Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi everyone! It's been a little while, but rest assured, we're still at work on the next update for The Ember Guardian! In the meantime, we're putting out a small patch to address a few issues recently flagged by you guys. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the player would become unabl
Hi there Emberlings! We have a new patch for you this week, aiming to fix some new issues that were unearthed by recent players. If you're one of the players who picked up The Ember Guardian during Tacticon, or as part of the "Bullet Bundle" with Pathogenic, thank you very much f
Hi Emberlings! We found a couple more bugs hidden in the latest patch, so we're releasing another small hotfix to address them. Thank you to anyone that's taken the time to report them, whether it's here on Steam, on our Discord, or anywhere else! Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the
Hi Emberlings! We're putting out a small patch today as some issues were highlighted in the wake of last week's patch. Check out the full list of changes below! Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where players wouldn't be able to save in the middle of a Horde Mode run. Fixed a bug where red o
From the ruins of the corrupted city, it awakened. Driven by long-forgotten directives, it finds you. Under your command, it will fulfil its purpose. Hi there Emberlings! We have an exciting new update for The Ember Guardian today. Read on to find out about all the changes in ver
Hi there Emberlings! We're happy to say that The Ember Guardian is now Steam Deck Verified ! You can now take The Ember Guardian on the go, for all your wanderlust needs! Ideal if you need to walk your dog, or go scavenge the nearby grocery store for supplies! Speaking of dogs...
Hello there Emberlings! We're happy to present the first major update for The Ember Guardian today: the Firepower Update! This update adds a slew of options for dispatching Darklings, as well as multiple QoL and balancing fixes. Read on to find out more! Gameplay Changes New Weap
Hi Emberlings, It's been a month since we released The Ember Guardian, and we've been both humbled and awestruck at the reception our little game has received. Now that the game is in a good state and we've had some time to breathe, we wanted to take a moment to look back and sha
Hello Emberlings! We've taken some time to work on some long-requested QoL changes, and we used this opportunity to fix a few bugs in the process! Read on to find out what's new in The Ember Guardian! Gameplay changes Guard survivability improvements: Guards now head back to safe
Hi there Emberlings! We have a new patch for you today, which focuses on giving some love to the more neglected weapons! A perfect opportunity to try out a new loadout or two... Gameplay Changes Weapon balancing Minigun : The minigun's damage was underwhelming for the point in th
Hi guys, We accidentally introduced a couple bugs with yesterday's patch, so we're releasing this hotfix to sort them out, as well as correct a couple of dog behaviours. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the player would not be able to upgrade turrets after an engineer reloaded them. F
Hey Emberlings! We've got a new update for you today! This patch includes a round of upgrades focusing on Engineer AI, since it's been one of the most requested improvements from the community. Engineer AI Improvements Engineers now reevaluate their working priority when an Engin
Hey there Emberlings! We hope you didn't miss us too much! We've been hard at work to bring you more bug fixes & changes, read on to find out all the details! Gameplay Changes Using the “Return To Hub” button now brings your hard-earned gems back with you to the hub. Note: We
Hey there Emberlings, We've got a new patch for you today! This one brings a long awaited feature... Read on to find out more! Gameplay changes Golden Retriever's Loyal Radiance now also affects engineers. Note: The Golden Retriever's niche feels less clear than the other 2 dogs.
Hi there Emberlings, Another day means another patch, and this one brings multiple requested features! We hope they will make your journey into the wasteland more enjoyable. Gameplay changes Trading: The Gem Trader got bored of players not interacting with him after maxing out hi
Hey there Emberlings! We have another patch for you today, which aims to tackle some major issues we've seen reported. Read on for more! Gameplay changes Players can now shoot through barricades. Note: We heard quite a few complaints about not being able to shoot through barricad
The previous patch introduced a bug where the creatures would sometimes ignore the barricades and run straight to the fire. This has been fixes in this patch.
Hi Emberlings! Thank you to everyone who's been playing the game over the weekend! We're delighted to see so many people dive into our world, and we're still working to fix every bug you guys are flagging to make your experience as smooth as possible. To that end, this patch has
We've heard your concerns about optimisation and worked on identifying sources of frame drops. Good news! We found that a lot of frame drops were caused by loading sound effects during runtime, so we managed to significantly reduce frequent frame drops due to those. We'll be moni
Hey everyone! It's been almost 24 hours since launch and I just want to thank you all for the support so far. As of the time of writing we're still hitting new all time player counts, currently at 338 CCU which is great for such a small game like ours 🥳 We've been reading every