First of all, thank you all for your support and awesome e-mails, helpful forum comments, and everything else related to our Steam Early Access launch last week! You guys have been amazing.
In terms of how the EA launch went, it was well over our expectations. We honestly didn’t think much was gonna happen, seeing as we did literally 0 PR for the launch, but apparently word of mouth (and Steam’s discovery features) are more powerful than we thought. Because of this there were a couple of hectic days where most of our time went into answering e-mails and solving new bugs, but thankfully (?!) most of that seems to have calmed down for now. :)
So, yesterday we patched the game (both Stable and Frontline) and added a bunch of bug fixes!
If you had issues with co-op before, chances are your problems have been solved now – or so we hope! We also added a bunch of new hairstyles that can be tried out at Francisco’s stand in Evergrind City or when you create a new character. We’ll update both builds at least once more before focusing on Frontline again for a while – if you’re a new player and are unsure of what I’m talking about, check out this thread on the forums to see the difference between Stable and Frontline beta, and how to change between them.
Some of you have noticed that the DRM-free version available through the Humble widgets and on the Humble Store is outdated (same goes for the Demo download through our site). We’ll update both of those once we’ve patched the Stable one last time in the coming week(s)! In the meanwhile, if you’re looking to play the Demo, know that a more recent version can be downloaded through Steam (there’s a button which says ‘Download Demo’ right next to the ‘Early Access Game’-box).
Now, we’ll continue to work on the next part of the Story Mode! Vilya is of course already working on backgrounds for the next temple, some which can be seen here:
I think we’ll leave it at that for this week, tune in next Monday for more updates on our progress! And again, thank you all for your support :)
Congratulations! I’m so glad to see you guys are working so hard on it all of the time! You guys are awesome, unlike so many devs that stop working on their early access games. There is so much content.
are there any plans for a patcher for DRM free version, or do I have to keep revisiting my humble link to look for updates?
Just picked this up last weekend on steam and I LOVE it. Already put 15 hours on it!! Keep up the great work!!
I hope the floor in the third image is a work in progress. The wooden planks look very strange. In reality, a broken piece of wood will splinter or fracture rather than cleanly.. break, as is seen in the image. Additionally, you’d likely find planks warping and curling as time passes and exposure to the elements have forced them to expand and contract. You can find a pretty decent image of broken planks on most search engines for an example of what I mean (http://www.kenmarbasementsystems.com/core/images/mold/warped-wood-floors/buckling-parquet-wood-floor-lg.jpg) and (http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/bollockx/ground/broken_plank.png~original). The smooth, rounded “void” makes the wood floor seem more like a strange kind of faux floor tile pasted to a solid brown stone foundation.
Already put 30+ hours on this amazong masterpiece in the making. Its really amazin what you habe done guys. The co-op arcade mode is just so entertaining and adictive!!! Keep on the good work, im really looking forward to playing the new content. Best of luck!!y
What is the point of allowing comments if you simply delete every comment offering constructive criticism? The floor in the third image looks nothing like decayed, broken or rotted wood.
Theodore (administrator) wrote at 27/07/2015 13:56:@Ben: Sadlt, no patcher :(
We’ll try to keep the DRM-free version up with the Stable releases in the future, so it might be easier to just check the patch notes on our forum to see if there’s been an update.
@Jake: Chill dude! Akismet flagged your comment for moderation. We’ve never deleted a comment on a post, ever. Thanks for the feedback – good points! We’ll look into it. And yes, pretty much everything you’ll see on this blog is WIP, and even the stuff in game is subject to improvement :P
Just wanted to drop a line and say I loved your demo! Found you via Steam and will be paying for early access later today. From the game’s production value, I thought you had a much bigger team. Keep up the good work!
Nice job! Keep up the good work.