Hey Chefs!

If you visit the store page of Viking Chef: Feast Frenzy you have noch the possibility to register for the public playtest, which will start hopefully at the end of the next week.
Don't miss your opportunity to get a first look into Viking Chef: Feast Frenzy and tell me your impression of the game!

See you soon in Viking Chef: Feast Frenzy

Our Gamescom Stronghold: Definitive Edition campaign reveal provides an exciting first look at parts one and two of The Jewel Campaign, in which players march across the devastated English hinterland in search of Sir Longarm's captured kin. A side story running in parallel to the military campaign released in 2001, The Jewel Campaign is designed to challenge veteran players of the 20 year old series with new twists on familiar Stronghold gameplay, while also extend the story of the original castle sim. Crafted by Firefly co-founders Simon Bradbury and Eric Ouellette, these new missions will be playable at launch, alongside both the original military and economic campaigns.


The 14 missions of this new campaign will feature series antagonists The Rat and The Snake. As part of the larger overarching game narrative, players will be tasked with thwarting these nefarious lords from their pursuit of The Boy and the ruin of medieval England. Just as important will be their own hunt for the kin to another series favourite, the mighty Sir Longarm! With the campaign narrated in English by a new character, voiced by Stronghold series veteran actor Christopher Kent, players will be challenged like never before as they tackle brutal old foes and formidable new challenges.


We can't wait for you to experience this new set of missions, but also to experience the original two campaigns in all their definitive edition glory! In case you missed it we have a demo available on Steam right now. So if you haven't already done so, please join the 50,000 others who have downloaded our DE demo and give us your thoughts using the in-game feedback form. We will be removing this demo from Steam in one week, so play while you still can and get ready for more updates from us on Stronghold: Definitive Edition!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/

//misc changes
- The "translation_reference.csv" file has been updated.
- Psycho Possessed class: On the 'Choose Possession' screen you can now view the 'Class Meta Summary' screen by pressing Down.
- Gangly Grafted class - Behemoth Friendship meta: The previous patch change has been reverted back (sorry Barrower fans but is was a bit too good!)
- Sorcerer Hollow class - Powerise Apprenticesio meta: The Majick Doppelganger's spell Power boost has changed to +50% (instead of a flat +1). This slightly boosts the 'Deamonic Doppelganger' but greatly reduces the bonus for Level 1 Doppelgangers (which could easily be spammed). The Mad Magus minion Attack Speed boost has also been boosted to +50% (instead of +40%).
- Poisoned Gems: When picked up they'll no longer play the Hurt sound (was a bit annoying for the Beast Whisperer class).
- Majick Doppelganger minion: They can no longer cast score related spells during a Boss fight (eg 'Midas Touch' as could be abused).
- Blasphemous Trinket relic: The Selestious Vessel enemies it spawns will no longer have the extra Blessing until at least Stage 3 (super blessed are brutal very early on).

//bug fixes for the Fortnightly Challenge
- The enemy spawn position seeding wasn't consistent after the first Boss.
- The starting contraptions could be different if you did a 'Quick Restart' from the Quit menu.
- The items sold by the second Souleater Dealer event wasn't consistent.
- The Game Over screen didn't have the usual 'Play Again' option.
- The Princess could spam the Queen's double ball attacks instead of the King's single ball attacks.
- During the Princess's second phase she was only using the King's attacks (she can now use the Queen's depending on her current Health).
- The Princess had the normal King's Score instead of the boosted New Game Plus one.

//other bug fixes
- Hub: The Sorcerer Hollow class was sometimes creating a purple smoke effect over you (it was his Occult Health regen kicking in).
- Mauseleum Awakens: King Gigald could perform the Princess's double ball attack.
- Boneworld Challenges: If the class is a 'Psycho Possessed' then its starting second possession class would wrongly be a 'Psycho Possessed'.
- Sorcerer Hollow class - Powerise Apprenticesio meta: A number of spells cast by Majick Doppelganger minions weren't benefitting from this meta (since the spell's effect was tied to the minion's Level instead of Power).
- Egg Bro minion: If raised at the very end of a Castle Conquest stage then it wasn't saving its special type correctly (eg Golden Eggy).
- Berry Bro minion: If raised at the very end of a Castle Conquest stage then it could start the next stage without a head (so wouldn't give bonus Max Health).
- Occult Pact spell: If there were more spells given than available spell slots then the text would be wrong.

Lords and Ladies, our march to greatness continues with Update 68! Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create! In this update we rallied our efforts, aiming to create a better balance for most of our time-limited events and some progression systems. Without any further ado, let’s see what the future of the Realms holds.

[BALANCE CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS]

ALLIANCE RAIDS
1. Dark Citadel
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations
• New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses)
• A new pool of Equipment Items to gain, that can be upgraded to Mythic rarity

2. Heroic Dark Citadel
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations
• New Reward Chests (including Steel and Animal Licenses)
• A new Equipment Item “Argent Edge”
• Increased amount of Equipment Items rewards
• Increased Gold for the best Reward
• T6 Healing Tickets for Castles Level 35 as a Wave reward (instead of T5)
• Increased difficulty

3. The Brotherhood Assault
• Enemies now come in a new set of Army Formations and a different Battle Tactic
• Slightly increased difficulty
• New Reward Chests (T5 to T6 Upgrade Vouchers and Animal License Chest)
• Increased Gold Reward

SPY IMMUNITY
1. 2h Immunity for 20 Security Points changed to 8h Immunity for 30 Security Points
2. 8h Immunity for 60 Security Points changed to 24h for 100 Security Points
3. 24h Immunity for 100 Security Points changed to 72h for 200 Security Points

BARBARIAN ASSAULT EVENT
1. Army changes:
• Army Size in Hordes slightly increased
• March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Capitals slightly increased
• March Size of Barbarian Marches toward Regional Structures increased
• The frequency of Barbarian Marches of higher-level Horde Camps towards Regional Structures slightly increased
• Slightly increased Army Attack and Health of all Horde Camps
• Slightly increased the March Speed of Barbarians, coming from Horde Camps Level 6 and 7
• Barbarian armies can now be in 2 additional Army Formations
• Barbarian Ranged Units can now shoot without moving

2. Gold Reward:
• Slightly increased the Overall Gold reward for defeating a Horde
• Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Capital
• Slightly increased the Repulsion Gold reward for a Regional Structure
***Dev notes: The Barbarian Hordes’ changes affect only the Barbarian Assault event. They do not affect the Resistance Hordes that are spawned from an Imperial Decree.

PARAGON
1. Maximum Paragon level is now 275
2. New Paragon Skill – Super Boost
• +800% to your current highest Attack or Health bonus of an Army Units type (once activated it does not change upon switching Equipment Presets)
• Duration: 20 minutes
• Cooldown: 12 hours

EVENT REWARDS
***Dev notes: We are currently working on increasing and improving the Milestone and Leaderboard rewards for all existing events. Those changes will take place around 10 days after we release Update 68. The goal is to improve the balance for the acquisition of some resources that are crucial for the mid-late game progression.
1. Paragon Experience in all Paragon events is slightly increased
2. Healing Vouchers have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
3. Animal Food and Licenses have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
4. Mythic Bars have been added in multiple events’ Leaderboard rewards
5. Some store-exclusive Equipment Chests have been added to the Leaderboard rewards of the Tug of War event and all Grand events (*might be added to other events’ rewards in the future)
6. Blitz events now have additional rewards for 51 – 100 place
7. Upgrade to Tier 6 Vouchers have been added to the Blitz Lottery Leaderboard Rewards, Realm Rivalry Leaderboard Rewards and Grand World Encounters Rewards
8. Milestone Rewards have been added to the History Narrative Events for each completed mission. Bonus rewards can be received if you activate the Event Pass.
9. Steel acquisition increased
• Steel received from Daily Quests Milestones from 180k to 480k
• Steel received from Traveling Hero Missions from 150k to 500k
• Steel received from Super Adventure from 100k to 600k
• Steel received from Alliance World Encounters solo progression from 1m to 10m
• Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Leaderboard from 300k to 1m
• Steel received from Warpath Battle of the Day Monthly Leaderboard from 5m to 20m

*Only players above a certain Castle level can receive Steel from the listed channels

DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS
1. All District Buildings now have 4 Enhancement Slots
2. New District Enhancement Items have been added
* To be unlocked a few days after the release of Update 68

[NEW FEATURES]
1. 9 new Scepter Equipment Items have been added to the game
2. Added a Fast Healing button in Atlantis
3. Event Buff for Historical Story Missions has been added – purchase this Buff to acquire 1 additional march and reduce all timers in World Map objects by 50%

[SEASONAL CONTENT]
1. World Encounters Theme Rotation: Thieves will invade the Realms! March against their camps and pillage them to retrieve the treasures they have stolen!
2. New Path to Glory
3. New Realm Age: Age of Valor

[QUALITY OF LIFE]
1. Battle Report notifications now have different colors based on the outcome of the battle

Ho there, adventurers!

First of all, we are truly happy to announce that Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is now available in Brazilian Portuguese! Our eternal thanks goes to Edson Belo de Oliveira Júnior (@mundonasher) for the Brazilian localization of the game. This translation wouldn't have been possible without his highly professional work method and selfless dedication to the project.

Regarding the future of Black Geyser and the developer team, THANK YOU so much for providing truly valuable feedback in our the Google survey (it will remain open for some more time). Based on the results of the survey, we have decided to organize a Kickstarter campaign for the DLC in the near future. We also managed to secure the required minimum budget for organizing such a campaign. For more details on the planned DLC, see this post.

If the Kickstarter is successful, our team will be able to stay together and create a DLC for the game. In this case, a free fixpack will also be developed for the base game, which will be delivered as a free regular update to all owners of the game (you won't need to own the DLC to receive this update). Even though we call it a fixpack, it will contain new features and important QoL improvements as well (check out this post for the complete list).

Since a successful Kickstarter campaign for the DLC enables the Black Geyser team to stay afloat, it will also allow us to plan a Black Geyser sequel in details and launch another Kickstarter later to fund its development. Sadly, if the DLC Kickstarter fails, our studio will most likely be forced to shut down.

We will inform you as soon as we have more details to share about the upcoming Kickstarter. This update should happen within two weeks.

Mac & Linux: For technical reasons (such as Apple's notarization process), the current update with the PT-BR localization for Mac and Linux will go live after a couple of days. Thank you for your patience.


The Black Geyser Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374930/Black_Geyser_Couriers_of_Darkness/

Hello everyone.

The work continues as usual, we are doing our best to please you with the new version of the game as soon as possible.

-Already finished scenes: 7 out of 9
-Rendered images: 315
-Processed images: 0
-Posed animations: 0
-Rendered animations: 0
-Processed animations: 0
-Scenes assembled and in code: 0 out of 9

All the best, Super Alex.

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Hello, Knights!

We're close to wrapping up everything for our 1.1 update but we wanted to get some of these fixes out before then, so we've prepared the following hotfix patch. Please see below for everything that's included.

Note: items marked with 🔥 are a result of player feedback

• Fixed a bug that was causing the player to get stuck behind the door when reviving in the True Praxis boss room 🔥
  
• Fixed a few bugs that were preventing clients from entering the tear to the Architect's Realm when the host is dead 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing Arbiters to spawn Grimlins out of bounds occasionally getting stuck and softlocking the player 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing Praxis to escape the boss room via his Killer Grasp attack
  
• Fixed a bug that was causing the Champion Gar-Ghoul to occasionally travel and get stuck out of bounds 🔥
  
• Fixed a few bugs that were preventing players from rejoining games via Steam invite 🔥
  
• Fixed a multiplayer issue where disconnected players could prevent the viewing of other players' inventories 🔥
  
• Fixed a visual desync issue that was causing clients to see more health than they have when a miniboss or boss is killed and they have the Earned Vitality Ember Tree upgrade active 🔥
  
• Fixed a few visual issues with the Rotworm's spawn animation when spawned from the Champion Rotworm
  
• Fixed a few visual issues with miniboss and boss health bars

We'd like to send out a really big thank you to our community for helping us identify and troubleshoot most of these issues!

That's it for now...see you all in a few weeks for the 1.1 update!





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Stay tuned for more news and updates!

The Battleground of the Gods is rising up from the darkness of the Underworld, into the light of day once more! Welcome.


After delving into the Underworld, the Battleground of the Gods is ascending once again! As the light of day shines upon the Battleground, the spirits join together in uproarious celebration! With changed map geometry, bright and cheerful art, and brand new Shaman Camps & Totems the party is just getting started!


The party is starting on the Season of Celebration map! With changes to the layout of the map, a new Fire Giant Pit, Shamans, Totems, and more! Grab a Party Punch and some Bountiful Bao and get right into the action now!


With the Season of Celebration, we embark on a new quest! The Odyssey: Immortal Revelry is bringing a bunch of free quests and incredible new skins. You can also get the new T5 skin Dragonshifter Medusa or your choice of several old Odyssey T5 skins.

You can also get the new Celestial Syndicate Battle Pass! Join the ranks of the fiercest Syndicate of the high heavens with a variety of angelic new skins!


Dragonshifter Medusa



Shadowcaster Anubis



Soulshroud Charon



Sharpshooter Neith



Dragon Templar Ao Kuang



Infernal Blaze Agni



Celestial Inferno Surtr



Celestial Mayhem Discordia



Celestial Deliverer Mercury



Celestial Stinger Ah Muzen Cab



Wildcard Merlin

Hello everyone, I have added an extra tutorial that explains the distracted mechanics into the game.