Path of the Ory News

Fixed
-Controller back from new game screen
-Music Playing on Mad King Sea and others
-Mini Maps on multiple levels, still finishing up

Added
-Moosie story of how Thistledown became Queram
-Dark Star Island map from the port in Queram
-Old Cottage map
-New music

More coming soon!

I added a new game check so that you don't delete your save.
Fixed
-Controller support
-New Song triggers
-Demon Trigger

Added
-Portal to Steam City
-New Enemy - Magma Monster
-New Song "Cellos of Venia"
-New Game Check

The game has almost doubled in size! This is the first of four major updates that will increase the size of Path of the Ory

New
-4 new enemies including the Dark Lord
-New Levels- Under world - Venor's Temple - The Mad King Sea - Dark Market
-New Story sections
-new art, characters and music
-Portals

Enemies

-Bandits
-Skeleton Boss
-Demons
-Dark Lord

Fixed

-Map Name issue
-Animation stopping on intro
-Collision in the field

Fixing

-Battle Backgrounds on new levels
-New map's mini maps need to be fixed
-Main Map
-Leveling out the end
-Music volume and volume levels

Adding

-Main world levels
-More portals
-More story
-More enemies
-Cutscene text where needed

I am doing hotfixes now and testing stuff. Let me know if any thing breaks or you guys want me to work on anything specific.

Hey everyone!

I’m opening the gates of Venia to YOU.

Whether you’re one of our awesome Steam community members or a backer of the Kickstarter, I’d love to offer you a unique opportunity—become a character in the world of Maid of Venia.

You can be:

A Minusculian (tiny, mischievous beings)

A Mud-Dwarf or Mud-Elf from the deep caves of Venor

A mythical figure from a forgotten age, spoken of only in hushed tones by other NPCs

A villager, warrior, merchant, or ghost

Or something entirely your own—this is your story too!

We’re already building heartfelt cameos for people I love—Clark, who inspired so much of this world, Ruth, my niece, and my boys, who each have their own corner of Venia being crafted. Now I’d love to add you (or someone meaningful to you) into the game.

Whether you want a named character, a statue, a piece of lore, or a quiet NPC who says something small but powerful—it’s all possible.

📝 Just comment below, email me or message me with:

The name you’d like to use

Any character type or idea you have (or let me surprise you!)

Let’s make Maid of Venia a living world full of real souls.
Thanks for being part of this journey.

If you want to be a part of Path of the Ory instead please also reach out!

💛 – William (Starving Lama Games)

Jackroid Just Released! as a thank you to my Kickstarter supporters and everyone on Steam who has supported me.

I am almost done with the update for Maid of Venia as I am working as quickly as possible so that I can get started on the update for Path of the Ory.

Path of the Ory update will include:

-Boat animation change at the end as requested in a review
-new art and story at the end of the game.
-2 new levels with more story to help expand Venia
-collision fixes
-new art, artifacts in areas of the game like the Old Keep.
-new animations

Here is a little info on the Maid of Venia update if you are curious:
I have been working nonstop on finishing the update for you guys and will get that out this week/weekend I hope!

Update will have:

30+ new skills
-Fast Travel
-Magma Whale
-Ice Puffer Fish
- Arrow Scourge
-Dwarven Cannon
-Thunderstorm
-Lightningstorm
-Windstorm
-Firestorm
-Druid Drain Dance
-Haunting Ghost Dance
-Monster Mayhem
-Magma Ocean
-Ocean's Call
and more!

Level increase to 30
update vfx on older spells

I am still working all of the skills in and reworking the skill tree.
New art and levels will include:
-a new blacksmith in Thistledown
-a festival, Namesake Day, where the many races that live in Thistledown celebrate the reclaiming of the land from humans and renaming of the town that has always been to them Thistledown.
-2 races more defined and more characters, story and quest to show off the new races!