They Came From Venus News

• NVIDIA DLSS settings option will be removed if no NVIDIA GPU is present
  
• AMD FSR setting added in settings display menu
  
• Added Global Illumination graphics quality settings to improve performance
  
• Added settings gameplay menu
  
• Added mouse cursor sensitivity setting in settings gameplay menu
  
• Fixed one issue with the phone
  

We are proud to deliver "They Came From Venus" to you!

This mixture of Science-fiction and the vibe of the seventies tells the story of Lynn, stranded and alone at her uncles place in the middle of nowhere.

You're a fan of retro horror stories? Than this scary experience might be just for you.

Here is a little musical teaser before the horror starts!

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Don't die ~

After more than one hundred patches, several thousands of bug fixes, tweaks and adjustments it is time to conclude Dreadful Rivers first year of being in Early Access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBHbkOh01zM

Since the first release in February 28, 2023 a bunch of new content has found its way into the game:

• way, WAY better performance
  
• and still better graphics
  
• the SEARCH FOR THE CROWNSTONES mainquest branch is fully implemented
  
• a gateway town where the river branches into the three biomes was introduced
  
• there are now forts to conquer
  
• and more factions
  
• there’s wildlife, hunting and fishing
  
• on land ruins, mines, caves, and ancient starling halls are waiting to be explored
  
• skill trees, including special crown skills
  
• more character classes for hire
  
• siege engines
  
• crew members can be positioned on the raft
  
• nicer to use inventory system
  
• more stuff to collect, use, craft and cook
  
• loads of general QoL and bugfixes
  
• Achievements
  

Now what’s next?

• the underworld biome
  
• more gear, spells, weapons
  
• additional crafting plans and cooking recipes
  
• new skilltrees
  
• various new enemy types
  
• new siege engine types
  
• new factions
  
• more dungeons
  
• overall more river

For the future we are also experimenting with different game ideas in the background to follow up the development of Dreadful River. One of them is THEY CAME FROM VENUS, another one was in cryostasis for some years now and will be revealed in some weeks time.

Ending our update post with an obligatory busy-working-on-stuff picture.



See you next time :)