On The Virtuous Cycle's launch, we invited everybody to take part in a community photo mode competition on the Mortal Shell Discord server.

Once again, the response was phenomenal! With around 1700 entries from 200 entrants in total, we were blown away by so many incredible photos - it brought us joy to judge them all and see the great works of many virtual photographers. A big thank you to everyone who participated and helped make it a success.

Here are your winners - each will be receiving a very special Mortal Shell + HyperX prize bundle right on their doorsteps! Congratulations to all, and once again, a big thank you to everyone who took part.

💥 AMinPhoto - Action Shot
"The combined dark and light tones on either side of the shot make for an astoundingly dramatic action shot between Imrod and Hadern here. The glow emanating from Imrod's mace is a great way to show his awesome power."


🎨 mt13 - Artistic Vision
"A simple yet provoking composition of Hadern facing upwards toward Fallgrim Tower, seemingly open to the viewer's interpretation. Perfect."


😜 h00tio - Funny/Odd Moment
"A situation that has likely caught a few players feeling both tormented and chuckling. Beautifully tragic."


🏆 Zolberg99 - Random Winner
"Sweet low angle shot of Sester Genessa, the composition goes well with the figure on the right side. Incredible atmosphere."


Thank you to everyone for all the glorious entries! See all the incredible pictures sent to us on our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/mortalshell


The Mortal Shell Discord has joined the United Servers of Discord Alliance! This is a group of collaborating servers ranging from the League of Legends Discord to the Terraria Discord.



The Alliance provides our Discord members with some really great features such as cross-Discord chat in the #alliance-chat channel, this means that Mortal Shell Discorders can chat with hundreds of thousands of other users from different communities.

There is also a fun Alliance Trivia game, which runs every 8 hours and puts the Mortal Shell Discord up against another random Alliance member to battle over their trivia knowledge! You can find this in the #alliance-trivia channel on our server.

We think this is a great addition to our already awesome community and look forward to more exciting events in the future.

See you on Discord!

-Team Mortal Shell

The game will launch and play with just the ps4 controller, no mouse / keyboard needed. If steam is running it should default to this setup.


We are working to update other controller types soon.

For anyone wanting to create their own layout for ps5, xbox 360, xbox one, steam, or switch controllers hopefully this screenshot will help.

Hello! I've been busy working on Timespinner 2, but took some time to push this small update.
The purpose of this update is primarily to restore MacOS functionality to the game, in addition to some quality of life changes to Speedrun mode.

After pushing this update to Humble and GOG, I'll get back to working on the sequel! :D

I've resumed my development livestreams, which are now every other week on Tuesdays, from 1-4pm PST. Hope to see you then!

• Updated FNA framework version to 21.08 from 19.05
  
• MacOS now launches! No longer uses OpenGL, which Apple discontinued support for.
  
• Fixed a softlock in the Main Menu after setting duplicate keys to the Menu Controls for Secondary and Accept.
  
• Adjusted SpeedrunA monster drop logic so that quest items always drop if available.
  
• Adjusted SpeedrunA Gyre final chest logic so that Familiars always drop if needed.
  
• Adjusted screensize logic for windowed mode, allowing for resolutions that are slightly larger than window size. For example, when maximizing on a 1920 screen, 1920 resolution wouldn't be picked because the window borders made the window a little too small!
  
• Adjusted platforms in a room in the Caves before the boss, which allow for reaching the boss without any movement abilities (for Randomizer community)
  
• Changed a couple of names in the Backer Credits section.
  
• Fixed a bug where defeating a certain boss perfectly would forever prevent unlocking the secret item rewarded for defeating all bosses perfectly.

• Added Druid resonate indicator so it is easier to understand what symbols are currently resonating on the Druid
  
• Added Feedback button so you can report bugs or tell us what you like or don't like about Fireside.
  
• Discard cards now go into the left and right piles instead of being discarded off screen.
  
• Updated tooltips for board icons.

Lawless Lands,

Are you ready for the Blood Pit?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1744150/Lawless_Lands_Blood_Pit_DLC/

"The Blood Pit DLC for Lawless Lands adds a fighting arena where you can fight against foes in high-stake battles to the death!

Blood Pit DLC:
New Discoverable Location - The Blood Pit, a combat arena where you can earn gold, fame, and hone your skills against a variety of enemies
New Vendors and Characters - Meet a small group of new characters who run the Blood Pit and gain access to their shops and services near the pit
Training Sword - A weak but valuable tool, it will help you and your companions earn experience quicker
15 Different Fights - There are 15 possible fights that you can be offered which are replayable and randomized to keep you on your toes
New Unique Title "Gladiator"
1 Training Sword added to your strongbox
10 Fame added to your strongbox - Fame is a resource like any other and represents your reputation. It influences how likely you can attract followers and affect people's hearts
15 Scrap added to your strongbox - Used for repairing and maintaining your equipment after battle without needing the help of a blacksmith"

Enjoy!

Corrosion ːCStudiosː

It’s the announcement many of you have been waiting for, and now we can gladly say it’s official: TaleSpire will be getting integrated HeroForge support!



The ability to summon your custom miniatures directly into the game will soon be in your hands, and we can’t wait to see what wondrous characters you populate your worlds with. Our goal is to help you bring your rich storyscapes to life with TaleSpire, so this upcoming integration means a great deal to us.

The folks over at HeroForge have been simply awesome throughout this process, and are just as excited as us to finally make this announcement. It’s a delight to work with them.

We have already worked on some prototypes: you can see HeroForge being used in TaleSpire during the Extra Credits streamThe Seven that ran on Friday 27th August, and in this week’s episode of Dimension 20’s new series, The Seven, which is airing over at https://www.dropout.tv/.

We have begun working on the full integration, but there is much legwork to be done and we can’t offer a release date yet. We will update you again later in September, but for now, know that we are incredibly excited, and we look forward to making this available to you.



Until then, happy questing!

Lawless Lands,

Hey everyone!

This is just a heads up that the Smoking Sands DLC is on sale until Sept 10 for 33% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691980/Lawless_Lands_Smoking_Sands_DLC/

Grab it now while the price is low!

"The alchemists of Guilanal have made a frightening new discovery that could change the battlefield as we know it.

Black Powder!

Smoking Sands DLC:
New Weapon Class - Firearms (Very powerful, but very expensive, have a high base chance to cause panicked and burning)
New Ammunition Class - Ball Ammo
3 New Firearm Weapons (Boom Stick, Hand Cannon, Pole Cannon)
1 New Dagger Weapon (Bayonet)
3 New Attack Animations & Sounds
5 New Firearm Ammunition Types (Ball Ammo, Flaring Ammo, Heavy Ammo, Impact Ammo, Rusted Ammo)
3 Firearm New Attack Skills (Shoot, Hip Fire, Over Powder)
New Unique Title "Gunner"
New Special Item - Boombowl (Grenade-like throwable)
New Crafting Schematic - Boombowl
New Learnable Skill - Firearm Proficiency (Teaches a character how to use firearms)
1 Boom Stick and 1 set of Ball Ammo added to your Strongbox (You can buy more from Samadar at the Trade Caravan in the South)"

Enjoy!

-Corrosion ːCStudiosː

Hi Stackers,

A big round of congratulations to everyone who played Stack Up! and managed to have their names appear on the heightscores!

We officially have our inaugural season winners, who are:

Easy Mode: It’s a tie! Velo_citY and Candel3309 both reached 225 points on easy mode, meaning we have two winners who will both receive 5 hats/hammer crates a piece. GG!

Medium: Congratulations to TzTok-Jad for owning the medium heightscores, taking home the W with 209 points - a whole 6 meters higher than their closest competitor. 10 hats/hammer crates for you!

Hard: Is this our first Stack Up! (pro player)? Congratulations once again to Candel3309, for owning the Hard Heightscore as well as Easy, and taking home the biggest prize of all - your very own Hat & Hammer combo to be fully immortalised in game.

We invite all four winners to get in touch with us to collect your prizes.

The heightscores will reset once Update 1 is ready - so keep an eye out for your next chance to win ever bigger and better prizes for Season 2!

Stay Stackin’

The PixelConflict devs
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Make sure to follow us on socials and online to stay in the loop:

Stack Up! (or dive trying):
Discord: https://discord.gg/j4G8h4n
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/StackUpGame/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thestackupguy

PixelConflict:
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pixelconflict/ (try out the Stack Up Guy IG filter & tag us!)

Brytenwalda Studios welcome you to Beyond Mankind: The Awakening, a single-player Action RPG game with survival elements.

You wake up, but your world has changed. You are a soldier of H.O.P.E., a sacred brotherhood of warriors whose mission is to recover Earth, an Earth that is now in the last stages of a nuclear winter.

When the battle begins, mankind's survival hangs in the balance.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1301590/Beyond_Mankind_The_Awakening/

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for giving Rocket Explorer so much love, and reporting all the issues you've found. I can't state enough how helpful this all is, and it just feels lovely.

I am currently working on a patch that will fix most of the major issues, such as rockets not launching(!) and VR controllers not working. ':)
(That second one is difficult for me, since I only own the one, Oculus, headset - so testing for the other headsets is incredibly difficult)

I am also doing a lot of other work, and on top of it all I just started my 3rd semester in uni - I just want to say this, so you know why the patch didn't come out on day 1. I appreciate how patient you guys are, and that you are enjoying Rocket Explorer despite the bugs.

I'll be working hard to make this thing as enjoyable and cool as possible from here on out!
Patch 1: Bug fixing
Patch 2: Performance improvements
Next release: COOL STUFF! Follow me on Twitter for further updates!

Just... thank you <3
// Caspar