No Turning Back: The Pixel Art Action-Adventure Roguelike news & patch notes

Evolving The Order: 2.0 - Pickups Patched! Hey, how's it going guys? So this update is more of a fix & upgrade rather than a new feature People have informed me that pickups are confusing because there's no clear indication of which item goes into which slot and to be fair they were completely right but today is a step in the right direction to addressing this Now when you try to pickup an item that uses a slot that is already in use, an X will appear on the item and the relevant slot it uses will begin to flash to indicate the slot it uses, then you can either unequip the item to pickup the item or leave it based on your own preference New Upgrade: Bat Meat Shops! Similar to weapon and potion shops, bat meat shops sell you various types of meat to heal you, restore mana or restore stamina or maybe all of them! Other Changes: Random weapon shops added, rather than dagger only shops or greataxe shops, some shops will now sell you daggers, swords, greataxes Random potion shops added, same as above Lots of incorrect pickup bugs addressed, all keybinds should work right now Shops now address you based on the kind of shop you have entered Fixes: Tuned up some of the hitboxes, this is a long process of fine tuning and will continue to be tuned Pesky physics bug considered fixed! ːsquirtyayː Thanks for the support guys, see you guys in 2.1 and as always please report your bugs and suggestions on the forum! ːgoldenː

Evolving The Order: 2.0 - Pickups Patched! Hey, how's it going guys? So this update is more of a fix & upgrade rather than a new feature People have informed me that pickups are confusing because there's no clear indication of which item goes into which slot and to be fair they were completely right but today is a step in the right direction to addressing this Now when you try to pickup an item that uses a slot that is already in use, an X will appear on the item and the relevant slot it uses will begin to flash to indicate the slot it uses, then you can either unequip the item to pickup the item or leave it based on your own preference New Upgrade: Bat Meat Shops! Similar to weapon and potion shops, bat meat shops sell you various types of meat to heal you, restore mana or restore stamina or maybe all of them! Other Changes: Random weapon shops added, rather than dagger only shops or greataxe shops, some shops will now sell you daggers, swords, greataxes Random potion shops added, same as above Lots of incorrect pickup bugs addressed, all keybinds should work right now Shops now address you based on the kind of shop you have entered Fixes: Tuned up some of the hitboxes, this is a long process of fine tuning and will continue to be tuned Pesky physics bug considered fixed! :squirtyay: Thanks for the support guys, see you guys in 2.1 and as always please report your bugs and suggestions on the forum! :golden:

Evolving The Order: 1.9 - Character Selection! How's it going guys! So this is quite a small yet huge change because so far No Turning Back has used the concept of a random selection each time you play but people didn't seem to like the random option so i have decided to add a character select screen You can also see the classes that you have not unlocked yet and it tells you how to unlock via tool tips You can access the Character Selection by clicking on the button below the character portrait Layout: http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/class.png Other Changes: Key Binding Fixes Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 2.0, still got some digging new features coming *cough*! *cough*! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

Evolving The Order: 1.9 - Character Selection! How's it going guys! So this is quite a small yet huge change because so far No Turning Back has used the concept of a random selection each time you play but people didn't seem to like the random option so i have decided to add a character select screen You can also see the classes that you have not unlocked yet and it tells you how to unlock via tool tips You can access the Character Selection by clicking on the button below the character portrait Layout: http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/class.png Other Changes: Key Binding Fixes Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 2.0, still got some digging new features coming *cough*! *cough*! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

Evolving The Order: 1.8 - Scriptures & Lost Skills! Hope you guys had a great weekend and are enjoying the steam sales! ːgoldenː So this is a cool update for you guys, it adds some new passives and skill upgrades which you have to unlock throughout the game and are permanent to certain skills & characters So what are Lost Skills? Lost Skills are ancient skills for your order and can be obtained from various locations from the castle and are permanent once you have unlocked them, i don't want to give them all away because discovering them is part of the fun but some are pretty powerful and can change how effective certain classes are for your playstyles I'll give one away, you can obtain a Lost Skill that teaches you how to set your shield bash skill on fire and ignites all enemies in front of the player upon the use of shield bash You can access your selection of Lost Skills from the character menu, it has replaced the randomize class option which has been moved underneath the player portrait Layout: http://phatphrogstudios.com/ls.png Currently you can obtain rare ancient scriptures from chests and secret rooms in the game, there will be another way in 1.9 ;) I will be adding more Lost Skills in future updates, just got to find them first. oh yes i went there! ːDː Other Changes: Item variants added Key Binding Fixes Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.9, got some digging new features coming *cough*! *cough*! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

Evolving The Order: 1.8 - Scriptures & Lost Skills! Hope you guys had a great weekend and are enjoying the steam sales! :golden: So this is a cool update for you guys, it adds some new passives and skill upgrades which you have to unlock throughout the game and are permanent to certain skills & characters So what are Lost Skills? Lost Skills are ancient skills for your order and can be obtained from various locations from the castle and are permanent once you have unlocked them, i don't want to give them all away because discovering them is part of the fun but some are pretty powerful and can change how effective certain classes are for your playstyles I'll give one away, you can obtain a Lost Skill that teaches you how to set your shield bash skill on fire and ignites all enemies in front of the player upon the use of shield bash You can access your selection of Lost Skills from the character menu, it has replaced the randomize class option which has been moved underneath the player portrait Layout: http://phatphrogstudios.com/ls.png Currently you can obtain rare ancient scriptures from chests and secret rooms in the game, there will be another way in 1.9 ;) I will be adding more Lost Skills in future updates, just got to find them first. oh yes i went there! :D: Other Changes: Item variants added Key Binding Fixes Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.9, got some digging new features coming *cough*! *cough*! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

I have applied a patch which rectifies a number of crashes in game, hopefully it should result in a much smoother play experience.. As always please remember we are in early access and any bugs or crashes you find, please report them so i can fix them ːsquirtyayː Thanks guys, have a great weekend and the next update is 1.8 which is due Sunday!

I have applied a patch which rectifies a number of crashes in game, hopefully it should result in a much smoother play experience.. As always please remember we are in early access and any bugs or crashes you find, please report them so i can fix them :squirtyay: Thanks guys, have a great weekend and the next update is 1.8 which is due Sunday!

Evolving The Order: 1.7 - Key Bindings! How are you all doing! This is a small update for you guys today but an important one, i have added a much requested feature, the ability to change your key bindings! I have had to replace the Order page for now but it will be coming back in later updates when i get more functionality incorporated So people with alternative keyboard layouts should be able to make the game feel a lot more comfortable You can access the bindings page underneath the Enter game button To change your key binding, click the binding you wish to change and then tap the key you want to change it too Other Changes: item variants Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.8 for some new features! ːsquirtyayː Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

Evolving The Order: 1.7 - Key Bindings! How are you all doing! This is a small update for you guys today but an important one, i have added a much requested feature, the ability to change your key bindings! I have had to replace the Order page for now but it will be coming back in later updates when i get more functionality incorporated So people with alternative keyboard layouts should be able to make the game feel a lot more comfortable You can access the bindings page underneath the Enter game button To change your key binding, click the binding you wish to change and then tap the key you want to change it too Other Changes: item variants Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.8 for some new features! :squirtyay: Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame

Evolving The Order: 1.6 - Chapters Of Permanent Change! How are you all doing! Sorry this one is a little late guys but it took a lot of work to get it all running correctly and doing a first pass on balancing for it This is a huge change and will require a lot more balancing before it's perfect, i will need your feedback and suggestions on this one guys :) Major Feature Added: Chapters Of Permanent Change: http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/Perm.png These chapters are special rare books that can permanently change the stats of all the characters of your order, now these stat changes are not weapon or playthrough specific and will be with your character until you hit the new "RESET" button on the main menu, Each book has a positive and a detriment, it's all about how you want to build your playstyle, if you want to go be a glass cannon, you could go for more damage boost at the loss of max health, or maybe you want to tank and do less damage, again these are all viable options How to earn Chapters: Puzzle rooms on floor 1+ will reward a chapter upon completion and you can also obtain them uncommonly from relic rooms on Floor 2+ There are currently 15 Chapters and they stack so you can find more of the same ones, now it is possible to ruin your character so be careful and remember if you do make some bad decisions and you're unhappy with your build, just hit the new "RESET" button on the ESC main menu in game Coming Soon: (Key Mapping) This is what i am working on for 1.7, it's something i have been meaning to add since early access launch In update 1.7 there will also be some more chapter variants Other Changes: Massively reduced physics simulation overheads, should help reduce the crashing from collision interactions Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.7! ːsquirtyayː Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> http://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame/

Evolving The Order: 1.6 - Chapters Of Permanent Change! How are you all doing! Sorry this one is a little late guys but it took a lot of work to get it all running correctly and doing a first pass on balancing for it This is a huge change and will require a lot more balancing before it's perfect, i will need your feedback and suggestions on this one guys :) Major Feature Added: Chapters Of Permanent Change: http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/Perm.png These chapters are special rare books that can permanently change the stats of all the characters of your order, now these stat changes are not weapon or playthrough specific and will be with your character until you hit the new "RESET" button on the main menu, Each book has a positive and a detriment, it's all about how you want to build your playstyle, if you want to go be a glass cannon, you could go for more damage boost at the loss of max health, or maybe you want to tank and do less damage, again these are all viable options How to earn Chapters: Puzzle rooms on floor 1+ will reward a chapter upon completion and you can also obtain them uncommonly from relic rooms on Floor 2+ There are currently 15 Chapters and they stack so you can find more of the same ones, now it is possible to ruin your character so be careful and remember if you do make some bad decisions and you're unhappy with your build, just hit the new "RESET" button on the ESC main menu in game Coming Soon: (Key Mapping) This is what i am working on for 1.7, it's something i have been meaning to add since early access launch In update 1.7 there will also be some more chapter variants Other Changes: Massively reduced physics simulation overheads, should help reduce the crashing from collision interactions Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.7! :squirtyay: Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack Facebook -> http://www.facebook.com/noturningbackgame/

Evolving The Order: 1.5 - That Statue Moved! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! ːsquirtyayː Today we are taking a look at update 1.5 and what it brings to the game! Features Added: New Room Type: Puzzle Room! http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/puz.png There's a new room type which contains statue's setup in a particular order, you have to make all the statues stick their swords out but they have to be done in a certain order, you get 3 attempts On the first statue, if you get it wrong it will not count towards your 3 attempts, if you the combination right then you will have the chest unlocked and items will be available to pickup How to activate a statue: Approach the statue and press V Coming Soon: (Puzzle Room Variants) In update 1.6 there will be hard variants of the puzzle rooms which spawn enemies when you get the combination wrong Other Changes: Enemies now aim for the center of your body Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.6!

Evolving The Order: 1.5 - That Statue Moved! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! :squirtyay: Today we are taking a look at update 1.5 and what it brings to the game! Features Added: New Room Type: Puzzle Room! http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/puz.png There's a new room type which contains statue's setup in a particular order, you have to make all the statues stick their swords out but they have to be done in a certain order, you get 3 attempts On the first statue, if you get it wrong it will not count towards your 3 attempts, if you the combination right then you will have the chest unlocked and items will be available to pickup How to activate a statue: Approach the statue and press V Coming Soon: (Puzzle Room Variants) In update 1.6 there will be hard variants of the puzzle rooms which spawn enemies when you get the combination wrong Other Changes: Enemies now aim for the center of your body Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.6!

Evolving The Order: 1.4 - Potions O' Plenty! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! It's time for update 1.4, sorry it's late guys, this was supposed to be released on Friday but full day of work on Saturday so i had to postpone it! Features Added: Buff Potions! I have added 4 new types of potions that aid you greatly if you manage to get your hands on them and of course they are procedually generated Potion Types: Potion of Atk Speed Potion of Atk Power Potion of Run Speed Potion of Protection When you pickup one of these potions, it can last between 1 - 5 room transitions and it's pure luck as to the chance of this They are dropped by Chaos Skeletons and Wraiths, which brings me onto a new enemy that has been added to Floor 1, the wraiths are a tough enemy for all melee fighters because they do not get knocked back by normal attacks so be careful These items can also be found in locked unique rooms New Bat Meat Variants Added! Now you can find raw bat meat that can heal your HP & ST or HP & MP or if you're lucky to get a prime bat steak it will heal all HP, MP & ST for a procedural amount Other Changes: Fixed a bug that caused items dropped in the home base to instantly dissapear Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.5!

Evolving The Order: 1.4 - Potions O' Plenty! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! It's time for update 1.4, sorry it's late guys, this was supposed to be released on Friday but full day of work on Saturday so i had to postpone it! Features Added: Buff Potions! I have added 4 new types of potions that aid you greatly if you manage to get your hands on them and of course they are procedually generated Potion Types: Potion of Atk Speed Potion of Atk Power Potion of Run Speed Potion of Protection When you pickup one of these potions, it can last between 1 - 5 room transitions and it's pure luck as to the chance of this They are dropped by Chaos Skeletons and Wraiths, which brings me onto a new enemy that has been added to Floor 1, the wraiths are a tough enemy for all melee fighters because they do not get knocked back by normal attacks so be careful These items can also be found in locked unique rooms New Bat Meat Variants Added! Now you can find raw bat meat that can heal your HP & ST or HP & MP or if you're lucky to get a prime bat steak it will heal all HP, MP & ST for a procedural amount Other Changes: Fixed a bug that caused items dropped in the home base to instantly dissapear Physics objects optimization Thanks guys, see you in 1.5!

Evolving The Order: 1.3 - Meat's Back On The Menu! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! It's time for update 1.3 and in this update we are bringing in a few important new features, let's have a look Important Feature Added: Doors to next tier floors: When you get to level 2 you will randomly come across a new door type which is completely distinguishable from the other doors, if you enter this door it will take you from the ground floor of the castle to the first floor and the enemies will go up in difficulty a notch (coming soon new creatures) When you get to level 4 you can find the door again and it will take you to the second floor and again the enemies will go up a notch, When you get to level 6 the same again but you will go to level 3 New Feature: Cooking! http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/food.png The frame work for cooking has been added, cooking in NTB is similar to using potions Currently when you kill bats, sometimes you will get raw meat which will go into your pocket slot M when you press F, if you're near a fire press M and you will start cooking the meat (outside combat), once it's cooked it will drop as cooked meat that you can pickup and use with Q in battle Other Changes: Uniques UI menu changed to Pockets and B, N , M added as function keys to them Physics objects optimization

Evolving The Order: 1.3 - Meat's Back On The Menu! Steam Group -> http://steamcommunity.com/games/NoTurningBack How are you all doing! It's time for update 1.3 and in this update we are bringing in a few important new features, let's have a look Important Feature Added: Doors to next tier floors: When you get to level 2 you will randomly come across a new door type which is completely distinguishable from the other doors, if you enter this door it will take you from the ground floor of the castle to the first floor and the enemies will go up in difficulty a notch (coming soon new creatures) When you get to level 4 you can find the door again and it will take you to the second floor and again the enemies will go up a notch, When you get to level 6 the same again but you will go to level 3 New Feature: Cooking! http://www.phatphrogstudios.com/food.png The frame work for cooking has been added, cooking in NTB is similar to using potions Currently when you kill bats, sometimes you will get raw meat which will go into your pocket slot M when you press F, if you're near a fire press M and you will start cooking the meat (outside combat), once it's cooked it will drop as cooked meat that you can pickup and use with Q in battle Other Changes: Uniques UI menu changed to Pockets and B, N , M added as function keys to them Physics objects optimization

Evolving The Order: 1.2 - The Jewellery Update Hope you are all having a great week! Update 1.2 is already here and in this update i have put a much requested difficulty ramp, when you start the game you will come across a lot less enemies and these will ramp up into larger groups as you level up You will not run into Skeletal Knights until at least level 1 New Feature Added: Rings! Rings come in multiple variants, there are currently 6 different types and of course they are procedually generated and can be equipped alongside armour which fill the third armour slot so let's take a look at what they currently do Common Rings: Ring of HP: Increases your maximum HP Ring of MP: Increases your maximum MP Ring of ST: Increases your maximum ST Uncommon Rings: Ring of XP: XP is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Ring of Gold: Gold is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Rare Rings: Ring of Gold & XP: Gold & XP is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Other Changes: Can no longer unequip armour whilst on the stats page Randomize Class Button added to the char select

Evolving The Order: 1.2 - The Jewellery Update Hope you are all having a great week! Update 1.2 is already here and in this update i have put a much requested difficulty ramp, when you start the game you will come across a lot less enemies and these will ramp up into larger groups as you level up You will not run into Skeletal Knights until at least level 1 New Feature Added: Rings! Rings come in multiple variants, there are currently 6 different types and of course they are procedually generated and can be equipped alongside armour which fill the third armour slot so let's take a look at what they currently do Common Rings: Ring of HP: Increases your maximum HP Ring of MP: Increases your maximum MP Ring of ST: Increases your maximum ST Uncommon Rings: Ring of XP: XP is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Ring of Gold: Gold is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Rare Rings: Ring of Gold & XP: Gold & XP is drawn to the wearer within a procedural range of 100 - 500m Other Changes: Can no longer unequip armour whilst on the stats page Randomize Class Button added to the char select

Evolving The Order: 1.1 - The Armour Update Thanks for the support over the weekend guys, hope you all had a nice weekend! So the first update for No Turning Back is available now. this is update 1.1 and is all about customizing your armour, you can change the gloves, boots and chest armour. Similar to weapon customization, you can swap out the parts with new pieces that you find. You can access the armour customization screen by pressing C twice if you have a weapon equipped or C once without a weapon equipped This is iteration 1 of armour customisation and the stats are procedural but follow the design below, Gloves: Increase attack speed Boots: Increase move speed Chest: Increases protection You can obtain these items from relic rooms or from lucky drops on chaos enemies Coming in 1.2 you will be able to craft armour pieces from items you find in the castle Other Fixes: Fixed a random crash when the player dies and an enemy attacked the dead player Fixed the north door in relic rooms from being inaccessible

Evolving The Order: 1.1 - The Armour Update Thanks for the support over the weekend guys, hope you all had a nice weekend! So the first update for No Turning Back is available now. this is update 1.1 and is all about customizing your armour, you can change the gloves, boots and chest armour. Similar to weapon customization, you can swap out the parts with new pieces that you find. You can access the armour customization screen by pressing C twice if you have a weapon equipped or C once without a weapon equipped This is iteration 1 of armour customisation and the stats are procedural but follow the design below, Gloves: Increase attack speed Boots: Increase move speed Chest: Increases protection You can obtain these items from relic rooms or from lucky drops on chaos enemies Coming in 1.2 you will be able to craft armour pieces from items you find in the castle Other Fixes: Fixed a random crash when the player dies and an enemy attacked the dead player Fixed the north door in relic rooms from being inaccessible

Thanks for everyone who has purchased the game and it supporting the development of No Turning Back, I have applied some fixes based on feedback from the community Fixes: I have readjusted the collision boxes for objects that can be collided with and it should be a lot smoother experience now Cultists can no longer walk through chairs Player now has feedback when he gets hit, a red flash shows you were hit followed by some audio feedback Chairs can be destroyed, shoot them with an arrow or whack them with your melee weapon and it will turn them over and they will disappear after 5 seconds Starter classes all have a small bio written about them Doors have had their collision changed, you can now pickup items around the doors without entering them after a battle You can now exit to Main Menu from the in-game Menu when you press Escape EDIT: You should no longer walk into shops if you have less than $300 Thanks guys More coming soon! Lee

Thanks for everyone who has purchased the game and it supporting the development of No Turning Back, I have applied some fixes based on feedback from the community Fixes: I have readjusted the collision boxes for objects that can be collided with and it should be a lot smoother experience now Cultists can no longer walk through chairs Player now has feedback when he gets hit, a red flash shows you were hit followed by some audio feedback Chairs can be destroyed, shoot them with an arrow or whack them with your melee weapon and it will turn them over and they will disappear after 5 seconds Starter classes all have a small bio written about them Doors have had their collision changed, you can now pickup items around the doors without entering them after a battle You can now exit to Main Menu from the in-game Menu when you press Escape EDIT: You should no longer walk into shops if you have less than $300 Thanks guys More coming soon! Lee

NO TURNING BACK EARLY ACCESS! I can't believe the day is actually here! The game that i started out developing as a hobby whilst learning how to program in GML last year is about to enter Early Access on Steam! I want to say thank you to groupees.com, without them this game would not be where it is now. They approached me last year when the game was in its early stages, literally 2 months into development! and asked me to be a part of their bundle, they saw the potential of No Turning Back and i want to thank them and the people that purchashed the bundle and helped get us to the stage we are at now No Turning Back is entering Early Access today and i wanted to let you guys know about what you can expect and what's available at the moment and of course what's coming soon? So what is No Turning Back? No Turning Back is an indie developed game that combines rogue-like elements and base development, it's a hybrid between perma-death and perma-unlocks and is a game that is procedually generated in many ways, the weapons, armour, unlocks, upgrades are all procedually generated each time you play the game, including the name and stats, you unlock new classes and base upgrades from the perma-death portion of the game, you play as the hero of a small order that is developing by entering a cursed ruin of a castle and bringing back the spoils and rewards to the headquarters, you can only carry what you have on you and when you leave a room there's No Turning Back and no second guessing! Well to start let's take a look at what's available: Classes: No Turning Back has a lot of classes available even now, you start with 10 classes that are randomly selected and there are over 15 more classes to unlock and a lot more coming soon Let's take a look at some of the classes available when you start: The Infernal Conjurer: combines ranged fire damage with empowering melee attacks with rage The Destiny Seer: combines ranged fire damage with speed to avoid attacks and get the advantage over the enemy The Ranger Of The Order: Shoots fire arrows and uses speed to keep the distance from the enemy There are tons more combinations of classes and there are ways to upgrade your skills using powerful chaos crystals which boost skills permanently Recruitment: As you play No Turning Back you will meet people who need your help and if you save them, you will get them as recruits for the order. These recruits can be Blacksmiths, Trainers, Apothecary's, Proprieters, to talk to recruits you have to get near to them and press V Currently No Turning Back has 4 recruit types: The Blacksmith "All in a days work" The Blacksmith allows you to upgrade your weapons by using his forge, as you play the game you will find satchels of useful items that you can take back to your headquarters (key: H) and if your blacksmith is trained enough he can turn them into weapon upgrade items such as new blades, handles, quivers, sheath's, bow limbs, bow strings and these will boost your combat ability Handles & Bow Limbs = Attack Speed Blades & Bow Strings = Attack Damage Quivers & Sheath's = Run Speed The Soul Trainer "If there's an obstacle, go through it" The Soul Trainer provides you with permanent global class upgrades, so the main skill that The Soul Trainer helps you obtain is a skill called "Soul Recall" which pulls objects towards you when you press tab, this can be upgraded to allow "Residual Suction" and this passively pulls gold and xp towards the character The Apothecary "All's fair in love and war." The Apothecary is the class based version of The Soul Trainer, she can empower your skills & spells to make them have even more variation, she is in the early stages at the moment but the framework is in place. She can currently let you change the Fireball Projectile into poison, plasma and ice, unlike The Soul Trainer she requires special relics and materials to unlock the variations, once these skills are unlocked it is permanent. She will soon require Chaos Crystals as well as the special relics and runes as a regent in the upgrades, when you find an item that The Apothecary uses it will require going back to The Apothecary using (key: H) and selecting the skill, it's worth doing whenever you find a new regent The Apothecary allows you to also permanently buff certain skills like allowing the Charge skill to have double the distance permanently The Proprieter: "A bad excuse is better than none." The Proprieter allows you to gamble!!!! plain and simple, The Proprieter will let you race captive skeletons for $250 and if you win, you will double your money Enemies: No Turning Back currently has 4 enemy types with a lot more coming soon and thay are split into special variations, when you kill an enemy it will explode into gold and xp. If you have Soul Recall you can use it to collect all the XP and gold after a battle but if not simply running over the XP and gold will pick it up Cultists: The signature enemy of No Turning Back, cursed and corrupt the cultists will stop at nothing to remove the player from their castle Ranged Cultists: They shoot projectiles which can be reflected back using a shield if timed correctly Melee Cultists: They get as close as possible and try to beat you to death Skeletons: The Skeletons are a lot faster than the cultists and can swipe a lot faster, they also use a sword instead of their hands so they do a lot more damage Bats: Prepare to be zerged! the bats love to swarm around their prey and kill their prey quickly, keep your distance and use skills when required. Save the chaos variants for last or you will be swarmed quickly Plantlife: There are huge carnivorous spitting plants that will appear at various times throughout the castle and these are not required to be killed but they can be a serious danger if you're already being swarmed by bats Equipment: Weapons: There are currently 5 weapon types in No Turning Back that are procedually generated Daggers: Fast but low damage Claws: Fast, lower damage than daggers but can cause bleeding Swords: Hit hard, penetrate but low attack speed Greataxe: Hit really hard, swing (area attack) but very low attack speed Bow: ranged weapon, hits hard but medium attack speed Customize: Bow Limbs - Attack Speed Bow Strings - Attack Power Quiver - Run Speed Handles - Attack Speed Blades - Attack Power Sheaths - Run Speed Armour: Heavy: Nice tanking gear Light: Evasion comes in useful Cloth: Teleporting works wonders Current Pieces: Chest Pieces, Helmets (They compliment each other if the same type is used) Potions: Health: Heals the player Mana: Restores Mana Stamina: Restores Stamina Key Bindings: W - Up A - Left S - Down D - Right Space - Slide (Uses ST) Shift - Run Left Click: Attack Right Click: Use Secondary Slot F: Pickup Item Q: Use Item V: Interact (NPC's, Crafting) Tab: Use Global Special (Once Unlocked) E: Use Spell Slot 1 R: Use Spell Slot 2 T: Use Ultimate (Level 3) Left Ctrl: Show Stats Left Ctrl x2: Show Enemy Stats Only Left Ctrl x3: Hide Stats Enter: Restart Game In Regards to saving, all the perma unlocks are automatically saved, characters are perma death Now i will start the process of updating and developing new features!!

NO TURNING BACK EARLY ACCESS! I can't believe the day is actually here! The game that i started out developing as a hobby whilst learning how to program in GML last year is about to enter Early Access on Steam! I want to say thank you to groupees.com, without them this game would not be where it is now. They approached me last year when the game was in its early stages, literally 2 months into development! and asked me to be a part of their bundle, they saw the potential of No Turning Back and i want to thank them and the people that purchashed the bundle and helped get us to the stage we are at now No Turning Back is entering Early Access today and i wanted to let you guys know about what you can expect and what's available at the moment and of course what's coming soon? So what is No Turning Back? No Turning Back is an indie developed game that combines rogue-like elements and base development, it's a hybrid between perma-death and perma-unlocks and is a game that is procedually generated in many ways, the weapons, armour, unlocks, upgrades are all procedually generated each time you play the game, including the name and stats, you unlock new classes and base upgrades from the perma-death portion of the game, you play as the hero of a small order that is developing by entering a cursed ruin of a castle and bringing back the spoils and rewards to the headquarters, you can only carry what you have on you and when you leave a room there's No Turning Back and no second guessing! Well to start let's take a look at what's available: Classes: No Turning Back has a lot of classes available even now, you start with 10 classes that are randomly selected and there are over 15 more classes to unlock and a lot more coming soon Let's take a look at some of the classes available when you start: The Infernal Conjurer: combines ranged fire damage with empowering melee attacks with rage The Destiny Seer: combines ranged fire damage with speed to avoid attacks and get the advantage over the enemy The Ranger Of The Order: Shoots fire arrows and uses speed to keep the distance from the enemy There are tons more combinations of classes and there are ways to upgrade your skills using powerful chaos crystals which boost skills permanently Recruitment: As you play No Turning Back you will meet people who need your help and if you save them, you will get them as recruits for the order. These recruits can be Blacksmiths, Trainers, Apothecary's, Proprieters, to talk to recruits you have to get near to them and press V Currently No Turning Back has 4 recruit types: The Blacksmith "All in a days work" The Blacksmith allows you to upgrade your weapons by using his forge, as you play the game you will find satchels of useful items that you can take back to your headquarters (key: H) and if your blacksmith is trained enough he can turn them into weapon upgrade items such as new blades, handles, quivers, sheath's, bow limbs, bow strings and these will boost your combat ability Handles & Bow Limbs = Attack Speed Blades & Bow Strings = Attack Damage Quivers & Sheath's = Run Speed The Soul Trainer "If there's an obstacle, go through it" The Soul Trainer provides you with permanent global class upgrades, so the main skill that The Soul Trainer helps you obtain is a skill called "Soul Recall" which pulls objects towards you when you press tab, this can be upgraded to allow "Residual Suction" and this passively pulls gold and xp towards the character The Apothecary "All's fair in love and war." The Apothecary is the class based version of The Soul Trainer, she can empower your skills & spells to make them have even more variation, she is in the early stages at the moment but the framework is in place. She can currently let you change the Fireball Projectile into poison, plasma and ice, unlike The Soul Trainer she requires special relics and materials to unlock the variations, once these skills are unlocked it is permanent. She will soon require Chaos Crystals as well as the special relics and runes as a regent in the upgrades, when you find an item that The Apothecary uses it will require going back to The Apothecary using (key: H) and selecting the skill, it's worth doing whenever you find a new regent The Apothecary allows you to also permanently buff certain skills like allowing the Charge skill to have double the distance permanently The Proprieter: "A bad excuse is better than none." The Proprieter allows you to gamble!!!! plain and simple, The Proprieter will let you race captive skeletons for $250 and if you win, you will double your money Enemies: No Turning Back currently has 4 enemy types with a lot more coming soon and thay are split into special variations, when you kill an enemy it will explode into gold and xp. If you have Soul Recall you can use it to collect all the XP and gold after a battle but if not simply running over the XP and gold will pick it up Cultists: The signature enemy of No Turning Back, cursed and corrupt the cultists will stop at nothing to remove the player from their castle Ranged Cultists: They shoot projectiles which can be reflected back using a shield if timed correctly Melee Cultists: They get as close as possible and try to beat you to death Skeletons: The Skeletons are a lot faster than the cultists and can swipe a lot faster, they also use a sword instead of their hands so they do a lot more damage Bats: Prepare to be zerged! the bats love to swarm around their prey and kill their prey quickly, keep your distance and use skills when required. Save the chaos variants for last or you will be swarmed quickly Plantlife: There are huge carnivorous spitting plants that will appear at various times throughout the castle and these are not required to be killed but they can be a serious danger if you're already being swarmed by bats Equipment: Weapons: There are currently 5 weapon types in No Turning Back that are procedually generated Daggers: Fast but low damage Claws: Fast, lower damage than daggers but can cause bleeding Swords: Hit hard, penetrate but low attack speed Greataxe: Hit really hard, swing (area attack) but very low attack speed Bow: ranged weapon, hits hard but medium attack speed Customize: Bow Limbs - Attack Speed Bow Strings - Attack Power Quiver - Run Speed Handles - Attack Speed Blades - Attack Power Sheaths - Run Speed Armour: Heavy: Nice tanking gear Light: Evasion comes in useful Cloth: Teleporting works wonders Current Pieces: Chest Pieces, Helmets (They compliment each other if the same type is used) Potions: Health: Heals the player Mana: Restores Mana Stamina: Restores Stamina Key Bindings: W - Up A - Left S - Down D - Right Space - Slide (Uses ST) Shift - Run Left Click: Attack Right Click: Use Secondary Slot F: Pickup Item Q: Use Item V: Interact (NPC's, Crafting) Tab: Use Global Special (Once Unlocked) E: Use Spell Slot 1 R: Use Spell Slot 2 T: Use Ultimate (Level 3) Left Ctrl: Show Stats Left Ctrl x2: Show Enemy Stats Only Left Ctrl x3: Hide Stats Enter: Restart Game In Regards to saving, all the perma unlocks are automatically saved, characters are perma death Now i will start the process of updating and developing new features!!

Hey Guys So in a few weeks time we will be entering Steam Early Access! Everyone who has got a key from Groupees / Desura will be able to download the game and start playing on Steam! Sorry for the long wait guys but i just want everything to be ready and in a good playable state for Early Access and once we launch on Steam EA we still have a long way to go but that's the fun part! I have been getting some e-mails from YouTubers and members of the press who have had trouble finding an e-mail to contact me so i have decided to give you guys the press e-mail address right here :) Thank you to everyone for the support and feedback! [email protected] Thank you! ~Lee ːsquirtyayː

Hey Guys So in a few weeks time we will be entering Steam Early Access! Everyone who has got a key from Groupees / Desura will be able to download the game and start playing on Steam! Sorry for the long wait guys but i just want everything to be ready and in a good playable state for Early Access and once we launch on Steam EA we still have a long way to go but that's the fun part! I have been getting some e-mails from YouTubers and members of the press who have had trouble finding an e-mail to contact me so i have decided to give you guys the press e-mail address right here :) Thank you to everyone for the support and feedback! [email protected] Thank you! ~Lee :squirtyay: