Jan 22, 2021

Istoria - Ascha

Balancing:

Increased damage taken (debuff) now also scales dots (not only hits).
Added [Relentless] to all chapter 3 bosses.

Chapter 4:

Now has the "Forge" (craft powerful Items for the end of the game).
Added 2 Quests.
Added 6 Missions.

Map:

The Map will now not change zoom level if moveed by a dialogue or mission.

Tutorials:

New Tutorial for the Forge (chapter 4).
Reworked the "combat" Tutorial.
Reworked the "boss" Tutorial.

Classes/Skills:

New Master Class Battle Master:
- New Passive [Battle Master].
New Master Class Fire Fist:
- New Passive [Fire Fist].
New Master Class Elementalist:
- New Skill [Elemental Storm].
- New Passive [Elementalist].
New Master Class Aurora:
- New Passive [Aurora].
Geomancer:
- [Impalers Dance] now only dmg/effect "ground" targets.
Player Units:
- New Skill [Transform: Phoenix] (Aristo).
- New Skill [Untransform} (Phoenix Form).
Enemy:
- New Skill [Corrupted Mist] (Heart of Corruption).
- New Skill [Wood Fist] (Treant).
- New Skill [Corrupted Sun Ray] (Sunflower).
- New Skill [Poisonous Thorns] (Rose).
- New Skill [Spear Strike] (Tower Guard).
- New Skill [Deep Freeze] (High Mage).
- New Skill [Divine Sol] (High Cleric).
- New Skill [Divine Plea] (High Cleric).
- New Skill [Holy Smite] (High Cleric).
- New Skill [Tentacle Slam] (Tentacle).
- New Skill [Void Bite] (Kraken).
- New Skill [Roar] (Manticore).
- New Skill [Venom Stinger] (Manticore).
- New Skill [Bash] (Manticore).
- New Skill [Riptide Tornado] (Twin Gladiator).
- New Skill [Dark Sphere] (Twin Gladiator).
- New Skill [Poison Mist] (Giant Moth).
- New Skill [Depp Poison] (Giant Moth).

Items:

New Weapon [Spite Tooth] (Dagger).
New Weapon [Luna Branch] (Bow).
New Weapon [Shard Dagger] (Dagger).
New BluePrint [BluePrint: Luna Branch].
New BluePrint [BluePrint: Shard Dagger].
New Artifact [Pin of Might] (Enemy only, Twin Gladiator).
New Artifact [Pin of Knowledge] (Enemy only, Twin Gladiator).
New Weapon [Guard Lance] (Enemy only, Tower Guard).

Effects/Passives:

New Effect [Spite Tooth] (Weapon, Spite Tooth).
New Effect [Luna Branch] (Weapon, Luna Branch).
New Effect [Shard Dagger] (eapon, Shard Dagger).
New Effect [Unstoppable] (Heart of Corruption).
New Effect [Sun Energy] (Skill, Corrupted Sun Ray).
New Effect [Poisonous Thorns] (Skill, Poisonous Thorns).
New Effect [Phoenix Form] (Skill, Transform: Phoenix).
New Effect [Untransform] (Skill, Untransform).
New Effect [Tentacle Guard] (Kraken).
New Effect [Dismemberment] (Tentacle).
New Effect [Venom Stinger] (Skill, Venom Stinger).
New Effect [Manticore Blood] (Manticore).
New Effect [Poison Mist] (Skill, Poison Mist).
New Effect [Depp Poison] (Skill, Poison Mist).
New Effect [Elemental Alignment] (Skill, Elemental Storm).
New Effect [Static Electricity] (Artifact, Charge Gauntlet).
New Passive [Aspect of Change] (Aristo, Perso Passive).
[Void Touched] (Artifact, Void Jewel) added tags "unholy" and "darkness".

Artwork:

Added Artwork map_chapter4 (dummy/unfinshed).
New Icon forge (chapter 4, unfinished).
New Icon harbor (Chapter 3, Placeholder).
Input 'n' and 'N' for saves now work again.

Fixed:

A bug were after restarting a mission/battle the bottom ui was not displayed.
[Blade Flurry] (Assassin) now stacks (as it should have).
A bug were you could not use all skillslots after uneqiping [Unholy Arsenal].

Jan 22, 2021

[Test server] Planned improvements on tracks and augers. Mass testing

Crossout - XO_Team

Hello, survivors! Today we will discuss important changes and improvements regarding the vehicles with tracks and augers. Let’s have a closer look.

We remind you that all the new features described in the “Developer blog” are not final and may be changed before they are introduced into the game or may not make it into the game at all. You can familiarize yourself with all the planned changes in detail on the special test server!

The main goal that we pursued in preparing these changes was to improve your gaming experience from using these kinds of chassis. For example, let’s consider the most common questions about augers: about the inability of using a strafe and turning in the same direction at the same time and the inability of changing the direction of the build’s turning during a strafe. Or messages about poor crafting responsiveness when installing 4 “Meat Grinders” or more. We have almost completely redesigned the chassis’ movement mechanics, and now cars with 4 or more augers are much more responsive and respond to turns during strafing correctly. Vehicles with any number of augers installed turn around much faster while being stationary.

The changes also affected the overall comfortability of controlling the vehicle with augers: changing the movement direction, turns, transitions from forward and backward to strafe and vice versa - all of these parameters have been improved, which made the gameplay and controls of the vehicles with this chassis better.

The same applies for vehicles with tracks. Due to the completely redesigned chassis mechanics, the vehicles became more maneuverable when using 4 or more large tracks. The underwhelming feature of the car being “stuck” in place when turning at low speed (and when turning while being stationary took a very long time), disappeared. Tracked vehicles can now perform quick turns in a small area.

But this is all theory. The main thing is to experience the changes in practice! We invite you to join the testing of changes and we are waiting for your feedback in a special topic regarding the open test results!

More details can be found here.

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Jan 22, 2021

Dino Galaxy Tennis

Dino Galaxy Tennis - VixaGamesPR

Greetings sports & dinosaurs enhtusiasts!

Recently, we have been bewitched by the amount of your interest in this freaky title! Not only because of that, but we have prepared something special for all of you!

We have opened an official Vixa Games Discord!

It is LIVE & OPEN for all fans of Dino Galaxy Tennis. You will find a lot of behind the scene information, some sneak peeks, and even giveaways and contests!

Don't miss on the fun!

VIXA GAMES DISCORD

CLICK ABOVE TO JOIN!

In this first announcement we want you to meet some of our dino characters!

Those are only some of the cool characters that you will be able to choose from! There is a lot more to discover!

The game has 3 modes! Each one will bring you equal amount of entertainment!

Play Story Mode either solo or with your friend! Discover the galaxy full of freaky dinosaurs & don't get surprised when you will face a special opponent!
Versus Mode gives you opportunity to confront either bots or other players! Choose your favorite dino toon and planet!
Set new records or improve your results in Challenge Mode

Challenges & Planets & Dinosaurs & Tennis! If that isn't awesome combination, we don't know what is!

See you on screen and on our DISCORD!

VIXA GAMES TEAM

Jan 22, 2021

The Crackpet Show

The Crackpet Show - VixaGamesPR

Greetings all!

First of all, thank you all for showing such an interest in our little freak show! It has gone beyond our expectations and your interest in the title gives us a lot of encouragement and more fuel for our freaky minds in order to deliver a game that will satisfy your deepest roguelike and bullet-hell fantasies!

We also have prepared for you something special!
We have opened an official Vixa Games Discord!

It is LIVE & OPEN for all fans of The Crackpet Show. You will find a lot of behind the scene information, some sneak peeks, and even giveaways and contests!

Don't miss on the fun!

VIXA GAMES DISCORD

CLICK ABOVE TO JOIN!

In this first update from us, apart from the most important DISCORD SERVER, we would like to present to you our heroes (they have volunteered to participate in the show and no animals have been harmed during the process of production).

Meet Rooster, Sharky, Bunny, Cowie! Due to GDPR restrictions, we are not allowed to provide you with their real names, however, if you will think of some cool nickname - tel us! Maybe your creativity will shine upon us like a rainbow over the nuclear mushroom and your idea for the nickname will be implemented! (Suprise us!)

Our contestants will fight together in a hellish arena, jumping, rolling, shooting, and making a huge massacre wherever they are. Remember they are all contestants and there is no one winner! Well... unless you play solo!

With cooperation mode, you can jump around the arena with up to 4 friends which only gives you a bigger chance of winning. Remember! They all need each other and are like a little crazy family (crazy or mutated - who would see the difference here) ːsteamhappyː

You have met our freaky participants. What do you think of them? Are they crazy enough to satisfy your deepest urges to meet loony characters in a mutated version of them? (Remember, this happens during post-apocalyptic rampage - just like Mad Max vs Happy Tree Friends but betterːsteamhappyː)

More updates will come quite soon as the game has quite a lot of different freaky features. Guns, perks, awesome (ugly or mutated you decide) bosses, and we can bet that your fingers will be buffed up after playing (never skip a finger day during the workout).

See you on screen and on our DISCORD!

VIXA GAMES TEAM

Jan 22, 2021

Version 176 is now available

Spire of Sorcery (Limited Early Access) - Sergei Klimov

This week's update is already available (since the last night!) and changes the map as well as introduces more than 3 characters in the party, and a pre-encounter character selection screen. Additionally, small improvements across the UI, new sound effects and new illustrations, and the overall adjustment of creature behaviour, spawning and attack values.

ゲームの日本語版はまだ完全に翻訳されていません。ご不便をおかけして申し訳ございません。

游戏的简体中文版本尚未完全翻译。很抱歉给您带来不便。

Release notes are available here, as well as below –––>

OVERVIEW

We managed to ship this week's update on Thursday, not on Friday, which we see as a positive sign. Now that we have a functional core of the game, the focus of the development has shifted towards preparing the game for the general Early Access release and here we need less stress and more planning. Keeping our eyes on the ball is more important than the force with which we kick it.

UPDATED MAP

From a 50x50 map of Prologue in version 175, we now moved to 100x25. You start in the west and your destination is in the east.

This is also reflected in the new quest description.

The magic node that must be activated in order to recall the party to the Spire is now seeded in the northeastern corner:

The change reflects our desire to make Prologue more straightforward.

Certainly there will be chapters where the map will be circular, and where exploration happens in the free-form style. But for Prologue, we felt that a 360-degree freedom at start is a bit too much, and largely unnecessary.

YOU NOW START WITH 5 CHARACTERS, AND YOU CAN GET MORE CHARACTERS ALONG THE WAY

In the earlier versions, you always started with the 3 characters – and losing 1 of them meant a restart of the chapter.

We addressed this by two means: first of all, you now start with 5 characters.

Additionally, you can get (or at least try to get) more characters from Anomalies.

Changed: instead of healing everyone, Anomalies now issue 1 additional party member.

CHARACTER SELECTION PRIOR TO ENCOUNTER

As we finally got to play with more than 3 characters in player party, the time has come for a related feature: selection of characters prior to the encounter.

You can start with 1, 2 or 3 characters (if you want to test yourself or limit exposure)
Character stats are shown as a tooltip when hovering over any portrait

PLAYER/OPPONENT INITIATIVE

During encounter, a round consists of Environment's turn, Opponent's turn and Player's turn. In previous versions, we always seeded as Environment – Opponent – Player. Now this depends on who attacked whom: when player initiates, their turn always precedes the opponent, and the other way around. What this means is that by attacking another party, you can now get the advantage of wiping some of the opponents right in the first round, before they have a chance to cause any harm to you.

REFLECTION TOKEN CHANGED

In the earlier version, Reflection was meant to reflect one action rather than one token issued. This lead to some unexpected outcomes.

Changed: Reflection token now reflects one token (not action) issued to its owner, 1:1.
Changed: Reflection token now no longer reflects Protection tokens.

Changed: Motherstone amulet now issues 3 Reflection tokens to its owner at the start of the encounter.

BALANCING CHANGES

The chances of Damage received during the encounter to cause an Injury or destroy equipped item have increased. We'll see if a further increase is merited (currently: 7% and 2%).
Shadows (all types) got stronger attacks across the board, and lost small-chance attacks.
Gigglers (all types) got stronger attacks, and lost small-chance attacks.
Spitters now have increased vision range: up to 7, which means that their groups will see you before you see them. They, however, remain slow, and thus you have a plenty of chances to escape from them.
Shadows now have increased chance of being spawned in larger groups.
Spitters now have increased chance of being spawned in larger groups.
Gigglers now have increased chance of being spawned in mixed groups.
It is no longer possible to destroy Corpse with Cold tokens.
Barrow got a bit easier to unlock, but releases more Shadows.
Abandoned palace is now easier to restore.

NEW ILLUSTRATIONS

"Bloodplaster" now has its own illustration
"Twilight serum" now has its own illustration
"Fetid hisser" now has its own illustration

CHARACTERS CAN NOW BE EXPELLED FROM THE PARTY

You don't really need it for now, but this will come handy once we implement the hunting/cooking/hunger mechanics.

EXPLORED EVENTS DISAPPEAR / CHANGE ON THE MAP

It's been bothering everyone for a while, and now it's done:

Corpses, when destroyed, disappear from the map
Chests, when opened, disappear from the map
Barrows, when unlocked, are shown in a different (opened) state on the map
Giggler haunt, when destroyed, is shown in a different (destroyed) state on the map

SOUND EFFECTS

We are now able to play ambient sounds during encounters.
Forest now has its own ambient sound.
Environmental effect 'Burning ground' now has its own ambient sound.
Environmental effect 'Cloud of smoke' now has its own ambient sound.
Environmental effect 'Hail' now has its own ambient sound.
When player gets a new item into their inventory, the game now plays appropriate sound.
Opening an Encyclopaedia now plays a sound.
When player initiates an encounter, it begins with a specific sound.
When opponents initiate an encounter, it begins with a specific sound.
When opposing creature progresses in preparing a multi-round action (0/2 -> 1/2), there is now a specific sound.

Every week we add more sound effects.

Sounds are a very important part of the player experience for us!

WHAT'S NEXT?

Update 177 will focus on cleaning up things (we have a number of minor bugs that we haven't chased yet). We're now working on the visual concept of user interface (it's getting a facelift, which takes time to conceptualise and then execute) and on creating an easier start of the Prologue (a number of small, helpful quests to explain the basics) – some of these things will ship in 177, and some in 178 and 179.

See you in a week!

Jan 22, 2021

Franz Lohner's Chronicle - The Fate of Grungni’s Whisper

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - [Fatshark] Trelly

An absent-minded man of mysteries, Franz Lohner relies on his bulging journal to keep track of occurrences, intrigues and arguments around Taal's Horn Keep. Sometimes his notes are even useful, believe it or not. The Franz Lohner Chronicles are extracts from that journal.

FRANZ LOHNER'S CHRONICLE - THE FATE OF GRUNGNI'S WHISPER

Still no luck finding Bardin’s daughter, sad to say. It’s depressing, really. Time was, a goblin couldn’t sneeze within the bounds of the Old World without me hearing about it – if I were interested in greenskin nasal discharges, leastways – but nowadays it’s getting harder and harder to lay my hands on solid information. Getting old, that’s the problem. Spying’s a young man’s game.

Recent events don’t exactly help. World’s gone mad, and that’s trouble for those of us who pride ourselves on having a bit of sanity left.

So what do I actually know? Well, I’ve had word from Barak Varr that a Hedda Bardinsdottir took ship – as captain, no less – on the nautilus Grungni’s Whisper about a year back. Nothing since, not about the Whisper, nor anyone aboard. Mind you, that’s about standard for a nautilus. Sneaky little submersibles. I like ‘em. I tell you, if we had even one patrolling the waters of the Reik, this Rotblood bother of ours would be much less of a bother. Nothing says ‘get off my land’ better than a torpedo right in the supply barge.

But I digress. Might be that this disappearance is where the tale ends, but my twitching nose says otherwise. This don’t feel like an accidental disappearance, but something deliberate. The Whisper doesn’t want to be found, and likely neither does young Hedda.

I suppose I’m left with no other choice but to see if her mother has any ideas. Not something I do lightly. ‘Overprotective’ doesn’t begin to do dwarf lasses justice. You know how you never see their womenfolk in the battle line? That ain’t because they can’t fight. It’s because every dwarf knows that when you march to war, you leave your sharpest axes behind to defend your home, like Valaya tells you. If you’ve not heard that before, happen you’ll want to think on why that might be.

If the thought of charging a dwarf shield wall chills the blood, spare a thought for those who sneak into what they think is an abandoned hold when the menfolk are away. I’d sooner corner a dragon in its lair than chance the fury of a dwarf maid defending her clan’s beardlings and her ancestor’s tombs, so you can see why I’m wary of troubling Grelda Thrangsdottir about private family matters.

Still, I owe it to Bardin to try. Let’s hope I don’t regret it.