Oaken Tower News

[p][/p][p][/p][p]The new bows were a bit too strong. This slight nerf should make the RainBow build in line with the rest of the items.[/p][p][/p][p]🔸Launcher: 2.3s CD --> 2.4s CD | 1/2/3 stars now increase the number of bows triggered, rather than increasing the amount of triggers on a single other bow.[/p][p][/p][p]🔸Dragon's Edge: 1.7s CD --> 1.8s CD.[/p][p][/p][p]//Bocary[/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][h3]Greetings, Oaklings! [/h3][p]Patch v0.3.9[/p][p][/p][p]In the last announcement, I declared that the January update was the last update to the demo before early access launch.[/p][p]In the meantime, the launch of Early Access has been pushed to April. The artists and myself are working very hard to get early access ready as soon as possible, and it will be worth the wait! To compensate, 3 new items have been added to the demo to shake things up.[/p][p][/p][h3]Introducing: The Rain-Bow build.[/h3][p][/p][p]3 new bows build around the "unique bow" archetype:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]🔸War Bow: Start of Combat: Permanently gain +2 Damage per unique bow.[/p][p]🔸Launcher: On Trigger: Trigger another random bow.[/p][p]🔸Dragon's Edge: Every 10 Triggers: If you only have unique bows, trigger your other bows 10 times.[/p][p] [/p][p]You might notice that Dragon's Edge is a new type: Dragon.[/p][p]This is a teaser to the upcoming set after Storm and Witch in early access.[/p][p][/p][h3]Fixes:[/h3][p]🔸2x speed-up now makes sudden death appear twice as fast like it's supposed to. This bug was the source of players getting twice the amount of damage against The Oak. [/p][p]🔸Fixed some sound effects being too loud, like the lucky reroll "ding".[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Early Access will launch with 10 packs, each with 9 items. You will need to pick 8 to play with.[/p][p][/p][h3]Pack Flexibility[/h3][p]If you want a crazy game, pick all packs! You need to play with minimum 8 but there is no cap on how many you can add.[/p][p][/p][p]Want a fresh experience every time? If you pick less than 8 packs, the game will fill out random packs each game to a minimum of 8. This means, If you love the Elven and Witch pack, just pick those two. The game will always include them, but fill out 6 other random packs every time you play.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Before a game, you will be able to choose starting perks! You pick a loadout of 3, and will gain a random one of those each game. You could also pick the "Random" perk, which will give you a completely random perk each game. This option provides a little extra rating in ranked. You start with only a few perks unlocked, and gain more as you complete quests / achievements in the game, providing a new cool form of progression.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Gif of the items hovering in the shop:[/p][p][/p][p]Freeze effect:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Full shop screenshot:[/p][p][/p][p]Keep in mind that there are still placeholders like the player flag (my pretty drawing). Once done, the flag will change depending on rank - with bronze being a torn cloth flag, and master/grandmaster being royal and intricate! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This is a new feature in the early access. Slot buffs grant a buff to the item in that slot![/p][p][/p][p]There are some basic ones, like +10 Shield, +25% crit chance, but also some more unique ones:[/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Running out of inventory space?[/p][p]Not only has the inventory become much larger than before, there is also a new Pouch feature with easy quick-stacking potions / items! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Background is not final - this is just the menu background being used.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]For all the birchlings out there.[/p][p][/p][p]Tower skins will be rare cosmetics that you can obtain in the game.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]That's it for the teaser. Remember that all of this is still work in progress! Join the discord for occasional sneak peaks: [/p][p]https://discord.gg/yPXGp2NXcj[/p][p] [/p][p]//Bocary[/p]

[h2]Hotfix v0.3.8.2[/h2][p][/p]

• [p]Home-Brew now has shock variants.[/p]

[h3][/h3][h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]3-Star Staff of Zeus no longer triggers all burn stacks.[/p]
• [p]3-Star Protector now gives immunity to Shock as well.[/p]
• [p]Simple Curses now generates additional potions when receiving multiple debuffs in the same trigger.[/p]
• [p]Multiple Staff of Zeus no longer makes the tick rate go even faster.[/p]
• [p]3-Star Diamond Axe has been fixed and adjusted to +1 permanent bleed/shock per item trigger below.[/p]
• [p]Pyramid and 2/3-Star Runic Shield now properly give Shock as well.[/p]
• [p]Simple Curses no longer show a number in the match history screen.[/p]

[h3]Greetings, Oaklings! [/h3][p]Patch v0.3.8[/p][p][/p][h3]⭐ Happy 2026 ⭐[/h3][p][/p][p]This update will likely be the last demo update before the game releases into early access early 2026. The game is going to be actively developed throughout early access, and eventually release as the full 1.0 version. During this time, the game will recieve new item packs and cool new features. [/p][p][/p][p]This is all possible thanks to Alibi Games, who have agreed to fund the development of Oaken Tower throughout early access. This allows me to work full-time on Oaken Tower in 2026 and hopefully longer![/p][p][/p][p]When I first started making games, I always dreamt of working with artists. However, I didn't have the financial power, so I opted for payed assets. This is why you see some items in Oaken Tower in other games like Megabonk.
As announced on the discord, I am extremely excited to reveal that I am now working with artists for the early access release of OT. Many aspects of the game will get a visual upgrade, including the items. And I would like to take a moment to appreciate the new beautiful Steam page artwork, created by Fim (who actually also created the Steam page art for Megabonk)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]To prepare for the early access release, this update brings a few new things: [/p][p][/p][p]🔸As all item sets are going to consist of 9 items, 4 new items have been introduced. These are cross-pack items, as I aim to create more cross-pack synergy in general.[/p][p][/p][p]Winter's Embrace: Legendary | Moon, Frosty[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Staff of Zeus: Rare | Flame, Storm [/p][p][/p][p]Diamond Axe: Rare | Crystal, Storm [/p][p][/p][p]Simple Curses: Rare | Arcane, Witch[/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This brings the total items of each pack to 9, which is going to be the permanent standard.[/p][p][/p][p]Some of these items also introduce a new debuff: Shock.[/p][p]The storm set is going to have a lot of synergy surrounding the shock debuff.

There has also been changes to the Arcane set, adding the shock debuff to its "Rainbow Debuff" identity.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]🔸"Lesser Potions" have been introduced.[/p][p]These can currently be generated by the Simple Curses item. These potions (and all other potions) are going to have synergy with the upcoming Witch set.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]🔸3 additional potions introduced:[/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]Shock Vial: Give an item +1 shock.[/p][p]Shock Potion: Give an item +3 shock.[/p][p]Thunder Potion: Permanently increase shock damage by 10.[/p][p][/p][p]🔸Holy items + Lifeguard has been updated to cleanse shock as well.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Balance:[/h2][p]🟢 Lifeguard: 20 shield --> 25 shield. | "On Trigger: Cleanse 2 of each debuff."[/p][p]🔴Runic Shield (Epic): 3.2s CD --> 3.3s CD.[/p][p]🟡Arcane Items: Debuffs they apply have been shuffled around so that they also apply shock.[/p][p][/p][h2]Fixes:[/h2][p]🔸Transforming an item into brass knife with Wild Magic no longer bugs it out.[/p][p][/p][p]There might be some small follow-up patches to this one.[/p][p][/p][p]//Bocary[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Patch v0.3.7.5[/h3][p]🔸VSYNC button has been re-added to the video settings.[/p][p]🔸Free rerolls no longer progress the reroll cost-increase.[/p][p][/p][h3]Fixes:[/h3][p]🔸Input lag should now be fixed.[/p][p]🔸You can no longer right-click cooldown potions to reduce the cooldown of Icicle.[/p][p]🔸Fixed a bug with FPS and game speed-up. You can now choose freely between 60,90,120 regardless of monitor HZ.[/p][p]🔸Items now show their correct cooldown when the fight is over, even though you used 2x speed.[/p][p]🔸Fixed an issue where the game could crash in extreme lag conditions when hovering a button.[/p][p]🔸Fixed a bug where 3-Star bulwark would not trigger, if it was being triggered non-stop by cursed necklace.[/p][p]🔸Fixed a bug with Astral Hammer or Snowflakes in 2x speed, giving less CD reduction than intended.[/p][p][/p]