STORY STUFF
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Three new songs - one for shenanigans, another for panicking, another for sad Alma background

There are 3 dragon eggs total - were added to the lava level, end of Issac's ship

When you face Kaiden for the first time, the background flickers to show his face

Added fmv slides for Issac giving Schloop to Lily

Fixed a few missing dialog options for this section (corkboard)

When Scylla calls John Mule for the first time, added a Leto wearing helmet sprite, vibrate the helmet via animation, new pax angry animation

When Issac is laying in the hay, he has a "hand to face" animation, now

When Issac approachs the team, he has a bunch of new animations that play

He also has an 'ow' voice line that's used during his boss fight, plus when Kaiden throws him against the wall

Started on the Day 10 cutscene - world map changed, Issac and Tabs are in their final armor, Zaanlith got some added artwork for when you see her off the bow of the ship

Shelly/Shelby exist near the end of the game, now


GAMEPLAY STUFF
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Tabs and Issac have Game Over screens while in their end game armor

Items dropping through the floor was fixed, added better drop rates in general

Shut off the NPC talking icon when talking

Added a command for Leto to face an object when a cutscene is going


CHORES
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Cleanup up a bunch of unused variables
Maybe I fixed tile glitching (who am I kidding)


Thanks for reading, expect another update in the fall!

As always, you can find me in the Discord.
~Summer

Hi!

Today (Tuesday 20th June) at 9am PT / 6pm CET, we'll be playing the Next Fest demo and chatting about all things Laysara! Swing by and say hi!

In Laysara: Summit Kingdom, you must build and expand your very own settlements in the high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

If you're keen to see some of your other favourite creators playing the Laysara demo, check them out here:

Real Civil Engineer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbfejUocdvc&t=1

Splattercat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-GCzbTiAk&t=12

Raptor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwixhRkYZVU

If you're generally keen on chatting Laysara with us, our Discord is the best place to do it!

Cheers!
Maciek & the Quite OK Games team

• Added some text to the help popup for the main UI screen telling you to set your condensers to only run when there's lots of sunlight.
  
• Changed so that sound isn't lost when you alt-tab.

The ten year anniversary of Dota's public release is coming up (yes, we're working on some fun stuff for it; no, we're definitely not going to hit the July 9th date listed on Steam). As anniversaries go ten years is a big one, and while looking back is important, what's more important is how we approach the ten years to come. So we'd like to take this opportunity to share with you our thoughts on the long history of Dota updates, what we've learned, and how that helps our plans to make Dota even better in the decade ahead.


Early Dota updates were diverse in form and scale, themed around everything from new heroes to new cosmetics, new gameplay modes to new client features. While details varied, all of these updates shared the same goal: generate a bunch of excitement and entertainment for existing Dota players and bring new players in. Some were successful (Diretide 2012); some were less successful (Diretide 2013). We learned from all of them and continued to experiment.

In 2013, two years into running The International, we saw how much fun people were having at the event and had a new idea: What if we could bring some of that fun to anybody who couldn't attend in person? So we created a digital companion to the event and called it The International Interactive Compendium.

The Compendium grew in scope over the years, and ultimately transformed into the Battle Pass, acquiring a reward line and spawning a wide variety of content. Features that earlier in Dota's history might have been fun themed updates, minigames and item sets, arcanas and voice lines, gradually got swallowed by the Battle Pass — new game modes, new functionality, new cosmetics, anything that could fit.

The nature of the Battle Pass is such that it could grow to encompass just about any content we produce for Dota over the year. And, over the last few years, it did — Battle Pass season has grown to be a tremendously exciting time in Dota, but it leaves the rest of the year feeling barren by comparison.


Last year, we started to ask ourselves whether Dota was well-served by having this single focal point around which all content delivery was designed. Each step we had taken made sense when considered independently: any single piece of content would be more valuable when bundled as part of the Battle Pass, so we bundled more and more. This led to a momentous content drop every year, but it also greatly limited our ability to do things that were exciting and valuable for players but didn't fit into the Battle Pass reward line.

When we recognized this, we made a deliberate choice earlier this year to run an experiment: to take some of the resources that would normally produce Battle Pass content and instead put them towards more speculative updates, including features and content that couldn't fit into a Battle Pass. While work is still in progress on future updates, the first of these has shipped: New Frontiers and patch 7.33 couldn't have shipped as they did if we were focusing all our efforts on producing Battle Pass content.

Most Dota players never buy a Battle Pass and never get any rewards from it. Every Dota player has gotten to explore the new map, play with the new items, and accidentally die to a Tormentor; every Dota player benefits from UI improvements and new client features. Community response to New Frontiers has helped us build confidence that working less on cosmetic content for the Battle Pass and more on a variety of exciting updates is the right long-term path for Dota as both a game and a community.


We're going to continue on the path that started with New Frontiers. This means we're building a wide variety of features and content for the game, delivered in different ways. We'll still ship a range of cosmetics over the year, but we're also going to ship more diverse updates for all Dota players to enjoy.

We recognize this affects The International. We're still huge fans of TI and we're excited for this year's event — both as organizers and as attendees ourselves — and work is well underway on a TI-themed update to ship in September. The update will still contribute directly to the prize pool, with a focus on the event, the players, and the games, but new cosmetic items won't play a notable part. This is a significant change from the last few years, so to make it clear that we're shifting focus towards the event and away from the giant reward line of cosmetics, we're intentionally not calling this update a Battle Pass.

We're excited for the future of Dota and for what these changes allow us to do. We're already working on the next updates, and a host of new cosmetic items — and we've already started conversations with venues for TI 2024. By freeing Dota's update and content cycle from the timing and structural constraints of the Battle Pass, we can go back to making content in the way we know best: by coming up with fun ideas of all scales and shapes, and exploring them with you.

Soar high into the air with magnificent wings! Be it wings for dark lords, angels of light or colour-loving spring enthusiasts – there’s something for everyone! Visit the item shop now – our offers are only available today, on 20th June 2023 from midnight until 11:59 PM CEST!

The following are just some of the highlight items waiting for you:

• Wings of the Dark Master
• Wings of the Flaming Inferno
• Holy Angel’s Wings
• Flower Fairy’s Wings
• Rainbow Light Feather
• ... and much more!

Wishing you a good flight,
the RoM Team

Join the Developers from #LOL Entertainment as they answer Q&A's on The Hunted and discuss the aspects of the game and what is to come. Release date will also be announced during the LIVE.

Fixed various issues with mouse remaining looked even when game window isn't in focus
Fixed item pick ups destroyed even when inventory is full

In celebration of Steam Next Fest we're doing some special developer streams! Play with the game designer of Befuddle, and get your questions about the game answered.

In this special stream Joanna Haslam is joining us, she is the Design Director at Snap Finger Click, and leads the game design on the project.

We're looking forward to seeing you!

Happy Next Fest!

Join us on Thursday, June 22nd for a video game streaming experience like NONE OTHER. Well, maybe like some others. Except this one is about DICEFOLK!

We're here to talk all things regarding this gorgeous new indie deck-building game while playing the absolute heck out of the demo. Come hang out and say hi!

Download the Bad Boro Demo now! And see how you fare on the rough streets of Badlerboro.

Then join the developer as he streams himself playing... and shows you how it's meant to be done.
Also learn more about the game, including the upcoming leaderboard season and more!