Early Access 2nd Anniversary Discount

[p]Good day, Traveler![/p][p][/p][p]Chronicles of Vaeltaja entered its third year in the Early Access last month and I really wanted to reveal the next content update 'The Great North' to celebrate this occasion, but unfortunately October was a bit of a struggle for me personally. I was struck by a persistent flu that slowed me down for a couple of weeks and then I had to visit relatives for a week, so I wasn't able to finish the necessary assets for some nice screenshots in time. This may cause some delay for the update's release, but on the other hand, I haven't given any dates yet. I know I've mentioned 2025, but now I hope that I wasn't too optimistic. Whatever the case, I will let you know if there will be any delays.[/p][p]The good news is that this past week things have progressed quite nicely and I can finally share at least some details and screenshots to showcase the upcoming overworld areas. There is still a lot of work ahead, because 'The Great North' will be the biggest content update during the game's Early Access period. The update will bring three new overworld areas: Candle Spruce Pass, Autumn Valley and Winter Wilds. Each of those areas are divided in smaller parts, which means that the kingdom of Twin Falls will expand with 10 new outdoor areas ready to be explored![/p][p]At the moment I'm mainly focusing on bringing the main story to a conclusion, so 'The Great North' will progress the main questline, but it will also bring some side content and secrets of its own. There will be at least two more major content updates after 'The Great North' update: The first one will bring the last overworld area and ends the main storyline, and the second one will bring the rest of the side content. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Instead I want to give some details about 'The Great North', even though the proper announcement is coming in the future. So, let's get started...[/p][p]Geographically speaking, Candle Spruce Pass is the area that connects Autumn Valley to Twin Falls and Winter Wilds. It is divided in two parts: Southern Spruce Pass is located between Twin Falls Forest North and Autumn Valley South and the Northern part is located between Autumn Valley North and Winter Wilds. As the name suggests, there are mostly candle spruces in these areas (ordinary and copper spruces, which are not present in the screenshot below), but there are a few other trees too.[/p][p][/p][p]Autumn Valley has more variety when it comes to trees, which brings out the fall colours nicely, which you can see for yourself in the screenshot below. Autumn Valley is divided in three areas: South, North and Leaf Pond village. There will be new shops, which means that there will also be new equipment and new skills for every character class.[/p][p][/p][p]Winter Wilds is divided in five areas, but the only names for them that I have decided so far are Pine Grove and Frost Grove. Even though there are mostly spruces and pines in Winter Wilds, there are still variety in the scenery; for example some areas will have more snow than the others. I'm still working on the textures, because I've had to create more assets than I originally thought I would, but even though it has slowed the development a bit, I'm quite pleased how things are looking at the moment.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]There probably won't be any updates this month, unless something game breaking comes up, because I want to fully focus on 'The Great North' update. I don't want to rush things and there is some catching up to do because of the last month's struggles, so please be patient. All this said, I'm very pleased how Chronicles of Vaeltaja has evolved during these past two years in Early Access and I'm excited to see how this third and (hopefully) last year will turn out. I'm committed to this game 100% and I will do my best to bring you the best Dungeon Crawler RPG Adventure I possibly can![/p][p][/p][p]Finally I want to thank everyone who's been interested in the game and offered valuable feedback, and wish Happy Father's Day to every dad for tomorrow![/p][p][/p][p]And I almost forgot that the game is 25% off until 16th November![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you and see you in Twin Falls![/p][p][/p][p]Jani/Witchgrove Games[/p]