Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars News

ATTENTION! The 1.5 patch for Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars is available now! After months of work, we finally have full point & click navigation in and working as the default mode. You can still use direct input if you’d like but point & click is now the recommended and default setup when you play AA. There were a *ton* of additional updates in this patch.

Here’s a full list of what’s included:

Arkhangel 1.5 Patch Notes:

SPECIAL NOTE: Previous saved games are not supported. There were a number of invasive changes that will wreck havoc with old save files with unpredictable results. We recommend starting the game over from scratch.

+ Adding Point & Click Navigation - This is now the default and recommended method of navigation.
+ Input change when in Direct Input Mode that allows the player to continue walking in the direction they are facing after a camera change if input is still active. The direction will update when the user actively changes their input direction.
+ Interface updates that include opening the inventory on a hotspot interaction.
+ Added a method of fast travel that unlocks at a certain point of the game.
+ Run Toggle is now implemented and mapped to LEFT CTRL by default. This works in both point & click and direct input. This can also be mapped to a game controller.
+ Updated Menu Flow & Tutorial
+ Minor inventory redesign
+ Adjusted a ton of camera angles/transitions
+ Fixed random issue with Gabrielle's dialogue triggering in Haven Overworld when she wasn't around
+ Revamped several camera compositions and transitions.
+ Reconstructed & revamped many areas to better fit point & click navigation
+ Slight Animation adjustments to Michael
+ Changed default game pad button mapping to match updated UI.
+ Adjusted Low and Medium quality settings to eek out a little more performance.
+ One inventory item that you originally started with is now something that you need to find.

We’d like to take this moment to thank everyone for the great feedback since the initial release of Arkhangel. This is a game that has been part of our lives for a very long time and we are immensely proud of it. We appreciate all the love and support that you have all shown. This will more than likely be the final major content release for Arkhangel but we have really enjoyed the (sometimes bumpy) journey. 😊

The work has begun on adding full point & click navigation to Arkhangel! It's...gonna take awhile. ;-)

Stay tuned!

-Winter Night Games

Hey everyone!

We've been working on a number of new updates and features over the last couple of months and we are extremely excited to let you know that they are now live!

PATCH NOTES:

Steam Achievements - Are you a completionist that is always looking for bragging rights? Well there are now 25 brand-spanking new achievements for you to discover in Arkhangel.

New Tutorials - Were you falling asleep reading the massive block of text that was the former tutorial page? Worry not! There is now a more robust and descriptive tutorial for Arkhangel complete with fancy pictures. There is even *gasp* animations! So fancy.

Linux Now Supported - You read that right! We finally have support for all of you Linux lovers out there. It took some doing just in terms of Zack trying to figure out how Linux worked, but once he did, it got uploaded and is now ready for you to play!
** Special tech note** - if you are an nVidia user and find some games have strange black dots across the screen, then we highly recommend adding the following to your Steam Launch Options for Arkhangel, "-force-glcore42 -force-clamped". That should get you going.

Multiple Bug Fixes - Our dutiful players discovered a few difficult-to-spot bugs during their journeys, so we collected the data and made several fixes. Michael can no longer get caught in a weird squatting/walking state towards the end of the game if you turn the inventory on and off and move the directional buttons around. You will also no longer get clipping issues in the Path of Shadow...in fact, there was a substantial reconstruction of that area for some upcoming changes.

Speaking of...

WHAT'S NEXT:

We've been reading reviews and collating feedback from a number of people and have been prepping ourselves for a pretty substantial update in the coming months. It's clear that some of the camera angles, transitions, and control methods aren't working for everyone, so we are going to dive into those deep waters. We're not 100% sure what the outcome is going to be and we are fairly positive that it's going to be a very invasive update, so we are going to take our time with it and keep you posted on our progress.

As always, thank you so much for the support. We really appreciate you all and we are looking forward to what the future will bring for Arkhangel.

Have a great weekend,
-Winter Night Games

Greetings friends!

As we get more players popping on through the Halloween sale, I just wanted to remind everyone that we do support game controllers with Arkhangel. In fact, that's how I tend to play it any more!

So dust off that old 360 controller, plug it in, set your preferred input setting in Akrhangel, and get to explorin'!

Oh yeah, you can modify your controller layout however you'd like!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

The Halloween Sale is now ON! Arkhangel is 80% off for a limited time. What a sPoOoOOooooOOky Deal!! ːsteamhappyː