Hello everyone! Here is some progress on Orc Massage in July.


An exclusive set of furniture of Ava from the furniture system.





In June, we tested the new fluid effect which can produce the water used in the debut of Mermaid.
Orc Massage’s twitter have presented this scenario in the Mermaid Mangaand will reproduce this performance in the game.






We finished the general base of Mermaid’s animations in June, we are still working on some small details.





The core game mechanics of favorability and massage will be heavily reworked.
This mechanics update is expected to be available together with the debut of Mermaid.


The 0.6.3a version was uploaded in about two days and received some reports of instability issues.
Most of the bugs appeared when we changed the design to optimize the game. We are now temporarily returning the game to the previous version.
The game will update to 0.6.3 after further testing.

This patch brings a nice Lighting overhaul to the entire game, thanks to a shift to Unreal Engine 5. Alongside this is the addition of Veteran mode for normal, brutal and nightmare, plus much more!

Latest Patch Notes:

I am aware of a minor bug with Loading Screens: When they have finished loading there is no "click to continue" text and they instead hang for a second before loading the next zone.

This is due to an engine bug when swapping from UE4 to UE5 and will be resolved asap, but is out of my hands.

> Fixed a bug with Floating Numbers sometimes displaying in incorrect locations.
> Fallen World now has the correct loading screens.
> Fixed a bug with Life Per Hit and Mana Per Hit Floating Numbers not saving it's state.
> Revamped Magic and Enemy Mob vfx.
> Reworked Frozen/Stun logic to prevent enemies turning when Frozen/Stunned.
> Decreased base Stun and Freeze duration to 1 second, down from 2 seconds.
> Reworked all Lighting in the game.
> Added 2 basic Potions.
> Added 3 Unique Potions.
> Added 6 Act 2+ Nightmare Uniques.
> Polished some Campaign Zones.
> Added HUD text for Life/Mana/Exp and Keybindings.
> Added Veteran Mode for Normal, Brutal and Nightmare. This mode has Increased Enemy Stats, but grants more Bonus Loot (Uniques,
Consumables and Materials).
> Added a way to Import Character files.

Cheers,
Sam

Version 0.127a: Fixed 3 sandbox islands not loading
Version 0.127b: Fixed bug with unlocking in campaign
Version 0.127b: Fixed particles being offset on vehicle spawn

Today, we are excited to reveal a secret project that we've been working on very closely with Western Star®. Shortly after its real-world premiere, we are very excited to announce the arrival of the Western Star 57X, which is now available at your nearest Western Star Trucks® dealership in American Truck Simulator!



The Western Star® 57X combines the best of two worlds – taking the X-Series DNA with bold design & rugged durability, combining it with the best of Daimler Truck North America’s on-highway platform, tested over millions of miles, bringing you the most advanced and innovative Western Star highway truck. Ever!






The Western Star® 57X arrives with a select choice of configurations and customizations. This includes a day cab and a 72" sleeper cab, 3 short chassis options and 2 longer chassis options, 5 interior trim designs, exclusively Detroit® powertrain options, and so many more customizations and accessories to make your flagship truck stand out!







Be sure to also check out the unique Phoenix Rising paint job for this truck (and your trailer), which many of you may already be familiar from the pre-launch teasers.




A massive thank you to our friends over at Western Star® for allowing us to once again work with them so closely to bring this truck to American Truck Simulator shortly after its real-life premiere! We are sure that there is more to come from our cooperation with Daimler Truck North America. Be sure to share your first virtual journey with the 57X with us (@SCSSoftware) and Western Star (@WstrnStarTrucks) on our Twitter with the hashtag #BreakNewGround

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093200/American_Truck_Simulator__Western_Star_57X/

• minor fix

• Fixed a bug that prevented units from gaining new abilities when leveling up.

- fixed a bug with the blacksmith in some cases not being able to take the crafted weapons to Armory
- fixed a bug with health sometimes not being displayed when villagers are selected in combat

Hello friends! Due to the fact that many people had to stay at home in isolation due to COVID-19, we decided to add another Let's Play Together competition in the middle of the week, just for fun-with different crazy levels and (alas!) no prizes. We think it is clear by now this extra LPT is a permanent addition too :)

The rules are the same: log in to our Discord server, keep it running, play a competitive level, complete it with 5 stars and have fun!
Visit our Discord server (#lets-play-together channel) to learn more.

This week's level is

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2203299591

Just open the game - there's a link right on the main menu screen.

Good luck everyone!

All of us at Giant Fox Studios are excited about the progress we’ve made on our game Swing Striker this past month!

Our development team has made great strides in crafting the new character abilities and testing new game modes for our players.



QA has been a focus this month and the team has been combing through our game to make sure it is polished and ready for our fans.

You have seen many of our wacky characters, but where do they come from? Many of our Swing Strikers had to overcome great obstacles to get to where they are today. This past month we have spent a lot of time on a very INKredible Swing Striker, Squid Kicks. Her journey will lead you to places you won't expect and provide challenges you can’t resist!


^ Mr. Leggy ^

How does a squid go into battle? Well armed.


^ Bob Calamarley ^

We are bringing many of our new ideas to light with our excellent art department and are excited to showcase some of our latest prototypes. Which of these fans do you like the most? Let us know in the comments!