The Braves News

Greetings, Brave Ones!

In this Dev Diary installment, we are lifting the veil of secrecy and introducing a new location that will soon become available - Castle Bran.

Ancient tapestries and portraits conceal the terrible secret of its owners. In the spacious halls and dark corners of Bran, there has always been an underground struggle. But for many years now, one dynasty has ruled this place. Rumor has it that its members can miraculously preserve their youth.



For many years, Castle Bran has become a symbol of prosperity, but recently it was discovered that the residents of entire villages have disappeared. All traces led to this place, but where could all these people have gone? What are those marks visible on the floor? And where did all these vile creatures come from?



Many rooms of the castle are filled with forbidden books containing cursed knowledge, traces of inhuman tortures and experiments. The air is filled with the smell of evil and decadence.



Do you already feel the goosebumps? We are confident that the battles within the walls of Bran will bring you plenty of unforgettable emotions! Stay with us, follow the news, and get ready to discover new secrets on the pages of our diary.

Brave Ones!

We know that many of you are curious about what our team is diligently working on, and we have decided to launch a weekly developer's diary so that the most curious among you can peek into the future!

So, what new features await you in the upcoming update?

• Launch of a new Asian server.
  
  Some players from the Asian region may have encountered issues that significantly worsened the gaming experience. For their convenience, we are launching a new server that will provide excellent connection quality, minimizing or even eliminating disruptions. We want every brave one to be able to join the battle and test their skills!
  
  
• New building: Market.
  
  You asked, and we obey! The long-awaited market will soon open its doors to you. Exchange weapons and equipment for heroes, as well as resources to upgrade the base. Now you will have a place to spend your gold!
  
  
  
  
• Gameplay update in the Forest.
  
  Brave ones should not stand still, and we have taught some monsters new tricks, all to keep you from getting bored!
  
  
  
  
• New skill and its evolution.
  
  Feel like a master shinobi with a new skill and unleash deadly shurikens on enemies!
  
  
• Update of specializations for multiple heroes at once:
  
  - Cursed souls under Damian's command will be able to target nearby enemies.
  
  
  
  - Warrior Fu Hao will learn a trick that will allow her to effectively dodge enemy attacks.
  
  
  
  - Vera Solaria will create an impenetrable shield that completely absorbs enemy damage, like real paladins.
  
  
  
  And that's not all, we have left something interesting under the veil of mystery!
  Follow our news on Steam and Discord to find out what awaits you, first and foremost!
  

Brave Ones!

As some of you may have noticed, the release of the full version of the game The Braves is being postponed to April.

We have read all your feedback and thanks to it, we have planned a huge number of improvements and additions! For example, your comments about the similarity of the heroes did not go unnoticed. We are actively working to create a unique gaming experience for each of them. A good example of what awaits you can be the existing heroes: Truffaldino, Risha, Jeannette, Alister, and the Great Nameless. Each of them will have unique abilities, making the gameplay even more exciting and engaging! For instance, remember the two dragon tamers? They turned out to be not as simple as it might seem! Ancient blood flows in their veins, allowing them to transform right in the midst of battle!



Speaking of enemies, a global update for them is in progress! New mechanics, attacks, and properties will be added to familiar enemies, as well as dozens of new opponents on new maps!



Furthermore, in the game, new skills will be introduced, and existing ones will be improved. For those who missed the latest update or have not yet received heroes with updated abilities, we have prepared a small presentation, hurry to watch the video:

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We are making every effort to make the game more exciting and unique, so your feedback is very important to us. This way, we will understand which direction to move in, so don't forget to leave your feedback on our social networks!
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In addition, we want to thank our loyal players. All the heroes who embarked on adventures in The Braves: Beginning will receive pleasant bonuses on their game accounts in The Braves.

Heroes of The Braves! We are excited to announce an update to the demo version of the game, which includes significant changes.

The character rarity system has been reworked. Now, there are no Uncommon rarity heroes in the game, but a Mythical rarity has been added.
The differences between heroes have become more pronounced. Each hero has unique properties that change the gameplay style.

Changelist:

1. Increased overall game dynamics: the speed of heroes and monsters has increased, cooldown times for abilities have been reduced, and experience is gained more quickly.
   
2. Decreased difficulty: Forest (medium), Laboratory (easy, medium), and Graveyard (easy).
   
3. The names of all active abilities have been changed. Now, weapons and the abilities they grant have different names.
   
4. New skill evolutions added: Great Boundary-Maker (evolution of Stone Shrapnel), Pain Compass (evolution of Destructive Strike), and Queen's Song (evolution of Throwing Disc).
   
5. Fixed a bug where acquiring a skill during level up and from a chest happened simultaneously.
   
6. Changes to characters and their specializations:
   

• Liana
  Rare: +1 resurrection per match, 10% reduction in skill cooldown time
  Epic: +25% to experience gained
  Legendary: +15% to the speed of Fireball projectiles
  Mythical: +5% to skill duration at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
  

• Solaria
  Rare: +35% to the damage of Faith Throw and its evolutions, +75% to the projectile speed of Faith Throw, +50% to the size of Faith Throw projectiles, +2 penetrations of Faith Throw
  Epic: +2 projectiles of Faith Throw and its evolutions
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Charge!
  Mythical: +2 Faith Throws at the start of the match
  

• Aerin
  Rare: +35% to the damage of fireballs, +2 fireball projectiles
  Epic: -40% to the cooldown time of fireballs
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Pocket Sun
  Mythical: +2 levels of fireballs at the start of the match
  

• Damian
  Rare: +35% to the damage of Cursed Souls and its evolutions, +50% to the speed of Cursed Souls projectiles, -15% to the cooldown time of Cursed Souls
  Epic: +100% duration of Cursed Souls and its evolutions
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Chain Reaction
  Mythical: +2 levels of Cursed Souls at the start of the match
  

• Fu Hao
  Rare: +35% to the damage of Blade Whirlwind and its evolutions, +1 Blade Whirlwind projectile
  Epic: +1 Blade Whirlwind projectile and its evolutions
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Blood Harvest
  Mythical: +2 levels of Blade Whirlwind at the start of the match
  

• Zina
  Rare: +35% to the damage of Throwing Disc and its evolutions, -15% to the cooldown time of Throwing Disc, +50% to the duration of Throwing Disc
  Epic: +0.75 to the knockback of Throwing Disc and its evolutions
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Queen's Song
  Mythical: +2 levels of Throwing Disc at the start of the match
  

• Nikolai
  Rare: +35% to the damage of Lightning Strike and its evolutions, -15% to the cooldown time of Lightning Strike
  Epic: +50% to the size of Lightning Strike and its evolutions
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Over 9000
  Mythical: +2 levels of Lightning Strike at the start of the match
  

• Wilhelm
  Epic: +35% to the damage of Thunder Arrows, Thunder Arrow projectiles and their evolutions ricochet off the screen edges
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to Rapid-Fire
  Mythical: +2 levels of Thunder Arrows at the start of the match
  

• Sister Remoria
  Epic: +35% to the damage of the Aura of Faith and its evolution, +40% to the size of the Aura of Faith, -40% to the cooldown of the Aura of Faith and its evolution
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to God's Wrath
  Mythical: +2 levels of Aura of Faith at the beginning of the match
  

• Bob Bonebreaker
  Epic: +35% to the damage of the Destructive Strike and its evolution, -25% to the cooldown of the Destructive Strike, +25% to the speed of the Destructive Strike projectile, +40% to the size of the Destructive Strike and its evolution
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to the Pain Compass
  Mythical: +2 levels of Destructive Strike at the beginning of the match
  

• Midnight Witch
  Epic: +35% to the damage of the Unholy Barrier and its evolution, +1 projectile of the Unholy Barrier, +30% to the size of the Unholy Barrier and its evolution, +1 to the radius of the Unholy Barrier and its evolution
  Legendary: +1 level of evolution to You Shall Not Pass!
  Mythical: +2 levels of Unholy Barrier at the beginning of the match
  

• Jabir
  Legendary: +35% to the damage of the Burning Flame and its evolution, +100% to the size of the Burning Flame, -0.15 sec to the damage period of the Burning Flame and its evolution, +1 level of evolution to Dragon Fire
  Mythical: +2 levels of Burning Flame at the beginning of the match
  

• Truffaldino
  Epic: -25% to cooldown while moving, +150% to pick-up radius, +100% to pick-up speed, picking up experience has a 1.5% chance to deal 500% attack damage to all enemies
  Legendary: picking up experience increases the explosion chance to 3% and deals 1500% attack damage to all enemies
  Mythical: healing when picking up experience from maximum health
  

• Great Nameless
  Legendary: damage increases by 0.5% for each percent of missing health, +1 level of Cursed Souls at the beginning of the match, +1 level of Unholy Barrier at the beginning of the match, +25% spiritual damage, +50% to the speed of spiritual skill projectiles
  Mythical: +1 resurrection for each evolution of a spiritual skill
  

• Alistair
  Legendary: +5% to the area of effect of skills every 10 levels, +1 projectile, +10% to the area of effect of fire skills, +20% fire damage
  Mythical: +15% to experience gained, +40% to experience drop from monsters
  

• Slick Dave
  Epic: +15% to maximum health, +2 penetrations with all skills, +15% to damage for each existing water skill, +5% to movement speed for each existing water skill
  Legendary: +50% to the speed of water skill projectiles
  Mythical: -1 sec to health regeneration period for each taken water skill, +1 level of Accelerated Metabolism at the beginning of the match
  Notes: hero changes are not final, the hero will be reworked in future updates
  

We look forward to your feedback on the update in our discord channel. Send us your feedback and share your impressions!

We are pleased to announce that our projects is taking part in the Bullet Heaven Fest! We are happy for this opportunity to tell a larger audience of players about our games!

Be sure to play the demo of The Braves and add us to your wishlist!