Vespera Bononia News

[h2]🌑 Patch Notes — Echoes of the Villosus 🌒[/h2]

Wanderers,
A tremor has rippled through the fabric of the dream. The city stirs, reshapes, and deepens. Shadows shift anew.

Today we unveil a new update for the demo — one that brings not just balance and clarity, but fresh dread.

Read below to discover what now walks the broken stones of Bononia.
[h2]🕯️ New Content and Enhancements[/h2]

• Added new Boss, The Headed Villosus
• Changed jump attack behaviour and animation for Dracchis
  
• Added new teleporting sound to The Fearsom Beaklaw
  
• Fixed issues where Beacklaw would not rotate correctly towards player while doing an attack
  
• Modified enemy navigation’s behaviour
  
• Fixed UI of enemy’s health bar and chest bar for better visual clarity
  
• Added option for inverted Y axis
• Added light hint on the tutorial’s pressure platform to get back on the lift
  
• Added areas in the map where shadows spawn as the player approaches
  
• Added fractures in map porches to improve aesthetics
  
• Fixed directional light color and intensity
  
• Added visual effect of healing when the character heals
  
• Lightburst skill now lasts less
  

[h2]🐛 Bugfixes from the Depths[/h2]

• Badges now behave correctly in the UI and will no longer overwrite one another.
  
• Rebirth no longer causes incorrect post-process effects around the lower waist.
  
• The crosshair now turns red even when facing shadows.
  
• Resolved an issue where sound would disappear after restarting the level.
  
• Idol of Fear’s lasers are no longer blocked by projectile collisions.
  

[h2]📜 Share Your Findings[/h2]

Your descent into Vespera Bononia helps shape the abyss itself. Let us know how this update affects your journey — from new horrors to cleaner strikes.

Join the discussion here:
Steam Community Discussions

And if you've yet to brave the demo:
🕯️ Download the Demo Now

— The Devs of Vespera Bononia

[h2]🌑 The Veil Opens — The Demo Has Awakened 🌒[/h2]

Wanderers of the abyss,
The time has come.

Today, a sliver of Vespera Bononia is laid bare for you to witness. The demo is now live — a glimpse into the ruins of a city forsaken by the sun and haunted by the echoes of nightmares.

Those who dare step through the veil will walk the first paths of a journey shaped by shadows, where the line between nightmare and memory dissolves like ash in the wind.

[h2]🕯️ What Awaits Within the Demo[/h2]

The demo offers a condensed but potent taste of the full experience. Prepared for those with the will to endure. Within it, you shall find:

• Unforgiving Third-Person Combat: Master swift movement, arcane abilities, and dodges that split the air. Strike with purpose, or be devoured by hesitation.
  
• Transformative Soul System: Your class is not fixed — it is fluid, forged by your spirit. Shape-shift mid-combat to match the tempo of war. The soul is your weapon.
  
• Bononia, the living city: Forgotten halls, veiled gardens — all ruled by relentless foes and grotesque bosses. Roam it's streets and unveil it's secrets.
  
• Idols and Effigies: Collect relics of the old world to awaken dormant strength. Discover effigies and unlock potent synergies to make each run a new incantation of power.

[h2]🌘 This Is Not the Whole Spell…[/h2]

What you see in the demo is but the surface — a ritual begun, not yet complete. You will walk only part of the city, wield a handful of the magic at your disposal, and confront a fraction of the horrors that await in the full game.

But even this brief glimpse will challenge you, change you, and — if you listen closely — whisper secrets of the world that was, and the nightmare to come.

[h2]📜 A Call for Feedback from the Faithful[/h2]

This demo is also a summoning — of voices, of thoughts, of truths hidden in play. We call upon you to share your experiences, your triumphs, your deaths.
What moved you? What resisted you? What left a mark?

Your insight shall shape the future of Vespera Bononia.
Join us in the Steam Community and let your words echo through the halls of development.

🩸 Begin your descent. Embrace the darkness. And may your soul remember the way.

🕯️ Download the Demo Now

— The Devs of Vespera Bononia