03 Nov 2025Developer post

Patch 1.3.1.4 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! Months have gone by and I'm still seeing new faces enjoying Colt Canyon. This makes me very happy and motivated to work on a new patch to further fine-tune the game. Overall I am happy with the state of the game though, so not much will change any time s

Howdy fellow gunslingers!

Months have gone by and I'm still seeing new faces enjoying Colt Canyon. This makes me very happy and motivated to work on a new patch to further fine-tune the game. Overall I am happy with the state of the game though, so not much will change any time soon but as long as the game is alive I cannot quite leave it just yet.

If you are skilled enough to reach your partner but struggle on the way back you will be glad to hear that there are some minor balancing changes in this update to make the B-Levels less frustrating. Your partner from now on will bleed out significantly slower, giving you much more time to react. There it should also be less risky to send your partner into combat, because as long as there are still fights going on your partner will never give up now, even when downed. Combined with the slight decrease in late-game enemies overall it should've never been easier to beat the game. However, if you still struggle to even reach your partner, you might simply need some more experience with the game. Try tweaking the run settings a bit. For example beating the game once without permadeath might just be what you need. It will prepare you for regular, permadeath runs and it doesn't even disable achievements, so no shame in that at all!

This patch should be compatible with existing run save games.

This update is now available on Steam and GOG and also coming to all other PC platforms as soon as possible. I cant give an ETA on the console port. That one might take longer or might only come with the next bigger patch (should there be one). I don't have the hardware to work on console ports atm.

Please find the full changelog for Update 1.3.1.4 below or on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Shoutout again to everyone who is playing, enjoying and promoting Colt Canyon. This is what keeps me going! If you haven't done yet please also consider leaving a positive steam review.

Changelog:

Landmines can now drop TNT on controlled destruction via melee hit (25% on regular, 50% on incendiary)
Tweaked how fast weapon aim focuses, varying more per character (Best: Eagle / Worst: Angel)
Buffed some player character's weapon recoil control
Decreased skill level and/or health of some late-game enemies
Nerfed bandit boss slightly by decreasing health by ~5% and increasing the amount of loot containers in the level
Buffed hipfire upgrade (When applied recoil reduced by additional ~20%)
Increased time to game over when partner got downed, preventing bleed out entirely while still in combat
Decreased amount of enemies in B-Levels slightly
Showing revive hint even with tutorials disabled
Fixed gamepad sometimes not working correctly when loaded from coop save
Fixed revive hints not showing up when loaded from save
Fixed object shake speed being tied to framerate
Fixed main menu background camera zoom being inconsistent
Fixed level intro animation when riding a horse
Fixed shop items sometimes not being automatically picked up
Various other minor fixes or balancing tweaks
Fixed enemy shields being ignored when melee attacking backwards (Rev. Nov 6)

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14 Feb 2025Developer post

Patch 1.3.1.3 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! Great to see that a lot of the new players stuck around and are still enjoying their time in the canyon. I gathered a lot of feedback and bug reports over the last weeks and therefore want to get this patch, which is addressing most of these reports, out

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
Great to see that a lot of the new players stuck around and are still enjoying their time in the canyon. I gathered a lot of feedback and bug reports over the last weeks and therefore want to get this patch, which is addressing most of these reports, out as soon as possible.

So again this is mostly bug fixes, balancing changes and minor improvements. For example minor buffes for light ammo weapons and arrow weapons. Nerfing the bear boss, and a bunch of improvements to gamepad input and the camera.

Your existing save games should also work just fine with this update, so you can continue your in-progress run and enjoy the improvements without having to restart from scratch, just in case you had already a run going on.

This patch will also come to all other platforms as soon as possible, for real this time.

Please find the changelog for Update 1.3.1.3 below or on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Changelog:

Increased amount of light ammo dropped slightly
Tweaked movement stats of weapons to make default movement slightly faster when using light ammo, arrow or throwable weapons
Tweaked active reload values, buffing light weapons, slightly nerfing rifles and shotguns
Improved gamepad input, camera and aim lock and reduced aim assist default back to 100%
Reduced area 2 boss health, increased sprint speed and made him insta-kill horses, also made bear traps deal less damage but increased stun time, overall the boss was nerfed
When on a horse and getting hit by melee the horse will be hit instead of the player
No longer allowing scorpion elites in regular runs
Slowed enemy bullets down some more with slower enemy bullets upgrade
Changed vfx when deactivating mines
Elite scorpions and snakes can now show up when looping, but have less health than before
Adjusted melee range while on horse, making traps harder to hit while riding
Fixed merchant not commenting on horse stealing when loaded from save
Companions can no longer be commanded while in cutscenes
Companions can no longer enter final boss camp until he is defeated, just like the player
Improved argument interpretation for 'unlockloadout' command
Fixed dynamite sometimes getting stuck in solid obstacles when placing it to open prisoner coffins
Fixed companion indicators not disappearing during cutscenes
Fixed some issues with snake rendering
Fixed sometimes teleporting or getting stuck in cliffs when getting on a horse
Fixed companion training upgrade not increasing accuracy cap if applied too early
Fixed companions moving before being fully revived
Known issue: PS5 DualSense controller on PC is not working correctly. Unfortunately this cannot be fixed. Please use Steam Input instead.
Revision 4 (Feb 15): Fixes to various translations
Revision 5 (Feb 18): Companions will no longer be insta-killed when waiting in earlier levels after bandit boss Slightly nerfed bandit boss Increased throwables drop rates in big crates
Revision 6/7 (Feb 25): Various fixes for the console platforms Decreased melee durability use by 20% Fixed tnt bandits being able to defuse tnt even when dead

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20 Jan 2025Developer post

Patch 1.3.1.2 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers and happy new year! And a warm welcome to all the new players who joined us in this new year, of which there are plenty. It's great to see so many of you enjoying the game so long after the initial release. The game has changed a lot since 2020 and it's m

Howdy fellow gunslingers and happy new year!
And a warm welcome to all the new players who joined us in this new year, of which there are plenty. It's great to see so many of you enjoying the game so long after the initial release. The game has changed a lot since 2020 and it's much appreciated that you recognize this and are still excited for it. Of course even now years after release I am still listening to all your feedback and reading the now (as of writing this only close to, but when you are reading this hopefully over) 1000 official Steam reviews. Big thanks for that! It's not easy to sit at a very positive review score with this many reviews from all over the world and from all kinds of players.

Today I got another patch for you, addressing a lot of the issues that I've read about in the last weeks. If you were waiting for one of these fixes I hope you can now enjoy the game a bit more. Let me know by updating your steam review or directly via discord.

This patch contains mostly bug fixes, balancing changes and minor improvements. For example breaking containers should be less tedious. And the camera should feel smoother. And you will no longer get stuck in bugged ambushes. Yay!

Your existing save games should also work just fine with this update, so you can continue your in-progress run and enjoy the improvements without having to restart from scratch, just in case you had already a run going on.

This patch will also come to all other platforms as soon as possible.

Please find the changelog for Update 1.3.1.2 below or on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Changelog:

Increased amount and range of destructible objects hittable per melee attack for most playable characters by one or two
Improved smoothness of camera. If you are still experiencing jitter make sure to set the game's framerate to match your screen's native refresth rate or above
Added "night mode" with dimmed brightness and color intensity to color blindness options
Slightly reduced accuracy penalty when moving and decreased aim focus time cooldown
Improved accuracy of companions with all weapons (except shotguns) and adjusted fire rate to take reload time of equipped weapon into account
Companions will start dodging slightly later, and also level up slightly slower in general
Reduced health of most loot containers
Reduced damage by bandit sniper and sword bandit slightly
Reduced health of second and final boss slightly
Slightly reduced amount of enemies in general
Made a bunch of enemies slightly less skilled or reduced their default health
Unlocking "Stab" by default now when skipping prologue to allow instantly starting a co-op run
Increased player indicator thickness in co-op when playing in high contrast mode
Tweaked some playable character stats and loadouts
Made interface animation setting affect main menu background movement
Minor tweaks to level generation
Fixed sometimes not being able to leave ambush
Fixed player acceleration scaling with analog input when using gamepad, resulting in very slow movement and reduced ability to vault
Fixed being able to die from healing others
Fixed autoscripts not working
Misc other minor fixes/tweaks

See you in the canyon!

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19 Dec 2024Developer post

A Fistful of Fixes and Tweaks: v1.3.1.1 Launched!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! This is just a small patch. A lot of these changes were already integrated in the public Steam version as part of a hotfix shortly after 1.3.1.0 - But now I've added a couple of additional bug fixes and am releasing this patch with a new game version and

Howdy fellow gunslingers!

This is just a small patch. A lot of these changes were already integrated in the public Steam version as part of a hotfix shortly after 1.3.1.0 - But now I've added a couple of additional bug fixes and am releasing this patch with a new game version and official release announcement.

This patch will not affect your existing saves, you should be able to continue your run.

This patch will also come to all other platforms (incl. Xbox One) as soon as possible. But please keep in mind that we are deep into the holiday season which makes a release for all platforms before next year very unlikely. On Steam you will be able to enjoy this patch rightaway though.

v 1.3.1.1

Added 240 Hz option to frame rate setting
Increased accuracy when walking by 20%
Slightly increased Muzzle Brake upgrade's effect but reduced its silencing effect
Slightly increased cooldown reduction of Hipfire upgrade
Increased knockback resistance and view distnace on enemies when looping beyond L1
Reduced amount of medicine drops in crates when looping
When looping now spawning additional traps in first area
Not spawning locked bonus health crates in loop 2 and beyond, instead spawning more locked shield crates
Changed aim assist behavior on explosive barrels and destructible objects behind solid obstacles
Disabled aim assist targeting tamable dog
Fixed some traps (e.g. explosive mines) sometimes spawning behind obstacles, making them impossible to spot
Fixed a specific rock sometimes being rendered incorrectly
Fixed rare varmint rifle being bugged
Fixed cursor fading out faster if running at higher refresh rate
Fixed scrolling in menus being slower when running at high refresh rate
Fixed a crash related to Mine entrances
Fixed locked crate key sometimes not being dropped
Fixed "Catch this!" not being unlockable when wolves are disabled
Fixed companions despawning when bleeding out while out of view
Fixed aim assist being set to 200% by default instead of intended 150%
Fixed character outside the view randomly attacking

All the best and thanks for playing!

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22 Nov 2024Developer post

Patch 1.3.1 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! It was fantastic seeing all of you excited for patch 1.3! I got a lot of valuable feedback from the community and also made a lot of play testing myself. That's how a minor patch became this major update. Basically Update 1.3 Part 2. Packed with bug fixe

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
It was fantastic seeing all of you excited for patch 1.3! I got a lot of valuable feedback from the community and also made a lot of play testing myself. That's how a minor patch became this major update. Basically Update 1.3 Part 2. Packed with bug fixes, overhauls and balancing tweaks and even some small new mechanics and props.

Some of the more exciting changes are combinable shields, increased ammo cap, some new decorations/secrets, loadout changes, improved weapon power level indicators and reworked weapon spray + crosshair system. There are also a ton of tweaks to most, if not all, weapons. So now is the time for giving all weapons another try!

Let's talk about the shield change some more:
You should find more shields in general now, which can combine into a single stronger shield once you've collected 3 undamaged ones of the same level. This is mostly to reduce clutter in the HUD when you manage to collect tons of shields because you are just that good (lucky) and to make finding more shields, even when you already have a bunch, more rewarding, since the improved shields will be more resistant to penetration and have more health.

Another interesting change concerns the the weapon power levels, that are driving the red glow on weapon names when interacting with weapon drops. These are now based on the actual weapon stats and longer just some hardcoded value I made up myself. This means the indicator is now taking into account damage, range, ammo cost, melee stats, movement stats and much more in order to calculate whether weapon A is "better" than weapon B. Being calculated by this raw data allows the indicator to be much more detailed, showing a red glow even if the weapon is only slightly better and even improving cross-ammo type comparison. It will also indicate when a dropped gun has worse overall stats now, by flashing gray instead of glowing red. It's still very subtle, but I hope this will help players more consistently and easily identify whether a weapon swap might be worth it.

However, while this is based on the actual stats it does not take into account your current situation and play style, so for example how much ammo you have, what characer you are playing, how good you are at dodging and aiming or what your secondary weapon is. Therefore your own skill and experience is still necessary in order to decide whether swapping weapons makes sense. Never blindly trust the indicator! Always think before you swap.

Overall I think (yet again) that right now is the best time to start playing, or come back to play some more, Colt Canyon. The game has never been this polished before!

However, unless the game suddenly goes viral do not expect any more big patches for the game. It's time for me to move on to new projects. I cannot afford to spend more time on this game.
Thank you for your support! And please stay in touch by following and joining the discord.

This patch will also be coming to all consoles and other platforms as soon as possible. Some stores require extensive submission processes that might delay the release by a few days or in some cases even weeks, but expect all platforms to get this update soon.

Attention: Due to breaking changes in the save system you will not be able to continue runs in v1.3.1 that were started in previous versions. To continue your existing save make sure switch to the version-1300 beta branch before starting a new run.

Find the overview changelog for Update 1.3.1 below or the full changelog on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Changelog:

Shields will now combine into a stronger shield when you have 3 of them. The default shield is no longer yellow but white (in HUD).
Increased default ammo cap, from 40 to 50, and from 75 to 80 for light ammo
Added bonus chance to find specific upgrades based on the played character
Modified a bunch of loadouts
Changed how weapon power levels are calculated and displayed
Tweaked how weapon spray works and the dynamic crosshair
Taking time to aim is rewarded with increased accuracy
Rebalanced accuracy while riding horses
Tweaked how ammo drop types are chosen to be more balanced
A ton of balancing changes and fixes for all kinds of weapons
Nerfed first boss again slightly
Slightly reduced attack frequency of Big Bear and increased damage and stun received by beartraps
Reduced coop player count health scaling on bosses
Made explosives more effective against bosses
Various late-game enemy changes
Changed how medicine drop amount on companion death is calculated
Incendiary upgrade makes explosive weapons incendiary too now and bullet burn effect length depends mostly on penetration power and bullet speed instead of damage now
Indestructible upgrade no longer requires pocket magnet
Leathersuit upgrade will now also reduce slowdown in toxic plant fields
Sharpshooter upgrade will do less overall weapon spray reduction but makes aim focus much faster
Contact TNT no longer bounces off of shields
Slightly reduced effect on dodge cooldown for athlete upgrade
Balanced Hardened Upgrade to focus more on making throwing weapons less expensive
All rare weapons now match their non-golden versions except for being slightly faster to reload, instead of having various minor differences
Allowed praying at shrines
Added some more uncommon decoration objects, alternative visuals and rock variations
Added simple info tutorial to horses after having tamed one
Improved various visual and sound effects
Fixes to bullet rendering and penetration
Fixed shield not rotating with player when dashing
Fixed multi-TNT drops not actually granting more than one TNT
Fixed ammo being more likely to drop for guns carried by player #2 when playing in coop
Fixed empty bottle not breaking into broken bottle when used in melee
Fixed big rock collisions sometimes being off when loaded from save
Fixed TNT sometimes glitching into Mineentrances, leaving them unscathed
Fixed bayonet melee range being very limited on horse
Fixed not being able to return to previous level from boss level before triggering boss
Fixed being able to mount a horse that is already being ridden by someone else
Fixed custom run settings text sometimes overlapping with pause menu
Fixed signs always showing X when level is loaded from disk
Fixed shields in inventory being in wrong order when loaded from save
Fixed some enemies no longer attacking in their unique patterns when loaded from save
Find the extended changelog here

See you in the canyon!

Edit Nov 25 9pm: Released a hotfix for steam, find the changelog here. Hotfix is not coming to other platforms. The fixed issues are very rare. Other platforms will get them as part of 1.3.1.1 in a couple of weeks.

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12 Oct 2024Developer post

Patch 1.3 - The Horse Update - now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! It's been a while. But there are still some people left fighting for their lives in the canyon. So I couldn't help myself but visit the canyon one more time. And now I am back and bring you patch 1.3! Packed with balancing changes, a bunch of QoL changes

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
It's been a while. But there are still some people left fighting for their lives in the canyon. So I couldn't help myself but visit the canyon one more time. And now I am back and bring you patch 1.3! Packed with balancing changes, a bunch of QoL changes, many bug fixes and of course the most interesting change: Ridable horses! Steam players are part of the lucky few that get to play with the horses first! All other platforms will have to wait some longer. (Join the discord or follow on social media to stay up-to-date)

Over the last months I noticed how valuable time is. I do not have as much time to work on my own games as I used to have. And with this realization I decided that I should give my players some options to more efficiently conquer the canyon and use the little free time they have more fairly. The logical next step after the last big update, which introduced save games to allow the players to take breaks on their journey through the canyon, was therefore to add something that allowed player's to move through the canyon more efficiently in general. The horses were right there, so it only made sense to actually make them useful, by allowing you to borrow them for a quick ride.

Hopefully, this will reduce the time you spend wandering aimlessly through the level, trying to find that last crate you haven't smashed into pieces yet. Especially for low movement character this will be a true game changer. But also in general it will make backtracking finally an actual option, just in case the previous level's merchant did offer something useful that you just haven't been ready to purchase at the time but also can't be bothered to walk all the way back for.

There are also some other changes in the patch that will reduce the time you waste wandering around. Like some in-game hints on where to find that locked crate and more starter ammo! With these changes I hope that the mix between exploration, looting and combat is just right now. But of course in the end, the player is always the one to decide how much exploration or how much combat they like to have. Which is also why wolves and elites are "optional" now, and can be turned off in the run settings. But these are just some of the changes to expect.

Find the best parts of the changelog for Update 1.3 below or the full changelog on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Changelog:

Big changes:

Made horses ridable
Switched to true 64-bit builds and updated engine (may cause new bugs—report accordingly)
Added Steam Rich Presence
Added new upgrade that makes throwables indestructible (available after acquiring Big Knife, Hardened, and Pocket Magnet)
Added dedicated interface animation reduction setting
Added run settings options for disabling wolves and elites
Added game settings to reset or hide tutorials
Made locked crates easier to find (look out for signs)
Changes to most loadouts, mostly increasing starter ammo and making late-game loadouts more rewarding
Added a free stick of dynamite to all rare loadouts

Balancing changes:

Made all two-handed weapons one-handed, except for the gatling gun
Buffed explosive weapons, melee weapons and a bunch of rifles, but nerfed some arrow weapons
Buffed "Big Knife" upgrade to increase range and hit count
Reduced the number of enemies in B levels and Area 3 slightly
Decreased some late-game enemies' accuracy, health, and damage
Companion behavior improved: less likely to engage unaware enemies, and "defend" command stops engagement
Companions will now refuse to use some of the high-tier weapons
Increased bleed-out time for companions
Merchant prices are more likely to be cheaper
Allowing "Welcome To Hard Times" achievement unlock when starting a looped run from run settings
Dog companion gains experience faster and damage bonus on the first 3 level-ups, also bleeds out slower when playing as Jim
Tweaked blood weapon drop rate, some of their stats and made them cheaper to use
Unrescued prisoners and other friendlies, except merchants, are killed/removed when returning in B-Levels
Alerted human enemies and wolves will get more resistant against melee attacks when looping
Buffed first boss a bit by fixing a related bug

Various changes:

Adjusted damage popup colors and trap object's visual effects
No longer hiding weapons during dodge rolls
HUD becomes transparent now when it's in front of a relevant character
Various small adjustments to the game's visuals like reducing bloom, improving level border and text rendering, adjusting some colors etc
Disabled always showing player indicator when playing with color blindness mode enabled
Swapped sprite of heavy spear and pike
Fixed rare volley gun not unlocking as a starter loadout
Fixed gamepad stick switch/reload settings not loading after restarting the game
Fixed two players joining when pressing join with a single gamepad
Fixed melee attacks not showing damage against shields
Fixed first boss minions not respawning quickly enough and some not turning aggressive as intended
Fixed melee attacks allowed through solid objects
Fixed floating vertical fences
Fixed issues with dodge rolls not pausing attacks for forced-repeat weapons (e.g. volley gun)
Fixed dynamite silhouette not growing before explosions
Fixed silhouettes lagging at high refresh rates
Fixed heavy TNT launcher firing 6 grenades instead of 5
Fixed destruction sounds sometimes playing while loading saves
Fixed question marks in credits text
Various other minor fixes and changes

And more! For the full changelog check the wiki

Important: 1.2.1.3 run progress saves will not be compatible with this new version. If you want to finish your in progress run select the steam beta branch for version 1.2.1.3 before starting a new run in 1.3

See you in the canyon!

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05 May 2023Developer post

✅ Make sure to complete your Thunderful Steam Deck Collection!

Happy Friday, friends! Let us make you an offer you definitely can't refuse! We recently published the ultimate " Thunderful Steam Deck Bundle ", including Swordship , Colt Canyon , SteamWorld Dig 2 and Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood : Make sure to complete your Thunderful Stea

16 Jan 2023Developer post

Verified for Steam Deck: Play Colt Canyon wherever you want! 🤠

Howdy fellow gunslingers! Some good news for all you lovely gunslingers out there: Colt Canyon was recently reviewed and verified for the glorious Steam Deck ! Yee-haw! ːsteamhappyː What does that mean? It's simple: I put in some efforts to fix issues the game had with the Deck s

15 Dec 2022Developer post

A Fistful of Fixes and Tweaks: v1.2.1.2 Launched!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! This is just a small patch. There was a bug that sneaked through all the way until now that prevented ambushes from being a thing. You probably thought I would never notice and all of you could live happily ever after without having to worry about ambush

05 Oct 2022Developer post

A Fistful of Fixes and Tweaks: v1.2.1.1 Launched!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! I hope you already had some fun with the new optional permadeath mode and save system! If not, now is the time! New Patch Today I got a big pack of fixes for you, addressing a lot of issues that were reported over the last weeks. The patch is live right

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
I hope you already had some fun with the new optional permadeath mode and save system! If not, now is the time!

New Patch

Today I got a big pack of fixes for you, addressing a lot of issues that were reported over the last weeks. The patch is live right now on all platforms, including Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. If you experience any issues with the latest patch please always make sure to report the problem. I am reading every single report and try by best to react to it as fast as possible. Best way to reach out to me is via discord!

Physical Edition

For everyone owning a PlayStation or Nintendo Switch I got some more exciting news: Pre-Orders for the Colt Canyon physical release are open right now! We teamed up with Red Art Games to create a limited physical edition that you can pre-order now and get delivered later this year, of course with the patch 1.2.1.1 pre-applied! And if you don't own a console, go order a physical version anyway, because it's super limited to about a thousand copies and therefore a rare collectors item! (and of course it also supports the development of Colt Canyon).

So, if you got a few bucks to spare for a solo developer's first physical release, go grab your copy here:
PRE-ORDER AT REDARTGAMES.COM

That's it for today! Please find the full changelog below or on the Colt Canyon wiki.

Changelog 1.2.1.1

Small balancing tweaks to medic merchant
Made shields slightly less common
No longer allowing save restore after successful rescue
No longer counting new no permadeath game overs for average run length/progress stat
Blood weapons take slightly less health to use
"Damage taken" stat is now multiplied by 2 just like damage indicators, to prevent <1 values
Split "runs failed" stat into "permadeath fails" and in brackets "no permadeath" fails (only for new runs)
Fixed invisible game over screen bug that was present on some devices
Fixed companion shields not being saved
Fixed old saves not being auto-loaded
Fixed crash when killing merchants
Fixed a bug where players would get duplicated
Fixed decals sometimes disappearing when tabbing out
Fixed a memory leak related to pausing the game
Fixed background not being blurred on all devices
Fixed a bug where grass, shadows and decals would not be restored when re-entering a level
Fixed a bug where the HUD transparency didnt work as expected
Fixed a bug with shop pricing
Fixed a crash related to incendiary barrel
Fixed character rescue stat not increasing when savegame was loaded during B-Levels
Fixed a bug with the bandit boss shield
Fixed pause menu allowed to be opened when on game over screen
Fixed save being possible while on game over screen
Fixed a minor issue with seed input on consoles
Fixed some blood weapons reloading despite it killing you
Fixed upgrade icons on game over screen not being centered when having a lot of upgrades
Fixed explosive bullets explosions not being positioned correctly
Fixed blood weapon save reload exploit
Fixed merchants sometimes having no grass nearby

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All the best and thanks for playing!

Jonathan

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23 Aug 2022Developer post

Update Unchained: Patch 1.2.1 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! Last major update (1.2) did not go over quite as smoothly as planned. A bunch of bugs sneaked through and while the PC version got a hotfix shortly after (with some issues still remaining to this day) all console players were out of luck and stuck with 1

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
Last major update (1.2) did not go over quite as smoothly as planned. A bunch of bugs sneaked through and while the PC version got a hotfix shortly after (with some issues still remaining to this day) all console players were out of luck and stuck with 1.1 or a somewhat broken 1.2. I am very sorry for that inconvenience and that we didn't catch these issues earlier. But today this will hopefully be forgotten. I spent a lot of time reworking remaining issues and finding new approaches to allow all features to work cross-platform and hopefully without any issues, and additionally managed to add an interesting new feature.

Obviously, while console players will be mostly interested in finally getting the save and continue functionality, PC players will mostly be interested in the spicy new feature, which I think will change how players play Colt Canyon:

OPTIONAL PERMADEATH!

When setting up a new run you will now find a new option tucked away in your run settings menu! Turn off permadeath and enjoy the comfort of not losing all your progress when dying. Instead you will get the option to retry from the last checkpoint, which usually is the moment you entered the current level.

The best thing for all casual achievement hunters: Disabling permadeath will not disable achievements!
Obviously it will not have as much prestige this way, but at least you will be able to complete your collection. Steam Leaderboards are exclusive to permadeath players though. Oh, and permadeath will also not be optional once you've completed the second loop. So don't expect to keep playing the same save forever and ever.

And to all you permadeath fanatics: Let people enjoy things! It's been more than two years now, it's time for Colt Canyon to also allow more casual fun.

Have fun!

Update 1.2.1 is now available on PC, PlayStation and Xbox right now! Switch is in review and will follow as soon as possible.

Find the full changelog for Update 1.2.1 below or on the official Colt Canyon Wiki.

Changelog:

Added run setting to disable permadeath, by allowing to restore the last save instead of deleting the savegame on death
Added quick save and load keys on PC (F5 & F6) when having permadeath disabled
No longer allowing 50% boss health, enemy attention nor 150% health drops without disabling achievements, but you can disable permadeath without disabling achievements now
Tweaked some UI elements
Decreased movement bonus enemies get in loops
Reduced amount of elite enemies in loops
Increased coyote base damage
Decreased reload times / cooldown times of a bunch of guns
Increased damage of explosive weapons
Slightly decreased accuracy, shield damage, active reload period and penetration power of arrow weapons
20% of all arrows previously reusable with Premium Arrows upgrade will no longer be reusable
Decreased bonus damage of Premium Arrows upgrade and no longer granting bonus damage to throwables
Reduced amount of weapon crates in loops, but slightly increased regular crate amount
Fixed instance references not being restored correctly from savegame
Fixed movement history not being part of savegames
Fixed weapons in crates not being loaded from savegame
Fixed some sprite placement issues on the game over screen
Fixed enemies being duplicated when following to different level
Fixed issues where a loaded level is treated as a different level while still loading, causing stuff like green locked crates showing up in area one
Fixed companion weapon ammo duplication glitch
Fixed upgrade titles glitching into each other in pause menu
Fixed some issues with scrolling menus

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20 Jul 2022Developer post

A Fistful of Fixes and Tweaks: v1.2.0.1 Launched!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! First of all I want to thank all of you who still enjoy Colt Canyon! You are the best, and the reason why I keep working on the game. I also want to thank everyone who helped me track down issues with the latest patch. Obviously this also helps a lot. Un

Howdy fellow gunslingers!

First of all I want to thank all of you who still enjoy Colt Canyon! You are the best, and the reason why I keep working on the game. I also want to thank everyone who helped me track down issues with the latest patch. Obviously this also helps a lot.

Unfortunately some of you had severe issues with the latest patch, I am sorry for that but it was difficult to catch during QA. I am blaming the engine update. There were a couple of issues with the new engine version that were only identified now. Luckily we found a workaround for (hopefully all) the crashes and don't have to wait for an engine patch to fix the crashes. At least for the PC version. Sadly the console version of Colt Canyon will take longer to get right. Console players will have to wait for patch 1.2.0.2 which will hopefully fix all remaining issues and which is scheduled to be ready early next month.

Next to a lot of bugfixes, 1.2.0.1 also brings some slight balancing tweaks. Please find the changelog below.

And don't worry: 1.2.0.0 savegames are compatible with 1.2.0.1!

v 1.2.0.1

Slightly nerfed fast reload upgrade
Rebalanced some area 2 enemies
Slightly buffed bandit snipers
Slightly increased health of bear boss in loops
Slightly reduced player knockback when hit by heavy weapons
Fixed a crash preventing some players from starting new runs
Fixed guns not creating any particles when fired
Fixed remapped trigger button not being saved
Fixed throwing knives missing collision
Fixed player in savegames not loading correctly when game crashed during level generation
Fixed crashes/glitches when loading/saving a savegame while already loading or saving something else
Fixed pause menu saying save and quit instead of just quit in prologue level
Fixed weapon break particles visual issues
Fixed penetrating arrows duplicating visually
Fixed Pistolero achievement
Fixed cliff decals not being restored
Fixed beartraps sometimes causing savegames to not load correctly
Fixed slower bullets upgrade making some enemies invisible during attack
Corrupted savegames shouldnt crash the game anymore
Various other fixes

Let me know if you are still experiencing any issues with Colt Canyon and I will make sure to fix the issues with 1.2.0.2.

All the best, thanks for playing and stay healthy!
Jonathan

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01 Jul 2022Developer post

Update Unchained: Patch 1.2 now available!

Howdy fellow gunslingers! It took a bit longer than expected but it is finally here: Update 1.2 is now available! At least on Steam, GOG, PlayStation and Xbox. Switch and some other stores will need to wait until early next week. Not a lot of new content this time but a lot of ba

Howdy fellow gunslingers!
It took a bit longer than expected but it is finally here: Update 1.2 is now available! At least on Steam, GOG, PlayStation and Xbox. Switch and some other stores will need to wait until early next week. Not a lot of new content this time but a lot of balancing changes and of course the biggest new feature ever yet: Quit and Continue!

A savegame feature is something many have been waiting for, because depending on your playstyle a run can easily take more than an hour to complete. And some people just don't have this time. So, with this feature I am trying to better value your time and allow new players with less time on their hands to still enjoy the game to the fullest. Additionally the save feature will also allow another type of player to enjoy the game by cheating their way through the canyon. Good old save scumming. It's something that is very much possible, even though I did not implement a no-permadeath mode (yet?) but I am not giving any instructions right now. More on that in the wiki.

Additionally patch 1.2 also brings a lot of balancing changes, changes to shell weapons and of course a load of bug fixes. Oh, and yea, a lot of work was also done in the background, porting the game to the latest version of its engine, which is critical to keep supporting Colt Canyon in the future.

Oh, and one note to everyone who alread tested the unstable version: Other than expected Colt Canyon will stay a 32-bit application for now, as some functionality wouldn't have been supported in 64-bit. This does not impact anything really though. Just a side-note.

Find the full changelog for Update 1.2 below or in the official Colt Canyon Wiki.