Serving as the game’s enemies, the Beasts are what the player will spend most of their time slaying throughout their journey. These giants vary in appearance and design, with a wide range of abilities and backstories that give them a great degree of depth. But despite opposing the player, these Beasts aren’t inherently evil. They’re living, breathing creatures with deep backgrounds and traits that bring them to life.
To give you a better understanding of how some of these creatures function, we’ve highlighted five of the game’s many Beasts: Hydrozoan Hivemind, The King of Beggars, The Shambling City, The Yearning Woods, and The Unheeded Messenger. Here, we’ll go through their backstories, offering a closer look at their motivations and traits.
The Soul of Nature
The Hydrozoan Hivemind was created to explore the concept of spawning additional enemies, just like a classic raid boss would! It's a strange entity that used to haunt the ruddy waters off the coasts of the Red Shores, but it grew sick from the oils released into the ocean by the Ravagers’ industrialization. In an effort to escape pollution, it changed its inner biology and grew lungs, among other mutations. It floated up, by mechanisms unknown, out of the sea, and towards healthier realms, restoring life where its limp tendrils were able. No one has spoken to it, but the Sylvans whisper that pain inflicted on the spawn of the Hive will cause it to flinch, as if they share a single mind.
The Soul of Humility
The King of Beggars was one of the first Beasts we made and one that contains a mystery for players plainly before him: a small bowl of coins, mostly empty. What could have brought such a holy creature to such humble circumstances? In the game, you’ll have to fight against these coins imbued with divine magic as well as a mysterious stranger who occasionally adds a coin when passing by… A long time ago, the King of Beggars was showered with riches by those giving up the material in hope of immaterial gain. Into the cliff-side giant golden vaults were carved, inscribed with his long form winding around their locks. Now the silks that once robed his body are long ruined, and his large form now struggles to find sustenance.
The Soul of Community
The Shambling City is a lost capital which helped facilitate trade across the entirety of the wastes by being a mobile hub of commerce. This Beast is one of the few with surviving followers. They will pelt you with rocks from the rooftops and even help convert your creatures to join their ranks! The walking behemoth was built up with Houses worshiping the Forgotten Warrior, the King of Beggars and the City itself. Their true names can still be found inscribed on the cracked and cobwebbed temple walls.
The Soul of Nourishment
The Yearning Woods is an ancient being that now resides in Sylvan territory. It feeds the forest through its fruit and on the forest through its maw. It doesn’t matter to the Beast what you are exactly, only where you are in the cycle of life. The Yearning Woods desires both to nourish the hungry and consume what is ripe! Within the game, it has the unique ability to swallow your creatures whole and can be killed by either overfeeding it to bursting or starving it by only summoning creatures that are too big to digest!
The Soul of Knowledge
Lover of the Prophet of Ruin, the Unheeded Messenger is a gentle and caring creature who seeks above all to reduce suffering. She is widely resented for her lofty appearance and is distrusted due to her unfamiliar knowledge. The Unheeded Messenger's great dream was to stop the world from crossing the event horizon of the wasted state it is in today. In game, she sends the player Letters, which warn of different disasters that can impact the encounter. This brings us to another pillar of Acolyte of the Altar’s story: these references of a super-ancient civilization that led the world to becoming the wastelands. Perhaps that civilization distrusted the Messenger as much as the Acolytes today and likewise fell into the hands of Ruin?
That's all for now, acolytes. We will share even more with you all soon!
It's our final spooky update! Survival Mode is getting a significant change with this patch! Details below:
Survival Mode 2.0:
+ Survive 10 increasingly challenging waves of enemies and bosses! Score as many points as you can until you reach the dreaded *Final Wave*! + New All-Time, Daily & Weekly Survival leaderboards has been added. + Creeping Goats now spawn in various formations.
Survival Mode is no longer an endless run, but rather pits you against 10 randomized challenges on a Daily or Weekly basis! This should make the mode less grindy, but still present you with a great challenge as you'll need to change up your strategy with each attempt to increase your standing on the leaderboard!
Join our Discord community and catch a glimpse of the Survival pros in action!
New Survival Challenges:
+ Prince of Flails I, II & III. The Prince grows stronger with each encounter! + Bats Everywhere. + THIS ENDS NOW - the *Final Challenge*
Minor Changes:
+ Some visual enhancements to challenge spawning sequence. + Pause screen now fades background to a greater degree.
OH! And check in on us on Nov 1st, as we celebrate Owlboy's 7th Anniversary! We're going to reveal gameplay from the incoming Savant - Ascent REMIX Classic Mode, and MORE! It's gonna be a special event that you don't want to miss!
We have some surprises for you to kick off this Halloween! This update introduces the Boardwalk Carnival Expansion, which comes with 4 new mini-games that you can play directly in the Plaza!
Boardwalk Games
The boardwalk has been renovated to accommodate 4 new mini-games! Play these games to earn Boardwalk tickets! You can spend these at the prize counter in the Arcade. The new games are:
Roll and Race Roll the balls into the holes and score points to move your racing-seahorse along the track faster! Aim for the blue holes for extra speed, and beat the other rollers to the finish line! It has space for 8 players to compete against one another.
Milk Jug Toss It’s the one game where you won’t cry over spilled milk! Try to knock as many jugs off the platform as you can with the balls given to you. You get 2 throws, so make them count! It has space for 5 players to play at the same time.
Balloon Pop It’s the most poppin’ game on the boardwalk! Pop all the balloons before the time runs out. With support for up to 2 players, grab a friend to make it easier!
Splash Blasterz Grab a cannon and fill the water tank up as fast as possible! Stay on target to fill the tank faster! It has space for 8 players to compete against one another.
Along with the new boardwalk games, you can play Super Hoopers and Pluck-A-Pal right on the boardwalk now!
Franky’s Grill also has a nice new location with seating right next to the action!
New Items
More new items have been added to several stores! Check out where you can find them below.
New Ghoulcery Items:
Autumn Antlers
Mr. Bones Pet
Mr. Bones Plush
Following Brain Pet
Ethereal Dragon Pet
New Arcade Plushies: A series of sixteen “Emogie” plushies have been introduced to coincide with the new selection of Boardwalk games.
New Rob’s Imports Items:
Handcrafted Seat
Handcrafted Table
Handcrafted Shelf
New D.I.Y. Item:
Bunker Door
New Dragon Egg A new item available from The Stray, bring it to your Condo and hatch it for a random color of dragon! Which of the seventeen mysterious breeds will you get?
New Condo Materials New materials can easily be found in the “New!” tab of Canvas materials, which also includes Autumn Leaves that were added in a previous Hotfix.
Condo: Weapon bullet traces now react to Water Volumes and cause water splashes as the bullets pass through
UI: Added scrollbar to workshop map list on votemap screen
Workshop: Added "Skip Updating Images" option when updating a workshop condo/map
Workshop: Added "Skip Updating Description" option when updating a workshop condo/map
Workshop: Changing any info, tags, or images will now show a * icon next to the section, to make it known what you have changed before you update your condo/map
Workshop: Added file changed info that shows you what the file size was before and after, shown before you update your condo/map
Gibs are now disabled with the gore setting
Workshop models can now be sliced for the gib system
Libretro: Improved CD shader
Optimizations
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby side archways
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby middle and back archways
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby bamboo shades
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby half arches
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby ceiling
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby subway room ceiling
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby DIY entrance wall area
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby appearance store wall area
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls & improved visuals for robs imports entrance
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby front arches
Plaza: Reduced drawcalls for tower lobby fountain
CPU optimizations for Plaza regarding day to night effects and needless ticks
Bug Fixes
Arcade: Fixed leaderboard names showing as numbers for those on the Steam beta client
Arcade: Fixed Lonely Gun gun not moving / animating
Condo: Fixed automatic door feature closing doors on players when they are still within the radius / quickly leaving and entering the radius
Condo: Fixed Canvas Door missing certain door features such as reverse and angle settings
Condo: Fixed sound emitters sometimes still playing (when start playing is turned off) for clients
Condo: Fixed Water being green
UI: Fixed some spacing issues with Game World title menu preventing access to join button on certain UI scales
Condo - Resort: Fixed water effects playing in bottom floor of "arcade room"
Condo - Resort: Fixed bad collision in bar area floor
Condo - Resort: Fixed cracks in "arcade room" stairs
Condo - Resort: Improved poor quality lightmaps in "arcade room"
We are announcing the existence and approximate Release Date of Gnarly Hike and we couldn't be happier :)
Gnarly Hike is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore an eerie forest in a slow-paced, atmospheric world combining beautiful and horrifying scenery along with the constant fear of being hunted, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience. Uncover secrets, expel spirits and ...stay alive!
The Game in a nutshell...
The game is set in a forest environment, filled with clues as to what is happening, as well as a Cabin, a Chapel, a Cave, a Hidden Burial Site and a Tower. You will have to investigate all those locations in order to uncover the dark secrets the forest holds, while being hunted by a powerful beast!
Demo and Full Release Dates
We plan on releasing sometime in mid-December this year! However, a 30-min demo is coming in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned and Wishlist for more...!
Special Halloween-themed episodes of Drawful 2 and Quiplash 3 (The Jackbox Party Pack 7 & The Jackbox Party Starter) are now available to play!
To play a themed episode, start the game normally and enter the lobby. The first player in the lobby (the VIP) will have the EPISODES MENU button. Hit that, then enter the custom episode code and press submit.
The lobby will change to reflect that the custom episode has been loaded. Once all the players have joined, you can start the game normally and enjoy those sweet custom prompts! Easy!
Special Halloween-themed episodes of Drawful 2 and Quiplash 3 (The Jackbox Party Pack 7 & The Jackbox Party Starter) are now available to play!
To play a themed episode, start the game normally and enter the lobby. The first player in the lobby (the VIP) will have the EPISODES MENU button. Hit that, then enter the custom episode code and press submit.
The lobby will change to reflect that the custom episode has been loaded. Once all the players have joined, you can start the game normally and enjoy those sweet custom prompts! Easy!
Special Halloween-themed episodes of Drawful 2 and Quiplash 3 (The Jackbox Party Pack 7 & The Jackbox Party Starter) are now available to play!
To play a themed episode, start the game normally and enter the lobby. The first player in the lobby (the VIP) will have the EPISODES MENU button. Hit that, then enter the custom episode code and press submit.
The lobby will change to reflect that the custom episode has been loaded. Once all the players have joined, you can start the game normally and enjoy those sweet custom prompts! Easy!
- Implement map scrolling via down-held-mouse-wheel-drag. - Implement zoom of mini-map via mouse wheel over it. - Improved scrolling from mini-map click to be smoother.
