Dear Arcanium family,
Sorry for the hiatus! We've been super super super busy on several fronts and should have a pretty major patch coming out later this month (aiming for the week of the 21st of June). Let me explain what's been happening behind the scenes...
First of all, we have been working on implementing a brand new localization system (fancy word for translation) to support several languages. We'll make an official announcement soon about this but Arcanium will be coming out in 5 or 6 new languages within the next 2 months, and we are super excited! Putting the infrastructure together is no small task, and slowed us down tremendously, but it's coming to an end soon and we'll go back to our regular update schedule soon.
We've also been processing all of the feedback from players on both Discord and Steam forums. The general consensus for players who enjoy Normal mode the most, is that the exploration became a lot harder to manage after the changes we made (backtracking costing moves, etc). So we found a way to tweak a few things and bring the exploration closer to where it was before the change, allowing for complete freedom of movement but still keeping some boundaries to make exploration fun for both casual and hardcore players.
Finally, we are bringing a slew of brand new features and changes to the game that will increase the fun and replayability. We simplified some mechanics in an effort to make Normal mode the most engaging, relaxing and casual it can be, moving most of the cognitive load onto alter Apex difficulty levels.
A new Hero is on the way, Mozebus the ancient Arcanist, and will make an appearance in the next patch so get ready for some Arcana sparks!
With love,
The ARCANIUM team