The Great Gaias News

The Beta Branch has finally been thoroughly tested and we are taking it now to the main build branch!
We will be attending PAX East 2023 going on from March 23rd to the 26th so if you are heading there, please drop by our booth and say hello! While showing off The Great Gaias and Gjallarhorn at PAX we will also be holding a raffle for our new cloth map!
Besides finishing up this huge update to The Great Gaias we’ve also completely revamped our website www.horizonsend.com so be sure to check it out and please subscribe to our mailing list because we have some big announcements coming soon!

Changelog:

Bug Fixes
Losing internet connection will no longer close the game
Removed old file checks that could sometimes cause an error
Osirian Pirate will no longer sit at his desk on the lower floor when breaking free
Removed redundant quest ping sound effects from multiple locations
When inspecting Thief Door music will no longer skip
Multiple Gravestones can now still be read after collecting a shard from them
Singing Nuns will now ignore the player when talked to
Removed old sleep balloon graphic from Halladen Guard
Fixed a soft lock that can happen under rare circumstances when entering Orgard Thief Guild in Ch.5
Dragon Disciple Sneak Attack now works as intended
Corrected various dialog errors
When Furi and Quathorn join the group you will no longer have to reset the party if trying to add them right away
Ledonel now has proper gear equipped when playing “Visions of the Past”
Alahanyu will no longer flash when moving backwards
You can no longer walk on the windows inside the Church of Illyria
Backed out of choosing a Difficulty Selection will now return you to the Title Screen
You can now talk to the Seamstress from behind the counter in Thedorado
Corrected a single tile light stream that couldn’t be walked over


QoL Improvements
When talking to Vassis during the night you will no longer have to keep walking up to her if you want to discuss more topics
Added a Leatherwork to the city of Frosthammer
Added a sparkle to Cyrus’ Notebook for better visibility
Removed redundant rest times while Furi works on the farm
If you kill Thule Overlord while using only Wein it will now end the conflict
The Celestium Sword now has a unique appearance
You can now return the Naerish Rope to Dr. Gentile at anytime except during Dark Farlen


Game Balance Changes
Added Holy Weakness to some demons that didn’t have it
All roads on the world map should now have a zero encounter rate
Waterworks encounters have had their experience increased slightly
New City Recruit spawns have been increased by 25%
You can now steal Essence of Fire from all Fire Elementals
You can now steal Essence of Water from Water Elementals
You can now steal Essence of Lightning from Lightning Elementals
You can now steal Essence of Earth from Earth Elementals
Soravendite will now always drop a Soravendomas Branch
Ethereal Silk drop rate has been slightly increased


Content Additions
Steam Overlay is now enabled
Updated some balloon pop-ups
Sense Evil has been added to Wein (Paladin) and will increase on use to bypass random encounters. For the skill to be added to an old save just enter the Book (The Great Gaias) and exit. This will teach Wein the skill.

We’ve just created a Beta Build branch for The Great Gaias.
It has updated engine features which should prevent the horrible desktop crash when internet loss happens. While we believe this update shouldn't have any negative side effects to the game, we are not 100% positive that there could be some unforeseen issue that crops up from it. Because of this we decided to make it a beta branch before introducing it into the main build branch of the game. If you right-click on The Great Gaias and go to "properties" you can select "Betas" and find this build on the list. Not only should this fix the internet loss crash, but it should also allow Steam Overlay to work properly.
Again, this build has not been tested yet. I'm going to slowly test a playthrough myself before releasing it into the main build branch. I wanted to make an announcement here in case anyone has been thinking of playing or replaying The Great Gaias. If so, I would much appreciate it if you played it on the Beta Build so more testing can be done.

When we started working on Gjallarhorn over four years ago, we had a vision to make something new, something that beloved fans of both WRPGs and JRPGs could immerse themselves in. We are proud to announce the release of our second title, Gjallarhorn. Gjallarhorn merges the open world, choice and consequence design philosophy of the west and combines it with the story, character and style of the east.
We have come to call this new archetype a Western Fusion RPG, a unique blend of the aforementioned, wrapped up tightly with a job class system and fueled by the d20 ruleset. We hope that this new chapter of our world finds you well, adventurer!
Having considerably enjoyed working on this title, we realized how much we missed the tabletop experience. We have decided to return to our roots to bring these new systems, characters from our hand-crafted world to an upcoming campaign setting called The Codex Eternal. Be sure to look out for more news soon, and remember, where the horizon ends, the journey begins!

We are happy to announce that The Great Gaias OST is now available for download in the Steam Store!
The original soundtrack to The Great Gaias features over two hours of symphonic music with a total of (52) songs. The soundtrack was originally created with an idea of and using music as the tonal based narrative driving the compelling story that we crafted. Inspiration was drawn from the old school RPG years of the SNES. The soundtrack was composed by Aaron Krogh and Bryan Davis.

Pick it up now at:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2198450/The_Great_Gaias_Soundtrack/

After two long delays we are finally ready to announce our official release date for Gjallarhorn, January 10th, 2023.
We were really hoping to get the game out in November of this year but due to personal obligation Gjallarhorn had to take a backseat for some time. We are still thinking about releasing an early access version sometime during November, if so, I’ll make another announcement letting everyone know.

The Great Gaias is also on sale this week at 50% off in celebration of our Gjallarhorn release announcement!