Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello everyone, apologies about the lack of news and updates. Life has unfortunately been very much getting in the way of progress, I had to get a day job again a couple months back due to needing to make some repairs to my home. This has meant progress has slowed to a crawl as I
COVEN will be 30% off from Sept 29 - Oct 6 for the Steam Autumn Sale Event! As always this one time purchase gets you the first episode now and then the other 2 episodes when they're released. ːsteamthumbsupːːsteamthumbsupː
Hello again. So I've decided to push Ep.2 forward ever so slightly in order to get the new gore system and enemy AI into Ep.1 first. It's quite a big task since it will require a lot of changes to old meshes (possibly replacing them all) but it does mean that Episode 1 will be br
With Episode 2 comes new and improved enemy meshes, as well as a much improved gore system both visually and performance wise. Meet the new base villager mesh: "What is a man? A miserable little pile of colliders." — Dracula, probably Previously you could do damage to 3 areas of
Hello everyone, I know it's been a while so I'm just here to update you all on the future of the game and where it's currently at. Work on the game has been a little bit slow since March due to life being life but I'm back on it full time now and making great progress. Episode 2
Hello there, so here's an update! The main addition is the Custom Game Menu, so you can replay levels/the full game with weapons/spells/upgrades/gameplay modifiers you've unlocked. To unlock levels you have to finish them in the regular game mode, if you've completed the game alr
Hey, just another update. The biggest change is the addition of Steam achievements. Along with this comes changes to gameplay balance: Crossbow cripples enemies more easily Crossbow does more damage to armored enemies Beekeeper health has been greatly reduced Bees can be burnt ea
Fantasy FPS Coven opens with you, a young woman living in the 1600s, being burned at the stake as a supposed witch. As the flames lick higher, your screams of agony ring out over the assembled crowd and through the trees of the surrounding forest. Blackness engulfs you, and your
Developer Gator Shins and Hellforge Studios have released the first 10 blood-soaked levels of COVEN, a really fresh new retro FPS. Read the full article here:
Just another small patch addressing some bugs. Patch notes - changed "beer devoured" to "beer quaffed" - brightness is now saved properly - added option to disable view tilt when strafing - fixed e1m5 to use correct music - added tutorial in e1m5b - fixed an issue where enemies w
Just a wee quick fix for a few bugs. Mainly: - A mesh in the church in e1m1 which the player could get stuck on has been fixed - A soft-lock which was possible due to an item not saving in the town level. - Fixed up the journals menu on the pause menu, as it wasn't saving journal
COVEN is out now in early access! This initial release consists of the first episode, which contains 10 blood-soaked levels for you to eviscerate and eat your enemies in. I'll be releasing regular updates with fixes, more content etc. So aye, enjoy! And as always drop any feedbac
Just some bug fixing, quality of life stuff etc etc. In the update: - minor bug fixes - removed checkpoints, added save shrines - replaced the shite old weapon/spell wheel - added key rebinding - UI improvements Enjoy!
So a new build is up with some fixes - Journals are now displayed properly on the pause menu - Money is carried over into the next level - Weapon mods are carried over as well - Some minor level fixes Enjoy!
Hello again, so the new demo is now up on Steam. It's still called "Summer 2023 Demo" as I'm waiting to get the name changed but you have to go through Steam support to do so. But aye, you can now play the new demo. Enjoy! And thank you all for the continued support.
Hello everyone. So I have a new demo right here but I have to wait for steam support to get back to me before it goes live. For now the demo is available on itch here: It should be up on steam in the next day or so if Steam support get back to me.
Hello everybody, just an update here regarding Coven and the future of the game. So I lost my job! The games industry is a bit of a shit show (putting it lightly) currently and I've ended up being fired due to this. Which sounds like bad news but it's actually good :D From the en
Hello everyone, So aye I'll be changing the release date from Halloween this year for Early Access to "when it's done" basically. Working full time and then on Coven in my spare time has gotten to be a bit problematic in terms of having a life and not being burnt out constantly.
Hello there, just letting folk know that there is a new update to the new demo. Some small bug fixes but also some new modifiers for the new level select/custom game menu. Rainbow blood (each blood drop is assigned a random colour) Hardcore mode (harder game mode with no checkpoi
I recently released a demo update for a bundle with 2 other games on itch: The demo bundle features demos for COVEN, KVLT and DARKENSTEIN 3D. So now I'm bringing the update across to Steam. Updates: - A new level - Old levels have been updated both visually and in terms of gamepl