Greetings, Knights!
Welcome to the first edition of Nexus News! We’ve got a lot to share but first, we’d like to extend a very big thank you to our amazing community. It’s been awesome to watch everyone have as much fun playing Ember Knights as we’ve had making it. The support and feedback from our community has been incredible and we’re as motivated as ever to make the game the best it can be. Sincerely, thank you!
Now, let’s take a peek at what’s been happening in the Prime Worlds since the release of our version 0.4 update. This was a smaller update for us as we bridge the gap between the Rise of Praxis and all the new content coming in v0.5.
The Mimic King made his grand entrance into the Prime Worlds and brought some friends along the way. They say to let sleeping dogs lie but that’ll be up to you!
We received a lot of great feedback about the revival system and we’re happy to say, Knights can now revive whenever they want! Gone are the days of wasting revives right before the boss dies, unless you want to, of course.
Finally and also based on player feedback, we made some tweaks to the Rift Hammer to allow it to deal damage a bit more safely.
But that’s old news as v0.4 is so three weeks ago! So, what’s next? We’ve got a lot to share about v0.5 so let’s jump right in!
If you’re familiar with our Early Access Roadmap on Steam, it’s no surprise that the theme for our v0.5 update is Weapon Customization!
“I’ll try spinning, that’s a neat trick!” - The Ember Blade is really spinning into action now!
Up next is the Guardian Bow. Wait…where’d it go??
Finally, the Nexal Staff has a new trick or two up its sleeve!
These examples are just scratching the surface of what we have in store for weapon customizations coming in the next update. We hope you’re excited about discovering what your favorite weapon is capable of!
We have a bunch more coming in v0.5 but we can’t spoil everything!
Now that we’ve taken a small look at what we’ve been up to, let’s take a look at what some of you have been up to. We’ve been blown away by the amazing content you’ve been making and always have a blast sharing it around the office! Now, let’s share some with you!
Starting with fan art, here are two awesome pieces made by Sticil#2425 and PickAxe_Hime#4023 from our Ember Knights Discord server.
We’d also like to showcase BaldE’s guide to getting Arlan to set up shop in the Nexus! We get a lot of people asking how it's done and BaldE has done a great job explaining it! He also has some videos showcasing the game’s many secrets, but you didn’t hear that from us…
If you’ve created something you’re proud of, please let us know! If you haven’t already, check out our Official Ember Knights Discord and show us your creation!
Last but certainly not least, we’d like to give a special shoutout to our speedrunning community. The current world record for v0.4 is a lightning-fast 6 minutes and 43 seconds by another one of our Discord members, Asudo#2082! And he did it with the Nexal Staff! Check out the video below and be sure not to blink!
If you’re into speedrunning and have a fast run you want to share, check out https://www.speedrun.com/ember_knights, the community-managed speedrun leaderboard.
Well, that’s about it from us but before we close off this edition of Nexus News, we have one last teaser for you! With the addition of a new Prime World coming soon, we’d like to introduce you to one of the enemies you’ll encounter.
A new race of enemies has been discovered and by using the environment to their advantage, they’re sure to be a bigger threat than anything you’ve seen before!
Until next time!
Doom Turtle