- Plants refresh on new save.
- Characters show correct age.
- Character diary page fixed.
- Loading back to a save that reached ending takes you to the ending.
- Fixed not receiving gifts properly.
- Fixed cannot sell to shop.
- Fixed wall lantern not showing up in room.
- Fixed Ida romance dialogue response.
- Fixed some russian translations.
- Fixed duel page showing coin when it should be energy.
- Fixed art class and tea time upgrade.
- Fixed Cyrus' dialogue condition check.
- Fixed empty art class upgrade
- Fixed characters stop showing up in late game

Hey y’all, and welcome to the Playtest Pulse! It’s been a minute since we’ve done one of these, so to recap–this is where we talk about the feedback we’ve seen in the latest playtests, what we’re thinking, and what comes next.

Playtest Pulse is less of a laundry list of changes to come–we’ve got patch notes for that!–and more of a chance to continue the feedback conversation with you all. With that, let’s jump into the things we’ve heard since the last patch and leading into closed beta.


Let’s start with a juicy one… We’ve heard gear power feels like it has too much of an impact on teamfights and overall power. We agree and are making changes right away.

Notably, we’re doing the Great Gear Squish this patch, which basically cuts the total power you can get from gear in roughly half. This means if you’re fully kitted out, your overall power level will be ~50% of what it was before. This power squish is evenly divided between all gear levels, so greens are half as strong as before, blues are half as strong, etc.

For now, your challenge rating will look the same as before, but the amount of power you have will be lower. 📣 PSA: There’s an issue with how CR is calculated this patch, which is resulting in bigger numbers than intended. In other words, a set of blues will look stronger, but that number is artificially inflated and half as powerful as before. This should be fixed in the following patch.

(Remember, your CR also includes the power you receive from leveling within a match. You can expect some changes with how leveling impacts CR in the future. We’re also looking at bigger changes with leveling, with the goal of providing more choices and expression with your Seeker's gameplay.)



Finally, we’re adding a temporary gear score limit to the Ancient Veil for the foreseeable future. It can be daunting as a new player to queue up for Ancient Veil and see players with 750+ CR. Some of this hesitation is well-founded (see above), and we hope the reduction in overall gear power helps games feel more competitive than before.

That said, we don’t have a lot of levers to pull to give new players more space in Ancient Veil (e.g. matchmaking newbies together), so we’re adding a temporary gear score cap of 500 CR. We expect this number to change during closed beta, and eventually we’ll go back to having a completely uncapped experience.

To all the veterans–thanks for being patient as we invite new people to help grow the game 🙌 And we hope we have more for you to chase in the future too (see the item section below).

We’ve noticed more conversation around what feels fair in Seekers–such as gear score differentials not feeling fair–and we want to take a quick moment to talk about how we’re thinking about fairness versus competition.

One of the things that makes the extraction genre different from MOBAs or hero shooters is that you can come in with an advantage over your opponents. Finding and theorycrafting your build is a type of skill expression extraction games, but it also means everyone is coming with a different starting set-up. If “fair” means that all things are equal in a match, we’ll never be able to make a fair game because it’s inherently at odds with the genre.

That said, we do want to create a game that’s competitive. To us, that means even if a team comes in with a stronger gear set, your team can still come out victorious. If you stack the odds in your favor with a strategic team engagement, well-played fight, or clever gear set, winning should be within your grasp. And even though the fight may not have been totally even-footed, it should still feel competitive (hell yeah underdogs).



Extraction games are all about getting in, collecting good stuff, and getting out. In order for that loop to feel engaging–whether you’re a first-time player or a veteran–it needs to feel exciting and motivating to make progress in your journey.

To that, we’re working on some item system changes, with the foundations coming out this week and more to come in upcoming patches. Here are the goals we’re striving for…

• Items should matter. You care about the items you bring into the match and finding (or crafting) the next item in your build.
  
• Items should give you choices. You have opportunities to customize your build to support exactly how you want to play.
  
• Items should let you express mastery. The system gives you autonomy and has enough depth for you to express your expertise through your builds.
  
• Items should be a mark of achievement and pride. Like, yeah, that’s MY shit. And I worked hard on it.

With those goals in mind, here are some changes we’re working on.

Base items provide fewer and more consistent stats
We’re shifting power away from base items and moving it into areas you can more directly customize, such as gear sets and gems.

• Basic items will have fewer stats and the same kinds of stats, e.g. common and uncommon gear pieces will only ever grant a single primary core stat (like Defense if it’s a body piece) and nothing more. Rares and epics will grant bonus secondary stats. Legendaries follow their own rules.

Gems and passives
Passive effects on gems are fun and bring more ways for you to play your favorite Seekers, so we’re looking to get those online earlier. This includes gem passives, but also new additions like gear sets and on-hit effects on weapons. We’ll also be revamping our socket mechanics to base it on item rarity instead of a (ludicrously expensive) gold sink.

Gear sets
Wearing two and/or four items in a set will give you unique passive effects

• Hypothetical example: You’re collecting the “Lurker” set. When you wear two pieces, you no longer generate footprints. When you wear four pieces, you accumate stacks of “Ambush” while sitting in a bush, which amplifies your next attack by x%.

On-hit effects on weapons
Weapons will have unique passives granted by gear sets, Legendaries, or passive gems, such as DoT from “burn” or move speed debuffs from “freezing.” Default weapons will have their own small passives too.

Gear salvaging
A major part of the new system will be gear salvaging, as breaking down gear will be essential in crafting the gear, stats, and gems you want.

Crafting 2.0
Crafting will become the ultimate form of progression because it lets you craft exactly the item you want. You can craft items within a set, craft the secondary stats you want, gems you want to socket… All with the right crafting pieces, of course ;)

Keep an eye on the patch notes in the coming weeks as we start rolling these changes out!



We think the upcoming changes to the item system are important when it comes to the all important question of, “Why do I wanna queue up again?” The answer to this should often be to improve your build in some way, or maybe just to vibe with friends–which is great! But we know there’s more to it than that.

So far, we’ve focused most of our development time on “moment-to-moment gameplay,” which is basically what you experience during a match. All of the trappings that go around the game, allowing you to make progress across matches (aka metaprogrssion) have taken a backseat, but as we move through closed beta and eventually towards early access, these systems will need to be ready to go too.

We’ll talk more about our thoughts about cross-match progression in next month’s roadmap, including our plans for expanding Seeker Mastery, plus adding things like account leveling and vendor progression. We’ve got lots of hopes and dreams here!

There’s two different (but related) types of feedback when it comes to playing Seekers solo. One is from players who are down to queue with random teammates, but are running into some “feels bad” moments right now. The other is from players who want to rat with no teammates and no enemy teams–just all singletons. Let’s talk about that group first.

We know ratting (or just not wanting to deal with people) is a legitimate motivation for playing, and we’ve seen players make this a viable strategy. We want to maintain and encourage that, with things like individual extractors, expedited experience gains as solos, etc.

We’ve concepted and built Seekers as a team game (partially because that’s how we like to play games), so a true solo queue experience isn’t on the list right now. That said, if we keep hearing that solo queue is something many people want as we get further in development, we’re open to the conversation. It’s just not a priority for us right now. And if we did build a solo queue experience, we’d want to take the time and energy to balance it. We know some players would expect that of an officially supported mode, and we would too.



As for the players who are down to team up with new teammates but are running into hurdles, we want to tear those hurdles down. Here are some things we’re hearing and thinking about.

1. People want to hoard all the gear. For better or worse, this issue isn’t unique to Seekers–it’s something basically all team extraction games face. People want good stuff, so people take good stuff. That said, we think there’s some things we can do to help.
   
   In the near future, you’ll see all the gear you and your teammates pick up in chat. Hopefully this opens the window to ask for a piece you could use, or at least gives you the peace of mind when you see they’ve only grabbed three gray heavy helmets when you’re Neri.
   
   This doesn’t make people share, so we’re also exploring things like loot rolling to encourage a more equal opportunity for loot.
   
2. People are toxic. We’ll be adding tools to mute and report players before the end of closed beta. (Low-key I wish we could say, “we’ll solve toxicity!” but if it was that easy, the AAAs would’ve solved it by now.)
   
3. The lack of voice comms puts us at a disadvantage. We’re planning to add voice comms in the future. (See the above note, about adding muting and reporting tools too.)
   
4. Me and my teammates don’t have the same goals. Because there’s multiple ways to “win” a match, we’d love to explore a party finding system where you can find players who are looking to do the same things as you, e.g. gear up to the nines and go boss hunting, or barely gear at all and rat it out (and anything in between).

We’ve been hearing that y’all would like more skill expression and variety when it comes to fighting bosses, named creatures, and enemies in general. We’d like that too, and it’s something we’ll take another pass at eventually. For now, we think we can have a bigger impact by focusing elsewhere.

Related to this–gone are the days of the naked Boop Snoot runs. Starting this patch, all enemies will do a “gear check” to emphasize that you do need to make progress with your gear in order to take on harder enemies (and thus get better stuff). If you don’t pass the test, you’ll do one damage per hit, and they’ll wallop you to bits. You can see the minimum CR required on the creature tooltips on the mini map.


Not a teaser, just development art!

This event is a (contentious) mixed bag. In the best scenarios, it creates heart-pumping, hands-sweating endings to matches. In the worst scenarios, it feels like an auto-lose because a mega-geared team is guarding the extractor.

We think the item changes and Great Gear Squish should lessen some of the painful side of this event, as will the temporary CR cap in Ancient Veil. But we’ve got our eye on it, and we might make additional changes in the future.

You want lobby chat. We want lobby chat. WE’RE MAKING LOBBY CHAT! This week brings a first pass at a whole host of social features, including a friends list, DMs, and lobby chat.

We want a timely and well-executed extraction to take skill and coordination with your team. It shouldn’t be a stroll in the park, nor should it feel like an unwinnable uphill battle. We’ve made some changes to help strike this balance, and we’ve got more stuff cooking too.

As for the recent changes… We’ve heard generally positive feedback on the solo extractors we brought back last patch, although we think a lack of clarity is causing some people to unwittingly take a one-way solo pass out of the match. We’re working on some clarity improvements, including adding tooltips for extractors to the map.

It sounds like y’all like thwarting opponents trying to make a getaway on team extractors (you devious humans, you). So this patch, we’re introducing phase two of the team extractor changes, where you’ll be able to completely cancel extractors by destroying the three extractor cores. If you do, the extractor will cancel and anyone can channel it again, making a clean escape… if you can protect the cores.

There’s been some interesting and nuanced conversations happening in Discord about the pros and cons of gear wipes in extraction games. To oversimplify… On the pro side, wipes can feel like a great reentry point at the start of a new season. On the con side, they can feel like the perfect time to churn when your progress is reset.

It’s a tough nut to crack, and we don’t think any extraction game has fully figured it out.

Seekers is pretty far away from moving into a long-term plan for gear wipes, but we are thinking about it. Our aspiration is to make a system that lets you opt into resetting your stash in favor of progression, such as unique cosmetics or account prestige. Combined with natural sources of gear drain and competitive play across gear levels, we dream of an economy that takes care of itself. It’ll be a minute before we’re ready to commit to anything, but we wanted to share our thoughts too!

First, we want to call out that we've heard LOTS more than what’s covered here, but uh, this post is already hella long. For example, we’re also looking at things like UX/UI improvements, changing the GLA (pre-match) experience, consumable tuning, and more.

You’ll start to see some changes addressing what we covered here this week, with more to come. And keep your eye out for more regular Playtest Pulses so we can keep the conversation going. Also roadmap next month.

With that… We’d love to hear your thoughts! Anything here you’re excited by? Did we miss something? Drop us a message in Discord and let’s keep the conversation going.

Welcome to the latest update for Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition!

We’re back with a fresh round of update notes, packed with all the latest details. This time around, we’ve made some exciting tweaks to the horse creator as well as introduced a whole bunch of new coats. Let’s dive in!

A New and improved Horse Creator!

This desktop-exclusive feature has received a makeover, making it easier than ever to create the perfect horse.

No more endless scrolling to find that one specific colour with the right dilution—everything is now neatly organized with separate sections for Coat Colour, Dilution, and Dilution Type, making horse creation a breeze for both new and seasoned players.

But that’s not all.



We have also made tweaks to the pattern tab. It now separates the coat by Gene Group and Patterns in those groups, making finding that dream pattern that much easier. If you know the specific pattern you are looking for you can try using the new search function.

Coats coats coats!

We’ve added 31 eye-catching new horse coats to Rival Stars Horse Racing that are sure to turn heads! Be sure to check out the Market, Stud Farm, and Horse Creator to discover a fresh batch of coat patterns and give your horses that extra flair!

The new patterns include:

• Powder Appaloosa
  
• Roaning Appaloosa
  
• Flowing Leopard
  
• Brindled Leopard
  
• Clustered Peacock
  
• Lilypad Peacock
  
• Heavy Blanket
  
• Chunky Appaloosa
  
• Belted Blanket
  
• Snowflake Blanket
  
• Swirling Brindle
  
• Hind Brindle
  
• Twilight Dapples
  
• Frosted Dapples
  
• Snowstorm Dapples
  
• Speckled Fleabitten
  
• Patched Overo
  
• Majestic Frame
  
• Circle Pintaloosa
  
• Half Pinto
  
• Gradient Pinto
  
• Lightning Roan
  
• Fading Pinto
  
• Splash Dip
  
• Saddle Splash
  
• Dappled Splash
  
• Tobiano Strike
  
• Jagged Tobiano
  
• Scattered Tobiano
  
• Neckline Tobiano
  
• Speckled Tobiano

That’s it for now! With 31 new coats and a smoother Horse Creator experience, we can’t wait to see the gorgeous horses you design. Make sure to share your most stunning combinations with us—we love seeing your creativity in action!

Don't forget to stay tuned to the community for the latest news and competitions. Until next time, happy racing/riding, everyone!

• Revamped the Horse Creator to improve ease of use
  
  • Introduced separate sections for Coat Colour, Dilution, and Dilution Type for better organisation.
  • Filtered pattern options by Gene Group to make finding the perfect coat pattern faster
  • Added a search function for specific coat patterns.
• Added 31 New Patterns

Fixed:

• Quarter Horses were missing blue eyes.
  
• Certain horse coat colors caused pixelation issues.
  
• Training sometimes resulted in invisible horses, which could cause game crashes.
  
• The second jump in the Steeplechase tutorial occasionally froze the screen..
  
• The Steeplechase winner from last season was not displaying correctly.
  
• Lifetime earnings were being counted as double in Steeplechase races.
  
• In Foal Photo Mode, the mare’s hair floated if the mare was disabled by the user.

Optimized

• Improved the generation of horse roundel pictures.
  
• Improved tail and mane rendering.

Heroes of Arkesia,

Four Tier 4 Founder’s Packs have been added to the store, providing new bundles at an exceptional value to help you stock up on Crystals, Cosmetics, Honing Materials, and much more! With new adventures and experiences in Tier 4, these packs are built to provide a cache of rewards to help aid you in your journey. There are four packs; Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, each with increasing rewards and value. Find the full contents on our Steam Store Page. For the packs containing cosmetic items, find the Street Glitter skins, Royal Cahni Wagon mount, and Bumblebee pet showcased below.



The full pack contents, prices, and links to purchase can be found on our Steam Store Page. For players on Ignite Servers, you will need to transfer off of the server before being able to claim the pack.

We wish you luck in your adventures in Arkesia! From Ignite Servers to powering up in Tier 4 and uncovering new stories and quests in North Kurzan, there’s much to experience.

Hey y’all, and welcome to the Playtest Pulse! It’s been a minute since we’ve done one of these, so to recap–this is where we talk about the feedback we’ve seen in the latest playtests, what we’re thinking, and what comes next.

Playtest Pulse is less of a laundry list of changes to come–we’ve got patch notes for that!–and more of a chance to continue the feedback conversation with you all. With that, let’s jump into the things we’ve heard since the last patch and leading into closed beta.


Let’s start with a juicy one… We’ve heard gear power feels like it has too much of an impact on teamfights and overall power. We agree and are making changes right away.

Notably, we’re doing the Great Gear Squish this patch, which basically cuts the total power you can get from gear in roughly half. This means if you’re fully kitted out, your overall power level will be ~50% of what it was before. This power squish is evenly divided between all gear levels, so greens are half as strong as before, blues are half as strong, etc.

For now, your challenge rating will look the same as before, but the amount of power you have will be lower. 📣 PSA: There’s an issue with how CR is calculated this patch, which is resulting in bigger numbers than intended. In other words, a set of blues will look stronger, but that number is artificially inflated and half as powerful as before. This should be fixed in the following patch.

(Remember, your CR also includes the power you receive from leveling within a match. You can expect some changes with how leveling impacts CR in the future. We’re also looking at bigger changes with leveling, with the goal of providing more choices and expression with your Seeker's gameplay.)



Finally, we’re adding a temporary gear score limit to the Ancient Veil for the foreseeable future. It can be daunting as a new player to queue up for Ancient Veil and see players with 750+ CR. Some of this hesitation is well-founded (see above), and we hope the reduction in overall gear power helps games feel more competitive than before.

That said, we don’t have a lot of levers to pull to give new players more space in Ancient Veil (e.g. matchmaking newbies together), so we’re adding a temporary gear score cap of 500 CR. We expect this number to change during closed beta, and eventually we’ll go back to having a completely uncapped experience.

To all the veterans–thanks for being patient as we invite new people to help grow the game 🙌 And we hope we have more for you to chase in the future too (see the item section below).

We’ve noticed more conversation around what feels fair in Seekers–such as gear score differentials not feeling fair–and we want to take a quick moment to talk about how we’re thinking about fairness versus competition.

One of the things that makes the extraction genre different from MOBAs or hero shooters is that you can come in with an advantage over your opponents. Finding and theorycrafting your build is a type of skill expression extraction games, but it also means everyone is coming with a different starting set-up. If “fair” means that all things are equal in a match, we’ll never be able to make a fair game because it’s inherently at odds with the genre.

That said, we do want to create a game that’s competitive. To us, that means even if a team comes in with a stronger gear set, your team can still come out victorious. If you stack the odds in your favor with a strategic team engagement, well-played fight, or clever gear set, winning should be within your grasp. And even though the fight may not have been totally even-footed, it should still feel competitive (hell yeah underdogs).



Extraction games are all about getting in, collecting good stuff, and getting out. In order for that loop to feel engaging–whether you’re a first-time player or a veteran–it needs to feel exciting and motivating to make progress in your journey.

To that, we’re working on some item system changes, with the foundations coming out this week and more to come in upcoming patches. Here are the goals we’re striving for…

• Items should matter. You care about the items you bring into the match and finding (or crafting) the next item in your build.
  
• Items should give you choices. You have opportunities to customize your build to support exactly how you want to play.
  
• Items should let you express mastery. The system gives you autonomy and has enough depth for you to express your expertise through your builds.
  
• Items should be a mark of achievement and pride. Like, yeah, that’s MY shit. And I worked hard on it.

With those goals in mind, here are some changes we’re working on.

Base items provide fewer and more consistent stats
We’re shifting power away from base items and moving it into areas you can more directly customize, such as gear sets and gems.

• Basic items will have fewer stats and the same kinds of stats, e.g. common and uncommon gear pieces will only ever grant a single primary core stat (like Defense if it’s a body piece) and nothing more. Rares and epics will grant bonus secondary stats. Legendaries follow their own rules.

Gems and passives
Passive effects on gems are fun and bring more ways for you to play your favorite Seekers, so we’re looking to get those online earlier. This includes gem passives, but also new additions like gear sets and on-hit effects on weapons. We’ll also be revamping our socket mechanics to base it on item rarity instead of a (ludicrously expensive) gold sink.

Gear sets
Wearing two and/or four items in a set will give you unique passive effects

• Hypothetical example: You’re collecting the “Lurker” set. When you wear two pieces, you no longer generate footprints. When you wear four pieces, you accumate stacks of “Ambush” while sitting in a bush, which amplifies your next attack by x%.

On-hit effects on weapons
Weapons will have unique passives granted by gear sets, Legendaries, or passive gems, such as DoT from “burn” or move speed debuffs from “freezing.” Default weapons will have their own small passives too.

Gear salvaging
A major part of the new system will be gear salvaging, as breaking down gear will be essential in crafting the gear, stats, and gems you want.

Crafting 2.0
Crafting will become the ultimate form of progression because it lets you craft exactly the item you want. You can craft items within a set, craft the secondary stats you want, gems you want to socket… All with the right crafting pieces, of course ;)

Keep an eye on the patch notes in the coming weeks as we start rolling these changes out!



We think the upcoming changes to the item system are important when it comes to the all important question of, “Why do I wanna queue up again?” The answer to this should often be to improve your build in some way, or maybe just to vibe with friends–which is great! But we know there’s more to it than that.

So far, we’ve focused most of our development time on “moment-to-moment gameplay,” which is basically what you experience during a match. All of the trappings that go around the game, allowing you to make progress across matches (aka metaprogrssion) have taken a backseat, but as we move through closed beta and eventually towards early access, these systems will need to be ready to go too.

We’ll talk more about our thoughts about cross-match progression in next month’s roadmap, including our plans for expanding Seeker Mastery, plus adding things like account leveling and vendor progression. We’ve got lots of hopes and dreams here!

There’s two different (but related) types of feedback when it comes to playing Seekers solo. One is from players who are down to queue with random teammates, but are running into some “feels bad” moments right now. The other is from players who want to rat with no teammates and no enemy teams–just all singletons. Let’s talk about that group first.

We know ratting (or just not wanting to deal with people) is a legitimate motivation for playing, and we’ve seen players make this a viable strategy. We want to maintain and encourage that, with things like individual extractors, expedited experience gains as solos, etc.

We’ve concepted and built Seekers as a team game (partially because that’s how we like to play games), so a true solo queue experience isn’t on the list right now. That said, if we keep hearing that solo queue is something many people want as we get further in development, we’re open to the conversation. It’s just not a priority for us right now. And if we did build a solo queue experience, we’d want to take the time and energy to balance it. We know some players would expect that of an officially supported mode, and we would too.



As for the players who are down to team up with new teammates but are running into hurdles, we want to tear those hurdles down. Here are some things we’re hearing and thinking about.

1. People want to hoard all the gear. For better or worse, this issue isn’t unique to Seekers–it’s something basically all team extraction games face. People want good stuff, so people take good stuff. That said, we think there’s some things we can do to help.
   
   In the near future, you’ll see all the gear you and your teammates pick up in chat. Hopefully this opens the window to ask for a piece you could use, or at least gives you the peace of mind when you see they’ve only grabbed three gray heavy helmets when you’re Neri.
   
   This doesn’t make people share, so we’re also exploring things like loot rolling to encourage a more equal opportunity for loot.
   
2. People are toxic. We’ll be adding tools to mute and report players before the end of closed beta. (Low-key I wish we could say, “we’ll solve toxicity!” but if it was that easy, the AAAs would’ve solved it by now.)
   
3. The lack of voice comms puts us at a disadvantage. We’re planning to add voice comms in the future. (See the above note, about adding muting and reporting tools too.)
   
4. Me and my teammates don’t have the same goals. Because there’s multiple ways to “win” a match, we’d love to explore a party finding system where you can find players who are looking to do the same things as you, e.g. gear up to the nines and go boss hunting, or barely gear at all and rat it out (and anything in between).

We’ve been hearing that y’all would like more skill expression and variety when it comes to fighting bosses, named creatures, and enemies in general. We’d like that too, and it’s something we’ll take another pass at eventually. For now, we think we can have a bigger impact by focusing elsewhere.

Related to this–gone are the days of the naked Boop Snoot runs. Starting this patch, all enemies will do a “gear check” to emphasize that you do need to make progress with your gear in order to take on harder enemies (and thus get better stuff). If you don’t pass the test, you’ll do one damage per hit, and they’ll wallop you to bits. You can see the minimum CR required on the creature tooltips on the mini map.


Not a teaser, just development art!

This event is a (contentious) mixed bag. In the best scenarios, it creates heart-pumping, hands-sweating endings to matches. In the worst scenarios, it feels like an auto-lose because a mega-geared team is guarding the extractor.

We think the item changes and Great Gear Squish should lessen some of the painful side of this event, as will the temporary CR cap in Ancient Veil. But we’ve got our eye on it, and we might make additional changes in the future.

You want lobby chat. We want lobby chat. WE’RE MAKING LOBBY CHAT! This week brings a first pass at a whole host of social features, including a friends list, DMs, and lobby chat.

We want a timely and well-executed extraction to take skill and coordination with your team. It shouldn’t be a stroll in the park, nor should it feel like an unwinnable uphill battle. We’ve made some changes to help strike this balance, and we’ve got more stuff cooking too.

As for the recent changes… We’ve heard generally positive feedback on the solo extractors we brought back last patch, although we think a lack of clarity is causing some people to unwittingly take a one-way solo pass out of the match. We’re working on some clarity improvements, including adding tooltips for extractors to the map.

It sounds like y’all like thwarting opponents trying to make a getaway on team extractors (you devious humans, you). So this patch, we’re introducing phase two of the team extractor changes, where you’ll be able to completely cancel extractors by destroying the three extractor cores. If you do, the extractor will cancel and anyone can channel it again, making a clean escape… if you can protect the cores.

There’s been some interesting and nuanced conversations happening in Discord about the pros and cons of gear wipes in extraction games. To oversimplify… On the pro side, wipes can feel like a great reentry point at the start of a new season. On the con side, they can feel like the perfect time to churn when your progress is reset.

It’s a tough nut to crack, and we don’t think any extraction game has fully figured it out.

Seekers is pretty far away from moving into a long-term plan for gear wipes, but we are thinking about it. Our aspiration is to make a system that lets you opt into resetting your stash in favor of progression, such as unique cosmetics or account prestige. Combined with natural sources of gear drain and competitive play across gear levels, we dream of an economy that takes care of itself. It’ll be a minute before we’re ready to commit to anything, but we wanted to share our thoughts too!

First, we want to call out that we've heard LOTS more than what’s covered here, but uh, this post is already hella long. For example, we’re also looking at things like UX/UI improvements, changing the GLA (pre-match) experience, consumable tuning, and more.

You’ll start to see some changes addressing what we covered here this week, with more to come. And keep your eye out for more regular Playtest Pulses so we can keep the conversation going. Also roadmap next month.

With that… We’d love to hear your thoughts! Anything here you’re excited by? Did we miss something? Drop us a message in Discord and let’s keep the conversation going.

I’m excited to announce that Nuke Them All is now fully playable on the Steam Deck! Many players requested this feature, and while adapting a PC/Mac desktop game for a smaller screen and controller wasn’t easy, the hard work has paid off!

You can now experience the full game on Steam Deck with only minor issues, like slightly smaller text, which won't affect your gameplay.

How to Get Started:
Before launching the game on your Steam Deck, select the controller icon (found on the right side of your library) and choose the preset titled "Keyboard WSAD And Mouse." This allows you to tap and drag for commands, and utilize the side buttons for camera control and zooming. It's intuitive and smooth to play!



Give it a try on your Steam Deck now! The full version is available on Steam Deck!

Watch me play on Steam Deck to learn more about the controls:

New patch is here!
This one fixes game-breaking bugs and brings some gameplay enhancements!

Changes:

• Added back enemy spawn animations
  
• Nerfed "Bomber" boss
  
• Lowered coin pickup sound
  
• The crosshair will not lock-on buildings anymore

Additions:

• Bomber enemies will now go easier on you when one of them hit you so that you can recover from the crash

Bugs:

• Fixed bug where enemy cars would occasionally stop moving unexpectedly. Please note that similar issues may still persist, and we are actively working to address them

Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve Riot Ride!
Thank you for your ongoing bug reports and suggestions — keep them coming! We're committed to delivering regular, high-quality updates to enhance your experience, so stay tuned for more improvements soon!

Added Challenges to Career page
Added Saboteur Character
Added multiple different starting microchips for each character
Added “Charged Bullets” Microchip
Added “Multitrack Magazine” Microchip
Added “Spearhead Bullets” Microchip
Added “Stunning Shots” Microchip
Added “Plague Machine” Microchip
Added “Dimension Array” Microchip

Hello Operators!

I am very happy to present you Block Shop Demo v0.3.0!
This new update is a major one, and adds a lot of features including save file, extra badges for some levels, hints, as well as new visuals for the game!

All of this was done to get ready for Steam Next Fest!
If you haven't already wishlisted the game on there, it would mean to world to me if you did!

New features and quality of life improvements:

• Add Save File to track progress of player
  
  • Button was also added to clear the current Save File
• Changed the whole logic of all the solutions for the levels are calculated
  
• Change visual of multiple buttons:
  
  • Quit button
• Add Hints System in case levels are too complicated
  
  • Levels can have up to 3 hints
    
  • Hints will also be available on player made levels once the Editor is made public
• Add Danger Zone to the game
  
  • Those zone are extra tile on the board that can be used if the player struggles
    
  • Not using these Danger Zone will reward the player with a Efficiency Badge!
• Add visual and animation for the Efficiency Badge
  
• Add Hints and Danger Zone to all the currently existing levels
  
• Change the way drop shadow is applied to the conveyor for optimization
  
• Update visual look of the Tutorial Page
  
• Add visual feedback on all buttons
  
• Add visual feedback on cursor and machine placement on the board
  
• Add CRT filter over the whole visual

Bug fixes:

• Fix Block Shadow not appearing properly
  
• Fix Tutorial reopening every time a level is restarted
  
• Fix right-clicking the machines not opening the correct tutorial page

Get ready for an epic space battle! Our new space shooter ROBOCRACY is launching soon on Steam, where you'll face off against rogue AIs in an intense fight. Step into the shoes of a Galactic Ranger and battle waves of robots with powerful weapons and advanced tech. With 16 levels across three acts, two-player co-op mode, and a range of modifications, ROBOCRACY promises to be an unforgettable adventure. Stay tuned for updates and don't miss the release on Steam!