Salutations Skul Squad!

We’re excited to announce that 3 new skulls have been added to the game and are ready for battle in Harmonia! Just like every other skull they have their own unique abilities and skills so be sure to try them all out. You’re sure to find the experience enjoyable and the gameplay even more diverse than before.

We also adjusted a couple of the skulls types and grades. The Clown in particular has received a major overhaul and should be a ton more fun to play with.
In addition to that, we fixed bugs and other issues based on your comments.
So keep the feedback coming!

• Fixed bug where the effect of the Yggdrasil’s exploding projectiles were in the wrong spot
  
• Fixed problem where projectiles passed through terrain on some maps
  
• Fixed bug where you could break through the ceiling on the map
  
• Fixed bug with Chapter 3 Boss’ roar knock-back
  
• Fixed bug where the Warrior Adventurer would freeze during an attack or deliver an attack suddenly
  
• Altered background music to play uniformly in all Chapters

• New Skulls Added
  - Skeleton-Bomber / Grade : Rare
  
  
  - Skeleton-Shield / Grade : Common
  
  
  - Carleon Recruit / Grade : Common
  
  
  
• Minotaurus
  - Grade Change: Common → Rare
  
  
• Werewolf
  - Grade Change: Rare → Common
  
  
• Clown
  - Grade Change: Common → Rare
  - Attack Speed increased
  - Increased forward movement while attacking
  - Changed number of marks for passive explosion: 4 → 3
  - Reduced passive explosion’s damage
  - Increased damage for Basic Attack’s projectiles
  - Altered Jump Attack
  - Changed Passive Effects & Sound
  - Skill: Changed Surprise Knife (effect changed, attack range and damage increased)
  - Skill: Two in Each Hand (damage increased)
  - Skill: Highlight (new effect)
  
  
• Rider
  - Type Change: Balance → Speed

• Eleventh Finger of Lightning
  - Fixed bug where actual cooldown time didn’t match the item’s description

• Fixed problem where a description of the Yaksha’s tackle didn’t appear
  
• Fixed problem where Hidden Dagger’s item description didn’t match the actual in-game effect (for languages other than Korean)

Hello Skul Squad!
A long awaited and sorely needed system update is finally ready to go. Of course we’re talking about Steam Cloud Support!

Sorry it took so long, but better late than never I guess. Right? ;)

With that being said, there is one thing you need to be aware of. If you’ve already played Skul on several different PCs, you may see a message like the one below.
You will be prompted to either download the save files from the Steam Cloud, or to upload the local files instead. So please take your time and think about which save file has the most saved contents!


In addition to that, we’ve fixed a ton of bugs (many of which we found thanks to your feedback). You should notice improved gameplay especially in the battle system.

Please look below for specific details.

• Steam Cloud now supported
  
• Fixed bug where effects intermittently wouldn’t disappear
  
• Resolved issue with long item names messing with the UI and stretching it out
  
• Fixed problem with Jump Attacks not being affected by Basic Attack Speed
  
• Enemies will chase you down quicker after seeing you (increased movement speed)
  
• Fixed bug where Quintessence and Items caused deadly attacks
  
• ‘Reassemble’ Trait added

• Alleviated time slowdown when using a Tackling-type Dash
  
• Fixed bug where Concentration Attack Skill Moves were cancelled out by using them again.
  
• Skul (The OG)
  - Fixed bug where two skulls sometimes fell after throwing your skull
  
• Clown
  - Fixed bug where Skills were cancelled by Dashing
  - Fixed bug where the puppet doesn’t have a marking in the bone pile map
  
• Samurai
  - Fixed bug where the puppet doesn’t have a marking in the bone pile map
  
• Jinn
  - Type Change: Balance → Power
  
• Grim Reaper
  - Type Change: Power → Balance
  - Now invincible when performing Harvest
  
• Yaksha
  - Fixed bug where Yaksha Fist was cancelled out by other actions
  - Changed attack style for Yaksha Fist once Concentration completes
  - Sorcery: Time slows down for enemies when using Goblin Step to crush them
  
• Mummy
  - Fixed bug where Mummy Bomb didn’t explode when hitting an altar
  - Fixed bug where Mummy Bomb didn’t damage altars or other structures
  
• Hunter
  - Fixed bug where Basic Attack commands were ignored
  - Attack stiffening time decreased for Basic Attack and Jump Attack once Concentration completes

• Fixed bug where some item’s thumbnails didn’t display properly in the scrolls
  - Hunter’s Boots
  - Execution Axe
  - Warrior’s Pauldrons
  - Dark Spirit Shade
  
• Fixed bug where some item’s additional damage didn’t register correctly
  - Gunpowder Sword
  - Clown’s Surprise Box
  
• Thief Armor
  - Fixed bug where the option wasn’t registering normally
  
• Water Spirit Undine
  - Attack Range drastically increased
  
• Hunter’s Boots
  - Fixed bug where item description and actually ability didn’t match up
  
• Mage’s Mana Bracelet
  - Problem fixed with item grade not registering properly: Legendary → Unique
  
• Gunpowder Sword
  - Grade Alteration: Rare → Unique
  - Fixed bug where explosion didn’t match Attack Type

• Arch Demon
  - Damage of Soul Release’s projectile explosion increased
  
• Raven Monarch
  - Vortex of the Abyss’ multi-hit and explosive damage increased
  
• Centauros
  - Range of Javelin decreased

• Fixed bug where some projectile attacks didn’t damage alters

• Carleon Infantrymen
  - Hammer Attack Range decreased so nothing behind it is damaged
  
• Carleon Ice Mage
  - Idle time after Attack added, Continuously attacking pattern deleted
  
• Gold Mane Knight New Recruit
  - Deleted its ability to block player’s movement with shield
  
• Gold Mane Knight
  - After performing the Power Wave Attack, idle time is now determined probabilistically
  - Added idle time for when Tackle Attack is reused
  
• Housemaid
  - Enemy perception range increased for attacks
  
• Adventurers
  - Fixed bug that caused strange status effects when casting lethal spells
  - Energy ball projectiles can no longer penetrate players
  - Changed hit style for Thief’s large shurikens
  - Fixed bug where Adventurer Mage kept moving towards the sides of the screen

• Chapter 2 Boss: Leiana Sisters
  - Fixed problem where boss stays in a diagonal position after being killed when moving diagonally
  
• Chapter 2 Boss: Transformed Leiana
  - Added random attack pattern
  - For full-screen chain attacks, the amount of time attacks do damage has been reduced
  
• Chapter 3 Boss: Chimera
  - Fixed bug where some attack pattern were skipped due to time slowing or stopping during an attack

• Chapter 1 Poison Flower
  - HP significantly decreased
  
• Fixed bug where some players were forced up into the sky in some Chapter 2 maps due to screen fractures
  
• Increased the chances of the Mysterious Boy providing high grade Quintessence in the later stages
  
• Fixed bug where some enemies continued to get bigger after spawning
  
• Fixed bug where some buff effects appeared to be extra large at times
  
• The plates on the table in Chapter 2 fly more realistically and deal way more damage

• Fixed incorrect English text for Mummy
  
• Fixed bug where an outdated version of the the Witch’s Trait Name was incorrectly displayed

• Improved cutscene and added sound
  
• Improved and added sounds to Skul

Hello.

We are proud to announce that Skul will be going to 2020 PAX EAST!

PAX EAST (also known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a gaming festival held annually in Boston, United States. This year PAX EAST will be held from the 27th of February to the 1st of March, 2020 (4 days in total) at the Boston convention and exhibition center.

We will be participating as NEOWIZ, and for the location of the booth please review the image below.



We have prepared amazing events with rewards, so please come and visit NEOWIZ booth at the Boston convention and exhibition center.

We will be looking forward to meeting you at PAX EAST!

Thank you.

Hello Skul Community~
Skulites? Skul Squad? Help us come up with a name for this passionate and growing community!

In all seriousness though, thank you so much for your support and helping us successfully launch Skul: The Hero Slayer for Early Access! We were overwhelmed with the response we received and couldn’t be more grateful. We’re looking forward to seeing where this journey takes us and are excited to have the Skul Community by our side.

With that said, we’ve been closely monitoring everything you have had to say (the good and especially the bad). We know there are a lot of bugs currently, so we are doing our best to rectify those problems as quickly as we can. If you experienced any bugs or issues we sincerely apologize for that. Please just know that this game is a work in progress and will only improve from here on out.

See below for the updates included in this patch.


Nimble Ninja with Range?!? One word. Unstoppable
Flash Slash Attack type changed: melee → range

Cheesing with the Mummy no more! It’s sidearm is going down a caliber or two.

• Basic Attack type changed: skill → basic (was ‘skill’ by mistake)
  
• Basic Attack range reduced
  
• Basic Attack damage reduced
  
• Exploding Head damage increased
  
• Exploding Heads now burst upon impact (Humans beware!)
  
• Shooting upwards possible now (Shoot those pesky Adventurers out of the sky!)

Death Itself, made a little less deadly (The not so grim Reaper)

• Passive projectile’s homing range increased
  
• Passive projectile’s attack damage decreased

The Berserker Unleashed!

• Problem with Basic Attack cancelling out Berserker Tackle resolved

The once frustrating Gargoyle, made playable and actually fun!

• The Gargoyle now descends slowly after attacking while in flight

The Rider still rollin’ over foes.

• Passive Icon added (displays the additional attack power based on increases in movement speed)

Make the humans howl with fear at the sight of the Werewolf!

• Now invincible while performing the Beast Leap

An even more magical Genie.

• Now invincible while performing the Fairy Swordsmanship skill

A Spearman with improved D.

• Now invincible while performing Parrying action
  
• Fixed problem with attacks for some skulls being cancelled out

• System language now automatically selected (based on OS language settings and defaults to English)
  
• Controller vibration added
  
• Dated now saved after dying (Some data didn’t save if you immediately quit the game after dying)
  
• If you quit the game right after selecting traits with the Witch, the Dark Quartz you use will not be returned to you
  
• No more freebies! The Witch caught onto your little scheme...
  
• Max frame rate set at 80 (some users experienced overheating due to no limit)

• Version Info added to top-right corner of screen
  
• Deleted “Don’t Press Anything” warning message from the main screen (loading issues resolved as well)

• Slime Quintessence’s Invincibility Period 2secs → 1, Cooldown Time 15secs → 10
  
• Eleventh Finger of Lightning’s Cooldown Time Increased to 10secs, Can now hit up to 3 enemies at once
  
• Added Ritual Staff buff icon
  
• Centauros Quintessence damage range decreased
  
• Medusa Quintessence damage range decreased
  
• Fixed bug of skill cooldown resetting because of Infinite Bone item being used after consecutive skills (Usually happens with the Predator)
  
• Archdemon projectile’s homing range increased

• Fixed bug where store owners didn’t sell items at times
  
• Sound effects from flame projectiles in Chp 1 & 2 reduced by 50%
  
• Fixed problem in Chapter 1 map where a void space appeared in the background behind the vine decorations
  
• Fixed problem in Chapter 3 map where some layers clashed with each other
  
• Fixed issue with some bone pile maps spawning the puppet in a strange location

• Added sound effects to some fire shooting traps in Chapter 2 that were missing it
  
• Sound effects caused by fire shooting traps hitting a wall in Chapter 1 & 2 reduced by 50%
  
• Sound added to spike traps in Chapter 2
  
• Solved problem with Yggdrasil’s 8-directional projectile’s sound overlapping
  
• Got rid of overlapping sound when Yggdrasil appears and grabs the ground.
  
• Added wailing sound to Mongal boss in the tutorial
  
• Sound added for scene after clearing the Chapter 3 boss

• Solved issue with English version of skill acceleration’s description appearing where the name should
  
• Key guide now appears in the appropriate language in the Witch’s skill tree

• Venom Fall damage reduced
  
• Venom Fall animation properly synced
  
• Venom Fall Chimera now falls forward
  
• Venom Breath’s projectile gravity increased
  
• Occurence of idle time pattern reduced
  
• Idle time after Venom Ball removed
  
• Venom Ball projectile speed increased
  
• Knocked-back action added during roar
  
• Venom Cannon’s gravity increased
  
• Falling speed of wreckage increased
  
• Falling speed of experimental flasks increased
  
• Added sounds effects to experimental flasks that explode on impact

• Leiana Sisters can no longer take damage during the intro
  
• Fixed bug that slowed the bosses down after getting hit by the Medusa Quintessence
  
• Added sound to part of intro when the Leiana Sisters land
  
• Added sound to Leiana Sister’s Rising Pierce attack
  
• Added sound to Leiana Sister’s Homing Pierce attack

• Fixed bug that slowed the boss down after getting hit by the Medusa Quintessence

• Basic Ent’s forward movement increased
  
• Chimera’s attack damage increased
  
• Sound effects for Ice Mage’s attack reduced from 1 → 0.5
  
• Fixed issue with Gold Mane Infantrymen’s attack power surging out of control if frozen while in the act of performing a Power Wave attack
  
• Tutorial Ogre’s Max HP increased
  
• Tutorial Ogre now not stunned by attacks
  
• Reduced idle time for Chapter 3 Golden Mages after attacking
  
• Ogre summoning Golden Mage’s Max HP increased

• Solved issue with Adventurers teleporting and getting stuck on the edge of the screen
  
• Edited background music to come after dialogue is completed
  
• From now on 2 Adventurers will appear in Chapter 2-1 and 3 will appear in Chapter 3-1
  
• Higher amount of damage necessary to cancel out casting

Hello!

We greatly appreciate your efforts and your helpful comments in identifying issues and we apologize for the inconvenience due to this. We will do our best to fix all issues/bugs received as soon as possible.

Updates made on Feb 19 after the EA launch are as follows.

• Updated text and image of Quintessences.
  
• Fixed the Gates not opening even after defeating all monsters on the map.
  
• Set English as the default language for the Settings menu.
  
• Set English as the default language for Early Access Notice, and added a text asking players not to input any key at the loading screen as it may make the game crash.

If you notice any bugs, have any suggestions or have any questions for the dev team, please visit our official SNS channels.

• Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147560/discussions/
  
• Official Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/RQf6kBK

Thank you!

Hello!

We are excited to announce the official Early Access launch for Skul: The Hero Slayer! Give it a go~

We plan to keep the Early Access period as short as possible and hope to release the full version of the game in the first half of this year. That being said, the current build of the game does not include every feature or all of the contents that we have planned for it. The overall balancing of the game is still very much a work in progress as well, so your feedback will be invaluable in helping us improve all aspects of the game going forward.

As such, if you find any bugs or would like to make suggestions on how to improve the game please let us know! You can reach us on any of the channels below.

• Steam Community : https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147560/discussions/
  
• Discord : hhttp://ttps:/discordapp.com/invite/RQf6kBK
  
• Email : Skul_support@neowiz.com

Skul: The Hero Slayer will initially be priced at $17.99, but will be discounted by 20% at launch.


Finding Skul to be a little difficult? Don’t give up just yet! Try out our ‘Rookie Mode’ that is geared towards gamers who are a little unfamiliar with the roguelite genre or just want a more casual playing experience. You can find it under the ‘Gameplay’ tab in the menu and it will boost your character’s Max HP by 100!


Thanks again for the support and joining us on this journey!

Salutations Skul Community!

As we've said before, we're planning to be as transparent and proactive during the Early Access Period as possible. So please look below for the answers to a couple questions that we think you may already have.

1. 'Light Effect'.
[/b] In the settings menu you can turn on 'light effect' to improve the game's lighting and visuals, but that may cause the frame rate to drop. Please keep this in mind when adjusting that setting.
2. Current Game Length
[/b] This being the Early Access version of Skul, you can only play until Chapter 3 at the moment. An additional chapter including the ending will be added for the final version of the game. We will also be adding a wide range of contents, Steam Achievements, trading cards, etc.
3. We are working on making the game load faster after starting it up.
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4. Please feel free to report any bugs or make any suggestions to improve the game. We always love to hear from you!
   
   • Steam Community : https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147560/discussions/
     
   • Discord : https://discordapp.com/invite/RQf6kBK
     
   • Email : Skul_support@neowiz.com

1. EA Launch Discount of 20%
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Thank you!

Hello Skul Community!

First of all, we would like to thank everyone for their continued support of Skul: The Hero Slayer. We’ve been working day and night to improve the game and get it ready for release. In that regard, please see below for our EA launch schedule!

• UTC : 2/19 1am
  
• CST : 2/19 9am
  
• EST : 2/18 8pm
  
• PST : 2/18 5pm

Releasing the game for Early Access to start out with has always been a key part of our plan. Communicating with you (the Skul Community) is of utmost importance to us and provides us with invaluable feedback. And undergoing an Early Access period is the best way for us to hear your voice and help us shape Skul into the best game it can be.

During EA we plan on providing frequent and detailed updates as to the progress of the game’s development. And we will be monitoring our Discord and Twitter pages, so please feel free to contact us through those channels. Any bug reports or ideas for improvement are always greatly appreciated. We also plan on keeping the EA period as short as possible and will do our best to get the full version released in a timely manner.

Thanks again for the support and joining us on this journey!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147560/Skul_The_Hero_Slayer/

Hello Skul Community,

We’d like to thank everyone one last time for participating in the ‘Beta Test for Creators’. All of the feedback we received was very helpful and insightful. What we learned through the test spurred a lot of internal conversations about how best to improve the game, so we’d like to share with you some of the changes we’re making going forward.


We have a lot of features in the works to make Skul’s gameplay really shine. One key aspect is the number of playable skulls (characters). There will be over 20 different skulls available to play, each with their own unique skills and characteristics. Going forward Skul will also feature a special group of NPCs, dozens of monster types and 6 mini-bosses for you to take on. And don’t forget the main bosses at each stage :)


We received a lot of feedback regarding balancing and difficulty level issues, and we think that getting these right is of paramount importance. Also when it comes to increasing Skul’s replayability, we’re planning to add contents to power up your character as time goes by, which will lower the initial learning curve and make the gameplay smoother overall.


It goes without saying that bugs can really break up a game’s flow and ruin its immersion. So over the past couple of weeks we have been intensely focused on fixing any and all bugs that have been found. This should lead to a more polished version of the game than you previously experienced.

Thanks again for taking part in the beta test! We can’t wait to show you all the improvements that we’ve made to the game.

This is just the beginning and we couldn’t be happier to have you join us on this journey.

Hello!
We are happy to announce Early Access of Metal Unit.
From now on, the Early Access version of Metal Unit is available on Steam.

Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with rogue-lite features. The wide range of melee and ranged weapons at your disposal also give you the ultimate flexibility to take out enemies any way you see fit.
Upon death, the game will convert all equipped items into permanent research points. The points can then be used to unlock new items and skills. You will constantly receive weapons of varying utility and will need to adapt your strategy to match your current equipment.

Metal Unit is priced at $14.99, however a 20% discount will be offered at launch!

We are striving to keep the game in Early Access as short of a time as possible and release the full version by April 2020!
The full version of Metal Unit will contain the complete ending, new storylines, and countless additional features. On top of that, there will be achievements, trading cards, and all the in-game contents (including bug fixes, localizations etc.) will be updated.

Metal Unit will be attending PAX East 2020!
We hope to see you all there and get as much feedback and insight from you as possible.

Throughout the EA period, we plan on communicating with you as much as possible and also providing constant updates as to the status of the game’s development. Your feedback will be invaluable and we look forward to hearing your original ideas to improve Metal Unit.


Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1173200/discussions/
Official Discord: https://discord.gg/AzpY29t
Metal Unit Support Team: metalunit_support@neowiz.com


Thank you!