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A new demo drops just before the holidays! So come and play in the warm dungeon full of loot!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2374320/Heroes_Of__Loot_Gauntlet_Of_Power/

Since it's been a month (and a day) since the last demo update, and I've been working on the game every day, the list of new things, changes and improvements is extremely long, so let me highlight some of the more important things here:

New enemies added, like that happy Skully chap in the GIF above, but a few others will cross your path
New boss-fights, although they are on a "low" spawn in the current demo, you will probably encounter them every now and then
Weapon-tree/level up system - FINALLY got around to this, more on that below
Hit feedback for the player (most requested by demo players)

So let's dive into the weapon system, it was always the goal to make this more interesting then just mounting weapons in all directions! Just had to figure out what I wanted to do with it exactly.. and I couldn't decide on just one way, so there are now multiple ways to upgrade your upgrades, here's a little cheat-sheet I made (will be extended, might change over time, but for now this is accurate) :



So we have combo weapons, these require your main weapon to be at max level of 6, and then you can combine it with another weapon to turn it into a "combo weapon"

The other thing you can do is create a "union" of two weapons mounted next to each other on the Gauntlet of Power, and once they have the correct level, you can decide to union them into a new cool gadget like the Rune of Fire!

On top of all that there are modifiers that will modify any weapon at a specific level. Right now if you level up that weapon the modification will be gone! I might change this later.

I'm still play-testing the weapon system myself, but very open to feedback on these things as you encounter them (although it can be hard to experience all these upgrades during the duration of the demo)

I'll have this weapon sheet uploaded and updated over on the -> Orangepixel Support Wiki alongside all the new items that got added to the game as a nice reference.



Full changes list:

• added: Moved player-preference save file location
  
• added: Little bump effect when player gets hit
  
• added: "Hurt" Sound effects to player getting hit
  
• added: made Gauntlet fire when near wooden crates/obstacles
  
• added: Slight increase on loot-pickup vanishing timer
  
• added: Compass drop chance early in game increased
  
• added: Small Health flask to restore a single heart
  
• added: Gauntlet can now be checked in Pause screen
  
• added: Shields are now upgrade items, not Gauntlet slots
  
• added: Combo weapon functionality
  
• added: Combo-Weapon Twirl Arrows
  
• added: Combo-weapon Soul Sword
  
• added: Combo weapon Chaos Knife
  
• added: Combo weapons options now light up (feeling the power)
  
• added: Combo weapon: Magic of Impact
  
• added: Weapon modifier: Vampiristic
  
• added: Weapon modifier: Fire
  
• added: Weapon-union system
  
• added: Union weapon - Sword of Light
  
• added: Union weapon - Rune of Fire
  
• added: Union weapon - Stormbreaker
  
• added: Union weapon - Blades of Fury
  
• added: Axe of Protection
  
• added: enemy Skully
  
• added: enemy Bolt - can electrify your Gauntlet weapons on touch
  
• added: new enemy: Bombies
  
• added: Boss - ToFuMagic
  
• added: Boss - Muddy
  
• added: Boss - Shelly king
  
• added: Boss - Ironicle
  
• added: Bombies can spawn from objects in later area's
  
• added: Visual distictions for Magic-weapon levels
  
• added: Temporal-chest will now show the item it would unleash at current level
  
• added: Active item Dice - rerolls the pickup items in current room
  
• added: Active item recharging now done from previously-collected purple/blue gem
  
• added: Item Blast protection now defends against all hits
  
• added: charge item Book of Darkness
  
• added: charge item Lamp of Shinies
  
• added: Shields now also block fire/flame/bullets from creatures
  
• added: Blood-debris setting
  
• added: Dungeon progress bar
  
• added: Dungeon # to status bar hud
  
• added: Score word shown in HUD
  
• added: Blue and Purple gems now shown in side-hud
  
• added: Separated GUI gamepad controls from game-controls
  
• added: remapped default gamepad controls (B - bombs instead of A)
  
• added: Credits screen
  
• added: Codex access from settings menu
  
• added: selected mount-direction in level-up now glows
  
• added: Active charge item now more visible in HUD
  
• added: Codex pages for missing items
  
• added: general visual effect for Active-item usage
  
• added: Upgrades now include character class in weapon drops
  
• added: Extra spawn-effect, warning player of incoming critters
  
• added: Rebalanced dungeon obstacles first-appearing level
  
• changed: Bombs now drop at actual location (no velocity added)
  
• changed: slight increase in bomb-explosion delay (after dropping one)
  
• changed: removed loot-drop on mini Flames spawned by Flamehead
  
• changed: Made gems more shiny (and proper palette use)
  
• changed: Bolt won't spawn in starting room of a dungeon
  
• changed: Dungeon progress now area-based
  
• changed: Shovel of descent now takes you to next "area" not level
  
• changed: Charge items only use gems when used, not just when collected
  
• changed: Bombies now have lower HP, and move into "explode mode" when shot
  
• changed: Lamp of shinies usage - loot shouldn't be collected instantly, make it fly towards player
  
• changed: Added proper GUI key controls (framework upgrade)
  
• changed: Weapon-max levels and branching now more uniform across all weapons
  
• changed: Balancing difficulty and loot drops
  
• changed: Made starting Gauntlet room smaller
  
• fixed: Unique (single-drop) items can still be dropped multiple times
  
• fixed: Secret room can't be re-entered after leaving
  
• fixed: hit-feedback on player/screen
  
• fixed: healing potion doesn't restore full health
  
• fixed: Wizard slide+exit animations aren't updated to new looks
  
• fixed: Reflection rotated images is wrongly positioned (Framework fix)
  
• fixed: Screenshake preferences aren't remembered
  
• fixed: Exit screen doesn't fit on all resolutions
  
• fixed: Secret room to the right has treasure infront of door
  
• fixed: Visual explosion seems off from the actual blast area
  
• fixed: Cyclo-brothers always move to lower-right corner of the dungeon
  
• fixed: Bolt moved outside the room walls
  
• fixed: Boss fights will hurt player before they are fully spawned
  
• fixed: Crash bug opening pause menu
  
• fixed: Spooky, Bolt and Skully have no spawn-delay when entering a room
  
• fixed: Active-item recharge should be gradual, not instant
  
• fixed: Proper difference between Bomb and Interact key settings
  
• fixed: Codex crashes on last item on the page
  
• fixed: Backing out of pause menu drops a bomb
  
• fixed: Shellies can bump things out of room boundaries
  
• fixed: Rendering bug in dungeon walls
  
• fixed: optimized dungeon rendering

This small update introduces a few more things to do:

- 8 new events
- Changed dialogue for a few events based off player feedback.
- Rewrote Soro artifact event
- Three discoverable photos of a crew member when they were younger

- Not being able to select Nanami as your option for vacation event
- Other small bugs

- Sometimes it's hard to know what triggers events, so I'll be adding a helpful feature to discover story moments.

Update for Me && MORY
(GB12072023)

• Steam achievement bug fixed.*

* : Previously, if you achieved a higher score in a level,
it didn't count towards a certain achievement. This was a bug!
Now it's fixed.


If you've completed the game and achieved your high scores,
load your save, and simply complete a level.

The achievement will be unlocked.

Thanks for your support & special thanks to nana!

Today Kitfox announces a new game we're developing! We've been working on it for over a year, so we hope you're listening.... Do you have what it takes to be a true Tea Master in Loose Leaf?



Manage a tea room between worlds with the most in-depth tea brewing simulation ever. Experiment with ingredients and tools to find the best recipes for serving your troubled guests. Then read their fortune in the cards to help ease their worries.

Check out this brand new gameplay trailer where you can see brewing, tarot and serving to our mysterious customer:



We're also still working on another unannounced game as well as our published games so don't forget to follow us on Twitter, and join us for tea and tarot talk on the brand new Loose Leaf channel on our Discord! That and the Loose Leaf newsletter is where you'll get all the inside news and fresh info on tea witchery in the future.

Cheers,
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Age of Exploration (15th-17th centuries):

[/b]During the Age of Exploration, intrepid sailors like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and Vasco da Gama embarked on groundbreaking voyages, expanding maritime knowledge and connecting distant corners of the globe.

The First Recorded Naval Battle:

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Battle of Trafalgar (1805):

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Titanic Tragedy (1912):

[/b]The sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, considered one of the deadliest maritime disasters, became a symbol of human hubris and led to significant improvements in maritime safety regulations.

Transatlantic Cable (19th century):

[/b]The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable in the 19th century revolutionized global communication, enabling near-instantaneous transmission of messages between Europe and North America.
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Davy Jones's Locker:

[/b]"Davy Jones's Locker" refers to the bottom of the sea, often used to describe a sailor's grave. The mythical Davy Jones is believed to be the spirit of the sea, claiming the souls of deceased sailors.

Flying Dutchman:

[/b]The legend of the Flying Dutchman tells of a ghost ship doomed to sail the seas forever. It's said to be a harbinger of doom to those who encounter it, appearing as a phantom vessel on stormy nights.

Mermaids and Sirens:

[/b]Throughout history, sailors have shared tales of enchanting mermaids and sirens luring seafarers with their mesmerizing voices. These mythical creatures embody the allure and danger of the sea.

Neptune and Crossing the Equator Rituals:

[/b]Sailors often engaged in rituals when crossing the Equator to appease Neptune, the mythical god of the sea. These ceremonies, known as "Crossing the Line" rituals, involved playful initiations for sailors who had not crossed the equator before.

Kraken:

[/b]The Kraken, a legendary sea monster, is often depicted as a giant cephalopod capable of dragging entire ships and sailors beneath the waves. Stories of the Kraken have permeated maritime folklore for centuries.

Bermuda Triangle Enigma:

[/b]The Bermuda Triangle, a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, has been shrouded in mystery due to reported incidents of missing ships and aircraft, contributing to its reputation as a maritime enigma.
[/h3]




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Greetings, Adventurers!

‘Twas the night before Winter Convergence, booming Gleamite Meteors dance across the sky. The whimsical Winter Wanderer armed with holiday cheer gracefully descends upon Aeternum. Offering joy to all, the jolly, young gentleman adorns Winter Villages with Gifts, Trees of Light, and Holiday Huts.

But the wicked Winter Warrior donned in malice rises carelessly from the darkest caverns of the Eternal Isle. Snatching the warmth of the holiday, Frigid Folk, a Forever Winter, and misery lurk behind the cruel, old brute. Help the Winter Wanderer fight back against the bitter chill of the icy scourge for new event-specific rewards.

Holiday cheer spreads across Aeternum once more as Winter Convergence blankets the Eternal Isle on December 12, 2023 through January 9, 2024. This year’s festival features changes to Winter Village Gifts, Gleamite Meteors, and rewards based on player feedback. You can also purchase new and returning items in the Event Shop.

Here’s how the Development Team made Winter Convergence Festival rewards even more satisfying.


We wanted to cut down on the number of Winter Villages players felt like they had to visit for meaningful rewards, so we upped the amount of gifts for both Gift Piles and Gift Sacks.

• Each Gift Pile will now include 4 presents (previously 1) per player, but players may only interact with 3 Trees of Light daily. Gift piles will also include 2 White Gypsum and 1 random holiday food.
  
• Each Gift Sack will now provide 3 presents (previously 1) on the first interaction, but players may only interact with 1 Gift Sack daily. Gift sacks will also include 1 random holiday food.

Items marked with daily limits will reset at 5 AM local time. For example, if a player interacts with their third Tree of Light at 4:58 AM, they’ll be able to earn another at 5:01 AM.


The Winter Warrior and his glacial minions are back, bringing with them another threat of the Forever Winter. Rally a party of 20+ players to defeat this open-world boss wreaking havoc throughout Great Cleave, Brightwood, Edengrove, Ebonscale Reach, and Brimstone Sands for a bounty of limited-time rewards.

To further incentive the safety of Aeternum, the Winter Warrior will now drop 15 Dark Matter 3 times daily.


An unknown phenomenon has increased the frequency of Gleamite Meteors around the world. Share your favorite images and discuss the best sightseeing spots with the community.

Visit Holiday Huts at any Winter Village to craft Winter Tokens in exchange for Lost Presents, Gleamite, or Warrior's Hailspikes (Winter Warrior drop). Winter Tokens can be used at the Event Shop to purchase the following event-specific items. Increase your Reputation through holiday quests, Gleamite Meteors, Gift Piles, Trees of Light, Lost Presents, and Gift Sacks for a wider selection of rewards.



Pick up valuable Crafting items like Azoth Inductors, Chromatic Seals, and Pristine Gleamite alongside fresh holiday rewards such as a Snowball Flail.

• Swinging Snowball (Gear Score 400 Flail)

• Wooden Mobile
  
• Festive Centerpiece
  
• Gleamite Strings Lights
  
• Choochoo Train Set

• Pristine Gleamite crafting material for Gear Score 700 static Weapons/Armor/Jewelry. (Limit: One purchase per week)
  
• Azoth Inductor (Limit: One purchase per week)
  
• Chromatic Seal (Limit: One purchase every 3 days)
  
• Golden Wreath Coat skin
  
• Golden Wreath Helmet Skin
  
• Golden Wreath Pants Skin
  
• Golden Wreath Gloves Skin
  
• Winter Warrior’s Leggings Skin
  
• Winter Warrior’s Boots Skin
  
• Pop the Bottle Emote
  
• Ice Skate Emote
  
• Jingle Bell Emote
  
• Intricate Igloo Camp Skin

Pick up any emotes, Housing items, and skins you may have missed from last year’s festivities.

• Spiced Nog
  
• Mealiewrap
  
• Convergence Cake
  
• Buttercream Pudding
  
• Gingersnap Cookie

• Flute of the Winter Star (Flute Skin)
  
• Convergence Cacophony (Guitar Skin)
  
• Yeti-Fur Bass (Bass Skin)
  
• The Beat of Winter (Drum Skin)
  
• Chilly Melody (Mandolin Skin)
  
• Snowcapped Chair
  
• Snowcapped Shelf
  
• Snowcapped Nightstand
  
• Snowcapped Lantern

• Snowcapped Rabbit
  
• Iceburst (Gear Score 400 Sword)
  
• Frigid Bulwark (Gear Score 400 Round Shield)
  
• Aegis of Ice (Gear Score 400 Kite Shield)
  
• Blizzard’s Fury (Gear Score 400 Bow)
  
• Frostbarrel (Gear Score 400 Musket)
  
• Icebarrel (Gear Score 400 Blunderbuss)
  
• Winter’s War Hammer (Gear Score 400 War Hammer)
  
• Frozen Shard (Gear Score 400 Hatchet)
  
• Everchill Cleaver (Gear Score 400 Great Axe)
  
• Cold Calamity (Gear Score 400 Greatsword)
  
• Tip of the Iceberg (Gear Score 400 Rapier)
  
• Icicle (Gear Score 400 Spear)
  
• Sizzling Snow (Gear Score 400 Fire Staff)
  
• Cold’s Cure (Gear Score 400 Life Staff)
  
• Crystalline Gauntlet (Gear Score 400 Ice Gauntlet)
  
• Bitter Shadow (Gear Score 400 Void Gauntlet)

• Snowcapped Dining Table
  
• Snowcapped Bookcase
  
• Snowcapped Chandelier
  
• Snowcapped Bed
  
• Snowcapped Boar Sculpture
  
• Snowcapped Stag Sculpture
  
• Festive “Toy” Rabbit
  
• Give Present Emote
  
• Winter Wanderer’s Cloak Skin

• Snowcapped Yeti Sculpture
  
• Wittl’ Winter Wiskers
  
• Winter Wanderer’s Helm Skin
  
• Winter Wanderer’s Flowing Cloak Skin
  
• Winter Warrior’s Helm Skin
  
• Winter Warrior’s Glove Skin
  
• Winter Scale Coat Skin
  
• Gleamite Juggle Emote
  
• Throw Snow Emote
  
• Shruggy Dance Emote
  
• The Winter Gem Camp Skin

Thanks for your support and have a happy holidays! We’ll see you in Aeternum.

Heyho Pinball Fans,

The holiday season came early in Pinball FX, as we released nine amazing tables and quality-of-life updates. Let’s see the new tables!





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Boldly go, where no one has gone before in Star Trek™ Pinball! Explore 3 tables based on the fan-favorite movies and TV series of the franchise ranging from classics to the present day, and live long and prosper on the leaderboards!



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Get ready for a game-changing experience as Zen Studios partners up with Asmodee to bring you three tables based on the best tabletop games. Step into a new realm of pinball, and remember, just like with the dice, a single flip can change everything.



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Find the real meaning of Christmas in A Charlie Brown Christmas™ Pinball! Join the Peanuts crew in putting on a play and decorating the most perfect tree there is.



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Support pinball & charity with this 2-pack!

Your purchase of Epic Quest and Excalibur brings joy to those in need & helps preserve pinball culture, as Zen will donate 50% of the proceeds to Project Pinball (United States 46-3417202) and 50% to the Budapest Pinball Museum (Hungary MK/20980/2013) for each sale of this product.

On top of all these amazing tables, we also added:

- Local leaderboards
- A new Quick Play Feature
- System Achievements for new tables
- Control Remapping
- And a new physics option for the free and new tables!

For more details, watch “The Pinball Effect” part of the Pinball Bites below.



Stay tuned, as we will introduce the tables in more detail soon!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

The Zen Team

Since the 1.0 release of Striving for Light: Survival we have been focusing on critical bugfixes and improvements in numerous patches and hotfixes according to all your valuable player feedback.

But this was not all we had been working on since the release and now is the time to unleash content update 1.0.1.0 featuring new ways to shape your skilltree, a brand new chaos game mode, improvements and balancing changes for endless mode.

We have heard your feedback and opinions on our poll regarding new skilltree shards and also concerns have not been overheard. With the introduction of the new shards we did major adjustments to drop rates and the acquiring mechanisms to prevent to be able to just respec every skill node. Also refunding is bound to the condition that all your skills still hold connection to the skill tree origin.

• New Chaos Game Mode added: From the prepare your run screen you can now hit the chaos button and throw yourself directly into the action with a random character, weapons and skills. For the chaos mode no unlocks are needed and everything is available from the start. Shape the chaos and compete agains other players that all face the same odds. New leaderboards are added for this mode. Chaos mode is also available in the demo. So new players can try out everything the game has to offer without needing to unlocking them first. Also the chaos mode can be used to unlock other weapons/characters and skills if you wish. 
  
  
  
  
• Endless Chaos Mode: The new chaos mode can also played in the endless variant.
  
  
  
  
• Improved random skillpool: The random skillpool now utilises all available skills and not just the unlocked ones. So if you now only select a few skills the remaining skills to fill up the 12 slots will be picked randomly among all available skills not only the same unlocked ones. This should lead to more diverse runs for new players that do not yet have unlocked a lot of skills.
  
  
• Shard of Conjunction added: New skilltree shard that holds the power to reforge the connections between skill nodes. Can be dropped by elites.
  
  
  
  
• Shard of Refund added: New skilltree shard that holds the power to refund skill nodes if the rest of the skill nodes hold connection to the skill tree origin. Can be dropped by elites.
  
  
  
  
• Blood Effect Setting: Added a new option in the displays menu to turn off ground blood effects for cleaner visuals and less gore effects. This might also improve performance a bit.

• Improved skill tooltips to make them more clear
  
• Improved elite enemy spawn tooltips to make them more clear
  
• Removed the collected items notification to not clutter up the screen space
  
• Darokin character unlock condition has been lowered to defeat endboss on tier 1 on any map

• To compensate for the new arsenal of shards to shape your skilltree the enemy hp scaling in the endless mode was slightly increased and also the enemy spawn speed now scales with increased waves in the endless mode
  
• Locust enemies have slower charge speed
  
• Elites now have a chance dropping one of the 3 skilltree shards. The new shards have different drop chances.
  
• You now gain one shard of change each 3 waves
  
• You now gain one shard of conjunction each 5 waves
  
• You now gain one shard of refund each 8 waves

• Fixed hidden shard icons behind mouse cursor on specific screen resolutions and zoom factors
  
• Fixed leaderboard glitch that displayed full leaderboard in the your rank field
  
• Fixed weapon spear unlocked at wave 10 instead of 20
  
• Fixed map switch bug

Thanks for your support and feedback! If you encounter any bugs or issues please report them here on steam forums, our discord or via the contact form that you can access in the main menu so that we can fix those as soon as possible.

Want to report a bug or talk with fellow players about the game? You are invited to join our official disccord.

Hello builders!
Just a friendly reminder that the launch 20% discount for How To Build Your Igloo only lasts until tomorrow, 8th December, so... if you'd like to have a go at the game AND save some money, take your chance now!


By the way, thanks to those players who have already bought the game on its first week of existence, I hope you are having fun and that your trust has not been misplaced!

I have a specific request for you guys: if you are enjoying How To Build Your Igloo, please spend a couple of minutes to write a comment or a review! This would mean the world to me, first because I'd really like to know what you think of the game and, second, because this would help convincing other players to try it out!

But you know what? Also leave a comment if you are NOT enjoying the game... this would certainly less helpful for visibility, but it would help me understand were I went wrong, to fix what's fixable or to do better next time!

In the mean time... happy puzzle solving, builders!