You’ve been adventuring in Rodin IV, Zaraxa, Gaiamar, Pyromycis, and Escarion for many months now.

The Servitors have retired those wormgates and they are no longer accessible. In preparation for moving the game to 24/7 status, we are retiring all of our old planets and bringing you new ones instead.

Going forward for the near future, we’ll have three persistent planets, the space zone, and occasional wild wormhole worlds. We’ll let you discover those planets on your own for now.

Those new worlds are formulated using the new rarity systems for metals and gems, and they’re also being set up with randomized crafting stats on those elements. Because of that, we also need you to create new characters so we can clear out your inventories, leaving you with only the newly-created materials.

So this update requires brand new characters exploring brand new worlds. Enjoy!

Until now, the only “tutorial” that existed was a string of text dialog boxes that…well…left a lot to be desired. This is now replaced with a short tutorial that places you on a doomed starbase and runs you through the basics of the game. At the end of the experience, you’ll then get to choose a starting Profession!

Professions grant you starting sets of equipment and a few unlocked skills to help define your path. You get to choose between:

• Intrepid Explorer

• Valiant Soldier

• Brainy Scientist

• Diligent Crafter

• Peaceful Settler

For those of you that have played previously, this means that you’re only getting a subset of tools from what you got previously. You’ll have enough to get started, but you’re not going to be able to do everything. Time to start communicating with other players!

(NOTE: This will get easier in the near future as we work on chat systems and other systems that allow easy communication and/or marketplace trading.)

When you’re done choosing your Profession, hop through the nearby portal and arrive at…

The Starbase is a large, sprawling complex in space. It has landing pads, a marketplace, a park, a theater, a ReLife center, and a central social hub (and it has been assembled entirely from the same Fabricator pieces that you can use within the game).

Be sure to check out:

• The Mission Boards (see below for details)

• The Title Shop

• The “Hall of Heroes” plaques that line the floor in the central hub, saying thank you to our largest Kickstarter backers!

In the marketplace area of the TPL Starbase, you’ll find the Mission Board kiosks. Access those to grab TPL-approved missions that let you earn Klaatus (currency) that you’ll be able to spend in many future ways (and one current way).

Missions are simple for the moment. You take on a task of some sort: harvest, survey, kill, heal, or find. You can take one of each type of task. Each mission is located on a specific planet. Go to that planet, look for the waypoint that’s in the mission area and complete the task.

When you’re done, return to the Starbase to turn in your missions and get your Klaatus.

For now, you won’t be able to do a lot with that currency, but you can find the Title Shop kiosks in the main hub of the Starbase and buy titles to wear proudly (and sometimes usefully!).

The “tiers” of metal that existed previously have been replaced with Rarity categories instead. This change has also been applied to the gemstones.

You can access the F1 “Resource” screen to see the new rarities. If a resource is “rare” that doesn’t apply to the amount of a resource you’ll find on a particular planet. What it means is that as we generate planets, some resources will occur more or less commonly than others. So over the course of exploring various planets, you’ll find certain resources to be more rare than others. But once you find a rare metal or gem on a planet, there might be quite a bit of it there! Dig in and get some!

Recipes for many items have been refactored with this new rarity system in mind.

The inventory screen has been completely gutted and rebuilt. It’s not finalized, but it’s much cleaner and more useful than it was previously.

• The Clothing and Toolbar tabs have been combined together onto one screen.

• You’ll see aesthetic changes and icons should be large (and no longer buggy).

• The PQRV stats are easily accessed by clicking on the “Show Stats” radio button. NOTE: The items have not yet been hooked up with stats, so these will display zeroes currently. But we’re working on it!

We are in the middle of updates to the way our worlds look. You’ll be seeing a lot of new-looking flora on hot & humid worlds, as well as hot & arid. We’re still working on other biome combinations.

We’ve also improved many rendering methods, but this update only includes part of those updates. That will be completed in the next update.

• Ice Fall meteors now drop ice…which melts into water.

• Foundation tile is now available again in the Basic Set for the fabricator.

• The Antimatter and Ammonium recipes are also available as they should be..

• Creature taming foodstuffs now make more logical sense. The system itself hasn’t been improved yet, but all creatures now have more logical (and varied) foodstuffs they desire.

• Loot drops for creatures and makers have been improved significantly and rebalanced. You’ll find much greater variety in loot drops now, which will be useful in coming updates when PQRV stats are a necessary element in crafting.

• Combat tips added to F1 screens (to explain the color-coding danger rating system to new players).

• Resource screen (F1) edited to match new rarities

• The follow-camera now pushes forward when it hits a building tile, resulting in less clipping through buildings. We still have some issues where the camera gets “pinched” between the player and the walls, resulting in a bit of a freak out, but we’re working on it.

• Fixed the “slide back three steps when you enter a new world” bug

• Overcharge now has audio

Hi Tanks!

I'm taking a crack at improving the targeting system, it should be easier to target enemies you're running towards now, let me know if its an improvement!

Additionally:

• New Upgrade: Shield Throw prioritizes enemeis without aggro.

• New Upgrade: Dodges increase the next whirlwind damage, stacking effect.

Fixes/Tweaks:

• Buffed the underwhelming Healer upgrades at level 10

• Healer health will now flash when she gets healed for more clarity and battlefield awareness

• Buffed Shield Throw's search radius

• Dodge combat text is white to contrast from all the damage going on

See you in the Discord!

- Added display of player money while shopping in the town fair and in Braso's shop

- Popups will now show while browsing Braso's shop, when buying from the town fair, or when buying from Isalin showing if items you are about to buy will exceed your bag's capacity

- Adjusted the way mining office deliveries are handled

- Fixed references of gold in haggling screen

- Fixed being able to check out items from Braso's shop when the bag doesn't have enough space

- Fixed being able to add more items to your basket in Braso's shop when the bag doesn't have enough space

- Fixed some UI issues with shopping in Braso's shop, the town fair and food counter in the tavern

- Fixed crash after completing Karron's requirements in Chapter 1

- Fixed issues when trying to load a save file

• Fixed an issue that unlocked multiple achievements when starting a new game

• Fixed an issue that forced the player's sprint when starting a new game

Hello Hobbits,

Immerse yourself in the serene sounds of the Tales of the Shire “Cosy Soundtrack To Relax To” video:

Paired with the lively visuals of the tranquil forests, inviting fireplace, spirited townsfolk and more, Hobbits can listen to the lovely notes, perfect for some summer relaxation! 

As told in The Hobbit, “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

We hope this Tales of the Shire soundtrack will wrap you in cosy comfort as we wait for the game’s launch on July 29.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016460/Tales_of_the_Shire_A_The_Lord_of_The_Rings_Game/

Artwork on the cover is by the talented Gresea!

Eldar here from Monster Theater with a quick update on where we're at with The Dark Queen of Mortholme's Steam port.

Well, first things first...

We recently put out a press release that outlines what you can expect from the game's launch and, of course, the price.

The Dark Queen of Mortholme will launch at $5.99 (USD or local equivalent) with a 15% launch discount.

Now...

How about a wishlist update...?

Thank you ALL so much for showing us that you really, truly care about this short form indie. We can't wait for you all to experience the game again on Steam.

We'd love to see you in the Monster Theater Discord, where you can join other fans of The Dark Queen of Mortholme!

https://discord.gg/Kj2wfmY7r3

Reminder that the Steam port will have the following:

• Full Xbox and PlayStation controller support

• Steam Cloud Support

• Steam Achievements

• A dozen added languages

Have you followed us on socials yet? Would love to see you on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky!

All of our socials are below.

https://monstertheater.carrd.co/

Hey Aurafarmers!

We're introducing our first major balance/item rework into Brainrot Battle Royale, and pushing some smaller changes along with it. Here is the short patchlist before we explain further:

• Fix spawn island stuck spot

• Allow players to change their weapons using the scroll wheel (DrBean)

• Rework throwable behaviour to improve usability and prevent issues with aiming (Manbaer and Tacocat)

• Significantly buff Tim Cheese's cheese grenade

Previously, throwables (Cheese bomb and carrot salad) worked by requiring the user to throw them within a certain range and actually hit an object to throw at. This was clunky and annoying and made them a pain to use, and useless in certain situations.

To fix this, throwables will now throw in any direction regardless of if the indicator is on an object. This will make throwing them at distant enemies or enemies behind cover easier.

Tim Cheese's cheese bomb will now explode on impact, and throws significantly faster. This makes it far, far stronger, considering it does 10 damage, and so to balance this it will take an extra 10 seconds to regenerate it.

We hope you enjoy this update, and hope to see you in Ohio for another match. Thanks for playing guys <3

- Much love, BBR team.

Brave ones!

At the moment, it is impossible to enter the game, as planned technical work is being carried out on the server. The estimated time for the work is approximately 1 hours.

Thank you for your understanding!