Runes tells the tale of a flawed sorcerer and a headstrong young thief.



Key features

• Play both characters as you follow their journey through the Realm
  
• Learn how to wield Runes, the magic system that drives the game
  
• A strategic, directional combat system that moves away from button bashing without losing momentum
  
• A card minigame that crosses traditional fantasy card games with RPG mechanics
  
• Coming out on Steam, PlayStation and Xbox in 2025

The Story
The Port city of Lewyst has become the dingy, crime-infested underbelly of the Realm. Two rival crime chapters vie for influence, while noble families fight over the Barony. At the centre of everything lies a new potion, so addictive that it enslaves all who take it. Talesin, the very capable, yet very flawed ‘watcher’, is dispatched by the Sorcerers Guild to investigate. As our wayward sorcerer delves into an emerging conspiracy, he forms an unlikely alliance with the young Olwyna Vrak, member of the powerful yet declining Vrak crime dynasty. Play both characters as you live their story.

It's been a minute, let's catch you up.

The Timeline

We've changed how the combat system works internally. This isn't something you will actually see, but has made building skills and pacing out the turn much easier to work in. This will result in smoother, more consistent gameplay and less bugs/crashes.

Let's talk about some changes you will see:

• Alchemist Crafting - Crafting a potion will announce to the chat what items you use, making it more clear about what the player did. Example: !asb p1 will tell everyone in chat "@{player} used an Average catalyst with a Soothe Bloom reagent!"
  
  
• Skills that don't end the turn - An message will be posted in the chat when a player uses a skill that doesn't end their turn, letting them know that they get to take another action.
  
  
• Using Combat Skills Incorrectly - The game now responds when a player uses a skill without all the needed information, such as a target, and lists what targets are available and how to format the command. This is especially useful to newer players.
  
  
• Skills that don't affect Bosses - The game will now not let you use a skill that cannot affect bosses if a boss is the only thing in combat. Exmaple: Druid Vines don't affect bosses. If you use Vines against the Troll, the game will let you know that that skill won't do anything here and allow you to choose a new skill
  
  
• Balladeer's Overture - The Bard skill, Balladeer's Overture, will play an animation on each enemy regardless of if the skill affects the enemy. If the enemy is affected, it will get the toad status on the status bar (toad model will replace the enemy model in a later patch).

This Timeline update took a long time to make and pushed back a lot of work, but it was very needed so that we had a better foundation to continue building the game, so thank you so much for your patience.

Expect the major update to include a Tutorial for the game and Discord integration!

Don't forget to check out our website as well for more detailed information for the game: www.falfan.stream

1. The settings in the main menu have been almost completely redesigned, especially:
   
   • added the ability to change the sound inside the game itself (except for screamers);
     
   • removed the setting responsible for garbage scattered throughout the level;
     
   • added a tab with basic settings, which will also change as needed.
2. A localization of the game interface into Russian has been added. You can change the language in the main settings (the default language is English);
   
3. The pause from the night levels has been removed, now when you press the Escape key You will immediately be taken to the main menu.

Greetings, Mercenaries!
This is our second update of the month. Please see the patch note below for more details.

1. Crossplay Functionality
- PC VR (Steam) and PSVR2 users can now play together!. You’ll also have the option to disable crossplay should you choose to.
- You’ll be able to see which platform your party members are playing on.
- Please note that voicechat will be disabled if you’re playing with someone from another platform.

2. Multiplayer Optimization
- Your controls should feel more responsive (especially with latency issues) on multiplayer as a guest.

3. Improved Weapon Controls
- You can now use the auxiliary hand to remove the magazine with certain guns.
- You can now set your grab release delay time (0.1 ~ 0.5 sec). This should help if you’re having trouble holding onto your weapons.

4. Gameplay Improvements
- You can choose the specific UI elements that you’d like to see on the arcade mode. Please note that the only UI element you can turn on/off on the realism mode is the “navigation” guide arrows.
- You can now shoot (and blow up!) grenades thrown by allies. This also works with grenades, RPGs and drone missiles from enemies.



5. Bug Fixes
- The issue where the auxiliary hand influence wasn’t working right when pressing the toggle button with manual reload enabled has been fixed.
- You can now properly see your teammate (guest player) reloading manually.
- The delayed sound effects on certain weapons with manual reload enabled has been corrected.
- The issue where the weapon sound effects of your friendly NPC persisted even when a guest player joins (and replaces the NPC) has been fixed.
- Rounds fired by LAVs no longer stay floating in the air.
- NPC ragdoll effects were sometimes off in specific multiplayer situations. This has been fixed.
- The issue where the “ghost” player could block other players and NPCs has been fixed.

As always, we thank you for your feedback and your patience.
MORE ABOUT THIS GAME

1. [Happy Otaku Pack Vol.18] is available now, including 6 new songs. Unlock it to obtain a Halloween illustration~
   
2. [Rainy Angel - Morimori Atsushi feat. Namahoshichan] is added with the hidden sheet. Press the difficulty button frankly to unlock!
   
3. 1 new song is added to [MD Plus Project]. Don't forget this "imp" ？
   
4. The congratulatory illustration to celebrate selling over 10 million copies for the base game on all platforms and a Marija's birthday illustration are added to the leveling-up bonus. Black tech within allows you to feel the temperature of pretty girls when you approach the illustration?! If not, try playing the game until your device heats up (
   
5. 1 Mid-autumn Festival illustration can be obtained by logging in from Oct 27 to Nov 5 and will be added to the leveling-up bonus later!

Mayor, the mine is about to open again in Global City! You'll have a great chance to start digging and get gold ore, as well as different items that you can use to develop your city. Stock up on tools and get ready to start looking for treasuries in the mine!

The event starts on October 28th.

"We carry the Ravenlord's sentence!"
– Agapito Nev

Weekend deal! Claw your way to victory as Agapito Nev! Command the Raven Guard into the battlefield in this weekend's deal. Don't miss the chance to get the newest warlord to join the collection together with 15 Raven Guard crates and a premium avatar.

Deliver your Sentence to your enemies and lead the Raven Guard to victory. Available only this weekend!

Hey - Dev Here

Yesterday we finished the groundwork for Poneh Zen. That basically means, we are feature complete. Everything else that has to be done is content creation and adding the very tiny code snippets to link everything together where necessary.

The first content we want to create is crafting and item related. The items will change and in which levels they drop. These changes will be temporary and mostly to have the new crafting system in place, plus we don't want to let you wait months for the next update. Let me know if that transitional content state is okay for you.

Other content updates are about the waifus from level 1 to 5. Right now only the Picnic Waifu is present. But I want to add the Confectionary, Sword, Starry and Tsundere Waifu as well, plus giving all of them the first proper interactions. That will also help a bit give them a direly needed personality.

In regards to our workflow, we will use Thursday primarily for coding related tasks, like fixing bugs, quality of life, tools and preparing all the other things. Right now the demo got shipped with a bunch of inactive options and it would be nice to activate them. Friday will be a content heavy day with making more items, crafting sequences, dialogs, art and all the stuff you will actually see in the game.

It’s good to know that the time of writing features is behind us. I hope you like to hear this tiny message and have a nice weekend ^^

The Halloween season offers a chance to see the Monastery in a new light... and by night! Dive into the lore of Rooted, taking you back 20 years when everything changed, leading to humanity's disappearance. We are seizing this event to introduce new features.


Event Dates: From October 28, 01:00 am CEST to November 10, 2023, 11:59 pm CEST.

Event Purpose: Owing to the Halloween event, play between life and death with a high enough infection rate to see traces of a ghost guiding you to the most notable and useful places, and discover the ghostly scenes of the past. Make proper use of all remnants from the past, including the injectors and... pumpkins! They will greatly assist you!

Exclusive Halloween items: it's now or never! We have specially created Halloween items for the occasion that you will find in-game in chests you'll need to discover. Only one chest per game session, and everyone can loot it if you're playing with others. No pressure!

The items obtained are permanently tied to your account.




Interact with players using the new emote pie menu. Enjoy the initial emotes! Not all of them will stay, and new ones will be arriving soon.


Tackle the deadly bacterium from two decades ago. Plants spread this infection, and other players can infect you!


Monitor your health closely. Eat and drink to stay fit, and keep your infection rate in check!


Gear up with items from the Rooted world.


We've also addressed many bugs from your reports. Please continue reporting any issues through our in-game system. Your feedback is invaluable!


Availability: These items are up for grabs only during the event, ending on November 10th. Miss out now, and you'll miss out forever!

Permanence & Exclusivity: Once secured, these items are yours through every stage of the game. However, they are non-transferable.

Looting Mechanism: One chest per session, lootable by all, ensures every player gets a unique item.


Limitations: One Alpha invite per player. Not all will get one.
Redemption Process: Scored an invite? Head to our website, log in, go to 'Rewards', and send the invite to a friend.
Scope: This invite is for the Alpha only. It excludes other game stages and pledge rewards.

We continue the game development steadily, and no, don't expect an event for Christmas! While some new items will most likely be added to your collection, we need to focus on the game's development :)

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Mat

Fixed a bug where the locations of summons overlapped in the final boss phase 3.