The Druid

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Released: May 24, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 07:07 GMT

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08 Jul 2023Developer post
Hotfix #8 (July 8th 2023) - Dream Hack Special Part 3
So, we're back at it again, folks. Hopefully, this is the last patch we have to release reagarding bug fixing (who am I kidding? Of course not, the journey of game development is never over :3). Enough talking, here are the patch notes: Fixed a bug where the platform leading to t
So, we're back at it again, folks.
Hopefully, this is the last patch we have to release reagarding bug fixing (who am I kidding? Of course not, the journey of game development is never over :3).
Enough talking, here are the patch notes:

Fixed a bug where the platform leading to the top at the end of the Tutorial appeared before the player triggered the Cauldron explanation, allowing him to skip that dialogue.
We've patched an upgrade (Air Spirit - Slot Head) that caused the player to permanently lose move speed when overriding such upgrade under certain circumstances.
Fixed an oversee that caused the Crow to not fly away when finishing a dialogue with it.
We've changed an upgrade (Dark Essenece - Slot Arm) to now heal a %5 of the damage dealt by the last attack, instead of a 5% of the total target HP, due to an internal missbehave, causing targets not to properly register being killed. It was also a bit imbalanced when facing bosses :3
Fixed a bug that caused an upgrade (Water Essence - Chest) to not heal the player properly. It was supposed to heal a 25% of your total HP.
Fixed a bug where the player could get soft-locked inside a Dark Portal containing Dark Flyer enemies if they ran far away from the player, being unable to detect him.
Fixed some issues regarding the enemies' AI logic
On a side note, looking forward, we'd love to bring support to both MacOS and Linux and it's something we've been working and testing for a few weeks already, but we're still wroking on it so it performs just as we expect.
We'd also love to bring to life some of our early scrapped content from the initial stages of development, but that's something on the long road.
Having said that, have a great afternoon.
Cheers.
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07 Jul 2023Developer post
Hotfix #7 (July 7th 2023) - Dream Hack Special - Part 2
Hey, folks. We're over here once again today (you all may be tired about all of the spam :3) We're now bringing you a couple more fixes we've found and certain issues have been addressed. Hopefully, the part 2 is better than the part 1 (as it should be, am I right?). Anyway, here
Hey, folks.
We're over here once again today (you all may be tired about all of the spam :3)
We're now bringing you a couple more fixes we've found and certain issues have been addressed. Hopefully, the part 2 is better than the part 1 (as it should be, am I right?).
Anyway, here are the patch notes:

Fixed an inconsistent crash that happened when switching levels.
Fixed a string that was using the wrong Localization parameters and was displaying wrong data.
We've re-enabled the Options sub-menu inside the Pause menu as the previous errors seem to have ben addressed
Fixed a bug where the player could skip the Tutorial exit by Dashing over the detection point and fail to load the next level.
We've addressed the previous issue regarding settings not being saved (it was a visual bug regarding the rebidings not updating to show the custom ones made by the player)
That's all from us (hopefully, this is the last hotfix we have to release today :3)
We hope you all have a nice day and enjoy while you play.
Cheers.
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07 Jul 2023Developer post
Hotfix #6 (July 7th 2023) - Dream Hack Special
Hey, folks. While we were at Dream Hack Valencia, we discovered some minor issues with the game and we're rushing this little patch to fix those. We hope you enjoy playing the game and if any of you is nearby, come pay us a visit. Fixed a bug where the player could still move whe
Hey, folks.
While we were at Dream Hack Valencia, we discovered some minor issues with the game and we're rushing this little patch to fix those. We hope you enjoy playing the game and if any of you is nearby, come pay us a visit.

Fixed a bug where the player could still move when he was dead.
We've enabled a Tutorial button inside the Options sub-menu from the Main menu, that way, you can all still experience the Tutorial once you've completed it.
We've temporarily disabled the ability to modify the Options while in game via the Pause Menu while we investigate some issues regarding that menu. You can still perform such actions via the Options sub-menu from the Main menu.
We're aware of some issues regarding some settings not being saved under certain circumstances and we are performing further investigation.
And that's all from us. We'll be releasing more hotfixes along the day as we investigate and fix those mentions.
Cheers.
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07 Jul 2023Developer post
The Druid - Hotfix #5 (July 7th 2023)
Hey folks, we're releasing a new patch in order to prepare ourselves for the upcoming event that is being hosted in Valencia. I'm talking about the Dream Hack. We'll be attending and we hope everyone enjoys the game over there. Here, we present you with the upcoming fixes we've i
Hey folks, we're releasing a new patch in order to prepare ourselves for the upcoming event that is being hosted in Valencia. I'm talking about the Dream Hack. We'll be attending and we hope everyone enjoys the game over there.
Here, we present you with the upcoming fixes we've introduced with this update:

Fixed a bug where, if an NPC where to spawn nearby a Point of Interest (Dagda's Cauldrons, Healing Trees or Upgrade Stones) and the player where to interact with it, the game wouldn't respond properly to the player actions.
Fixed a bug where the player was able to perform certain actions while being in a dialogue that disabled its movement.
Fixed a bug where the selection arrows weren't properly aligned in the credits screen
Fixed a bug regarding an enemy where player could get soft-locked when facing it inside a Dark Portal.
Fixed a bug that cuased the game to freeze if the player attempted to purchase an upgrade while not having enough currency.
Fixed a bug where the achievements regarding beating each zone and the game without taking damage weren't being tracked if the player restarted a level manually via de Pause Menu.
Last but not least, we've finally made available for any of you the ability to rebind your controls. It's a feature many of you have asked us about and we've made it with our latest addition to the team, who is especialised in User Experience and UI.
And that's all folks, we hope you enjoy the game.
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22 Jun 2023Developer post
The Druid - Hotfix #4 (June 22nd 2023)
We've fixed a small but annoying (and quite game-breaking) bug that slipped under our sight in previous patch notes. Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances (the player didn't have enough currency), the game froze upon "purchasing" a Dagda's Cauldron. Now, it also displays
We've fixed a small but annoying (and quite game-breaking) bug that slipped under our sight in previous patch notes.

Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances (the player didn't have enough currency), the game froze upon "purchasing" a Dagda's Cauldron. Now, it also displays a text pop up telling you the outcome.
We're aware of some other "unintended features" and we are investigating them, so expect a new hotfix in the coming days.
Have fun and enjoy your playthroughts :3
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13 Jun 2023Developer post
The Druid - Hotfix #3 (June 13th 2023)
Some unintended "features" that we considered patched have apparently slipped into our previous releases. Hopefully, we've managed to patched them this time and keep them as happy little accidents. Fixed a bug where certain enemies were not recorded as targets when purifying a po
Some unintended "features" that we considered patched have apparently slipped into our previous releases. Hopefully, we've managed to patched them this time and keep them as happy little accidents.

Fixed a bug where certain enemies were not recorded as targets when purifying a portal, resulting in an early exit before killing them all.
Fixed a bug where enemies from Dark Portal could spawn Spirit NPCs and those could be missed when exiting the portal.
Fixed a bug where the main cross at the Golem spawn chamber would collide with the player.
Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances, the default Strong Attack couldn't be casted.
Fixed a bug where, under certain circumstances, the default Strong Attack would remain active until any other offensive action was recorded, creating a funny but unintended bug where you could just walk and hit enemies for no reason (hopefully, this is the last time we have to patch this).
Fixed some enemies' logic issues regarding line of sight.
Fixed a bug where certain type of enemies were unable to perform any action, resulting in them just idling doing nothing.
And that's all we had. Thank you to all of you who keep supporting us and enjoying the game.
Cheers :3
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13 Jun 2023Developer post
The Druid - Hotfix #2 (June 13th 2023)
We've discovered some minor bugs regarding our latest Hotfix thanks to you all. Fixed a bug where the player would become stuck upon reaching the Defeat Screen, being unable to interact with any of the buttons by any mean. Fixed some minor visual glitches. Again, thanks to you al
We've discovered some minor bugs regarding our latest Hotfix thanks to you all.

Fixed a bug where the player would become stuck upon reaching the Defeat Screen, being unable to interact with any of the buttons by any mean.
Fixed some minor visual glitches.
Again, thanks to you all for reporting your feedback. We're looking forward to improving our game and we expect to keep developing The Druid even further with more content coming in the future.
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13 Jun 2023Developer post
The Druid - Hotfix (June 13th 2023)
Hey, dear players. We've stumbled across a few minor issues that we skipped during our last patch. We've fixed them in this upgrade. We hope those issues didn't disturb your playing sessions. Fixed an issue with the upgrades not being properly displayed (neither the name nor the
Hey, dear players. We've stumbled across a few minor issues that we skipped during our last patch. We've fixed them in this upgrade. We hope those issues didn't disturb your playing sessions.

Fixed an issue with the upgrades not being properly displayed (neither the name nor the description).
Fixed an issue where the player would become stuck performing the Cast animation while using certain upgrades.
We apologize for the inconveniences those issues may have caused you all.
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12 Jun 2023Developer post
The Druid - Patch Notes (June 12th 2023)
It's been a long time since we released The Druid for free for everyone to enjoy it. During this apparently inactive days, we've been working hard to fix many bugs we discovered during play sessions and intensive testing we did behind the scenes. So, without further ado, we prese
It's been a long time since we released The Druid for free for everyone to enjoy it. During this apparently inactive days, we've been working hard to fix many bugs we discovered during play sessions and intensive testing we did behind the scenes.
So, without further ado, we present you the current patch notes:

Fixed misaligned pixels in the Golem's health bar with its background.
Visual improvements regarding the dark forest's props.
Fixed a failure regarding the Pause system when using Steam Overlay.
Fixed a visibility issue regarding enemies' projectiles.
Fixed an issue regarding the achievement: "The journey ends here".
Now, the cursor remains invisible.
Now, the player won't spam hit sounds when he's already dead.
Tutorial's background music suddenly stopped if the player died before finishing it.
You can now use the Enter key to interact with items, not only F.
Now, chest upgrades don't keep the cool-down when you replace your previous upgrade.
Now, the static dialogues (those in areas such as the Tutorial) pause the game.
Now, Healing Trees heal you for your total amount of Health instead of a fixed amount.
Fire Mines now properly behave when colliding with Platforms and Enemies instead of remaining floating mid-air.
Now you have a preview of any hook points that are reachable and with clear view.
The previous outline was incorrectly displayed due to the range. That's fixed now.
Now, the player is interrupted if he's in the middle of a hooking action and he collides with something.
Fixed a bug where the enemies in the tutorial or previous zones were recorded as kills for the achievement: "A full-fledged feat".
Fixed a bug where some of the player stats were wrongly saved between areas.
We've localised many texts that were missing.
We've fixed an issue regarding the Strong Attack were you could use it under circumstances that shouldn't allow you to cast it.
NPCs' dialogues now require you to interact with them. No more getting yourself interrupted when in the middle of a fight.
Fixed several glitches & animation issues.
Fixed an error where some rock spawners were not set up high enough so the player could see the rocks popping out of nowhere.
Some ladders have been extended to improve the traversability.
We've added (hopefully) support for Widescreen resolutions (21:9).
Fixed an error where the player could be damaged by falling rocks while he was dashing.
Improved some animations so they are more readable.
Balanced several upgrades.
Fixed an issue regarding the Dialogue system.
Removed V-Sync and Antialiasing options from Graphic Settings.
Tutorial dialogues now properly display the most common button mappings (PC / XBOX / PS).
Now, Dagda's cauldron can be used infinitely, while still paying the price.
We've fixed an issue regarding the tutorial where players could skip the Cauldron explanation.
Fixed other minor issues.
We've added many more bugs so we can fix them later.
Oh, and we've added 20 more achievements for you all to explore.
And that's all from our part. We hope you keep enjoying while you play The Druid and we'll be looking forward to hearing from you all.
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