Ahoy, space-huntsman! This update includes the BRAND NEW ABYSS BIOME! :D Be the first to battle Doomreaper and The Seven Blight, as well as the various other creatures lurking in the depths of the Abyss. We also added in the razzlin' dazzlin' Emerald Jones! He can be unlocked by killing Leviathan - so shouldn't be too much trouble for you all! We're looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of Emerald Jones and the Abyss biome.


Features Added

• Added new biome: Abyss Biome
• Added new Abyss elderfish boss: Doomreaper
• Added new Abyss elderfish boss: The Seven Blights
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcjabber
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcspitter
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcsprayer
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Reefgolbin
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Goblinlurker
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Nethergoblin
• Added new Abyss starbait enemy: Starbasher
• Added new unlockable character/achievement Emerald Jones
• Cannonball ship rune now destroys environmental structures
• Added new legendary spear rune - Rune of the Elements
• Added new legendary ship rune - Moonsplitter's Might
• Added new ship runes: Sonar Rune I, II, III, and IV
• Added Speedrun Time display on HUD
• Added particle effects to convey boost overheated and boost recharged
• Tutorial now detects if using mouse or gamepad
• Zoom now saves from level to level

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where finishing a round as Emerald Jones while boosting could slow the game down until boosting again
• Fixed a bug that turned level two cannonball runes into level one cannonball runes
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed lightning damage
• Fixed a bug where frost enchanted bosses spawned frost when in the depths
• Collision accuracy of enemies and structures increased
• Fixed overlapping shop items bug
• Dialog no longer goes over the Inventory
• Fixed a bug where earthballs and cannonballs could knock beetlings outside of beetles sacks
• Fixed a bug that was ending the game after killing Cthulhu
• Fixed a bug that was freezing the player when entering a biome with Cthulhu
• Fixed text appearing outside speech bubble for Ta'bi
• Fixed bounties spawning off screen on for later rounds
• Fixed continue button occasionally being unclickable
• Fixed resolutions dropdown list going off screen
• Fixed Character Stats portrait breaking for Old Man Pirate Skin
• Fixed character staying red after using Berserker Potion

Balancing

• Basilisk, Infernal, Lightiningbolt, and Frost each require 3, not 4 runes to unlock
• The Repair Kit's buy and sell price has been doubled
• Increased the time between Rackjaw's attacks by 3 seconds
• Reduced the damage of all cannon ball runes by 20
• Increased the damage of all fireball runes by 20
• Increased Queen Verminess charge speed by 15%
• Increased Emerald Jones max health to 85
• Increased the amount of items dropped and the bounty rewards for enemies killed in the Crystal Biome by 10%
• Increased the amount of items dropped and the bounty rewards for enemies killed in the Desert Biome by 20%

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! This update includes the BRAND NEW ABYSS BIOME! :D Be the first to battle Doomreaper and The Seven Blight, as well as the various other creatures lurking in the depths of the Abyss. We also added in the razzlin' dazzlin' Emerald Jones! He can be unlocked by killing Leviathan - so shouldn't be too much trouble for you all! We're looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of Emerald Jones and the Abyss biome.


Features Added

• Added new biome: Abyss Biome
• Added new Abyss elderfish boss: Doomreaper
• Added new Abyss elderfish boss: The Seven Blights
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcjabber
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcspitter
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Winged Arcsprayer
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Reefgolbin
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Goblinlurker
• Added new Abyss asterfish enemy: Nethergoblin
• Added new Abyss starbait enemy: Starbasher
• Added new unlockable character/achievement Emerald Jones
• Cannonball ship rune now destroys environmental structures
• Added new legendary spear rune - Rune of the Elements
• Added new legendary ship rune - Moonsplitter's Might
• Added new ship runes: Sonar Rune I, II, III, and IV
• Added Speedrun Time display on HUD
• Added particle effects to convey boost overheated and boost recharged
• Tutorial now detects if using mouse or gamepad
• Zoom now saves from level to level

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where finishing a round as Emerald Jones while boosting could slow the game down until boosting again
• Fixed a bug that turned level two cannonball runes into level one cannonball runes
• Fixed a bug that incorrectly displayed lightning damage
• Fixed a bug where frost enchanted bosses spawned frost when in the depths
• Collision accuracy of enemies and structures increased
• Fixed overlapping shop items bug
• Dialog no longer goes over the Inventory
• Fixed a bug where earthballs and cannonballs could knock beetlings outside of beetles sacks
• Fixed a bug that was ending the game after killing Cthulhu
• Fixed a bug that was freezing the player when entering a biome with Cthulhu
• Fixed text appearing outside speech bubble for Ta'bi
• Fixed bounties spawning off screen on for later rounds
• Fixed continue button occasionally being unclickable
• Fixed resolutions dropdown list going off screen
• Fixed Character Stats portrait breaking for Old Man Pirate Skin
• Fixed character staying red after using Berserker Potion

Balancing

• Basilisk, Infernal, Lightiningbolt, and Frost each require 3, not 4 runes to unlock
• The Repair Kit's buy and sell price has been doubled
• Increased the time between Rackjaw's attacks by 3 seconds
• Reduced the damage of all cannon ball runes by 20
• Increased the damage of all fireball runes by 20
• Increased Queen Verminess charge speed by 15%
• Increased Emerald Jones max health to 85
• Increased the amount of items dropped and the bounty rewards for enemies killed in the Crystal Biome by 10%
• Increased the amount of items dropped and the bounty rewards for enemies killed in the Desert Biome by 20%

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert Kingfish boss, Cthulhu - based off the Lovecraftian creature of the same name! We also added in two cool new spear rune types, Savior Shot and Lighting Shot as well as two new unlockable spears, Oblivion and Thunderbolt! Cthulhu's one heck of a boss, so go check him out!


Features Added

• Added new Desert kingfish boss: Cthulhu
• Added new spear runes: Savior Shot 1-4
• Added new spear runes: Lightning Shot 1-4
• Added new unlockable spear: Oblivion
• Added new unlockable spear: Thunderbolt
• Added two new achievements (see unlockable spears above)

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where max boosting into structures would reset the players ship speed
• Fixed an issue in the Crystal Biome where some structures would not appear on the minimap
• Fixed an exploit where players could reload the map screen for new shop items
• Fixed an issue where the players spear would some times be detached from the player at the games start
• Fixed an issue where the player could recieve damage before the game began in the Desert Biome
• Fixed an issue where Basilisk incorrectly displayed it's damage in the Character Stats panel
• Fixed an issue where a player could recieve a boss bounty twice from the same kill
• Fixed an issue where ripping off the tail of a Sandchawer would break the harpoon
• Fixed an issue where players got hit by invisibile objects when fighting Crystal Dragons
• Fixed consumable items in your inventory not being saved between rounds

Balancing

• Critical Shot now applies critical damage for Grievous Wounds, Slug Shot, and Long Shot.
• Added a min and max value for damage and damage per second
• Added Long Shot and Slug Shot into damage per second charts
• Decreased the chance of all Bestiary pages dropping by 25%
• Decreased the chance of Boss Bestiary pages dropping by an additional 50%

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert Kingfish boss, Cthulhu - based off the Lovecraftian creature of the same name! We also added in two cool new spear rune types, Savior Shot and Lighting Shot as well as two new unlockable spears, Oblivion and Thunderbolt! Cthulhu's one heck of a boss, so go check him out!


Features Added

• Added new Desert kingfish boss: Cthulhu
• Added new spear runes: Savior Shot 1-4
• Added new spear runes: Lightning Shot 1-4
• Added new unlockable spear: Oblivion
• Added new unlockable spear: Thunderbolt
• Added two new achievements (see unlockable spears above)

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where max boosting into structures would reset the players ship speed
• Fixed an issue in the Crystal Biome where some structures would not appear on the minimap
• Fixed an exploit where players could reload the map screen for new shop items
• Fixed an issue where the players spear would some times be detached from the player at the games start
• Fixed an issue where the player could recieve damage before the game began in the Desert Biome
• Fixed an issue where Basilisk incorrectly displayed it's damage in the Character Stats panel
• Fixed an issue where a player could recieve a boss bounty twice from the same kill
• Fixed an issue where ripping off the tail of a Sandchawer would break the harpoon
• Fixed an issue where players got hit by invisibile objects when fighting Crystal Dragons
• Fixed consumable items in your inventory not being saved between rounds

Balancing

• Critical Shot now applies critical damage for Grievous Wounds, Slug Shot, and Long Shot.
• Added a min and max value for damage and damage per second
• Added Long Shot and Slug Shot into damage per second charts
• Decreased the chance of all Bestiary pages dropping by 25%
• Decreased the chance of Boss Bestiary pages dropping by an additional 50%

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, King Dreadnaught! We also added in the bestiary pages for the Crystal enemeis so time to start collecting those! Maybe we'll make an awesome unlockable spear/achievement for collecting all of the bestiary pages!


Features Added

• Added new Desert elderfish boss: King Dreadnaught
• Added collectable Bestiary Pages for Crystal enemies

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed dialog bug where Ta'bi occasionally covered the shop items
• Fixed an issue where Mani's Watch would start spawned in the Crystal Biome
• Fixed an issue where Mani's Watch would be displayed textually as Steroids 1
• Fixed an issue where Crit Shot Rune 3 turned into Crit Shot Rune 1 between rounds
• Fixed an issue that was preventing Athena's Whispers effect from turning off
• Fixed an issue that was stun locking Queen Verminess
• Fixed an issue where Elite Sandchawers could survive after having their heads ripped off
• Fixed an issue where players could collide with Queen Verminess after death
• Fixed an issue where starbait enemies' minimap icons would persist on the minimap after death
• Fixed an issue where Grievous Wounds would sometimes not provide its effect
• Fixed an issue where colliders on Puffers were not being accurately represented by their current shape
• Fixed dialog box occasionally not scaling properly

Balancing

• Blood Boost no longer auto equips since players would sometimes accidently kill themselves with it
• Increased chance of finding rare items in the Crystal biome by 30%
• Increased chance of finding rare items in the Desert biome by 60%
• Increased the number of items enemies drop in the Crystal biome by 10%
• Increased the number of items enemies drop in the Desert biome by 20%
• Increased Crystal boss bounty rewards by 10%
• Increased Desert boss bounty rewards by 20%
• Grievous Wounds now scales off % health instead of flat health
• Made Spear and Character Select screens more user-friendly

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, King Dreadnaught! We also added in the bestiary pages for the Crystal enemeis so time to start collecting those! Maybe we'll make an awesome unlockable spear/achievement for collecting all of the bestiary pages!


Features Added

• Added new Desert elderfish boss: King Dreadnaught
• Added collectable Bestiary Pages for Crystal enemies

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed dialog bug where Ta'bi occasionally covered the shop items
• Fixed an issue where Mani's Watch would start spawned in the Crystal Biome
• Fixed an issue where Mani's Watch would be displayed textually as Steroids 1
• Fixed an issue where Crit Shot Rune 3 turned into Crit Shot Rune 1 between rounds
• Fixed an issue that was preventing Athena's Whispers effect from turning off
• Fixed an issue that was stun locking Queen Verminess
• Fixed an issue where Elite Sandchawers could survive after having their heads ripped off
• Fixed an issue where players could collide with Queen Verminess after death
• Fixed an issue where starbait enemies' minimap icons would persist on the minimap after death
• Fixed an issue where Grievous Wounds would sometimes not provide its effect
• Fixed an issue where colliders on Puffers were not being accurately represented by their current shape
• Fixed dialog box occasionally not scaling properly

Balancing

• Blood Boost no longer auto equips since players would sometimes accidently kill themselves with it
• Increased chance of finding rare items in the Crystal biome by 30%
• Increased chance of finding rare items in the Desert biome by 60%
• Increased the number of items enemies drop in the Crystal biome by 10%
• Increased the number of items enemies drop in the Desert biome by 20%
• Increased Crystal boss bounty rewards by 10%
• Increased Desert boss bounty rewards by 20%
• Grievous Wounds now scales off % health instead of flat health
• Made Spear and Character Select screens more user-friendly

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums! Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! We noticed that the Bestiary broke the Tutorial, so we wanted to upload a hotfix that fixed that! We also fixed a few other minor bugs while we were at it. :)


Bugs Fixed

• Fixed black rectangle covering Tutorial scene
• Fixed green arrow indicator pointing to odd positions in Tutorial scene
• Fixed "Goob Job!" Tutorial text occasionally getting suck fading in out out very quickly
• Fixed not being able to click certain parts of Bounty Displays in the Bount Select screen
• Fixed Charybdis's animation not working for Boss Previews in the Bounty Select screen

Don't worry if a bug you reported recently wasn't fixed in this hotfix. We added them to our bug list and will get to them soon.

Thanks so much for the reports - keep 'em coming!

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! We noticed that the Bestiary broke the Tutorial, so we wanted to upload a hotfix that fixed that! We also fixed a few other minor bugs while we were at it. :)


Bugs Fixed

• Fixed black rectangle covering Tutorial scene
• Fixed green arrow indicator pointing to odd positions in Tutorial scene
• Fixed "Goob Job!" Tutorial text occasionally getting suck fading in out out very quickly
• Fixed not being able to click certain parts of Bounty Displays in the Bount Select screen
• Fixed Charybdis's animation not working for Boss Previews in the Bounty Select screen

Don't worry if a bug you reported recently wasn't fixed in this hotfix. We added them to our bug list and will get to them soon.

Thanks so much for the reports - keep 'em coming!

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, Vilemoth! There's also two new unlockable spears: Infernal and Frost! So go check out how to unlock those! Last, but certainly not least, we went ahead and added the in-game bestiary we mentioned during the Kickstarter! Enemies now have a chance to drop collectible pages which get permanently unvieled in the bestiary when discovered!


Features Added

• Added new Desert elderfish boss: Vilemoth
• Added in-game Bestiary for documenting enemies
• Added collectable Bestiary Pages for Tropical enemies
• Added new unlockable spear: Infernal
• Added new unlockable spear: Frost
• Added more achievements (see unlockable spears above)
• Added Achievement Unlocked (or Bestiary Page Discovered) screen
• Added countdown timer for time to collect boss loot
• Added more resolution options for 4:3 and 16:10 aspect ratios

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed Steam stats not being saved/loaded properly
• Fixed Brutality spear unlock/achievement bug
• Fixed Mercury spear unlock/achievement bug
• Fixed how to unlock Mercury text on Spear Select screen (has to be under 40 min, not 30)
• Fixed the Restart button in the Tutorial taking the player to the Bounty Select screen
• Fixed gap in Spear Select screen bug
• Fixed a bug where Leviathan could kill the player after death
• Fixed damage text on Basilisk. The poison damage was at 12, it's actually at 9
• Fixed a bug where beetles from the depth layer could harm the player
• Fixed a bug where the player could not pause the game when Mani's Watch was equipped
• Fixed tons of enemy names

Balancing

• Reduced Rackjaw's rotational speed by 10%
• Reduced Rackjaw's movement speed by 10%
• Added more time between Rackjaw's attacks

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums!

IMPORTANT: Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

And dont forget to check out the Blacksea Odyssey Tournament with the Indie Army Stream Team! Don't worry! We plan on having an open one for all users in the future!

- Team Blacksea Odyssey

Ahoy, space-huntsman! Today we added in the Desert elderfish boss, Vilemoth! There's also two new unlockable spears: Infernal and Frost! So go check out how to unlock those! Last, but certainly not least, we went ahead and added the in-game bestiary we mentioned during the Kickstarter! Enemies now have a chance to drop collectible pages which get permanently unvieled in the bestiary when discovered!


Features Added

• Added new Desert elderfish boss: Vilemoth
• Added in-game Bestiary for documenting enemies
• Added collectable Bestiary Pages for Tropical enemies
• Added new unlockable spear: Infernal
• Added new unlockable spear: Frost
• Added more achievements (see unlockable spears above)
• Added Achievement Unlocked (or Bestiary Page Discovered) screen
• Added countdown timer for time to collect boss loot
• Added more resolution options for 4:3 and 16:10 aspect ratios

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed Steam stats not being saved/loaded properly
• Fixed Brutality spear unlock/achievement bug
• Fixed Mercury spear unlock/achievement bug
• Fixed how to unlock Mercury text on Spear Select screen (has to be under 40 min, not 30)
• Fixed the Restart button in the Tutorial taking the player to the Bounty Select screen
• Fixed gap in Spear Select screen bug
• Fixed a bug where Leviathan could kill the player after death
• Fixed damage text on Basilisk. The poison damage was at 12, it's actually at 9
• Fixed a bug where beetles from the depth layer could harm the player
• Fixed a bug where the player could not pause the game when Mani's Watch was equipped
• Fixed tons of enemy names

Balancing

• Reduced Rackjaw's rotational speed by 10%
• Reduced Rackjaw's movement speed by 10%
• Added more time between Rackjaw's attacks

Don't forget to post bug reports and feedback to the Steam forums!

IMPORTANT: Also, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to our Steam page to leave a review.

And dont forget to check out the Blacksea Odyssey Tournament with the Indie Army Stream Team! Don't worry! We plan on having an open one for all users in the future!

- Team Blacksea Odyssey