Demo version 1.0.4 (d03m03y2021)

One can find the full changelog and discussion in the link below:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1121320/discussions/0/3003299213522818888/

We are slowly rebuilding the foundation and getting ready to add more content. Since the publisher representative already revealed the secret - There will be a Kickstarter campaign starting soon. The demo will stay here but ... if you decide to back us up one of the prizes will be access to things that will not be included in this demo. At some point, we will have to stop developing the demo and move on to the full dev. More about the game future in the separate thread.

Here's what's new in this version

New:

- Added new enemy - Psyborg. The enemy is now in a basic AI form but later it will act as a sniper unit.
- you can now play with a gamepad and reconfigure the controls in the control menu (* there is one bug described below)
- new battle music, enviro and UI sounds

Fixed
- Ladders should be more comfortable to use. Now you can move up and down the ladder and if you press the jump button then you can jump off the ladder.

Changed
- removed Minimap - why? It has to do with the full version. You will be able to add a minimap as a usable item after you find it on the level. In the full version, Player will be allowed to carry 4 items in total including weapons, armor or any extra items. You will only be able to modify your setup in the safe zone after you leave the level alive. More about the safe zone (or Loadout) in a separate thread.

Hello everyone!
We are back with another Update: Patch 1.1.0.10.

• Annihilation
  
  • Base damage increased by 23%.
• “Avenger” Autoturret
  
  • Base damage reduced by 17%.
• Bladestorm
  
  • Damage of the skill increased up to +24% at max level.
• Bleeding Edge
  
  • Base damage increased by 14%.
    
  • Unstoppable momentum: cooldown reduced from 10 to 6 seconds.
• Consuming Embers
  
  • Base damage increased by 13.3%.
• “Deathgazer” Railgun
  
  • Base damage increased by 13%.
    
  • Stage 1: Time to reach is reduced from 0.66s to 0.5s.
    
  • Stage 2: Time to reach is reduced from 0.66s to 0.5s.
    
  • Stage 3: Time to reach is reduced from 0.66s to 0.5s.
    
  • Stage 4: Time to reach is reduced from 0.66s to 0.5s.
    
  • Stage 5 (“A Promised Bullet” modifier): Time to reach is reduced from 0.66s to 0.5s.
• Duskshroud
  
  • Swift Retraction: Movement speed bonus reduced from 70% to 50%.
• Evasion
  
  • Base damage increased by 20%.
    
  • Scaling by level now increases base damage instead of reducing rage cost.
    
  • Reduced transfer time from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
• Flight of Gaavanir
  
  • Base damage increased by 26%.
• Infinity Blades
  
  • Three-Dimensional Scoring: bonus damage increased from +15% to +25%.
    
  • Cosmic Recursion: bonus damage increased from +15% to +25%.
• Mark of Impurity
  
  • Base damage increase reduced from 20% to 16%.
    
  • Big Game Hunting: Added damage increase reduced from +5% to +4%.
    
  • Target Eliminated: Critical damage increase reduced from +10% to +8%.
    
  • Defect of Creation: Ailment damage increase reduced from +10% to +8%.
    
  • Weight of Culpability: Added damage increase reduced from +5% to +4%.
    
  • A Sentence Accepted: Added damage increase reduced from +10% to +8%.
• Phantom Blades
  
  • Base damage increased by 10%.
    
  • Cooldown reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
• Slayer’s Flurry
  
  • Base damage increased by 18%.
• Solarfall
  
  • Base damage increased by 13.3%.
• Sovereign Shout
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 15 to 10 sec.
    
  • Reduced cooldown scaling by level from -0.05s to -0.02s.
• Stings of Krearion
  
  • Base damage increased by 16%.
• Tear of Etheliel
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
    
  • Meteorological Grip: cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
    
  • Climactic Domination: cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
• Wailing Arrows
  
  • Base damage increased by 14%.
• Warpath
  
  • Transfer time reduced from 2 to 1.
    
  • Rage cost reduced from 150 to 120.
• Wrath of Baäpheth
  
  • Base damage increased by 20%.
    
  • Taste for Vengeance: bonus damage increased from +15% to +25%.

• Champions:
  
  • Elite Dragon Rider: “Scorched earth” fireball spawn rate reduced from every 1 second to every 1.5s.
    
  • Devourer: Soul Meat cooldown increased from 0 to 6 seconds.
    
  • Lucan, Republican Commander: “Scorched earth” fireball spawn rate reduced from every 0.75 second to every 1s.
• Specialists:
  
  • Flayer WallBreaker: The area of effect of its strong attack is now correctly centered on the target instead of the caster.
    
  • Soul Spawn: Reduced the area of effect of the Jumping Attack and Default Attack.
• Underlings:
  
  • Abyssal Spawn: Reduced the area of effect of their attacks.
    
  • Shadow Spawn: Reduced Hitboxes sizes of its Jumping Attack and Default Attack.

• Trade shrines are now present at the end of every secondary areas.

• Fixed an issue where Edric could spawn out of his arena during the Chapter 1 quest “No Matter the Odds”.
  
• Fixed an issue where “Evasion”’s level scaling would reduce rage cost instead of increasing damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Gate of Fates node “Toxic Emanations” would sometimes only apply one stack of Poison to one enemy.
  
• Fixed an audio glitch that could randomly happen at the end or beginning of the prologue’s cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the damage of the bounces would be decreased instead of increased when using the elemental variants of “Thunderstrike”.
  
• Fixed an issue where “Snuffles, Good Doggie” could be found too frequently and without its minimap icon on certain maps.
  
• Fixed an issue where the modifier “Balanced Handle” for “Anvil's Woe” would not mention an ailment chance reduction.
  
• Fixed an audio issue that could happen when rapidly using the “Hungering Flesh” skill for the Aspect of Flesh.
  
• Fixed a mismatch between dialog and subtitle during the Chapter 1 quest “Meet the Purifiers”.
  
• Fixed an issue where it would be possible to bypass the event taking place after talking to Gernese during the Chapter 2 quest “Journey into Madness”.
  
• Fixed an issue where the VFX for the “Necromantic Ritual” Arena entrance would be invisible, but still clickable during the Chapter 2 quest "Dawnbringer".
  
• Fixed an issue where it would be possible to pass the guards blocking the palace during the narrative mission “The Order of Oshara” using Aether Jump.
  
• Fixed an issue where an NPC in Stormfall had no idle animation.

v1.2.0p16 is now available on public_testing

Bugfixes

• looping mode
  
• menu collision
  
• controller bindings

Since Phil's passing, Ionized Studios has now grown again to be a two person team! Tahsina (Phil's wife) has come onboard the IronWolf project to help with general business duties, which has been fantastic as it lets me focus on technical development. Tahsina has also been greatly helpful in play-testing and from this we're releasing the following changes in this update:

• Added new burst metal pipe graphics to show where leaks have occurred
  
• Leaks can now appear in more locations within each room
  
• Glass inside the submarine will now crack when damage is taken
  
• Cracked glass and burst pipes can be repaired when docked in the open world
  
• Greatly improved the visibility of dials when using the torch in the dark
  
• The single Record present in non openworld missions is now randomised and not always "Farewell"
  
• Significantly reduces the leak sound volume when multiple leaks are present
  
• Fixed underwater terrain display
  
• Limited the interaction distance of the buoyancy levers
  
• Fixed incorrect water rendering in the submarine pen
  
• Fetching friend list will now retry on timeout
  
• Fetching the leader-board will now retry on timeout

"When Skylanders and Disney Infinity were flying off of store shelves, Bit Fry Game Studios almost made a toys-to-life sports title. I was shown a prototype of a Wayne Gretzky figure that would be used for the game by Ben Freidlin, Bit Fry's founder and CEO. The hope was to create a game that blended athletes from all major professional sports, whether it was hockey or baseball, to compete in all sports whether they knew how to in real life or not."

Read full article here written by Game Informer's Andrew Reiner:
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/03/04/exclusive-first-look-at-ultimate-rivals-the-court

I know, some of you had trouble running the game. This is mostly due to aging underlying technology called Electron. Well good news I have updated it to the newest version to enable the biggest compatibility for you across Windows, Mac, and Linux. Wow… so exciting… well not really… what is exciting… is:




I want to try something new, something radical. Many of you have expressed your frustration with balance. But it’s very hard for me to know what the general community wants…

Go to this reddit thread and make a top level comment with your balance change, please follow this format:

Heavy Beam:
Damage 38d -> 36d
Energy Use 4000e -> 4500e
It's going to make heavy beam less dominant in the meta. Right now every game has to have one.

If balance change gets enough votes it will get approved and make it into 1.0.0! That’s right 1.0.0 is right around the corner.
I want for Istrolid to continue to evolve, it refuses to die no matter how much you say that in the discord channels. Istrolid is part of me as much as it is a part of you.

• Upgrade and downgrade equipment level (Forge)
  
• Purchases are restored on game reset
  
• Vouchers feature implemented
  
• Minor bugs fixed

The Kickstarter campaign for Beacon Pines is ending in less than 24 hours! We blew past the initial and have funded some really cool stretch goals along the way. Go check it out to get cool rewards before time runs out!

-Fixed a bug not allowing players to set space bar in keyboard controller settings
-Fixed a pausing bug
-Added version number to main menu