Developer posts and news about this game.
Effulgence RPG has joined Steam Party-Based RPG Fest! Build your party, turn enemies into resources, and explore a world made of symbols. The 25% launch discount is still live! I'm also working on the first post-launch update with fixes and improvements. Thanks to everyone who ha
Effulgence RPG has officially left Early Access and reached version 1.0! Thank you to everyone who played, tested, reported bugs, and helped shape the game during Early Access. The full adventure is now complete, including all locations, bosses, mini-games, achievements, and 1.0
Release Candidate Update Added the ability to rename heroes. Added Veteran Run and Master Mode for additional playthroughs. Fixed several XyComb AI issues with card abilities and blocked glyphs. Fixed an ambiguous HACK puzzle case with odd-length words in Plasma Field.
Effulgence RPG 1.0 is almost here - the official release is on September 10. But Early Access owners can start playing the 1.0 Release Candidate right now and help me with the final testing before release. Important information about saves. Saves from older Early Access versions
Effulgence RPG will leave Early Access and launch its 1.0 version on September 10! The game has grown a lot during Early Access. The first Early Access release was around 1–1.5 hours long. Version 1.0 is around 5–7 hours long, with many new locations, enemies, bosses, story conte
▓▒░ This update fixes a major mix-up between the Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese translations. Going through all affected text was a large and painstaking task, but the localization should now be much more consistent. ▓▒░ I have also finished all game locations. My cur
New feature: HACK mode When bosses die and fall apart into symbols, hidden code words can appear in the battle background. Open HACK mode, find a code word, decode it with the current filter, and run a patch. Patches are useful combat effects: they can delay enemies, restore reso
Made a fun sketch of the lower half of the final boss for my ASCII game. The motion is fully procedural. Everything is calculated in real time. Does the movement look interesting? Now I need to make the front half really weird and cool. What kind of front part would fit this boss
If you checked Effulgence RPG during the previous sale but decided to wait, now is a good time to look again. The game is now more polished, with major performance improvements, a new custom font, and new visual modes. It is also still available at its Early Access price, with a
Over the last month I've been working on a serious low-level refactor of the Effulgence RPG engine. The game might look almost the same at first glance but under the hood, a lot has changed. The goal was simple: push performance and remove technical limits so I can keep shipping
Effulgence RPG Big Update 9600 (Milestone #1) Important: this update touches a lot of systems, so old saves won’t carry over — you’ll need to start a new game. Sorry for the inconvenience. New combat location "Old Station" . Tentacle-like grass tries to strangle your heroes. The
I'm rolling out the major update a bit early so I can calmly catch issues and ship hotfixes before January 2. Important: This update includes many changes, so old saves are not compatible - you'll need to start a new run. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you notice bugs, odd balan
Happy holidays! The Animated Profile Frame for Effulgence RPG is now available in the Steam Points Shop. I'm also pushing toward a major update on January 2. The highlights: 10+ weapon twists: I'm making sure every weapon has a gameplay hook, not just different numbers. Designed
Hello everyone! I've just pushed a small "systems" update focused on infrastructure features that will keep getting expanded on the road to 1.0. What's new: ⚙ Steam Cloud Save is now enabled. This is the first release of it, so I'd really appreciate testing: if you play on multip
I'm happy to share a small update for Effulgence RPG (301): Hero position swapping in combat. You can now swap the active hero's position with another hero during battle. Swapping adds PING (delay until the next turn). The PING cost for swapping is one third of the PING cost for
You can now collect Steam Trading Cards for Effulgence RPG and craft a badge with ASCII-themed profile rewards. Playing the game will drop cards that you can turn into a badge, emoticons, and profile backgrounds. It's a small extra for everyone who decided to support the game in
I'm working on the first update for Effulgence RPG and I'd love your input on one potential feature: letting you swap heroes between positions on the battlefield. It could make controls a bit more complex, but also open up new tactical options. Please share your opinion in the po
I'd like to share a small update - Steam has enabled trading cards for Effulgence RPG, and I'm working on them right now. So far I've already: drawn the first set of cards, prepared profile backgrounds and emoticons, sent everything to Steam for review. For now, the cards don't d
Hi! I started a new player poll about an important gameplay question: what should happen after you lose a battle? Right now, if you lose, you go back to the planet map, but lost weapons stay lost. I am also thinking about another option: after defeat, restore your state from befo
Effulgence RPG has just passed 1,000 copies sold in its first days of Early Access, and I wanted to say a huge thank you. For a niche ASCII tactical RPG made by one person, this means a lot and literally keeps the project going. I launched into Early Access with a compact, focuse