are excited to announce a long-awaited MAJOR UPDATE🙌🎉

The first update is scheduled for Friday, February 28th JST
Seven more sleepless nights until the reveal
For those of you eager for more details, we are pleased to introduce
three key features of this major update:

[h2]1.Challenge Mode[/h2]
This mode will challenge your strategy to win a battle with the enemies in a set condition!
This mode activates after you complete the Normal mode with both “Minion Master” and
“Spell Master” once each.

Two new challenge contents will be available at this update: "Cramped Scroll" and "All-Out Brawl."

[h3]Cramped Scroll[/h3]
As the name implies, the scroll cannot be expanded during the factory build.
This tests your decision-making skills to build the most effective factory in a limited space!

[h3]All-Out Brawl[/h3]
The battle does not end until either your portal or the enemy force gets wiped out!
All Hero Recipes will be available for selection from the beginning of the battle;
however, one component—the Motif Source—will be available only in limited quantities
at the beginning. Fight your way through battles to earn ◯△⬜︎ Motif Sources in a special
Incursion Route! Understanding the features of each hero becomes more crucial than ever
to conquering challenging enemies with higher status!
*All-out Battle requires players to meet specific conditions to participate,
as the difficulty level is set higher.

[h2]2. New Boss: “Gladius”, “Naga”, “Golem”[/h2]
New Bosses “Gladius”, “Naga”, and “Golem” are soon making their debut to challenge you on your journey!

Rumor has it that "Gladius" wields the blades surrounding it.
"Naga" appears to hatch some sort of egg.
And what exactly does a "Golem" do...?

One moment of gameplay must be worth a thousand words
Try out the newest update and see it for yourself!

[h2]3. New Research Tree & Spell “Sanctuary”[/h2]
We are excited to announce the addition of two new research trees related to pipes!
In addition, we introduce you to a brand new “White Ink”, along with exclusive equipment!
With this new ink, you will be able to produce the 10th spell, "Sanctuary."

We cannot wait to showcase the beautifully finished visual effect of this spell,
which we have been longing to reveal to you all!

In addition to the major updates explained above, other balance adjustments will be made
based on your feedback.

Furthermore, we will continue expanding Challenge Mode content and introducing even more
exciting updates in the future!
Please stay tuned for those as well.

Minions and we look forward to seeing you at the ShapeHero Factory on February 28th JST👍

ShapeHero Factory is a part of GDC2025 -Made in Japan Collection!

Hello everyone!

We're here to announce that we are a part of a Steam event
[h3]✨GDC2025 -Made in Japan Collection✨[/h3]


[h3]Date: February 12th 10:00 AM~ 19th 10:00 AM PT[/h3]

This event is designed for all the thriving Japanese games to be witnessed by the world,
and for all the excited indie game lovers to discover their new favorite Japanese games🎉

To commemorate our participation at GDC2025 -Made in Japan Collection,
the game will be on 10% DISCOUNT during the event🙌

Update v0.8.10

Updated to v0.8.10

This update primarily focuses on balancing Mythic Beasts and improving convenience. Since Mythic Beasts were generally stronger than Warriors, we have adjusted them primarily through nerfs.
Additionally, we had planned to implement Challenge Mode in this update, but development is taking longer than expected, so we have decided to postpone it to February. The core framework is already complete, so we appreciate your patience a little longer.

[Added]
・Added a favorite feature to the play log.
・Added a profile feature. (You can switch profiles using the button in the upper right corner of the title screen.)

[Adjustments (Battle)]
・Significantly revised the Hero Abilities of Rank D and Rank C Mythic Beasts.
・Nerfed Black Dog.
・Nerfed Salamander.
・Adjusted Mandrake.
・Adjusted Harpy.
・Nerfed Meteor, Wyvern, and Dragon (Reduced the Burn application value).
・Standardized the effect of slowing down enemy movement speed as the "Slow" trait for some Heroes, and adjusted its effectiveness.
・Significantly nerfed Frost Laser and added a Slow effect (It was extremely powerful due to a configuration mistake).
・Optimized the action logic of some Heroes when there are enemies affected by Burn.

[Adjustments (Others)]
・The introduction movie at the start of the game can now be skipped with a click.
・Made minor changes to the wording in the Ascension details.
・The enlarged display of screenshots in the history has been removed (to reduce save data size).

[Bug Fixes]
・Fixed an issue that occurred when initializing save data.
・Fixed a bug where the visual effect range did not change when some heroes gained the ability to increase their area of effect.
・Fixed an issue where some heroes would move towards empty areas with no enemies.
・Fixed text inconsistencies.

ShapeHero Factory joins Steam China's Lunar New Year 2025 event!

Hi everyone!

We're thrilled to announce that ShapeHero Factory is a part of Steam China's Lunar New Year 2025 event, starting on January 27th!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2389040/ShapeHero_Factory/


During the event, we will be broadcasting the DEMO playthrough on our Steam store page!
Check out how the Devs create their own factory from scratch!

*This video is a re-distribution of a video recorded beforehand and may not reflect the latest interface, operation, etc.

Holiday Update! New Discord channel!

HO HO!

[h3]ShapeHero Factory and Discord Party Channel is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! [/h3]
What did you ask Santa for a present this year??
Oh you don't tell me you don't believe in Santa!
Especially in front of the Minions...
because I recently found them holding a meeting on what to ask Santa for a present
What a gullible being they are🥹
🎅🏻
The Minions seem to have decided that they would wish for
a nice decor for some of the heroes to wear to combat enemies.
And guess what!
Papa mamiya took a little time to make the Minions' wish come true!

For the holiday this year, hero HORSE and MANDRAKE
will appear in a super cute holiday-themed costume for a limited period of time!
Take a look at them now because the update is already complete!

Right now I am writing to you with a bunch of Minions piling on me,
wanting to let you guys know that they would really love to
see your factory builds and many other images with the holiday-themed heroes
on Discord "Party Channel" and X😂
Please do post them because they're starting to get quite heavy!

Happy Merry Christmas to you all!


Also... why not get together on Discord with our ShapeHero Factory friends and party!?!?
It's Christmas!

As mentioned briefly earlier,
We have set up a new Discord "Party channel"!
This is a place for ShapeHero Factory lovers from all around the world to chat and have a good time!
There are two major differences from the pre-existing chat channel:
1️⃣ShapeHero Factory friends from all over the world can chat in any language!
2️⃣Regular events planned by the official! Special Discord role too!

To commemorate the opening of the channel,
[h3]Why not turn the whole place into a Christmas party?![/h3]

📌Screenshots and videos of the Holiday-themed Heroes being mass-produced & thriving in the battlefield
📌Maybe an artistic masterpiece using the conveyors!
Feel free to post anything ShapeHero Factory Holiday Update related!

We are giving out a special Holiday-themed Discord role
"Minion's First Holiday 2024" to EVERYONE who posted an image during the holidays!
(anything appropriate of course!)


🏭 Official Discord Server

https://discord.gg/v9EV6ECAHG


This is going to be the last update for this year!
Merry Christmas!