Developer posts and news about this game.
BALANCE: Reduced Glimmer drop rates in the end game. BUG FIXES: Fixed an issue where a cutscene could cause the battle start event to activate even when the encounter didn't include combat. Added a failsafe to prevent crashes tied to buff icons on enemies without active health ba
Another quick fix. This time mainly for tooltips that got messed up by the GUI rework. BUG FIXES: Fixed positioning of unit tooltips vs the unit's portrait. Portrait tooltips can no longer end up partially off screen. Disabled some debug functions that were left on by mistake. At
A quick hotfix for some pretty brutal bugs in the new danger system. BUG FIXES: Ambush chance now correctly updates on travel. Prevented ambushes from happening right after reaching a new area. Potential fix for a bug where ambush would erroneously trigger on quest completion. Fi
The Whispers Update is out, introducing new danger management mechanic that finalises the game's survival component, as well as a full GUI overhaul! AMBUSHES & DANGER The party is now on the run not only story-wise but also mechanically. As you explore an area, Mournfolk zero
Just a quick update today. The next content patch is almost done and should come out within the next couple weeks. All the big changes - like the GUI overhaul and the new danger management system - are in and tested, and we're currently closing down some remaining assets, the new
(it literally does play itself here) Testing is probably the biggest hidden bottleneck for solo devs and small indie teams. I obviously dry test every new feature and piece of content I add, but there's time where I just have to sit down and play the damn game normally. Especiall
Let me tell you how the next update will make the game easier by making it harder. One of the upcoming features is the introduction of danger level. As your party explores their current area, Mournfolk will slowly zero in on your location and eventually ambush the camp. This lead
Happy New Year! Sorry for the recent lack of updates. For the past few months I've been focusing on another project (that I hope will go public soon) where I work as design lead to pay the bills. Apparently indie devs moonlight at larger studios and not the other way around these
Patch 0.9.74 is probably the last larger hotfix for Witching Hour before we move to working on the next major content update. It brings some important balance changes, as well as a few minor bugfixes. BALANCE: Zhu's Inspiration ability no longer extends debuffs but instead grants
An important hotfix as -- keeping to the best traditions of game development -- last patch fixed some bugs by adding far worse ones. Gameplay & QoL: You can now equip Inspirations that are slotted by another hero without having to unequip them first. Summoning creatures when
Balance: Shadowspawn's free move upon casting has been changed to 66% towards a move. Dev note: This makes the skill a bit more risky as it takes longer for it to be a net benefit in terms of turn economy. Bug Fixes: Brave Blade will no longer crash the game when attacking an alr
A small but important patch. Especially for Intel Mac users. Bug Fixes: Bonfire should work properly on Intel-based Macs. Witch's runes and rune items now use correct assets instead of placeholders. Twist of Fate now correctly applies the Hex effects when removing immunity. The d
The Witching Hour Update is out, introducing a new playable character, expanded storyline, as well as numerous optimisations and bug fixes! NEW HERO: THE WITCH Hexa the Witch is the biggest new addition of 0.9.7. She's a support character who uses hexes and wards to weaken enemie
Quick news time. As of today, we've completed the main bulk of work on the next major update that includes the new hero Witch and a lot of additional story content (among other things and fixes). From now on, it's just functionality & balance testing with the help of a new au
So as I chip at the next hero update, I thought I could share a bit on how the process looks like from the dev's perspective. The Role Every hero in Bonfire fulfills a couple roles that define their place in the party. For the initial five this was easy. We needed a character for
Bug Fixes: Fixed a potential freeze on maps with high quest density. Fixed all heroes being referred to as "she" during party departure scenes.
Update 0.9.61 is a small patch that nevertheless addresses a critical crash in one of the quests as well as introduces some minor balance changes. Balance: Zhu's Detonator power reduced from 220% to 200%, Nadia's Assassinate power reduced from 100%-300% to 100%-280%. Updated elit
As the year closes, Hildie's crew finally reaches its true potential thanks to the Runic Update -- a large content patch introducing new rune abilities to find and incorporate into your builds, as well as challenges to match this newfound power! NEW RUNE ABILITIES Update 0.9.6 br
With the next update coming soon (probably in the next few weeks), we wanted to give you a little preview of its biggest feature -- new rune abilities for each of the characters! Vengeance: Hildie needed her "big" ability and it's coming in the form of Vengeance. When used, Hildi
Balance: Zivko's Blast Prism power went from 70%-340% to 100%-400%. Bug Fixes: Multiple grammar issues and typos have been corrected. Adjusted DoT-related decision making for the AI. Fixed a bug where hero would sometimes end offscreen after clicking a chest. Fixed a similar bug