It's finally here!
It's surreal to finally be "done" with this game with how much time and energy I put into it (more than 4 years!), but at the same time it's a nice feeling to see all your hard work pay off. This was my first commercial game released, and I couldn't have hoped for a better release thanks to all the fans helping and the amazing 2 Left Thumbs for publishing and assisting with it! I've learned so much from this project that I can't wait to work on my other ideas, and I hope you look forward to them too!
All that said, I'll still fix bugs frequently, and infrequently I'll still push big content updates! I genuinely enjoy working on this game and playing it, and have so many ideas I didn't have time to add. I'm grateful to be able to still add on to this and tweak it even after it's "finished". Expect initial bugfix updates to be between every week or month, and content updates to happen sporadically.
Thank you to everyone who helped during the making of this game! So much changed thanks to player feedback and bug hunting. This game would be a lot rougher and buggier if not for you guys.
Grab the game + OST for an additional discount!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51187/Schism__OST/
///NEW
-new weapon: Arctic Storm
-new weapon: R.Y.A.O
-new weapon: Mine Layer
-new weapon: Demon Core
-new relic: Hydra DNA
-new relic: Mind Buffer
-new relic: Reactionary
-new NPC in later stage Gun Shop
-new achievement: The End+
-new achievement: Let there be Light+
-new achievement: Peace at Last
-new achievement: Peace at Last+
-new achievement: King of Guns
-new achievement: The Big House
-new achievement: The House Inside the Haunted Hill
-8 new Stat related achievements
-3 new winstreak achievements
-new boss log menu with records, like most kills, fastest kill, etc
-new UI next to weapons that shows all active mods
-record room now keeps track of hardmode wins and "all of the above" wins
-new optional CRT filter settings in options
-credit sequence after the true final boss
///BALANCE
-Slamma Boss doesn't respawn pylons when they're first destroyed
-Hygeniust can cure curse now!
-relic Deep Wounds' increasing damage doesn't compound on itself anymore
-enemies can't heal when combat timer is at 0
-stage 9 boss has less HP
-enemies in later stages have less HP
-champion enemies have less HP
-enemy perks give drastically less bonus HP
-enemy perks give more damage
-combat wave rooms can't go above 3 waves now
-injoyable Saltz now gives less stats
-god Merriment has reduced jolliness and merry chest gain per faith level
-Blemen events are less punishing when failing to make not taking them be a more viable option
///TWEAKS
-overworld map has new art to represent last area
-level up menu changed with new appearance and sound effects
-improved frequency swap effect
-getting cursed has a sound effect now
-can now press bomb button on gamepad while in pause menu to go back
-updated boss HP bar UI
-new UI element to show if hard mode is active
-progress tracker in hub world has changed graphics
-relic vendor's tooltips in hub are more performant
-jolly chest effect has a sound now
-held guns and current level text are drawn on HUD layer now, so they're not affected by shaders
///FIXES
-fixed post-game points not saving and loading properly (thanks Snopingas)
-fixed crash with Babel Book checking for timer when saving and quitting (thanks Snopingas)
-fixed Dark God not unlocking after getting achievement (thanks Naldrel Airim)
-fixed a typo in the true final ending (thanks Capriestsun)
-fixed enemy Soul Massive in log menu blocking other enemies (thanks dave)
-Slamma Boss shouldn't soft-lock game if killed too fast now (thanks Ceimir)
-True Final boss should't delay changing phases if brought to 0 HP now (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed most relics not saving and loading their data properly (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed crash with memory effects in Books of Babel (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed secret cards not unlocking in Card Log (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed injoyables stacking when saving and loading (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed held injoyables turning into random ones when loading (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed weapon Dialectic rerolling innates when reforging in gun shop (thanks Ceimir)
-fixed enemy Soul Massive getting stuck in walls
-fixed crash with explosions when winning game
-fixed winstreaks adding on total wins to streak count
COMING MARCH 28th
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I think Schism fans will enjoy the retro-vibes, build customization, hidden layers, and overall difficulty of the game. It can be downright PUNISHING! Check out the extensive demo if you're interested.
Be sure to add Tower of Kalemonvo to your Wishlist. Thank you for all the support!
-Graeme (2 Left Thumbs)