Unexplored news & patch notes

Collected for the first time: two award winning games that took procedural content generation to the next level! One slow & deliberate, the other fast paced, both unique and infinitely repayable. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/29049/The_Unexplored_Collection/ Featuring:

Unexplored

The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its fantastically generated dungeons, real-time combat and surprising amount of content and depth. One of the BEST GAMES OF THE YEAR according to PC Gamer and VICE Waypoint.

• Easy to Play, Easy to Die
• Fantastic Generated Dungeons (using brand new tech)
• Real Emergent Gameplay with many Tactical Options
• Intense, Real-time, Dual Wielding Melee Combat
• Stealth Mechanics (dungeon crawling like a real rogue…)
• Over 50 dangerous bosses
• Challenging, generated puzzles
• Adaptive, original soundtrack

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarers Legacy

Unexplored 2 is an award winning, slow & deliberate, open-world RPG in procedurally generated worlds, with a table-top 'feel' & a cool twist on permadeath. Key features

• Radical content generation: Ludomotion's radical approach to content generation creates many layers of unique content, every time a new world is generated.
• Generative storytelling: Though every Wayfarer's ultimate goal may be similar, every hero will have their own world, story, and encounters.
• Systemic depth: The game features many systems and you will discover something new every time you play, even after hundreds of hours of gameplay.
• Legacy system: Actions of your past heroes impact the fortunes of those that follow in their footsteps. Use your legacy wisely to give your successive adventurers greater hopes of completing their quest.
• Permadeath in a persistent world: When your hero dies, they stay dead. But you can choose to return to the same world with a new Wayfarer. Or, if you prefer, begin a new adventure in a completely unexplored world.
• Unique presentation: The worlds in Unexplored 2 are presented in a unique and beautiful art style, beyond what is conventionally expected from a generative game. A stylish lighting system sets the mood and adapts to the time of day and local weather conditions.
• Orchestral adaptive soundtrack: Your adventure is accompanied by an orchestral, original soundtrack which reacts to the action and decisions you make as a player.

The new update to Unexplored is currently available in the Unstable beta branch. We would be extremely grateful if you could provide any feedback. And for that purpose, we created an Unexplored 1 channel on our discordserver: https://discord.gg/4Y4983keuf

Remastered Soundtrack now available on Steam

We've also published the remaster of the Orginal Soundtrack of Unexplored on Steam. You can download it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1232020/Unexplored_Soundtrack/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25870505/ba8eb8ed64ae1eba35ae88d225ef156cb43c0333.png Hi there, it's been a while, but today we've released a collection of the best tracks from Unexplored 1 to streaming services like Spotify & Apple Music. You can can find it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6vuE403tIiLm2AXTDb9TpL?si=EHRNZFA4Rv-o-CVweIAoDQ The album contains 12 songs in total. Want more Unexplored music? Here's a link to the Best of Unexplored 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ljn8WOYliENPCQ8mWMYBE?si=D91il7H4QnyKPNlbsYC2lQ And here's a link to The Complete Soundtrack of Unexplored 2: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Aam6mDVlR7n2UFeNH7PZf?si=WZB2gNygQL6LRy6GGSksYw Enjoy!

Unexplored 2 is a unique game in many ways, very different to Unexplored 1. It's also a game that is a bit hard to explain. It's a node-based open-world, procedurally generated RPG, with perma-death, but also not... To make it easier to decide whether or not you should buy the game: play the demo. It's a pretty unrestricted piece of the game. You can quest, adventure and explore three regions of the world that the game generates especially for you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095040/Unexplored_2_The_Wayfarers_Legacy/ Before playing the demo, you could read these tips: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1095040/view/3336616951943536051 Or watch one of these introductory videos that explain the basics of the game very well:

Dear players! More than five years after the release of Unexplored, the sequel launched on Steam. Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy shares a lot of design goals with its predecessor, it has the same lead designer and same composer, but all in all, Unexplored 2 is a different beast.

• For starters, it's fully 3D.
• Characters have two eyes (which I jokingly say it's to be able to perceive the aforementioned third dimension).
• It's outside (mostly, but dungeons are still a big part of the game)
• Combat is way less important.
• RPG mechanics are more important.
• The amulet of Yendor now is the Staff of Yendor (which you carry with you all the time) (and which you have to destroy eventually)
• A new approach to perma-death...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095040/Unexplored_2_The_Wayfarers_Legacy/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26255/Unexplored_2_Digital_Deluxe_Edition/ Anyway, here's a video explaining it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfa4bNJkWZE We'd like to thank you all for playing Unexplored 1 and making this super ambitious sequel first a possibility and now a reality!

We're hard at work on Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy and released a new update for our backers on Fig.co. This update introduces new gameplay mechanics, new creatures, and new environments, as well as a host of other tweaks and improvements. Back us on fig.co/unexplored2 to get your name in the credits and receive instant access to the pre-alpha demo. Check out the trailer to see some of the new content: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095040/Unexplored_2_The_Wayfarers_Legacy/

Unexplored 1 Linux & Mac

We have a working build for Linux and Mac and are looking for a some time in our schedule for a proper Linux-release. For Mac: we need to investigate a little bit further since Unexplored uses a library that will stop functioning on MacOS in the not too distant future.

Unexplored 1 Save Bug

We're aware of a save-bug in Unexplored 1 that seems to hamper progression for a few players. So far, we have been unsuccessful in reproducing the bug, which makes it impossible to fix. If you've been hit by this particular bug, please let us know what you were doing before it occurred. That may help to solve it.

FIG Open Access live now

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/b06e24dcb3422219b61e3ec7aa0d2c1fee3e0a87.jpg Dear Unexplored-players! We are proud to announce we are hard at work on Unexplored 2: the Wayfarer’s Legacy! The game was just revealed during the E3 PC Gaming Show, and we’re so stoked to be able to share this with you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR_CXZGECt0 And as you can see, the sequel is a big step up from the original. If you want a very early demo, or just want to follow the development closely, back us on fig: https://www.fig.co/campaigns/unexplored-2 You can also wishlist the game on Steam, here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095040/Unexplored_2_The_Wayfarers_Legacy/ Here’s JD explaining our plans for Unexplored 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLSSmmbW6QA

Unexplored 1 on Steam

We would like to thank everyone who bought and played Unexplored 1. There are more of you than we could have hoped for! Having to turn our attention to Unexplored 2 means saying goodbye to its predecessor. We feel the current build of Unexplored is a solid one and provides hundreds of hours of gameplay. Yes, there is the occasional bug and a few players seem to be particular unlucky. For that we’re sorry, and we’re currently looking if it's feasible to create another update for Unexplored 1 on Steam. Unexplored started it’s adventure, here, on Steam, back in 2016 when Steam Greenlight was still a thing. The game got green-lit in less than 11 days, which was exceptionally fast. We later launched Early Access, and that move paid off. Big time. The amount and quality of feedback we received from early players proved to be invaluable. The game’s so, so much better off due to player feedback, that we never wanted to go without. That’s the main reason for going with FIG Open Access. Steam has become a bit crowded and FIG is offering a great opportunity that we wanted to seize upon. We’re proud of the Game of the Year-mentions by PC Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and Vice.com. But most of all we’re proud we made a game that entertained tens of thousands of people, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands (!) of hours. We hope to see you in Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/6bdcdc7fe042ac95ff3bd611dbc17b44d926ccf5.jpg

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/cc67b178329194cca0d579f5800812249e8cd016.png Time only moves when you do. That's the principal behind super cool game Superhot. Vlad 'YellowAfterlife' wrote a little mod that puts that same principle into Unexplored. See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNpEsA_0j4U You can download the mode here: https://yellowafterlife.itch.io/boiling-hot Checkout the source code here: https://github.com/YellowAfterlife/BoilingHot The mod was inspired by a little video we released a couple of days ago in which we show Unexplored at 10% of the recorded speed (here's the youtube-version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEFa9Zg4Xc Here's Vlad's original tweet on the mod: https://twitter.com/YellowAfterlife/status/1097209848918409217

We're pleased to announce that Unexplored will launch on PlayStation 4 on February 19 (NA) and 20 (EU). On February 22 the game will launch on Xbox One. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWGjOJJ2rNY Unexplored: Unlocked Edition will include all DLC from this Steam-release.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/ff605ff8ece6872ff893ad28713185d0bd018ec5.png Dear players! We have been extremely busy with our next main project and the console releases of Unexplored. But, we've certainly not forgotten our beloved Steam version. So, after quite a while, here's the next update. As, always, please let us know what you think in the forums. We may not be hanging around there as much as in the beginning, but we do read your comments. The game is nearing it's second birthday, so we hope this is one of the final bug fixing updates we need to push.

Game Balance

• Tuned down the number of Nightmare Boars.

Bug Fixes:

• Another stab at solving the steam cloud save issues.
• More feedback if you read a Tome and nothing happens.
• Meteoric Iron stacks up to 3 (not 6).
• Staff of Fiery Doom no longer blinks because it it always low on energy.
• Fixes a crash when you die and trigger a trap at the same time.
• You can now move items in the inventory using the gamepad when paused.
• Fixes inventory issue where you could close the inventory while enchanting, upgrading, or identifying. Fixes issue with button mapping for containers with an action button.
• Fixes some flask with a sprite descriptions.
• Fixes issue with swapping combinable items with a gamepad.
• Fixes issue with coating weapons in oil (and other fluids) using a Gamepad.
• Fixes issue with gamepad tutorial messages.
• The A button on a gamepad always uses a button even if Inventory Use is remapped.
• Fixed an issue with items on certain pedestals not rendering.
• Right stick allows you to inspect the map, even when the game is not paused.
• Fixes issue with items not shown on pedestals.
• Fixes issue with combining items in your inventory.
• Fixes couple of issues with the tutorial when playing with a controller.

Unexplored 1.19.4

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/25d2bc8b27c8c382cdd063a529d7a239122074be.png From this day you can play Unexplored on the go, since it's available for Switch right now! For more information, see: https://www.digerati.games/game/22-unexplored To help all the new adventurers, here's a clip with 5 tips for new players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBCFLTioj3c

Unexplored on PC

As far as DLC, we consider the game to be complete content-wise. However, we've recently updated the game with a number of optimizations and bug fixes and will continue to do so. We'd like to thank everyone who posts bugs and feature requests in the forum. We do read them all, and we do really appreciate them! We're going to release the game for Linux sooner or later. The Mac-release has become somewhat uncertain due to the fact that Apple decided to get rid of OpenGL. We'll keep you posted on this.

Switch pre-order live

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/c933d4e222b4d7737ca1413203e015379344db5e.jpg We're proud to announce the launch of our third free dlc (well, fourth if you count the soundtrack): THE DARK RITUAL. This is yet another way of playing Unexplored and this time you arrive at a Cultist's mansion to stop them from summoning a Great Old One! Gather clues about the nature of the ritual, and find the right method to stop them before it is all too late. Every time you change locations, time advances, and as the clock approaches midnight, foul magics start tearing at the very fabric of reality. After installing you find The Dark Ritual in Special Runs in the menu. As always: let us know what you think in the comments!

Update

We've also pushed an update live which focuses on performance. The Cyclic Dungeon Generator now takes less time and the game uses less memory. This should decrease stutters and increase smoothness while playing.

10% discount on Unexplored: Unlocked Edition for Nintendo Switch

As of today you can pre-order Unexplored for the Switch! You receive a 10% discount. https://twitter.com/PlayUnexplored/status/986971090982522880 The game launches on August 9. Have fun playing Unexplored on the go!

Nice! But what about de Steam-version?

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/25d2bc8b27c8c382cdd063a529d7a239122074be.png We're pleased to announce Unexplored: Unlocked Edition for the Nintendo Switch! We can't wait to see what you think of Unexplored-to-go. What does this mean for the Steam edition? In short: nothing, really. The last (free) DLC, called "The Dark Ritual" will launch soon after the Switch release. We will bring Unexplored to Mac and Linux. And we will continue to support the game with updates and fixes when needed. So, there's that: in the not too distant future Unexplored will be playable on PC, Mac, Linux and Nintendo Switch. And the Steam-version will continue to be supported. We'd like to thank our players for their continued support and their forgiveness for the occasional bug, we'll keep squashing them! Here's the whole press release:

Unexplored: Unlocked Edition coming to Nintendo Switch Includes the acclaimed roguelite and all its DLC, set to launch in spring

Unexplored, one of last year's most acclaimed roguelites, is coming to Nintendo Switch. The dungeon crawler has impressed players and critics alike with its immersive adventuring and revolutionary level generator. PC Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and Vice Waypoint all featured Unexplored on their respective Game of the Year lists and articles. This spring, Digerati, in partnership with Ludomotion and Nephilim Game Studios, will launch Unexplored: Unlocked Edition, which includes the critically acclaimed roguelite dungeon crawler and all three of its DLC packs: Mithril Run, Ripley Run, and The Dark Ritual. Unexplored: Unlocked Edition will release in spring 2018 (exact date TBC). Unexplored: Unlocked Edition trailer: https://youtu.be/Qq488kq_Szo Created by Netherlands-based developer Ludomotion and released last year on Steam, Unexplored has been praised for its ground-breaking ‘cyclic dungeon generation’ technology. The brand-new tech creates procedurally generated levels that feel hand-crafted, making every dungeon run both unique and memorable. Some of Unexplored’s accolades: - Vice Waypoint GOTY List - Vice Waypoint GOTY Top 10 by Austin Walker - PC Gamer GOTY Personal Pick by Wes Fenlon - PC Gamer GOTY Category Nomination - Rock Paper Shotgun ‘Recommended’ review - Rock Paper Shotgun GOTY Favourite 3 by Dominic Tarason - Nominated at the Dutch Game Awards for Best Game Design, Best Technical Achievement, and Best Game/Audience Award (Lost all to Horizon Zero Dawn, so yeah... :) ) Publisher: Digerati Developer: Ludomotion Console port: Nephilim Game Studios Platforms: Nintendo Switch Release: Spring 2018

About the game

Descend into the depths of the Dungeon of Doom and complete your quest: steal the Amulet of Yendor from the fearsome dragon and make it out alive. Unexplored is the roguelite that feels like a roguelike. An accessible yet challenging action RPG that has won praise for its revolutionary level generation tech. Explore dangerous dungeons, forge magical items, solve mysterious puzzles and battle hundreds of foes. Unexplored: Unlocked Edition includes the main game and its three DLC packs: Mithril Run, Ripley Run, and The Dark Ritual.

Key Features

-Explore the ever-changing Dungeon of Doom – no two runs the same -Intense melee combat – fight against goblins, trolls, skeletons, wyrms and many more creatures and bosses -Stealth mechanics – dungeon-crawl like a real rogue! -Real emergent gameplay with many tactical options -Challenging, generated puzzles await on every new run -7 distinctive character classes to unlock and master: Warrior, Rogue, Wizard, Archer, Cleric, Barbarian, Musketeer -Adaptive, original soundtrack complements the action -Mithril Run DLC: Explore the dark abandoned mines of Moryondor and escape with as much gold and treasure possible -Ripley Run DLC: Armed with your trusty repeater crossbow, face off against a horde of alien Creeps -The Dark Ritual DLC: Stop a group of cultists summoning The Great Old One in this Cthulhu-esque mystery About Digerati As a publisher, Digerati is dedicated to helping independent developers bring their creations to market and into the hands of gamers. We take care of funding, distribution, marketing and production, leaving developers to focus on what they love – making incredible games and unique experiences. Contact: [email protected] About Ludomotion Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Ludomotion is an independent developer aiming to advance gameplay technology and create all kinds of new gameplay experiences. https://twitter.com/PlayUnexplored

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/49908a3ad147e452c9a006baef16426500d6c9cc.jpg It took a while, but now our hero has a voice! The 1.18 update includes six character voices (optional) and facial expressions for our one-eyed dungeon raider. We really feel the voices add a lot of personality. You won't have to listen to entire lines of dialogue, but you will hear vocal outings of the hero's emotional state. Also: we've boosted the speed of the cyclic dungeon generator significantly. Milage may vary, but everyone should have their game start quicker. On top of that: the game now uses less memory, which will improve its performance on systems with less RAM. As always: let us know what you think! And if you enjoy the game, it would be a great help if you write a review. Thank you for playing Unexplored and for your continued support! Here's the complete list of enhancements, changes and fixes: MAIN CHARACTER ENHANCEMENTS • Six voices (three male, three female) • Facial expressions CREATURE ENHANCEMENTS • New, additional enemy sounds CYCLIC DUNGEON GENERATOR ENHANCEMENTS • Performance boost of the content generator • Smarter prediction for special runs • Smaller memory footprint GAME BALANCE • Reduces spawn rates of Nightmare Boars • Reduces spawn rates of Big Beetles QUALITY OF LIFE • Item glints on pick up are now optional • Large inventory remembers last selected slot when using a gamepad BUG FIXES • Fixes occasional crashes with splitting jellies • Fixes possible crash on level change • Fixes issues with special run music not properly starting • Fixes reloading glitch • Healing Water cures Deafness caused by potions • Wind Stones can be dragged through shallow water • Fixes visual bug with inventory texture • Activates double-handed wield after throwing/breaking items From beta: • Fixes issue with combining items with a gamepad • Fixes issue with the Vampire Lord not spawning • After reading a tome the inventory slot is freed up properly • Fixes issue with inventory slot connections with gamepad and a chest opened • Sprites are not auto-targeted with a gamepad • Poisonous water will not poison you after you drank an antidote • Fixes some typos

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/49908a3ad147e452c9a006baef16426500d6c9cc.jpg It took a while, but now our hero has a voice! The 1.18 update includes six character voices (optional) and facial expressions for our one-eyed dungeon raider. We really feel the voices add a lot of personality. You won't have to listen to entire lines of dialogue, but you will hear vocal outings of the hero's emotional state. Also: we've boosted the speed of the cyclic dungeon generator significantly. Milage may vary, but everyone should have their game start quicker. On top of that: the game now uses less memory, which will improve its performance on systems with less RAM. As always: let us know what you think! And if you enjoy the game, it would be a great help if you write a review. Thank you for playing Unexplored and for your continued support! Here's the complete list of enhancements, changes and fixes: MAIN CHARACTER ENHANCEMENTS • Six voices (three male, three female) • Facial expressions CREATURE ENHANCEMENTS • New, additional enemy sounds CYCLIC DUNGEON GENERATOR ENHANCEMENTS • Performance boost of the content generator • Smarter prediction for special runs • Smaller memory footprint GAME BALANCE • Reduces spawn rates of Nightmare Boars • Reduces spawn rates of Big Beetles QUALITY OF LIFE • Item glints on pick up are now optional • Large inventory remembers last selected slot when using a gamepad BUG FIXES • Fixes occasional crashes with splitting jellies • Fixes possible crash on level change • Fixes issues with special run music not properly starting • Fixes reloading glitch • Healing Water cures Deafness caused by potions • Wind Stones can be dragged through shallow water • Fixes visual bug with inventory texture • Activates double-handed wield after throwing/breaking items From beta: • Fixes issue with combining items with a gamepad • Fixes issue with the Vampire Lord not spawning • After reading a tome the inventory slot is freed up properly • Fixes issue with inventory slot connections with gamepad and a chest opened • Sprites are not auto-targeted with a gamepad • Poisonous water will not poison you after you drank an antidote • Fixes some typos

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/e21c4c9ca118d4c0e2ef53b9b4aa93e11b031200.png We've improved the performance of the content generator, it should work a lot faster now. It also eats up less of your RAM. However, since this is a really big change at the core of the game, we want to do an additional round of tests prior the full roll-out. This is where you come in. If you'd like the faster content creation and the additional new features and fixes listed below, please enter our beta (LIBRARY> right click on UNEXPLORED>PROPERTIES>BETA> now choose UNSTABLE and wait for the game the download the latest beta version). We're particular interested in weird behaviour by the generator. If you notice weird placement of objects, enemies or environments, please report this in the Unstable Branch part of the forum. 1.17.6 BETA New Features: - Performance boost of the content generator. - Item glints on pick up are now optional. - Large inventory remembers last selected slot when using a gamepad. Game Balance: - Reduces the chance of Big Beetles appearing. Bug Fixes: - Fixes issue with combining items with a gamepad. - Fixes issue with the Vampire Lord not spawning. - After reading a tome the inventory slot is freed up properly. - Fixes issue with inventory slot connections with gamepad and a chest opened. - Sprites are not auto-targeted with a gamepad. - Poisonous water will not poison you after you drank an antidote. - Fixes some typos.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/e21c4c9ca118d4c0e2ef53b9b4aa93e11b031200.png We've improved the performance of the content generator, it should work a lot faster now. It also eats up less of your RAM. However, since this is a really big change at the core of the game, we want to do an additional round of tests prior the full roll-out. This is where you come in. If you'd like the faster content creation and the additional new features and fixes listed below, please enter our beta (LIBRARY> right click on UNEXPLORED>PROPERTIES>BETA> now choose UNSTABLE and wait for the game the download the latest beta version). We're particular interested in weird behaviour by the generator. If you notice weird placement of objects, enemies or environments, please report this in the Unstable Branch part of the forum. 1.17.6 BETA New Features: - Performance boost of the content generator. - Item glints on pick up are now optional. - Large inventory remembers last selected slot when using a gamepad. Game Balance: - Reduces the chance of Big Beetles appearing. Bug Fixes: - Fixes issue with combining items with a gamepad. - Fixes issue with the Vampire Lord not spawning. - After reading a tome the inventory slot is freed up properly. - Fixes issue with inventory slot connections with gamepad and a chest opened. - Sprites are not auto-targeted with a gamepad. - Poisonous water will not poison you after you drank an antidote. - Fixes some typos.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/117d04b79f5356dbed7e0ebebec00cbd88632934.jpg To all of you: happy 2018 and thank you for making 2017 such a wonderfully successful year for our game!

Oh my GOTY!

In a year with 7,000 new games on Steam, Unexplored somehow ended up with five GOTY-mentions on three major publications! And yes, we're super proud of that! Here's the proof we weren't hallucinating: PC Gamer GOTY Personal Pick by Wes Fenlon http://www.pcgamer.com/unexplored-weaves-personal-roguelike-stories-with-clever-random-generation/ Rock Paper Shotgun GOTY Top 3 by Dominic Tarason https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/27/dominic-tarasons-favourite-games-of-2017/ Vice Waypoint GOTY Top 5 by Austin Walker https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ne47nd/austin-walkers-top-10-games-of-the-year Vice Waypoint GOTY Mention https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a3nepz/the-best-games-of-2017-day-1-xcom-pubg PC Gamer GOTY Category Nomination http://www.pcgamer.com/game-of-the-year-awards-2017/ Some heartfelt congratulations to our friends at Guerrilla Games for winning every single PlayStation Game of the Year-award, to our friend Adriaan de Jongh for his iPad Game of the Year Hidden Folks (which is also on Steam) and to our friends from Twirlbound for their awards over at IndieDB for their upcoming Pine! That was 2017, what's in store for 2018?

Next project

First and foremost we are working on our next project, which we cannot reveal just yet. We hope to be able to announce it soon. But that doesn't mean we've stopped working on Unexplored.

DLC, Mac & Linux

The Mac and Linux versions are in beta, they're up and running and being tested. We may need some more beta-testers, so if you're up for that, drop us a line. We have no definitive ETA, but we're aiming at Q1 2018. The final (free) DLC will probably have the same time frame, but we're not making any promises. It's already (partly) available in the Unstable Branch (our beta).

Voices & Facial Expressions

Currently the first set of voices is available in the Unstable Branche (our ongoing beta for new features). We want to add a set of more female sounding voices before we release them proper.

Bug fixes

We will continue to update the game and fix the bugs you report. Remember, Unexplored is entirely procedural, so it's physically impossible to check all possible combinations of levels, enemies and 'furniture'. We're confident we've squashed all major bugs, but every now and then some turret will block a hallway or a door will lead you into lava. So, keep reporting these instances, we WILL continue to hunt these rare bugs and kill 'em!

Features and fixes in Unexplored 1.17.5

And to start the year in style, we've just released another (small) update: New Features: - You can assign numpad number keys to items Game Balance: - Increased chance of spawning a potion of Deafness Bug Fixes: - Classbound items cannot be dropped using a gamepad. - The first five potions no longer auto-id after restoring a game - Fish cannot attack you after drinking a levitation potion in shallow water - Fixes a generator issue with missing bonus items - Rewards for the Arbiter Grounds are improved - Journal entries that do not specifically mention the level never show up in a filtered journal - Fixes crash with enchanting staves inside a chest - Fixed a number of typos

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/117d04b79f5356dbed7e0ebebec00cbd88632934.jpg To all of you: happy 2018 and thank you for making 2017 such a wonderfully successful year for our game!

Oh my GOTY!

In a year with 7,000 new games on Steam, Unexplored somehow ended up with five GOTY-mentions on three major publications! And yes, we're super proud of that! Here's the proof we weren't hallucinating: PC Gamer GOTY Personal Pick by Wes Fenlon http://www.pcgamer.com/unexplored-weaves-personal-roguelike-stories-with-clever-random-generation/ Rock Paper Shotgun GOTY Top 3 by Dominic Tarason https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/27/dominic-tarasons-favourite-games-of-2017/ Vice Waypoint GOTY Top 5 by Austin Walker https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ne47nd/austin-walkers-top-10-games-of-the-year Vice Waypoint GOTY Mention https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a3nepz/the-best-games-of-2017-day-1-xcom-pubg PC Gamer GOTY Category Nomination http://www.pcgamer.com/game-of-the-year-awards-2017/ Some heartfelt congratulations to our friends at Guerrilla Games for winning every single PlayStation Game of the Year-award, to our friend Adriaan de Jongh for his iPad Game of the Year Hidden Folks (which is also on Steam) and to our friends from Twirlbound for their awards over at IndieDB for their upcoming Pine! That was 2017, what's in store for 2018?

Next project

First and foremost we are working on our next project, which we cannot reveal just yet. We hope to be able to announce it soon. But that doesn't mean we've stopped working on Unexplored.

DLC, Mac & Linux

The Mac and Linux versions are in beta, they're up and running and being tested. We may need some more beta-testers, so if you're up for that, drop us a line. We have no definitive ETA, but we're aiming at Q1 2018. The final (free) DLC will probably have the same time frame, but we're not making any promises. It's already (partly) available in the Unstable Branch (our beta).

Voices & Facial Expressions

Currently the first set of voices is available in the Unstable Branche (our ongoing beta for new features). We want to add a set of more female sounding voices before we release them proper.

Bug fixes

We will continue to update the game and fix the bugs you report. Remember, Unexplored is entirely procedural, so it's physically impossible to check all possible combinations of levels, enemies and 'furniture'. We're confident we've squashed all major bugs, but every now and then some turret will block a hallway or a door will lead you into lava. So, keep reporting these instances, we WILL continue to hunt these rare bugs and kill 'em!

Features and fixes in Unexplored 1.17.5

And to start the year in style, we've just released another (small) update: New Features: - You can assign numpad number keys to items Game Balance: - Increased chance of spawning a potion of Deafness Bug Fixes: - Classbound items cannot be dropped using a gamepad. - The first five potions no longer auto-id after restoring a game - Fish cannot attack you after drinking a levitation potion in shallow water - Fixes a generator issue with missing bonus items - Rewards for the Arbiter Grounds are improved - Journal entries that do not specifically mention the level never show up in a filtered journal - Fixes crash with enchanting staves inside a chest - Fixed a number of typos

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/04869e4e1fda983a29d3d6ae620bdf12d5c3f9c8.jpg After PC Gamer yet another major publication names Unexplored as one of the best games of 2017. We're super proud of our place in Vice Waypoint's Pantheon of Games. The description is almost poetic, but instantly recognisable for everyone who has played Unexplored: The dungeon beneath the earth is circular and I will tell you what that means. Draw a line and make its ends touch. So, we have begun. We will take the fire mage, and lock him in the small library. Dry paper. Where shall we place the key? Follow the line with your finger. There. In the small chest surrounded by the pressure plates. Perhaps I should hook them up to a teleporter. Too cruel? Fine. Arrows. Now, this is important. Fill out the spaces we’ve missed. They must feel like they could get lost, truly tangled in the spiral. And they could, but… watch. A path they’ll miss the first time. They can always find a way. Let us build this great spiral downward into the earth. It will take us six seconds. Read the whole article here: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a3nepz/the-best-games-of-2017-day-1-xcom-pubg

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/04869e4e1fda983a29d3d6ae620bdf12d5c3f9c8.jpg After PC Gamer yet another major publication names Unexplored as one of the best games of 2017. We're super proud of our place in Vice Waypoint's Pantheon of Games. The description is almost poetic, but instantly recognisable for everyone who has played Unexplored: The dungeon beneath the earth is circular and I will tell you what that means. Draw a line and make its ends touch. So, we have begun. We will take the fire mage, and lock him in the small library. Dry paper. Where shall we place the key? Follow the line with your finger. There. In the small chest surrounded by the pressure plates. Perhaps I should hook them up to a teleporter. Too cruel? Fine. Arrows. Now, this is important. Fill out the spaces we’ve missed. They must feel like they could get lost, truly tangled in the spiral. And they could, but… watch. A path they’ll miss the first time. They can always find a way. Let us build this great spiral downward into the earth. It will take us six seconds. Read the whole article here: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a3nepz/the-best-games-of-2017-day-1-xcom-pubg

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/812a308ff0e0c620084a0103efdfdb48a43c8d44.png Earlier, PC Gamer nominated Unexplored for Best Strategy Game of the Year, a category ultimately won by Total War: Warhammer II. The praise from the world's biggest PC games publication didn't stop there: to our surprise, Unexplored was one of the 'Personal Picks', described by PC Gamer as follows: Alongside our team-selected 2017 Game of the Year awards, each member of the PC Gamer team gets to champion one favorite from the year. Writer Wes Fenlon choose Unexplored as 'his champion'. He writes: Unexplored doesn't try to do everything classic roguelikes do, but it channels their spirit into clever new ideas and offers much of their depth in an intuitive new interface. It's almost certainly the best game of 2017 you haven't heard of, and if NetHack's 30 year lifespan is any indication, it'll still be great a decade from now. Thank you, Mr. Fenlon, we're deeply honoured! Read the whole article here: http://www.pcgamer.com/unexplored-weaves-personal-roguelike-stories-with-clever-random-generation/

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/812a308ff0e0c620084a0103efdfdb48a43c8d44.png Earlier, PC Gamer nominated Unexplored for Best Strategy Game of the Year, a category ultimately won by Total War: Warhammer II. The praise from the world's biggest PC games publication didn't stop there: to our surprise, Unexplored was one of the 'Personal Picks', described by PC Gamer as follows: Alongside our team-selected 2017 Game of the Year awards, each member of the PC Gamer team gets to champion one favorite from the year. Writer Wes Fenlon choose Unexplored as 'his champion'. He writes: Unexplored doesn't try to do everything classic roguelikes do, but it channels their spirit into clever new ideas and offers much of their depth in an intuitive new interface. It's almost certainly the best game of 2017 you haven't heard of, and if NetHack's 30 year lifespan is any indication, it'll still be great a decade from now. Thank you, Mr. Fenlon, we're deeply honoured! Read the whole article here: http://www.pcgamer.com/unexplored-weaves-personal-roguelike-stories-with-clever-random-generation/

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/e21c4c9ca118d4c0e2ef53b9b4aa93e11b031200.png And then they smiled...

Voices & facial expressions

We're adding voices and facial expressions to our hero! They aren't saying too much, but a range of oohs, aahs and ouches provides them with a tad more character. You can preview the first set of voices if you enter our beta-programme (right-click on Unexplored in your library>properties>betas>choose UNSTABLE BRANCHE). Note: this is the first set, we're working on a second, more female sounding one. If you prefer the hero to remain silent: voices are optional.

Improvements

1.17.3 (Unstable Branch) New Features: • Adds character voice. • Adds facial expressions for the hero. 1.17.2 (Lost Creatures) New Features: • Adds Tomes. • You can catch Myst. Game Balance: • When weapons deal multiple damage base damage types, the best result is applied (to enemies and to you!). • Improves meteoric weapons and armor. • The Forge of Destiny bestows extra bonus to crafted items. • The Spinner Room in the Ripley Run will always have spinners. • A weapon of Rust can affect Turrets and Mechanical Spiders. • A weapon of Rust cannot be corroded itself. Bug Fixes: • Cloak of invisibility is identified when it activates. • Pedestal puzzles should not appear twice on a single floor. • Oil coated weapons stop burning when submerged. • You recover 5 hp when drinking tea. • Fixes crash with eye plants.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/e21c4c9ca118d4c0e2ef53b9b4aa93e11b031200.png And then they smiled...

Voices & facial expressions

We're adding voices and facial expressions to our hero! They aren't saying too much, but a range of oohs, aahs and ouches provides them with a tad more character. You can preview the first set of voices if you enter our beta-programme (right-click on Unexplored in your library>properties>betas>choose UNSTABLE BRANCHE). Note: this is the first set, we're working on a second, more female sounding one. If you prefer the hero to remain silent: voices are optional.

Improvements

1.17.3 (Unstable Branch) New Features: • Adds character voice. • Adds facial expressions for the hero. 1.17.2 (Lost Creatures) New Features: • Adds Tomes. • You can catch Myst. Game Balance: • When weapons deal multiple damage base damage types, the best result is applied (to enemies and to you!). • Improves meteoric weapons and armor. • The Forge of Destiny bestows extra bonus to crafted items. • The Spinner Room in the Ripley Run will always have spinners. • A weapon of Rust can affect Turrets and Mechanical Spiders. • A weapon of Rust cannot be corroded itself. Bug Fixes: • Cloak of invisibility is identified when it activates. • Pedestal puzzles should not appear twice on a single floor. • Oil coated weapons stop burning when submerged. • You recover 5 hp when drinking tea. • Fixes crash with eye plants.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/abed67e4064d160acfbe422e43468db24d1c0264.jpg Holy cow! PC Gamer just nominated Unexplored as Best Strategy Game of the Year. It's an unexpected category, but foremost an unexpected honour! http://www.pcgamer.com/nominees-pc-gamer-goty-2017/ Also: PC Invasion nominated Unexplored as Best Indie Game of the Year. You can still vote for us, here: https://www.pcinvasion.com/pc-invasion-readers-pc-game-awards-2017

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/abed67e4064d160acfbe422e43468db24d1c0264.jpg Holy cow! PC Gamer just nominated Unexplored as Best Strategy Game of the Year. It's an unexpected category, but foremost an unexpected honour! http://www.pcgamer.com/nominees-pc-gamer-goty-2017/ Also: PC Invasion nominated Unexplored as Best Indie Game of the Year. You can still vote for us, here: https://www.pcinvasion.com/pc-invasion-readers-pc-game-awards-2017

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/649679fa72af86c911e88443a12e1f5461680a2a.jpg Five creatures that were lost, have returned to the Dungeon of Doom... Meet nightmarish boars and run from the Runners in the 17th content update for Unexplored. (To be honest, this was originally just called the 'Even More Creatures Update', but that sounded too boring to me.) We're preparing yet another content update, which will give our hero his/her voice (don't worry, it's optional). And the final dlc, the Dark Ritual, is nearing its completion. You can already taste it in the beta (Unstable Branch). UNEXPLORED 1.17 THE LOST CREATURES UPDATE New Features: - Nightmare Boars - Green Wyrms - Stalkers - Runners - Jumpers Game Balance: - You must stop moving to open a container. - Less bounce and impact for thrown daggers against large creatures. Bug Fixes: - Fixes issue with levers trying to control destroyed turrets. - Fixes issue with throwing stacks of items away from the ground without putting them in your inventory first. - Fixes issue with Frugal achievement. - You can drop cursed item that are not equipped with the controller again. - You can no longer use shift-click to check if an item is cursed. - The vault key inside The Forge of Destiny has a purpose again. - Special floors can no longer lead to duplicate special keys.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25870505/649679fa72af86c911e88443a12e1f5461680a2a.jpg Five creatures that were lost, have returned to the Dungeon of Doom... Meet nightmarish boars and run from the Runners in the 17th content update for Unexplored. (To be honest, this was originally just called the 'Even More Creatures Update', but that sounded too boring to me.) We're preparing yet another content update, which will give our hero his/her voice (don't worry, it's optional). And the final dlc, the Dark Ritual, is nearing its completion. You can already taste it in the beta (Unstable Branch). UNEXPLORED 1.17 THE LOST CREATURES UPDATE New Features: - Nightmare Boars - Green Wyrms - Stalkers - Runners - Jumpers Game Balance: - You must stop moving to open a container. - Less bounce and impact for thrown daggers against large creatures. Bug Fixes: - Fixes issue with levers trying to control destroyed turrets. - Fixes issue with throwing stacks of items away from the ground without putting them in your inventory first. - Fixes issue with Frugal achievement. - You can drop cursed item that are not equipped with the controller again. - You can no longer use shift-click to check if an item is cursed. - The vault key inside The Forge of Destiny has a purpose again. - Special floors can no longer lead to duplicate special keys.