Eternity Egg news & patch notes

quite a few people reported that damage wasn't working after the last patch.

this simply fixes that by ensuring that your dealt damage is multiplied by min. 1 (instead of 0) in case you hadn't sunk any points into the power attribute yet.

I've tested this between Steam Deck and Desktop and it seems to work.

if any issues arise, please let me know in the Discord.

Changelog

• fixed vertical wallrun raycast being too long and causing jank

• royal chef now immediately reacts to you breaking all mirrors in the ice acropolis (before you had to leave then re-enter)

• royal chef now immediately reacts to you giving pig king sweets (before you had to leave then re-enter)

• fixed a couple of broken overhanging cliff edge meshes in orb hollow that would block vertical wallrun exit & cause you to fall to death

• fixed throwable gizmo arc incorrectly showing a green orb at the destination, in cases where the path is invalid

• minor dialogue spelling errors

• fixed chalx's flower quest

• fixed phong's emporium incorrectly hiding items the player already has

• added automaton repair kit to phong's emporium

• fixed oolix's automaton quest

• added rootrot salve item in alchemist's lower tower

• added some more interiors

• idiot giant's health meter now more accurately follows it

• idiot giant parasite persists after you leave area and return

• demon heart of idiot's domain has a small cutscene to make location more obvious after defeating idiot giant

• fixed power attribute. it wasn't working to scale the player's damage at all. this still needs balancing a bit but at least now it actually works.

• improvements to overworld position saving / player position saving in general. still some edge cases where player might respawn in void in overworld, but this should solve some common issues.

• added developer-side testing support for cloud saves. it's not working yet but this is so i can do some testing.

this week I'm back working on the game full-time, after a short winter holiday.

here is an update which mainly brings the highly requested "player controls help" in the form of a simple, easy-to-ignore, but just as easy-to-read menu window.

you can find this new control tips window in the bottom-left of the in-game OrbOS menu (Escape key / Start/Options gamepad button, then click or cycle the tabs with gamepad bumpers)

full changelog:

• added simple control tips window to in-game menu (for mouse/keyboard and gamepad)

• fixed egg #108 in ancient tree

• fixed some minor jank with the recently added sensitivity input menu when navigating via gamepad

• fixed player attributes not resetting on new game

• fixed mech menu not displaying current engine module

• fixed a double-stacked energy pot in Idiot's Domain

• added volume slider settings to player prefs so they persist between sessions (on the same computer)

• removed items from Mech Garage shop (for now, because they weren't supposed to be there)

• fixed a bug with NPC dialogue not properly resetting on new game (this would also cause issues across different saves)

• fixed a bug with current NPC dialogue sometimes marking the wrong dialogue as read, resulting in broken dialogue sequences

• fixed pig rescue quest not properly persisting saved pig data after leaving and returning to the area

• fixed mirrors in ice acropolis not properly counting breaks (and added some missing mirrors)

• fixed King's Sweets quest (King can be administered to, Chaos Core is now properly rewarded, etc.)

off I go...

today marks the milestone: 10,000 copies of eternity egg sold.

that's more than I expected to sell in the first 12 months of early access, sold in the first 12 days.

what does this mean? well, for one, I can continue to work on the game as planned without having to worry about getting another job for the time being.

it also means that despite many extant bugs, and the fact that the game is still very much a work-in-progress, people want to support development and perhaps (though I am hesitant to indulge such presumptions) even seem to be somewhat enjoying the game in its current state.

i'll probably be a bit quieter over the next couple of weeks for the holiday season but there is a lot to be done and I'm excited to keep working on the game, especially once the majority of bugs are smoothed out and I can return to working on new stuff, as well as refining/improving existing systems.

anyways happy holidays everyone and don't forget to leave a positive review if you want to place a brick in the foundation supporting continued work on eternity egg.

Changelog:

• added controller x/y sensitivity settings

• added basic resolutions menu (just 16:9 for now)

• fixed gamepad input on main menu (recent patch broke this somehow)

• improved gamepad navigation on volume sliders

• fixed tree core door spawn coordinates

• fixed flautista infinite golden gnome key bug

• fixed broken chest in orb hollow (probably)

• possibly fixed time trial data not showing correctly

I just wanted to push this one live sooner rather than later so that people had access to sensitivity controls, as a lot of people have been asking for that.

this update took a bit longer than usual due to the time spent reworking save/load data to prevent issues in the future.

now there should be fewer issues with save corruption/random save files appearing in slot 3/other stuff like that.

I also fixed a bunch of bugs. some stuff that was previously unaccessible due to broken quest state checks, is now accessible.

there are a few expected oddities with this update, the main one being that you will spawn in Idiot's Domain as a safety measure (result of the save data migration). you will also lose some overworld checkpoints (they are all easy to get back to).

it's a trade-off for a more robust save system that will hopefully result in less corruption moving forward.

Changelog

• added auto saving

• refactored certain unstable data to avoid future corruptions

• attempted a best effort migration for old data

• expanded details in main menu save slot before loading

• fixed energy rank saving/loading

• fixed metal stars saving/loading

• fixed energy collected saving/loading

• fixed broken collider in E.D.E.N. City gate turret

• fixed "leave" option not working in manager phong's shop after certain dialogue

• fixed lag spikes on energy collection

• increased collider size on gnome pipes (so they're more responsive)

• fixed gnome pipe quest

• fixed being able to get gnome flaut from flautista's cupboard without golden gnome key

• fixed random despawns of EVERYTHING in upper frogton

• fixed total demon hearts and entropic parasite counts in the zone info pause manu window being incorrectly counted

• fixed tree hermit's dialogue/his portion of the quest

• fixed caged creature collision in orb hollow

• fixed windmill keeper quest

• fixed orb hollow location incorrectly counting some collectables from upper frogton

• made time trial demon talk trigger radius smaller

• fixed lack of wall run on a pillar in upper frogton

• added a grate to the back of the big pirple pipe off upper frogton cliffs

• fixed flashing camera on elevator to/from upper frogton

• improved formatting for inventory item counts

• fixed flautista's dialogue/infinite gnome key reward glitch

• fixed a bug where flying into location entrances in orbmechwould softlock the game (you can no longer fly into them in mech, this was never intended)

• fixed fast travel location runoff/scrollability with too many locations

• fixed main menu phantom slot selection/loading with controller

• fixed some egg cluster hit boxes in ancient tree

• made broken eggs remembered so you don't lose progress if you leave the area

• made pipe buttons in pinkbobble horizons remembered

• fixed woodmind guardian elevator doors + rootrot salve application

• fixed leaving orbtek garage messing up overworld coordinates

• fixed bird aficionado quest

• buffed bounce stamina regen

• fixed observatory quest

• fixed orbtek garage upgrades not costing any money

• fixed on death energy reset

• fixed energy/metal star counts updating in items menu

• fixed incorrect position on exit flautista's house

• fixed a soft lock related to getting stuck in a chimney in serpent's rest

• fixed a bunch of messy save data that was possibly causing incorrect overworld positioning (but not 100% that this issue is completely fixed)

• tidied up the way save files are organized

• made it so that the game backs up your last played save slot every session

• added a button to open the gate to exit ancient tree's inner hollow

• fixed saving/loading mech position in overworld

• fixed some colliders in RoGF

• fixed birds respawning after you give them to bird aficionado

• fixed collectable tracking in RoGF

Known issues / work in progress

there are still a few broken quests, which I will be fixing over the next few days alongside work on a simple non-invasive optional tutorial (just to make the basic controls more clear) and some kind of control input sensitivity mapping.

Thanks to bug hunters

also want to say a huge thanks to everyone who has been helping test these fixes on experimental branches over the past week! your help has been invaluable.

if you have any issues with this save please let me know in the Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/PvJBPFsSdZ

I'm currently working on a fix to prevent future save corruptions.

In the mean time, I'd recommend people back up their saves.

It just means you're less likely to lose progress in a worst-case scenario.

You can do that by making a copy of the "EternityEgg" folder at

/yourusername/AppData/LocalLow/USERLANDS/EternityEgg

Hopefully I can figure out how to prevent future issues but I figured it's a good idea to remind people to back up just in case.

Thanks for your patience!

Day 1 bug fixes/minor improvements:

• added more clear save/quit button to pause menu

• buffed idiot giant

• made intro cutscene skippable

• fast travel regens health instantly

• standing around energy shrines will ambiently recharge health

• fixed broken colliders in upper frogton and orb hollow

• fixed an issue where you couldn’t enter orbmech until you left the area then returned

• fixed music stopping after death

• fixed pause menu infinite stamina / flying exploit (RIP)

• fixed broken time trial clock overlays if you leave the area/enter an interior

• fixed idiot giant’s health bar showing through the floor

• fixed returning to idiot’s domain (contraptions should now persist, thingamabobber speech shouldn’t repeat, assuming you’ve defeated the dimension guardian)

• fixed bogplex castle pit entry

• fixed double pot spawn in idiot’s domain

• 99% sure I fixed bird aficionado’s quest (he should accept 10 birds now)

• fixed weird camera angle in a couple of the gnome houses

• fixed lack of void in certain areas of ancient tree

• fixed getting stuck in the gates in idiot’s domain

• fixed getting stuck in ice acropolis gatehouse

• fixed broken pipe in pinkbobble plateau

Tomorrow I’ll be focusing on a minimal tutorial style system in idiot’s domain to explain basic controls/input, as I want players to be able to understand the basic movement set.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for supporting the game. Launching into early access has gone way better than I anticipated and I'm excited to keep working on the game and improving things with feedback from the community.

If you haven't joined the Discord already, it's a good place to discuss the game and share suggestions/bug reports etc: https://discord.gg/PvJBPFsSdZ

Eternity Egg is out NOW in early access

im pretty happy with where the game is at for an initial early access release, but there's surely still a ton of work to do

that said, the game currently has:

• an intro cutscene to establish the lore/setting of the game

• 15 different locations to explore

• 20 NPCs to meet and interact with

• 15 different enemies of various difficulty to encounter

• 4 bosses

• bunch of different items/equipment to find

• some time trial minigames

• tons of collectables

• unique music for all locations

• a couple of secrets...

and i've got a bit of content that i'll probably drop over a few updates during the rest of December (adding a few more enemies, fleshing out some locations, and obviously bug fixing, etc.)

i'm super excited to release into early access but i do want to manage expectations and be clear that it is EARLY ACCESS

so if you are looking for a polished game with 0 bugs, 0 jank, etc, i'd recommend you wait for the full release next year.

but if you're a devout egghead and want to support the project + help contribute to the shaping of the game alongside the early-access community, then you can BUY THE GAME NOW!

oh yea and the price is lower while in early access.

thanks for the patience real eggheads & hope you enjoy