Huge congratulations to our Weekly Showdown Grand Final Winner, HorsesGlaore who wins with a very fast round!
Our course this week produced a very competitive Grand Final with 20 riders going clear!
Congratulations to everyone who made it through and did so well :)

Hello Knights!

Before we dive into the details for Update 1.5 - For The Players, we have some exciting news! Ember Knights has joined PixElated Fest, going live at 1:00 pm EST (10:00 am PST) today!


We love pixel art games, and we know you do too. So, let’s celebrate together 🎉 We’re super excited to share that Ember Knights joins PixElated Festival this week! This festival is featuring some of the best pixel art games on Steam. From retro-style classics to contemporary indie gems all in one place!

There will be ✨ discounts ✨ live streams ✨ art contest ✨ demos✨ developer chats ✨ all centered around your favorite games.

Check out the official line-up and more information about the event here: http://pixelatedfest.com/



Ok, now on to the details for Update 1.5 - For The Players! Reminder, this is our last update before Ember Knights 2.0 - Wrath of the Architect!







It's hard to believe that it's already been a year since we launched Ember Knights 1.0! Despite the Stewards working tirelessly to maintain the Nexus, they've also been noticing all the heroic work you've been putting in and they took the time to give you a little gift!

When you fire up 1.5, you'll see a couple Stewards ready to present you with their little token of appreciation!




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

Quit from pretty much anywhere and be able to resume your run at a later date!

• Updated a bunch of achievements and challenges in multiplayer games so clients also get credit for unlocking the achievement
  
  • Weapons Training - Unlock your first new weapon
    
  • Record Keeper - Unlock the Compendium
    
  • A Fire Ignited - Restore Ember to the Ember Tree
    
  • Orbs Orbs Orbs - Identify your first Relic Orb
    
  • Strange Markings - Identify your first Skill Tablet
    
  • Master at Arms - Unlock all weapons
    
  • Weapon Engineer - Unlock weapon modding
• Updated to award clients with Care Package relics
  
• Updated to award clients with Mimic King's Consort for beating the minigame
  
• Updated to award clients with Bob's Containment Field for completing the broken jar sequence
  
• Updated so clients get credit for discovering relic orbs
  
• Updated to still spawn skill tablets if any of the players still need it
  
• Updated the Marvin sequence so it plays any sequences that have not been seen by a client
  
• Updated to allow players to use their last equipped weapon
  
• Updated the player select screen to support choosing your player color from your color presets
  
• Added Rejoin to the multiplayer menu in the Main Menu
  
• Updated Steam invites to support reconnects
  
• Updated the HUD so the player’s is always on the left
  
• Updated the HUD and boss health bars to hide when the player runs behind them
  
• Updated the Options menu and added a settings tab

• Automatic revives after 3 combat rooms
  
• Updated the HUD to display the correct revive message

• Updated the player indicator to show a ring and arrow that match the player’s flame color
  
  • Added a toggle in the Options menu to turn this on or off
• Added a dimmer to the Options menu for adjusting the opacity of the HUD

• Added mouse functionality to all remaining screens
  
  • Selectors (skill, relic, stat)
    
  • Relic refinement selector and shop
    
  • Dialogue advancing
    
  • Ember Shrine
    
  • Offering Pit
    
  • Cinematic replay

We reworked the Ember Tree UI to look more like the Ember Shrine and function like the weapon modding UI. We also added your current upgrades to the Ember Tree tooltip, so you no longer need to open the UI just to see what upgrades you have equipped.

As a fun little bonus, you can now encounter Goldie throughout a run. Defeat this glittery little loot Steward and he'll be sure to reward you with his stash of gold!

It's been about a year since we released 1.0 and the Stewards have been paying attention to all your hard work over this past year. They've worked really hard on a neat little present for you and it can be found on your first visit back to the Nexus!



Before we talk about the balancing changes, we'd like to extend a heartfelt thanks for everyone that tested these changes on the experimental beta branch and provided their thoughts. The feedback was incredibly valuable! ❤️

• Updated ultimate upgrades to no longer automatically equip after 2 upgrades are equipped
  • Being reverted in Hotfix 1.5.1
• Removed upgrade options from the skill selectors in Scoggfirth
  • Being reverted in Hotfix 1.5.1
• Updated a bunch of individual upgrades:
  • Blast Bomb Upgrade III - Reduced damage on the 3 bombs by 50%
    
  • Knight's Charge Ultimate Upgrade - Requires hitting unique enemies to refresh
    
  • Warrior Wisps Upgrade III - Reduced healing by 50%
    • Being reverted in Hotfix 1.5.1
  • Hailstone Armor Upgrade III - Invulnerability clears after 4s or when you attack or cast another skill
    
  • Ballista Upgrade II - Reduced damage on the 3 arrows by 33%
    
  • Ballista Upgrade III - Reduced healing from 2 to 1 with a maximum of 15 HP per Ballista. Added a 5s cooldown
    • Being reverted in Hotfix 1.5.1
  • Judgment Upgrade I - Reduced damage on the additional set of lightning bolts by 50%
    
  • Seek and Destroy Upgrade II - Reduced healing by 50%
    • Being reverted in Hotfix 1.5.1
  • Cloak and Dagger Upgrade I - Reduced damage on the 3 daggers by 33%
    
  • Arlan's Lucky Dice Upgrade I - Set a limit of 1 food item and 1 stat gem per room
    
  • Arlan's Lucky Dice Upgrade II - Set a limit of 2 Wisps and 1 Ballista. Additional rolls will replace the current Wisp or Ballista
    
  • Arlan's Lucky Dice Ultimate Upgrade - Updated to require a perfect cast. Second dice deals 75% damage
    
  • Soul Siphon Upgrade II - Reduced damage on additional lasers by 50%
    
  • Gravity Well Upgrade I - Reduced the range of the laser. Updated the distance to be controlled by the charge time

• Updated the following relics:
  • Spell in a Bottle
    • Removed the ability for the projectiles from this relic to refresh skills
      
    • Reduced projectile damage from 25 to 15
  • Magic Tome
    • Reduced AOE damage from 25 to 20
  • Pristine Band
    • Reduced base health gain from 5 to 3
    • Reduced max owned from 5 to 4

• Suppression Obelisk changed from lifetime to hit counter
  
• Added a skill selector or relic refinement to empty secret rooms 🔥
  
• Added number of loops and chain of perfect rooms to the summary screen 🔥
  
• Added a windowed option 🔥
  
• Reduced the volume on the company logos 🔥

Last but not least, we fixed a few pesky bugs.

• Fixed a bug where killing enemies wasn’t updating the relic orb enemy kill counter on the save slot 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies could become pulled before finishing their spawn animation 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug with Praxis where he could occasionally teleport out of the room 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug with Shared Fate and Praxis buffed enemies where players would take more damage than they should 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug with Effigeist where his HP would increase after being frozen
  
• Fixed a bug with Hypercharger where his attack indicators could become displaced
  
• Fixed a bug with Hailstone Armor’s Ultimate Upgrade where the ice ring could permanently freeze elite and champion enemies 🔥
  
• Fixed a bug with Judgment’s Ultimate Upgrade where Praxis could take damage when he’s no longer visible in the room 🔥
  
• Fixed a few issues with cursed relics and their cleansed versions where they weren’t being tracked consistently in the Compendium 🔥
  
• Fixed some minor visual issues with the Knight when equipped with the Rift Hammer
  
• Fixed a bug where skipping a selection in a selector could cause the game timer to resume ticking 🔥
  
• Fixed a few multiplayer bugs related to the intro sequences for Praxis
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where clients would only take 1 damage from Defense Bot’s projectile attack 🔥
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where clients could identify Soul Siphon and Gravity Well again if the host hasn’t unlocked them yet 🔥
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where some clients could not see the destroyed Volt buff
  
• Fixed a bug where the button mapping for skill upgrade details wasn’t appearing (Switch only) 🔥

That's it for now. See everyone at the release of Ember Knights 2.0 - Wrath of the Architect!
Remember to wishlist the DLC to stay up to date with all the latest news!

-Doom Turtle




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We will also be especially grateful for your feedback and suggestions as we work towards a massive 2024 so be sure to join our Discord to share your comments directly with us!


Stay tuned for more news and updates!

The v0.2.8 update has been released.

The updates are as follows.

• Added joystick support.
  
  
• Added Research Module [Module Optimization], [Additional Support]:
  
  
  1. Module Optimization:
     All of our party boosts 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%... /20% penetration.
     
     
  2. Extra Support:
     After selecting a support module, gain 1 additional random support module.

• Update Research Module [Adaptive Modification]:
  
  Increased character's available specialty module limit by 1/2 and unlocked Stage 2/3 specialty modules.
  ↓
  Increased the maximum number of Specialty Modules available to characters by 1/2.
  
  
• Updated the Research Points required for some Research Modules.
  
  
• Updated character Carol Special Module [Efficient Cycle], [TTS-3 Hyperpressure Thruster]:
  
  
  1. Efficient Cycle:
     Mechanical Heavy Fists no longer consume energy.
     ↓
     Exoskeleton Armor's shield value restored at the start of the round is increased to 10 points per cell of energy.
     
     
  2. TTS-3 Hyperbaric Thrusters:
     The Mechanical Heavy Punch consumes an additional 1 point of Energy and has an unlimited charge distance.
     ↓
     Mechanical Heavy Fist has unlimited charge distance.
  
  
• Updated Character Silver Specialty Module [R516 Enhanced]:
  
  
  1. R516 Enhanced:
     At the start of the round, randomly imbue 1 enemy unit with the Mark of Death.
     ↓
     When a skill hits an enemy unit, it grants the target 1 additional Death Mark.
  
  
• Updated character Ye Ling Special Module [Automatic Shield Recovery Device], [Emergency Transfer Protocol]:
  
  
  1. Automatic Shield Recovery Device:
     At the start of each turn, restore 30 points of shield value (150% Attack) to our unit with the lowest shield value within 3 squares of itself.
     ↓
     At the start of each turn, restore 30 points of shield value (150% attack) to our unit with the lowest shield value.
     
     
  2. Emergency Transfer Protocol:
     Offensive Command may select a teammate to convert the full amount of their current Shield Value to their teammate's Shield Value and add 1 Matrix Force Field to both sides.
     ↓
     The Offense command may select a teammate, restores 30 points of shield value to the teammate (150% Attack), and adds 1 Matrix Force Field to both sides.
  
  
• Updated initial research points to 200 points.
  
  
• Updated Chapter 1 level structure to reduce difficulty.
  
  
• Updated some monster attributes.
  
  
• Adjusted some special effects and art performance.

• Fix some known issues.

Dear SLAVIC BROTHERS, we have truly GLORIOUS and BRIGHT news for you, because soon we all will have to face A NEW CHALLENGE of the impending threat from the lizard lands. United we stand and we FIGHT against dishonest and coward enemy, we will DEMOLISH OUR FOES BY THE RUSSIAN FOLK WHEELKICK IN DA FACE . So let's get up and get ready boot out OUR BLOOD ENEMIES of our sacred land and banish them back to the hole they came from LET'S NAIL THEIR LIZARD BALLS TO THE WALL AND KNOCK THE HELL OUTA THEM!!! . All this is destined to begin in early 2025, but in the meantime you have a little time to train and hone your combat skills. And down below - inspiring speech before the battle:




https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107800

Dear Players:

We will conduct a maintenance update from 10:00 to 12:00 a.m. on July 30, 2024, Beijing time. During this period, the game will be inaccessible and we are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

The following are the main contents of this maintenance:

[Event]
1.Supremacy: Nightmare
2.Buy Points, Get Rewards: 8000 - The Hostess (Legendary) / 30000 - The Hostess (Godlike)
3.Event of Horsehair
4.Gold Rush (Weekly Event)
Consume 100 gold coins: Fodder (Legendary)*3, Silver*10,000
Consume 500 gold coins: Starlight Chest (Epic)*1, Mystical Valley Ticket*2
Consume 1,000 gold coins: Starlight Chest (Epic)*3, Mystical Valley Ticket*3, Tower Ticket*5
Consume 2,000 gold coins: Mega Cards Box (Epic)*1, Dark Champion Potion*1, Silver*200,000
Consume 5,000 gold coins: Healing Saddle (7 days)*1, Fire Opal*2, Mystical Valley Ticket*5
Consume 10,000 gold coins: Godlike Box*1, Solar Chest (Legendary)*1, Legendary Gem*10
Consume 30,000 gold coins: Fire Ruby*1, Solar Chest (Legendary)*2, Silver*3,000,000
Consume 50,000 gold coins: Black Opal*1, Solar Chest (Legendary)*2, Silver*4,000,000
Consume 60,000 gold coins: Godlike Box*2, Solar Chest (Legendary)*1, Silver*4,000,000
Consume 80,000 gold coins: Fire Ruby*1, Solar Chest (Legendary)*2, Silver*4,000,000
Consume 100,000 gold coins: Black Opal*1, Solar Chest (Legendary)*2, Silver*4,000,000
5.Pack (Limited Time Event)
6.Booster Bonanza
20 packs of Victory Packs - Black Opal*1 / Silver*3,000,000
20 packs of Master Skill Packs II - Akane Jumonji (Epic)*1 / Fire Opal*1
10 packs of Cryptic Human Packs III - Unicorn Mirager (7 days)*1 / Epic Gem*10 / Silver*500,000
20 packs of Elite Packs - Assembly Order*5 / Silver*150,000
7.Mystical Valley
8.Challenge the Lady of the Flame
9.Divinity’s Tower
10.Hero Coming
11.Endless Abyss
12.VIP Copy
13.Master of Blacksmith
14.Master of Alchemy

[Update]
Soul Summoner: Add Angels, Demons, and Dragons

See the pictures for details. The event content is subject to the game content. The official has the final right of interpretation.

Another lot of updates and bug fixes. Tester feedback addressed.
Details below!

Train Mode

• Getting a Blackjack actually shows +21 added to your score panel.
  
• Text showing score amplification during red-line included with animation is now visible.
  
• Gamble Feature now plays an animated "WIN" if successful.
  
• Gamble Feature will now time-out if player's answer was incorrect.
  
• Gamble Feature will now become dark-red upon an incorrect answer.
  
• Gamble Feature now becomes temporarily unavailable while another feature is active.
  
• Players can no longer continue playing behind the 'Defeated' Window.
  
• Game refocuses on entry field after running Gamble Feature.
  
• Red-Line Score Amplification Reduced.
  
• Red-Line Timer Speed Reduced.

Settings

• Players can no longer see through the menus to pause advantageously.

Leaderboard scores have been reset due to significant changes to score amplifications.
As always, questions, comments and feedback are all welcome.

Thank you!

Dear SLAVIC BROTHERS, we have truly GLORIOUS and BRIGHT news for you, because soon we all will have to face A NEW CHALLENGE of the impending threat from the lizard lands. United we stand and we FIGHT against dishonest and coward enemy, we will DEMOLISH OUR FOES BY THE RUSSIAN FOLK WHEELKICK IN DA FACE . So let's get up and get ready boot out OUR BLOOD ENEMIES of our sacred land and banish them back to the hole they came from LET'S NAIL THEIR LIZARD BALLS TO THE WALL AND KNOCK THE HELL OUTA THEM!!! . All this is destined to begin in early 2025, but in the meantime you have a little time to train and hone your combat skills. And down below - inspiring speech before the battle:




store.steampowered.com/app/3107800/LIZARDS_MUST_DIE_2

The record of battles fought by the heroes of the past is brought back to life! The ace card "Dragon Master Magia, " which combines Ultimate Power and Chaos, is now available! Furthermore, the legendary Spell Card "Spell Card "Monster Reborn" " is included in a new form, as well as "Heavy Storm, " which can single-handedly turn the tide of the Duel! Also, powerful new cards such as "Ace★Spades Speculation" are also included! Master these legendary cards and create a new story with them!

The Demo version has been updated! If you have been following the game, now is the perfect time to check out some of the new features - grab the demo and enjoy!

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• The demo is a short run of the upcoming FREE Demonlore content expansion.
  
• If you purchase the game you can access the new Demonlore features by changing your game to use the public test beta build (see the forum for instructions).
  
• The full game has a huge amount of content not shown in the demo, including more game modes like Campaign and Endless.

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See the patch notes for the full game to get some insight in the large changes we have made:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1588340/view/4264427597951630583


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We are very active devs, so you are more than welcome to join our discord or leave your feedback on the Steam forum with anything you would love to see in the future of the game. This is just the beginning of very exciting times ahead!
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The open beta test is now closed. Stay tuned for further updates!