This update means a lot to us. We are extremely happy to introduce you to a new survivor with very interesting mechanics and new gameplay. She’s a character we've been wanting to develop for a long time now and that has been through many design changes.
We also wanted to bring you more QoL changes, but with the holidays we have not been able to program as much as we wanted. However, we’re sure you’ll love our new granny!

我们想特别告知我们的中文玩家，现在大家可以享受到经过完全汉化的游戏了！此后每次发布重大更新时，我们都会同时更新汉化内容。感谢大家游玩我们的游戏！

Also known as the "Mama of all", no one knows when she was born, but what everybody is certain about is that she is always there whenever you need. Her mystic powers are no joke.


Unlike other characters that start with base stats, Helga will have a buff depending on Viking astrology runes. Every two weeks, the Norse rune zodiac changes, changing Helga’s buffs too! Furthermore, this effect will be increased the more red hearts she has.

Helga brings a total of 10 new Ancestral Relics. 5 weapons, 4 passives and her ultimate. However, Helga won’t unlock new Relics when defeating Hard or Expert modes, that will come in future updates.


The arrival of a new character also means new leaves!

We have reduced the number of leaves required to unlock Yggdrasil tiers.
We’ve read your suggestions and concerns, and we are happy to say more balancing updates are coming soon!

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/

זהו חברים! מבצעי החורף נגמרו, וספיישל חנוכה של המשחק הגיע לסיום גם כן.
חלק מהקישוטים לחג כבר ירדו, ובשעות הקרובות הגרפיקה המיוחדת לחנוכה תחזור גם היא לקופסה, ודף המשחק ייראה כרגיל.
מקווה שנהניתם לאכול סופגניות ולהילחם בסביבונים במשחק!

חנוכה אולי נגמר, אבל יש שינויים קטנים מעדכון חנוכה שממשיכים איתנו:

• מקטע חדש ב"טקסי רצח" שבו הרחפנים מופיעים גם בשלב מוקדם יותר.
  
• הוספת של כמה שורות שהיו חסרות בקובץ המחרוזות של המשחק.

מה שבטוח - יום פתוח!

It's the new year! And you know what that means: Accidentally writing 2022 on everything for the next several weeks! But while you get that done, you can also power up your games with two new releases.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2260590/RPG_Maker_MZ__MT_Tiny_Tales_Battlers__Wild_Beasts/

Battle against nature with MT Tiny Tales Battlers - Wild Beasts! Mega Tiles is back with their adorable pixel art style, this time sharing 18 monsters to fill your game worlds with wildlife. Have your heroes face off against red-winged vampire bats, deer with elemental antlers, chubby raccoons, deadly spiders, and more with this pack!

Snake, slime, and bee enemies are perfect if you want to keep battles familiar for RPG lovers, and add your own spin with odd enemies such as shell-less snails, cockatrices, and plant-themed lizards. Or turn a cave into an acranophobe’s nightmare with three different types of spiders! Fill your forest maps with deer, foxes, birds, and bees, and give your caverns creepy-crawlies including centipede-like bugs and worms that burst out of the ground! Each beast comes with a battler and sprite, so your heroes can see and try to avoid unnecessary fights while exploring the areas. And if that wasn’t enough, every monster has multiple color variations, meaning this pack contains a whopping 90 creatures to choose from! Use the different colored slimes to show their elemental resistances, or choose a fitting color for the toothy worm that matches the dungeon’s themes.

Each image comes in 3 sizes (original, 2x, and 3x), so it’s easy to find a size that will fit your game’s resolution! Add even more creatures to battle against (or tame!) with MT Tiny Tales Battlers - Wild Beasts!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2260610/RPG_Maker_MZ__Last_Boss_Pack_Vol4/

Give your sci-fi heroes some incredible robots to battle against with the Last Boss Pack Vol.4! Gee-kun-soft latest battler pack focuses on mechas and armored humanoid robots, with battlers, sprites, and background images to help bring your sci-fi worlds to life! With 10 different robot builds and variations for each to choose from, your players will be able to face robots on land, on sea, in the sky, and even in space! Challenge a red samurai robot to a duel in a dangerous city or have your players try to escape a mecha with four legs that let it roll on land and float on water without slowing down, all while a dark purple robot looms in the distance as the final challenge. Don’t leave your players without a robot of their own, give them a white and blue paladin robot or speedy fighter jet that can help them escape a deadly situation.

Each robot has a matching sprite, so you can let your players control their own mecha while exploring destroyed cities or space! 14 backgrounds (with two sizes, 816 x 624 and 1000 x 740) give you some out of this world choices for locations of battles and cutscenes. Let your players hang out on the streets of a skyscraper-filled town or on a ship’s deck while floating in space, or force them to survive battles in waste-filled worlds or in space while explosions burst in the background!

This pack also includes 26 bonus images with the ready-to-battle robots placed into the backgrounds, perfect for introducing your players to their latest foe before a fight! Show the samurai robot sending powerful sword slashes towards the screen before starting a battle, or have the villain’s dark mecha launch a barrage of missiles in a cutscene to force your players down onto a wasteland planet. So if you need some more robots for your epic sci-fi story or want to add some scenes from a mecha show to your modern game, check out the Last Boss Pack Vol.4!

While the celebrations may be over, your 2023 driving adventures are already warming up as Mexico presents #FORDzathon, the latest series available now in Forza Horizon 5.



Get ready for four weeks of Ford themed events and rewards on the Festival Playlist with some unique challenges along the way. You’ll experience the incredible impact Ford has made on automotive culture across Seasonal Championships, The Trial, Forzathon, Horizon Open, Photo Challenges and Seasonal PR Stunts.

In our Monthly Rivals, set your fastest lap time on the Horizon Baja Scramble while behind the wheel of the 2017 Ford #14 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing GRC Fiesta. Meanwhile, on Emerald Circuit, Forza EV showcases the incredible all-electric 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400, developed in collaboration between Ford Performance and RTR Vehicles, founded by Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr.



We’re also bringing back the Floating Lanterns collectibles in celebration of the New Year. These are available now through January 12. You’ll need to smash 50 of them to complete the Festival Playlist challenge and unlock “Nocturne” by Keeno for Horizon Mixtape. We recommend checking them out at night-time to see their illuminated glow.

In addition to the Ford reward cars, we’re also introducing two new-to-franchise cars and three cars returning from previous Forza games. Check them out!



Earn 80 PTS in the #FORDzathon Festival Playlist series. Available from Jan. 5 – Feb. 2.

The 2021 MG MG6 XPower unleashes the true capabilities of the MG6 lineup with a straight-four 1.5-liter direct-injection turbocharged engine that’s fused with a high-power synchronous electric motor. The combined outputs of both give this plug-in hybrid a solid 300 horsepower, and it’s capable of reaching 62mph from zero in just six seconds. What’s more, the front-wheel-drive car has a combined peak torque of 354 lb-ft and a 10-speed electric drive gearbox while the wide grippy tires, unique elastic suspension, large shock absorbers and a stiffer spring stabilizer bar extends the car for more rigid, durable and extreme driving, so it’s the ideal machine for your next Forza Horizon 5 adventure. Its brakes are even racing grade with an innovative brake disc and upgraded front and rear caliper system bringing the car from 62mph to standstill in a short 33-meter sprint! These incredible numbers are paired with an aggressive eye-catching design as the sporty looks of the ultra-wide body aerodynamic kit and carbon fiber rear spoiler cement MG’s racing legacy all over this XPower, so you always know you’re in control of a beast and a truly modern interpretation of racing DNA!



Earn 20 PTS during the Summer “Wet” Season on the #FORDzathon Festival Playlist. Available from Jan. 5 – Jan. 12.

Quintessentially French, the Renault Megane RS250 combines a serious helping of Renaultsport’s tuning expertise with the already stylish Megane. The blacked-out grille is the first clue this is not a run-of-the-mill Renault, and if you weren’t convinced right away you could peer at the red-painted brake calipers or the bright, yellow-faced tachometer for further confirmation. A twin-scroll turbocharger boosts output to a remarkable 250 horsepower, considering that the engine is only 2 liters. So, it’s perhaps no surprise that this fast Megane gets out of its own way with an emphatic bark from the center-exit sport exhaust. The RS250’s stiffened sport suspension also hunches the hatch down low over larger alloy wheels, improving the stance and the cornering at the same time. That’s not just lip service—the RS250 has some serious moves, helped in part by a limited-slip differential and an electrically assisted variable power steering system to keep the front wheels from churning under the ample torque.



Earn 20 PTS during the Autumn “Storm” Season on the #FORDzathon Festival Playlist. Available from Jan. 12 – Jan. 19.

Sure, the road-going version of this car is your overall reward for the #FORDzathon series; however, the racecar variant isn’t anything to snuff at. The great news is that it’s also coming to Forza Horizon 5, so you can have the best of both worlds. In addition to the special racecar livery, you’ll even get a boost to performance with a 350-horsepower front-wheel-drive output. It has a six-speed sequential gearbox, and the car utilizes a dual master cylinder brakes system with four-piston calipers reaching the front brakes and two-piston calipers sent to the rear brakes. Take it out to the Horizon Festival Circuit and set your fastest lap times so you can experience how nice it is to drive! Maybe you'll impress Tío Forza.



Earn 20 PTS during the Winter “Dry” Season on the #FORDzathon Festival Playlist. Available from Jan. 19 – Jan. 26.

Is it stripped down due to the lack of air-conditioning and a back seat, or is it loaded since it’s packed with performance from the Renault parts bin? Disregarding the semantics and getting straight to the spec sheet delivers a clearer judgement. Renault has taken the 271-horsepower turbo four-cylinder from the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R model, along with key suspension and braking components and then stuffed them into the small package of the Clio. With the appropriate flare of the Clio Cup rear diffuser, a stout aero kit and actual flares to contain the massive 19-inch wheels this Concept has properly celebrates the 40th anniversary of the much-loved RS model.



Earn 20 PTS during the Spring “Hot” Season on the #FORDzathon Festival Playlist. Available from Jan. 26 – Feb. 2.

Celebrating 20 years on the market as “the small car with big-car attributes,” the Clio has been a top-selling compact, replacing the Renault 5 line. While the Clio has always been appreciated by its exacting owners as precise, sporty and efficient, the Clio RS takes it to a new level. The 2.0 liter 16-valve is peppy and, thanks to its Brembo brake calipers, it will start and stop with the best in its class. Its distinctive nose is endearing and may even prompt others to grin back at it. The Clio RS suspension has been upgraded with widened front and rear tracks which deliver stable and grippy handling. At nearly twice the cost of a base Clio, you can rest assured the additional investment has been put to good use with your performance pleasure in mind.


The next Forza Horizon 5 series update celebrates Japanese Automotive by introducing new cars, a new collectible and new EventLab props in the Blueprint Builder. Stay tuned for more details later this month.

• Attacking by clicking with the left mouse button attacks the target.
  
• Hovering a NPC with the cursor highlights the target.
  
• The NPC faced by the player is now highlighted.

Fix: AI death related logic
Fix: Fixed the crash bug of AI being killed by a bear
Fix: Fix the BUG that AI sometimes does not build
Update: Tree model optimization, farm crop model modification
Update: The protagonist can complete the task by manufacturing items through the panel
Update: Charcoal production time value adjustment

Hello everyone!

Welcome back for another development update for TAP. I'm happy to report that things are coming along nicely. First of all; where am I at with the game?


Well, I'm working hard completing more backgrounds, animations, and puzzles for Act 3. I'm almost done with the artwork for that Act.



My plan is to complete the background artwork/animations for all 5 Acts, then go back through the game and add some additional puzzles and artwork where needed. It's always easier said than done, but my game design philosophy is this; no artwork is sacred. What does that mean?

You may have noticed that many modern adventure games leave you sitting on one or two backgrounds (or maybe a handful) for 30-40 minutes of gameplay. Just going back and forth between those few areas, and jamming them with head-scratching puzzles. I personally don't like this. This ends up feeling like an escape room game, which have their place in the entertainment world, but ultimately leave narrative by the wayside.



Instead, I like a greater sense of physical movement and exploration. When you played the demo to TAP, you likely noticed that you quickly move from one area to another; a puzzle on one screen opens a path on a another. Some backgrounds don't even have a puzzle or an item to pick up, but they are essential for communicating the space and feel of the overall area. That's something I enjoy and that's what I am including in TAP.



I believe there are something like 270 backgrounds (not including cutscenes) in TAP; each one unique. It's a lot of work, but it all contributes to an exciting adventure game experience.


Now, on to the main topic -- I'm reworking the UI. I wouldn't call this a "major" change, because I'm not altering the aesthetic of the UI, but the position of the UI elements and possibly, the fidelity of the UI. For context, here is how the UI currently appears in the game:



While I do like this, and while it technically "works", there are a few issues:

• The portrait/inventory take up a lot of permanent space on the bottom.
  
• For those who wish to click the arrows on screen (as opposed to using the WASD or arrow keys, which is what I prefer to do), the arrow buttons are far apart on the screen. This means that the player has to constantly move their cursor across the entire screen to navigate.
  
• The pixel art font is no good for localization
  
• The pixel art font is terrible for accessibility

That said, I have come up with the following solution:




This fixes the issues described above:

• The portrait is now on the left side and the inventory opens on a button click, thus freeing up that space on the bottom.
  
• The arrow buttons are all located on the right side, making it easier to click on them (if that's your preferred method of interaction).
  
• The use of an HD font is perfect for localization.
  
• The HD font is perfect for accessibility.

Now, using a HD (regular) font got me thinking that maybe making the entire UI HD would look good. I took a day and come up with this:



So, what do you think? Personally, in my opinion, I like the pixel art UI with the HD font. Not only do I like the way it looks, but the font is so much easier to read. I feel that the HD UI really clashes with the overall retro/pixel-art aesthetic of the game.

But what's your opinion? I'm making this game for YOU to play it. Which UI would you prefer to interact with?

I look forward to hearing your feedback. Thanks again for following the development, and don't forget to tell you friends about The Abandoned Planet!

All the best,

Jeremy Fryc
https://www.dexterstardust.com/

Hello @everyone!

Today is a new patch day and we have serveral things ro report!

Badges
The badges for achievements have been extended to five, showing now: Championship-, 2vs2-Tournament-, Fun Tournament-, 2vs2- and 1vs1-Leaderboard-wins. All obtained badges will be displayed in the leaderboards but also in the lobbies.


Display of being in a Team
You are already in a team but still get invitations from friends? Not anymore, being in a team will now be displayed in the friend list.

Ranking points
The ranking points have been adjusted to tune the grind factor down. We continously monitor them and further changes may follow. See the linked picture for details.
https://ibb.co/Lx4rBwY

Leaderboard rewards
Leaderboard rewards have been adjusted and are now displayed when hovering over the tier in the leaderboard section.

New Skins
Four new skins have been added to the game, welcome the Hermit, Soul Guardian and the two exclusive Championship Tournament Skins designed with the Champions. While the first two will be available for purchase immediately, Fe2lx and Paperpancake can enjoy the latter for a week or two before they are free to buy for all.



New Icon
A new icon of her Highness, the King Sapling, has been added, priced to be difficult to obtain. You now have a goal to reach for but also can show off with that hoard of gold that you've collected.



Balancing
Balance changes have been implemented, background information will be posted in an extra news!
Changes without comments:
https://crystal-clash.com/patch-notes

Deckbuilding Guides
We added further guides on steam to help you building successfull decks.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2897605430

2vs2 Gold Tournament
Dont' forget to register for the first 2vs2 Gold Tournament in 2023, the season is opening!
https://battlefy.com/crystal-clash/crystal-clash-first-2vs2-in-2023/63b2b9f3387aa16a9e3be678/info

See you on the battlebeaches!



Feel free to check out our newest game in development, Galactic Glitch, an Action-Roguelike that we want to make just as fun and enjoyable as Crystal Clash.

Just like with CC, we would love to hear your feedback on the game, so we can keep making it better! 🎮

The demo is available right now, for free!
You can check it out and Wishlist here on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/640160/Galactic_Glitch/

Currently, a bug has been identified in v3.9.8 where saved data does not load properly in some environments.
We are currently investigating the cause of the problem, but it is expected to take some time to identify the cause, so we will perform maintenance again.

Undecided
We recommend that you do not play the game during this period, even in offline mode.
Once the saved data is secured, another update will be made and the maintenance will be completed.
To prevent recurrence due to recurring problems, it is with great regret that I must inform you that, this maintenance may take several days – several weeks to achieve detailed reproduction testing and automatic case-by-case restoration.

We plan to implement an individualized save data recovery support for all those contacted individually.
All online play users will have periodic backups and will be able to restore from regular backups even in situations where platform saves or game server saves cannot be obtained. (Please note that a rollback of up to 24 hours may occur.)
Since the resolution of the problem in v3.9.9 is the first priority, all individual restoration responses will be made after the maintenance is completed.

With the implementation of the maintenance, the duration of the seasonal events will be extended according to the time required for the maintenance.

We are truly sorry for any inconvenience caused by the repeated problems.
We apologize for the delay, but please wait for a while until we prepare to reopen the game safely.

Changelog:

- NEW SONG: "Clout da Exp!!!"
- Added speed slider in level editor
- Added FC Indicator
- Added Shake Event toggle
- Added color grading effect (Later cubes are more faded)
- Added Volume percentage and Audio Offset millisecond text
- Updated Modifiers Menu