Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition News

Hello hunters!

We've got good news for both achievement hunters AND vampire hunters!

In our ongoing quest to keep making Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition as awesome as it can be, we've just rolled out a new update for the game! The biggest feature included in this update are achievements!

We've added a number of different achievements for you to unlock as you play, so we hope you'll all enjoy sinking your fangs into them. Meanwhile, we're still working hard on the mobile version of Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition, alongside making improvements for the PC version.

You can find the full patch notes for this update below:

[h3]Added[/h3]

• Added Friends to the Profile screen. Players can be searched by their display name, and added to the friends list
  
• Added Steam Achievements
  

[h3]Changed[/h3]

• Hovering over hideouts now highlights their location on the map
  
• Settings menus now have a short fade animation
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• The AI will now take over disconnected players correctly when the room leader has previously reconnected
  
• The chat window will now always readjust the scrollbar correctly when a message is received while the window is closed
  
• Fixed Szgany Bodyguards carrying on its resolve effects when the target is defeated
  
• Fixed the trail choice dialog sometimes having a rogue rumour token after clearing a hideout
  

[h3]What are you working on next?[/h3]

Our team are currently working hard on the mobile version of Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition and making sure that cross-platform play between the mobile version and the Steam version work smoothly!

We're hoping to announce a release date for the mobile version mighty soon, so make sure you keep an eye on our social channels for more information.

[h3]How can I keep up with the latest news?[/h3]

You can follow us on Facebook or Twitter for the latest updates, or join our lovely Discord to chat with other players and our development team! We’re also always open to feedback and ideas, so send them all our way!

Hello hunters!

Before we all went home for Christmas, we invited you to take part in our 1v4 online multiplayer beta. After the success of the beta, we’ve decided to roll out the full 1v4 experience to everyone! So as of the latest update on Steam, you can play Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition online with up to 5 players.

We also support any configuration for online multiplayer as long as you’ve got at least 2 players, so 4 human hunters can try to take down 1 AI Dracula if none of you feel like playing as the Count!

You can find the full changelog for this update here:

• 4v1 online multiplayer is now out of beta
  
• Online games now have text chat. The chat filter can be enabled/disabled locally in the settings
  
• Added feedback to Spy when the target hunter has no item or event cards
  

• Updated feedback for when a hunter uses Hired Scouts or a hunter ally to search to include what cities were searched
  
• AI Hunters will now apply more weight to travelling via land rather than sea when determining how to get to a target location
  
• AI Hunters will now be more inclined to remain in combat
  The pause menu button can now be selected during tutorials
  

• Fixed unlocalised text in the Renewed Vigor Delayed dialog
  
• Fixed Hired Scouts and the hunter ally cards requiring the hunter to select a location to reveal when the only unrevealed trail locations are in the sea
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI Hunters would sometimes move away from Dracula's location during the day phase
  
• Fixed an issue with the AI Hunters not targeting Dracula's location when he is revealed if he moved onto the same location as another Hunter
  
• Fixed resuming a game while Speedy Telegraph is in play temporarily locking the character seal buttons
  
• Fixed combat being initiated with a hunter defeated by Szgany Bodyguard's mature effect
  
• Fixed combat prompt text not appearing for all players
  
• Fixed Dracula's Brides' ally effect not returning Dracula's action buttons
  
• Fixed being unable to resume if a game is quit after Dracula has started placing Storm or Roadblock tokens, but before all have been placed
  
• Fixed AI Hunters failing to choose a card during combat with a vampire in a Hideout which also contains an Encounter card with no mature effect
  
• Fixed discard pile counters not showing the right value initially after loading a save file
  

[h3]What about chatting to each other during a game?[/h3]

So as part of the 1v4 update, we’ve also added a dedicated in-game text chat feature for when you’re playing online!

With this new feature, you can coordinate with people online or taunt your foes as Dracula. This feature is available no matter how many people you’re playing online with, so next time you’re having a 1v1 showdown, feel free to let Dracula know just how much you’re onto his trail.

This text chat function will also be massively helpful when we release the mobile version of the game with cross-play, as we need to make sure people on different platforms can communicate with each other easily. If you want more updates on the mobile version of Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition, the best way to do that is by following us on social media!

[h3]How can I stay updated on the game?[/h3]

You can follow us on Facebook or Twitter for the latest updates, or join our lovely Discord to chat with other players and our development team! We’re also always open to feedback and ideas, so send them all our way!

And finally, we know this is a feature a lot of people have been asking for since the game launched, so we can’t wait to see what you all think of it! We’ve been working super hard to get it to you, and we appreciate all your patience. ːheartː

Hello hunters!

We've rolled out a patch to resolve a few issues that had been reported by the community. We've also just released a new public beta which allows you to try out 1v4 online multiplayer - you can find out more in our official announcement here.

The changelog is as follows:

• Added separate options for enabling each action confirmation
  
• Added more explanatory action confirmation dialogs
  
• Added feedback when Dracula cannot legally perform any action and suffers the damage penalty
  

• The statistic for the Hide card now properly updates when used in conjunction with Wolf Form
  
• The Bats encounter now places a Bats token on just the hunter who searched/was ambushed rather than all hunters on the hideout
  
• Fixed "X" button on the Profile screen sometimes being obscured by a cog
  
• Fixed revealing item/event cards through card effects (E.G. revealing Heavenly Host through resolving Consecrated Ground) resulting in the revealed cards remaining in the hunter's revealed card area
  
• Fixed city select dialog/highlights persisting after pressing the Cancel button
  
• Fixed action buttons not returning after being ambushed by an encounter immediately after being moved by Vampiric Influence
  
• Fixed being prompted to optionally discard encounter cards after resolving Dark Call
  
• Fixed upgrading a hideout to a lair in an online game potentially halting the hunter's game
  

Happy Hunting! 🧛

Hello hunters!

We’re happy to inform you that we’re now opening up the beta version of 1v4 online multiplayer in Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition to anyone who has purchased the game and wants to help us!

We’ve been working hard on the 1v4 online multiplayer feature since we released the game on Steam, and we’ve made some amazing progress so far. However, as Christmas fast approaches we’re going to have less and less staff on hand to test new builds and roll out fixes for issues, which is why we’ve made the decision to open up a public beta over the holidays. This will give you all a chance to get your hands on the 1v4 multiplayer feature early, and also provide us with some valuable feedback for when we return in the new year.

We’re hoping that with all of you playing over the holidays, we’ll be able to come back in January to a comprehensive list of things that need fixing ahead of the final release for 1v4 online. We’ve set up a discussion on Steam where you can report your beta bugs, and we’ve also set up a new channel on our official Discord just for talking about the public beta.

If you don’t mind coming across issues and reporting them to us, you can jump on 1v4 now!

So, how do you get involved?

TO PLAY 1v4 ONLINE NOW:

• Right click Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition in Steam
  
• Go to Properties
  
• Click Betas
  
• Enter this code: furyofdracula
  
• Select ‘open-beta’
  

It’s worth noting that if you’re on the beta version of Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition then you’ll only be able to play online with people who are also using the beta version. If you want to play with friends who aren’t using the beta version, make sure you revert back to the original version by going into Properties, then Betas again and selecting NONE!

Also, trying to fix 4v1 multiplayer issues can be complicated and time consuming so if you do run into any major issues (such as the game getting out of synchronisation, stuck on a dialog or not being able to perform actions) then please ensure that you provide as much information as possible about the problem when reporting it to us, including the player logs from all players involved renamed to clearly highlight for which characters they are for. You can find the player log files here - C:\\Users\\(your username)\\ AppData \\ LocalLow \\ Nomad Games \\ Fury of Dracula

Although this involves a little effort on your part, it will help us enormously with cross referencing the events that led up to the issue. You can send us player logs via [email protected] or through our Discord! Just be sure to tell us that you’re on the beta version, so we can properly categorise issues.

And finally, from everyone here at Nomad Games, many thanks for your patience and support over the last year - we hope you all have a lovely time this holiday season!

Hello again hunters!

Today we've rolled out a patch to resolve a few issues that had been reported by the community.

The changelog is as follows:

[h3]Added[/h3]

• Added warning message after selecting to use Escape as Bat and Escape as Mist before one is able to end combat using them
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed Dracula being able to pass using keyboard shortcuts
  
• Issues with being unable to select regions or sea zones after certain dialogs reopened during their closing animation
  
• Using Wolf Form to move to a Lair now moves the Lair onto the trail
  
• When manually changing players while Speedy Telegraph is in play, characters will automatically react to their status effects, rather than only when they are automatically changed to
  
• Placing a Dracula Marker during the Dracula phase no longer re-activates the Hunter's action buttons
  
• Fixed an issue with it being possible for an extra player to join an online room which prevented the game from being started until the extra player leaves
  
• Fixed Jonathan Harker being invoked when the new sixth trail space already has its location card revealed
  

Happy Hunting! 🧛