Pesterquest is participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th! It's the perfect time to grab a copy of Pesterquest for 80% off! You can also browse hundreds of other great narrative game bargains HERE.

While you're there, be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them.

👀 Behind the scenes content and live Q&As from over 40 exhibiting developers, all making story-rich games
🎮 Over 35 narrative game demos to download and play, including some first-time demos just for the event!
💸 Get great discounts on more than 140 story-rich games in the LudoNarraCon sale
🎤 Watch over 12 hours of original panels and fireside chats about narrative games and game development
🖼️ Get yourself a wallpaper pack to celebrate the event, featuring tons of cool art from your favourite narrative games

Come celebrate awesome narrative games with us, and find your next favourite story. Sale ends 11th May, so don't delay!

Hi folks! Time sure has flown and we’ve done a lot in the past two months to kickstart this upcoming patch. From general bug fixes to larger game overhauls, this addresses many of the feedback that we have gotten from players, that we hope will improve the experience of Romancelvania. And before we tune you to your regular programming, we’d like to highlight that we will be participating in the LudoNarraCon this year which starts TODAY! That means you get 20% off the game this weekend only so if you’ve been hesitant, now’s your chance to see what Romancelvania is all about.

Here’s all the BIG changes we’ve brought to 1.1 (non-spoiler):

• Updated crystal and flair system to create more enjoyable and streamlined combat experience.
  
• Lighting updates to increase character and enemy visibility.
  
• Updated lighting on several cutscenes featuring Femme Drac and other character models, and various environments.
  
• Navigation bug fixes and markers to aide in progression.
  
• Weapons balancing to sword and impaler.
  
• Reworked enemies and boss battles to create fairer combat.
  
• Dodge mechanic!
  
• Steam Deck performance updates.

Drac now emits a low glow to help you see them even in darker environments.


Dodge mechanic! Use the left trigger to activate!
For the full changelog (with spoilers), please check out the notes below:

• Steam Cloud saves are enabled.
  
• Made performance updates to the castle and other areas of contention for the Steam Deck.

• Added in more enemies.
  
• Tuned Pumpkink to be less punishing.
  
• Tuned physics on Rollkins.
  
• Adjusted Skeledudes’ animation to improve range and allow for clearer telegraph and dodge.
  
• Balanced Dick M’s boss battle.
  
• Dick M now drops the key to the office storage and the set.
  
• Updated collisions and effects in Lickety Splits.
  
• Yojamesbo rebalanced and collision updated.
  
• New Gumdrop type!

• Flairs now are toggled by pressing the Right Shoulder button and can be used by pressing the right trigger button. Training has been updated to reflect this.
  
• Start you off in the game with flair and all the weapon/trick slots filled to ground the player better and show there are multiple tricks, treats and flair.
  
• Dodge now in combat using the left trigger.
  
• Included a tutorial for the crystal system.
  
• Improved the speed and hitbox of the sword to create more reliable hits when jumping.
  
• Updated the Impaler so that it now dashes through enemies.
  
• Retuned healing amounts on Treats

• Improved guidance around the Retro Castle to avoid getting lost.
  
• Added blocking volumes to keep you from getting launched during Lulu’s fight.
  
• Added blocking volumes to keep you from jumping out of Sea Weasel’s basement.
  
• Fixed various assets that required a collision tweak to avoid players getting stuck.
  
• Added signage to guide players more clearly to Fenton and Lightning.
  
• Tuned the lightning in Thundercrack Hollow to be more forgiving. Also updated the walkpath to be less confusing.
  
• Reduced the time it takes for Grim to appear on-screen in the Mall.
  
• Reduced the time it takes to make a mercy choice at the Castle for the Van Helsings.
  
• Opened the pathway in the Galleria so you can run straight through and not have to double jump to the 2nd level near Hot Toothpick.
  
• Changed your character direction when teleported to the Mall.
  
• Locked off the castle library until Fenton joins the cast.
  
• The Golden Room is now visible to avoid confusion but is locked off until Golden Hour.
  
• Van Helsing will now be hidden inside the Church if you vote them off.
  
• Reworked the skateboard sequence.
  
• Added safety nets for specific quest items in case players leave regions before picking them up.
  
• Spaced the lollipops out so you can no longer get stuck on them.
  
• Removed repeat conversation exploits.

• Added further in-game feedback to communicate low-health state.
  
• Added indicators to date and gift selection screens to more clearly indicate you can scroll to see more characters.
  
• Fast Travel screen now toggles in order from left to right.
  
• Added an Option to allow the Item Wheel to be a toggle or a hold.
  
• Resized a number of screens to better fit at lower resolutions.
  
• Miscellaneous
  
• Added two additional quests to clarify where to find Nefret (“Got the Power”, “Electrified!”)
  
• Added an additional exchange between Drac and Battaboom to explain why the Van Helsings talk the way they do.
  
• Added more enemy vulnerabilities.
  
• Camera distances adjusted globally.

• Adjusted Femme Drac and various character models in conversations to have better lighting.
  
• Relit the following environments: Retro, Castle, Grimmys, Salty Sea Weasel, Forest, Mausoleum, Smashmounds, Castle Dungeon, Blue Room, Smashmounds, Benefactor Room.
  
• Tweaked Battaboom’s Light.
  
• Added a slight glow to Drac to help them stand out.
  
• Tweaked lighting on enemies to improve visibility.
  
• Changed the pool’s dirt path texture.

• Added attack and movement sounds to the samurais.
  
• Added zoom sound to transition to the Ballroom.
  
• Updated the audience’s reaction sounds.

• Adjusted the camera at Lulu’s house so that the FOV resets properly.
  
• Updated with new credits.
  
• Updated the Kickstarter backer credits.
  
• Updated death FX on many enemies.

• Nefret’s special date unlocks correctly now on the pause screen.
  
• Fixed a bug with Nefret’s Inner Chamber quest.
  
• Fixed a stuck bug in De Nile on the stairs.
  
• Removed the collison on the door behind the card table inside the mall.
  
• Moved the retro candles in Retro Grounds to drop money.
  
• Fixed Power and Shield treat icon persisting after use (Steam Deck).
  
• Fixed so that the option for more conversations with Sol, PS Elle, and Van Helsing now hide properly when they are completed.
  
• Fixed a bug where if you return to Fenton after getting Strength in Fiction Quest but before completing it, you get an empty conversation.
  
• Fixed a bug where if you visit Medusa before yesterday’s hotfix AND return to her, the gallery wall will block you.
  
• Fixed an out of world bug where you can jump out of Sol’s area of the castle.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Profile selection where it required you to backout of a profile a second time.
  
• Fix to Medusa stuck bug where if you trigger her explosion in the gallery and DO NOT talk to her, then go to save and return, you can’t leave her room.
  
• Fixed a bug where players could leave Hokkaido before Grim appears to take you back to Drac’s Castle.
  
• Fixed a bug where the HUD was still active after Grim’s introduction.
  
• Fixed foreground obstructionst at lower resolutions.
  
• Fixed an issue where names would overlap in the credits.
  
• Updated collision on a lot of stairs.
  
• Fixed a bug where players would lose control after the Fenton or Sol video plays.
  
• On top of all our new fixes and updates, we’ve given you a sneak peek of what’s to come, but you’ll have to try out the game to find out (don’t worry - it’s NOT hidden).

On top of all our new fixes and updates, we’ve given you a sneak peek of what’s to come, but you’ll have to try out the game to find out (don’t worry - it’s NOT hidden).



Thank you again and we’re so appreciative for your patience. We’ve given this patch a lot of love and thought based on given feedback and we’re excited for you to get your hands on it.

In the meantime, don’t forget to check out our LudoNarraCon panel happening this Friday at 12PM PDT where our narrative director, Amanda Gardner, will be joined by Teddy Dief, Dani Lalonders, and Yasmine Lee to talk about all things romance in dating sims.



Until then, have fun and let us know what you think of all the new changes! We’d love to hear from you.

If you have any additional questions for us, send us an email at support@2124publishing.com or shoot us a message over on Discord: https://discord.gg/ytPd3vp.

Bill, Amanda, Lindsay, and all of DEG 🖤

Paradise Killer is participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th! It's the perfect time to grab a copy of Paradise Killer for 60% off! You can also browse hundreds of other great narrative game bargains HERE.

While you're there, be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them.

👀 Behind the scenes content and live Q&As from over 40 exhibiting developers, all making story-rich games
🎮 Over 35 narrative game demos to download and play, including some first-time demos just for the event!
💸 Get great discounts on more than 140 story-rich games in the LudoNarraCon sale
🎤 Watch over 12 hours of original panels and fireside chats about narrative games and game development
🖼️ Get yourself a wallpaper pack to celebrate the event, featuring tons of cool art from your favourite narrative games

Come celebrate awesome narrative games with us, and find your next favourite story. Sale ends 11th May, so don't delay!

And stay up to date with all the latest Paradise Killer news here:

Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength is participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th! It's the perfect time to grab a copy of Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength for 70% off! You can also browse hundreds of other great narrative game bargains HERE.

While you're there, be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them.

👀 Behind the scenes content and live Q&As from over 40 exhibiting developers, all making story-rich games
🎮 Over 35 narrative game demos to download and play, including some first-time demos just for the event!
💸 Get great discounts on more than 140 story-rich games in the LudoNarraCon sale
🎤 Watch over 12 hours of original panels and fireside chats about narrative games and game development
🖼️ Get yourself a wallpaper pack to celebrate the event, featuring tons of cool art from your favourite narrative games

Come celebrate awesome narrative games with us, and find your next favourite story. Sale ends 11th May, so don't delay!

Hacknet is participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th! It's the perfect time to grab a copy of Hacknet for 85% off! You can also browse hundreds of other great narrative game bargains HERE.

While you're there, be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them.

👀 Behind the scenes content and live Q&As from over 40 exhibiting developers, all making story-rich games
🎮 Over 35 narrative game demos to download and play, including some first-time demos just for the event!
💸 Get great discounts on more than 140 story-rich games in the LudoNarraCon sale
🎤 Watch over 12 hours of original panels and fireside chats about narrative games and game development
🖼️ Get yourself a wallpaper pack to celebrate the event, featuring tons of cool art from your favourite narrative games

Come celebrate awesome narrative games with us, and find your next favourite story. Sale ends 11th May, so don't delay!

We're proud to once again have The Church in the darkness participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th. Perfect time for you or a friend to venture deep into the cult jungles of The Church in the Darkness for 90% off.

And I (project director Richard Rouse) will also be participating in the panel Game Stories Told in Most Unexpected & Surprising Ways - watch it as part of the loop on the LudoNarraCon page on Steam or on YouTube anytime right here:





Be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, where you can find everything about the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to find some other dark and interesting narrative video games, including talks and streams from the developers that make them. Or check out some narrative game demos - there's always some new hidden jems to be found at LudoNarraCon.

Not all the games features will all promise cults in the jungle, but there's more to life than joining the Collective Justice Mission. Right? Right?

- Richard
Director/Designer/Writer on The Church in the Darkness

Clash across Cyrodiil, the Imperial City, and Battlegrounds during the Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event and you’ll earn bonuses to Alliance Points and XP gains, in-game rewards, and more!
The Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event returns Thursday, May 11 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, May 23 at 10AM EDT. During this period, you and your fellow adventurers can enjoy big boosts to both your Alliance Point and XP gains while earning awesome in-game rewards by participating in ESO’s PvP modes.

Ready and eager to join your fellow warriors? Simply follow the steps below:

1. Visit the in-game Crown Store to acquire the “Details on the Whitestrake’s Mayhem" quest
2. Travel to your Alliance War faction's main gate in Cyrodiil using the Alliance War menu or a Battlegrounds camp outside major cities

• You are not required to travel to Cyrodiil to kick off the event

• Find the NPC named “Predicant Maera" and continue the quest
• If you already completed the quest in a previous year, you won't need to do it again
• Complete the quest to receive your Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity and a Pelinal's Boon Box
• Use the scroll to enjoy a two-hour, 100% buff in the Alliance War, Imperial City, and Battlegrounds to:
• Alliance Points gained
• XP gains for PvP player kills
• In addition, enjoy a 100% boost to Tel Var Stones gained throughout the course of Whitestrike’s Mayhem; no scroll required!
Battle to claim Cyrodiil You can use the Scroll of Pelinal’s Ferocity throughout the Whitestrake’s Mayhem event period. If for whatever reason the scroll is lost or destroyed, return to Predicant Maera to obtain another, or use the Basin of the Gore Virtuous. Be aware that the Scroll of Pelinal's Ferocity is an inventory item, not a memento.
Claim the Spoils
As you battle throughout Tamriel, gaining fame and glory beyond compare, you can earn event-specific loot. House Dufort Banneret Outfit Styles Brandish your chivalric pride for all to witness through the armament of the Knights of the House of Dufort, dropped by Imperial City sweepers and bosses. NEW—Gloamsedge Armor Style Blend into the shadows as you stalk your prey in the Gloamsedge armor, dropped by Imperial City sweepers and bosses. Ambush your foes in Gloamsedge armor Pelinal’s Boon Boxes As you compete across Cyrodiil, Battlegrounds, and the Imperial City, you can earn Pelinal’s Boon Boxes in addition to your regular Rewards for the Worthy containers and PvP daily quest rewards. You can receive these boxes from participating in the activities listed below:
• Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
• Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
• Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
• Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
• Imperial City daily quests
Within Boon Boxes, you have the chance to receive the following items:
• Parcel of Tel Var Stones
• Cyrodiil repair kit
• Soul Gems
• A guaranteed drop of ONE of the following:
• Alchemy ingredients
• A style item for your Alliance's armor style
• A style item for Akaviri armor style
• A Daedric siege weapon
• A Whitestrake's Mayhem book furnishing
• A Forward Camp for your Alliance
• A Chapter of your Alliance's armor motif
• There is a small chance that the full book may drop instead of a single chapter
• A Prismatic Runestone
• A Chapter for the Akaviri armor motif (or very rarely, the full book) (0.5%)
• Fragment of the Alliance Breton Terrier pet
• There is a small chance you discover two fragments instead of only one
• Transmute Geode
• Tools of Domination Weapon Style Page
Bonus Resources & The Golden Players making use of harvesting nodes during the Whitestrike Mayhem event will loot extra resources. Additionally, the Cyrodiil merchant Adhazabi, “The Golden” Aba-daro will update her shop’s stock to contain jewelry from Cyrodiil’s item sets, in CP160 Legendary quality. Aba-daro’s Bazaar will offer valuable necklaces during the first weekend of the event and rare rings during the second. Purchase PvP jewelry from Aba-daro Note that during Whitestrake’s Mayhem, Aba-daro will not be selling Monster Masks and all purchases in her shop must be made with Alliance Points. She will not accept gold.
Event Tickets & Rewards
During this event, you can earn up to three Event Tickets each day by completing two different PvP activities:
• Two Event Tickets from the first Cyrodiil or Battleground daily repeatable quest
• Note that these can include Bounty Board quests, a Town Daily, the Conquest Board quests, or the daily Battleground quest
• One Event Ticket from a District daily quest within the Imperial City
This means by the end of Whitestrike’s Mayhem you could accumulate a mighty 39 Event Tickets! Keep in mind that you can hold up to a maximum of 12 Event Tickets at a time. If you happen to earn more while already at the cap, those tickets will not be added to your inventory. Once you’ve collected enough tickets, head on over to the Impresario merchant to barter for some exclusive event collectibles:
• All three Passion Dancer Blossom pet fragments
• Chartreuse Lily Petals
• Enchanted Silver Flute
• Mystical Sheet Music
• All three Passion's Muse personality fragments
• Bottle of Silver Mist
• Delicate Dancer's Baton
• Pressed Lily Petal Insoles
• The first two Meadowbreeze Memories skin fragments
• Bottled Skin Dyes
• Ground Jade Lily Powder
• Bound Gloamsedge armor style pages
• Bag of Veteran's Glory containing one guaranteed drop of a previous Whitestrake's/Midyear rewards that you haven’t already collected
• Black Drake Clanwrap style pages
• Second Legion style pages
• Legion Zero style pages
• Legion Zero Vigiles pages
• Ebonsteel Armor pages
• Black Drake's body or face markings
• Battle-Scarred body or face markings
• Standard-Bearer emotes
• Standard-Bearer staves and shields
• Group Repair Kits
• Companion Guild Commendations for Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, and Undaunted
The Meadowbreeze Memories skin Finally, the Impresario’s colleague, Nenulaure the Indrik Vendor, has the following items available for purchase with Event Tickets:
• Nascent Indrik Feathers
• Luminous Indrik Berries
• Icebreath Indrik Berries
• Shimmering Indrik pet
• Rimedusk Indrik pet
Glory and Honor Awaits!
Compete across Tamriel’s many battlefields during the Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event, and you can earn special rewards as compensation for your epic deeds. Are you ready to test your mettle against your fellow players? Let us know via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.  The Whitestrake’s Mayhem in-game event begins Thursday, May 11 at 10AM EDT, and runs until Tuesday, May 23 at 10AM EDT.

Dragons!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Come celebrate with increased bonus rates during Golden Time! Starting at midnight, enjoy a 3x EXP, 3x Skill, and 3x Drop event!

Event Duration:
May 5, 2023 00:00 - May 7, 2023 23:59 Pacific

This Cinco de Mayo rate event will only last until Sunday, May 7th, before midnight, so don't wait to take advantage of these increased gains!

Here's some pics of stuff I've improved in the game recently:




I have improved the grappling hook significantly thanks to playtest feedback... Here's a gif...



I have obviously done much more, including more enemies, weapons, attribute upgrading, and a dialogue system, but I will show off those things in more detail later. This is just a quick post of some stuff I've been up to :)

We’re getting ready for May 10th and we’d like to share a few more details with you.

All our Kickstarter Backers who supported the project and who had Early Access key listed as one of the rewards for their pledge will be happy to know that we’re currently sending out keys! Please check your e-mail inboxes! Keep in mind that even though you receive them a little ahead of release time, keys will become active at the moment of Early Access release on May 10th.

You can follow the countdown clock on our official website: https://occupymarsgame.com

We’d like to thank our 12,000 Beta testers for their contribution to the Beta Playtest phase. Thanks to you, we’ve received plenty of invaluable feedback and managed to greatly improve overall game experience. Beta Playtest version will be available until May 8th so this is the last weekend to play it.
On Monday this particular version will be disabled in preparation for Early Access launch.

We have also determined a final list of features which will be available on Early Access release, and other functionalities which will be subsequently enabled in the next updates according to our updated roadmap.



English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Portugese, Chinese.
(we are also working on Ukrainian, Romanian, Dutch, Japanese and Korean but those are not ready and will be added in an update later)

• Campaign Mode (introduction to the story with NPCs and cinematics!)
  
• FreePlay Sandbox Mode (procedurally generated gameplay where you can select difficulty level, starting location, starting equipment, intensity of weather conditions and other parameters)
  
• Tutorial Mode: E.R.A. Virtual Training: 6 Tutorial scenes
  
• and of course detailed character creator!

(the continuation of the Campaign mode, more tutorial scenes, as well as an Online Co-Op mode will come to the game later in the form of updates)

Botany, Electricity, Materials, Mechanics
(the Chemistry tech tree will be added later as an update, also some technologies in each tech tree are locked and will be added after early access launch)

ATV Quad (with upgrades), Ingenuity Helicopter, Jetpack and Heavy Rover with 2 types of trailers.
(Motocross and Truck still require some driving adjustments so they will be enabled later)

Air Compressor, Blowtorch, Grinder, Jackhammer, Seed Tool, Spectral Detector, Cordless Drill, Detonator, Fire extinguisher, Remote controller, pipes, cables and various building materials.

Apple, Oxygen Tree, Poplar, Spruce, Pepper, Corn, Tomato, Potato, Lettuce, Cabbage, Pumpkin.

Sandstorms, Dust devils, Tornado, Solar storm, Meteor shower, Lightning Strike, Cold nights.

• Messages - new version of the quest log
  
• Inventory - completely new inventory view
  
• Blueprints - list of constructions to build
  
• Tech Trees - technology browser and unlocking section
  
• Knowledge Base - a goldmine of knowledge about Mars
  
• Radar - useful for mapping surroundings and remotely controlling devices

additional tablet views include:

• Alarm clock view - shown after clicking on a bed
  
• Bluetooth Radio control - shown after clicking on a Radio (allows to play your own music)
  
• Robots view - currently disabled as player can't yet own robots

Airlock, ramp, 2x leveling corridor joints, small solar panel, medium solar panel, transformer, transformer upgrade, battery, battery upgrade, lamp, 3x antennas, well, co2 scrubber, sabatier reactor, vertical tanks, horizontal tanks, pump, small rock crusher, big rock crusher / printer, greenhouse with hydroponics shelf, plant incubator, seed machine, composter, small dome, medium dome, large dome, workshop, living capsule, survival capsule, bathroom, various capsule adapters, lobby, cantina, main hab (HQ) with equipment, food processing unit, small 3d printer, bed, fridge, workbench, 4x science bench types for different technologies, the garage (hangar), anti-meteor launcher, 9 types of corridors (long, short, with or without windows, 90 deg angle and crossroads).

(more objects, buildings and vehicles will be enabled in subsequent updates)

Certain technologies in the game will be marked as “Beta” on launch – these features are a work in progress and as such, they will still be updated and changed. Some functionalities are disabled and as a result, certain achievements will be disabled at launch – the ones which will be disabled are listed below:

• Life on Mars
  
• Good Martian
  
• You've got a friend in me
  
• Rocket Scientist
  
• The cake is a lie
  
• Let's Cook

those will start working after more technologies will be unlocked in content updates.

We’d like to let you know right away that you’re welcome to report any issues you encounter in Early Access. For this purpose, in-game reporting feature (triggered by F4 key) has been fixed and added to the Early Access version.

P.S. What’s the first thing you’ll do after arriving on Mars?
Watch the E.R.A. Corporate news below for some ideas 🚀


P.S.2. May The 4th Be with you!