So we’ve got a couple of interesting updates for you folks over the next few days.

Firstly and before you get your hopes up, we’ve been working extremely hard to get our initial raid mode all finalized, however it's not quite ready yet. Feature wise we’re very close but we want to try to polish and squash as many bugs as possible first. We’ll be putting out a detailed update on our plans for this process in the next few weeks.

What I am super excited to announce is that we’ve been selected to take part in the OTK Games Expo. For those who don't know this is a new indie game expo hosted on Streamer Asmongold’s channel, joined by several other popular streamers.

Apparently hundreds of games applied, and we’ve been selected as one of the 30 picks.

As such we’ve got a brand new trailer to look forward to. Likewise our CEO Delta will be doing a Live Interview on stream.

We really hope you’ll like the trailer and interview but we also need to ask a favor of you kind folks. The Expo has a $50,000 USD prize selected by votes in chat. Its on june 8th at 11 am PT • 1pm CT • 2pm ET. If you'd like to see updates their twitter is https://twitter.com/OTKGamesExpo.

If you’re able to attend on http://twitch.tv/Asmongold and help represent Renown, we’d be hugely grateful.



Ultimately we’re very proud that we’ve been selected at all (which you've already helped us with greatly), and hopefully this is a great opportunity for some new folks to see the game regardless. That said if we can win, it’ll be a huge booster to the team right now.

We’ll be posting our next big piece of news on the same day so stay tuned.

Again thank you so much to our awesome community.

Till next time.

• Art: Grenades will now show different visuals depending on whether they are enemy or player grenades. This is to better communicate if a grenade contributes to a combo and whether a grenade will be affected by the Friendly Fire Escalation Protocol.
  
• Art: Show icon in world on player death that indicates reason for death.
  
• Gameplay: Changed tech targeting rules so that special (previously hazard) tiles are always valid targets for the player.
  
• Gameplay: Dash Vactics can now move when they are on cooldown. This cooldown behaviours consistent across enemies.
  
• Gameplay: Implemented a new discrete ending point for the demo.
  
• Gameplay: Ranged Vactics and Dash Vactics can now destroy buildings with their attacks.
  
• Gameplay: Reduced cooldown between attacks for Grenade Vactics by 1.
  
• Gameplay: Removed redundant Target Special Tiles mod from game as rule changes made it redundant.
  
• Presentation: Added new option to the settings screen to run transitions between levels at faster speeds.
  
• Presentation: Generally sped up the transition speeds between levels by shortening or removing some repeated elements.
  
• UI: the re-centre button on the map now will only show when the player has scrolled away from the mech on the map. This will prevent instances where it can be pressed but nothing will happen.

• Fix bug where game text was not being loaded properly when system language was set to French.
  
• Fixed bug that allowed Towerfall Escalation to appear in demo when not intended.
  
• Fixed bug where enemies targetted by the Swap Location Tech mod were not being marked as moved by the player for the purposes of determining combos.
  
• Fixed UI bug where text elements on the map would not be updated if the color palette was changed.
  
• Fixed visual flickering that could between enemy and shield visuals.
  
• Made some changes to audio file path lengths in project to reduce chance that previous unzip issues will occur.

Hello Agents (✿◕‿◕)

DDS has hit version 0.6! This is a pretty big update that comes with a new mission (for beta testers) , a new class, improved UI, and lots of delicious fixes. With this update comes a release announcement! DDS will be launching in Early Access this October! The planned date is October 13th but this may change slightly depending on coinciding Steam Next Fest.

Reminder that if you’d like to join the closed beta, you can get access on the official DDS discord! https://discord.com/invite/Jvv3kU8TKS

That’s all for now, patch notes down below.

New Stuff

+New mission for the closed beta! Some VIPs are blocking an important merger. Not good!
+Added ending sequence for paying off your debt.
+Added a new secret class with 5 new abilities and 2 perks.
+Better upgrades! You can now upgrade your skeleton and grenade. The new upgrade system just levels up the weapon instead of adding a flat two damage like before.
+Better shop UI. They now display each stat with its full name instead of using abbreviations. Hopefully this will make things easier on new players. This also applies to the armory.
+Updated the way proc gen mission colors are chosen.
+Construct enemies now apply a slowing effect to their target while hacking them.
+Added the ability to apply slow debuff to hacked enemies.
+Added a secret and extremely brief conversation to the closed beta.



Fixes

+Vac Bois no longer throws up an exclamation point when seeing you.
+Tweaked the effects on several abilities that were not fading properly.
+Fixed some computers that did not snap properly in the Safehouse mission
+Added a fade effect to the “I’m In” ability.
+Disabled sprinting in dialogue sequences
+Fixed bug where player’s first gun was not being placed in the armory.
+Fixed an AI issue where enemies were sometimes unable to pursue targets after losing sight of them while hacking.
+Fixed a bug where piloting a turret would disable its alert sound from there on out
+Selective Relativity spell now only applies to gunfire.
+Enemies will now wait until you are 5 meters within their line of sight before attempting to hack you. This cuts down on enemies repeatedly hacking and failing while at the edge of your line of sight, and makes them a little trickier to deal with.
+Many other small bug fixes.

- Fixed gray strange artifacts into Canonya
- Fixed Steam Achievements isn't working
- Graphic improvements
- Fixed save slots appearing invisible

This is a small hot-fix update, mostly focused on bug-fixing for Achievements. It cleans up some achievements that could fail to trigger, a few graphical glitches, and a few continuity errors (where a spot in Elsewhere could show up before the story opens it).

On the Development branch book 3 is now at day 203, telling the first half of Act XII: For the want of a nail.

1.0.5b
- Fixed a bug where Molly's Achievement had 8 stages, but only 7 triggers
- Fixed a bug where sometimes setting up the elsewhere team wouldn't register the correct flags (which could affect Mermaid quest, Treasure hunt and Molly's Pervert)
- Fixed a bug where Bella overlaps Chloe day 118
- Fixed a continuity error where the daemon staging grounds show up before day 138

1.0.5
- Fixed a bug where counting achievements wouldn't trigger locally at the right time, only on Steam
- Fixed a bug where story-changing character parties didn't give the right flags ()
- Fixed a bug where Act 11 has started could keep popping up after you have already resumed it
- Fixed Molly's Achievement (kiss the bartender) potentially being broken
- Fixed How to train your dragon not triggering correctly
- Fixed card collector achievement being more forgiving, and verifying each time you collect cards
- Fixed Drinking Problem achievement only triggering once per savegame
- Fixed Explorer triggering the same sub-achievement, instead of advancing the main counter

1.0.4
- Val's no longer hanging out naked at the Onsen after her event
- Fixed Ice and Poison Mastery achievements to correct text
- Clusterstrike base damage shifted to 150 points from 100 points
- Fixed incorrect text in day 151 battle start
- Fixed KingdomEvent Barricade 2 not triggering.
- Fixed Embassy Lobby text label

'Tis a fine day. I've shipped every backer reward* and only 17 packages remain for purchase on Victorian Clambake!

*Look, Louis, I'd really like for you to fill out your survey so I can finally ship your package, savvy?

For more information see todays Kickstarter post!


The next five orders will include an acrylic keychain!

I'll be going on shore leave and living a typical landlubber life for a time but if you have any questions I'll still check in on the forums, Discord, and support email.

Fair winds to you all!
- Your Captain, Evan

Bug Fixes

• Created tip console as a more visible way to access tips
  
• Fixed issue with moving wall in Level 3 falling into the floor
  
• Fixed issue with floating end platform in Level 1 going too high at certain framerates
  
• Fixed issue with spawn in tutorial level respawning you further than expected in the level

The Lost City of Gold event! Gather Pure Gold with your guild to claim great rewards for your guild... including an exclusive blueprint!

You turned out to be the most enchanting thing that we adore! Let’s make her day special!

All agents will get a Birthday Celebration Box containing x1 Zenith Full Set (1-Day), x1 Elite Status Voucher (1-Day), x11 Ressurection Capsule, and x20 Piece of Cake!

Receive this once per account when you logged-in on June 3 at 12:00 AM UTC.

Don’t be late! This event only runs for only 24 hours.

To illuminate our hearts, let’s ignite the light and finally show its bursting color!
Fireworks Festival is here to sparkle!


Get “BOOMING” rewards from this festive event!

Event Period
June 8, 2022 – June 29, 2022 UTC

Use Firecrackers to accumulate as many “Festival Points” as posible to earn powerful buffs and rewards!

• Not tradable, cannot be sold, and cannot be stored in the account bank.
  
• Fireworks that came from the Cash Shop will not expire and can be used again during the next Firework Festival event.

• Not tradable, cannot be sold, and cannot be stored in the account bank.
  
• Event Fireworks expires on June 29, 2022 at 7:00 AM UTC

Reach the top by collecting the most Fireworks!
Rewards will be given to the Top 5 players with the most points!



It is best to celebrate this festive event with these buffs!

• Buffs that is applied to all Agents!
  
• Every use of Fireworks will contribute to the total Festival points.
  
• The buff will depend on the server accumulated Festival Points. All buffs are activated at the same time when reaching the required Festival points milestone.

• When using Team Fireworks (Black Lambs, Wolfdog, Wildhuter, Rattus), the following buff is acquired.
  
• Check out ‘1) Team Fireworks’ for more details.

Personal Buff
Using Cash Shop Fireworks will give you a personal buff!
Server buff is acquired depending on the server’s accumulated points!



You can get Firework Souvenir material items by accumulating Firework points, and these can be exchanged with various items!

• [Fireworks Event Souvenir] and Box expires on June 29, 2022 at 7:00 AM UTC

Packages full of dazzling items to brighten you up!

Sales Period: June 8, 2022 – June 29, 2022 UTC




Special kinds of Fireworks are available during weekends!

Sales Period