Vellum News

[p]Welcome back, Scribes! It's time for a flippin' new spell![/p][p]This update includes Unfold: a new Movement Spell, New Maps, A Tutorial Kit adjustment, and some light fixes![/p][p]We also shout out the new Community Mod Library - hardworking Scribes making their mark on the game! Check out the highlights below and keep an eye on the Roadmap in Vellum's main menu as we go. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Mental gymnastics? Watch this![/p][p]Keep an eye on your foes as you soar backwards through the air with Unfold![/p][p]This acrobatic Movement Spell flings you out of danger, granting a brief moment of invulnerability, and offers many pages to build more style into your aerial feats![/p][p]Drop deadly mines, craft a winning floor routine, and perform some high-damage trick shots to style on your foes! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Roots and shoots and roads...[/p][p]Venture to fresh combat arenas: Sequoia and Outlook! Fight beneath the tall trees, making use of long-range cover for a forest fight to be remembered.[/p][p]In Outlook, weave between pillars of an ancient structure - where do these old roads lead? Battle the Torn in a time-worn relic of elsewhere![/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]Note: This will unlock Callback for all Scribes, while re-locking Swoop![/p][p]We're making some initial changes to the new player experience with adjustments to the Tutorial Chapter! [/p][p]The order of some elements has changed to give Scribes more time to understand the Signature Ink choice they make. Additionally, we're making Callback the new default Spender Spell! [/p][p]This gives new Scribes a more versatile starting spell set to take into their first Of Scribes and Torn run - Callback's area damage capabilities are a smoother compliment to Jot! [/p][p] [/p][p]Just a bit of tINKering...[/p][p]There has been some awesome community work on Mods for Vellum! Pet the Inkling, pack more decoration into your Reading Nook, and more creative additions await! [/p][p]You can find these mods in the Discord Community Mods Library - a special thanks to the authors for your excitement and sharing your work![/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]The quiet calm of a book club![/p][p]Keep an eye out for Vellum in the Yogscast Small Teams fest currently on Steam! In other news, we're gearing up for the next Major Chapter - more info to come, with plenty to read.[/p][p]Thank you to our testers, everyone in the discord, our newest mod-makers, and Scribes of all Ink Levels! [/p][p]- The Vellum Team[/p][p] [/p][h2]Movement Spell: Unfold[/h2][p]- Unfold: Acrobatically flip backwards, becoming Impervious for 0.3s.[/p][p]- New Pages of Power are available for Unfold[/p][p]- A new race and tower jump sequence can be found in the Illuminated Library[/p][h2]New Combat Arenas[/h2][p]- Sequoia and Outlook are now available in Tomes![/p][h2]General[/h2][p]- Re-ordered the hierarchy of Signature Status effects on enemy health bars (Outline > Blot > Leech)[/p][p]- Status and Augment effect calculation orders have been re-prioritized (this will result in slightly more damage intake through overlapping damage-reduction effects and an increase in specific damage-amp combinations)[/p][p]- Re-ordered some Tutorial Chapter elements[/p][p]- Tutorial Chapter now has Scribes start with Callback instead of Swoop (Note: this will unlock Callback for all Scribes and lock Swoop)[/p][p]- Adjusted default Camera sensitivity settings and ratios for vertical vs horizontal[/p][p]- Fixed an error in Credits screen[/p][p]- Vignette: A Forgotten Grotto correctly offers a tradeoff page by default[/p][p]- Added a notification for Vignette rewards when there are no more pages to grant[/p][p]- Fixed an issue with Page of Power: Father of Quill[/p][p]- Page of Power: Spotless Floor is available again, with a new design - now adds +5 Base Damage to all instances of damage[/p][p]- Page of Power: Overgrowth - Now increases Base Damage dealt based on amount of mana spent. (Note: will scale better in late game.)[/p][p]- New Page of Power: The Main Drain - 25% of damage you deal is also done to your Target if they are tethered.[/p][p]- New Page of Power: Draining Force II - Draining Force always deals damage equal to 100% of your current health to tethered foes.[/p][p]- New Page of Power: Ode to the West Wind - Foil slashes send out Wind Blades that deal 20 Damage and generate a small amount of mana.[/p][p]- Spell: Draw - Base Damage reduced from 15 to 12.[/p][p]- Spell: Draw - Cooldown increased from 0.85s to 0.9s.[/p][p]- Spell: Foil - First Slash Damage increased from 15 to 20.[/p][p]- Spell: Foil - Final Slash Damage increased from 25 to 35.[/p][p]- Spell: Foil - Mana Generation increased by 25%.[/p][p]- Spell: Jot - Cooldown decreased from 0.5s to 0.45s.[/p][p]- Spell: Manifest - Base Damage increased from 10 to 12.[/p][p]- Vignette: Thesis, a Ship Rewritten has received minor adjustments[/p][p][/p]

[p]Welcome back, Scribes! With 1.1: Beyond now behind us, we look to new waters - beginning with a fresh new spell! [/p][p][/p][p]-- Interlude Patch: "Spoilers" ahead... --[/p][p][/p][p]This update includes Spoil: a new Spender Spell, Visual Intensity Settings, Raid-Specific Spell Tuning, and several bug fixes, minor adjustments! Keep an eye out for some snazzy new Nook Items, too![/p][p]Check out the highlights below and, as always, you can track our journey from the Roadmap in Vellum's main menu. We also discuss our continuing Vellum plans at the end of this post! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]How 'bout them apples?[/p][p]Brand new to the spellbook, Scribes get to live a fresh, ripe, totally-not-rotten fairytale fantasy with Spoil! [/p][p]"Offer" your foes a scrumptious bite of a Spoiled Apple and watch as they share their positive reviews with nearby pals! These Apples are tasty, healthy, and only get better with a hefty helping of Pages of Power![/p][p]Aim true while flinging bushel after bushel of this sticky, explosive 1-Cost Spender... and find out just how hungry the Torn really are.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Details and details and details![/p][p]We're introducing Visual Intensity Settings based on your feedback! These new options allow you to further customize your experience for increased performance and legibility both solo and in multiplayer. [/p][p]In pursuit of these changes, our VFX system has had performance improvements across the board (even without using these new settings!). [/p][p]Player spells and effects now have a Reduced and Minimal VFX setting.[/p][p]Enemy abilities and effects now have a Reduced and Minimal VFX setting.[/p][p]There are a lot of visuals in Vellum - please let us know how your experience with these new settings goes![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The flexible spellcraft of Scribes is a complex curriculum. Time to teach the Torn Lords a lesson or two.[/p][p]With the rise of the Torn Lords, we've found (with the help of plenty of feedback!) the disparity between spell damage across the different loadout options in Raids is larger than we'd like! [/p][p]The lower number of pages available in Raids combined with the Boss/Single-Target heavy encounter profiles, has resulted in some spells falling behind in power/excitement. With Interlude Patch: Spoilers, we're pumping up the damage output of several spells when damaging Raid Bosses only. [/p][p]Foil, Punctuate, Enkindle, Quip, Blossom, Wordsmith, and Passage will now deal 20 - 66% increased damage to Raid Bosses (details in the patch notes below). Let us know how these feel![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Finding a cozy nook in the Illuminated Library to keep reading![/p][p]With The Grey Area, The Forgery, and Yonder now complete along with the Early Access journey - we're going to be adjusting our cadence of content! We're incredibly proud of the speed, quality, and quantity of Vellum's Major Chapters and Interlude Patches thus far... especially when we're operating as such a small team (if you're active in the Discord - you've likely heard from all of us directly by this point!)[/p][p]Since EA launch, we typically added new content about every two weeks, alternating between Interludes and Major Chapters. Of course, some updates had adjusted timings for major life events and bigger-scope items (especially as the Library Update, Raids, and 1.0 approached). [/p][p]As a small team, we'll remain incredibly flexible (today's patch includes feedback from this morning - we love this!), but we'll be targeting a few more weeks between updates and more Interludes between Major Chapters. This new pace lets us stay reactive to feedback, continue to chase cool ideas, and gives us more time to plan what comes next![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for playing Vellum and joining us as the literary journey continues to unfold! Go read a book![/p][p]- The Vellum Team[/p][p][/p][h2]Features[/h2][h3]Spender Spell: Spoil[/h3][p]- Cost: 1 Mana[/p][p]- Sling a Spoiled Apple that sticks to foes and bursts after a short delay.[/p][p]- New Spoil Pages of Power are now available![/p][h3]Visual Intensity Settings[/h3][p]- Player spells and effects now have a Reduced and Minimal VFX setting[/p][p]- Enemy abilities and effects now have a Reduced and Minimal VFX setting[/p][p]- VFX performance improved baseline[/p][p][/p][h2]Tuning, General, Fixes[/h2][p]- New Nook Objects are now available for purchase and loot drops in Tomes/Raids[/p][p]- Generator: Punctuate now deals +20% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Generator: Enkindle now deals +25% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Generator: Foil now deals +35% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Generator: Quip now deals +50% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Spender: Wordsmith now deals +25% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Spender: Passage now deals +50% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Spender: Blossom now deals +66% damage to Raid Bosses[/p][p]- Page of Power: New Sponge no longer purges Blot, now has a chance to deal all future damage at once[/p][p]- Page of Power: Spotless Floor is temporarily unavailable in-game (ongoing rework: now adds +5 Base Damage to all instances of damage)[/p][p]- Page of Power: Bleedthrough can now appear in Raids[/p][p]- Page of Power: Pierce the Veil once again behaves correctly with Punctuate[/p][p]- Page of Power: Tick Tick Boom adjusted status icon[/p][p]- Page of Power: Undivided Attention no longer has an effect chance (should be more consistent with spells like Manifest)[/p][p]- Movement: Circulate should no longer become unusable when combined with cooldown reduction effects[/p][p]- Inscription: Flow Rate now properly lists +1% Speed per Stack[/p][p]- Torn Page: Oh Rats! will no longer summon rats from inappropriate foes[/p][p]- Vignette: Thesis, A Ship Rewritten has minor hull adjustments[/p][p]- Safety save snapshot should no longer happen after a bad loading attempt[/p][p]- Loadouts will no longer show an extra, locked Inscription row[/p][p]- Unstuck button should now fix being stuck in the ground[/p][p]- Camera shake effects will now properly appear in multiplayer [/p][p]- Adjusted some Page drop filtering[/p][p]- Fixed navigation in forest biome Boss Arena[/p][p]- Enkindle effects should correctly clean themselves up[/p]

[p]Hello Scribes! [/p][p]As the champions of the Illuminated Library face Yonder - and the Tangent Tear-ors within - we've taken a quick pass at mending some other creeping errors in a bugfix patch! [/p][p]Thank you for playing and sharing your experiences with us! Detailed bug reports help us immensely in tracking down and investigating ways to make Vellum as smooth as possible.[/p][p]Quick highlights of today's patch:[/p]

• [p]Added new Disconnect messaging for diagnostics[/p]
• [p]Solved some Yonder encounter-blocking bugs[/p]

[p]Please continue to let us know about any issues you encounter in Vellum. Go save a Library![/p][p]- The Vellum Team[/p][p][/p][h2]General and Yonder Fixes[/h2][p]- Added new Disconnect messaging for diagnostics[/p][p]- Signature Ink: Green Inkling transformation timer decays at the proper speed again[/p][p]- Signature Ink: Yellow Flourish will no longer "time out" incorrectly before being consumed (e.g. Concoct and other spells should now consistently flourish)[/p][p]- Page of Power: Pretender to the Throne now properly interacts with Bosses[/p][p]- Page of Power: Timelord has new safety mechanism for Scribes, and now affects Torn at a consistent rate[/p][p]- Page of Power: Dyson Em Up now maintains effect uptime appropriately[/p][p]- Raid: The Taking Tree has adjusted terrain to give transformed Inkling more consistent access[/p][p]- Raid: Chronomalus hourglass sands and related effects are now more clear[/p][p]- Raid: Chronomalus fixed an issue with Fixate behavior[/p][p]- Raid: Perplexicon Keywarden Platforms should behave more accurately with terrain based effects (e.g. aiming Orange Signature Spell)[/p][p]- Raid: Perplexicon Keywarden Platforms will stay appropriately hazardous for the duration of Shelf Sanitization[/p][p]- Raid: Perplexicon out-of-bounds reset now throws Scribes higher (should result in more control, less risk of frustrating chain fallouts)[/p][p]- Raid: Perplexicon health adjustments should no longer incorrectly end the encounter early[/p][p]- (Known issue: If activated/released too quickly, Orange Signature Spell may fail to fire in Perplexicon encounter)[/p][p]- Raid: The Brainstorm planets are now indestructible[/p][p]- Raid: The Brainstorm now appropriately clears Wind buff from Scribes[/p][p]- Raid: The Tangent Lord - Clatter cooldown adjustments to reduce clipping back-to-back casts[/p][p]- Reset Mover/sensor collider on Map change[/p][p]- Updated various Yonder encounter ability names[/p][p]- Vignette: Thesis, a Ship Rewritten has been adjusted slightly[/p]

[p]The time has come to face The Tangent Lord - welcome to Vellum 1.1![/p][p]This end-game focused Major Chapter brings Scribes to the frigid realm of Yonder! In 1.0, we dove deep into the beautiful terror of The Grey Area (home of the Ravings) and the grand machinations of The Forgery (lair of the Splices) - and now, the Tangents take their turn![/p][p]As always, you can chart the condensed Vellum journey below - or see the full timeline in game![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Last Lord of the Torn - Third Time's The Charm[/h2][p][/p][p]Deep in the cold reaches of curiosity itself lies the realm of Yonder - home of the Tangents! [/p][p]As befitting a dangerous lair of a Torn Lord - Yonder holds mechanically complex encounters to tackle solo or with your local book club and friends. [/p][p]Normal difficulty unlocks after reaching Attunement 20 and completing The Grey Area and The Forgery. Yonder is built to challenge Scribes in the end-game: maximum Ink Level and strong build-making recommended. For Hard Mode... you'll need to make every drop of ink count.[/p][p]Like the previous Raids, Scribes will venture through 4 Major Encounters and 2 Vignettes - with typical runs targeting 30 - 45 minutes. That said - time can be a tricky companion![/p][p][/p][h2]Yonder - The Tangent Plane[/h2][p][/p][p]Yonder is the plane of Tangents: an ethereal, hauntingly cold realm devoted to curiosity itself. Here, Scribes will brave the orbit of the Tangent Lord's obsessive, deepening struggle with the unknown. [/p][p]If the Illuminated Library's champions can outmatch a time-oppressed maw, breach a top-secret silo, and weather a torrential storm of ideas - Scribes will find themselves under the intense scrutiny of The Tangent Lord, ever-watchful for answers. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Once more, Scribes will face terrors far from the safety of the Font. Defeat the third Torn Lord, uncover the last piece of Prism's Final Chapter, and continue the legacy of the Illuminated Library![/p][p][/p][h2]Raid Rewards - Winging It![/h2][p][/p][p]New Curiosities are now available! No more window-shopping amid flights of fancy - you can go beat the Torn Lords with your favorite Signature Inks and reap the rewards![/p][p]Nook items will also continue to drop from Yonder encounters - and the pool of Pages of Power grows with some radical new additions! Go defend the Library and make your style known![/p][p][/p][h2]Epilogue - The Next Pages[/h2][p]With all three Raids completed - The Grey Area, The Forgery, and Yonder - we've finished some of our largest, most complicated pieces of content yet! While 1.1 fills out the events of Prism, Myriad, Verse, and Horizon's saga - there is more Vellum to be made![/p][p]Next up, we're looking to dive deep into community feedback in some key areas - balance, performance, and accessibility. Feedback is huge for us - if you're enjoying the game, please consider joining our Discord and/or leaving a review on Steam![/p][p]The Vellum Discord is a wonderful place to group up with other Scribes, learn, and share your experiences with the game! It's also a great way to let us know (via active discussions, 300+ message long threads, and more) what aspects of Vellum resonate with you (and what you'd like to see more of)![/p][p]The Tangent Lord awaits new challengers - and we can't wait to see you brave these twisted encounters! [/p][p]Thank you for continuing the journey of Vellum![/p][p]- The Vellum Team[/p][p][/p][h2]Chapter XII: Beyond - Vellum 1.1 Full Patch Notes[/h2][p][/p][h3]Raid: Yonder[/h3][p]- Venture into the Realm of Tangents[/p][p]- 4 Major Encounters & 2 Raid Vignettes[/p][p]- Normal & Hard Modes[/p][p]- New Curiosities now available for beating all Torn Lords[/p][p]- New Page of Power Rewards[/p][p]- New Nook Items[/p][p]- Codex Badges for Victorious Builds[/p][p]- Music - Underscoring the abstract challenges of curiosity![/p][p]- Lore - Thwart the Tangent Lord and uncover the last piece of Prism's Final Chapter![/p][p][/p][h3]General[/h3][p]- New Signature Challenges for Wing Curiosities[/p][p]- Raid Ink Color Achievements now show progress[/p][p]- Blot Keyword "Spread" now requires an entity be targetable (no more spreading to Araxiom eggs)[/p][p]- Target Practice minigame in the Illuminated Library will no longer auto-complete[/p][p]- Vignette: Lighthouse now has additional routing options[/p][p]- Tangents: Minor Torn are allowed to jump again (should result in fewer stuck enemies)[/p][p]- Book Club: Special Pages (e.g. "The Bearer") can no longer be omitted [/p][p]- Green Inkling passive damage augment calculations clamped[/p][p]- Page of Power: Murder (Swoop) now reduces the damage of each bird by 35%[/p][p]- Page of Power: Fine Control is triggered on Flourish Spell cast now (was on Flourish damage dealt)[/p][p]- Tome: The Wolves should no longer apply infused mana effects when siphoning Scribe mana and damaging at the same time (wild bug!)[/p][p]- Ghostwrite: Scribes will no longer take damage during Ghostwrite if they have an effect increasing their damage taken[/p][p]- Boss healthbar text spacing behaves better between boss encounters[/p][p]- Unstuck while in the Torn Antechamber will now correctly transport Scribes[/p][p]- Additional safeties for Raid encounter starts[/p][p]- Page of Power: Double Dose removed from pool/Codex[/p][p]- Vignette: Overlook increased jump pad safeties[/p][p]- Vignette: Ashen Conflux changed lore page location[/p][p]- Raid: The Forgery fixed some out of bounds access in Binding Workshop, Plot Device encounters[/p][p]- Raids: Respawn locations are now inside the area after defeating final bosses[/p][p]- Raid: The Grey Area - now prevents softlocks from "Unstuck" in Araxiom arena[/p][p]- Raid: The Forgery - now prevents softlocks from "Unstuck" in Styxen arena[/p][p]- Library: adjusted ink launcher visual alignment[/p][p]- Fixed Vignette secret rewards being multiplied in multiplayer (Oasis, Dark Wall, Light in the Dark, Abandoned Treasure, Boons from the Author, Giant Stump, Alcove)[/p][p]- Fixed navigation hole in Forgotten Grotto[/p][p]- Fixed typo in Delayed Gratification[/p][p]- Fixed typo in cosmetics[/p]

[p]Hello, Scribes![/p][p]We're over a month into the release of Vellum 1.0 (how time flies!) and as always we're in awe of the staggering support for the game! A couple weeks after launch, Scribes welcomed In Circulation, an Interlude Patch with a new movement spell, QOL changes, and so much more! [/p][p]Since then, we've been hard at work designing the next climactic battles between Scribes and Torn - leading up to a confrontation with the final Torn Lord! Ink and quill at the ready, Scribes...[/p][h3]Vellum 1.1: Beyond releases June 20th![/h3][p][/p][h2]Play Beyond, Vellum's 1.1 update on Steam - June 20th, 2025![/h2][p]Explore the edges of curiosity in Yonder, the realm of the Tangent Lord! [/p][p]As with the other two raids, Yonder will be available in Normal and Hard modes with intense, mechanically complex encounters. You'll have unlimited attempts per run and can tackle these challenges solo or in multiplayer.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Beyond will include new achievements, lore, wardrobe unlocks, nook items, balance changes, and more![/p][p]As always - we welcome you to come play and make discoveries together, then tell us all about it in Discord (and show off your Nook designs)! We'll also be sharing details there on early testing opportunities for this upcoming raid. [/p][p]Thank you for playing, Scribes - and keep your eyes on the horizon![/p][p]- The Vellum Team[/p]