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Hey everyone, for the Steam Scream Festival i have updated the demo to showcase the first section of the hospital. The demo contains only this level. I hope you like it and please provide feedback.
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Hey everyone, for the Steam Scream Festival i have updated the demo to showcase the first section of the hospital. The demo contains only this level. I hope you like it and please provide feedback.
Epic Poems and the Torn Hordes await - welcome to Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion!
The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, the Divine Comedy - as Scribes, the time has come to craft your own Epics!
Major Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion brings a new game mode: Epic Poetry! In a single arena, battle to the bitter end against stanza after stanza of the Torn Hordes - all while enduring the interference of the Torn Lords!
Chapter XIII also brings Resound: an extendable 1-cost Spender Spell, Fortify: a new Orange Keyword, and many Pages of Power for your other favorite Inks and Spells!
As always, you can review the abridged Vellum timeline below - or see the full journey in game, Interlude Patches and all!
Under dire scrutiny of Torn Lords, the Scribes repel the ill-borne hordes...
Face stanza after stanza of fearsome foes in Epic Poems! Pick your loadout, grab your fellow Scribes, and holdout on a single map for as long as you can. You'll earn Font Points to Purchase Pages of Power fluidly between different categories - but the tension ramps up as deadly and dastardly Binding Combinations activate, shifting the challenging tides of battle from wave to wave!
That's not the only challenge awaiting you; the Torn Lords won't be watching from the sidelines, they'll be interfering from afar, hoping to trip you up and throw off your poetical rhythm with dangerous (but rewarding) distractions!
Epic Poetry is perfect for players with an appetite for action-focused arcade-y play sessions. Dive right into the Vellum combat and build-making; fight and write your way to glory!
Seek to right these poetical wrongs, revel and dance to victorious songs!
Unlocked next to the game-start pedestal after mending Rivals, you'll be able to select your desired Arena and Difficulty for Epic Poetry - then set off and battle to your heart's content... or until your Ink runs dry! You'll be offered an optional exit portal after vanquishing the 20th Stanza, but are free to continue further at no risk to your rewards.
We're launching with 4 maps available at the start: Ritual, Threshold, The Forum, Crossroads, and will be adding more in the future.
Face the Epic Poems on Folklore, Chronicle, and Mythos difficulties to gain additional Quillmarks. Additionally, you'll be able to unlock new cosmetics for fighting through a cumulative total of Stanzas!
If music be the bane of Torn, play on!
Tune up and tune in for the newest spender spell to echo through the Tomes - RESOUND!
Throw down a bell, then make it ring across the fields of battle to overwhelm your foes with the power of music! Resound is a 1-cost spell with a unique behavior - your first cast will summon the Bell for a time, while subsequent casts will throw Piercing Notes to extend and re-ring the Bell!
You'll also damage any foe caught in the projectile's path - so watch your positioning AND your tempo!
Admire the vast strength of a turret, and hope your foes dare not endure it!
We're introducing a new Keyword for Orange: Fortify! Fortify helps define and extend the "be close to your Atlas" state further than before! While you're close enough to your Atlas, you'll become Fortified and see a new hovering shield above your Book!
There are over 20 new Pages of Power, touching on Quip, Jot, Concoct, Wordsmith, Callback, Swoop, Ghostwrite, Orange, and General Movement Spells - let's look at some highlights:
Signal Interval will periodically grant you Parry while Fortified, adding extra offense and defense to sticking close to Atlas.
Driving Force grants a chance to reset your Movement Spell cooldown when it deals damage, opening up more offensive mobility builds.
Catalyst gives Concoct +33% size and additional bounce - additionally, Concoct now interacts with bonus bounces and projectiles better!
Hammer It Out now slams nearby foes with a hammer when casting Wordsmith!
There are plenty more to collect and use in your fight for the Illuminated Library! We can't wait to see what busted new combinations you uncover, Scribes!
What's next? We'll be keeping an eye and ear out for Epic Poetry feedback while working on the next Interlude Patch. You can expect more maps to enter the poetry pool, and we're planning to look at some more balancing across the board. Keep the feedback coming!
We're happy with the response to the previous interlude patch - thanks for perusing the Illuminated Library!
Special thanks to the Discord for really hammering on the testing branch and finding bugs for us to squash. As always, your insights continue to be invaluable.
Go, masters of Ink, and mark your prowess amid beautiful Poetry In Motion!
- The Vellum Team
- Epic Poetry: Battle through Stanza after Stanza of Torn Hordes
- 4 Arenas: Threshold, The Forum, Crossroads, Ritual
- 3 Difficulties: Folklore, Chronicle, Mythos
- Exit Portal opens after 20 Stanzas, with an option to continue (at no risk to your currency rewards)
- Unlocked after mending Rivals, begin by approaching the open book near the Font's pedestal
- New Cosmetic rewards
- 1-Cost Spender Spell, Bell Ring: 55 Damage, Piercing Notes: 45 Damage
- Orchestrate a Blaring Bell to ring nearby foes and persist for 5s. (Interact to Recall the spell early.)
- Bell Active: Launch Piercing Notes to ring and prolong the Bell, damaging all foes struck.
- New Pages of Power for Resound
- Orange Signature Ink Keyword: Fortify - (Note: This functionality already existed, we're just further defining and expanding on it)
- Over 20 New Pages of Power for Quip, Jot, Concoct, Wordsmith, Callback, Swoop, Ghostwrite, Orange Ink, and General Movement Spells
- Spell: Concoct now behaves correctly with increases to number of projectiles
- Spell: Concoct Pages and effects related to bounces interact properly now
- Bonus Objective: Golden Ink no longer prevents Chapters from ending
- Page of Power: Set Up Shop interaction fix
- Page of Power: One Ton size change temp deactivated
- Page of Power: Flourishing Splash should now correctly position itself
- Page of Power: Biding Time now has the correct numbers in tooltip
- Arena: The Forum adjusted navigation and geometry
- Raving: Crab has seen some movement adjustments
- Internal: Added better logging for networking disconnects
- Vignette: Thesis, A Ship Rewritten has had some planks replaced
- Adjusted scrolling sensitivity of Friends List in Pause Menu
- NPC Entity navigation fixes
- Typo fixes
- Unity Update addressing vulnerabilities
Additional visual improvements,
Additional game performance improvements,
New Arena “Operation High Jump” conquest blockout for testing,
Kukri Knife Melee weapon,
Final STG-44 textures
Hello everyone! 👋
We’re happy to share that development on Streaming Platform Manager is moving forward smoothly. The core systems — content management, financial balance, and competitor AI — are now stable and being refined for deeper gameplay.
Our next focus is adding more personality and real-world dynamics to your platform. One of the most exciting upcoming features is the Late Night Host system 🎤
You’ll be able to choose from a roster of talk show hosts, each with unique personalities and political leanings. Some hosts might attract large audiences but also stir controversy — and who knows, even a president might demand a show’s removal if things get too heated!
This feature will bring new layers of risk, reputation, and decision-making to your streaming empire.
Stay tuned for more development news soon — and don’t forget to wishlist the game if you haven’t already!
🎬 Build your own streaming empire — coming soon on Steam!
I've got some good news for all of you My Colony fans out there, at long last all of the game's achievements (previously only available on mobile) are now available on Steam and ready for you to unlock!
I apologize to everyone for the years long delay on getting these over to Steam. This was mainly a product of my laziness since I had to recreate all of the graphics assets for all of the achievements, but I finally sat down and did it this afternoon and now everything is good to go.
All in all, there are now 20 achievements available for you to unlock in the game. If there is a positive reaction from the players, I may go ahead and add more to all platforms, so just let me know what you'd like to see. Until then, have fun unlocking this first batch of initial achievements for the game!
Fixed an issue with credits music not being affected by volume settings
Fixed an issue with mouse smoothing resetting between sessions (Thank you @Woodstock)
Fixed an issue with camera glitching in the ending sequence
Fixed an issue where you could jump over certain bushes (Thank you @Tim)
Fixed an issue where an important report dialog would not trigger sometimes (Thank you @Majax)
Fixed an issue with missing collision in the quarry (Thank you @ShutEye_DK)
Fixed issues with german translations (Thank you @beerisvictory)
Fixed issue where devices would not be equipable sometimes (Thank you @caretaker)
Fixed an issue where car doors would not be openable after load (Thank you @dohh)
Added a “Current Goal” UI when map is held
- pressure fusion by default (instead of Sun for planet cores)
- Rays.night by default
- more plants, less lava pools (Planet*, Volcano, Chassis, Icebreaker scenes - RTX ON)
This update brings several small but important fixes and improvements:
Added basic gamepad support (UI navigation not yet supported, full gamepad support is coming soon).
Fixed the “Unlimited” label showing incorrectly on the Truck Led Panel.
Updated the Customer Orders panel ketchup, mustard, and mayo indicators are now clearer.
Fixed an inventory bug that occurred when opening the pause menu.
Fixed an issue where uncooked fries and sausages could be served.
Corrected various typos.
Performance optimizations and minor stability fixes.
Thank you for your feedback, it really helps us improve the game.
Please continue sharing your ideas and detailed reports in the Discussions section.
We’ve already noted several suggestions and will address them in future updates.
Thanks for your support