We are announcing increased rates for the successful improvement of weapons and armor!

For 24 hours, you will be accompanied by the good magic of the multiplier:

🔥x1.5 UPGRADING

What does it mean? The chance of successfully improving equipment during this period becomes one and a half times higher. And that is not all! The bonus from the rate is multiplied with the bonus from the strengthening crystals, that is, using them, you can improve things with a chance 3 times higher than usual!

Hurry up, this opportunity is given only once!

It's your time to shine!

Yoo-hoo-hoo!
I have no doubt you guys did a great job this week. we did too :)
So today is the second Saturday, where we talk to you about the first location\level “The Island”

We don't want to leave you on your own, so we've developed some “informative pointers” to serve as clues for you.



Their number will decrease as you become more experienced. And besides the “coins” that will help you figure out the controls and will eventually disappear, there is someone who as a true and loyal friend will not abandon you

"I'll catch you someday!"



But, it actually has its own task, it's friendly to you. He's your guide. With his presence, he will guide you to your next task where you are needed. So, don't be offended by him and follow him :)

What stage is Pirates VR: Jolly Roger at right now?
- Still working on some of the final locations and levels - We can't wait to share our labors with you, but it's not time yet. First things first.
- Still working on fixing/adding minor improvements - Minor, but requiring attention and painstaking labor. Okay...

Just as we agreed last time - please take a look at these screenshots from the following locations (after “The Island”)
These are unofficial screenshots, so shhhh (this will be our little secret)







I'll have a few more screenshots for you next week. See you soon!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443620/Pirates_VR_Jolly_Roger/

Best Wishes,
Split Light Studio

First of all, thank you to all the players for your support. Although the game's popularity is not high and sales have not met expectations (mainly due to issues with the art style and user experience), our game continues to receive positive reviews. We will continue to update the content for everyone and make the game better and better! We will also address the issue of art style by adding new skins and modifying some old standing paintings. Please rest assured!!!

In addition, the official update roadmap for the V1.0 version of the game has been displayed on the game store page~!

The first major patch of VineCard one week after its launch is as follows:


1. Balance adjustment.

Ye Kai has added a new skill [example not false]:

When equipped with the Fallen Leaf Flying Blade, if no attack is made, the weapon's attack power will increase by 1 at the end of the turn.



Explanation: When we initially designed the character Ye Kai, we intended to make it a rhythmic and consumptive character because the reference character prototype was Comrade Ye Kai from Gu Long's novel. Compared to Li Xunhuan, his flying sword was more casual and unrestrained, but not as deadly. Therefore, we gave the character a certain level of damage growth and explosive ability. But the data feedback within a week shows that the character's current strength is weak, mainly due to weak growth in the later stage,

We have decided to add back the skills that were initially discarded, such as' not inflated ', allowing players to achieve high explosive levels in the later stages through positional strategies.

Xiao Yao - Little Beggar Skill [My Cloth Clothes] Adjustment

At the end of each round, all armor will be converted into attack power and will become ineffective after the next attack.



Original effect:

At the end of each round, all armor will be converted into attack power and will become ineffective after the next action.

explain:

We have noticed that the beggar is the character with the lowest clearance rate, and the core issue is that it is difficult to control the burst time of my cloth clothes. We have decided to strengthen this skill to allow players to more easily deal explosive damage. After all, this character's growth is slow, the output range is small, and resources are all hit one stick at a time, requiring a strong post burst.

2. New station options [Fengmang Casting]

Effect: Increases the attack power of the current weapon by 6 points



Explanation: After adding 'Immortal Casting' in the previous version, we found that this type of skill has a qualitative improvement on many weapons, such as' Golden Bell Shield ',' Gatling ',' Salted Fish Stick ', etc. Although the options for station weapons are usually not the first choice for players (mainly because players are not good at utilizing weapon resources during the early stages), we have decided to add some powerful skills to the weapon buff genre.


3 new difficulty levels - Shura mode (added to the Steam leaderboard) is expected to debut in the next version, welcome all kinds of experts to challenge!

The rules are as follows:

【1】 Random character winning streak challenge

【2】 Based on the difficulty of the difficult mode, but suffered fatigue damage after 250 steps

【3】 Join the Steam global player's highest winning streak ranking

Stalkers!

We inform you about the current state of the server EU1.

Unfortunately, at the moment the server is subjected to a massive DDoS attack.
The project administration and data center workers are doing everything possible to stabilize the situation.

When the situation stabilizes, all premium subscriptions will be extended, and all players of the server will have nice bonuses.

Thank you for staying with us during this difficult time.

Regards,
SO Team

A massive update to the demo is live. It includes the following changes:

• Overall a lot of improvement to existing content, as well al added new content (items, techniques, enemies, areas, quests, improvements).
  
• Added Ignis quest line (consists of 3 missions, 1 in each cycle, each comes with a new and unique area).
  
• New 'energy' system: passive power-ups that are unlocked with main story progression. Only 1 of 7 can be active (with this, all planned gameplay systems have been implemented).
  
• New 'shop' functionality (and added a shop in Trimvine).
  
• Added new Ranged weapon class: Bow.
  
• Rebalanced all stats and balance on items, passives, abilities.
  
• It's now possible to run while using Guns while performing fast Basic Attacks.
  
• Sounds are now proximity based.
  
• Added 'scouting' functionality (zoom out the camera temporarily).
  
• Removed small game stutters (the game no longer waits for sounds and music to be loaded).
  
• Added the option to buy previously acquired weapons from Laura (at Regular grade).

Finishing this version took much longer than expected (due to a lot of revisions, reworks, upgrades and the much bigger size that the Ignis questline ended up being). As such, in order to have the official release ready within a sensible timeline (Q4 of 2025 or Q1 of 2026), from now on I'll aim for smaller-scale but more frequent updates. At the moment, version 0.5 is planned for early November 2024, and version 0.6 for early January 2025.

Fixes

- Fixed an issue where some Power-Ups were positioned too high on certain maps.
- Minor fixes in the end text of a race.
- Fixed an issue where the Cave Run map wasn't properly saved when purchased with XP.
- Fixed an issue where the distance meter at the top left continued to count after death.
- Fixed lighting issues on the Castle Run map.

New

- The Health Bar UI will no longer be displayed after finishing a run.
- New map: Industrial Run.
- New Steam achievements: Knighted, Industrial Run, Trap Runner.
- Additional languages added: Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Spanish.
- Life display overhauled.
- New game mode: Trap Race.
- Game Over UI overhauled and improved.

News

- The "Run Higher" game category is now available on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/run-higher
- The next update will include more improvements and new features, including full controller support. Look forward to the next update in "Run Higher"!


New Map




New Game Mode - Trap Run

A new big update has been released, offering new features and gameplay:

- Custom made attractions
- Upgrading object system
- New aquarium tank type
- New species
- VIP visitor challenge and reward
- Bigger utility area for building filter, heater and others
- Faster research time

Thank you for the feedback and let us know again if there is any more improvement you like to see.

- Add ranking reward
- Add Kariya cup reward

This week I have some fantastic news to share with you.

Over the last few days I have successfully set up the Steamworkshop for the full version.

This means that from September, sharing and creating mods will be much easier!!!

The attached screenshots should give you a good idea of how easy it will be to not only download mods from the workshop, but also upload them yourself.

Are you going to Gamescom 2024? Visit us at hall 10, booth F010G-E019 in Cologne, Germany from 21-25 August and play the brand new demo at Indie Arena Booth. You can also play it on Steam NOW and during the Indie Arena Booth Gamescom event.