Bug Fixes:

• One line in elder's interior had the wrong subtitle formatting.
  
• Could give fruit to daughter to early.

Hello everyone, it has been a while since we pushed a new demo build, and we would like to apologize for the lack of updates in the probation version as well.

Please understand that working on the demo and the full game as well up the probation, bugs, and balance can be quite overwhelming for our solo-developer Stevie, so we are currently completely focused on the development of the main game right now while also providing you with an updated Demo. We would like to invite everyone to play the demo instead of the probation, since it is the most balanced so far and currently offers the most amount of changes and features. ❤️ We hope you understand the change we made, and we hope you keep playing Heretic's Fork!

You will find a really exciting new info related to storage system, so keep reading 👀

So without further ado, It's time to punish some sinners 🤘!

• The card in the top slot of the sacrifice area now persists through turns for all characters.

Developer Notes: You cannot add your own card to this slot, it only holds cards that were placed there via an upgrade. This is to ensure that players have the opportunity to use the new cards next turn, if they don’t have enough power charges to do so this round.

• Niya Biblyat has been replaced with John Fenriz

Developer Notes: Niya Biblyat has been buffed and is still available in the full game, she has been temporarily swapped out to get some feedback on John Fenriz. John has his own card storage mechanic and starts with more structure slots.

• Destroy has now been replaced by “Banish”.

Developer Notes: Players now “Banish” cards instead of destroying them, removing them from the card pool. This was to add more functionality to the “destroy” mechanic, as it was underutilised. (honestly, might still be)

• New round reward system.

Developer Notes: Players will have more opportunities to add new cards to their deck from the collection. These upcoming events are displayed next to the round orbs on the right of the screen.

• Steam friend highscores appear at the end of runs.

Developer Notes: Highscores can be toggled between “local” and “friends”. Previous highscores will still be available in “local” whereas only highscores obtained from this patch onwards will appear in the “friends” section. “Friends” highscores consist of highscores obtained by your steam friends, showing only the highest score of each user.

• New music tracks added by Gates of Chaos.
  
  
• At the end of a round, players can now choose 2 cards, instead of 1.
  
  
• A counter showing Sinners punished has been added.
  
  
• New music playlist system that allows the player to select what tracks will play during gameplay.
  
  
• Shift + click to store cards has changed to Right-Click.
  
  
• Shift + click to auto-use actives has changed to Right-Click.
  
  
• Added an option to use cards on click, instead of needing to drag.
  
  
• New UI for actives

1. Burn Them All card effect now persists correctly
   
2. Clone Card can no longer pick the same card twice.
   
3. Blessed Card no longer offers the same card twice.
   
4. Blessed card no longer offers Tier 1 cards.
   
5. One Man Army is now unique.
   
6. One Man Army no longer incorrectly affects tertiary damage (Actives, Proc Damage, etc.)
   
7. Removed legacy dialogue from Klippy.
   
8. Once a Unique card is used, it should no longer appear in the same run.
   
9. Characters no longer start with a Structure by default.
   
10. Reload card has been reworked.
    
11. Praise Be has had its Tier increased.
    
12. Niya’s ability now also draws 1 card when used.
    
13. Niya’s ability now ignores her shield and only applies to her HP.
    
14. Scourge now correctly increases hp gained from regen rate.
    
15. Gravitational Pull active now correctly autocasts.
    
16. Glass Cannon can no longer be used unless the player has a shield.
    
17. Fixed the incorrect cost of a Divine Sight tier.
    
18. Sharp has been renamed to “Puncture”.
    
19. Hellfire Bomb active has had its damage reduced.
    
20. Support for forced text line breaks in card descriptions.
    
21. Fixed incorrect HP Regen from Extra Pump.
    
22. Updated description of Rockstar card.
    
23. Adjusted sound priorities (sounds should stop cutting off completely during longer runs)
    
24. Reduced baseline music volume.
    
25. Text for Controls has been updated.
    
26. Fixed an issue where the error prompt (i.e.; “Not enough Charges!”) was appearing off-screen.
    
27. Actives recharge rate now appears in the stat list.
    
28. Music tracks are now shuffled on launch.
    
29. “Luck” has had its baseline amount reduced.
    
30. Reduced the cost of the Bless card.
    
31. Fixed gamespeed not updating between stages.
    
32. Sped up and adjusted animations that grab from card collection.
    
33. The name of cards is now displayed when hovering over used items.
    
34. Reduced cost and quality of Blessed card.
    
35. Fixed an issue with card alignment in the reward screen.
    
36. Fixed an issue where re-rolling a Tier 5 card would reset game speed.
    
37. Scourge is now unique.
    
38. Hot Potato is now unique.
    
39. Fixed an issue with text boundaries for highscores.
    
40. Game should now correctly utilise laptop GPU instead of integrated graphics.
    
41. New animation and SFX after run ends, for credits earned.
    
42. Fixed an issue where Unholy MG range was not updating correctly.
    
43. Centred the back button in the pause menu.
    
44. Particles are correctly cleaned up between rounds and stages. (Strictly a performance optimisation)
    
45. Sniper Garrison units now leave the area before shooting, to prevent them from stacking up.
    
46. Removed game version appearing in 2 locations.
    
47. Hovering over cards for 2 seconds now displays their tooltips.
    
48. All cards which mention “sacrifice or destroy” have been replaced with “Banish” to reflect the mechanic change.
    
49. Changed text that refers to both Towers and Garrisons to“Structures”.
    
50. Fixed an issue that caused duplicate cards being added to the deck from the collection.
    
51. Recycle card has been buffed to compensate for the new Banish mechanic.
    
52. Removed the duplicate credits display in the character select screen and centred the title.
    
53. Fixed the Summoner card not giving correct stats.
    
54. Character names now appear in the pause menu.
    
55. Fixed an issue that caused the menu to become unresponsive on Day 24.
    
56. Fixed issues with unlockable files.
    
57. Fixed incorrect audio directions.
    
58. New sounds added for; fire, enemy escape, pentagram/curse spawn, repenter spawn.
    
59. Changed splash tutorial text to reference structures, banishing cards, and the card in the top slot not discarding between rounds.
    
60. Updated client icon
    
61. Collection updated (can sort by card type, and it orders by unlocked first.)
    
62. Updated scrollbar in the collection and the task list to be draggable
    
63. The title when hovering over an item is coloured according to its quality
    
64. Changed an annoying cared swipe sound that hurt my ears
    
65. When running on steamdeck autouse cards is on by default
    
66. Various VFX updates on card-use
    
67. Sinner death animations
    
68. Fixed rainbow effect not persisting through stages
    
69. Changed/added banish effect of Blessing of Protection
    
70. Changed/added banish effect of Blood Clot
    
71. Fixed Spank card damage
    
72. Increased the card options when upgrading legendaries by 1
    
73. Burning light is no longer unique, and doesn't get burned on use.
    
74. Reduced card quality of burning light
    
75. Fixed an issue where tutorial text was the incorrect colour
    
76. Added missing sounds for click various places in the UI (mainly splash tutorial and pause menu)
    
77. Redesigned the UI of the event display that occur on the rounds (blips on the right of screen)
    
78. Luck is now explained under the rune that increases it
    
79. Redesigned UI for active abilities
    
80. Updated tutorial screenshot
    
81. Changed loss animation slightly
    
82. Changed all hellfire damage sprites to standardise their colours
    
83. OMA can now be used even when it won't currently apply its effect
    
84. Tooltips for actives now support line breaks
    
85. Actives now show their name and rarity in the tooltips
    
86. New sprites for sin spotter projectiles and impact
    
87. Changed damage number visuals (border, brightened all the colours)
    
88. Damage numbers now appear above all enemies
    
89. Reduced the amount of sounds that can play at once
    
90. A damage taken number appears on the tower when taking damage
    
91. A heal number appears on the health bar when healing
    
92. If hitting an enemy with negative damage, the number no longer appears, and doesn't apply any damage. (used to heal the sinner!)
    
93. Fixed an issue with laptops running the game on their onboard GFX card.
    
94. Enemies in Endless and Demo increase damage each stage

In addition to all these fixes and improvements we are making to the game, we invite each one of you who is interested in shaping the future of Heretic's Fork to please, kindly respond to this short Survey about the demo ❤️

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Happy Questing, everyone! We are delighted to announce a major new version of Jacob's Quest, brimming with new artwork, face art, new title screen, fixes to the localization and much more. A quick preview of these new updates;

The new title screen, updated inline with the new artwork.


Example of the new face art that appears when important characters are talking. (We will be adding NPCs in a future update)


This is just a small preview of the huge amount of upgrades throughout the game. We will also be adding DLC in a future update where you can explore Jacob's village ruins, along with a new land and chapter to sail to post-game.

Hey People of Culture,

You friendly neighborhood soulless cash grab of a developer, Nick here!

Launching a game is always a hectic time, so I’m happy to finally be able to set some time off on the weekend and write this!

First, thank you to everyone who tried, played, reviewed and, hopefully, found some enjoyment and satisfaction in Overlewd!

I noticed that even with negative recommendations most of you say something positive you found in our title and we’re forever grateful for the attitude. Our art, animation and design departments are excited to deliver you more quality entertainment!

Reading through the reviews and comments I noticed that a lot of you enjoy the core gameplay even if needs further development to really become an experience for you to sink your hours in. We’re super happy to hear that the core concept works and gets you to stay in front of Overlewd.

Having said this, we realize that on PC the requirements are different. We looked at the x2 and auto battle pack as an extra for those who wish to get on the grind and have everything in the game ASAP caring less for story or experience of spending time with the game. Now we see it means something else to PC audience.

Moving forward we will work on optimizing the monetization and how it affects the gaming experience! Will keep you posted!

Windowed mode also turned out to be a turn-off for a lot of you. Good news there – now you can find “windowed mode” setting in the games’ settings. We hope it will make your time with the game less stressful in various environments!

I know in the beginning I said that you enjoyed the battles, but we all know it’s a half-truth. We all played X-Com, we all know 99% miss is pain. Hearing your feedback and crunching some numbers we reworked the chance system, so no triple-miss should occur, especially early game !

If you’ve been keeping with me up for so long – you should have some good news: We’re entirely grateful you played our game, if you liked it or not, if you plan to return in the future after some fixes or
if you simply like hot demon girls – we’ll be giving out the “PLEASING ARMY BUNDLE” FREE on Steam for everyone who logs in! When you are presented with the pack – simply buy it for 0 MONEY, can be claimed 17th to 30th of August!

Overlewd team is looking forward to making it a Steam title worth playing, and maybe looked upon fondly by you guys too!

Thanks for reading and more news to come,
Nick

You liked the music of Super Catboy? We've released the Super Catboy Soundtrack on many different platforms!



On Band Camp you can stream it for free or pay what you want and support the Devs and Musicians behind Super Catboy directly!

Also streamable on:
Spotify
Amazon Music
Apple Music
Tidal
YouTube Playlist

(And some more, let us know if your favourite platform is missing!)

Want to use our music as background music during livestreams and VODs? No problem, we haven't submitted our soundtrack to any contentID system! :3

Super Catboy (Original Game Soundtrack) is a collaboration between Tscholdes, Stemage, and Anton Corazza with guest appearances by Yusef Kelliebrew.

Enjoy listening! <3


Some of you already asked about it and here it is. (Better late than never^^)




Feel free to join and have a chat with the devs or each other.



We are part of the Indie Arena Booth at this year's Gamescom in Cologne, Germany! (23.-27.08.2023)
You will find us in hall 10.2.



We look forward to meeting you there! Who else is coming? 😺

Hello intergalactic travelers!
This year we are part of the Visual Novel Festival! A Long Journey to an Uncertain End is a narrative-heavy game, with an eclectic cast of characters that accompany the player in their adventures through the vast space. While it’s not exactly a visual novel, players that enjoy visual novels will enjoy our space opera game!

What drove us to create a narrative game were the inclusive themes we could explore in a game like this. The diverse crew joining the player in their journey is a great example. All our characters were inspired by people our development team has met in real life. A Long Journey to an Uncertain End is an homage to the diverse people that have influenced our lives: Today, let’s dive into one of the game’s main characters: Aylah Tress.



Aylah was heavily influenced by two people that Creative Director Kylan Coats knew: the first, a friend, former hairstylist, and flamboyant storyteller, and the second, an intimidatingly brilliant former boss. “My former hairstylist, a gay Jewish man from Brooklyn who was in his early 20’s in New York City during the AIDS epidemic, always had some wisdom to share; some response to everything,” says Kylan.

The second person, Kylan’s former boss, was “one of the few mentors I’ve had who really catapulted my personal and professional growth. I’d watch her navigate outright hostile work situations with a degree of empathy and shrewdness I haven’t seen since. Within all of this piercing intellect, there also seemed to be a bit of hippy, flower-power energy from somewhere long ago. This was an ardent, hopeful energy that had stood the test of time somehow.”

Aylah Tress is the first human crewmember to join the player in this Long Journey. Maternal but tough, strong but caring, Aylah is a hopeful advocate for a better world.

If you have not played the game yet, A Long Journey to an Uncertain End is on sale right now! You can meet Aylah and the rest of the wonderful cast that will join you as you travel through the galaxies!

A hotfix is now available that should address bugs introduced in Major Update 2. Thank you to everyone on the forums for the reports, and to those on our Discord server who sent in their save files and clips.

• An issue preventing Altara, Naira and Altara+Naira from using the Grapple Arm has been fixed.
  
• An issue that allowed players to fall out of the arena in the Steward One boss fight has been fixed.
  
  • Thank you Lion-Turtle and Watson on Discord for the reports
• An issue causing Resurrection to sometimes place the player outside of a locked arena has been fixed.
  • Thanks, Lion-Turtle and Hardcover.
• Arena rewards that spawn near pits should now STAY in the arenas instead of floating away.
  • Thanks again, Hardcover.
• Cursed Chests are no longer semi-transparent
  
• Fixed the Achievement for completing Fort firing in the wrong location.
  
• The Spawning Pod enemy is once again embracing its illithid potential and is back to puking up Tadpoles when the player is nearby.
  
• An issue causing two of the arenas in the In-Between to spawn an enemy under the floor has been fixed.
  
• The lighting in The Outskirts and Factory have had minor fixes

• 2023-08-15 23:55 PDT ~ 2023-08-16 04:00 AM PDT

• Hyperactive Quest Improvement
• Raid Difficulty Improvement
• Elrios Pass Season 5

• Powerful Punch Master
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-09-12 23:59)
• Raid Weapon Upgrade Event
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-09-12 23:59)
• Super Growth Event
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-09-12 23:59)

• QoL Improvement Update Event
  (2023-08-02 00:00 ~ 2023-08-15 23:59)

• Elrios Pass Season 5 (Premium)
  2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-11-07 23:59)
• Pass 2000XP Ticket
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-11-07 23:59)
• Midnight Romance El House DIY
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-12-05 23:59)
• Repackaged Ice Burner 9
  
  • Shaviana Truffles
  • Eligos
  • Brilliant Knight
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-08-29 23:59)
• Repackaged Ice Burner 9 20+10 Package (Buying Limit: 1)
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-08-22 23:59)
• Noah Hidden Crowd Costume
  (2023-08-16 00:00 ~ 2023-10-10 23:59)

• Vintage Flower Story El House DIY
  (2023-04-26 00:00 ~ 2023-08-15 23:59)

• Savage White Ghost’s Castle
  
  • Hadron
    • When Hadron’s HP reaches 150 lines, he will no longer perform his feather shooting pattern immediately after moving midair.
  • Haivan
    • Drone/Haivan’s bomb implant cooldown is increased.
• Altar of Invocation
  
  • Berthe
    
    • Using sealed skill during howling pattern is changed, so that howling is not immediately activated. When using sealed skill during howling pattern, it will stack seal debuff.
    • Howling is activated after seal debuff reaches 3 stacks.
    • Seal debuff is maintained even after the howling pattern ends.
  • Berserk Berthe
    
    • When reaching the HP level where howling pattern occurs, it won’t immediately check the usage of sealed skills when the howling pattern starts but will be checked when the starting motion ends.
    • Using sealed skill during howling pattern is changed, so that howling is not immediately activated. When using sealed skill during howling pattern, it will stack seal debuff.
    • Howling is activated after seal debuff reaches 3 stacks.
    • During standby, it will be immune to immobility, instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
    • During space rip pattern using left and right arm, it will be immune to immobility, instead of completely being immune to debuffs.
    • During larger swing pattern that goes across horizontally, it will be immune to immobility, instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
  • Annihilator
    
    • Annihilator’s laser pattern damage is decreased.
    • During standby, it will be immune to immobility, instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
    • During soul orb release pattern that’s used in place, it will be immune to immobility instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
    • During Dark Soul/Purifying Soul Pattern, it will be immune to immobility, instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
    • During groggy state, it will be immune to immobility, instead of being completely immune to debuffs.
• Abyss Raid
  
  • Blooming Mineral Field
    • Dreaming Hatchling
      
      • Barrier HP decreases even more when destroying minerals.
      • Recovery duration increases after the barrier is destroyed.
    • Awakened Myuriconus
      
      • Teleport pattern cooldown is increased.
      • Sea Current Adaptation buff stack obtained through plants is increased from 5 to 8.
      • When Nightmare’s Crib dungeon is cleared while playing against Awakened Myuriconus boss monster, 20 Sea Current Adaptation stacks will be applied.
  • Birth of Origin
  • Shadow of Greed
    
    • During Abyss Aura pattern, the mark will be more obvious.
  • King of Abyss
    • Shadow/Abyss Orb absorb pattern will be more obvious.
    • Shadow/Abyss unstable energy pattern will be more obvious.
    • During lights out pattern, magic circle visibility is improved.
    • If Abyss Aura Purification is at 100% you can obtain the ‘Abyss Aura Purification Reward Cube’ upon defeating King of Abyss even if you have already defeated the King of Abyss.
    • The last activated Shadow/Abyss buff is applied upon revival.

• 2nd Class Hyperactive Skill Quest Requirements are improved.

• Clear missions every day and receive various rewards with the Elrios Pass Season 5 update!
• Season Pass will go on for 12 weeks. Once the season ends, you will no longer be able to receive the rewards.
• Elrios Pass Season 5’ will be from 2023/8/16 00:00 ~ 2023/11/07 23:59.
• How to use Elrios Pass
  
  • Click on the Elrios Pass UI at the top of the screen to enter.
  • Clear Daily/Weekly/Season missions to gain Season Pass EXP. Achieve specific levels to obtain Normal (Free)/Premium reward.
• Elrios Pass Item Mall Item

• [Luriel] Title Count x2 Medal - Abyss Raid (3 Days), [Luriel] Title Count x2 Medal - Pruinaum Raid (3 Days), [Luriel] Common Title Count x2 Medal - Ruben~Tirnog (3 Days)') items’ same medal effects are not stacked.
• [Luriel] Elrios Le Blanc Costume Cube, [Luriel] City Night Chair Custom Motion Cube will drop the item that matches the character who opens the cube, so please open them with the character you want by moving the cubes through shared bank.

• [Elsword]
  School Swimwear Shoes feet size is improved.
• [Aisha]
  School Swimwear Shoes feet size is improved.
• [Eve]
  School Swimwear Shoes feet size is improved.
• [Ara]
  School Swimwear Shoes feet size is improved.
• [Elesis]
  [Patrona]
  Fixed Subconscious buff not applying in certain situations.
• [Add]
  [Diabolic Esper]
  Fixed Mind Circle skill’s DP Recovery effect not applying in certain situations when using Stardust Shower skill.

• Fixed the line of Shadow Earl’s Castle’s mid boss to match with the story.
• Fixed Challenge Mode – Remnant of Crimson Calamity [Zone 1/Zone 2]’s flames gauge being different from the host.
• Fixed Challenge Mode – Remnant of Crimson Calamity [Zone 1/Zone 2] flames gauge increase being applied late

• Fixed the location of other characters in El House being unnatural in certain situations.
• Fixed Damage Reduction effect being applied abnormally from the dungeon result screen in certain situations.

Deckweaver: Descent Into Chaos features full Steam Deck support! Throughout the game's development, the Steam Deck was a primary target hardware for us, and we took great care to ensure its optimal performance.

We recommend adjusting the graphics quality in the settings menu from the default "Medium" to "Low". While "Medium" will run at around 30 FPS, selecting "Low" will provide a smoother experience at around 60 FPS.

If you encounter any issues with our Steam Deck support, please feel free to contact us directly at getintheboxstudios@gmail.com.

Dear Players,
This is the next of our regular updates, which we will be releasing weekly to enhance the gameplay experience in The Riese Project - Prologue.

PATCH NOTES:

- Graphical improvements
- Reduced fad time on instant rotation
- Added plot "reminders" comments
- Added ability to change the speed of continuous movement
- Interaction improvements