Eight Dragons News

Two weeks into Early Access! So far things have gone well - we haven't had many bugs crop up, but we have had some suggestions on gameplay improvements. Here are the changes we've made for this update:

• Throwing - thrown people knock over standing people. If you didn't already know how much extra damage a throw did, this'll give you another reason to use it! We've also speeded up the throw animation, so you're slightly less vulnerable while doing it.
  
• Difficulty - the difficulty setting now changes how long you're invincible for after getting hit, and how long enemies stay down before getting back up.
  
• Achievements - the achievements for beating levels and the story modes work now. There's an option in the Gameplay menu to reset your achievements, in case you like seeing the pop-ups! Careful though, there's no confirmation on it - it's only a temporary thing that we'll take out at launch.
  

On the controller front, we've started testing with PS4 controllers, and so far it's looking like a conflict between what we've done to make sure any controller will work and what Steam Input does to make sure any modern controller will work. We're looking at what we can do to resolve that, but as we said in the last update - it's not a quick fix!

Our first week on Early Access has gone really well. That's not to say you guys haven't found any bugs - you have, and told us about them, and we really appreciate your help! Our first update has gone live, and while we haven't had time to take care of everything, here are the changes we have made...

• Audio balancing - we've rebalanced the jingle that plays at the end of each level to have a less obnoxious volume level.
  
• Difficulty - we've added a little bit of invincibility when you get up after being knocked down. We've also slightly changed the way punching works - some people have been a bit put out that you can only punch one person at a time (and in the game too). That's still the case, but now enemies that haven't been stunned by a previous punch are prioritised over those that have been, to make it slightly easier when you're rushed by a couple of enemies at once.
  
• Menu controls - we've increased the delay between button presses a bit, and hopefully it's nicer to use.
  

Overall, there are two major issues we've run into with controllers. First is that Eight Dragons isn't playing nicely with Steam Input, so when Steam is set to handle your controllers we aren't able to handle them properly. The other is that PS4 controllers don't seem to work at all. For the first, we currently have a work-around (described as our first reply in this thread). For the second, we're waiting for a PS4 controller to arrive so we can test with it specifically. Controller issues can be a real pain to solve, so please don't expect a quick solution to these, but we are working on them - it's really important to us that you be able to play with any controller.

We really appreciate the time you've given us to try out Eight Dragons and let us know what's wrong with it, and we hope that you can bear with us as we work on the game and make it better. Thanks!