Scarmonde news & patch notes

Hey, folks! I have to push out a small update this morning to address some newly-discovered oversights! -Added an NPC to warn players of entering The Random. -Orbs acquired from the random chests can no longer be "0," the lowest number you can acquire is now 1. -A small oversight on one of the first 5 floors made it possible for players to potentially end up with a black screen. This has been fixed. -A mapping error could have POTENTIALLY blocked progress on one of the floors in The Random. Thanks for the support, everyone!

It’s time for another update! This time, though, there’s a little bit extra thrown in for fun. Introducing Scarmonde’s “RANDOM DUNGEON”! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/7820a36517d0d322c0549cee0d262b6a2e11f650.png What IS the “Random Dungeon”? You, the player, can assemble your party however you see fit, then equip them with some basic gear in Scarmonde. HOWEVER! Now you’ll notice that there’s a new addition to the cozy l’il town: a door just east of the Inn! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/d1fb8c2484003a027d9b69eb15e13ec4ed0c8c83.png TO ACCESS THIS NEW DUNGEON: you CANNOT have set foot within The Depths. That means you CANNOT descend the stairs in the center of Scarmonde. If you do so, you’ll be locked out of entering the Random Dungeon. You must start a new file to access this additional area! Everything within the Random Dungeon is… randomized! Players will traverse between five pre-made but randomly selected floors in each “zone/area” before facing a boss and moving onto the next. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/27d461be1df5f93d3d34f8e1c2a077aa02f54d34.png The exit for each floor is a blue orb, and its location can change just like everything else! To proceed you’ll need to locate that orb and interact with it. You’ll ONLY BE ABLE TO SAVE after changing floors. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/8befc7ae3c7293dba8da102bb288e867018cfecf.png The contents of the chests are (you guessed it) also randomized! Chests all look the same, but depending on how lucky (…or unlucky) you are, can grant you: Magic Orbs, Items, Armour, or Weapons. Many of you will also be VERY pleased to know that any and all debuffs or ailments you inflict onto enemies will be now visible in battle! So instead of showing an animation (which still plays over character battlers), an icon will be displayed over an enemy’s head indicating what they’re afflicted with (and will cycle between all afflictions). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/3156df2e8a80e1ad8c90c93bef7dafb7c8f0f4d3.png Have fun, everyone!! And of course, once again, thanks so much for all of the incredible support!!! You peeps are awesome!

Made some minor adjustments to the game today! There were a few passability issues that were addressed, along with some mapping errors, but the MAJOR thing I had to look into and fix was some counterattacks causing errors. This should hopefully now be patched! Thanks for playing, everyone!

Had to launch an update today to address several relatively minor issues regarding collision detection in some areas of the postgame, as well as a somewhat concerning bug that would trigger when fighting confused enemies that also had the chance to counterattack with a unique ability. Hope everyone's been enjoying the postgame! I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the NEW players who've acquired Scarmonde during its recent (and current) sale! Thank you for the the love and support. I hope your trek through The Depths is an enjoyable and entertaining one!

It's time, everyone! Scarmonde's POSTGAME CONTENT IS NOW LIVE! How do you access the postgame? You must defeat the final boss, but DO NOT enter the door beyond them. Head back to Scarmonde and inspect the red crystal/orb in town. Enjoy! Thanks SO MUCH for the amazing comments and for enjoying Scarmonde as much as all of you have! I truly appreciate the love and support.

Are you ready to challenge your party of adventurers and put everything you've accumulated and learned to a TRUE test? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/7370dd178b0e478c54d08a3ccdbb2248b2227197.jpg Scarmonde's postgame content will be releasing on February 10th, 2025! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/34decc6582c475f4ed4189f7f839669de66fdd58.jpg To access this content, you'll have to DEFEAT THE FINAL BOSS, but before proceeding through the door beyond them, return to Scarmonde and examine the red orb at the northernmost area of the town. The postgame contains roughly 5+ hours of content, and was made to slightly expand upon the story while also offering players a way to put their fully-upgraded characters to their ultimate test! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/34de2d8df200babb406bad4e5a79dc3ce3ff75e3.jpg Mark your calendars, everyone: Monday, February 10th!

Phew! That didn't take long, did it? We have to push out an EMERGENCY DUAL WIELD FIX because it was having several... undesirable side effects! Monks, Duskars, and Dancers could not equip helmets! Sadly there was no available workaround utilizing the plug-in we'd used, so an alternate method had to be employed! Sorry for the trouble, folks! But now the Theif should be the proper dual wielding machine we've always wanted him to be!

...SURPRISE! It was being considered for a while now, but it was decided that in order to spice up the class and give it a little more OOMPH, the Thief can now dual wield one-handed weapons! Don't fret, however; shields can still be equipped as well in their second new "Hand" slot! I'm sure some smaller adjustments were also made along the way, but this is the major one!

... I lied, apparently! But there were several things I really wanted to address before starting to charge headlong into testing the postgame content. Listed is a brief overview of the adjustments contained within this update: -Fixed several tile passability issues. -Players were able to unintentionally unlock the “Godly Accessory” Achievement. -Many bosses and “important” or “tougher” enemies were made stronger or given increased survivability. -A variety of equipment underwent various balance adjustments. -To fit in with the overall design and general approach I’d been taking while creating much of the game’s equipment, the accessories that straight-up increased a character’s parameters like P.ATK, M.ATK, etc. were given minor detriments. -Two pieces of equipment (Sage’s Glove and Power Gauntlet) were reworked more than others. -The enhancements some weaponry granted to various elemental spell types were adjusted. -The opening text crawl was changed slightly. -Some spells and character-specific abilities were adjusted.

This is it, everyone! The FINAL UPDATE before the postgame content is released! "What? Postgame content...? WHAT postgame content?" As mentioned in previous updates, there's a relatively expansive postgame area currently in development that I am very much hoping to release by the end of the month! Please note, however: You're required to defeat the final boss to access said content. I'm sure some of you have already taken notice of a peculiar red orb that appears near the end of the game in the titular town? THAT is the entrance to the postgame, but it will obviously not be accessible until sometime in the (near) future. For now, however, I've once again launched another update with (but not limited to) some of the changes and adjustments listed below: -Fixed several spelling errors. -Addressed several tile passability issues. -Granted the MAGE Class an additional Dark-element spell, as well as the tier-3 Mighty-element spell. -MONK’s base P.ATK was increased. -The KNIGHT’s innate healing reduction was removed. -Altered the damage formulas of various spells and abilities. -Adjusted the stats of various pieces of equipment (both armour and weaponry). -Slightly buffed the bosses in the final dungeon. -The unique abilities linked to weapons were altered to be more useful.

-The screen flash that occurred upon encountering an enemy was removed. -Similarly, the screen flash that had been included in some spell animations has also been removed. -The way the game handles how equipment and passive abilities reduce the likelihood of being afflicted with status ailments has been significantly changed! -The passive ability “Add: STUN” wasn’t bestowing the proper on-hit effect.

As promised, here's the changes mentioned in the last (smaller) update: - Out-of-battle afflictions like Poison and Curse will now be displayed under the character’s name in the main menu. - Length of HP/MP Bar was reduced; HP only goes to 9999 so a lot of it was unnecessary space. - Players can now see FAR MORE of the boons, buffs, ailments, and debuffs affecting their party during battle. - Music quality and volume has been adjusted. - Fixed several spelling errors. - Addressed several tile passability issues. Thanks for all of the support, everyone! Aaaaaaand... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello, everyone! I'm releasing a minor patch to address some graphical issues concerning several battle backgrounds that I seem to have mistakenly replaced with similar ones that weren't the correct size! Oops. Also, there's been a plug-in installed that may help with people who might have had issues with their save files any time an update went live. There should also be a more extensive patch coming in the next few days (or even as soon as tomorrow) that will fix other minor issues such as the amount of buffs/debuffs being shown in battle and being able to see ailments a character's afflicted with out of battle in the main menu (FINALLY)! The post-game content is still in development and coming along nicely! Here's hoping I can get it out to all of you by the middle of January! FINGERS CROSSED! Thanks SO MUCH for all of the support, everyone! You're amazing, and all of the people who've reached out or joined our Discord have been wonderful and incredibly supportive.

In preparation for the upcoming post-game content that's currently in development, I've combed over the base game and ironed out several issues and bugs and annoyances that were giving me grief since becoming aware of them. But that aside, I have to welcome all of my new players who graciously picked up the game during the Autumn Sale! Thanks for the support, everyone! I truly appreciate it from both new and old players alike. You people are AMAZING! I've had quite an incredible community come together since releasing Scarmonde, with all kinds of wonderful discussions and support. You push me to make this game to be the best it can possibly be, and I thoroughly enjoy every step! I hope you're all eagerly awaiting the post-game content I've got in store for you! Hopefully it'll help everyone really push their parties to their limits! For now, however, here's a list of the major updates applied in today's patch: -Mid/Late-game enemies have been slightly buffed. -Fixed several tile passability issues. -Addressed some minor bugs and spell mistakes -The Mage class has been slightly altered and granted several new spells and passive abilities. -The Thief class has been slightly altered and granted several new spells and passive abilities. -The revival spells “Lifegiver,” “Rebirth,” and “Phoenix Rising” now grant a buff to the character that’s revived. -The “Stat Guard” spell now negates status ailments entirely but comes with the bane of draining the MP of the character under its protection. -Added a plug-in that assists with item/equipment organization in the main menu. -Added new drops and stealable items from enemies in the final area/dungeon. -Altered the potency of some abilities and spells.

Another small update for all of you! There's a lot of small fixes in this one, addressing some spelling and terrain errors, as well as quite a bit of internal (database) stuff. Enjoy!

-The accessories and equipment that reduced MP Cost by 50% were changed to reduce it by 25%. -Fixed the Knight’s “Devastate” ability, as it was not working as intended. -Buff and Debuff durations were extended to 5 turns. -Players can now start their journey with a party of 1, 2, or 3 characters! You are no longer limited to a full party of four. However, there MUST be a character in Slot #1! -Upon reaching the sub-class shrines roughly midway through the game, players can now assign ANY of the 12 sub-classes to their characters. -Changed/fixed some item descriptions -Adjusted the damage formulas for some spells. -The “Added Strike” and “Extra Turn” passive abilities are now GENERAL PASSIVES. They can be learned by ANY class. This is due to the change listed above regarding a player’s choice of sub-classes. However, if you have ALREADY learned these abilities, your character will retain them. Once players discovered or read that these select and very powerful passive abilities were locked behind 2-3 classes, I felt they thought they almost HAD to take one of them and couldn’t properly branch out and experiment as I’d intended. -Some classes (Warrior, Thief, Duskar, and Dancer) now have changed/added passive abilities.

TWO SMALL ADJUSTMENTS: -Added additional credits. -Walked BACK the decision to have the "Extra Turn" passive only grant the learner a 50% chance of acting per-turn.

I missed several things in the last update, so I addressed them in this one! Several of the Sub-Classes allowed you to learn the Light Armour Passive instead of Heavy and vice-versa. Additional passability issues were addressed. Etc. Thanks again everyone for the support! I love seeing everyone discussing how they approach the game and their various strategies! :D

WEOO! Scarmonde has (almost) been out for an entire week, and I absolutely cannot thank all of you enough for the (continued) support! Thanks so, SO much, everyone! Hopefully this update makes Scarmonde even just a LITTLE bit more enjoyable! =D -Fixed several tile passability issues. -Adjusted the stats of some Classes. -Made every Sub-Class have a passive allowing the learner to equip a specific Armour Type. -Increased the amount of MP the “Mana Thief” spell absorbs. -Duskar’s “Dusk Strike” ability no longer steals MP from its target. -Increased Magic Orb cost of the “Additional Strike” and “Additional Turn” passives. -Fixed an oversight wherein the “MP+5” Passive would also LOWER that character’s AGI by 6. -Added an NPC to Scarmonde that mentions to usefulness of the “Defend” command. -Fixed an issue wherein the “Defend” command REMOVED ailments instead of reducing the chance of being afflicted with them. -Added Cloud Saving* *Currently a WIP? I’m hoping this works!

- Certain enemies given (relatively minor) buffs. -Fixed several spelling mistakes. -Fixed several mapping errors and oversights. -The “Duskar” Class was still referred to as the “Shadowkin” at one of the Sub-Classing Shrines. -The “Equip Light/Heavy Armour” Passives now requires Lv.3 Magic Orbs, as intended. -Introduced feature wherein while switching between characters while on the Status screen, it will hold the current menu (while cycling through characters while on the Ailments menu, that will stay open the entire time without reverting to “General” each time, etc). NOTE: Only one single “Counter” ability can be assigned to a character at any time! Equipping multiple pieces of equipment that allow a character to counterattack with a different ability/spell will only cause the first ability of those listed in the database to activate.

A quick patch with a few additional QOL additions! -Added a list to the Steam Discussion Forum detailing the purpose of each stat a character has. -Changed/altered the “Mighty” type of spells and the way a character’s stats affect its damage. -Added a “Fullscreen” option to the game’s Options Menu. -Lowered base volume on startup.

Balancing Patch #1 (October 10th) - Fixed passability issues with some tiles. - Duskar Class given two new additional abilities: “ADD: Curse,” and “Dusk Slash.” - Mage class has lost access to: Lv.2 and 3 Dark-element spells, along with the “Black Plague” and “Curse Wave” spells. - Duskar gained “Curse Wave,” “Black Plague,” and “Poison Cloud” spells. - Fixed a bug where a certain command was potentially taking Magic Evasion into consideration instead of the Physical Evasion of the target. - Certain enemies given (relatively minor) buffs. -Removed and fixed several smaller issues that were brought to my attention. (Any players who had learned the spells listed above that were removed for the Duskar and Mage Classes will still have them available to use. This should only affect new players!)

First and foremost: I want to thank EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU incredible people who supported Scarmonde on its INCREDIBLY successful release day! Thank you so, SO very much for all of the amazing comments and love! :) As with most games these days, I of course had to pop out a l'il update on the day of release to squash and address some minor issues! Listed below are the changes made with this update: - Corrected several spelling mistakes in the dialogue for some NPCs. - Corrected an error within an Item description. - Fixed passability issues with some tiles. - Certain enemies given (relatively minor) buffs. - Adjusted amount of MP Recovered per-turn by the “Mana Spring” spell - DUSKAR Class only allowed 6 letters/characters in the name assigned to it, but now allows 8. - Removed the “????” default names each character started with.

The day has come at long last, everyone! Scarmonde is now complete and ready to be enjoyed! Thank you ALL for the amazing and incredible support during Scarmonde's development, everyone! I absolutely loved all of the positivity and discussion surrounding the demo. Now that it's done cooking and ready to be served, I hope you all enjoy the full game even MORE! Good luck in The Depths, everyone!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/fd29032350614f8633990341dff79fa53d9f0e2a.png Mark you calendars, everyone! Monday, OCTOBER 7th, Scarmonde is being released! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/cce2ec99ca898729c01f81e488b5719468ec2374.png Do you have your party picked out? Do you know what Classes you'll first delve into The Depths beneath Scarmonde with?! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/06b96ed9ace61398cfdc08f0c8e92b029b5b5932.png At long last, there may be a party worthy enough of being granted audience with the Dragon God and having their every wish made into reality. I'm seriously excited to finally unleash this game upon the world! My testers and I have been having a blast playing through the game so far, and I hope that all of you have just as much (if not MORE) fun doing so as well! I absolutely LOVE all of the support that has been shown to Scarmonde since it was revealed, and hope it meets your expectations! I'm so thankful to all of you incredible people out there who have made this dream of MINE a reality. I used to only daydream about making games, and endlessly tossing the ideas around in my head. Now I've almost got THREE commercial projects out there, and I do not plan on stopping any time soon! :D

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/fd29032350614f8633990341dff79fa53d9f0e2a.png With the approach of the Steam Nextfest happening on June 10th, I thought it was about time to update the demo to reflect all of the changes made to the main game! 95% of these changes are all related to the game's balancing, whether that be through the items, classes, equipment, spells, monster stats, etc. I also addressed a small handful of minor bugs sever people brought to my attention in the last few months. Thanks for the support and I hope you all continue to enjoy my work! -Ephiam {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44829566/06b96ed9ace61398cfdc08f0c8e92b029b5b5932.png