02 Jul 2020Developer post

Sparklite Out Now on Linux! Plus New Features + Fixes!

We're delighted to announce the arrival of Sparklite on Linux! The whimsical action-adventure game released today and includes the latest content update for Sparklite! Linux users will be delighted with this new release as well as the amount of content and new features it include

We're delighted to announce the arrival of Sparklite on Linux! The whimsical action-adventure game released today and includes the latest content update for Sparklite!

Linux users will be delighted with this new release as well as the amount of content and new features it includes.

Please find the full list of new features + fixes below:

Features
• Added support for hot swapping between controllers on PC
• Harmony’s finale is now worthy of the work that it takes to assemble her band. Collect all the beats to see it!
• Added several forest rooms to improve general feel of the zone
• Improvements to UX on Inventory screen:
- Widgets now quick equip
- Visual indicators for passive gadgets and widgets more clear
- Gadgets dim when in equip mode
- Tooltips revised
• Controllers not on our official supported list should at least display button indicators now
• Reworked Description panel in Inventory
- Now requires a button press to get more info but cleans up the UI
• Add music to Furnaces
• Audio no longer ducks in Options from Main Menu
• Added new “Plays Best with Controller” toast at start-up

Bug Fixes

Critical
• Fixed occasional crash when spamming the talk button in Founder’s dialog
• Fixed crash on Inventory Menu when pressing confirm without anything selected

Medium
• Fixed mountains room ledge that people were getting stuck on
• Fixed Golden Woods tile that was broken
• Fixed mountains room pit that was too difficult
• Remove invisible “No” button in Co-Op Menu Dialog
• Mis-clicking anywhere in menus no longer removes focus of current selection
• Fixed UI anchoring issues on 1920x1200
• Prevent multiple menu options from being highlighted at the same time with mouse hovering
* Desert boss body parts now hit-flash like the other bosses
* Re-balance final boss fight to have more consistent enemies

Low
• Removed some unclear room symbols Goldenwoods minimap
• Storm Weather effect now is a shader, partial fix for dark UI screens during storm
• Wingnut no longer flies off-screen during chat cinematic
• Typo in illumination patch
• Fix visual glitch with nameplate when moving between objects (ex. Hawk and Hawk’s Dog)
• Wrong sound played when equipping a Patch, now fixed
• Credits no longer scrollable with mouse
• 1x2 Patches now display as Invalid in all expected cases
• Muckvac no longer stays on without button held down
• Fix visual glitch on title bar animations when interacting with objects. Title bar would freeze and not display during popup.
• Brighten up final boss fight a bit visually

To find out more about Sparklite, head here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/943140/Sparklite/ or, join the Merge Games Discord server.

Wanna chat with the devs? Stop by the Sparklite Dev Discord Server.

See you in Geodia!

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05 May 2020Developer post

IMB Going Away (For Now) SALE

Sparklite is proud to participate in this epic sale by Indie MEGABOOTH! For the week of May 5th - May 12th, you can get huge discounts on over 100 indie games that have been featured over the years in the Indie MEGABOOTH - including Sparklite ! Sparklite couldn't have happened wi

04 May 2020Developer post

Trading Cards Available!

Hello Adventurers! Just a quick note that we've added Steam Trading Cards to Sparklite! Explore the lands of Geodia to collect all six cards, craft Steam badges, and earn rewards like Sparklite emoji and backgrounds. See you in Geodia! Feel like chatting? Join the Sparklite Disco

23 Apr 2020Developer post

Announcement time! 🎉

Spirit of the North is heading to Steam on the 7th May! 🦊 To celebrate, the developers are streaming the game over on the game's Steam Page! Don't forget to add Spirit of the North to your wishlist.

27 Feb 2020Developer post

Sparklite Steam Demo Now Closed

Hello adventurers! Just a quick note to say that the Steam Demo is now closed, we want to thank the players who have tried it out - hopefully you've seen enough to want to visit Geodia once more! Head over here to see more about the game or, join the Merge Games Discord server .

13 Feb 2020Developer post

NEW CONTENT!

Hello Adventurers! We hope you’re enjoying your adventures in Geodia! We’re proud to announce the arrival of the biggest ever update for our whimsical action-adventure, Sparklite ! Sparklite players will be delighted with the amount of extra content and new features we’ve managed

Hello Adventurers!

We hope you’re enjoying your adventures in Geodia!

We’re proud to announce the arrival of the biggest ever update for our whimsical action-adventure, Sparklite!
Sparklite players will be delighted with the amount of extra content and new features we’ve managed to cram into this latest update.

Sparklite players who install Update 1.5 can look forward to;

New! Casual Game Mode - For an easier experience
New! Champion Game Mode - For the hardcore gamer looking to challenge themselves
Updated save slot UI
Enhanced boss fights
New character in the Refuge
New Baron cinematic
Updated sinkholes
Updated Furnaces
Chopping grass now has a chance to drop Sparklite
Thanks to active community we’ve also added lots of bug fixes and quality of life improvements

Casual Game Mode:

The brand-new Casual Game Mode is intended for people who mostly just want to see everything Sparklite has to offer, without the pressure of failure. In this mode, hearts drop more often, players begin their adventure with more health & there are also more dig spots. This mode is ideally suited to players who want to focus on Sparklite’s story and enjoy the world of Geodia.

Champion Game Mode:

For players who like an additional challenge after beating the game. Ada's adventure will be harder this time around. Enemies and Titans will be stronger and have new attacks but, the rewards will be greater as they will drop more Sparklite. Players start the game with all schematics but Vaults no longer appear in the world. Choose this mode for a whole new way to experience Sparklite!

Finally, as if that wasn’t enough, you can now also earn unique banners in Town, (which can be seen on all saves, not just the one you finished the game on), for beating Standard and Champion modes.

We also made the following changes in other updates:

Winter update – Dec 19

End Run option from Pause Menu (Player Request)
Show Beat Counts on World Map - all beats available for each area in a given run
Add more space for available patches
Minor audio improvements

January update – Jan 10

Added an Adventure Log, which shows stats per run
Added Patch scroll menu
Added saving the game when changing scenes
Added winter effects in town
Added NPC names to Interact prompt
Improved art of core sequence
Rework beats to spawn more often
Added “Quick Equip" and "Quick Unequip" prompts in Patch Menu
Improved audio for Scubert fight

We hope all of these improvements / additions help you to have even more fun in Sparklite, until next time…gear up for adventure!

Thanks again to our Sparklite Community for your ongoing support and dedicated feedback

See you in Geodia!

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24 Jan 2020Developer post

Patch-Board Hot-Fix

Hello Adventurers! We've just submitted a Hot-Fix which addresses the patch board issue. We apologise if this has caused any problems to your game-run Patch Notes: - Fix issue where picking up patches would charge fuse cost Thank you for feeding this back to us. See you in Geodia

23 Jan 2020Developer post

More Updates Coming Soon for Sparklite!

Hello Adventurers! How goes your adventures in Geodia? You may have noticed we released an update recently that addressed some bugs you spotted. We also added a whole host of new features!! We're proud to say we're already back at it, working on some more improvements and feature

10 Jan 2020Developer post

January Update!

Hello Adventurers! How was your first full week of the year? We're delighted to report we've just released another update for Sparklite! This update comes with new features such as; Added an Adventure Log, which shows stats per run Added Patch scroll menu Added saving the game wh

Hello Adventurers!

How was your first full week of the year?

We're delighted to report we've just released another update for Sparklite!

This update comes with new features such as;

Added an Adventure Log, which shows stats per run
Added Patch scroll menu
Added saving the game when changing scenes
Added winter effects in town
Added NPC names to Interact prompt
Improved art of core sequence
Rework beats to spawn more often
Added “Quick Equip" and "Quick Unequip" prompts in Patch Menu
Improved audio for Scubert fight

We've also addressed some bug fixes, you can see what we've fixed

Sounds no longer play for a frame after game over screen
Ada now unthaws after time when frozen
Widgets no longer break when returning to town after beating a boss
Switch in FH_DeadEnd_S_ClawFisherEmbedded can no longer be turned on before completing it
Rocky no longer gives incorrect hint when in Swamp or Goldenwoods
FH_Nail Puzzle is now persisted across plays
Buried chest in Acid Bog can no longer be dug up repeatedly
Patches no longer disappear when fusing
Fix bug where one of the furnace doors could be re-entered after falling down
Fix bug where Ada could get knocked out of the stage in Baron fight
Fix memory leak with runtime Scriptable Objects
Fix bug where some users could never get the Spark Slinger Blueprint
Fix art glitch where Furnace Elevator would go down instead of up
Refill Ada’s energy when returning to town
Fix bug where Acid Worm was hitable when submerged
Spark Slinger can now damage Timbert
Did a minor balance pass on Scubert
Enable damage on Mosquitos from the hammer
Fix misspelling on Invigorboost dialog when picking it up
Disable damage to airborne Wasps and Jetpack Gremlins with hammer
Fix issue where Mosquitos would appear to hover incorrectly
Fix bug where Tutorial wouldn’t save correctly when shutting off the device

We hope you'll find these updates make improves your Sparklite experience and you continue on your adventures. Be sure to let us know you find these useful.

Thanks again to our community for your ongoing support and dedicated feedback

See you in Geodia!

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07 Jan 2020Developer post

New Year - New Content

Hello Adventurers And Happy New Year!!! We hope you are all enjoying the new year so far and having a wonderful time in Geodia! ːsteamhappyː We're happy to report the development team is already hard at work on another game update for Sparklite! This update will include some bug

19 Dec 2019Developer post

Sparklite Winter Update!

Hi everyone! We hope you're enjoying your time in Geodia! We recently released a patch which made the following fixes! We'd like to say a big thank you to our community for your continued support and engagement. Even more good news, Sparklite is included in the Steam Winter Sale!

Hi everyone!

We hope you're enjoying your time in Geodia!

We recently released a patch which made the following fixes! We'd like to say a big thank you to our community for your continued support and engagement.

Even more good news, Sparklite is included in the Steam Winter Sale! For a limited time you can get Sparklite with a whopping 30% off.

We hope your enjoy your time in Geodia this Winter and wish you Happy adventures and Happy Holidays!!

Features:

End Run option from Pause Menu (Player Request)
Show Beat Counts on World Map - All beats available for each area in a given run
Add more space for available patches
Minor audio improvements

Bugfixes:

Correct chest behaviour in Shifting Sands
Various achievement fixes
Save when Winning (after beating the final boss)
Brute no longer slides around and jumps off-screen in Furnaces
Moved Beat in Golden Woods biome that was stuck under chest (on saves created in / after this patch)
Save when Quitting
Excavator Achievement is now awarded properly
Fixed rare crash when loading into Shifting Sands
Balanced damage from hammer attack
Performance Optimizations
Rumble no longer gets stuck continuously on death or pause
Player no longer gets pushed outside arena in Boris fight
Walls no longer appear on top of caves, blocking gameplay
Gremlin Spawner no longer revives itself if it's killed
Standing Ranged and Jetpack Gremlin easier to earn in Bestiary
Catersplitter Statue is no longer hidden in Bestiary
Ada no longer jumps into a sinkhole in desert forever
Buried Chest in Desert now has loot
Prevent Ada getting stuck when jumping down into tight collision
Fix player to be invulnerable during cinematics
Wingnut now cancels abilities when control is interrupted
Monty's Crew Cards are no longer off by 1
Nail Puzzle in Swamp is fixed
Baron fight audio improvements
Companion Horn now works when Idle
Wingnut's light no longer behaves as if it the improvement patch were applied
Removed useless Switches in Shifting Sands minigame Room
Widget Recycling Patch uses correct text
Beats Notes come from fruit of Desert tree rather than base
Raise volume on Monty's theme (was quiet compared to rest of music)
Don't play landing FX when jumping in pit

Stay tuned for more improvements soon.
Good luck saving Geodia you brave adventurers!

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18 Dec 2019Developer post

Sparklite is a finalist for Unity's Award for Best 2D Visual Art!

Sparklite is a finalist for the Unity Award for Best 2D Visual Art! *Cue celebratory fanfare* If you could take a moment to vote for us, the team would really appreciate it - voting closes December 19th! The link to vote is here: Thanks for all of your Sparklite-related support t

29 Nov 2019Developer post

Sparklite Steam Award Nomination

Creating Sparklite's colourful world has been both a challenge and a pleasure for the Red Blue team. During this time we would greatly appreciate if you, our community would consider nominating Sparklite for the Outstanding Visual Style category. Everything in Sparklite - from th

18 Nov 2019Developer post

Thanks to the Community for all of your support!

We just wanted to say a massive thanks to the community for all of your support leading up to and including the launch of Sparklite! We would also like to say a massive thanks to everyone who Geared Up For Adventure by downloading and playing the Sparklite demo. We hope it brough

14 Nov 2019Developer post

The time has come! Immerse yourself in Sparklite's whimsical world now!

We're thrilled to say that Sparklite is out NOW on Steam! Get ready to jump in the whimsical and ever-changing land of Geodia! Ahead of diving in you can also check out the brand new launch trailer here on the Steam page! We can't wait for you to explore the world of Sparklite! G

14 Nov 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Sparklite is a roguelike which runs on FOMO

On the surface, Sparklite is as generically, pleasantly roguelikelike as it’s possible to get. You wander around randomly generated areas, clubbing baddies with a wrench and spelunking in sinkholes for treasure, before taking on big gits in caves. The story is bland as weetabix,

12 Nov 2019Developer post

Action-Adventure Sparklite Steam Demo Now Live & More!

Gear up for adventure! Merge are delighted to announce that the Sparklite Steam Demo is now live! Due to high demand as seen with our Steam Wishlist Promotion, players can now experience the opening section of the game, and get a sneak peek at what to expect in Geodia, as our her

08 Nov 2019Developer post

Margo & Pogo Explorer's Journal (Pt 4)

Sparklite’s world of Geodia can be a precarious and wondrous place. Luckily, Margo & Pogo, Geodia’s (self-proclaimed) fearless explorers are on hand to guide any would-be adventurers for one last time so you're prepared in time for Sparklite’s launch this November 14th...it's

07 Nov 2019Developer post

Sparklite is Now Available to Pre-order on Nintendo Switch & Xbox One!

Gear up for adventure! Want to play Sparklite on consoles? We're delighted to announce that Sparklite is now available to pre-order on Nintendo Switch & Xbox One ! The top-down action adventure is releasing on Nintendo Switch , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 & PC on November 14

07 Nov 2019Developer post

Sparklite Titan Tactics - Boris

Hello, and welcome to Titan Tactics , an in-depth look at the villainous henchmen working for the evil Baron in Sparklite , the retro-inspired action adventure coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PlayStation 4 on November 14th! Today, we'll be talking about Boris , the

Hello, and welcome to Titan Tactics, an in-depth look at the villainous henchmen working for the evil Baron in Sparklite, the retro-inspired action adventure coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PlayStation 4 on November 14th! Today, we'll be talking about Boris, the menacing miner who will pulverize any boulder, or anyone, in his way.

Boris, with the help of his rock-devouring wrecking ball, has become one of the Baron’s top miners. He’s been tasked with trying to enter the Foothills Vault but, to the Baron’s great disappointment, has so far been unable to break the seal. You could say he’s caught between a rock and a hard place…

A keen scavenger, Boris was born to dig. His latest project, before siding with the nefarious Baron on his quest to drain Geodia of its natural resources, was helping archaeologists search for Founder’s relics in the Shifting Sands, a noble enough cause if ever there was one.

However, eventually he became disgruntled by all the ‘do-gooders’ wanting to protect Geodia and the wildlife found within it. He thought all that nonsense just got in the way of unleashing the relics’ dormant (yet potentially catastrophic) powers, and that the destruction of the land’s natural resources was a small price to pay for this! When the Baron offered him a job leading a crew of gremilns in the mines, he didn’t hesitate and soon got to work…

When you (Ada), meet Boris, watch out for his vacuum! After pulverizing nearby boulders, The Boring Titan uses the Sparklite Combustor’s heat to produce an incredibly strong vacuum. The vacuum sucks up any uncrushed rubble into the titan’s core where it will then be ground to dust. Only objects able to run directly away from the force of the vacuum can avoid the Titan’s clutches. Keep an eye out for his vacuum, and flee as soon as you see it!

That’s all for today’s edition of Titan Tactics, come back next week when we’ll place the spotlight on another one of the Baron’s Titans, and tell you what you need to know to stand a chance when you take them on…

For more from the whimsical world of Sparklite, head here https://store.steampowered.com/app/943140/Sparklite/[/url] or, join the Merge Games Discord server.

See you in Geodia!

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Updates & announcements

Casual Game Mode:

Champion Game Mode:

Winter update – Dec 19

January update – Jan 10