Lost Flame News

Hi,
Version 0.8 is live.
Patch notes:
[h3]Content changes[/h3]

• Hall of Candles 2 reworked
  
• some missing sounds and icons added
  
• new potion type
  
• changed description for dying shades
  
• changed sound for dying sand golem
  
• flesh colossus deals slightly more damage now
  

[h3]QoL changes[/h3]

• added possibility to rebind movement (via config file, see discussion here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/856570/eventcomments/2619338771815004946)
  
• petrification sound is played less often for enemies getting petrified
  

[h3]bug fixes[/h3]

• shield maiden's amulet not giving exp fixed
  
• fixed some spelling mistakes
  
• stairs to Cadell's cells have proper color now
  
• truding automations/destroyers not getting disabled sometimes fixed
  
• fixed mouse not working correctly on tutorial level
  

Cheers,
Bartek

Hi,
So it's been quite quiet recently and to be honest I haven't worked on Lost Flame for almost 3 months (sep-nov). The reason was quite simple, a new, mentally demanding job and really bad sales were a total downer. Now I got used to my new job so I have some mental capacity to work on Lost Flame in the afternoons and weekends, also I got over the other issue, so expect some regular updates in the next weeks/months.
Going back to 0.7. I worked on the update for around a month and the focus was removing tedious stuff and giving some options to protect yourself from lucky powerful blows that can land on you. With the recent changes I have managed to "win" the game as it is now, for the first time ever just a few hour ago.

Content changes:

• Castle Istimid is much shorter and has more treasures worth collecting. The change is really significant, I always considered this area pretty boring and now it is no longer the case
  
• some new handcrafted rooms in Castle Istimid
  
• new mini boss level in the middle of Castle Istimid
• I have reworked most of the boring amulets and added some new, now there are some options which can protect you from powerful blows (for example they grant you a huge temporary shield when a hit can kill, or almost kill, you)
  
• now the character has two amulet slots, my rule of a thumb is to save one slot for a defensive amulet and use the second slot for whatever you want
  
• buffed a number of rings, which previously felt bad/useless
  
• stab can harm the monster in the back even if the first one survives the strike
  
• very minor change in bandit fortress generation
  
• buffed a number of rings, which previously felt bad/useless
  

QoL changes:

• you can enable borderless mode - type "debug:borderless" in game console, type it again to disable it
  
• added the possibility to change some keybindings (explained at the end of the post)
  

Bug fixes:

• some long monster names were not displayed properly
  
• "The" is no longer shown for identified uniques (so you won't see "+2 The Spider's Bite")
  
• ring of adroit strike now works properly with lunge
  
• some missing tooltips, descriptions and icons were added
  
• fixed showing potential enchant effect for fabled and legendary items
  
• fixed showing potential enchant effect for shields
  
• fabled and legendary prefix properly affects to hit chance now
  
• bucklers work as expected when restoring stamina (previously they did not work in the following turn after restoring stamina from 0)
  
• ring of cobweb works properly now
  
• fixed killing enemies by poison/bleed not granting experience
  
• arrows can longer be generated "penetrating" (this effect was useless on them)
  
• Istimid stalwart now attacks properly over chests
  

Keybindings:
If you want to edit keybindings, you can add new rows to options.config file in the game directory:
KEYMAPPING skill1 A
KEYMAPPING skill2 B
etc.

Valid values for key mappings are (skill1, skill2,..., skill0 and binding1, binding2,...,binding12)
skills are by default bound to numbers, "bindings" are by default bound to f1-f12 keys.

Cheers,
Bartek

Hi,
I got back from vacation yesterday and there is a small update for Lost Flame. A small 0.5 update was deployed to stable branch and 0.6 was deployed on beta branch.

The patch is not backwards compatible for saves. If you want to finish your previous game you need to switch to 'oldstable' branch. This branch wll always be one version behind main branch. After that don't remember to switch back to default branch!

Patch notes for 0.5:
New stuff:
10 new rings

For the 0.6 version on the beta branch the new stuff is rework of how poison and bleed work - now you can check how much damage you are going to receive. Poison deals much less damage in total, but it does it much faster. I've also made most of the magical afixes and unique items scale with enchantment level, so there are even more reasonable possibilities when designing your character. Some weapon types also scale better with enchant level (for example greatmaces get +2 to damage per enchant level). Also a new option was added to in-game options - "show time" - setting this to 'Yes', shows the current tick of the game world and the number of ticks last action took - this is another step in making the game mechanics more transparent. Detailed patch notes will be provided when the version goes to main branch.

roadmap can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nYjSvi_5SJ7kMHYnjgDv0l1yzBHBvgTB7wBZ7nrAlRA

Hi,
0.4 was deployed to stable branch and 0.5 was deployed on beta branch.

The patch is not backwards compatible for saves. If you want to finish your previous game you need to switch to 'oldstable' branch. This branch wll always be one version behind main branch. After that don't remember to switch back to default branch!

New stuff:

• added description for some monsters
  
• you can now "win" the game, added a first and very rough version of last area (Royal Dungeons) - later there will be some more stuff between dungeons and Annora Rise
  
• added a little challenge before Annora Rise
  
• added a very rough first version of second mini hub location
  

QoL changes:

• added a sound effect for petrification (the sound is played when you begin to petrify+every 10 ticks - you will hear it 3 or 4 times before you die)
  

Balance changes:
Nothing

Bug fixes:

• Royal Guardians' weapons are always magical
  
• Sand Dragons lightning AOE does not hurt monsters to which the dragon is not hostile
  
• fixed some spelling mistakes+ring descriptions
  
• fixed wrong enchant description when hovering over a weapon with elemental damage
  

For the 0.5 version on the beta branch the new stuff is 10 new magical rings with unique effects, for example 1 ring harms all nearby enemies when you heal (from whatever source, lifesteal, phial, etc). Some new builds should be viable:)

roadmap can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nYjSvi_5SJ7kMHYnjgDv0l1yzBHBvgTB7wBZ7nrAlRA


I will be going on a vacation soon, so there won't be any updates in the next 2 weeks.

Hi,
0.3.2 was deployed today morning on beta branch and in an hour or two I will deploy it to main branch without waiting, due to the fact that it fixes some critical bugs.

The patch is not backwards compatible for saves. If you want to finish your previous game you need to switch to 'oldstable' branch. This branch wll always be one version behind main branch. After that don't remember to switch back to default branch!

New stuff:

• Annora Rise almost completed - it's definitely playable right now, I will add some more details to the map in the next days - this is right now the latest area in the game
  
• one new ring
  
• one new late game monster (also found in Annora Rise)
  

QoL changes:

• current pyre is no longer shown in the list when attempting to travel
  
• unvisited pyres are marked in yellow colour (there is one event which unlocks a pyre in a different area)
  
• new option in in-game settings - 'exit to menu'
  
• nothingness in the Abysm has different tile (no longer looks the same as fog of war)
  
• improved logging a lot - crashes will always leave a separate file, which is not overwritten by starting a new game, also crashing will always attempt to save the current game (you might be able to restore the save and continue the game and if not, you could send the save to me with the crash report)
  
• tutorial becomes optional after reaching level 3 (previously was 4)
  
• global chat notification for level up is every 4 levels now (starting level 8), instead of every 5. Previously level ups pretty often aligned with killing bosses, which made them kind of pointless
  
• when you receive 0 damage it is not shown in chat anymore
  

Balance changes:

• Effect of Obsidian Handguards of Infinite Rage is longer now (70 ticks, instead of 50)
  

Bug fixes:

• fixed crash when trying to enter Grand Hall of the Candles 2
  
• fixed some spelling and formatting issues
  
• when entering chat or pyre no longer moves the selected option if entered directly from top or bottom
  
• fixed not getting death pop up and not sending global notification when dying from acid or petrification, right now it temporarily shows "killed by something" - will be changed later
  
• Inventory is limited to 150 items now, previously picking too many items caused the inventory to bug out
  
• Royal Guardian's wield 1-handed weapons only (it was a bug for them to wield 2-handers)
  

roadmap can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nYjSvi_5SJ7kMHYnjgDv0l1yzBHBvgTB7wBZ7nrAlRA

Bartek