Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire News & Patch Notes

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Hello again, non-floaty humans!

Gee-Louee, is it good to be back!

As a tiny dev team, we often find ourselves wishing we could just peacefully tend to our crops and collect the fanciest of farming apparels in the world of Voltaire, as it truly is (and will forever be!) a game very close to our hearts.

Since 2023 some of you have been kind enough to get in touch with us to let us know every time you found any pesky little critters that may not have been intended as the normal experience we'd love for y'all to have with the game, and we've done our best to keep up with any issues that could prevent you from enjoying your time with Voltaire - but a couple of them did slip through the cracks and we've been biting at our own necks in frustration for not quite being able to push out an update - but alas, the time has come!

Without further ado, patch notes ahead!

BUG FIXES & CHANGES

Fixed an issue that could cause the achievement "Fauna Connoisseur" to be harder to unlock than intended. If you have encountered this issue, \ completing one full night in the Hellfire Plains or going into a night phase at 100 hunger and completing it \ should now grant you the achievement (as long as you were only missing the "hidden" critter).
Some of you encountered a very annoying issue that could make your nights seem infinite or not progress after defeating a Boss. This was caused by a very specific (and honestly, hard to control) set of events that could occur in a normal playthrough. Our goal had always been to make defeating the boss your main goal and concern during those challenging nights, but that challenge could often be multiplied by player decisions that may not have intended to create more hardship - and that we feel like we should have done a better job of informing with clear, easily accessible information at an earlier development stage. With that in mind, we have now updated the game's logic during Boss Nights to ensure that you can focus all of your efforts where they should be - protecting your house and defeating the big bad Grimlords! Defeating the bosses will now properly trigger the end of the night cycle and make all other baddies run away as they witness your prowess. This should also ensure that you may now progress any playthrough that happened to get stuck behind a boss fight not ending properly!

If you come across any other bugs or have valuable feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Join our Discord community and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates and direct communication with the devs. We're eager to enhance your gaming experience! Thank you for joining us on this epic vegan adventure! 🦇🌿🎮 🦇 Ta-ta for now 🦇

FANG-TASTIC SUMMER PATCH - PATCH NOTES V1.03

Ashesteam_community_announcements

761d ago

Hello, non-floaty humans!

If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so. You can add the game to your collection for 40% off starting with the Steam Summer Sale on June 27th and ending an additional week after most sales end on July 19th! Make sure to check out other great indie titles on sale to kick off your summer gaming! Now let's get chomping on the fang-tastic additions and changes to get your summer started off right~ New Costume: Floaty Ducky!

Get your Summer vibes going with a unique beachside look - tan lines and floater included! Like Nana used to say, better safe than soggy.

New Feature: Controller Haptics!

Get a better feel for the game with the addition of a wee bit of rumbling, a generous pinch of tumbling, and a whole lot of trembling as you perform your daily duties with a controller in hand!

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that could cause Mr Viktor to be extra-rude and refuse to give you a task or interact with the player, blocking progression in the Farming mode
Fixed an issue that was causing the Veggiepedia to never complete the listing of baddies, preventing the player from unlocking the “Fauna Connoisseur” achievement
Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from unlocking the “Who let the pets out?” achievement when using Poppycorns and Marsh’o’mellows to add up to the necessary count of 4 pets at once
Mr Viktor finally realized that Winter season has been over for a couple of months, and adequately stored his celebratory costume away

Balance

Once you defeat a Boss you will no longer need to continue to face an overly long amount of baddies, and will only have to make sure to defeat the ones that have already been spawned. This prevents interactions that could cause the Boss fight nights to overly extend due to the way the adaptive difficulty scaling was performing.

If you come across any bugs or have valuable feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Join our Discord community and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates and direct communication with the devs. We're eager to enhance your gaming experience! Thank you for joining us on this epic vegan adventure! 🦇🌿🎮 🦇 Ta-ta for now 🦇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1952540/Voltaire_The_Vegan_Vampire/

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 1.0 is now LIVE!

Ashesteam_community_announcements

1006d ago

Hello, non-floaty humans!

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 1.0 is NOW LIVE with more veggies, more clothes, and many more anti-veggie foes! Make history. Anger Dracula. Grow veggies. And above all, have fun! Thank you all for your support throughout development! Your suggestions and feedback has given us so much, and we’re so excited to unveil everything we’ve been working on for you! We have added so much new content for 1.0 launch, and we hope you enjoy the scale of the finished game.

🌿 What's New in Voltaire's World? 🌿

Prepare for a whirlwind of thrilling content, including: 🦇 New Vampiric Classes: Embrace your inner vampire with unique character classes! 🦄 New Bosses: Face off against formidable new foes and test your skills! 🌌 New Biomes: Explore captivating new environments! 🌿 New Consumables: Discover new items to aid you on your journey! 🧛‍♂️ New Costumes: Customize Voltaire's look with fresh attire! 🎯 New Mini-Games: Delight in spooky and entertaining challenges! 🔄 New Progression Systems: Hone your character with evolving gameplay features! 📏 New Max Level: Attain new heights of power and capability! 🖥️ Improved Steam Deck Experience: Delight in optimized gameplay on the Steam Deck! 🎉 Improved Game Modes: Revel in enhancements for an even better gaming experience! 🕒 Improved Balance, Inputs, and Quality of Life: Savor a more refined and polished game! AND MORE! We're a small indie studio, and we cherish your unwavering support. Here's how you can get involved: 💥 Share with Friends Spread the word to your fellow gamers. Let them know the game is here, and they won't want to miss out on the action! 🌟 Steam Reviews After playing, share your thoughts with a review on Steam. Your feedback guides other non-floaty humans and helps us refine the game. 💥 Share on Social Media Utilize #VoltaireTheVeganVampire or #Voltaire to share your in-game adventures and connect with like-minded players! No pressure though, we’re just happy to have you here! If you come across any bugs or have valuable feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Join our Discord community and follow us on Twitter for the latest updates and direct communication with the devs. We're eager to enhance your gaming experience! Thank you for joining us on this epic vegan adventure! 🦇🌿🎮 🦇 Ta-ta for now 🦇

1.0 release is coming soon... 🦇

Informalitysteam_community_announcements

1047d ago

Hello, fellow non-floaty humans! 🦇 The time has come for the big news we have all been waiting for, and we couldn't be more excited to share them with you. This will be a fun one! Without further ado, Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire will be hitting 1.0 with a huuuge release patch in October of this year - just in time for Halloween! 🎃 — We have been having a blast developing the world of a very floaty, very brave, and very compassionate vampire on a quest for survival, understanding and respect. Our whiteboards are still filled with countless scribbles of ideas that we'd love to expand this world with in the future, but we have been working long and hard to get you the full experience we promised you earlier this year - and we are just about ready to deliver! If you haven't been keeping tabs on the project, or just tried it out somewhere along the way, below is a quick recap of what we’ve added to the game during Early Access. If you'd like more details on each item, check out this news article in our Discord: Early Access Progression & Upcoming Price Change

New veggies!
New baddies!
New defensive plants!
New alchemical recipes!
New material tiers!
New systems!
New game modes!
New and improved UI!
New cinematic ending!
New achievements!

Aaand here are SOME of the awesome things coming to the game with its 1.0 release:

Language Localizations!
New vampiric classes!
New bosses!
New biomes!
New constructibles!
New consumables!
New costumes!
New spooky (and fun) mini-games!
New progression systems!
New max level!
New and improved UI!
Improved Steam Deck experience!
Improved performance and optimization!
Improved game modes!
Improved balance, inputs and quality of life!
Brand new cinematics!
And more!

— With this awesome news comes a very important step and a super urgent reminder! During the past few months we have done our best to update the game with countless bug fixes, quality of life updates and fun new content - all very much guided by your feedback and fueled by your kind words. Now we're finally reaching the point where we feel that our work has enough value to be priced as a full product - and still remain respectful to all new players alike. That means it is also the time to update the game to its final pricing, as mentioned in our Early Access FAQ, which should be going into effect by the end of this week. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42195734/450c3784903394ea95aa366ea48866559253aa4b.gif And finally, it also means that if you haven't purchased the game yet, this remaining period will be your last chance to grab your Early Access badge of honor - meaning the Unicorn Onesie costume for Voltaire and Morgana, which will remain exclusive for players that support the game during the Early Access period, these last few weeks included! To everyone who has already played the game, given us feedback or nudged us forward with kind words - thank you sooo much for your continued support! Don’t forget - we have tons of content, all vegan and floaty, across our social media. Give us a shout on Twitter, or come chat with us in Discord. We’re always here to listen, give tips 😉, and talk about your feedback! Now sharpen your fangs, rinse your veggies, and get ready to enjoy Voltaire 1.0! 🦇 Ta-ta for now 🦇

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES - V0.90.04

IssyBeesteam_community_announcements

1113d ago

NEW!

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New Game Mode: Boss Rush! A roguelike challenge for veteran vampires! Make it through 15 days of permadeath, multiple boss fights at once, massively increased XP gain, doubled house HP and buffed soulstone drops - and win a very special prize at the end!
New Game Mode: Farming Mode! A cozy farm-sim sandbox about cultivating skills! Includes much more relaxed hunger costs, pre-built defenses, no boss fights, plenty of farming plots and a brand new character to meet!
New Achievements! 11 new deeds to prove your mastery of the dark arts, and a brand new way to earn the legendary “V for Vegan” achievement through the Boss Rush challenge!

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BUGFIXES & UI

Fixed a visual clipping issue between El Capitan and the player’s house
Fixed an issue that could cause El Capitan to stutter when moving near the player’s house
Fixed an issue with the Soulstream skill modifier that could cause it to behave erratically with the new camera update
Fixed an issue that was causing harvested or looted veggies to display as skullions for a few frames
Fixed an issue that could cause Mr. Wiggles to spawn further away than intended
Fixed a layering issue that could cause glowing mushroom props in the Glowbug Forest to display in triple sprites
Adjusted several layers and prop positions in the Glowbug Forest, Hunting Grounds and Silverbane Bay biomes
Save slots will now also display game mode
Plants that dry out from not being watered will now display a small “poof” of dust for feedback, instead of simply disappearing

BALANCE

Boss Rush mode added with the following modifiers: permanent loss on defeat, 10% more baddies per wave, 2x faster wave scaling, interval between boss fights lowered to 3 days instead of 7, every 3 days a random extra boss is added to the boss fight (up to 4 at once), random starting biome, 10x multiplier on XP gained, 10% lower total XP required to reach max level, 2x multiplier on base house HP, 2x multiplier on Soulstones dropped by bosses, starts with 25 Soulstones, ends after completing 15 days.
Farming mode added with the following modifiers: halved hunger costs, 10% less baddies per wave, 4 pre-built defenses per biome, no boss fights, all farming plots available, new farming event character, biome progression is done by completing farming event deliveries.
Digging for treasure will now always provide a small amount of souldust, across all game modes

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES - V0.89.03

Digitality Gamessteam_community_announcements

1145d ago

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NEW!

Major Graphical Improvements: A New Perspective! A brand new way to discover the world of Voltaire! Improved graphical fidelity, a new camera perspective, enhanced particle effects and new 2.5D house looks.
New Materials: Souldust and Soulscrap! Shinies everywhere! Souldust and Soulscrap are a new way to craft those precious Soulstones through the Alchemy Table.
New Blueprint: Soul Collector! Reaping Compassion! A Soul Collector will grant you Souldust for each baddie defeated every night.

BUGFIXES

Fixed an issue that could cause the Pyromancer skill tree to reset on game load
Fixed an issue that could cause the ending cinematic to not display properly upon defeating the final boss
Fixed an issue that could cause the fog around the biome’s edge to display on the wrong visual layer
Fixed an issue that could cause buglings from BugBug’s eggs to spawn during the day time
Fixed an issue that could cause Werebats to be counted twice in the “enemies remaining” UI
Fixed an issue that could cause some pets to be duplicated every time you swapped classes
Fixed Ylga’s shop item descriptions to properly represent consumable items
Fixed an issue that could prevent the “items received” tag from displaying when being awarded soulstones from Olga or Elga
Fixed an issue that was causing some boats and sunshade props in the Silverbane Bay biome to spawn blue leaves when walked through
Fixed an issue that was causing some weather particle effects to not properly scale with camera zoom, especially during Bloodmoon
Fixed an issue that could cause missions requiring the crafting of certain materials to be completed when the wrong material was crafted
Fixed an issue causing the level up pop-up on P2 to not have a selection until the joystick was moved
Fixed an issue that could cause P2 to lose control after P1 completed the Inventory tutorial
Fixed an issue that could cause conflicting control between P1 and P2 in the Alchemy Table UI
Fixed an issue that caused the text displayed when gaining XP from composting to not take boons into account
Fixed an issue that caused the amount of any reward received by Elga and Olga to mismatch the actual amount received

BALANCE

Decreased how fast an enemy wave can be spawned at later stages of the game
Enemy waves will now spawn in a more gradual interval instead of clumping up as much towards the end of the night cycle
Frostling’s attack range increased
Frostling’s attack speed decreased
Boons will now include a level-based unlocking progression, where reaching a certain level is mandatory in order to further augment each boon
Retired the old Soulstone alchemical recipe in favor of the new one using Soulscrap
Added a new alchemical recipe to allow transformation of Souldust into Soulscrap

MAJOR UPDATE - Content patch 9 is OUT NOW!

IssyBeesteam_community_announcements

1184d ago

Hello, non-floaty human friends! This week marks the first 2 months of Early Access for Voltaire, and we have a pretty exciting patch to celebrate the occasion! Along with 8 other content patches under our belt since release, we are pretty confident in the core we are creating and can't help but feel excited for the future of the game. This major update sets an important milestone in our roadmap, but we have so much more already in the works behind the curtain that we can't wait to reveal, and more importantly, get your feedback on! This means we will soon be detailing more information about our list of upcoming features and shedding a light on our planned release windows for all the listings in our roadmap. As per usual, with new content come new challenges, so if you have any feedback on these or any upcoming features please do share it with us. Now, without further ado... patch notes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42195734/e45f91501ea26ee0bd3e51526ddeec417d3d8696.gif

NEW!

New System: Class Modifiers Wield new powers and unique visual effects while progressing through skill trees that augment a specific playstyle!
New Class: Pyromancer Transform into a flame-wielding sorcerer, focusing your power on ranged attacks and a scorching new firewall ability!
New System: Events Meet new characters along the way and aid them through brand new quests!
New Event: Elga’s Soups Soup-making is no joke, and Elga needs your help with… unusual ingredients!
New Event: Ylga’s One-Stop-Broom-Shop Not quite a convenience store, but pretty conveniently stored!
New Event: Olga’s Lost Pet Poor Mister Wiggles, where could it be?
New baddie: Necromincer Often mistaken for a typo, Necromincers actually earned their name due to their unusual ritualistic practices, mostly involving minced skulls and fruit salads.
New baddie: GubGub GubGubs are colorful critters that share a lot of similarities with most ancient species of beetles, with the exception of those found on a particular shade of yellow submarines.
New baddie: Frostling With a coating of fur almost as thick as their wits, Frostlings are well prepared for snowy weather, harsh conditions, and spontaneous snowball fights alike.
New baddie: Ghostavo Once a ragtag group of ruthless scallywags, Ghostavos now roam the lands as lost souls, often complimented for their transparency.
New baddie: Raider A prevalent tribe across Transylvania’s Hunting Grounds, Raiders are an equal threat to innocent passersby, small critters, and unprotected fridges.
New baddie: Treeant Even though they do move through complex underground tunnel systems, a Treeant really is mostly related to a tree, and not so much an ant.
New baddie: Clayton These surly, bulky figures can be found across the steepest dunes and driest deserts, but such harsh conditions can make one kinda rude, especially during sandstorms.
Updated baddie: Werebat Half bat, half wolf, half vampire and fully unaware of how math works.
New QOL: Reactive Tutorials A more intuitive way to learn while embarking on your adventure (to be expanded!)
New QOL: Skippable Tutorials Because some vampires have walked the walk and farmed the farm before.
New QOL: Skippable Boss Animations Gone are the days of watching Skully laugh in our faces for the 7th time.

BUGFIXES

Your custom zoom level will now be logged and should properly apply after you close any interface windows.
Fixed an issue that could cause baddies to attack towards the opposite side of their target.
Fixed an issue that could cause baddies to start attacking from further away than their intended range.
Fixed an issue that could cause an incorrect image to display on under construction Haunted Mines and Haunted Sawmills

BALANCE

Introduced new biome-specific baddies.
Monastery Graveyard: Necromincers are frail baddies that will continuously summon floating skulls to attack for them.
Green Grove: Treeants are mischievous baddies that will tunnel underground and pop out near your crops.
Glowbug Forest: GubGubs are tiny critters that will spawn out of their eggs if not dealt with in time.
Southerns Barrens: Claytons are bulky baddies that will split into two once defeated
Hunting Grounds: Raiders are sturdy baddies composed of a werehog and its rider, and both must be defeated.
Silverbane Bay: Ghostavos are sneaky swashbucklers that will remain immune to all sources of damage until they get close enough to their target.
Snowscale Tundra: Frostlings are tricksters at heart that will mostly focus on hitting you with snowballs and stunning Voltaire.
Castle Gardens: Werebats are Dracula’s minions and can fly over your traps or traverse terrain pretty quickly.
Buffed Rootie-Frooties’ HP value by 1 point.
Slightly reduced the total material cost of Haunted Mines and Haunted Sawmills.

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES - V0.83.03

IssyBeesteam_community_announcements

1222d ago

NEW!

New veggies: Marsh’o’mellows!
These fruit-scented squishy flowers are an extremely rare delicacy, said to have antidepressant qualities when roasted over a bonfire!
New baddies & pets: Mellows!
Named for their attitude after consuming their body’s weight worth of Marsh’o’mellows, these droopy critters are actually quite aggressive until they’ve had their fill!
New UI: Trap Counter!
Gone are the days of keeping track of stuff in your head. These days we’ve got messenger crows, soul portals, and even brand new UI indicators that keep track of your traps for you!
New UI: Plant Range Indicators!
Sure, you already knew Slimervines had great aim - but did you know just how far they could lob their goo at those pesky critters? Fear not, now you’ll know!

BUGFIXES

Adjusted the height of Soulbarrier’s HP bar so it isn’t covered by their UI overlay
Frootlings finally found their hats somewhere inside the Veggiepedia
Fixed the description of the skill “+2 Backwards Projectiles”
Fixed an issue that could cause the level-up sound to become much louder if you leveled up just before the skill choice pop-up was shown
Fixed an instance of duplicated clicking sounds when pressing the delete saveslot, options, twitter or discord buttons
Clarified some of the terms used in the Veggiepedia
Fixed an issue that could cause Frootlings to attack your crops from a longer range than intended

BALANCE

Rebalanced XP per mob defeated to account for incoming features
XP granted by defeating El Mimicos (El Capitan’s chests) nerfed from 100 to 10
XP granted by defeating Cornycobs nerfed from 15 to 10
XP granted by defeating Cornypops (each) nerfed from 10 to 5
XP granted by defeating Mermanjos nerfed from 15 to 10
XP granted by defeating Undertakers nerfed from 18 to 15
XP granted by defeating Egguardos nerfed from 12 to 10
XP granted by defeating Leemonapes nerfed from 12 to 10
XP granted by defeating Wolfhounds nerfed from 12 to 10
XP granted by defeating Imps buffed from 14 to 15
XP granted by defeating Skull-Scalpers buffed from 9 to 10
XP granted by defeating Leekness Monsters buffed from 10 to 15
XP granted by defeating Soulreapers buffed from 18 to 20
XP granted by defeating Frootlings buffed from 12 to 15
XP granted by defeating Werebats (Dracula’s bats) buffed from 0 to 10
Dartvine drop rates on treasure chests nerfed due to an unintended duplicated entry
Wack’o’lantern total nutrition nerfed from 20 to 15
Crowberry nutrition decay now properly updates by 1 point at a time

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES - V0.82.01

IssyBeesteam_community_announcements

1229d ago

NEW!

New veggies: Poppycorns!

These particularly colorful plants are known for spontaneously combusting under intense pressure and heated arguments - keep your cool around them!

New baddies: Cornycobs!

As an extremely volatile species, Cornycobs have a rather peculiar defense mechanism: splitting into several tiny critters with a pop!

New summons & pets: Cornypops!

An intense mix of bad temper and fiery attitude make Cornypops both a powerful ally and a dangerous foe. Will you turn on the heat or shall cooler heads prevail?

BUGFIXES

Rooty-Frooties saw an eye doctor and can finally blink on their own (you’ll see!)
Fixed an issue that could cause Hogrider to get stuck running in place
Fixed an issue that could cause Sandrhino to get stuck running in place
Fixed an issue that could cause the Bloody Soil skill to remain active even after resetting your skill tree
Traps placed by players are now using a 3D sound origin to help prevent overly loud stacking noises when loading a game
Several stacking sounds have been normalized to avoid other overly loud interactions
Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to display two different interactions at once when pausing the game with the level-up skill selector open
Fixed the formatting of some quest descriptions to avoid UI overlapping on a Steam Deck
Fixed an issue that could cause the “more info” text boxes in the Veggiepedia to not update their size immediately
Fixed an issue that was affecting the clicking sounds in the main menu
Several images have been optimized for improved quality and load time

BALANCE

Poppycorns have been added to C’thul’s gifts and treasure chests
Rooty-Frooties’ drop chance has been increased in C’thul’s gifts and treasure chests
Tutorial quest rewards have been adjusted to award the player more consumable veggies instead of a prevalence of new seeds
Improved the range and responsiveness of the aiming assist on ranged projectiles when playing with a controller

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES - V0.81.04

Purrgil 1steam_community_announcements

1236d ago

NEW!

New veggies: Rooty-Frooties!
Look out for these chaos-infused trees, they may be capable of growing random veggies, but they may also be looking right back at you if you stare too long!
New baddies: Frootlings!
Worshippers of chaos, fans of overly complex sunglasses, and the first baddies to have a long-ranged attack behavior!
New defensive plants: Dartvines!
These aggressive vineplants will defend your crops with deadly accuracy from a very long distance! Craft them at your Alchemy table or bring plenty of offerings to C’thul for a chance to find their seeds.
New alchemical recipes: craft your own C’thul offerings!
Exchange your most commonly found offerings for rarer ones and enjoy C’thul’s greatest gifts!
New costume variation: Morgana’s Unicorn Onesie!
After getting a “lil’ jelly” of Voltaire’s latest drip, Morgana finally got a new costume variation - as requested by players!

BUGFIXES

Retroactively granted achievements for reaching level 10, level 20 and finishing the tutorial quests (for players who had previously completed these in the demo version)
Fixed an issue that could cause some UI overlays in the alchemy table to lose its formatting
Fixed an issue that could cause the “hold” interaction to play itself without canceling the animation, when attempting to unlock Reliquarium Boons without enough Soulstones
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to lose track of their selection in the Wardrobe menu while using a controller
Fixed an issue that was causing an overly loud sound to play whenever you defeated El Capitan
Fixed some instances of typos or mismatched wording reported by players (thank you!)
Fixed some instances of duplicated clicking sounds while navigating option menus
Leveling up and selecting a new skill during an active night cycle will no longer display the level-up prompt with the same selections once the night is over
Defensive plants will now properly change targets if their original target moves out of their maximum range
Improved the wording displayed on the overlay of trees that yield crops in two different days, to better reflect that you must to wait another day to harvest it again
Completing two or more quest objectives at once will now properly display each reward received in text, when you interact with the mailbox to deliver them
Depleted crowberry bushes and dig spots already dug up are now properly saved on exit, instead of always being respawned on game load

BALANCE

Soulreapers’ HP base value increased from 5 to 6
Hogrider’s (Boss) HP base value increased by 20%
Base amount of Soulstones dropped from Bosses lowered from 15 to 10 (more on this soon, there will be new rewards at a later stage)
Crowberry Bushes now drop 2 berries at once, but can only be harvested once - meaning you only need to interact with them once for the same amount as before
Crowberries are now also affected by nutrition decay (consuming several of the same veggies in a row), keeping the same base amount of hunger restored, but a minimum value of 1. To prevent nutrition decay, vary your consumption of different veggies and pay attention to the number indicated when you hover over each consumable in your inventory
Harvesting Crowberries will no longer count towards “collecting seeds” quests, as intended
Consuming veggies immediately after fainting or going to sleep with 100 hunger no longer removes the extra enemy aggressiveness debuff, as intended

EARLY ACCESS - PATCH NOTES & DEVLOG 1 - V0.80.6

Purrgil 1steam_community_announcements

1243d ago

NEW!

As a “thank-you” for supporting the game during Early Access, the next time you open the game you will receive an exclusive Unicorn Onesie cosmetic for Voltaire!
Added a new menu prompt where all new content will be displayed every patch (where you will find and collect your brand new Unicorn Onesie costume!)
A new Portal indicator has been added and will display whenever your uncles are ready to take you to a new biome
A Music Volume slider has been added to the sound options
Discord & Twitter buttons have been added to the main menu

BUGFIXES

Fixed an issue that could result in the player being able to cast an infinite amount of permanent traps
Fixed an issue with the skill “Gravity Well” that could cause traps not to visually disappear upon activation
Fixed an issue that could cause the “Fashionista” achievement (unlock 4 cosmetics) to not be awarded when it should
Fixed an issue that could cause the Bugbug boss to get stuck in flight mode and never land, becoming impossible to defeat
Fixed an issue when feeding C’thul that could cause it to not reward the player when hitting the purple or smaller blue stripe in the minigame
Fixed the way UI and HUD scaling works in ultrawide resolutions to prevent the vertical clipping of some elements in high resolutions
Fixed a couple of tutorial videos not properly displaying on Steam Deck
Fixed a couple of textual typos reported by players
Fixed several instances of sound artifacting

BALANCE

All defensive plants will now dry up if not watered after 1 day instead of 3
Skully will now spawn minions slightly slower
Yeetus’ base health points have been increased
The total experience points necessary to reach level 20 have been slightly increased
Soulstone Flowers will now gain a +1HP buff when planted next to each other instead of a double-dropping buff

WHAT’S NEXT?

We have been taking notes of all your feedback and will continue to do so for as long as it takes to make Voltaire the best game it can be. This has been an amazing launch week and we feel great about the future of the game, especially thanks to all the awesomely supportive comments and heartwarming reviews you have been writing (thank you!), so we’re ecstatic to see that a small but wholesome community is already forming around our floaty vampire. Our immediate plans are to tackle the most pressing bugfixes and adjustments you have been commenting on first, along with a steady stream of new content for you to enjoy every week during this upcoming month. The great news is that, overall, you are reporting that the game is very stable and no major gamebreaking issues are happening very often, if at all. This means that we can safely focus on adding onto this base right away, tackling both new content and quality of life improvements all at once. We have noticed a prevalent comment about the extent of our tutorial dialogues, as well as the fact that players often learn things by themselves way before uncles Frank and Stein ask them to perform those tasks for the first time. With that in mind, we will be making adjustments to ensure our tutorials become more reactive to what the player has already done, as well as trimming down on superfluous texts where we feel like it is not adding to the humorous nature of the experience or containing essential information, which is also something we will try to keep in mind in future dialogues and textual information. Besides this tutorial review, we’re also aware that you are craving for more variety (of every form!) so we will start by introducing new veggies, new defensive plants and new enemy critters that perform more complex roles, especially when it comes to making combat more dynamic. Along with these smaller updates, we will also be focusing on introducing more constructible elements and random-chance encounters that will allow you to spend your materials and overflowing veggies in a meaningful way, which is something we will expand a lot further on in upcoming DevLogs. Besides all of this, we will continue to cook-up larger patches that contain new activities, characters and game modes that break the mold of what you have already experienced, as well as constantly improving on balance and game feel along with your help and feedback. We feel that this is a good recipe to begin our Early Access journey with, and we sincerely hope that you will tag along as we create, transform, and improve this adventure full of veggies, compassion, and spooky, heart-warming fun. Ta-ta!

Release Date Announcement!!

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Hello, non-floaty human friends! We have some very exciting news for you all today! Voltaire will be embarking on his vegan journey on February 27th on PC for Early Access! We can’t wait for you to make history (and Dracula angry…that’s just a bonus). Much like growing a veggie, it takes a good amount of time, care and nurture to grow a healthy community around a new game. As developers, we have experienced the process of going from an idea straight to the final product in the past, which taught us a valuable lesson about the importance of player-driven feedback. The opportunity to meet a community who cares about the game, and the ability to nurture and improve it through real-time feedback before it reaches its final form is really important to us - so we decided to launch Early Access for between 6-12 months before we fully release the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42195734/eb9e5de2f618c6e3bd4cdc4838363118851779f8.gif These are some of the features already available in the game: 🦇 8 cool bosses to defeat 🦇 8 whimsy biomes to explore 🦇 6 weather effects to overcome 🦇 A skill tree with 60 modifiers to pick from 🦇 A choice of 15 passive boons to progress 🦇 Over 20 veggies to grow 🦇 A handful of neat costumes to unlock 🦇 An introduction to the storyline 🦇 Full controller support 🦇 Split-screen local co-op 🦇 Lots of humor! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42195734/ecc4780c6b8e8d96a90acb000226d00bad0fc65b.png We have a lot more we’ve planned to add to the game as well, such as: 🦇 Igor the Glutton 🦇 Miss Dawn 🦇 Cave Dwellings 🦇 Constructibles 🦇 Pacifist Mode 🦇 Boss Rush Mode 🦇 Seasonal Events Besides the sneak peek into our roadmap, you can expect more of what you will already be able to enjoy right now! That means more veggies to grow, more biomes to discover, more bosses to fight, more activities to explore and more story to unfold. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42195734/6ea6ef7a19d56faedd1554724d2741849fc98d92.gif And the devs said unto their community, let there be feedback! We can’t wait to see your vegan journeys too, so make sure you can show us by joining our community on Discord or following us on Twitter while you wait for launch! Ta-ta for now 🦇

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire news & patch notes

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire news & patch notes

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BUG FIXES & CHANGES

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BUG FIXES

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The game will be 35% off from April 15th through the 22nd!

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🎄 Festive Additions & Bug Fixes 🎄

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NEW PLAYABLE CLASS: SCARECROW

5 New Costumes for Halloween!

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🌿 What's New in Voltaire's World? 🌿

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New defensive plants: Nursevines!

New alchemical recipe: Nursevine Seeds!

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New veggies: Marsh’o’mellows!

New baddies & pets: Mellows!

New UI: Trap Counter!

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New veggies: Poppycorns!

New baddies: Cornycobs!

New summons & pets: Cornypops!

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