Cinderwake is out today! Thank you to everyone who played the demo and the beta, sent a raven, and wished for the game. Many of the things in the game today were your ideas. What you can play today · Four acts, from the Withered Fields to the frozen Frostspine, with new maps every game · Five classes: the Arcanist, the Ravager, the Huntress, the Gravecaller and the Oathsworn, each with three sk…
Many of you sent ravens this weekend. Thank you. Here is what came out of them. A map you can play with Press Tab or M . The map now lies over the world as thin, see-through lines round your hero, so you can keep it open while you fight. Turn the mouse wheel while it is open to make it bigger or smaller. Trees and rocks do not clutter it: only the walls and the edges of the land show. Every uni…
A lot went into the game in the last week. Here is the short version, with pictures. Your pet grows Every hero has a Soot Fox. It picks up the loot you walk past, runs to town and sells what you do not want. Feed it the junk instead and it gains levels: a pup, then young, then grown, and at level 26 an alpha that howls at bosses. It gets faster, carries more and looks for loot farther away. Fou…
Every idea in this update came from a player. Here is how it works: In the game, open the menu and pick Send a Raven . Write your bug, idea or wish, and the raven flies straight to me. I read every one, and my answer flies back into your game. New: Brightness · A new slider in Menu > Settings > Screen . Turn it up when the caves are too dark for your eyes. New: reset your attribute points · The…
Thank you for your feedback, and a special thanks to MictianTv for the notes on XP, rare items and hirelings! New: Spanish · The whole game is now in Spanish: menus, skills, items, quests, NPCs and chat. · Change the language in Settings > Language . At the first start, the game uses the language of your computer. · If a Spanish text reads wrong, send a Raven from the pause menu and tell us. Ba…
Thank you again for every Raven you sent from the pause menu! A lot of this update comes straight from your messages. It is a big one, so here is everything that changed since the last update. A new act: the Frostspine · Act IV, the Frostspine: snowy passes, an old keep and the town of Hearthwatch with four new people to meet. · Three new bosses: the Rime Matriarch, Old Rimeback and the Summit…
Thank you to everyone who sent a Raven from the pause menu! Every message reaches me, and this update comes straight from your feedback. Items · Stacks: potions, portal scrolls, keys, gems and runes now stack up to 20 in one cell. The count shows in the corner. Shift + click takes one off a stack, and the belt refills from your stacks. · Charm tab: the inventory has a new Charms tab. Charms wor…
Act I is yours to play The Cinderwake demo is free on Steam now. Click "Download Demo" on the store page and step into the Withered Fields. · All five classes: Arcanist, Ravager, Huntress, Gravecaller and Oathsworn, each with its own skill trees. · All of Act I: Hollowmere Camp, the Withered Fields and the three seals on the cathedral door. · Bosses with their own moves: the Bone Warden, Hollow…
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