Hi all!
This patch has some fun new features and improvements:

• New: Airstrip Missions Manager - read signs to get current and next airstrip objective information and fly-over previews. POI objectives in development.
  
• New: Big Rocks - big rock biome for some airstrips. More biomes in development (e.g. stumps, logs, small rocks, puddles, etc.
  
• New: game mechanic that uses Morse code emergency locator radio signal for Search and Rescue (SAR) missions. As you fly closer to a transmitter, the SOS signal becomes clearer and louder.
  
• Changed: decreased default input sensitivity for mouse and joysticks. ATTENTION: Requires users to reset their player preferences.
  
• Changed: decreased the re-spawn timer
  
• Improved: made the rain FX and raindrop splashes more visible
  
• Improved: the volumetric cloud lighting color is now set to match the sun light color.

...more good stuff on the way!

Note: I just noticed some color popping on the big rocks...researching problem and possible fix.

ATTENTION: I recently learned that that you have to clear your player preferences to see the controller changes I've been making. I'll have more information on this soon.

Hey Everyone!

It’s Bruce, Director at Pixel Sprout Studios!

Today is a huge day for us because Sun Down is available now on Steam! While this game may be new to you all, we have been hard at work for months toiling away at making a roguelike that we hadn’t seen before and something that we wanted to play. I am very excited to be sharing this project with you all, and I do hope you all enjoy Sun Down.

Play as Darius, the Demon King of Withergate, who specializes in sword combat, and Lucia, the Archmage of Sun Haven, who specializes in fire magic. Spend the day exploring the world, gathering materials, growing crops, and fighting hordes of monsters!

Monsters will seek you out, so stay vigilant! They want to make sure you’re taken down, lest they return to Dynus, The Moon Dragon, empty-handed. So keep those spells handy and make sure you’re prepared for Sun Down! Once Sun Down comes, you’ll need to fight for your life against the seemingly endless waves of monsters sent by Dynus himself.

You can survive from Spring through Winter, but know that only the most skilled fighters have ever earned such an honor.

- 2 Playable Characters
- 150+ Unique Spells and Character Upgrades
- 34+ Monsters
- 3 Different Types of Turrets
- 2 Farm Animals
- 2 Crops
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Characters:
- Darius, the Demon King of Withergate
- Boosted attacks with the Sword Thrust Spell
- Lucia, the Archmage of Sun Haven
-Boosted attacks with the Fireball Spell

Spells:
- Sword Thrust- Slash foes before you with your sword
- 8 Sword Thrust Upgrades

- Snowball Launcher- Launch piercing snowballs at enemies
- 8 Snowball Launcher Upgrades

- Intimidation- An aura ring around you that does damage to enemies inside
- 7 Intimidation Upgrades

- Fireball- Launch a fireball at enemies, exploding on impact, also deals burn damage
- 5 Fireball Upgrades

- Meteor Strike- Strike a random target with an AOE explosion
- 5 Meteor Strike Upgrades

- Fire Storm- Create a circle of scorched earth, dealing damage to enemies who walk through it
- 7 Firestorm Upgrades

- Bouncing Arrow- A piercing arrow that damages enemies while bouncing off the edges of your screen
- 5 Bouncing Arrow Upgrades

- Chain Lightning- Strikes a target and chains to 2 additional targets
- 5 Chain Lightning Upgrades

- Hunter's Bow- Launch an arrow periodically in a straight line, dealing damage to all enemies in its path
- 7 Hunter’s Bow Upgrades

- Buppy the Puppy- A pet Puppy, who follows you around and runs between enemies at random, dealing an AOE stomp attack
- 4 Buppy Upgrades

- Hedgehog Helpers- Pet Hedgehogs, who periodically rolls around you in a circle, dealing damage to enemies in its path
- 6 Hedgehog Upgrades

- Torchy- A pet Fireball, Torchy, who shoots fireballs periodically

- 50+ Other Passive Upgrades

Monsters:
- 34+ Unique monster and boss enemies

Turrets
- Dragon Defenders- Turrets built into your home to help keep you safe!
- Carrot Ballista- Launches a Ca-rrow at enemies, dealing large amounts of damage to a single target.
- Egg Cannon- Launches an egg at enemies a large distance away, dealing medium AOE Damage
- Milk Machine Gun- Launches a slosh of milk at enemies a medium distance away, dealing large AOE Damage

Farm Animals
- Cow- Drops Milk which sells for a high price and craft into turrets!
- Chicken- Drops Eggs that sells for a medium price and craft into turrets!
- Barn Animals also produce EXP

Crops
- Wheat- A cheap but decent-selling crop
- Carrots- An expensive crop that will craft into turrets in future updates!
- Harvesting crops gives a very large amount of EXP, especially in the early game


Sun Down is fully releasing today but that doesn’t mean we are done yet. We will be continuing to patch Sun Down in the future to fix any bugs, add more abilities, and even new characters in the future. So, please consider supporting us by purchasing or wishlisting Sun Down today!

Stay up to date on future patches and information by joining our Discord today. Chat with us about Sun Down, our original farm sim game Sun Haven, or talk to other fans about the game!

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2308360/Sun_Down/
Sun Haven Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/
Discord: https://discord.gg/HvMPETUJcK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SunHavenRPG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunhavenrpg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sun-Haven-RPG-108956407514643

Patch Notes

• Dodge Up now raises dodge chance by 5% per stack, down from 10%
  
• The DoT Absorb and Absorb All runes now absorb at 10%, down from 25%
  
• Enemies at or above level 16 now scale higher in HP and power. Power is scaled even further in Hard Mode. Enemies will stay the same in Easy Mode.
  
• Having Prayer of Health equipped no longer breaks Edmond's AI. He will also use it more often
  
• Sunny will no longer spam Sacrifice or Fortune Flip
  
• Gloria will no longer spam Agility

Game System

• System Update - Company Mode
  
• System Update - Convoy
  
• System Update - Game Balancing
  
• System Update - Autosaving

Art and Content

• Content Update - Narrative
  
• Art Update - Environment Art
  
• Art Update - VFX
  
• Behind the Scenes - Content Design
  
• Bug Fixes

A lot of art polishing has been done in this update on various environments, primarily Relic City and our Merchant Company. Relic City is now more densely populated to better represent the bustling city it is.



The amount of roaming NPCs in towns and cities now also changes depending on if it is day or night.

The first playable section of Company Mode is now available. This allows the player to accept jobs from the job board, embark on a job, complete (or fail) the job, and then return to the company with their earnings.



Next on the to-do list will be to work on the progression system, as well as design and implement more content for this mode.

Various updates and balancing have also been added in this build.

Firstly, an autosave system is now in place. This is especially helpful during alpha as before if a player were to encounter bugs, they may lose a big portion of their game progress due to a game crash.

A small update to the guards in your convoy: their attacks and misses will now be calculated independently. Their duration of stay will now also be action-based instead of time-based to match other elements of the game.

Finally, some game balancing has been done to Story Mode jobs to reduce difficulty.

We always need more testers for the game, sign up here if you'd like to be an Alpha/Beta tester for future builds!

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Cynthia
(Founder/Developer at Thousand Tonic)

* 4 more types of insanity, bringing the total to 20
* Observation Window overhaul, now has 11 different outcomes
* Numerous passenger-related events now offer different rewards

• Trap 1: Quickgrass
  
• Trap 3: Abandoned Shrine
  
• Trap 4: Hunter's Hangman
  
• Added a visual to show who faces off in PVP Challenge minigames.

• Gold is now given at the end of quests based on the difficulty and length of the quest.
  
• Robbery buff added
  
• Robbery buff added to Night and Bandit encounter failure buffs.
  
• Merchant event requires gold to purchase items.

• Fixed a bug where PVPChal timers would not work properly
  
• Fixed a bug where some buffs had the incorrect text.
  
• Buffs now refresh automatically at the end of events and the end of the quest.
  
• Fixed a typo in the Bandit events.
  
• Fixed a bug where the item authenticity wouldn't show up during Merchant events.
  
• Merchant items and authenticity rates adjusted.
  
• Fixed a bug where the roll value was incorrect in Merchant events.
  
• Fixed a bug where hints wouldn't appear in PVPChal4.
  
• Changed white text to black in Trainer.
  
• Changed roll values for Doppels in PVP and NPC Challenge events.
  
• Fixed a bug in PVPChal2 that blocked a player from selecting a mushroom while playing the minigame.

• Trap 1: Quickgrass
  
• Trap 3: Abandoned Shrine
  
• Trap 4: Hunter's Hangman
  
• Added a visual to show who faces off in PVP Challenge minigames.

• Gold is now given at the end of quests based on the difficulty and length of the quest.
  
• Robbery buff added
  
• Robbery buff added to Night and Bandit encounter failure buffs.
  
• Merchant event requires gold to purchase items.

• Fixed a bug where PVPChal timers would not work properly
  
• Fixed a bug where some buffs had the incorrect text.
  
• Buffs now refresh automatically at the end of events and the end of the quest.
  
• Fixed a typo in the Bandit events.
  
• Fixed a bug where the item authenticity wouldn't show up during Merchant events.
  
• Merchant items and authenticity rates adjusted.
  
• Fixed a bug where the roll value was incorrect in Merchant events.
  
• Fixed a bug where hints wouldn't appear in PVPChal4.
  
• Changed white text to black in Trainer.
  
• Changed roll values for Doppels in PVP and NPC Challenge events.
  
• Fixed a bug in PVPChal2 that blocked a player from selecting a mushroom while playing the minigame.

New Stuff
Two new costumes for Tote!

Changes
Updated languages
The Black Mana Stone can now be found by Tote
Bayou Club 1 -> 2 weak per attack
Banner shield 12 -> 14 block common -> uncommon 1 -> 2 forge slots
Magic Syrup - rare -> uncommon
Daughter's Diary -> now costs 1 mana to summon
Tape Carving -> now natural
Illusory Tape -> use costs 1 energy -> discards and discards all adjacent carvings
Toadstool Sword - rare -> uncommon
Wiz Buckler - uncommon -> rare
Milk Cap - rare -> uncommon
Brother's Bow -> now a Kin type
Lifeforce Wand -> now a weapon type
Swamp Bangle -> now an accessory
Mushroom Wand -> now free to summon + 1 mana to use
Wooden Shiv - 4->5 damage +1 damage on use until discard
Thorn Shiv - 1 -> 0 energy to summon. 3 damage +3 on use until discard
Dreaming Sword 3 -> 2 damage per carving played this combat
Mossy Carving - now is used to discard
Mossy Mace - 1 -> 2 forge slots
Tree Shield - 1 -> 2 forge slots - 12 -> 14 block
Mushroom Axe -> now 3 forge slots
Cherry Bomb -> now 1 forge slot
Druid Wand -> now 2 forge slots
Energy Carving -> now 1 forge slot
Ethereal Quiver -> now 1 forge slot
Green Heart -> now 1 forge slot
Mushroom Wand -> now 1 forge slot
Rose Arrow -> now 1 forge slot

Bug Fixes:
Fixed a glitch where the head of the Mushroom Axe wouldn't work
Fixed a glitch with the Mossy Mace effect displaying twice
Fixed a glitch where changing the language would adjust the screen resolution
Fixed a glitch where the orange border around some items was too large

• Window Settings has now been updated to be in the style of UI3.0
  
• Wrist overlay UI has been changed slightly to be more cohesive with UI3.0 ideals.
  
• Time in VR timer has been added back to the wrist overlay.
  
• Layouts internal structure has updated from V2 -> v3. V2 layouts will automatically be upgraded to V3.
  
• Toolbar will now inherit curvature of parent overlay.
  
• Refactor internal event system. This shouldn't result in any noticeable change for the user.

• Fixed an issue where the cursor would sometimes stay visible in the middle of the playspace.
  
• Fixed another issue where Web UI would sometimes disconnect or initialize in a null state.

1. Added difficulty selection. In order to express the machine-likeness, we implemented a thorough destruction depiction, but this made the game too difficult, so we made it possible to switch the destruction by difficulty level.

2. Added "TravelPoint" as a reward based on travel distance. These points can be redeemed mainly for secondary elements. At the moment, it is possible to purchase furniture and rooms for Construction features.



3. Added Construction function. Buildings have no function related to the progress of the game, but it is possible to display vehicles and screenshots.




4. Added photo mode. By default F11 will enter photo mode and F12 will save screenshots.

In addition, in the Construction function, there is a bug that the vehicles on display are displayed separately at a low probability.
We also plan to fix bugs and confusing features in the next update.