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9 Years of Shadows Patch Notes & News

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Build Update #9: 1.1.41

halberdstudiossteam_community_announcements

468d ago

Greetings, everyone! It’s been a while—and we truly appreciate your patience and continued support during our time away. While it’s been over a year since our last update, we’ve been quietly working behind the scenes, and we’re excited to finally bring you a fresh patch packed with meaningful improvements and some exciting new additions to enhance your journey. Your feedback and bug reports have remained invaluable throughout development, and this update is a direct result of your passion and insights.

New Features:

Whirlwind Attack Enhancement: All upgraded Hibino armors now feature new ranged unique-elemental attacks when using the Whirlwind skill.
Fast Travel System: Introducing Hermes Express—a new, streamlined way to traverse Talos Castle more efficiently.
Expanded Exploration: New rooms have been added, and the map has been rearranged to encourage deeper exploration.
Boss Battle Quality of Life: Boss introductions have been shortened when replaying encounters.
Radical Acceptance for final chapter: This ability will now persist after acquiring the last armor.
Auriel Blast: The Auriel Blast ability now activates instantly—no charge time required.

Bug Fixes:

Resolved an issue where enemies defeated with Apino’s projectiles weren’t being registered in the Bestiary.
Fixed button rebinding issues that were affecting gameplay.

Balance Adjustments:

Combo Integration: Strong Attacks now deal significantly more damage when used as part of a combo.
Elemental Synergy: Attacks that align with an enemy’s elemental weakness (based on equipped armor) now inflict increased damage.
Armor Boosts: Equipping upgraded armors now enhances Europa’s base attack power.

We’re thrilled to finally reconnect with you, and we can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the changes. Whether you have feedback, a bug to report, or simply want to hang out with fellow players and the dev team, our Discord is the place to be. Your enthusiasm continues to shape the world we’re building together!

Build Update #4: Performance and Optimization

DiegoMayorga_HSsteam_community_announcements

1118d ago

Hello everyone! We hope you're all doing well. It's been a month since our last update, where we shared that we have been working on some performance fixes and optimizing general assets throughout the game. We thank you for your patience and empathy while we work on new fixes and ways to make the game feel better. If you want to talk with our dev team, report an issue, or join the community, please join our Discord! We'd love to hear from you all!

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Game Balance Adjustments

A new visual aid for the light bar has been added when Europa is performing Lullaby or Radical Acceptance.
Radical Acceptance "sweet spot" is now always positioned in the middle of the recovery bar.
Radical Acceptance now recovers less light if it is used immediately consecutively.
The shield recovery speed values have been adjusted for the final armor set.
Health and damage values have been rebalanced and adjusted for all bosses, mid-bosses, and enemies.
The Final Battle and Logon Duck boss fights have been rebalanced based on changes to health recovery mechanics.
The Hekate's Illusion boss has a new attack.

Visual Updates

Painting portals have been updated.
Incorrect elevator cinematic animations have been fixed.
Fixes for some of the art assets in the Theater / Workshop.

Bug Fixes

"Falling Stars" attack in the final battle has had a crash bug fixed.
A crash bug related to particles spawning on heat currents has been fixed.
A bug causing the shield recovery bar to appear while Europa has the final armor upgrade has been fixed.
A fix has been applied to ensure the Tantalus Roach boss arena door opens consistently.
A fix has been applied to prevent the Heart of Talos from spawning a shield effect during battle.
The music looping bug in the painting area of Sector E has been fixed.
The animation delay when saving the game has been corrected.

Performance Enhancements

Enemy sprite sheets had compression improvements.
Object Pooling has been enhanced to reduce lag by pre-loading common objects (such as attack slashes).
Reduced build size on disk by 6.2 GB thanks to optimizing files, sprite sheets, textures, and materials.

Build Update #3: New languages

IssyBeesteam_community_announcements

1189d ago

Hello everyone! We hope you’re all doing well. It’s been a month since our release day, and we could not feel more grateful for everyone’s support, patience, and feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to report bugs, suggest new elements that could improve the experience, and read your comments on what 9 Years of Shadows has been for you. In fact, because we’ve seen many people in different countries willing to play a game that wasn’t localized in their language, we wanted to get Europa’s story to as many people as possible. That’s why we worked with a localization team for 9YoS to be accessible in German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese, as well as making adjustments in Spanish and English. We hope this makes the journey more appealing for our community and that everyone can travel alongside Apino. Furthermore, we have been fixing many reported bugs that affected the overall gameplay. There are other bugs we continue to work on, which will be solved in future updates so we keep on improving everyone’s experience. Our newest patch covers the following fixes:

Fix for crash due to main character entities memory leak
Fix for elevator bug allowing to to jump or shoot in the background
Fix for the jelly-fish type enemy for its collider
Fix for the Horned God rays collider causing damage in the anticipation stage
Fix for some buttons alignment in the Main Elevator menu
Fix for the background movement for Elevator cinematics going the right way
Fix for Hibino's answer when trying to upgrade the Grace of Auriel
Fix for the Shadow of Demise additional collider to prevent the player getting locked on the left
Fix for the Shadow of Demise hit SFX not triggering
Fix for the map layout for special rooms
Fix for the additional distortion effect when killing an enemy with strong attack
Fix for Big Kitty and Fully Equipped achievements to be unlocked retroactively
Fix for the missing cursor inside the gameplay when using KB+M

Dev Update #13: A Final Request

keking26steam_community_announcements

1367d ago

Hello everyone, we hope you’re doing well and starting the holiday season in high spirits. With the launch date rapidly approaching, we wanted to craft this update a little bit differently.

Our current state

As the game's development progressed, the whole team put their heart and soul into the project, dedicating the entire week and weekends to meet deliveries and fix bugs, often giving up rest for the sake of the game. After people from all over the world tried the 9 Years of Shadows demo on Steam Next Fest, we gathered valuable feedback and noticed relevant issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible but that aren’t easy to solve. If you have followed our journey closely, you’ll know that we are committed to delivering a worthy product, and while we know no game is perfect, we are confident we can do better. Our publisher has been very understanding of our situation and has supported our choice to regroup, take care of the team, and handle any lack of resources that due to our pipeline.

Release date

It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to delay the launch of our game a few months into 2023. This is an announcement we do not make lightly. Our loyal community has been a driving force for every member of Halberd Studios, and delaying the game again is something that pains us greatly. However, in order for us to continue, we must ensure the well-being of the devs and reassess how we will approach the obstacles ahead. Rest assured that this is the last time we will resort to a delay, and are determined to finally release the game as promised. We also want to reassure you that 9 Years of Shadows’s content and features are virtually finished, and the additional time we will take is going to be focused directly on polishing. In fact, we would love to share a couple of things that have been in the works for a while. Firstly, take a look at the preview of Master Hibino's song, The Serpent Prince. If you have been enjoying Bayonetta 3's soundtrack, his collaboration in 9 Years of Shadows is just for you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/44e7b9591d8873a6c0bf588e36fbba3fd21c91e8.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/274eb85ba671da8548d48c66f29e0de2e5ea5936.png Also, we wanted to share a glimpse of an interesting area. What do you think this is? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/555a907c0b5325e67a8a19aa3e1e1778f1c108ac.png To our loving community {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/de977343cae681934aa6a6c4fe2802b72cc94377.png From all of us, we earnestly thank you for the lasting support and good wishes for these past couple of years. There is nothing more we could ask of this wonderful community but to hang in there just for a little longer. In the end, it all comes down to a matter of time, and with it, we know your patience will be worth the wait. As always, we will keep you posted on our progress with regular updates and through our social media, so make sure you follow us to stay in the loop In genuine appreciation, The Halberd Team

Dev Update #12 - The Last Stretch

keking26steam_community_announcements

1403d ago

Hello everyone! We hope you are starting this fall just as thrilled as we are. September marks the official beginning of Q4 of this year and the official launch for 9 Years of Shadows as well. The team has worked tirelessly to polish the remaining elements and ensure we are ready to welcome all of you into Talos Castle. A month ago, we entered the QA phase, which is when we take care of details and perform the finishing touches before launch day. We noticed that the area we liked to focus our efforts on is the improvement of the experience of the game, which is the final leg of the race. Because of this, we reconvened with our publisher and together decided that the best course of action to release the game the way we intend to, would be to reschedule our launch date to November 14th, 2022. We understand that this is not the ideal news for our community, and we apologize for the inconvenience it may represent to you. Everyone on the team is eager to share this project with you and has been working relentlessly. We are confident that these additional few weeks will make a difference in the performance and ultimately represent a better experience for you. We know the community is excited about the release, so we want to give you something to look forward to. We will be featured in Steam Next Fest, which takes place between October 3rd and 10th, so make sure you don’t miss out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/a1ee18ec5ae7eed72eb9326903ac0cc51d4f5959.png As always, we appreciate your enormous support and love, and we are convinced that when 9 Years of Shadows is released in a few weeks, everything will be worth this extra effort. - The Halberd Team {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/b2d6274d66209629c7015fa3d4518f727271b6f0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/496515c15153126a802b30fb0fd5f6dbe91cfb1e.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/2fef1948735ecf6068b24da61661990e55a79454.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/d5dbc41769ef5f920fda8c16a895c07a0a427b79.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/45d64063a0382bc18db5b2463f733f47df8f1792.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/d1f265c0ddf8e48b01e2b542469c7ad052ce2c29.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/bbfc926b1f286b5607e8204400226c3811d07f8f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/90f2738dfe9f3291a12fad6da802ce74e4117ea7.png

Dev Update #11: The Reveal

keking26steam_community_announcements

1437d ago

Hello everyone! We truly hope everyone is doing well and excited in this gamer month! It’s well known that this month is full of amazing news, conferences, contests and big reveals, and, as part of this wonderful community, we simply couldn’t stay behind. Everyone who has followed the progress of 9 Years of Shadows is aware of the long and emotional journey the dev team has gone through, and you have all been there with us as we near the end of the race. Therefore, it is only fitting that we finally reveal what you have been asking for a while: the official release date! If you caught us in gamescom2022earlier today, you probably watched our latest trailer where we announced the Steam launch to be on October 10th!. If you missed the trailer or want to watch it again, you can take a look at it here: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/6ee8dfbf2526857733ca8ac45ac6243b40c13e29.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/71238f05e4e13b2aec9992d7169311b482c7adf2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/f5ffda3c8e525a6675bc594d86d3ec26db67a7ba.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/fecee49a64907015007e1412f2fc638529918344.png That date is solely for PC, however. The launch date for Nintendo Switch will be moved to Q1 of 2023. The reason the Switch release has been moved is due to several talks we’ve had with other developers who went through a similar process. The version of the game submitted to Nintendo has to have been through more technical revisions than that of Steam. As you know, we always want to deliver the best possible result, which is why we feel taking that extra time is the best decision at the moment. We are truly excited to show you something we have been working on lately. You may have seen one of our backer-enemies Limo in previous updates, but it feels fitting to show you more of the foes Europa can encounter inside Talos. Meet some of our mid-bosses: Miria, the Reaper, Frinise, the Horned God, Ulf, Nissi and Limo. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/ea277cc1aa26a1a8e3c7a0d693423b736b359cbb.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/e9806a28335b06f3da5e27817fcb558871bcfda5.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/b41236fd322a54d61b82f832a48d29eb4bee05e1.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/a4823333951a5c2690158c30cd1120ad57eea9ca.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/5b99d4a7680a46a6f6eda883c08a977e4c3b5738.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/702c5283389ebd9458c4cb62718490daf9ad4674.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/5314d0c51b1f4496fc0d9ba56fb7aef10155ecd1.jpg Everyone on the team is beyond grateful for the people who have supported us up to this point. We have a special shoutout for Volta, an extremely talented artist who creates masterful animations and who went above and beyond to make this game something to remember. There have been good days and tough days, but we’ve always had a single goal in mind: to make you all a part of the world that is 9 Years of Shadows. And that time is rapidly approaching. In the meantime, keep up with our socials to find out more about Talos’ castle, Europa and other beloved characters and more insights about their universe! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/b2d6274d66209629c7015fa3d4518f727271b6f0.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/496515c15153126a802b30fb0fd5f6dbe91cfb1e.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/2fef1948735ecf6068b24da61661990e55a79454.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/d5dbc41769ef5f920fda8c16a895c07a0a427b79.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/45d64063a0382bc18db5b2463f733f47df8f1792.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/d1f265c0ddf8e48b01e2b542469c7ad052ce2c29.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/bbfc926b1f286b5607e8204400226c3811d07f8f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/39822346/90f2738dfe9f3291a12fad6da802ce74e4117ea7.png

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9 Years of Shadows is 60% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9.

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