Howdy Gunslingers,
It has been an awesome month since we launched Tombwater, with no shortage of Eldritch horrors haunting our screens. We have some exciting updates to share with you today, including our current sale, accolades trailer, a bundle, and a meaningful patch.
Tombwater Sale & Hunt The Night Bundle
If you have been thinking about checking out Tombwater, we have a 20% off sale from May 14-19th.
And, if you can’t get enough of top-down soulslikes set in dark fantasy worlds…we have just launched a bundle with the iconic Hunt the Night & Tombwater, with an additional 20% off.
Your Reviews
We are overwhelmed with the highly positive fan and media feedback. Tombwater currently has a Metacritic score of 87 and a 92% player score on Steam! We cannot thank you enough for enjoying Tombwater. If you like the game and haven’t yet left a review, please consider doing so as it really helps us get recommended to new players.
Now, Patch V1.07 is Here!
We’ve just released our biggest patch to date! The two main goals of this patch were to fix bugs and to better balance the difficulty through Tombwater.
Through your feedback, we saw that late-game bosses could too easily be defeated, which resulted in some underwhelming battles against what should be our gnarliest bosses. While early game is largely unaffected, the biggest change from this patch will noticed by players who were stacking many bonuses in later parts of the journey. This aims to give players the experience we had always intended for Tombwater. In addition to these changes, we have also added some quality of life improvements to the map to help players better navigate. Further map improvements are still under evaluation.
If you want to stay plugged in with the latest on Tombwater, have any questions about the game, or want to meet other soulslike game enthusiasts, feel free to join our Discord or follow us here on Steam.
-Tombwater Team
Patch V1.07 Notes
New Additions🔥
Added unique sprites for human enemies in Blackbark Forest
Added several more marker options to the map screen
Added a new attack for Visceral-type enemies which causes the player to accumulate Madness
Added a new “explosive” damage type
Fixes🔧
Fixed a bug that caused the Stamina bar to stop working mid-combat
Fixed a bug where dying or quitting out immediately after picking up a Charm Stone could result in losing the Charm Stone
Fixed a bug where the Bullwhip and the Moth Swarm spell could continue to hit enemies after death
Fixed a bug where being “knocked down” by an attack while mid-dash could result in becoming stuck in place
Fixed a bug where falling off a specific cliff in the Silver Mines can trap you in a loop of falling forever
Fixed a bug that prevented the tutorial for Wraith Dash appearing correctly when it was supposed to
Closed off a few areas where players could dash into places they’re not supposed to
Made the stalker enemy in Silver Mines immune to the bleed status
Remapping the “Interact” button no longer results in issues when trying to let go of a pull-chain
Fixed a bug where players could become stuck after viewing a cutscene in Vauxhall Estate
Fixed a small gap in collision that could allow players to exit the map in Deep City and Blackbark Forest
Fixed an issue where the Homeward Coal could be used between some boss phases
Fixed a sequencing error where completing Mining Camp early caused Amos’ hints to direct you towards Vauxhall Estate instead of Presidio Alto
Fixed a bug where the Training Dummy outside Tombwater Station was not accurately reflecting some damage buff sources
Fixed a bug where The Candlesmith could give you her spell eye reward twice
Fixed a bug where the “???” progress bar could become stuck on screen if the player only partially completes the transition to the true ending boss
Fixed a bug where repeatedly interacting with the puzzle statues in Argent Cathedral no longer causes a visual error
Fixed a bug where the ending cutscene no longer brings Leonard back from the dead
Fixed an issue where using the Leech spell against bosses could result in a visual error
Several minor fixes to incorrectly layered background art assets
Balancing⚖️
Implemented a large change - Previously, all sources which improved damage output were multiplicative, which caused them to stack together in a too-powerful way. Now, these sources have been adjusted to be additive to provide the experience we had actually intended. Ember Level, Charms, Potions, etc. can still be combined in order to create a strong damage bonus, but it should be significantly less easy to become overpowered and ‘break’ high-end abilities through the later sections of the game.
Charm Changes
Gambler’s Charm: Drawback has been changed from “take increased damage” to “disables use of the Healing Flask”
Adjusted charm slot cost for a variety of charms
Spell Changes
Increased cast time for Blood Bullet, Enchant: Body, and Enchant: Mind spells
Boss Changes
Misbegotten Mass now takes less damage outside vulnerability windows
Misbegotten Mass projectiles have now been lowered in some of his attacks
Decreased Misbegotten Mass “burn” attack damage
Changed HP scaling for Mad Stagecoach Driver and Raven Hunter (2nd phase)
Misc Changes
Increased Emmaline’s fee to upgrade the quantity for stat-increasing potions
Changed consumable explosives from “physical” damage type to a new “explosive” damage type
Other⚙️
Made a number of level design changes to simplify the process of turning on the Furnace and Steam Gates in the Mining Camp
Made a number of level design adjustments to Central District and Canyon Settlement to hopefully direct players more clearly through critical areas
Slightly adjusted the appearance of Central District on the map screen to be a less abstract representation of the building locations
Tweaked the design of the puzzle tent in Abandoned Circus to prevent players from failing to notice the interactable pull-chain
Changed description text for Silver Hall Badge and Spellfocus charms
Adjusted the volume of several SFX that were reported to be too loud/harsh