Aside from bug fixes this will be the latest update for a little while. Changes are:

• The kayak now "cuts" through the water leaving a thin trail
  
• Reduced the breeze volume by another 20%
  
• The "Cancel out of the Exit Menu" button is now a checkmark instead of a confusing round arrow
  
• The second waterfall height has been cut in half
  
• The turn before the second waterfall has been eased up

Before I take this out of Early Access there are two more things I'd like to do.

First is do lower the ground level in the last quarter of the map because it just doesn't look right to me.

The second is a big feature which I'm saving for a surprise :)

As always, your feedback is welcome!

Hi guys,

We've got some hotfixes for today.

• Fixed an issue where purchasing a boat with a controller would result in lost control
• Fixed an issue where resuming a game from Dungeon Crawl could result in a black screen
• Fixed an issue where the item menu could remain open in combat permitting exploitation

Introducing Danger Zone — a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO’s tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish. Play solo, or work together as a squad of two or three!

CS:GO is now FREE TO PLAY
So there’s never been a better time to bring in your friends.

All players who played CS:GO before today’s update will receive a commemorative Loyalty Badge they can display on their profile. You were there from the beginning, so show it off! Additionally, all existing CS:GO players have had their accounts upgraded to Prime Status.

As before, Prime Status matches you with other Prime Status players. Additionally, your Prime Status will give you access to the new Souvenir MP5-SD | Lab Rats (available by earning XP while playing Danger Zone matches) and the all new Danger Zone Case.

Danger Zone Case
The Danger Zone Case features 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Horizon knives as rare special items. Click here for more details.

A new game mode, a new case, and CS:GO is free. What are you waiting for?
GO! GO! GO!

The rules are now visible in game as well. Let us know if we missed anything.

Notice

Hello, this update is long awaited and after several weeks of troubleshooting, we've managed to finally fix an issue with saving user game settings! Now, players will be able to save their desired anti-aliasing option.

Bug fixes

-Fixed an issue which caused anti aliasing options to be reset after quiting. This was a major inconvenience as players would have to readjust this option on startup.

Performance

- Optimized shadow draw distance and shading percision on all special levels.

We are not satisfied with the optimization of Infinity, we will continue to invest our time in performance, instead of new features. Later this week, we will release a second patch which will remove the framerate cap of 120. Thank you for your support and feedback!

18/12/8 Hot Fix

- Removed framerate limit.

New Aseprite v1.2.10-beta3 available in the beta channel:

• Windows and macOS: Fixed issues with color profiles and multiple monitors
  
• macOS: Improved performance in general and specially when running onRetina display and color profiles with wide color, like Display P3
• Windows: Fixed performance regression
• Linux: Fixed bug duplicating mouse wheel events
• Now --ignore-empty --save-as can be used together in the CLI
• New option to specify custom checked background grid size
• Fixed a lot of bugs with the script API and added several new functions.
• Fixed several bugs.

Check the release notes for more information.

They are attacking our town! Who leaked? The Frostlorn Raiders found out about our impending attack on their stronghold and just sent an invasion force! Come quick. Roland is here in town town rallying the defenders with a new set of "Storm Defender" gear you can earn.



I love movies. There are three parts this event which will bring us face to face with "THE FROSTLORN". So I came up with a few parody titles for the releases. Here they are. Maybe we should have some sort of photoshop a movie poster contest?

• Raiders of the Frost Ark
  
• SnowTrek: Frost Contact
  
• Snow-kyo Drift
  
• The Polar Express Installation
  
• National Harpoon's Frostvale Vacation
  
• The Snowbank Heist
  
• Episode IV: A new Ski Slope
  
• Land of the Frost
  
• The Hills have Ice
  
• 50 Shades of Sleigh
  
• The Day the Earth Stood Chill
  
• 21 Jump Sleet (or the Wolf of Wall Sleet)
  
• Sickle (Sick-Cool) Hand Luke
  
• Snowday of the Dead
  
• Mad Max: Flurry Road
  
• The Blizzard of Oz

PRO TIP: Do not throw the yellow ones. Push back the attackers, and in next week's AdventureQuest 3D release we will head to the Frozen North where you can now... throw snowballs. Seriously.



"There's snow place like home." Whenever Battleon is in danger, Roland shows up to rally you and the "Battleon defenders!" He'll never give you the cold shoulder. But he will give you Storm Defender armor if you hand in the drops from the attacking monsters.



We extended it one last weekend... this is your final chance to get the collections before they are gone.
2018 Pirate Collection (Ends Monday)
2018 Black Friday Collection (Ends Monday)
2018 Mogloween Collection (Ends when 2018 Frostval Collection goes live)



"The Korin's out of the bag." The team has been streaming on Twitch. Follow (and subscribe) the Artix Entertainment channel on Twitch to get alerts when we go live. Maybe score yourself one of these sweet looking, recyclable, and not-so-protective helmets.





Normally I would write you more here... but fighting. Need help. Send reserves. And ugly sweaters. Our town is under attack by snow monsters O_O

Battle on!
Artix & The AdventureQuest 3D Team

P.S. Yes, "The Frostlorn" is the thing in that movie poster picture.
P.P.S. Yes, it will be that big.
P.P.P.S. No, I would not recommend trying to throw snowballs at it.
P.P.P.P.S. Vesper says the 2019 Artix Calendars from https://www.HeroMart.com will be back from the printers and she will start shipping them next week!

A new gift from us to you everyday.

We're celebrating the holiday season and lead up to Christmas again this year with our 2018 Pixel Puzzles Advent Calendar.

Check back everyday and unlock a new door in the count down to Christmas day.

Access the calendar via the main menu news button area and any gifted puzzles received can be found in the Uniques tab once unlocked.

Enjoy!
:goldenbit:

Enjoy!!!
:goldenbit:

Greetings,

This patch brings some balance tweaks, visual flourishes, bug fixes, and support for Dutch!

We're also working on Steam Trading Cards and Steam Workshop support but they aren't ready just yet.


The Beyond's background now has some animated objects



Various silly enemies of the Spire by @RedDyeNo5


Defect lost in thought by @BlueStorm4WG


The Silent taming a beast by @noestringfound

Patch Notes

• Ascension no longer increments if the run was seeded.
  
• Writhing Mass enemy's attacks deal slightly less damage.
  
• Darkstone Periapt relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Dream Catcher relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Egg relics no longer spawn beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Girya relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Juzu Bracelet relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Matryoshka relic no longer spawns beyond floor 40 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Maw Bank relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Old Coin relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Omamori relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Peace Pipe relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Potion Belt relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Prayer Wheel relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Preserved Insect relic no longer spawns beyond floor 52 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Question Card relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Regal Pillow relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Shovel relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Singing Bowl relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Smiling Mask relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• The Courier relic no longer spawns beyond floor 48 (excludes Endless mode).
  
• Tiny Chest relic no longer spawns beyond floor 40 (excludes Endless mode).

• Playtester Art toggle added in Settings menu (Accessible after "The End?" achievement is unlocked).
  
• Adding beta art for Bane, Charge Battery, Fission, Choke, Corpse Explosion, and Equilibrium.
  
• Updated relic art for Bag of Preparation.
  
• Updated relic art for Mark of Pain.
  
• Updated relic art for Orichalcum.
  
• Updated relic art for Ring of the Serpent.
  
• Updated relic art for Ring of the Snake.
  
• Updated relic art for Whetstone.
  
• Added a max cap of 2 for bg objects that float around in the Beyond.
  
• Floating background objects in the Beyond are now animated.
  
• Floating background objects in the Beyond are now colored similarly to the bg's color randomization.
  
• Capitalization consistency improvements for messages when choosing cards from hand.
  
• Capitalization consistency improvements for some run mods.
  
• Capitalization fixes for Magnetism power description.
  
• Courier relic description clarified.
  
• Disabling particle effects now hides the runic objects in the Beyond.
  
• Foreground elements for the Beyond's bg are now colored similarly to the bg's color randomization.
  
• If a high res beta card portrait is missing, now the low res version is rendered scaled up in single card view screens.
  
• Increasing distance between bonus label and its amount in score screen to accommodate wordier languages.
  
• Minor text cleanup for Augmenter event.
  
• Minor text cleanup for Face Trader event.
  
• Minor text cleanup for Vampires event.
  
• No longer rendering a relic's counter when viewing them on a Reward screen.
  
• Plated Armor power wording improved when enemies have the power.
  
• Removed extra space on flavor description for Eternal Feather.
  
• Reworded Emotion Chip relic to be more accurate with its actual behavior.
  
• Upon sorting by A-Z, the first click is now ascending order.
  
• Wording improvements when relics or UI mention the Merchant.

• Accuracy power now correctly works with Shivs played from the top of the deck via cards like Mayhem or Havoc.
  
• Burn cards no longer trigger Time Eater's ability at end of turn.
  
• Fix crash issue when viewing run history if a run utilized the the deprecated Colossus modifier.
  
• Fix some situations where run history would display incorrect rooms.
  
• Fixed a false Unlock option which appeared on death if Defect was not yet unlocked.
  
• Fixed Corpse Explosion card's portrait using incorrect card type.
  
• Fixed issue when Writhing Mass enemy would sometimes not change its intent when hit.
  
• Fixed issue where Black Star relic was always returning two relics of the same rarity.
  
• Fixed issue where Jaxxed achievement was obtained when enemies gained 50 Strength.
  
• Fixed issue where stacked Thorns on Spiker enemies was not interacting correctly with relics and powers.
  
• Fixed issue where starter cards weren't be marked as seen.
  
• Fixed Panache Power not exhausting.
  
• Fixed Self-Forming Clay relic triggering incorrectly off of prevented damage from Buffer power.
  
• Fixing memory leak caused by undisposed textures for several VFX.
  
• Medical Kit relic will no longer cause Slimed cards to glow as if they could be played when you have no energy.
  
• Medical Kit will no longer allow the player to sometimes play Slimed when out of energy.
  
• Muzzle blight was applying twice to Lizard Tail and Fairy Potion.
  
• Negative Strength power typo fix.
  
• Nloth's Gift was flashing at incorrect times.
  
• Rebound card no longer puts Burns on top of your deck.
  
• Reptomancer's Daggers and Philosopher's Stone relic now correctly interact.
  
• Secret Portal event no longer says Ignored in run history. Run history rows capped at 20 elements.
  
• Spire Shield's intent was incorrect for one of its moves. Attack -> Attack + Debuff.
  
• Throwing a Smoke Bomb at the Final Act boss no longer crashes the game.
  
• Typo fix in Augmenter event.
  
• Wing Boot relics were still spawning beyond certain floors when they should not.

• Compressing a few card ui assets.

• Adding Dutch language (DUT) + credits.
  
• Portrait frames now dynamically resize if the card type name is long (affects non-English).
  
• Updates for EPO, DEU, DUT, EPO, FRA, ITA, POL, RUS, SPA, UKR, ZHS, ZHT.

Announcement next week?!