Hey everyone, were part of the gamescom Steam event!

Check out the demo for City of Beats, which contains the first chapter of our music-driven roguelite shooter.

In case you missed our previous gameplay stream and want to watch Sima blast herself through the City of Beats, we'll be re-broadcasting it later!

Also, don't forget to wishlist the game and join our cool Discord community!

Cheers!

1. Fixed the bug that some plot scenes could not be entered
2. Fixed the open bug of DLC's love house

Hello everyone!

We got some more amazing news for you today! We're happy to announce that Vesper is part of this years Indie Arena Booth @ gamescom 2021!

Grab the demo now and give Vesper a little spin! Or - if you'd just like to check out the game - make sure to catch our gameplay livestream that'll be going on throughout the whole event!

You can also visit our Digital Booth at the Indie Arena Booth right here: INDIE ARENA BOOTH ONLINE

And finally - if you already own/played Vesper, please make sure to leave a review on our Store Page and tell your friends and family about the game, it really helps a lot! ❤

• Fixed a problem where the camera position would be wrong in some areas when restarting with the R key right after the start.
  
• Fixed the problem where the camera on the side where the player is not present would be selected in the area where the propeller is rotating in the blue stage.

Thank you for reporting this bug.
We will continue to make adjustments as needed.


https://steamcommunity.com/app/1667160/discussions/0/3051735285584796913/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1667160/discussions/0/3051735285584761943/

Hey Beekeepers!

Some exciting news - we're going to be running a Steam Playtest for the game, and you can sign up right now!!



Now the game is pretty much finished we're looking to do some serious testing and bug hunting and just make sure all round that we're making APICO the best game it could possible bee.



If you haven't heard of Steam Playtest, it's essentially just a new way that Steam lets devs do playtests of their game without having to mess around with keys.

You sign up to join the Playtest, then when it's available Steam randomly picks a bunch of people who have signed up to give them access to the game! You can sign up right from the APICO Steam page (and maybe give it a lil wishlist if you haven't already while you are there? :D)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390190/APICO/

Now the game is feature + content complete we are still picking away at a few little bits but overall the core game is done! (yippee). We're still getting things like the localisation added and setting up things for consoles, but in terms of the full game it's all there and waiting to bee explored!

We want to take this time to get any feedback from players - what isn't obvious, what was boring, what was confusing etc, as well as find any major bugs that we've overlooked.



Obviously at this point any major features or ideas won't be added right now (although we have plans for future content), this is more just for sense checking and bugs and also giving some people the opportunity to play further than the demo!


The Playtest will run from the 30th August to 12th September - we'll also be running our proper QA with Whitethorn at the same time so you can expect little updates during the Playtest to fix any major breaking issues too!

After that we'll be closing the Playtest so we can take on any feedback, make any changes, fix a hella lot of bugs, and finally prepare ourselves for the console slog.

We can't wait to see what you all think of the full game, good luck and bee good!

Love, Ell & Jamie <3

Greetings, Commanders!

Now that the game has gone free-to-play, we will be holding a couple of events you should be aware of, in addition to the in-game events we mentioned in the previous announcement. Here are the details:

1. Steam Gift Card Event on Gleam
We will be giving away $200 worth of Steam Gift Cards through a Gleam event!

Event time: From 8/26/2021 at 4AM GMT ~ 9/2/2021 at 4AM GMT

Join the Gleam event: https://gleam.io/rBMSj/iron-conflict-freetoplay-giveaway

The rules are simple. Sign-in to Gleam and link your Steam account, then play Iron Conflict for an hour or more to get a chance at winning one of several Steam Gift Cards. Once you’ve done that, other actions will unlock, allowing you to earn additional chances to win one of the gift cards.

Here’s the list of gift packs we will be giving away:

• 1x $100 Steam Gift Card
  
• 2x $25 Steam Gift Cards
  
• 5x $10 Steam Gift Cards

This event is available to both new and old commanders, so if you’ve played Iron Conflict for at least an hour in the past, you’ll automatically get an entry when you link your Steam account on Gleam.


2. Twitch Drops Event
We will be holding a Twitch Drops event with streamers on Twitch. Watch any streamer play Iron Conflict for a certain amount of time during the following time periods to get in-game rewards. Here are the reward details:

8/26 at 2AM GMT ~ 9/9 at 2AM GMT:
Watch for 1 hour: Premium Account Time (7 days)
Watch for 2 hours: 10 Reward Cards

8/26 at 2AM GMT ~ 8/29 at 2AM GMT:
Watch for 2 hours: 4-hr EXP Card (can be acquired 2 times)
Watch for 3 hours: 200,000 Silver

8/30 at 2AM GMT ~ 9/1 at 2AM GMT:
Watch for 3 hours: 100,000 Silver

9/3 at 2AM GMT ~ 9/5 at 2AM GMT:
Watch for 3 hours: 100,000 Silver

9/7 at 2AM GMT ~ 9/9 at 2AM GMT:
Watch for 3 hours: 100,000 Silver

-Creature dens now spawn creatures.

You may want to use the backup button to backup your saves before loading them.

亲爱的少侠们：

为了能够更好地与各位少侠们交流游戏体验，也为了督促团队的进步，本期将开启与策划面对面，直击灵魂的问题拷打~！

也算是对之前玩家们的建议做出一个汇总与反馈。

不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹。江湖工作室的团队虽小，但还是有一颗真诚向往武侠的心。

本期只有少侠们最关心的问题，和策划程序团队最直接的回答。

现在，就由小志本志来代替少侠们向策划组发出直击灵魂的拷问~

——

小志：既然是第一个问题，那么小志我就先来个一阵见血的吧！很多玩家们都反馈到游戏体验欠佳，操作不灵活，甚至卡顿感十分明显。虽说江湖工作室还是个小团队，但是小团队也不是游戏做得差的借口呀~

策划组：咳咳，这个嘛。其实我们是有留意到玩家反馈这个现象的，小团队小制作当然不是游戏优化体验差的借口，团队里的每个人也都是希望自己能够把每一处都做到最好，但难免天不随人愿。还是希望玩家们可以再多给我们一些时间，团队都有在认真听取玩家的建议来做出调整。

小志：那么目前来说，关于影响游戏体验的各种BUG打算怎么优化呢？

策划组：我们先是解决了部分场景卡死的问题，同时也对部分情况导致的卡顿、掉帧以及崩溃的问题做出了修复，提升了转视角时的流畅度，优化了跳跃时有概率无法释放的问题。针对部分卡场景、崩溃和掉帧的问题，我们做出了快速的调整修复，优化了场景帧率，保证少侠们在游戏端的体验。

小志：听说游戏里总是会出现各种各样的问题呀，不是锻造系统有问题，就是武技书名称重复效果问题，还有伤害数值异常，这些小毛病可别想逃过哈~

策划组：不会逃过不会逃过。游戏内确实存在诸多需要修复的问题，本次我们也针对性地做出了调整，例如锻造系统有可能材料错位的问题，还有无双城NPC雷八极被树木遮挡的问题，另外关于武技书名称重复和效果错误，伤害数值异常的问题均已经修复完毕。这次调整修复了不少的BUG，还有很多就不一一赘述了，但这一次绝对会给各位少侠带来新体验。


小志：广大少侠和小志有一个共同关心的问题：后续会新增什么玩法吗？方不方便先透露一下？

策划组：后续新增的内容肯定是不会少的，我们游戏的核心就是武侠、武学。所以新玩法也会跟这个相关。目前来说，新增的内容为有间客栈投资高级商店之后，现在可以购买招式飞龙在天；还有刀尊的隐藏商店里现在可以购买招式神龙摆尾。除此之外我们还新增了一个奇遇任务“五行宫主”，这个任务是45级之后在丐帮帮主处触发，完成后可获得招式亢龙有悔。其他的内容，我们也在持续讨论与开发中，将来会一一与大家见面。




本次与策划面对面拷问暂时先进行到这里吧，没提到的内容还有很多，也请期待后续的跟进。
欢迎少侠们踊跃地向策划组提出建议，继续鞭策我们的团队前行。
另外如有遇到的恶性BUG或意见建议，可提交至我们官方邮箱，我们将会定时查阅wlz@snailgame.net 如果不方便也可以来我们的玩家官方4群：634079424 进行吐槽，我们看到后会及时进行记录。

Hello hackers,

Here is our new event for Gamescom/Indie Arena Booth : a let's play session with a member of Piece of Cake studios! Team up with Hacktag dev team and complete a dangerous mission.





To hope play with us, just start an online game and try to be randomly teamed up with Maureen_DEV,
our designated hacker for this session. Everyone can try, even with the playable demo!

And if you manage to find her, we will offer you a skin of your choice usable in Hacktag as a reward! 🎁 To received it, all you need to do is join our Discord server so we can easily contact you and know what item you would like to unlock.


📆 Thursday, 26th August at 4pm CEST
⏱ 1-2 hours
💻 Launch an online game on Hacktag (base game or demo)
💬 Try to find Maureen_DEV



➡️ Here is the link {LINK REMOVED}to our virtual arcade station on the Arcade Village on Gamescom (On the map: Howling Gardens/Arcade Village - Floor 1: Action 1)

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter & Facebook or join our Discord server to be aware of the latest news about Hacktag 😉



See you on Hacktag!

We've just updated the game with an incremental patch. Based on community feedback, we've fixed/added the following :-

- Adjusted maximum upwards aiming angle, you're now able to aim significantly higher than before
- Added a new Audio tab to the options menu, allowing adjustment of music and SFX volume
- Tweaked lighting and colors on the Quantum Cores and Batteries in the OKT areas, making them easier to see if they've been activated or not.

These are relatively minor/quick fixes, but please be assured we are also tackling bigger issues and features for future patches. Thank you for supporting the game!