Lichenvale

Released: Apr 24, 2023
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Last updated: 17 Sep 2026, 22:15 GMT

Updates & announcements

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03 Jan 2026Developer post
Better Combat Feel - Patch 1.5.0 is out now!
Patch 1.5.0 brings improvements to combat feel, balancing and AI behavior. Note to Linux players - due to toolset issues native Linux build will be updated at later date. Please use Proton it works better anyway. GAMEPLAY CHANGES Toned down strafing and backpedaling behavior for
Patch 1.5.0 brings improvements to combat feel, balancing and AI behavior.
Note to Linux players - due to toolset issues native Linux build will be updated at later date. Please use Proton it works better anyway.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
Toned down strafing and backpedaling behavior for melee enemies.
Enemies are now turned to ragdolls when killed and are tossed in the attack direction.
Added hitstop when hitting enemies further improving combat weight and feel.
Introduced sprint (left alt / L2) for easier level traversal. You can dash forward but cannot attack or jump while sprinting.
BALANCE CHANGES
Reduced general difficulty by 10%.
Increased all boss health by 15%.
Fireball and Frostbolt have greater aoe and slightly greater damage.
Fireball afterburn now inflicts pain upon enemies.
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14 May 2024Developer post
AI Excercise - Patch 1.4.0 is out now!
Patch 1.4.0 brings improvements to enemy behavior that will make them move more and a bit smarter and well as balancing changes to even things out. GAMEPLAY CHANGES Melee enemies are now strafing more and will periodically retreat from the player. Increased minimal distance to pl
Patch 1.4.0 brings improvements to enemy behavior that will make them move more and a bit smarter and well as balancing changes to even things out.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Melee enemies are now strafing more and will periodically retreat from the player.
Increased minimal distance to player a bit so they won't feel like they are cliping through that much.
Ranged enemies have more consistent and longer repositioning and are slowly backpedalling when player is too close to them.
BALANCE CHANGES

Increased certain enemies melee attack range to compensate for greater minimal distance to player.
Increased players attack range a bit.
Reduced all enemy damage by ~10%.
Increased attack windup for Skelemental and Knightmare's shadow bolt.
Added 0.2s global cooldown for enemy attacks.
Frostbolt damage type changed from point to small aoe (akin to Fireball).
Fireball and Frostbolt now have slight homing capabilities (you do need to have the crosshair on the enemy at the time of the cast).
Boogieman can now move while throwing pumpkins.
VISUAL CHANGES

Increased camera shake when player is hitting enemies with the sword.
Added camera shake when fireball or frostbolt hits an enemy.
Added small glow on collectibles to increase visibility.
Added small light to memoralias so they are easier to spot.
FIXES

Fixed collision inside a pool in ruins on Broken Village (Werewolf is no longer stuck there).
Moved Werewolf memoralia on Broken Village so its easier to spot.
Hitting world objects will no longer produce multiple hit sounds.
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25 Apr 2024Developer post
Patch 1.3.1 is out!
- Added Italian localization.
22 Apr 2024Developer post
One Year Discount
This week marks a full year since the release of the game in April 2023, so in that name there's a record low discount on Lichenvale as well as free demo with no expiry date. Have fun!
22 Apr 2024Developer post
Lichenvale Demo Available
Lichenvale is hitting one year anniversary and I have decided to re-release the demo to the public. You'll be able to fight your way through the first level, collecting powerups, memoralias and lore books as they are in the main game, no alterations whatsoever! Hope you enjoy it!
04 Oct 2023Developer post
Power Overwhelming - Patch 1.3.0 is out now!
Player feedback is really important and I've decided to implement some balancing changes in regards to it. Patch 1.3.0 brings new features, balance changes and bugfixes. FEATURES Red Power Orb now additionally gives permanent 10% additive melee damage increase per pickup. Purple
Player feedback is really important and I've decided to implement some balancing changes in regards to it. Patch 1.3.0 brings new features, balance changes and bugfixes.
FEATURES

Red Power Orb now additionally gives permanent 10% additive melee damage increase per pickup.
Purple Power Orb now additionally gives permanent 10% additive spell damage increase per pickup. (There are in total 5 power orbs of each type across levels for total of 50% increased melee & spell damage. Existing saves will have these bonuses applied!)
BALANCE CHANGES

Reduced the amount of enemies across levels 4-6.
Increased spawn delays of enemies across levels 4-6.
Added more health potions across levels 4-6.
Added Red and Purple Power Orbs on level 4.
Increased cooldown of Werewolf Brute's pounce and bite attacks.
Increased Medusa's health by 100.
Increased Skeleton King's health by 200.
Fireball's radius is slightly increased.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where player would start new level on normal difficulty with 50% health at most.
Fixed an issue where player would get stuck in spike / lava pits with no way out.
Enemies will no longer get confused when coming from out of bounds areas on level 4.
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22 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch 1.2.2 is out!
- Knightmare, Medusa and Skeleton King will now properly shoot at where the player is headed. - Reduced friendly fire damage for bosses from 3.5x to 2.5x. This affects reflected projectiles as well. - Reduced hitbox width for charged fireball. It should now be easier to chuck it
02 Jul 2023Developer post
Patch 1.2.1 is out!
- Player can now leave the elevator underbelly if they get stuck there somehow. - Player should be less prone to fall through elevator.
23 Jun 2023Developer post
Difficulty settings is out now! - Patch 1.2.0
Patch 1.2.0 brings difficulty settings as well as some bug fixes. FEATURES Added difficulty settings, players can choose from following: INITIATE: Enemies take 33% more damage, deal 33% damage less and are 10% slower (both movement and attacks). Health potions heal for 33% more.
Patch 1.2.0 brings difficulty settings as well as some bug fixes.
FEATURES

Added difficulty settings, players can choose from following:

INITIATE: Enemies take 33% more damage, deal 33% damage less and are 10% slower (both movement and attacks). Health potions heal for 33% more. Player starts with 5 lives.
ADEPT: Everything is at a baseline. Player starts with 3 lives.
MASTER: Enemies take 33% damage less, deal 33% damage more and are 10% faster (both movement and attacks). Health potions heal for 33% less. Player starts with 1 life.
FIXES

Fixed an issue where player could get 255 lives when doing save / load when dying and 0 lives left.
Fixed an issue where monsters would have 0 health and be alive on load after saving while the death animation is playing.
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29 May 2023Developer post
Patch 1.1.3 is out!
- Fixed death screen closing after pressing ESC and leaving player in a stuck state - Repositioned some of the floating trees on Broken Village - Removed floating grass on cliff edges on Broken Village - Fixed broken LOD lightmaps on beggining of Broken Village
23 May 2023Developer post
Patch 1.1.2 is out!
- Fixed power orbs getting displaced after loading a save
19 May 2023Developer post
Patch 1.1.1 is out!
- Braziers in Lepteria no longer require you to have Fireball picked up - Unparryable attack indicator is now removed when the enemy dies instead of on corpse dissapearance - Fixed main menu scaling on steam deck resolution
09 May 2023Developer post
Reworked death system is out now! - Patch 1.1.0
Patch 1.1.0 brings new features, balance changes and bugfixes! FEATURES Reworked death system. Player now begins the game with 3 lives and gains one per every 50k points collected. Upon losing a life player will gain invulnerability for 2 seconds, have his health fully restored w
Patch 1.1.0 brings new features, balance changes and bugfixes!
FEATURES

Reworked death system. Player now begins the game with 3 lives and gains one per every 50k points collected. Upon losing a life player will gain invulnerability for 2 seconds, have his health fully restored while losing 50% of current mana. All monsters on the level will have their health fully restored. When all lives are lost it is game over and you can continue from your latest save game.
Added level ending screen which shows the player how many monsters he have slained, how many loot, memoralia and powerups he has collected and how many lore books has he read.
Added high score leaderboard. High score is posted when player finishes the game or loses all lives.
Added Audio options page
Added pickup sound for loot and memoralia
ACHIEVEMENTS

Added Immortal achievement which is unlocked after player finishes the game without dying once.
LOCALIZATION

Added Catalan localization
TWEAKS AND FIXES

Increased base mana generation rate by 15%
Increased monster infighting chance from 20% to 25%
Slightly increased attack range for most ranged enemies
Increased Boogieman's melee attack range
Reduced Boogieman's time between attacks
Reduced Boogieman's drumming time
Boogieman now restores to full health after player death
Fixed Boogieman missing his melee attacks while being hit
Knightmare Lord now restores to full health after player death
Fixed Knightmare Lord doing damage only on his first spin instance
Fixed some invisible walls on Broken Village
Fixed player landing sound playing indefinitely when being semi-stuck
Fixed combat music not playing properly when loading a save game on Lepteria
Fixed skull doors not playing opening sounds on Necropolis
Fixed end level statue having its glow but Skeleton King is not defeated after loading save on Necropolis
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03 May 2023Developer post
Lichenvale OST is now available for purchase!
The Lichenvale original soundtrack, composed by Branislav Gagic, takes you on a journey through dark fantasy worlds of nightmares - through twisted forests, ancient dungeons, haunted graveyards, snowy ravines, and more. The soundtrack contains 11 tracks, including one track not u
30 Apr 2023Developer post
Patch 1.0.5 is out!
- Fixed number of lore books read not propagating through levels thus locking out "Lore Master" achievment. - Fixed invisible wall positioning on Broken Village that allowed players to see unconstructed part of the map. - Fixed ambient music not playing after killing Medusa on Le
29 Apr 2023Developer post
Patch 1.0.4 is out!
- Added Keybindings to the Input menu
28 Apr 2023Developer post
Patch 1.0.3 is out!
- Added VSync to Graphics Options - Fixed some Gamepad input prompts not having images in tutorials
26 Apr 2023Developer post
Patch 1.0.2 is out!
- Fixed Boogieman injecting his presence into saves made after his death on Twisted Forest and Broken Village levels.
25 Apr 2023Developer post
Patch 1.0.1 is out!
- Fixed a crash when going into save / load menu and no valid saves were present - Changed the default screen mode to true fullscreen from windowed fullscreen. Existing users should change the FullscreenMode from 1 to 0 in GameUserSettings.ini file (located in %APPDATA%\Local\Lic
25 Apr 2023GamingOnLinux
First-person slasher Lichenvale out now from ex-Ubisoft dev
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LOCALIZATION

TWEAKS AND FIXES