Windblown news & patch notes

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

New Content & Systems

• ⭐️ Meta Economy Overhaul: Completely reworked progression with clearer objectives, rebalanced costs, better exploration incentives for each Biome, and dedicated loot pools for every difficulty level.

• ⭐️ 5 New Trinkets: Introduces new Pet companions and versatile combat mechanics: 1. BRRR-T4L: Spawns a pet turret that grants Brutality to nearby leapers for 10s. 2. B-BR0: A pet that deals localized AoE damage. Successive hits ramp up its damage, while missing decays it. Activate to briefly boost its Attack Speed. 3. L-S1S: A pet that fires whenever you strike with weapons. Activate to temporarily double its projectile count. 4. Cursed Armor: Negates one instance of damage within a 5s window. Explodes and inflicts Final Curse upon breaking or expiring. 5. Corrosive Wake: Rush forward, leaving a Corrosive trail in your wake.

• ⭐️ 30 new Gifts: Pet and Ethereal Blade upgrades, Dash trails and, again, more! 1. SL4SH: Companion Pet that attacks during combat. Every 4th strike Overwhelms; Attack Speed scales with your own. 2. Powerful Pets: Increases Pets' total damages by +100%. 3. Fast Pets: Increases Pet Attack Speed by +50% and refills them 25% faster (if applicable). 4. Large Pets: Increases Pet attack radius by +50% and refills them 25% faster (if applicable). 5. Dash Blade: The first weapon hit immediately following a Dash launches an Ethereal Blade (35 autoscaling damage). 6. Multiple Blades: Ethereal Blades now fire 2 additional projectiles. 7. Enhanced Blades: Increases Ethereal Blade total damage by +100% and size by +75%. 8. Returning Blades: Ethereal Blades boomerang back to you, dealing +25% total damage. 9. Swiftness: Grants +30% movement speed and increases solid-ground Dash distance by +50%. 10. Tanking: Reduces incoming damage by -20% and increases your aggro priority in multiplayer. 11. Powerful Afflictions: Grants +15% total damage against targets suffering from Burn or Bleed. 12. Exhausting Freeze: When Freeze expires, it applies a 3s Slow and 10 stacks of Curse (5% autoscaling each). 13. Robust Freeze: Freeze is no longer removed when you shatter it. 14. Exhilarating Mark: Triggering a Mark grants +25% movement speed and Brutality for 4s (+50% autoscaling). 15. Energised Trinkets: Trinkets can be used 1 more time. 16. Crystallization Threshold: Allows enemies to be Crystallized at +10% remaining HP (halved for Bosses). 17. Sticky Pools: Corrosive Pools now latch directly onto the first enemy they contact. 18. Alterattack Mastery: Getting hit no longer resets your Alterattack progression; increases Ultra Alterattack bonus by x1.4. 19. Amplifier Stock: Elite and Boss arenas now drop an Amplifier upon completion. 20. Damage Pool: Every 300 Base Damage you deal, spawns a Corrosive Pool for 3s (25 damage autoscaling). 21. Large Pools: Increases Corrosive Pool damage by +50% and size by +50%. 22. Overwhelming Echo: Grants Echo a 30% chance to Overwhelm targets. 23. Solid Base: Effects scaling with Base Damage behave as if your Base Damage were +50% higher. 24. Bull: Dashes deal 50% of your Max HP as damage (1s Cooldown) and Dodges reflect +100% damage. 25. Bleeding Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Bleed (1 bonus damage autoscaling). 26. Burning Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Burn (2 damage autoscaling). 27. Cursed Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that applies Curse (3% autoscaling). 28. Frozen Trail: Dashes leave an area behind you that builds up 8% of Freeze per tick, freezing targets for 3s at 100% build-up. 29. Fortress: Grants permanent immunity to Stuns and increases all HP bonuses by +25%. 30. Backfire: Burn damage ticks have a 1% chance per stack to trigger a massive explosion (100 autoscaling damage) on all burning targets.

• ⭐️ Yua's Support: Added a new togglable accessibility feature for solo play. Reduces damage taken (strengthens with deaths, weakens with wins). Disabled in Co-op.

• ⭐️ Loyalty Program: Added a new step to allow for multiple rare affixes on items.

• Enemies: Face new Obsidian variants in higher difficulty modes. All Obsidian enemies now feature a quick transformation animation and visual effects (don't interrupt them while they're powering up, that's just good etiquette).

• Backpack: Apples can now be safely stored inside the Backpack!

• ⭐️ Steam Cloud: Full Steam Cloud save synchronization is now supported.

• ⭐️ Localization: The game is now also localized in LATAM Spanish!

• New Title Screen and loading screens!

• Upgrades: Secret radar: New upgrade unlocked at Eperin's. This new radar is attached to the minimap and helps players locate secret areas. It automatically activates near a secret and beeps more frequently as you get closer.

Meta Economy Overhaul

• Encrypted Memories: - They are now significantly easier to find and are used as small objectives. - Enemies no longer have dedicated drops. Instead, every Biome has its pool. During each generation, one random enemy will be selected to drop an Encrypted Memory from the Biome's pool. - Biome runs can now yield up to 2 Encrypted Memories per visit (one from a random enemy, one from the Boss) until the Biome's pool is depleted. - You no longer need to send these to the Ark: once you get an Encrypted Memory, you keep it forever. - Higher difficulty settings now feature exclusive Encrypted Memory reward pools.

• Memonites: - Legacy Dusts, Shards, and Fragments have been fully deprecated and automatically converted into the new system. - If you have a run in progress, you may lose some currencies from this run (and only this run) that you have not yet sent to the Ark. The recap screen at the end of the run will also show incomplete information about your loots. - Memonites are now divided into 4 categories: Biome (found globally in Biomes), Boss (found on Bosses), Secret (found in Secret Areas), and Specific (found on specific enemies or enemy groups). - Rebalanced costs across all Encrypted Memories. - Crystallizing an enemy still greatly increases the chance that it drops a Memonite. - Memonites now always need to be picked up in multiplayer.

• Ark: - FREND: Reworked the interface. Species unlocks have been migrated here from Macaba's station. - Resource Converter: Reworked the interface and enabled Cog conversions for all Memonite types. - Progression & Bestiary: Added a tracking menu to Sigourney's Codex detailing missing Biome memories, localized monster lists, and their exact Memonite drops. - Memonite Hunt: New upgrade unlocked at Eperin's. Allows players to mark specific blueprints in FREND's menu, spawning dynamic helpers during expeditions to speed up the harvest. - Koi-Koi: Now resides permanently in the Ark to consult your Memonite inventory.

• Carving Variants: - Expanded the Carving mechanic. Unlocking it allows players to carve enemy Variants for rare Memonites. - Enemy Variants spawn rarely at first but scale in frequency on higher difficulties.

• Misc: - Being a Profane in Sanctuary now prevents you from getting Memonites (instead of preventing you from getting Memories)

Balancing

• ⭐️ Upgrades: Removed Start Source and Gift Slots II from the game. They are now unlocked by default to encourage more interesting builds from the start of the game.

• Challenges: Added Amplifiers as potential rewards.

• ⭐️ Enemies: Pirate Capitain Boss: More recovery after the Mortar attack, all burn zones stay less time, Shout attack zone smaller and clearer VFX.

• ⭐️ Biomes: Fungal Swamp: Now less difficult. Increased small enemy density, lowered Boss damage output, and simplified the associated Codex questline.

• Weapons: Goo Brush: Upgraded the weapon's Alterattack to deal Corrosive damage; its AoE explosion radius now scales with Alterattack levels.

• ⭐️ Gifts: - Dash Mark: Increased base damage to 75 + 30 autoscaling (up from 50 + 20). - Fireball: Doubled fire rate. - Enraged Dodge: Is now unlocked by default. - Corrosive Alterattack: Now triggers Corrosive Pools under all nearby targets. - Random Chrysalis Hex: Bonus gift slots now capped to +6.

• ⭐️ Backstab: Widened the effective rear angle to make positioning for backstabs much more forgiving.

• Blasts: Blasts no longer shatter Freeze.

• Rarity: Now starts with a 5% chance to roll Uncommon items.

• Difficulty modes: Slightly increased the amount of enemies on higher difficulties.

QoL

• ⭐️ Ark: Codex: The Codex will now track the total amount of Endless loops you've completed.

• ⭐️ Goo: Added an active duration countdown wheel directly above affected enemies.

• ⭐️ UI: - Dialogues: They are now skippable. - HUD: Run Timer: Can now display hours played instead of solely minutes. - HUD: Scythes Counter: Added a dedicated HUD counter next to your health bar tracking your active Scythe count. - Tooltips: Back to 2 states (On/Off).

• ⭐️ Payment Gates: Spending Cogs directly from your Ark will no longer cancel or interrupt the channeling interaction. The interface now clearly displays exactly how many Cogs will be deducted from the Ark.

• ⭐️ Amplifiers: You can now amplify Gifts and Hexes in your Backpack.

• Inputs: Tooltips are now always toggled using Left Stick Pressed / L3 when using controllers.

• ⭐️ Co-op: Improved several feedbacks, menus and logic for launching multiplayer games and inviting friends.

• Account Management: Removed mandatory Windblown account creation for online play.

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Combat: Fixed an issue with enemies evolving in their more difficult variant, breaking the in combat detection and preventing looting or interacting with some elements.

• ⭐️ Audio: Fixed the killstreak completion SFX playing when opening the pause menu.

• ⭐️ Elites Clone Trait: Fixed material issue cloned Elites.

• ⭐️ Carving: - Fixed enemies' corpses to carve being duplicated. - Fixed not being able to carve enemies if they die by falling. - Fixed having some enemies being visually revived when they should be laying for carving.

• ⭐️ Level Generation: Fixed a rare case of failed generation in the Rat Village.

• ⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed next biome rewards icon showing up at the wrong spots. - Fixed markers on items being wrong after being revived, they would still show the markers of the player you were spectating and not your own.

• ⭐️ Co-op: Visuals: Fixed a bug where allies' visual effects would persist indefinitely on your screen after expiring.

• ⭐️ Co-op: UI: Fixed the backpack slot in the bottom left showing what other players have in their backpack.

Optimization

• ⭐️ Vistas: prevent far and small objects from being displayed.

• ⭐️ Stutters: play visual effects during loading screens to remove stutters the first time they are actually trigerred in game.

Misc

• Trinkets: Renamed the Ethereal Blades trinket to Ethereal Barrage to welcome the new Gift family.

• Ark: - Main Area: You can now see the biomes from there. - Memorial: The UI displayed on unlocked memories now contains lore texts.

• Biomes: - Factory: Integrated new islands chunks into generation. - Sanctuary: Reworked the layout questline to integrate Yua.

• Onboarding: Made minor narrative polishes to the game's introductory sequence.

Hey there Leapers!

'Hunters Gonna Hunt'

• Meta Economy Overhaul (Hunting): Completely reworked progression with clearer objectives, rebalanced costs, better exploration incentives for each Biome, and dedicated loot pools for every difficulty level.
• 5 New Trinkets: New Pet companions and versatile combat mechanics!
• 30 new Gifts: Pet and Ethereal Blade upgrades, Dash trails and muuuuuuuch more!
• Yua's Support: Added a new togglable accessibility feature for solo play. Reduces damage taken (strengthens with deaths, weakens with wins). Disabled in Co-op.
• Loyalty Program: Added a new step to allow for multiple rare affixes on items.
• Enemies: Face new Obsidian variants in higher difficulty modes. All Obsidian enemies now feature a quick transformation animation and visual effects (don't interrupt them while they're powering up, that's just good etiquette).
• Backpack: Apples can now be safely stored inside the Backpack! (make sure you cook them first!)
• Steam Cloud: Full Steam Cloud save synchronization is now supported!
• Spanish LATAM localization

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.
• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
• Select the tab "Betas".
• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
• Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Hey there Leapers! We hope you’ve been enjoying this fine month of May so far - we say fine but it’s been raining non stop here in Bordeaux, so let’s say we’re keeping well moisturised :’) Since the release of the Break the Path update, we’ve been hard at work on our next update, scheduled for a June release! Don’t wanna spoil you of surprises, but we’d recommend you sharpen your hunting knife 👀

In the meantime, we’re rolling out a patch to address your most frequently reported bugs and issues (full details below). You asked, and we listened: a major focus of this patch is improving dash canceling, an enhancement the community has been highly requesting. If your specific feedback isn't included yet, it just means it needs a little more development time! 🙂

Some highlights from the 0.9.4 patch:

• Vastly improved dash-canceling for attacks

• Improved level generation for the Rat Village and the Sanctuary

• Varied fixes and improvements: balancing, UI, VFX, and lots of bugs squashed!

We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for your efforts on Windblown <3 We’re a small team of 10, and without  your feedback, discussions, bug reports and your support, the game wouldn’t be half what it is right now! Team work really does make the dream work, right? On that note, we’ve got something to share with you: ✨ shiny wallpapers✨! You might have spotted our updated key art - an incredible piece by the talented artist Chaton Laser (go look at their Instagram, super sick!). 

The full piece is even better, and you can find the different formats here!

That’s it for today! As ever, we’re all so very grateful for your feedback and ideas - don’t hesitate to join our lovely community over Discord, or leave comments in the Steam forums!

See you in the fray,

- Bidju & everyone at MT

---- Patchnotes 0.9.4 ----

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

New

• Level Generation: - The Rat Village is now built starting from a branching path system. - The Sanctuary is now dynamically generated around the remnants of a central alleyway.

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Leafade: Added a rare +200% size affix (purely cosmetic, purely 4 fun).

Balancing

• ⭐️ Combat: Significantly improved dash-canceling for weapon attacks, making the overall flow of combat feel much smoother and more responsive.

• ⭐️ Gifts: Deadly Extension: Can now level up, allowing it to trigger multiple times for reduced damage percentages against regular enemies.

• Level Generation: The algorithm will now prioritize placing biome-specific islands in some cases to enhance the unique feel of each area. 0.9.3.2

QoL

• ⭐️ Visuals: Smokey Dokey: Smoke opacity will now scale down as its radius increases via affixes to maintain screen clarity.

• ⭐️ UI: - Added wrap-around navigation for items in the Deck Menu and Racks. - Numbers in the End-Run Menu stats are now properly formatted with thousands separators.

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Weapons: - Charged Attacks: Fixed an issue where held attacks could get stuck if another input (like interact) was pressed simultaneously. - Boomerang: Fixed the Boomerang failing to hit Pirate Shield enemies from behind while their shield was raised.

• ⭐️ Gifts: - Fixed an issue where some automatic effects would fail to trigger when too many simultaneous effects were active. A problem most common in Endless. 0.9.3.2 - Corrosive Control: Fixed this gift triggering excessively when combined with Crippling Dodge and Smokey Dokey. - Refillable Flask: Fixed a bug where swapping the gift for a different level version would reset the refill count to 0. - Refilling Crystallize: Fixed this gift appearing as a reward option even if you didn't have any trinkets.

• ⭐️ Enemies: - AI Behaviour: Fixed an issue where enemies would lock up and stop attacking if hit by Detonado immediately after spawning. - Bosses: Fixed a bug that allowed players to damage bosses before fully entering their arena.

• ⭐️ Level Generation: - Reduced instances of the algorithm generating the same island twice in a row. 0.9.3.2 - Fixed a bug that allowed an Onsen to spawn in the Incubator even if Endless Mode wasn't accessible.

• ⭐️ Ziplines: Fixed having difficulties to dash out of small islands with ziplines.

• ⭐️ LD: Removed an invisible collider near the training dummy in the Shop that interfered with movement-based attacks. 0.9.3.1

• ⭐️ Teleportation: Fixed a bug that allowed players to teleport out of certain active combat arenas. 0.9.3.2

• ⭐️ Cinematics: Fixed a glitch where triggering a cinematic mid-dash across platforms could drop the player outside the playable map boundary.

• ⭐️ Ark: Currency Exchange: Fixed the exchange rate incorrectly scaling with bonus Cog loot multipliers from higher difficulties.

• ⭐️ Endless: Fixed an issue where Echo damage would overflow, resulting in reduced damage or failing to hit entirely. 0.9.3.1

• UI: - Fixed a background error triggered when the game attempted to display the fee for an item that had just been destroyed. 0.9.3.1 - Fixed the Report Sent popup failing to automatically highlight the validation button. - Resolved dropdown selection issues in the Options and Multiplayer menus.

• ⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed wind teleporters in the Factory becoming invisible when positioned behind windows. - Fixed food pickups lacking a HUD marker when spawned from specific sources, such as the Golem Chicken's Jar.

• ⭐️ Trial Chests: Items dropped from chests are now spread further apart to prevent visual overlapping.

• ⭐️ Localization: Fixed several instances of missing dialogue text.

• ⭐️ Co-op: Visuals: Fixed tombstones in the Ark incorrectly reacting to the presence of other players. 0.9.3.2

• ⭐️ Co-op: Ark: Frend Tower: Fixed a visual bug where the tower would disappear for everyone if one player unlocked it after another already had it unlocked.

Optimization

• Level Generation: Implemented several optimizations to the generation algorithm to improve performance and loading. 0.9.3.1

Misc

• Minor level design tweaks to Koi Koi and Hex Giver islands for better navigation and flow. 0.9.3.1

Hey Leapers!

Thanks for all the feedback and support since last week’s update. (And a quick shout-out to those leaving personal messages in the in-game reports—yes, we definitely see those!)

We’ve spent the last few weeks digging through your new expedition data and comments to figure out what needed immediate fixing and what just needed to feel better. Here is what’s changing in 0.9.3:

Lost Archipelago & World Balance

The layout of the Lost Archipelago wasn't quite where we wanted it to be. We’ve rewritten the generation algorithm: - The Centerpiece: Islands now generate around the Broken Town Hall. This should make it feel more like… home?! - Global Balancing: We’ve tuned the placement and balancing of encounters across all biomes, not just the Archipelago, to make the overall difficulty and loot curve feel more consistent.

Community Fixes

We saw these requested a lot, so we’ve pulled them into this patch (thanks for the suggestions!): - Trial Chests: Now contain Gift Amplifiers. - Accelerated Payments: These should feel much snappier now. - Map Pause: Opening the map now actually pauses the game. No more getting hit while checking your location. - Steam Deck: We’ve enabled Volumetric Clouds by default. It looks better and the Deck handles it well.

What’s Next?

We’re currently reworking the generation layouts for the Sanctuary, Rat Village, and Incubator. Expect those in upcoming regular patches. We’re also working on some bigger stuff in the background that we aren't quite ready to show yet.

Join the Discord

If you have more feedback or run into bugs, let us know on by joining our Discord. Thank you for all of your awesome feedback and for sticking with us, — Bidju & everyone at MT

Patchnotes

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Balancing

• ⭐️ Level Generation: - The Lost Archipelago is now generated around the broken town hall, which now serves as the central hub for this biome. - Combat islands (Closed Arenas, Challenges, Elites, etc.) now appear further into the level. 0.9.2.5 - Improved island distribution across branches to ensure better flow and prevent repetitive encounters. 0.9.2.5 - Reduced the number of exits that are accessible without first completing a combat island. 0.9.2.5

• ⭐️ Gift Amplifiers can now be found within Trial Chests. 0.9.2.2

• ⭐️ Progression: The Super Alterattack is now unlocked after defeating the Headbanger, and Crystallize is unlocked after defeating the TriBomber Infected.

QoL

• ⭐️ Map: The game is now automatically paused while the map is open.

• ⭐️ Payments: Standardized payment duration across all shops and payment gates, including in Endless Mode. 0.9.2.8

• ⭐️ Banking Fish: The Banking Fish will now always spawn when its island is a dead end, even if you have nothing to bank. 0.9.2.8

• ⭐️ Gates: Added a notification clarifying that certain doors remain sealed until the current Biome Boss is defeated. 0.9.2.7

• ⭐️ LD: Visuals for Banking Fish and Shop islands have been updated to more clearly signal they are dead ends… when they are! :D 0.9.2.8

• ⭐️ Shop: Accelerated the payment process for large sums. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ UI: Equipment Replacement: The list of currently equipped items is now scrollable with the mouse wheel. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ Onsen: Characters will now correctly use their swimming suit in all versions of the Onsen.

• Steam Deck: Volumetric Clouds are now enabled by default. 0.9.2.3

• ⭐️ Co-op: Teammate positions are now displayed on the Minimap. 0.9.2.3

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Crash: Fixed crash when teleporting to the memorial at the Ark. 0.9.2.1

• ⭐️ Softlock: - Fixed failling level generation for late game saves which lead you to the title screen. 0.9.2.1 - Map Teleportation: Fixed a bug where killing the boss too quickly would prevent further teleportation. 0.9.2.11

• ⭐️ Hardlock: Fixed first "select species" menu being unusable 0.9.2.6

• ⭐️ Enemies: Resolved an issue where weak mobs spawned in place of stronger enemies in certain secret zones. 0.9.2.2

• ⭐️ LD: - Fixed a statue visibility conflict with the teleporter in the Sanctuary exit area. - Removed a redundant narrow path at the Incubator's entrance. 0.9.2.2

• Burn Infusion: Fixed a logical error where extra bonus burn applications were not dealing the correct amount of damage. 0.9.2.11

• ⭐️ Banking Fish: - Fixed an issue requiring multiple button presses to successfully bank your cogs. 0.9.2.9 - Fixed a bug where the fish could remain stuck in its ground animation after a deposit was completed.

• ⭐️ Endless: Resolved a value overflow issue when calculating blast damage. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ Enemies: - Fixed an issue with spinning mobs on specific Incubator combat islands. 0.9.2.8 - Fixed Amassmouss playing the wrong animation when stunned. 0.9.2.10 - Fixed an issue where RusherSecret would not die correctly.

• ⭐️ Gifts: - Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving new Gifts if they already got many (greedy, much?). 0.9.2.4 - Recovery Boost: Capped the gift to prevent infinite recovery stacks when heavily upgraded (particularly in Endless mode). 0.9.2.5 - Fixed a bug where certain gifts could not be equipped if their effects were not yet applicable. 0.9.2.11 - Echo: Fixed the Echoing Effects gift unintentionally applying echoes to all non-gear attacks.

• ⭐️ Hex: Fixed the 'Random Chrysalis' debuff failing to kill the player if their HP was already below the damage threshold. 0.9.2.5

• ⭐️ Level Generation: - Fixed Banking Fish being placed on the main path more than intended (this is supposed to be a fallback option when the level generation has few branches). 0.9.2.1 - Fixed a bug that prevented the Healing Shop from ever appearing. 0.9.2.11 - Fixed enemies spawning in unreachable or incorrect locations, such as behind locked paid doors.

• ⭐️ Loot: Fixed an issue where loot would fail to snap back to a reachable position after an enemy fell off the stage. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ Onsens: Fixed an impossible access caused by rapidly double-pressing the interact button on the entrance teleporter. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ Quests: Fixed an issue where the objective marker would remain visible after completing the Sanctuary Quest. 0.9.2.10

• ⭐️ Timed Chests: Fixed an issue where the timer would occasionally pause unintentionally.

• ⭐️ Weapons: Fixed the weapon gauge increasing when hitting invulnerable objects, such as the tanks containing the Naveless bosses.

• ⭐️ HUD: - Fixed a bug where the HUD would remain hidden after closing the Map. 0.9.2.7 - Added missing position markers for Cooked Apples.

• ⭐️ UI: - Fixed long item lists bleeding off-screen in the Equipment Replacement and End Run Recap menus (especially in Endless mode). 0.9.2.4 - Controls: Fixed an issue where the Share button was displayed instead of the Touchpad for DualShock and DualSense controllers. 0.9.2.8 - Exchange Menu: Added missing currency counters. 0.9.2.5 - Givers: Fixed Giver menus failing to appear if a replacement menu was still active upon death. - Hexes: The Random Eroding Hex no longer displays a level in the UI, as it cannot be amplified. - Map: Fixed an issue where remains would show through the Fog of War. - Map: Fixed an issue where the map would reveal all of its content prematurely. - Map: Fixed the next biome's reward not displaying correctly. - Map: Fixed the player's position marker appearing at wrong place while inside the Onsen. 0.9.2.2 - Mouse Scrolling: Fixed scrolling functionality across multiple menus. 0.9.2.5

• ⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed gigantic chimney that was obstructing battle areas in the Factory. 0.9.2.2 - Cleaned up "flying" goo assets in the Hex Giver zone. 0.9.2.2 - Fixed 31 island layouts across the Factory and Lost Archipelago where decorations would clip into adjacent islands. 0.9.2.3 - Fixed the color rendering on the Umbrella weapon model. 0.9.2.10 - Fixed misplaced wooden elements on the Banking Fish dead-end islands. 0.9.2.11 - Loots: Fixed an issue where Cogs and Shells were absorbed instantly if overlapping with an open chest, making it unclear if rewards were collected. - Memorials: Fixed visual glitches affecting skins on memorial ghosts. - Codex Pages: Fixed Codex Page pickups lacking the standard pickup animation. - Onsen: Fixed an issue where swapping or picking up weapons would cause them to appear inside the Onsen. - Gift Amplifiers: Fixed an issue where visuals persisted for too long after use.

• ⭐️ Inputs: Disabled the ability to bind Dash and Interact to the same controller button to prevent logic conflicts. 0.9.2.5

• ⭐️ Keyboard: Fixed input conflicts between the Pause sub-menus and the TAB key. 0.9.2.4

• ⭐️ Virtual Keyboard / Steam Deck: - Resolved a rare issue where the virtual keyboard could be reopened unintentionally, causing UI navigation conflicts. 0.9.2.8 - Fixed the text chat panel failing to auto-close the virtual keyboard after sending an empty message. 0.9.2.8

• ⭐️ Localization: - Fixed Trial Chest text strings for the Russian language. 0.9.2.2 - Added missing warning text on equipment pickups when requirements for use are not met. 0.9.2.5

• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move if the Map was open while the next biome was loading. 0.9.2.10

• ⭐️ Various under the hood errors.

Optimization

• Optimized Minimap rendering for better performance. 0.9.2.3

• ⭐️ Culling: Improved culling for animated elements to boost performance when multiple islands are within the camera's field of view. 0.9.2.5

• Implemented several performance improvements to the Level Generation algorithm for faster and smoother loading.

Hey All!

Patch Notes

New

• ⭐️ Options: Added a Button Style setting to manually toggle between Automatic, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo icons.

Balancing

• ⭐️ Level Generation: - Rewards are now more likely to spawn at the very end of branching paths. - Challenges will now tend to appear just before the end of branching paths to test your resolve before the reward. - Banking Fish: No longer guaranteed to appear before the Boss once you have reached a certain progression thresholds. - Hexed Giver: The pillar will now always spawn in the Incubator if it hasn't appeared earlier in the Expedition.
• ⭐️ Difficulty: Biome's enemy strength scaling is now calculated based on island depth rather than distance from the entrance to better align with the new level generation.
• ⭐️ Enemies: - Enemies now have a brief recovery window when returning to the stage after falling. - Factory: Bunkers can now transition between islands to pursue you.
• ⭐️ Freeze: Slightly increased enemy reaction time and wind-up delay after defrosting. 0.9.1.4

QoL

• ⭐️ LD: Improved path readability for branching island layouts. 0.9.1.6
• ⭐️ Teleporters: Added teleporters next to Hex Givers and Banking Fish to streamline exploration.
• ⭐️ UI: - Loots: Added a position marker to items dropped on the ground for better visibility. 0.9.1.6 - Rarity Altar: Now displays specific sub-goal amounts. - Givers / Pickups: Improved navigation flow to make wrapping around to the Backpack faster when replacing Gear.
• Options: Controls: Gamepad and Steam Deck layouts now explicitly display the 'Teleport to Team' binding. 0.9.1.4
• ⭐️ Keyboard: - TAB can now be used to close the pause menu and its inventory. - Emotes are now bound to the keys 1, 2, 3 and 4 by default for easier use during action.
• Ark: Memorial: Improved the clarity of the access stone label.

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Level Generation: - Resolved a rare generation failure triggered by specific secret chunks. 0.9.1.3 - Fixed an issue where teleporters were being removed illogically during world generation.
• ⭐️ LD: - Grounded a teleporter that was floating in the air (it wasn't meant to act like a bird). 0.9.1.3 - Lost Archipelago: Rematerialized a missing island that previously blocked progression. 0.9.1.5 - Clarified the pathing for a confusing secret entrance. 0.9.1.5
• ⭐️ Hex Giver: Fixed an issue where drops could become stuck behind decorations. 0.9.1.6
• Enemies: Fixed an issue where secret enemies could be pushed off the map for an instant kill.
• ⭐️ Map: Fixed Map teleportation being interrupted by player dashes.
• ⭐️ Refillable Heal Flask: Fixed refill percentage resetting to 0% when the refillable heal flask gift is amplified.
• ⭐️ Controls Rebinding: Fixed a bug that prevented players from rebinding WASD and Arrow keys. 0.9.1.4
• ⭐️ UI: - Options:Fixed navigation quirks in the Controls panel for smoother menu browsing. 0.9.1.3 - Eroding Hex: Fixed incorrect bonus values displayed in the inventory. - Trinkets: Fixed an incorrect delay display for the 'rare relaunch' affix. - Givers: Fixed opening animations appearing stretched on certain aspect ratios. - Controls: Fixed Emotes icons not being the same as in-game. - Send Feedback Menu: Fixed menu inputs triggering unintended in-game actions. - End Run Screen: Fixed a bugged item description overlaying Encrypted Memories. - Training Rack: Added missing Gear stats to item descriptions. - Rarity Altar: Fixed the interface not responding to mouse inputs.
• ⭐️ Endless: Resolved a value overflow issue when calculating critical hit damage.
• ⭐️ Visuals: - Decorations: Fixed several instances of "flying" decorations being partially buried in the ground. 0.9.1.3 - Decorations: Resolved other cases of foliage clipping into the ground. - Weapons: Umbrella: Fixed weapon color rendering. - Bodies: Snake: Fixed missing hot towels in the Onsens. - Gates: Fixed pressure plates for sealed gates not appearing disabled.
• ⭐️ HUD: Fixed Minimap input icon shown when using a non-PlayStation controller. 0.9.1.7
• ⭐️ Localization: - Restored missing translations for recently added dialogues. 0.9.1.4 - Resolved an issue where certain Asian language fonts were missing required glyphs. 0.9.1.4
• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: - Fixed fallback weapon behavior in Alterattack tutorials. - Fixed a softlock occurring when a teammate failed teleporting to the Onsen.
• ⭐️ Co-op / UI: Fixed the teammate Shells counter being truncated at high values.
• ⭐️ Various under the hood fixes.

Optimization

• Improved performance for Tree and Bush decorations via optimized rendering. 0.9.1.3
• ⭐️ Optimized vegetation in Factory, Lost Archipelago and Rat Village. 0.9.1.7
• Optimized foliage rendering and animation performance in Rat Village.
• Optimized the level generation algorithm.

Hey All!

Patch Notes

Balancing

• ⭐️ Map: Secret zones are now in light color once visited. Secret entrances are hidden. 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Givers / Shells Fallback Reward: The amount of shells proposed is now aligned with the items' highest value 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Enemies: Improved visual telegraphing for the Incubator Big Tentacle’s 360° attack. 0.9.1

QoL

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Fury: Improved the stats displayed in the UI 0.9.0.12
• ⭐️ Minimap: Interiors, Caverns and other unconnected islands' are now displayed on the mini-map 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Map: Biome Rewards now appear directly next to exit icons. 0.9.1
• UI: Biome Rewards: Added a '+' symbol on the reward icon 0.9.0.12
• UI: Added scrollbars in some of the Ark's menus 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ LD: Adjusted camera positioning in branching zones to improve path visibility. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Keyboard: Can also pause and check the inventory with TAB. 0.9.1

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Softlocks: - Fixed a softlock where arenas wouldn't open because our loot algorithm thought a mob on a neighboring island was part of your fight—turns out, "close enough" wasn't smart enough. 0.9.0.12 - Fixed Alterattack tutorial room softlock if you had a Shield (another kind of weapon will be proposed) 0.9.0.12 - Fixed some rare failing level generations by increasing the maximum amount of attempts 0.9.0.13 - Fixed being able to teleport yourself while in arenas which could lead to softlocks 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Gameplay: - Resolved a flask duplication exploit. - Fixed Ethereal Blades interrupting Crystallize, which previously disabled dashing. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Level Generation: - Fixed teleporter which were, from time to time, missing at the end of branches 0.9.0.12 - Fixed generation issue which made some secret unaccessible 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ Shop: Fixed teleporter not activating if you REALLY keep dash on the edges toward the boat 0.9.0.12
• ⭐️ Rat Village: Fixed some situations where flying elements would prevent you from seeing what you are doing 0.9.0.12
• ⭐️ Killstreak: Fixed occurrences of not having enough enemies in a biome to reach the killstreak goal 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Random Chrysalis Hex: Fixed the negative effect of taking damage when doing alterattacks 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Loot: Improved Weapon selection in low level drops 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Ark: - FREND: Fixed duplicated FREND's loyalty program cinematic 0.9.0.13 - Cuprik's Forge: Fixed Cuprik Forge not being accessible 0.9.0.13 - Macaba: Fixed not being able to select species since last patch 0.9.0.14 - Fixed persistent star icon appearing on Sigourney's choices after all content had been viewed. 0.9.1.1
• Lighting: - Fixed super bright lighting of the Ark on some screens 0.9.0.13 - Fixed lighting in the Ark and the Incubator being too shiny in some configurations 0.9.1.2
• ⭐️ Teleporters: Fixed having all teleporters suddenly always unavailable 0.9.0.15
• ⭐️ Rarity: Fixed an issue where rarity was incorrectly applied to unlevelable Gifts and Magifishes. 0.9.0.15
• ⭐️ Payment Gates / Rarity: Fixed cost estimation of items which have a rarity 0.9.0.15
• ⭐️ Onsens: Fixed an issue where button mashing near the entrance tornado caused instant re-entry/exit, preventing access. 0.9.0.15
• ⭐️ LD: - Fixed several generation bugs that created unreachable secret zones. 0.9.1 - Corrected another one which added enemies in transitions placed after the Boss. 0.9.1 - Annihilated (yes) an issue that could cause the Cuprik Grave to be appear two times in the same Expedition. 0.9.1 - Fixed some camera positions which were offeseted 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ Quests: Fixed the "Explore the Vortex" prompt appearing for players who already completed it. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Audio: Fixed several cases of broken sound triggers. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Stability: Fixed a memory leak occurring during UI video playback. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Factory: Fixed having decorations spawned in the middle of combat arenas 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ Lost Archipelago: - Fixed incorrect exterior lighting appearing inside Caverns. 0.9.1 - Fixed caverns not being accessible 0.9.1.2
• ⭐️ UI: - Fixed Thrift Shop having a bugged entry shown 0.9.0.13 - Fixed Amplifier's position marker displaying a Boost icon instead of an Amplifier one 0.9.0.13 - Fixed weather panel text 0.9.0.13 - Boosts: Fixed text vertical alignement 0.9.0.14 - Secrets: Their rewards will not have a position marker anymore to avoid spoiling their location 0.9.0.15 - HUD: Removed rarity colors from Magifishes (they do not have rarity). 0.9.1 - Dialogs: Fixed an issue preventing mouse-click skipping. 0.9.1 - Payment Gates: Corrected UI elements bleeding off-screen. 0.9.1 - Cuprik's Forge: Fixed broken controller icon text strings in item selection. 0.9.1 - Options: Corrected an issue that caused the wrong buttons to be selected by default 0.9.1.1 - HUD: Fixed PlayStation controller displaying the wrong Map icon on the HUD 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ Dialogs: Fixed several issues related with dialogs and other story-realted elements 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ RTC: - Sound: Fixed muted sound during Pietro RTC 0.9.0.13 - Fixed Yua's dialog trigger when she is next to the banking fish 0.9.0.13 - Sound: Fixed SFX being played too early during Altar RTC 0.9.0.14
• ⭐️ Localization: - Fixed Russian 'Leave' text in the Onsens 0.9.0.15 - Fixed having some text entries being mixed between DE, RU, PT-BR and ES languages. 0.9.1
• ⭐️ Co-op: Softlock: Fixed having disabled inputs in multiplayer when someone launched a dialog of Yua 0.9.0.13
• ⭐️ Co-op: Fixed under the hood error when looking at other players' rewards in a Giver UI 0.9.0.14
• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed a softlock preventing Alterattack/Crystallize unlocks if one player already unlocked them. 0.9.1
• Co-op: Lost Archipelago Quest: Fixed not being able to find signal in a co-op game 0.9.1.1
• ⭐️ Various under the hood fixes 0.9.0.15

Optimization

• ⭐️ Optimized enemy bars rendering 0.9.0.13
• Reduced the footweight of enemies' related UIs 0.9.0.14
• Optimized memory usage of the Map 0.9.0.14
• ⭐️ Optimized the calculation algorithm for item Shell-values. 0.9.1
• Optimized memory allocation of the decoration culling system. 0.9.1
• Significantly improved the culling of the decoration 0.9.1.2
• Reduced ambient sound effects footweight 0.9.1.2

Misc

• Rat Village decoration small tweaks 0.9.0.12
• Updated lighting of the Incubator 0.9.0.13

Hey Everyone!

New Stuff

Exploration

Maps

Rarity System and FREND!

Volumetric Clouds

More

• Amplifiers - You can now upgrade Gifts and Hexes with the use of Amplifiers! These can be found on runs and applied to Gifts you've already picked up
• Enemy Variants - You'll find new enemy variants on higher difficulties, making them more deadly than ever!
• New Boss - The Golem Gardens Biome has a new resident in higher difficulties, in the form of a brand new boss with some super cool mechanics! Hmmm, it's head looks familiar!
• Onboarding - New games will benefit from a brand new narrative onboarding, helping set the stage for the game and introduce some important characters. Plus the addition of a new Alterattack tutorial!

🚀 New version deployed 0.9.0 (ab246634)

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Important Changes

• NEW Exploration: Biomes are now larger with more complex layouts to encourage exploration and variety. Systems like enemy placement and economy have been re-tuned to support this scale.

• ⭐️ NEW Map which allows you to see your surroundings, know the location of important entities and objects and teleport to your teammates. Press G(keyboard) or SELECT(gamepad) to open it.

• ⭐️ NEW Minimap: Stay oriented with a view of your immediate surroundings and find secret hints.

• NEW Volumetric clouds: We've replaced the flat sea of clouds under the levels for better immersion This can be disabled via the "Clouds" setting in the Graphics panel.

• ⭐️ NEW Gift & Hex Scaling: - Level System: Just like Gears, Gifts and Hexes now have stronger leveled versions found during Expeditions. - Amplifiers: A new utility item that lets you boost the level of your existing Gifts/Hexes on the fly. - With those you can now scale your build's power further than ever before.

• NEW Item Rarity: - Items now feature a scaling rarity system: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Mythic. Each tier provides significantly increased stats. - Frend's Loyalty Program: New reward added! Progress through the program to unlock a new Altar in the Ark. - Cogs for Quality: Deposit Cogs into the Altar to increase the probability of high-tier item drops. - Completion Bonus: Maxing out the Altar unlocks a Unique Skin Variant.

• NEW Enemy Variants: - Face new challenges in Cloudy and higher difficulty modes across Golem Gardens, Factory, Fungal Swamp, and Rat Village. - This includes a new Golem Gardens Boss exclusive to these higher difficulties!

• NEW Islands & Caverns: Expanded discovery awaits in the Lost Archipelago.

• Alterattack Tutorials Reworked: We've overhauled the training grounds. Entry gates are now blocked by Forcefields; the color of the field tells you which level of Alterattack is required to break through.

• Onboarding Narrative: Updated dialogue for the Little Girl in the early game, along with a brand-new character model.

• The Inventory is now merged into the Main Menu.

QoL

• NEW Quick Gear Swap & Drop: You can now swap (by pressing) or drop (by holding) your gear: - Weapons with 5(keyboard) / D-PAD LEFT(controller) - and Trinkets with 6(keyboard) / D-PAD DOWN(controller)

• ⭐️ NEW Mouse Cursor Option: You can now change the cursor size in the Accessibility panel of the Options menu.

• ⭐️ NEW Accessibility Options: - Transparency of Size+ weapons - Chromatic aberration intensity - Player silouhette behind objects toggle - Low life intensity - Received hit VFXs intensity

• ⭐️ NEW Graphics Options: Brightness & Contrast sliders. An improved user experience with immediate feedback is planned.

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Fury: Improved the stats displayed in the UI

• UI: Confirmation popups now select "Cancel" by default to avoid triggering unwanted things when mashing the button.

• UI / Pickups: Tooltips can now be toggled

• ⭐️ Send Feedback Button: Is now placed in the main pause menu list to be easier to find

• ⭐️ Single player / UI: Codex and Codex pages menu now pauses the game in solo mode.

• Co-op: Teleport to team: default binding changed to CTRL(keyboard) and SELECT(controller).

• Co-op: Voice Chat: - Voice Chat is using the "Push-to-talk" mode by default (not applied on previous saves) - "Mute when Joining" and "Push-to-talk" default bindings changed to 4(keyboard) and RIGHT STICK PRESSED(controller).

Balancing

• Pulsor: - Default Pulsor is now way faster when held - Banger Pulsor is now faster when held and its dashes' length are increased when out of combat

• ⭐️ Difficulty Balance Pass: First pass focused on the new Rarity system. More incoming! - Cloudy: Enemy Health: +40%(was +25%) | Cogs: +25%(was +15%) - Stormy: Enemy Health: +80%(was +75%) | Cogs: +50%(was +30%) | Item Bonus Level Removed - Tempestuous: Enemy Health: +120%(was +100%) | Cogs: +75%(was +50%) | Item Bonus Level Removed - Cataclysmic: Enemy Health: +250%(was +200%) | Item Bonus Level Removed

• Ark: Memory stones are now placed in new islands.

• Memory Link: When you die in front of a boss, we'll ensure that the Memory Link will be placed in a boss room during your next Expedition.

• ⭐️ Gifts: Full Blast: Added a 50% Blast damage bonus.

• ⭐️ Hexes: The increased dash cooldown negative effect is now only applied in combat.

• ⭐️ Payment Gates: You can now pay their fee by spending Cogs you previously banked.

• Biome Reward: Magifish will be only proposed when all players have already unlocked one and none of them has one equipped.

• ⭐️ Cuprik's Iron Ore is now dropped by an advanced 'Worker Nailgun'.

Bugfixes

• Weapons: Telepike: Fixed held attack being locked for too long after the teleportation

• ⭐️ Gifts: Scythe: Fixed an interaction between the Merge scythe and Bonus scythe duration gifts causing to have irregular scythe durations

• ⭐️ Hexes: Fixed loosing Gifts in extra slots granted by an Hex when updating the game

• ⭐️ Enemies: Fixed enemies being able to keep their I-frames while being frozen

• ⭐️ Killstreak Trial Chest: Fixed cases where the amount of kills would be higher than the number of enemies in the biome

• Secrets: Fixed having some certain islands layout never having secrets generated

• ⭐️ Payment Gate: Fixed having some payement gates displaying a 0 shells cost and not be interactable

• ⭐️ LD: - Fixed safe zone exploit in front of the Lost Archipelago Boss - Fixed enemies not being able to dash on some small islands - Fixed unreachable floating chest in one of the Lost Archipelago islands - Fixed some situations where flying elements would prevent you from seeing what you are doing - Fixed several other layout quirks

• ⭐️ Softlocks: - Fixed boss kills failing to reopen room gates - Fixed a softlock where arenas wouldn't open because our loot algorithm thought a mob on a neighboring island was part of your fight—turns out, "close enough" wasn't smart enough.

• ⭐️ Crashes: - Fixed a crash when dropping stuff - Fixed rare crash that occured when spending shells while your computer had a nervous breakdown.

• ⭐️ Visuals: - Fixed shadow popping - Fixed "pixelated" light artifacts (most noticeable at the Rat Village entrance).

• ⭐️ UI: - Fixed pause menu layout when screen ratio is 16/10 - Fixed missing confirmation SFX in the currency exchange menu - Fixed displaying 'Damage Increase: 0%' - Fixed UI inconcistencies in the Thrift Shop and in all item-related UIs

• ⭐️ Sound: - Fixed music being turned off when backtracking in front of bosses - Fixed music being turned off after killing a boss - Fixed having some ambient sound effect being prioritized over gameplay ones

• ⭐️ Texts: - Fixed displaying weird code-like text when confirming a screen resolution change - Fixed Russian text going nuts when loosing resources and/or encrypted memories

• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: Fixed softlock where you could teleport to an area not available to you yet

• ⭐️ Co-op: Crashes: - Fixed crash when a player was dead upon loading another biome - Fixed crash when players where teleporting… surely confusing the game's logic somehow ¯\\_(ツ)/¯

Misc

• Co-op: Hints: Fixed first multiplayer game emoji hint not triggered

• ⭐️ Co-op: VFXs: Fixed players' footsteps VFXs sometimes showing up in the air and not on the ground

• Various fixes under the hood

Optimization

• Upgraded game and rendering engines to the latest versions to improve stability and performance

• Optimized shadows: - "High quality" is optimized, so more configurations should be able to use this setting. - "Medium quality" is downgraded, so one can have shadows at a lower cost. - "Low quality" completely disables shadows, significantly reducing CPU and GPU usage.

• UI: Biome Rewards: Added a '+' symbol on the reward icon

Hey all!

• Exploration Update - The team have completely destroyed the current way you navigate through Windblown. Replacing it with a dynamic and more freeing approach. Dash through much larger biomes, tackling things in your own order.
• New Map - This allows you to see your surroundings, know the location of important entities and objects, and teleport to your teammates.
• New Volumetric clouds - Replacing the flat sea of clouds under the levels with stunning, extra fluffy ones! (This can be toggled In the graphics panel)#
• New Rare items - Frend’s loyalty program is expanded. Unlock a new altar in the Ark where you can spend Cogs to increase your chance to get enhanced items during your expeditions. Complete the 3 stages of the altar to also unlock a new skin variant!
• New Enemy Variants in higher difficulties - You’ll find new challenges in Golem Gardens (including a new Boss), Factory, Fungal Swamp and Rat Village!

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.
• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
• Select the tab "Betas".
• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
• Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Hey there Leapers!

We hope you've all had an awesome start to the year! We've been working tirelessly over the the recent months, and we are cooking up some really cool stuff that we think you're going to love. Soooo... we wanted to peel back the curtain and show you exactly what we’re tinkering with right now!

The Map

A big ask from the Community has actually been for a quick way to see your surroundings during a run. We know we have a bunch of completionists out there who'll who want to scour every last inch of a biome, just in case they miss a waterfall that ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT hide a secret behind it.

We’re experimenting with new UI concepts, including icons for items and... are those teleportation points? We’re still fine-tuning how much info is "too much" info, so we’ll need your eyes on this soon.

Redefining Exploration

Windblown is all about mayhem and agency, but we’ve been asking ourselves: How can we give you even more freedom without breaking that flow?

We’ve been reimagining the "bones" of the game - specifically how biomes are stitched together. This new generation system is a big shift for us, aiming to give you way more choice in how you tackle a run:

• Do you speedrun straight to the end?

• Do you veer off-course to hit the shop?

• Do you hunt for every hidden nook or tackle the boss early?

By pairing this exploration overhaul with the map, we’re trying to transform the world into something far more vast and interconnected. We’re pushing for dramatic verticality, specialized transitions, and layouts that reward a true sense of discovery. We can't wait to see if these new layouts feel as rewarding to you as they do to us.

Getting Cloudy

It might sound small, but we feel the backdrop of Windblown is the soul of the atmosphere. We’re introducing a new cloud shader to give each biome a more unique, immersive "vibe" as you dash through the sky.

Here’s the "Before" 👇

And here’s what we’re seeing in-engine today! 👇

The Road Ahead

We truly want you to feel the vastness and the richness of the world we’re building. By pairing these new layouts with the map and the updated atmosphere, the goal is a multi-layered world that feels larger and more "alive" than ever before.

We honestly can’t wait to have you jump in and break these systems once they're ready, so we can see how they actually change your adventures. This is just the beginning, we’re already looking ahead to enriching the in-game economy, meta-systems, and so much more. We’re so excited to finally share this journey with you! Let us know what you think, we’d love to do more of these "behind-the-scenes" looks!

And btw, if you'd like to be more involved with the development of Windblown, and chat with other players make sure you join us in the Windblown Discord!

Thank you again for all the feedback, thoughts and love you share with us!

-MT

We're back!

What's Next?

• A new way of exploring
• Economy changes
• Improved mid/late game meta systems

January 2026 Patch Notes

Balancing

• Trinkets: Ethereal Blades: Increased base damage per projectile from 50 to 80. 0.8.0.9

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Hardlock: Fixed hardlock in single-player when quitting + saving in specific UIs 0.8.0.12
• ⭐️ Softlocks / Crashes: Several of those have been fixed 0.8.0.13
• Weapons: Fixed having the first weapon not considered as "held in hand" after a loading, even if it was visible. That could prevent the Shield from granting its defense buff for example. 0.8.0.10
• ⭐️ Weapons: Cuprik's Hammer: if it is not picked up near the grave the first time, it will appear again when you come back 0.8.0.10
• Controls Menu: Fixed Keyboard layout + minor bugfixes 0.8.0.10
• ⭐️ Cuprik's Forge: Fixed an issue where sometimes the 2nd weapon or trinket bought wouldn't be equipped in the expedition 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ Enemies: Gundog: Removed mushrooms on their heads 0.8.0.9
• ⭐️ LD: Fixed weird movement issues on the bridge in sanctuary 0.8.0.9
• ⭐️ Meta: Fixed some currency exchange options being given even though they are unavailable 0.8.0.9
• ⭐️ Music: Fixed the absence of music during boss fights when the "Auto skip boss cinematics" option was activated 0.8.0.10
• ⭐️ UI: Fixed shown enemy health amount going into the negative in higher loops during endless mode 0.8.0.9
• ⭐️ UI: Rebind panel now shows "???" for inputs that can spoil features 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ UI: Chests: Resolved an issue where the interaction prompt for loot was delayed or missing upon chest opening. 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ UI: Inventory: Fix objectives and items layout on Endless mode 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ UI: Trials Chests: Fixed the killstreak in multiplayer sometimes showing a negative value 0.8.0.13
• Visuals: Fixed Chrono Catch's pickup size and rotation 0.8.0.10
• ⭐️ Co-op: Gates: Fixed gates sometimes not working properly if a player is standing next to them and their teammates goes AFK 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ Co-op: Lost Archipelago: Fixed not being able to complete the sanctuary quest if dead and revived after teammates have already completed the previous objectives 0.8.0.13
• ⭐️ Co-op: UI: Inventory: Player tabs are now clickable 0.8.0.13
• Under the hood fixes several patches

We’re keeping the momentum going with our 7th update! The Fungal Bloom update introduces a complete rehaul of the Fungal Swamp biome, a new weapon, new trinkets and much more.

We can’t wait to see you jump back in. We’ll be monitoring your feedback and bug reports throughout the week to keep things running smoothly. Dig into the full patch notes below!

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Important changes

• The Fungal Swamp biome is now fully decorated!

• 2 NEW character Quests where you'll learn more about them and their past, and: - Unlock Cuprik's Hammer, a NEW fast combo weapon which, after performing its Alterattack, morphes into a slow-heavy one that unleashes Frost rifts. - Unlock Sigourney's Codex and collect logs.

• 3 NEW Trinkets, that can be dropped either in secret areas or in the Lost Archipelago: - Fury: Timed limited extra damage, attack speed and beware increased incoming damages. - Wind Gust: Throws enemies and destroys projectiles. - Ethereal Blades: Throws piercing blades. You can stack up to 3 charges.

• NEW Character Portraits during the dialogs, to better see their emotions and reactions.

• NEW Memory Stones have appeared in Ark! They represent the memories you have unlocked and… You can dash through them to reveal their content!

• Altered Magifishes is now an Eperin's upgrade: Unlock it to benefit from Magifishes' duration increase and cooldown reduction if launched during an Alterattack signal.

• ⭐️ NEW Resource Converter Eperin's upgrade: - Allows you to exchange ressources for others. - Each time you come back to the Ark, a random special deal will also be available.

• ⭐️ Biome Rewards changes (previously known as Biome Incentivization), when you have to choose between several biomes: - Each one will have an additional reward(instead of only one previously). - If it's an item: it will be dropped by a random enemy in the biome. If it's a currency: you will loot +20% of this currency in the biome. - This is now unlocked with an Eperin's upgrade.

• ⭐️ Cuprik's Forge changes (previously known as Equipment Box): - NEW Eperin's upgrade which allows you to forge several items before an expedition, with each purchase increasing the price of subsequent purchases. - You can now forge equipments by talking to Cuprik after completing his Lost Archipelago quest (previous upgrade and object in the Ark have been removed).

• ⭐️ NEW Multiple Memory Decks: You can now save and switch between 6 different Decks at the Tower.

QoL

• ⭐️ Heal Flask retrieval: You can now retrieve the flasks dropped on the ground as long as: it did not healed anyone yet; you have an empty slot; and you are not currently in combat.

• Inventory: - Added the list of current objectives to all players. If you wanna know how to help your teamates progress in their adventure. - Added the health bars of all players. So you'll know that it is time to close the Inventory and start fighting again so they don't die… - It is now possible to directly equip the item contained in the Backpack when you have an empty slot for it

• ⭐️ Backpack: - It's now possible to switch items between the Inventory and the Backpack even if they're not of the same type. This is only possible if you have room in your Inventory for the item currently in the Backpack. - Items bought at the Ark and placed in the Backpack will be kept when going on an expedition.

• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Added an audio feedback when the weapon starts spinning.

• ⭐️ Enhanced Seethrough: The system is now smoother and more relevant, providing a clearer, more reliable view through walls.

• The amount of resources and Encrypted Memories lost is shown during the death RTC.

• UI: - Pickups UI have been updated - Improved placement of Boost icons in the inventory

• VFXs: Added walking/sprint ground vfxs

• ⭐️ 4 NEW Options: - To always display enemies' healthbar. - To display the health amount on enemies' healthbar. - To hide or tweak how damage amounts are displayed. - To automatically skip Bosses' cutscenes after the 1st playback. In co-op will only activate if all players have already seen the cutscene and have the option turned on.

• ⭐️ Keyboard/Mouse: Enhanced the contrast of the default mouse cursor.

• ⭐️ Co-op / UX: - If you were in a multiplayer game previously, pressing Play on the Title Screen will try to bring you back to it automatically. You can of course cancel it. - A popup is now displayed if the connection is lost during loading. - We clarified several popup texts so is clearer when you'll be able to rejoin or not.

Balancing

• Headbanger & Broken Banger Bosses deals 35% less damage, but have 35% more health.

• ⭐️ Endless / Killstreak: The amount of mobs to kill will now increase in each loop.

• Rare Affixes are now unlocked with a NEW first objective of FREND's Loyalty Program.

• Cuprik's Forge: Rebalanced all costs.

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Death Orb: No longer shatters Freeze.

• Trinkets: L-BR0: No longer shatters Freeze.

• ⭐️ LD: Little Girl Arena: - Now much faster. Reduced the animation timings of the little girl. - Reduced the amount of enemy waves from 6 to 3, with instead a small increase of the enemy count. - Improved the little girl's help during the arena (will help twice as much and for longer periods of time).

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Banger Pulsor: Fixed having it turned down when reloading the game (also removed the related accessibility option).

• ⭐️ Alterattack: Fixed having some Alterattack-related damages being modified if you triggered another Alterattack signal before it

• Crystallize: Fixed health threshold trigger being too high on some bosses.

• ⭐️ Enemies: Elites: Fixed rare cases where the fire areas could spawn in the air

• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: Fixed potential softlock issue

• ⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Fixed not unveiling yourself when you are using the Leafade trinket

• ⭐️ Weapons: Telepike: Fixed the charge attack teleporting you at the wrong spot, too high or too low.

• ⭐️ Trinkets: L-BR0: Fixed interaction with Speed Hex

• ⭐️ Blast: Fixed damage on secondary targets

• ⭐️ Backpack: Fixed some descriptions not correctly showing the current value of affixes

• ⭐️ Co-op: Fixed difficulty level changed when going back to Ark in multiplayer

• ⭐️ Co-op / Crashes & disconnections: - Fixed a potential cause of crashes and disconnections when collecting ressources like Shells in multiplayer. - Fixed disconnections and other related blocking issues caused by slow hardrives taking too long to save your progress.

Optimization

• More rendering optimizations.

• Reduced RAM usage slightly

Misc

• Trinkets: Fireworks: Updated projectile visual

• ⭐️ Hexes: Updated the text when you cannot interact with the pillar

Fungal Swamp Biome

New Weapon

New Trinkets

Story Quests and Portraits

Memory Crystals

More!

• Multiple Memory Decks - You can now store presets at the Memory Deck! This means you could create several builds and switch between them while at the Ark.
• Cuprik's Forge - This now replaces the Equipment Box, and has also had a small upgrade. You can now craft several items before heading out on a run, helping to spend those resources you've been hoarding!
• Biome Rewards - Each biome should now have extra rewards, instead of just one. This means you can pick the route you want through the Vortex without missing out on any additional benefits.
• Resource Converter - You know all of those Cogs you've been saving? Well, now you can convert them to other resources you actually need!

Patch Notes

Introducing, the "Fungal Bloom" update!

• A complete overhaul of the Fungal Swamp Biome!
• A New Weapon
• 3 New Trinkets
• 2 New Character-Story Quests
• NPC Portraits

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.
• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
• Select the tab "Betas".
• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
• Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Hey All!

First off, we just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who nominated Windblown for the Steam Awards. Seeing the community rally behind our game has been incredibly motivating for our whole team! ❤️ Meanwhile we’ve been digging through your recent feedback and match data to cook up a fresh batch of improvements. Thank you all, -MT

Patch Notes

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Balancing

• ⭐️ Lost Archipelago Weapons: Increased combo damage on Crocojaws, Golem Flail, Spinalsword & Worm Claws 0.7.1.11
• ⭐️ Weapons: Crocojaws: You can now change the direction of the Alterattack 0.7.1.12
• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: 0.7.1.12 - Reduced the Alterattack movement speed slightly - Special "kill" effect's duration increased
• ⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Alterattack can be interrupted way earlier (other languages will be localized afterward) 0.7.1.12
• ⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail combo modified: - Increased breach potential (to stun enemies) 0.7.1.11 - Increased push force 0.7.1.11 - Beware, Dashing is locked for a bit longer between attacks 0.7.1.11 - Eased dash during the 2 last attacks of the combo 0.7.1.12
• ⭐️ Trinkets: Smokey Dokey: Now triggers Dodges, thus dealing some damage and synergizing with Dodge-related Gifts 0.7.1.11
• ⭐️ Affixes: You can no longer lose an affix by upgrading an item at the Thrift Shop (this could happen when the affix was replaced by a rare one). 0.7.1.10
• ⭐️ Enemies: Ant's Egg: Hatch damage over time now starts after a short delay 0.7.1.16

QoL

• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinal Sword: Made English and French descriptions clearer 0.7.1.12
• ⭐️ No Flashes accessibility option is now applied on Blast's VFXs. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Co-op: UI: The multiplayer lobby list now clearly displays which rooms can be joined and which ones cannot. 0.7.1.11
• ⭐️ Co-op / UI: Added several popup messages which explains clearly why you cannot join some online groups: 0.7.1.12 - Group is full - Expedition already started - Game difficulty not unlocked by player

Bugfixes

• Softlock: Ark: Improved how player death prevention is done, to prevent some rare locks. 0.7.1.10
• ⭐️ Alterattack / Gobbling Fish: Fixed an issue where hitting the Gobbling Fish did not count as a hit for charging the Alterattack Gauge. 0.7.1.11
• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Fixed a targeting issue that often caused attacks to miss. 0.7.1.11
• ⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail: No criticals-based affixes will be proposed anymore (this weapon has no criticals on its own) 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ Weapons: Crocojaws: Fixed the charged attack activating Brutality even when hitting objects (e.g. breakable jars) 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ Trial Chests: Fixed being able to get items banned from your Deck or which are incompatible with your current build from those chests. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ HUD: Fixed texts above the player being sometimes unreadable because they would appear on top of each other (e.g. Trinket up!, Bleed Infusion…). 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Carving: Fixed cases where some enemies could not be carved when they fell out of the map. 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Trinkets: Detonado: Fixed cases where having multiple Detonados' effects active at the same time can send out enemies flying too far away. 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Enemies: Fixed Naveless Octo and Big Tentacle enemies having a gigantic aggro range. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Enemies: Big Jar: Will no longer drop its Encrypted Memory right after breaking and will instead wait for the Golem Chicken variant inside it to be defeated. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Enemies: The Mushroom Warrior's poison pools can no longer appear outside of the islands 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Memoreaper Boss: Fixed the boss becoming invisible when using the Leafade Trinket. 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Broken Banger Boss: Its lasers weren't destroyed when stuned and some lasers were missing 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Naveless Warrior Boss: Fixed starfall explosions could kill player after its death 0.7.1.16
• ⭐️ Elite Traits: Fixed Elite Starfall trait inflicting damage on the player after the enemy's death. 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ Overwhelm: Fixed readibility issues caused by its damages' text labels 0.7.1.16
• Factory: 0.7.1.14 - Fixed having a secret place without rewards - Fixed having some secret path being unclear
• ⭐️ Lost Archipelago: 0.7.1.14 - Fixed missing some decoration elements - Fixed having some gigantic elements placed in the middle of islands thus blocking the sight
• ⭐️ Incubator: Fixed having some decoration being placed in the middle of islands (rare) 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ LD: Fixed not being able to reach small islands where a chest is placed 0.7.1.13
• ⭐️ Shop: Training Dummy: Some Gifts and other effects will now work on this dummy. Including scythe effects, trinket cooldown reduction, etc. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Inventory: Dropped items will no longer displace other items on the ground 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ Shop: Fixed an issue where shop items could be moved 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ RTCs: Weapons are now hidden properly during the statue ritual at the onsen of the Sanctuary 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ VFXs: Added a cap on the Blast VFXs so they clutter less the screen 0.7.1.16
• Graphics: Fireworks Trinket will no longer draw squares on the ground 0.7.1.13
• ⭐️ UI: Shop: When not discovered, Memonites won't be spoiled in the UI of the shop items. 0.7.1.16
• UI: Fixed weapon category icon position in FREND's UI 0.7.1.10
• ⭐️ UI: Run End Stats: Fixed displaying negative numbers when you dealt more damage than your computer can comprehend (mostly in Endless) 0.7.1.10
• UI: Fixed early access text being cropped 0.7.1.10
• ⭐️ No Flashes accessibility option: Fixed having some VFX ignoring it (e.g. Fireworks Trinket's explosion) 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock / Caverns: Fixed team being stuck because the last remaining player alive cannot use ropes. Now ropes are always usable when you are inside caverns. 0.7.1.14
• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: When a Boss arena's entry is stepped through: AFK players will now be teleported to the alive ones in order to prevent them from being blocked by the closed doors later on. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Co-op / Gifts: Merged Scythe: Fixed merged scythes not displaying the right VFX in multiplayer. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Co-op / Trial Chests: Fixed a visual issue in multiplayer where an absent player's chest elements could still be visible. 0.7.1.15
• ⭐️ Save: Fixed tooltip display mode toggling being triggering data save even if not changed (potential data corruption fix) 0.7.1.10
• ⭐️ Minor bugfixes, text tweaks and object misalignment fixes several patches

Hey all!

Hey everyone!

So it's been a couple of weeks since the release of our Lost & Altered Update, and we want to thank everyone so much for their support and feedback since the new content dropped! Your input helped us identify a few bugs that snuck through testing, and allowed the team to focus in on things impacting your experience the most. We've now fixed the most common issues and the squashed the biggest bugs, and are now monitoring the games stability and picking up any new issues we see reported. Below you can see a full list of the patches we've deployed since the update! Thank you all again so much - it's your help and feedback that allows us to tackle these issues when they arise. We're a small team, so your input is a HUGE help! Cheers, -MT

Patch Notes

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Balancing

• ⭐️ Weapons: Golem Flail: Now Overwhelms automatically on the finisher. Removed the random chances of Overwhelming. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Biomes: Lost Archipelago: Secret underground enemies no longer inflict damage during their death throes. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Biomes: Lost Archipelago: Reduced the health of enemies in the biome. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Pirate Boss's thrusting attack inflicts -30% damage 0.7.1.9

• ⭐️ Equipment Box: First cost rebalance, no more Obsidian and some items now need a reduced Memonite rarity. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Weapons: Affixes: Rare corrosive pool on projectile stopped changed to on projectile hit. 0.7.1.9

QoL

• Keyboard/Mouse: By default the Heal Flask is now only bound to F on the keyboard (and not on the middle click anymore)

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Crash: Fixed rare crash during loading 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Crash: Fixed multiple crashes. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Softlock: Fixed several softlocks during loading that would bring you back to the Ark in a middle of your expedition 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Softlock: Fixed infinite loading when going to the Incubator biome 0.7.1.3

• ⭐️ Softlock: Fixed freezes when showing descriptions in Japanese (Korean, Simplied and Traditional Chinese might have also been affected)0.7.1.4

• ⭐️ Softlock: Thrift shop: Fixed several issues with upgrading or rerolling affixes, that could impact Weapons and Trinkets (even much later in the expedition). 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Softlock: LD: Fixed several chunks that could create infinite loading. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Softlock: Fixed lock when talking to Carlos. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Fixed Pietro was missing on some old saves 0.7.1.1

• ⭐️ Alterattack Marker: - Fixed display condition to prevent showing it when you haven't unlocked the Super Alterattack yet0.7.1.2 - Fixed having its flame VFX getting bigger when the camera gets closer to your character 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Weapons: Anchor Boom: Fixed interaction with +200% size affix. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Weapons: Shield: The training dummy in the Ark will no longer be able to kill you if you train with the Shield long enough. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Weapons: Spinalsword: Now correctly launches its effect with the +200% size affix. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Weapons: Worm Claws: Now correctly shatters Frozen. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Weapons: Boomerang: Fixed boomerang projectile sometimes taking too long to return if taking an updraft right before 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Weapons: Elder Sword: Fixed finisher detection for related affixes. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Weapons: Elder Sword: Fixed combo giving 2 alterattack signals instead of just one. 0.7.1.7

• FREND: Newly unlocked memories cannot be removed from the Deck by mistake anymore 0.7.1.9

• Texts: Fixed having Cuprik & Pietro spoiling the story… 0.7.1.2

• Texts: Fixed several mistakes in all languages 0.7.1.2

• UI: Fixed dialog bubble having some text super close to the edge 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Ark: Fixed Cuprik dropping their key for players that already did the quest. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Ark: Fixed being able to die in the Ark, either by the dummies' attacks when training with the Shield or when testing the Random Chrysalis Hex with some negative effect. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Ark: Fixed floating soil visual bug 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Bosses: Tribomber : Fixed mines that remained on the ground after defeating it. 0.7.1.8

• Enemies: Fixed Amassmouss being teleported on an island way above when it is dodging back close to an edge 0.7.1.1

• ⭐️ Enemies: Mushroom Warrior: Poison pools now immediately dissapear after its death. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Enemies: Lost Archipelago Underground: Fixed some enemiers that could get stuck for a few seconds when interrupted 2 times in a row. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Enemies: Elites: Fixed rotating lasers on elites able to spawn while being inside the Globbling Fish 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Equipment Box: Gear that is currently equipped is no longer excluded from the selection. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ FREND: Fixed not showing red bubble above head for new Weapons, Trinkets and Magifishes 0.7.1.9

• ⭐️ Gifts: Midas: Fixed bonus damage value not updating in some cases. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Gifts: Survivor: Fixed permanent invicibility when activated then put into backpack. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Gifts: Fixed unwanted interactions with training dummies during expeditions. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ Kill streak chest: Fixed how many kills were required for the Lost Archipelago. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Killstreak: Fixed the Survivor gift's activation preventing a reset on your killstreak 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ LD: Changed how you return from the special secret in the Ark, to avoid some confusion. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ LD: Fixed offset collider of the door in front of the Headbanger. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ LD: Fixed some issues with updrafts not being spawned in correctly 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ LD: Fixed the teleport back from some secret areas. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Loots: Dropping an item from your inventory near a Gift or Hex pillar will no longer move the pillar. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Loots: Fixed having some loots visuals offseted from their actual zone of interaction 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ NPCs: Fixed potential errors when interacting with them. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Naveless Boss: Fixed not dropping all rewards 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ SFX: Updated the mix so that sound effects can be better heard. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ Saves: Fixed potential Memory Deck and Multiplayer issues when coming back from very old saves. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Summer: Fixed having no healing at the end in Stormy 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ Training dummies: Fixed "Kill" effects being applied on them during expeditions. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ UI / Challenges: Fixed displaying "pural" text in the UI 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed Alterattack marker. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed Weapon type icon appearing on inventory special items. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed an issue where the red glow to indicate low health would stay even if you're at full health. 0.7.1.6

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed multiple other under the hood issues. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed popup text sometimes overflowing. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed selection always going back to the first item when decrypting Memories. 0.7.1.5

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed the Select Species menu. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ UI: Fixed the shells' pack icon showing it as a gear reward 0.7.1.2

• ⭐️ UI: The End Run stats menu now adapts to player colors. 0.7.1.8

• ⭐️ Carving: Fixed impossibility to perform if near an edge 0.7.1.2

• Steam: Fixed Steam rich presence not working in the Sanctuary and Lost Archipelago biomes 0.7.1.1

• ⭐️ Co-op: LD: Fixed Blueprints sometimes being weirdly placed in multiplayer 0.7.1.9

• ⭐️ Co-op: Fixed some issues when trying to create a multiplayer room. 0.7.1.7

• ⭐️ Fixed some unclear texts 0.7.1.9

This isn’t just our 6th major update since we launched, it’s our 1-year anniversary celebration in Early Access; and is our BIGGEST one yet! We can’t wait for you to jump in.

We would love to know what you think, and will be monitoring feedback in the coming weeks to ensure these latest additions are working properly.

Note: ⭐️ indicates changes inspired by community feedback!

Important changes

• The new Lost Archipelago biome which includes: - A new Quest which will reveal some mysteries of the Vortex's past and introduce you to new characters… - A new Boss: the Broken Banger. - A bestiary of 10 new enemies (Blob, Golem Whip, Jaw, Baby Jaw, Laser Dog, Raptor Melee, Raptor Ranged, Tooth Beast, Baby Tooth Beast and Cavern) and 10 variants.

• 4 new melee Weapons(all to be found in the Lost Archipelago): - Golem Flail: its hits have a chance to Overwhelm - Crocojaws: its hits activates Brutality - Spinalsword: it changes when someone near dies… - Worm Clawsdeals Corrosive damageTo get those you'll need to perform a new action.

• 2 new Trinkets: - Fireworks: which flies in the air and stuns enemies around you (to be found in the Rat Village) - Smokey Dokey: which creates an AOE that makes most of the enemies' attacks miss you (to be found in the Lost Archipelago)

• 4 new Gifts that will only drop in some new Secret areas: - Full Blast: Blasts change shape and hit in all directions around the target. - Echoing Effects: Shattering Freeze, triggering a Mark and Rush hits apply Echo (125%). - Countless Scythe: You can have 12 more Scythes at the same time. - Blood Gush: Bleed can be triggered 9 more times per second.

• ⭐️ Alterattack Update: We've implemented significant changes to offer players greater depth, more strategic choices, and encourage the more aggressive playstyles (no more alter spam). Please take a look at the dedicated section for more details.

• ⭐️ Magifish Update: Magifishes recharge in a different way and can be enhanced with an Alterattack signal. Please take a look at the dedicated section for more details.

• ⭐️ New Expedition Recap Screen: You can now see all stats and information about your Expedition when it ends

• ⭐️ New Backpack feature: Added a new Upgrade to Eperin that can store one of your equipments for later use during your Expeditions

• ⭐️ New Killstreak Chest: You can open it by killing several foes in a row without being hit. You can switch that trial for the Timed Chest at the Ark (go the panel in front of the cannon).

• ⭐️ New Equipment Box upgrade: Get the new Upgrade from Eperin, visit the new chest and purchase a Weapon or Trinket to take with you on your next Expedition.

• ⭐️ 5 new Affixes are now available, with effects that enhance the Alterattack damage or grant Brutality, Echo, and even Overwhelm effects.

  ⭐️ 7 new Rare Affixes: this new kind of Affixes have a smaller chance of appearing but give stronger effects. Yes, there is a rare Size+% affix among them!

• New combat arenas and events. 70 new common islands to be found il all biomes. And a dozen of new biome-specific islands in the Golem Gardens and the Factory.

• NPCs: They can now propose several talking/interaction options.

• Updated Early Game Tutorials: A mysterious little girl will now assist you against the Headbanger until you kill it for the first time…

• New Cinematics for Boss fights and for NPCs' unlocks

• ⭐️ New Traditional Chinese localization

• 4 new Achievements!

• Optimization: Upgraded game and rendering engines to the latest versions to improve stability and prepare the game for future updates

Alterattack Update

• ⭐️ Damage Bonus Calculation: - The bonus now scales with the number of successful hits on a target - Manage your hits well and you'll deal more damage than before - If you miss entirely, the bonus is zero - This change encourages aggressive, high-risk playstyles - Tip: You can check how hits are counted via a new colored bar in the Weapon's button displayed in your Player HUD

• ⭐️ Chaining Changes: - Validating an Alterattack now ends the cycle. So to reach a Super Alterattack, avoid validating the base one; for Ultra, avoid validating both the base and the Super one ("Chained" are now individually called "Super" and "Ultra" Alterattacks). - When you reach your maximum chain (either Super or Ultra depending on your progress in the game), not validating it directly will not end the circle. You can now keep combo-ing to get a better moment to unleash it. - Their damage bonuses are now significantly higher (they multiply instead of just adding) - This rewards players who commit to long, risky chains and avoid getting hit (the chain also ends if you're hit) - Also, waiting just a bit after the signal and switching Weapons won't break the Chaining anymore - Note: Chained Alterattacks still receive a base bonus even if no hits landed - Tip: the bar's color in the Player HUD reflects the progression in the chaining

• ⭐️ Weapons Changes: - All weapons' base damage bonuses have been updated. The more risk required to trigger an Alterattack, the higher the bonus. For example, slow melee weapons now grant higher bonuses than ranged ones. - Boomerang / Ninja Stars / Sharp Sisters: their Alterattacks now have more i-frames - Boomerang: when its comes back automatically, you can trigger the other's weapon Alterattack even if you were already mashing the input - Charged Blade: can now ignite an Alterattack during non-held combos (with reduced bonus) - Katars: its combo hits 2 times when you are infusing Bleed (e.g. after its Alterattack) - Shield: - The number of rotating shields from Alterattacks now increase if it is a Super or Ultra one - The Alterattack rotating shields briefly stun enemies when hit - Guarded Hits can now trigger Alterattacks (with half the bonus of a parried one) - When you Parry, the Alterattack opportunity is now triggered when you hit (and not directly when the movement starts)

• ⭐️ Gifts Changes: - They have been updated to be compatible with the logic changes, and some have been rebalanced - Brutal Alterattacks: is now called Aggressive Alterattacks. Value changed to x1.5 (from x1.75) - Advanced Alterattacks: changed to "Your Alterattacks are always chained with bonuses x0.6." - Super Alterattacks: is now called Megalterattacks. Value changed to x1.25 (from x1.5) - Double Alterattack: changed to "Triggers another Alterattack after the 1st one, with a bonus x0.5." (will now re-trigger the previous Chaining level) - Alter Mark and other effects triggering an automatic Alterattack give the bonus as if all hits were successful. To compensate, their cooldown has been increased

• ⭐️ Misc: - Hitting an enemy who is unaware of your presence will not be heavily punished with damage reduction anymore - The signal of the Ultra Alterattack is usable for a bit longer than the previous ones (1s instead of 0.66s)

Magifish Update

• They are recharged by time.

• ⭐️ You are briefly invincible when you launch a Magifish

• ⭐️ BUT unleashing it while Alterattack signal is active will increase their duration and reduce the cooldown (depending on the Alterattack Chaining)

Balancing

• Rope: is now unlocked inside the new biome. Previous saves will need to unlock it again.

• Memory Link (previously refered as Player Remains): Is now an unlocked with Eperin

• ⭐️ Weapons: a lot of their attacks can now be interrupted way earlier by dashing

• ⭐️ Melee Weapons: - Improved the targeting of their combo attacks, making it especially more accurate when attacking between dashes - Combo movements enhanced on Elder Sword, Eye Blade, Charged Blade, Goo Brush, Heavy Blade, Katars and Umbrella.

• ⭐️ Ranged Weapons: hamonized their interruption timings

• ⭐️ Weapons: Telepike: Held attack has no cooldown anymore but now has a longer recovery after the teleportation

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Chrono Catch: Duration is now 4.5s and speed is now reduced by 25% (were 6s and 30% respectively)

• Trinkets: Frost Nova: Initial damage no longer shatters Freeze if used with Echo

• ⭐️ Gifts: Blast: Improved behaviour with Sharp Sisters' Alterattack

• ⭐️ Affixes: The values of "Attack speed + / Total damage -" and "Total damage + / Attack speed -" have been rebalanced

• ⭐️ Economy: The Gift Slots now have a higher chance of appearing in the Shops

• Enemies: Some enemy AOE attacks can now injure other enemies (and not just players).

• Infected Tribomber Boss: Has new attacks! And several previous attacks have been updated.

• Memoreaper Boss: fast 180 degrees sword attack is much slower

• Naveless Brothers Boss: between each fight you have 10 seconds to pick another opponent, otherwise one will break free from his incubator automatically

• ⭐️ Elites: Delayed some traits activation by 1s after the elite is spawned

• Elite Traits: - Fire AOEs: size reduced in Cataclysmic - Rotating lasers: are now toggled on/off every 5 seconds. When there is 2, the second is placed on the enemy's back. In Cataclysmic there are now 3 lasers.

• Enemies: Ark's Dummy: Now deals damage when attacking you

• Enemies: Bunker: The Bunker enemy in Factory has been updated with a new small jump ability to help it close the distance and maintain pressure on players.

• ⭐️ Enemies: Gundog Alpha: New Flamethrower attack

• Enemies: Sentinel: AOE attack updated

• Co-op: Revenge: We don't push enemies when entering the Revenge anymore

• Co-op: Timed Chest: Can be activated again in co-op

• Co-op: Trial Chests: Rewards in those chests are now exclusive to the player who opened it

QoL

• Ark / Training Racks: The 3 training racks have been merged into one, and have been moved to the other side of the central island in the Ark. The weapon training upgrade now needs to be bought first before accessing the 2 others.

• Trinkets / Magifishes: when the cooldown is still active, trying to launch it will display the remaining duration above your head

• ⭐️ Gears & Gifts UIs: Those interfaces now features icons to show what is considered melee or ranged

• HUD: - Updated placement of several counters and indicators. - Moved Brutality feedbacks from above the player to near the Health bar. - Added new feedbacks near the Health bar for Infusions and Lifesteal effects.

• ⭐️ UI: Tooltips: The last description mode chosen (simple, detailed etc.) is now saved and applied on all relevant interfaces

• Inventory / Objectives: When you close the inventory, the displayed objective will fade out with it

• ⭐️ Options: New music damping setting

• ⭐️ Options: The "No Flashes" option now removes flashes of lights from the fireworks in Rat Village and from the Fireworks trinket

• Options: You can now force to show the killstreak counter on your HUD

• ⭐️ Options: you can toggle the HUD's display of your current run timer. This timer is also no longer paused if you backtrack after defeating a Boss.

• ⭐️ Factory Ziplines: The dash cooldown is now ignored when you use them to make the movement more seamless.

• Tutorials: updated the Alterattack and Crystallize unlock zones, that were sometimes difficult to understand. They now contain statues that are connected to the doors: destroying them to open it.

• ⭐️ Crystallize: silly damage numbers are not shown anymore

• ⭐️ Save Manager: Play time is easier to read

Bugfixes

• Dash: fixed being hit even if you dashed at the same exact frame an nothing was preventing you to do it

• Melee Attacks: fixed an issue where some circular melee attacks would fail to hit targets that were too close to the attacker

• ⭐️ Crystallize: Fixed trying to perform a Crystallize on an enemy who already disappeared, leading to a teleportation

• ⭐️ Weapons: Katars: Fixed always being able to crit with the "Next hit critical after held attack" affix after triggering it once

• ⭐️ Weapons: Fishing Rod: Fixed enemies rarely not dying when being dropped off with the fishing rod

• ⭐️ Weapons: Shield: - Fixed blood impacts being incoherent (blocking not having blood vfx, parrying spreading some) - Fixed some deflected projectiles with the shield not having their damages scaled - Fixed being hit while rotating shields from the Alterattack should protect you - Fixed not being able to launch the next chained Alterattack when parrying - Fixed hearing "hit" SFXs during the Alterattack - Fixed proposing the "Alterattack Damage+ affix" to this weapon

• ⭐️ Trinkets: Chrono Catch & Ice Bomb can now be applied ontop of eachother without issue

• ⭐️ Gifts: Boost Stock: Fixed the bonus Boost sometimes not appearing in Endless Mode

• ⭐️ Gifts: Merged Scythe: Behaviour is more robust now

• ⭐️ Gifts: Unstable: Fixed the Unstable Gift's VFX sometimes not playing completely

• ⭐️ Affixes: Fixed incompatibilities sometimes ignored when upgrading gear

• ⭐️ Enemies: Fixed Ant Mother's egg being able to spawn outside of terrain

• ⭐️ Memoreaper Boss: Healers cannot be spawned outside of the arena anymore

• ⭐️ Stagger: Fixed enemy sometimes staying in the air if staggered mid-flight

• ⭐️ Elites: Fixed having their effects damaging players on the first frame of activation

• ⭐️ Game Difficulties: the starting Fish Knife now properly gains additional gear level linked to a Game Difficulty

• ⭐️ Biome Extra Reward: Prevented locked biomes from getting the bonus until they are unlocked

• ⭐️ Arena: Fixed pressure plates still being visible after an arena's activation if the linked player(s) was dead during it

• ⭐️ Arena: Fixed pressure plates sometimes still being up after entering an arena

• Loots / Challenges: Fixed having interactable loots in the middle of a challenge fight (they are now delayed properly)

• ⭐️ Loot: Improved loot positioning so they overlap less frequently

• ⭐️ LD: Ark: Prevented players from being stuck on an island

• ⭐️ LD: Reward icons above doors are now correctly hidden before their setup

• ⭐️ Zipline: Fixed being able to drop items while on a zipline, which created issues

• ⭐️ Tutorials: Tutorials will be resumed after loading a save if left unfinished

• ⭐️ VFXs: Fixed slashes drawing shadows on the ground

• ⭐️ UI: FREND-4V3R: Fixed menu being hard to use with scrollwheel

• ⭐️ UI: Heal Flask: Fixed the heal AOE marker still being visible even though the flask VFX on the ground isn't there anymore

• ⭐️ UI: Shop: Fixed toggle tooltip label on shop items' descriptions not updating to reflect the current toggle action

• UI / RTCs: Fixed showing the Boss HUD briefly before the fight intro cinematic

• Visuals: the sea of cloud beneath the islands is now rendered properly again

• ⭐️ Under the hood errors: - Fixed error when parrying a non-character's attack like a mine

• ⭐️ Endless: - Fixed bosses spawning without being at max HP when in higher loops - Fixed showing wrong lower prices for gates in endless

• ⭐️ Co-op: Crash: Fixed crashes happening when interacting with the UI

Optimization

• Optimized several aspects of the rendering to enhance the performances

Hey there Leapers!

The Windblown Lost & Altered Update is Out Now!

This isn’t just our 6th major update since we launched, it’s our 1-year anniversary celebration in Early Access; and is our BIGGEST one yet! We can’t wait for you to jump in.

Check out the Community run down below! 👇

New Biome & Quest

Step into the Lost Archipelago. A brand new biome littered with the shattered remains of a long lost Ark... Wait. What!? Much like the Sanctuary Biome you'll embark on a short quest to gain access, which will be a new choice when you beat the first Biome on a run. A new environment means a new boss and enemies though - you'll encounter hulking dino-like monstrosities, along with mutated Golems and a boss that will really put you to the test. Much like our Sanctuary Update, the addition of our new Biome comes with a brand new NPC and quest, along with some additional story content. This new content helps to paint a larger picture of Windblown's world and backstory, along with what the hell has happened in the Lost Archipelago.

New Weapons

We've added 4 new melee weapons to the game to help you turn things up to 11! Each of which help round out different playstyles, like fast and nimble vs heavy and slow.

Check out the Golem Flail, Crocojaws, Spinalsword, and Worm Claws. Which all come with their own move-sets and Alterattacks. You'll notice that most of these new weapons are inspired by the denizens of the Archipelago - pretty neat, huh?

New Trinkets

Also joining your arsenal are two new trinkets. The Smokey Dokey drops a pool of smoke on the ground, making it harder for enemies to hit you. While the Fireworks let off a cluster of explosions to stun and disorient enemies, giving you a chance to strike back!

New Gifts

A new update wouldn't be complete without some new Gifts joining the fray! You'll find four new additions like Full Blast, Echoing Effects, Countless Scythe, and Blood Gush! You can check out their full effects in the Patch Notes section below.

Alterattack Update

We've changed how they charge, upgrade, and reset. All of which aim to make the mechanic more strategic and impactful. Promoting aggressive playstyles. Basically, Alterattacks can now hit WAY harder, but they require charging to reach their full potential. Chain multiple hits and charges together to unleash some serious damage on enemies. Pluuuuuus, you'll also now find that Magifishes are tied to the Alterattack system. You can still launch them off whenever they're ready, but you can increase their duration while reducing their cooldown if you activate them with an Alterattack signal.

Recap Screen

A huuuuuge ask from the community was to add in a recap screen when you finish a run. This new stat screen does exactly that, letting you see things like damage dealt, enemies killed, which build you had and more!

Trial Chests

We've added in a new Killstreak Chest, which is unlocked by killing a certain amount of enemies without being hit yourself. This gives players a new way of tackling the Vortex, and rewards patient, methodical gameplay. Don't worry though, you can still pick the Timed Chest if you just have the NEED FOR SPEED! Just head over to the difficulty board to the left of the Cannon to pick the Chest type you'd like.

Eperin Upgrades

Eperin now has a few more upgrades to expand your gameplay. The Backpack lets you store a Weapon or Trinket for later, allowing you to bank an item that may become useful down the road, or if you think you may switch builds mid way through a run. The Equipment Box lets you spend some of those resources you've got a tonne of, buying weapons and trinkets ahead of a run so you can get the start you'd like!

New Affixes

Seeing as we've added some new weapons, why wouldn't we add in additional affixes?! Some of which are rare and really bring the pain! Spoiler alert, turns out weapons CAN be bigger...

Loads more

We've also added new arenas to biomes, events for you to encounter, new cinematics before and after bosses, along with the introduction of a mysterious girl who will aid you on your runs (You know, until you can prove that you've got the hang of things). Plus, we deployed a game engine upgrade to improve player experience, coupled with plenty of optimizations and improvements… oh and also the game is now localized in Traditional Chinese!

Patch Notes

One Year Later: A Message to Our Leapers

ROAD MAP!?

That's right, we've got a BUNCH of stuff planned throughout 2026, culminating in the launch of version 1.0! If you're thinking of jumping on this whirlwind of a journey with us, now's the time.

La Motion Week

Finally, you may remember last year that we ran a Steam event called La Motion Week. Well, it's back for round 2! You can grab Windblown and Dead Cells together, while celebrating our Lost & Altered update, plus some AWESOME new Dead Cells stuff (coming soon!!).

Check it out 👇

And that's it! It's been an insane 12 months for the team, and we're so thankful for everyone who has joined us on this journey. There's still so much to come, and we hope you'll all come along for the ride as we head towards Windblown's 1.0 in 2026.

Cheers!

-MT

Windblown Available Now

Hey Leapers!

• Alterattack Update: We've changed how they charge, upgrade, and reset. All of which aim to make the mechanic more strategic and impactful. Promoting aggressive playstyles.
• Magifish Update: These now trigger with the Alterattack signal, having their durations increased with each stage.
• New Expedition Recap Screen: See useful data like damage dealt, where that damage came from, the build you had and much more.
• New Eperin Upgrades: Three new purchasable upgrades - Equipment Chest, Killstreak Chests, and the Backpack.
• 5 New Affixes: with effects that enchance Alterattack damage or grant Brutality, Echo, and even Overwhelm effects

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.
• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
• Select the tab "Betas".
• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
• Click close and wait for the update to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - This is a BETA version of the game, meaning you may encounter bugs. Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Hey Leapers

There are a couple more additions coming in this patch too, so check out our latest update trailer below!

New Additions

New Gifts

Reworked Gifts

Hexes

New Weapons

• Impactone - A slow swinging, long reaching weapon which may look familiar to players who have ventured into the Sanctuary Biome. It's Alterattack launches two sweeping lasers which collide in the middle, devastating anything caught in their path.
• Jar - The Jar uses the Shells you collect as ammunition, increasing in damage for every shot you fire in a chain. If you run out of Shells, you'll fire small rocks instead. Not as impactful, but they still hurt! The Alterattack fires a huge Shell which explodes on impact, firing out smaller projectiles that bounce and launch even more.

Inventory Items

Fan Art

Nexaarin

Patch Notes

🚀 New version deployed 0.6.0 (6a0bbab5)

Important changes

• 17 new Gifts
• 16 new Hexes
• New weapons: Impactone (to be found in Sanctuary) & Jar (to be found on "Big Jar" variant)
• ⭐️ Gifts have been updated, rebalanced, removed, clarified or merged following player feedbacks. This update focuses on improving the current base, and we will add more Gift-related content in future updates.
• ⭐️ Many effects that had fixed values now scale with your progression in the expedition, and at higher difficulties. Gifts with the "Auto scaling" icon now scale with the amount of Bosses killed.
• Hexed Gifts have been renamed to Hexes
• ⭐️ Hexes: now have dedicated slots and unlock through the loyalty program of Frend.
• ⭐️ Co-op / Gift Slots: Gift slots that spawn as a door reward can now be used by every team member (instead of just one). To compensate, they are now less frequent in multiplayer.
• ⭐️ Inventory Items: all the important objects collected during your adventure are now visible in your Inventory
• Introducing Total damage. These damage bonuses are applied last, scale better and can lead to explosive results. Damage calculation is done this way: Base x (Sum of Standard damage bonuses) x (Sum of Total damage bonuses).
• Enemies: Headbanger's pillars can now appear in the Factory

QoL

• Memory Deck: Memories that have not been discovered in your expeditions will now be obfuscated to avoid spoilers.
• ⭐️ Single Player / Inventory: opening it now pauses the game.
• ⭐️ UI: Cooldowns coming from Gifts are now feedbacked in the UI
• UI: Added a tooltip for Chained Alterattacks.
• UI: Added a tooltip for Alterattack damage bonuses.
• VFX: Bleed and Burn VFX have been massively reduced to reduce visual clutter.
• UI : Added possibility to toggle tooltips in in-world item descriptions (Drops, Shop Items, etc.)
• Timed Chests: now have a dedicated area that will appear if any player has unlocked them
• ⭐️ Crystallize: accelerated chained Crystallize with ranged weapons
• ⭐️ Accessibility: added a toggle to remove the hearbeat SFX at low health
• ⭐️ UI: simplified some affix descriptions
• ⭐️ UI: added new symbol before affixes to replace the confusing "+" sign

Balancing

• Gear: Rebalanced how weapons and trinkets scale with their level.
• Biomes: Fungal Swamp biome is now unlocked when rescuing Sigourney
• Drops: Elder Sword and Sharp Sisters are now unlocked by killing the right "big" Naveless brother
• Attack speed: Weapons are now capped at +100% attack speed outside of Endless Mode (from 60%).
• Boosts: Trinket refill changed to 10% per Boost (from 12%).
• Timed Chests: Timed Chests will no longer appear in the Incubator biome when you are not in Endless mode
• ⭐️ Economy: increased Shells dropped in Factory in Endless Mode to make sure some small robots drop some
• ⭐️ Economy: updated prices of all Encrypted Memories which were dropped in Sanctuary previously or are now dropped there
• ⭐️ Enemies: WorkerSaw (aka Pizza Cutter) last combo attack (the rotating one) hitbox reduced

Gifts Update

• General: - Abundance: Bonus cogs increased to +25% (from +20%) and now applies to the whole team - Berserk Fury: Now scales with every point of missing HP rather than every percent. To compensate, damage bonus value reduced to 0.5% (from 1%). - Boost Stock: Clarified text to mention that the Boost drop is only when completing a room with Elites/Bosses. - Cursed Dodge/Goo Dodge/Brutality Dodge/Focus Dodge/Frozen Dodge: Removed, but they evolved into... - (NEW) Enraged Dodge: Dodge activates Brutality (60% autoscaling, for 4s) and Freezes for 2s. Gain 10% chance to automatically Dodge any damage. - (NEW) Crippling Dodge: Dodge applies Goo for 4s and 10 Curses (4% autoscaling). You also gain 10% chance to automatically Dodge any damage. - Deadly Expansion: Merged into Deadly Extension. - Protection: Fixed an issue where the protection could trigger even if no damage was done. Now requires 20 kills to recharge (instead of being useable once per biome). - Survivor: Can now be replaced and is now consumed when used. Now heals for 100% (from 50%). - Boss Killer: Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Value changed to 35% to compensate (from 40%). - Duelist: Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Value reduced to 25% to compensate (from 60%). Applies to both Weapons and Trinkets. - Tranquility: Now only applied to Ranged Weapons. Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Value changed to 25% to compensate (from 60%). - Proximity: Now only applied to Melee Weapons. Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Value changed to 35% to compensate (from 40%). - Midas: Bonus damage changed to 4% per 100 gold (from 5%). - Double Hits: Removed.
• Alterattack: - Advanced Alterattacks: No longer reduces Alterattack damage. - Super Alterattacks: Now multiplies the Alterattack bonus by 1.5. - Brutal Alterattacks: Now multiplies the Alterattack bonus of Chained Alterattacks by 1.75.
• Blast: - Updated VFX. - Tooltip now mentions that if several Blast are launched at the same time, they merge into one. - Removed the unclear notion of "Direct hits", Blast now apply to more Weapon hits. - Blast initial size has been increased by 25%. - Hit Blast: Renamed to Explosive Hits. Now deals 20% of the initial hit's damage to the target and 60% to targets behind it (from 40% to all). - Critical Blast: Renamed to Explosive Criticals. Now deals 30% of the initial hit's damage to the target and 80% to targets behind it (from 60% to all). - Enhanced Blast: Bonus damage is now applied to all targets, instead of only those behind the first. Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. To compensate, damage bonus value reduced from 100% to 50%. Size bonus changed to +75% (from +50%). - Goo Blast: Size bonus changed to +75% (from +50%). - (NEW) Critical Blast: Blasts total damage +50% and they are treated as Criticals to trigger other effects. - (NEW) Marked Blast: Blasts apply Mark (100 damage, cooldown: 4s, upgraded by killing bosses) and can also trigger them.
• Bleed: - Bleed counters above enemies now feedback when the maximum amount is reached - When at the maximum amount of stacks, applying a stronger Bleed will now always replace a weaker one. - Bleeding Weapons/Bleeding Trinkets: Merged into Bleeding Hits. Bleed damage changed to 1 autoscaling (from 1 flat for Weapons, and from 1.5 flat for Trinkets) - Bleeding Criticals: Bleed damage changed to 1.5 autoscaling (from 1.5 flat) - Hemorrhage: Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Bonus damage improved to +100% (from +50%). - (NEW) Blood Boil: Applying Bleed also applies Burn (3 damage autoscaling). - Bleed Infusion: Now also applies to Trinket hits.
• Brutality: - Now feedbacks its current bonus damage value near its icon. - Brutal Trinkets: Bonus damage changed to 50% autoscaling (from 60% flat). - Brutal Alternation: Bonus damage changed to 30% autoscaling (from 40% flat). - Deadly Brutality: Bonus damage changed to 60% autoscaling (from 60% flat). - (NEW) Brutal Dash: Dashes activate Brutality (30% autoscaling, for 1s). - Powerful Brutality: Bonus damage changed to 8% every second, autoscaling (from 10% flat).
• Burn: - Burn counters above enemies now feedback when the maximum amount is reached. - When at the maximum amount of stacks, applying a stronger Burn will now always replace a weaker one. - Burn damage is now told in terms of damage per tick rather than DPS. The dedicated tooltip gives the current hit frequency. - Burning Weapons/Burning Trinkets: Merged into Burning Hits. Burn damage changed to 2 autoscaling (from 3 flat for Weapons, and from 4.5 flat for Trinkets) - Burning Criticals: Burn damage changed to 3 autoscaling (from 4.5 flat) - Deadly Burn: Removed. - Fireball: Now applies to ALL kills, not just enemies with Burn. Burn damage changed to 2 autoscaling (from 3 flat). Now dropped by the Melee Ant in the Mushroom biome. - Incandescent Burn: Upgraded to a Total damage bonus. Damage rate bonus changed to +50% (from +25%). - (NEW) Gory Flame: Applying Burn also applies Bleed (1.5 bonus damage, autoscaling). - Burn Infusion: Now also applies to Trinket hits.
• Corrosive: - (NEW) Corrosive: New damage type shared by several items. Corrosive damage over time apply most "on hit" effects (unlike other damage over time effects), and will always be applied for their full duration (even when launched with effects that can be resisted or degressive). - (NEW) Corrosive Pool: Area that deals Corrosive damage every 0.5s. - Destructive Trinkets: Renamed to Corrosive Trinkets. Damage changed to 25 damage autoscaling per hit (from 20 flat). - (NEW) Corrosive Alterattack: Alterattacks create a Corrosive Pool (25 damage autoscaling, for 3s). - (NEW) Dissolve: Corrosive Total damage +100%. - Corrosive Goo: renamed to Corrosive Control. Now also applies to Frozen targets. Damage changed to 10 autoscaling (from 10 flat), and to Corrosive. The damage duration is always the one of Goo/Freeze before any resistance/degression.
• Curse: - When the target has Final Curse, applying a stronger Curse will now always replace the bonus of a weaker one. - Cursed Hits: Bonus damage changed to 3% autoscaling (from 4% flat) - Cursed Criticals Bonus damage changed to 5% autoscaling (from 6% flat) - Deadly Curse: Removed.
• Echo: - Echo is now an effect with a tooltip. - Replication delay reduced to 0.5s (from 0.7s), this should make the base effect useable with a bit more weapons. - Echo should now correctly apply hit effects. - Echo: renamed to Echoing Hits. Now only applied to Weapon and Trinket hits, to avoid other effects overriding the replication. - Spread Echo: Visuals changed, and now also deals damage to the original target. - (NEW) Swift Echo: Echo replication delay -0.2s.
• Freeze: - Shattering freeze now deals Total damage. - Intense Freeze: Upgraded to Total damage.
• Focus: - Focus has been removed, as its effects are too similar to Brutality. We prefer to expand on Brutality effects rather than having the two coexist. - Focused Dash/Focused Trinkets/Strong Focus/Heavy Focus: Removed.
• Goo: - Cruel Goo: Upgraded to Total damage.
• Mark: - Random Mark: Damage changed to 125 autoscaling (from 100 flat) - Dash Mark: Damage changed to 50 autoscaling (from 50 flat) - Trinket Mark: Damage changed to 100 autoscaling (from 100 flat) - Spread Mark/Duplicated Mark: Merge into a new Spread Mark that also deals damage to the original target. - Double Mark: Removed. - (NEW) Burning Mark: Triggering a Mark applies 5 Burn (3 damage each, autoscaling).
• Overwhelm: - Overwhelm is a new effect. Hits that Overwhelm deal +125% Total damage. - Assassinate: Reworked. Now the first hit against a target is a guaranteed Overwhelm, and gives +25% chance to Overwhelm for 2s (stackable). - (NEW) Sneaky: Backstabs give +30% chance to Overwhelm. - (NEW) Overwhelming Hits: Hits have a 5% chance to Overwhelm. - (NEW) Overwhelming Dash: Dashes give 20% chance to Overwhelm with Weapons and Trinkets for 1s. - (NEW) Overwhelming Afflictions: Every Burn, Bleed and Curse stack on a target gives 1% chance to Overwhelm with Weapons and Trinkets against this target (Final Curse counts as 10 stacks). - (NEW) Overpower: Overwhelm deals an additional +125% Total damage.
• Rush: - Alterattack Rush: renamed to Rush Alterattacks. Damage changed to 150 autoscaling (from 150 flat). - Rush Trinkets: Damage changed to 150 autoscaling (from 150 flat). - Damage Rush: Removed. - Powerful Rush: Upgraded to Total damage. - (NEW) Double Rush: Rush can now be used twice in a row.
• Scythe: - Scythe damage is now told in terms of damage per hit rather than DPS. The dedicated tooltip gives the current hit frequency. - Base hit frequency changed to 0.5s (from 0.33s) to compensate for other changes. - Damage Scythe/Trinket Scythe: Damage now autoscales. - Deadly Scythe: Damage now autoscales. Value changed to 15 per hit (from 10). - Extended Scythe: Bonus duration improved to 100% (from 50%). - Merged Scythe: Bonus damage upgraded to Total damage. And a new VFX! - Powerful Scythe: Bonus damage upgraded to Total damage.
• Hexes: - Hex givers now appear more randomly during your expeditions, instead of always at the beginning of a biome. - Hexes can now all be replaced and dropped. - Barrier Hex/Future Hex/Present Hex: Removed. - Weapon Hex: Reworked. Weapon total damage +50% but Trinket total damage -50%. - Trinket Hex: Reworked. Trinket total damage +50% but Weapon total damage -50%. - Speed Hex: Now uses Total damage. - Critical Hex: Now uses Total damage. - Damage Hex/Healing Hex/Lifesteal Hex/Velocity Hex: Removed, but their effects come back into... - (NEW) Random Trade Hex: Get a random positive effect in exchange of a random negative effect. - (NEW) Random Chrysalis Hex: Get a random negative effect. In 25 enemy kills, it transforms into a random positive effect. - (NEW) Random Eroding Hex: Get a random positive effect. Every kill reduces the value of the effect. - (NEW) Power Blast Hex: Blasts total damage +100% but they can no longer apply Bleed, Burn or Curse. - (NEW) Affliction Blast Hex: Blasts add 1 bonus stack when they apply Bleed, Burn or Curse, but -90% to their total damage. - (NEW) Affliction Hex: Bleed and Burn total damage +100% but all other total damage -50%. - (NEW) Brutality Hex: Brutality bonus x1.5 but total damage -50% if Brutality is not active. - (NEW) Pool Hex: Corrosive Pools hit frequency +100% but size -50%. - (NEW) Curse Hex: Final Curse total bonus multiplier +1 but duration divided by 2 for the team. - (NEW) Echo Hex: Echo deals +100% total damage, but replication delay is increased by 1s. - (NEW) Mark Hex: Marks deal +100% total damage but your Weapons can only trigger them with Criticals. - (NEW) Melee Hex: Melee weapons total damage +50% but ranged weapons total damage -50%. - (NEW) Ranged Hex: Ranged weapons total damage +50% but melee weapons total damage -50%. - (NEW) Overwhelm Hex: Hits have a 25% chance to Overwhelm, but all other total damage -50%. - (NEW) Rush Hex: Rush total damage +100% but it no longer stuns. - (NEW) Simple Hex: Weapon total damage +100% but you can no longer use Alterattacks.

Weapons Update

• Anchor Boom: Burn damage now scales with the Weapon's level. Combo and Charged attacks damages reduced
• Katars: Alterattack's Bleed Infusion damage now scales with the Weapon's level.
• Fishing Rod: Alterattack's Bleed damage now scales with the Weapon's level.
• Sirocco: Burn damage now scales with the Weapon's level.
• Eye Blade: Mark damage now scales with the Weapon's level.
• Kunais: Curse percentage now scales with the Weapon's level.
• Sharp Sisters: AlterAttack initial dash do less damage but persisting tornadoes do more

Shield Weapon Update

• ⭐️ Alterattack: - the Alterattack is now a fully defensive move: both the inital action and the ethereal shields do not deal damage anymore - the spawned ethereal shields can only be destroyed by incoming attack, they now protect you from a hit during 7 sec - they also now protect you from any side and flight closer to you - unchanged: the initial action still briefly stuns enemies, you can still spawn several shields
• ⭐️ Guard: - damage reduction increased by 50% - damage reflection increased by 50%
• ⭐️ Parry: - damage increased by 25% - launch window is sightly shorter by 20%
• Having the Shield in-hand (by being the last weapon used) does not reduces damage anymore

Trinkets Update

• Bush: the bonus damage now comes from a Brutality activation of 1s
• Mark Zone: Base damage increased to 100 (from 80). Now also triggers all nearby Marks when used, so it can better combo with other Mark gifts.
• Goo Bomb: Now deals Corrosive damage.
• Burn Aura: Burn base damage changed to 2 (from 2.5).

Affixes Update

• Most affixes now scale with the Gear's level or are using Total damage.
• Damage over time area: Now a Corrosive Pool, and more trinkets can have this affix. Changed damage to 10 per hit (from 5).
• Alterattack bonus: Now multiplies the Alterattack bonus damage by 1.25.

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Inventory: items and buttons are no longer overlapping when player has many items
• ⭐️ LD: Tubes in Incubator will now need to be destroyed to unlock chests or gates
• ⭐️ HeadBanger: fixed an edge-case where the pillar spawned by the boss would not activate itself and stay visually even after the boss's death
• ⭐️ Naveless Brothers: fixed an issue with the Bush trinket were the bosses would re-do their initial shockwave attack when exiting the stealth mode
• ⭐️ Sycthes: fixed issue when a scythe was destroyed on hit but was meant to hit multiple other targets
• Visuals: Golem Hammer was missing one of its weapons
• Various under the hood fixes
• ⭐️ Co-op: it's now possible for a player to be considered AFK even if he is in a cinematic
• ⭐️ Co-op / UI: when viewing other players' boons, descriptions will now be shown based on their stats instead of yours
• Co-op / UI: fixed allies where shown empty shells counters in the Ark
• Co-op / UI: fixed missing notification telling that we are waiting for other players' interactions
• ⭐️ Visuals: fixed having the Shop's windsock clipping through the camera when you are at a biome's end Banking Fish
• ⭐️ Collisions: fixed some invisible collisions
• ⭐️ Softlock: fixed passing through some gate when performing attacks, blocking you from going back
• ⭐️ Weapons: Shield: fixed being able to parry explosions on the floor which led to super weird movements (you can still parry large melee hits like the one from the Golem's jump attack)
• Enemies: fixed having some rare ghost hits touching the players
• ⭐️ Enemies: fixed enemies being sometime stuck on destructible props like jars
• ⭐️ Weapons: Shield: fixed triggering some perfect dodge that makes no sense (rare)
• ⭐️ Rewards: fixed some enemies' projectiles blocking chests from opening even after fight end

Hey all!

Our latest Open Beta build just went live, delivering an update which completely overhauls the Gift system!

Gifts are a major part of Windblown, and are paramount to how your builds come together. However, some of them have felt lacking, and some weren't scaling properly with new features, like Endless Mode. So, we've taken the time to dive back into the ocean of Gifts in the game, and give them all an update!

Let's take a top line look at what's coming with this Gift focused update!

• New Gifts - You'll find 17 new Gifts in the game, adding more flexibility and options to builds.

• Gift Rework - A HUGE amount of gifts have been reworked, including some gifts/effects being deleted and replaced altogether.

• New Inventory Items - All the important objects collected during your adventure are now visible in your Inventory.

• New Weapons - \Impactone and Jar.\

• Hexes - Now have dedicated slots.

You'll also find a bunch of QoL and balance changes coming in this new patch, all aimed at improving player experience with the game.

We hope you enjoy taking these new Gifts for a spin, and seeing how the reworked existing ones feel after this update!

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.

• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".

• Select the tab "Betas".

• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"

• Click close and wait for the upload to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

🚀 New version deployed 0.5.3 (ba16c03b)

Co-op: Revenge Mode Update

• ⭐️ The bar does not deplete anymore (thus you cannot die because of it getting empty)
• ⭐️ You can use your Heal Flasks
• ⭐️ The enemies now deal less damage to the players
• ⭐️ The difficulty does not increase at each attempts anymore
• ⭐️ You can interact with / use any item (those are thus not teleported anymore when you win)

QoL

• ⭐️ Player Remains: can now be retrieved while in combat and do not require to hold the button anymore (from 0.5.2.1)
• ⭐️ Co-op / Chests: when you find rewards inside chests, they will never be locked inside a loot box (from 0.5.2.2)
• ⭐️ Co-op / Loots: when your teammates are fighting, but you don't, you can now interact with equipment pickups (from 0.5.2.2)

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Crystalize: fixed not being able to crystalize if you don't have any weapon equipped (from 0.5.2.1)
• ⭐️ Weapons: Fishing Rod: the spawned fish can no longer be stunned to ensure it completes its attack (from 0.5.2.2)
• ⭐️ Timed Chests: fixed not being able to unlock it if you arrived right on time (from 0.5.2.1)
• ⭐️ UI: Eperin's & Fr3nd's menus: fixed buttons not clickable when changing tabs (from 0.5.2.1)
• ⭐️ UI: fixed multiple pop ups showing when clicking on a locked or unaffordable option when talking to Eperin (from 0.5.2.2)
• ⭐️ UI: fixed biome title possibly not showing up correctly (from 0.5.2.2)
• ⭐️ Crystallize: fixed not being able to Crystallize enemies which are falling because of the Elder Sword's Alterattack
• ⭐️ Co-op / Softlock: several situations where you could be softlocked by having an ally down or AFK are now fixed
• ⭐️ Co-op: UI: Tutorial popups: Will now be closed if you teleport to a teammate to avoid issues where the popup stays shown indefinitely (from 0.5.2.1)
• Other minor visual fixes on pickups

Optimization

• Updated game, rendering and text/audio chat engines to the latest versions to enhance stability (from 0.5.2.2)
• ⭐️ More dynamic bones are deactivated on lower graphics profiles

Misc

• Player Remains now visually emits the Cogs they contain when retrieved (from 0.5.2.1)
• Player Remains' position marker display distance is shorter, it is also hidden when you are close to it to prevent readability issues in combat (from 0.5.2.1)
• Changed the Banking Fish setup

🚀 New version deployed 0.5.2 (3c2e3bfb)

Balancing

• ⭐️ Co-op: Revenge Mode: during a Boss fight the bar does not automatically deplete anymore

QoL

• ⭐️ Co-op: Gamepad: pressing B (Circle) now allows you to cancel a vote (e.g. for Challenges, Givers etc.)

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Crash: fixed crash caused by a wrong rotation (rare)
• ⭐️ Loot: fixed loot not spawning if an arena is started but not finished
• ⭐️ Co-op: Interactives: fixed dropping flasks by mistake when trying to cancel a team vote
• Single Player: Chests: fixed having some loot boxes shown when opening a chest while not in combat

Optimization

• Fixed some unecessary memory allocations

🚀 New version deployed 0.5.1 (9499bafc)

New

• ⭐️ Options / Graphics: you can now change the quality of the textures
• ⭐️ Options / Graphics: the Low graphics preset now automatically sets the textures quality to low (should heavily reduce V-RAM usage)

Balancing (from 0.5.0.9)

• ⭐️ Co-op: Timed Chest: timer is now the same for all team members

QoL

• Chest: fixed loot dropped by chest not being shown if teammates are fighting. Now showing the loot box awaiting combat end like in fights

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Transition: fixed weapon order not being preserved when starting a run
• ⭐️ Interaction: fixed an issue where it was possible to interact with something while a combat action was ongoing
• ⭐️ Crystallize: fixed the Curse Stun boon opportunity taking precedence on the Crystalize input since they share the same button
• ⭐️ LD: tweaked some colliders in Incubator to avoid enemies getting stuck
• Player Remains: fixed player remains spawning on secret chunks
• ⭐️ Co-op: Ark: fixed players not being able to choose Fungal Swamp even if a teammate had unlocked it
• ⭐️ Co-op: fixed under the hood error when a player would leave a group while in an ongoing RTC
• ⭐️ Various fixes under the hood

Hey Leapers!

Our "From the Leapers" update is out now!

What's new?

Memory Deck

Timed Chests

New Skins

Improved Performance through Upscaling

Extras

Plus much more! Check out the patch notes below for the full breakdown

BONUS NEWS

Introducing the Windblown Original Soundtrack - Limited Edition Cassette

You can pre-order this incredibly awesome, incredibly limited edition cassette here! (Shipping will begin in July 2025)

Fan Art

Gogozi

Patch Notes

🚀 New version deployed 0.5.0 (1ae684e9)

New

• ⭐️ Bodies: new ancestors' Jay, Rabbit and Tiger bodies to be unlocked at the 3rd Endless loop of Cloudy, Stormy and Tempestuous respectively
• ⭐️ Memory Deck: Frend now has a new loyalty program! After decrypting enough Memories, you will be able to create a Deck in the Ark. Only Memories in the Deck will appear in your loot during expeditions. In multiplayer, shared loot will now depend on everyone's Deck.
• ⭐️ Timed Chest: Eperin now has a new upgrade that adds a Timed Chest in each regular Shop. It can be only opened if you were quick enough to reach it. You'll need to reach the chest in the 1st biome under 5mn, under 10mn for the 2nd biome and so on. A small timer will be shown in your HUD.
• ⭐️ Mouse aiming: important update of the mouse aiming algorithm to enhance your accuracy (see dedicated section for details)
• ⭐️ Performances / Options: Upscaling support added (using FSR 1.0). Now activated by default on Steam Deck & compatible devices with limited V-RAM.
• Sanctuary Biome: new music final version implemented

Mouse Aiming Enhancements

• ⭐️ When targets are behind you, your character will automatically flip to face them
• ⭐️ Better target selection when your mouse click is performed while the cursor is not in front of any island
• ⭐️ Better target selection when multiple ones are close to each other on the screen because of the perspective but are actually far away in the 3d world
• ⭐️ Better distant targets selection when using the right click
• ⭐️ If you fire at a distant foe just after hitting another one who is still alive: you won't be firing at the previous one anymore, the targetting change will be instant (before it could have required a few clicks)

Balancing

• ⭐️ Incentivized biomes: when you have the choice between several biomes, one of them will be incentivized randomly but with a preference for the least played, giving more rewards
• Bodies: Cogs costs updated
• ⭐️ Co-op: Gifts: dropped Gifts will no longer have a lesser chance of re-appearing in multiplayer.

QoL

• ⭐️ Gifts: new VFX feedback for Golden Health
• ⭐️ Interactives: changed when to show interactive's pop up so it's easier to pick out the one you want when they're clumped together
• ⭐️ Single Player / Controller Disconnection: the game is now paused when the controller disconnected popup is shown
• UI: Unlocked Memories can now be better seen in the Deck menu rather than in Frend's menu.
• ⭐️ UI: Eperin's Upgrades: the unavailable popup now shows the amount of remaining required unlocks.
• UI: FR3ND's Memories Unlock menu: the "unlocked" tab only shows content you actually bought and not the ones you saw/used (for those you can now check the D3CK Tower)
• ⭐️ UI: Ark NPCs' menus: will always open the "locked" tab by default

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Magifish: fixed enemies' visual effects being visible after being eaten by the Gobbling Fish
• ⭐️ Graphics: fixed Vortex appearing/disappearing in plain sight
• Gameplay: fixed being able to move while in a loading screen
• Steam Deck: Co-op: Text Chat: fix candidate to keep the virtual keyboard open when you submit
• ⭐️ Graphics / VFXs: fixes weird lines showing up when using the Fiery Claws or when fighting the red Naveless Brother
• ⭐️ Co-op: fixed having the camera sometimes following the wrong player (after a loading, after the Revenge etc.)
• ⭐️ Healing interactive in Onsens: fixed wrong label and SFX
• UI: Ark NPCs' menus: fixed menus glitching for 1 frame upon opening
• ⭐️ Loots: fixed issue with Leafade trinket where loot could drop while using it in combat even though some enemies were still alive
• ⭐️ Loots: fixed issues where enemies spawned during a fight didn't have to be killed to unlock a reward like a chest
• ⭐️ UI / Trinkets: fixed an issue where trinket cooldown could visually go into negatives
• ⭐️ Teleporters: fixed issue where a cooldown would prevent chaining teleporters
• ⭐️ Graphics / Hidden Shop: fixed having the Vortex in the middle of that area
• ⭐️ Co-op: Loots: prevented loot that got delayed by a teammate's death from spawning during an arena fight or a challenge

Hey Leapers!

Main Additions

• Memory Deck - Choose which Memories can show up in a run.
• Timed Chest - Get to the end of a biome in time for an extra reward.
• Incentivized Biomes - When picking a biome, one will offer more rewards.
• Performances / Options - Upscaling support added (using AMD FSR 1.0), including on Steam Deck.
• New Skins:Bird, Rabbit and Tiger.
• Mouse Aiming: Improvements to the algorithm to enhance accuracy.

How to access the beta

• Go to your Steam game library.
• Right click on Windblown and click "properties".
• Select the tab "Betas".
• In the first dropdown box select "public_beta"
• Click close and wait for the upload to finish downloading.

🚨Remember - Make sure to duplicate your save before jumping in. That way you can revert back to the Default Branch whenever you'd like without locking yourself to the new version before its release🚨

Fan Art

Fluffypuppy

🚀 New version deployed 0.4.1 (b5cf1edd)

Co-op: Revenge Mode Balancing

• ⭐️ Hitting Elites and Bosses refills the Gauge more heavily
• ⭐️ Gauge's depletion is now frozen for a longer duration (4s at the start, 10s after fights)
• ⭐️ Endless Mode: killing enemies will refill the Gauge way less

QoL

• ⭐️ Loots: preventing some loots from showing up while you are in combat
• ⭐️ Co-op: Loots: all Loot boxes will be teleported to you when the Revenge Mode ends (you won't have to back track anymore to pick them up)

Bugfixes

• ⭐️ Quests: Encrypted Memories dropped during Quests are now available again when you go back in the same place if you didn't picked them
• ⭐️ Loots: fixed an issue where Cogs and Shells were not visible anymore when flying toward the player
• ⭐️ Dash: fixed rare issue where you could get stuck in between 2 platforms
• ⭐️ LD: preventing from ending up behind a gate due to Crystallize attacks in some places of the Fungal biome
• ⭐️ Co-op: HUD: fixed having the indicator of a teammate's Player Remains shown all the time

Optimization

• Optimized assets managements to reduce RAM usage. Around 500MB saved depending on your device. Note: this patch may be larger than usual because of this change.
• Reduce the total amount of shader variants and recollected them

Hey Leapers

We're actually hosting our second AMA this Thursday, April 24th at 09:00PDT | 17:00BST | 18:00CEST! You're invited to tag along, ask your questions, and see if we can beat Sanctuary ourselves 👀

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