Aug 5, 2022

Quality of Life patch is up on the hotfix branch!

Escape Academy - sku11knight

Thank you to all our players for the feedback! We've been listening to everyone’s comments the past few weeks, and we've got a patch to address some of the more glaring issues.

Note: This patch is not in full release yet. We’re uploading it to the “hotfix” beta on Steam. This patch will be fully released to the main branch soon, once porting and additional QA is done. If you’d like to check it out early, you can right click Escape Academy in your library, click properties, click Betas, click the dropdown and select “hotfix”. On the main menu, the version should show v1.02_hotfix2.

New Features:

Added the option to toggle split screen in online multiplayer.
Added a FoV slider under settings / graphics.
Added a hint confirmation - you now have to press the hint button twice.
Added best grade information to the replay board. Note: this is not backwards compatible, players will have to replay a level to see the best grade.

Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug where progress towards the Overachiever and Honor Roll achievements was not counted correctly.
Fixed a bug in Lab Rat that showed incorrect hint text for the last puzzle.
Fixed a bug in the Tea Kettle that made butterflies hard to see from certain angles.
Fixed a bug in Tea 'n' Tea that made bouquets hard to see from certain angles.
Fixed a bug in the dorm where the radio would highlight if the player hovered over the mirror.
Fixed a bug in Escape Artist that made the “side to side” statue puzzle occasionally fail to unlock correctly.
Fixed a bug in What Lies below where some colorblind labels on the dance floor failed to display properly.
Added missing colorblind labels to the pachinko cabinet in the Rival Room.
Added missing colorblind labels to the balanced / imbalanced lights on the 3rd platform of the Rival Room.
Added missing colorblind labels to the server room switches in Lab Rat.
Other minor fixes.

Changes:

Increased maximum mouse sensitivity (25%).
Online partner’s mouse cursor is now hidden.
Changed the grading system to be a bit more harsh - we’re not grading on a curve anymore!
Changed key difficulties ratings for some rooms, to better match their actual difficulty.

Still WIP:

Study Buddies achievement not working - we hope to have it fixed soon!

Aug 5, 2022

Update 79.3

Fisher Online - Woolf ✔

Updated mechanics for repairing items (fishing rods and reels).
Now repairs are available at any point of the location, not only near the store.
You have two methods of repairing the item - the old method for in-game currency with the loss of maximum strength, and the new one with the help of rem kits. Repair with repair kits not only repairs the item, but also raises its basic strength, if it has previously been reduced by previous repairs, breakdowns or under other circumstances.
Repair kits can be obtained from collectible cards and in rarity tasks at various locations
Various game window modes have been added to the game settings - windowed, full-screen, full-screen exclusive, etc.
The "window scalable" game window mode is temporarily disabled
Improved interface rendering, now the text and pictures in the game are clearer
Location "Alps" - reducing the volume of daytime wind noise
Location "Alps" - correction of errors on the location, changing the points of rapid movement for the bronze medal

Aug 5, 2022

Update #45

Dead Event - SourJ

Note: Growth Heirlooms changed to another slot all heirlooms were removed from existing characters you must go to the Missing Heirloom NPC to get new ones and some free mats to compensate. Sorry we couldn't keep the old ones they bugged when changing slots.

New Content:

Elite Human Pilot Monster.

General Changes:

Optimized game performance more.
Fixed an issue with level requirements for Clamper.
Fixed an issue with Tremor Overlay not displaying correctly.
Fixed monsters spawning under the Dead Grounds map.
Fixed some spots that you can fall through the map on Dead Grounds.
Fixed a issue with the border not being even in the Overworld.
Fixed monsters and harvests spawning outside the border of Overworld.
Fixed % of rates to work properly now.
Fixed a bug with Monsters not returning to locations and acting weird.
Fixed a bug with all timers in the game not using the right math formula.
Fixed an issue where getting too big would stop you from picking up items.
Fixed a issue with monsters spawning on top of harvests.
Fixed a typo with crystal quest and raised the trophies reward from 250 to 300.
Fixed Kingler's Crown not showing on Vespid.
Fixed UI Blocking in menus.
Adjusted Poison Status effect on Poison Tail.
Adjusted Burn Status effect on Phoenix Tail.
Adjusted Stun Status effect on Glacial Tail.
Adjusted the Growth Heirloom upgrade from meat to Space Junk.
Adjusted item drop duration from 14 to 8 seconds and loot lock from 2 to 5 seconds.
Adjusted the growth values on the EXP tree.
Adjusted ambient colors in Dead Grounds.
Increased the amount of EXP gain from Alien Leader and damage per level.
Increased base damage on Elite Aliens and raised EXP gain to compensate for Heirlooms changes.
Increased damage on Blue Crystal King boss.
Increased damage on Purple Crystal King boss.
Increased draw distance from 1200 to 1400.
Increased Dripple Gumbo EXP gain from 200,000 to 300,000.
Increased Drop rate of Space Junk from Overworld monsters.
Increased armor on all Body items.
Increased resistance cap from 50% to 70%, pain damage resistance is still 25%.
Increased trophy weapon price from 25,000 to 50,000 trophies and 250,000 gold. (sorry it was just too easy to get... before it was 100k trophies so at least its half of what it was)
Increased range slightly and significantly increased damage on Haalk Blast.
Lowered the amount of max Trophies from loot goblins from 1-100 to 1-50.
Lowered Drop rate of Meat from Overworld monsters.
Lowered the amount of HP Dripple Pepper has from 1000 to 250.
Lowered the cooldown on Tremor Reach skill from 120 to 60 and increased the range.
Lowered the amount of EXP gain from both Crystal King Bosses to prevent int 32 bugs and errors giving over the limit of EXP gain.
Lowered the gold gain on all monsters.
Lowered all colony skills since they haven't been touched since beta, some were just too overpowered and almost all of them gave +5% gold, we will have more skills eventually.
Lowered amount of EXP gain from Growth Heirlooms was giving too much EXP causing int 32 bugs and errors giving over unity limit making your EXP bar go negative.
Limited Growth Heirlooms to 2 and made its own slot so now you can use other addons.
Added Alien Elites to other alien sites but the EXP gain scales off the level of alien except noob spots.
Added Human Elites to Human sites and at the top of the hill it spawns just Elite Human Pilot and Leaders.
Added Blue Dust to Goblin Trader Shop.
Added some more TLC to Dead Grounds map.
Removed Stones, Rocks, Roots, Red Mushroom, Spire harvests from Dead Grounds.
Removed Gore, added Gold Dust and Volcanic Rock to Dung's Shop.
Removed Fiber drop from Crystal Cave.

Aug 5, 2022

Community Crunch 327: EVO Event, A Tribute to Uri, and More!

ARK: Survival Evolved - complexminded

Greetings Survivors!

Recently the ARK PvP Community suffered the loss of a much-loved member, Uriel. He was a uniting force amid a varied group of players and multiple tribes. Uri endeared himself to everyone irrespective of their affiliation in PvP due to his sweet and funny nature along with being known for his amusing dances on stream.

Uri was someone who didn't allow his own adversities in life to dim the good-natured light he shone. We will all feel the absence of his warmth greatly.

We’d like to honor Uri, his tribemates, and his friends by sharing the absolutely heartwarming outpouring of love for him that was shown when an unprecedented number of our Official PvP players came together to memorialize him with in-game builds.

We have collated pics of players’ memorial builds to share with the community. A nod to Skittle for traveling to servers to take high-quality screenshots for mourning players.

A message for Uri from his tribemates and friends:
It is never easy to say goodbye to anyone we love, and it has been especially hard to accept the loss of our dearest friend, Uri. He reached out and touched the hearts of many around the world, whether it was being a tribe member, an entertainer through his streams, or an amazing friend. No matter what he was battling he remained selfless and put others' happiness before his own. It is rare to meet people like that, especially on the internet. Going forward, we have been thinking about what Uri would want and that would be to be happy, to strive for greatness, and to dance our way through the hard times. We will forever cherish the memories we’ve shared and even though he is not with us, he will always be in our hearts. We love you Uri, that sky border doesn’t exist anymore so fly high, king.

With respect for a lovely member of our community who has now ascended. RIP Uri ❤️

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Be happy - Uriel

There is an ongoing EVO event until 1 PM Pacific, on August 8th. You can find the rates below:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
ARKpocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval
Conquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval

For the duration of this EVO Event, we will be disabling the world buffs from Baby Boon & Maewing Poach on Genesis Part 2 on the Official Network. In the past, we've adjusted for the impact events have had on the rates by tweaking the bonuses that we use during breeding events, however, those tweaks lead to unfavorable circumstances on maps that aren't Genesis Part 2, so during breeding events, we'll be disabling these mission buffs specifically as not to affect the bonuses on other maps.

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Supa Koopa#8624

ok so i was flying on my argent and then i was over the water, paused my game (was in singleplayer) and then when i got back from eating my waffle i was still flying, then my bird ran out of frickin stamina. THEN then a jellyfish shocked me IN THE AIR and then i died tl;dr: dont fly over water with a bird with low stam

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That moment you tame your first raptor and while sending it out to kill a dodo it hits a trike and you whistle passive by accident and by the time you whistle aggressive it kills your raptor and comes for you and so you need to get your group of dinos to kill it and go tame a new raptor

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Aug 5, 2022

Update v0.5.019a

Soulstone Survivors - Game Smithing

Hey everyone!

We have just released another really cool update for the Demo, we can't seem to stop ourselves! =P In this one among other things we decided to add more Elite enemies to the game, to bring some change of pace of how a run can go! Without further ado:

Patch v0.5.019a - August 5, 2022

General changes and fixes:
- Added new Elite enemies across all tiers;
- Made it so when you collect a Major Soulstone, you pull all existing XP crystals to you automatically;
- Adjusted crosshair position for more precise aiming;
- Added new menu animations for the Spellbreaker (others are coming);
- Frozen Warhammer now properly applies chill;
- Adjusted geometry and navigation in all maps;
- Made Major Soulstones easier to collect;
- Major Soulstones can now only spawn on valid terrain;
- Fixed Void and Rain of Arrows not proccing effects with every damage tick;
- Fixed Smite scaling its healing with Skill Modifiers;
- Fixed issue with Charging areas staying on the ground when a unit dies until they complete;
- Fixed Frozen Warhammer visuals which were showing the hit in the wrong place if you had a lot of Area modifiers;

Balance changes:
- Leviathan damage modifier reduced from 15/30/45 to 10/20/30;
- Void pulling force reduced from 1500 to 1100;

As always we want to thank you all for the amazing support, it's been crazy seeing so many people enjoy the game and we can't wait to show you all we have in store! =)

Best wishes,
The dev team