Hey everyone,
Thank you so much to all of you who have played When the Light Dies this past month, reported bugs, and given their feedback! We’re happy to be sharing our very first update with you all!
Update 1 includes new content, bugfixes and, most importantly, addresses some of the biggest pain points from the community feedback so far. We have also started working on a localisation system which will soon allow us to implement additional in-game languages!
See below for the full list of changes:
Features
- We have added a fearsome new boss at the end of stage 2 which plays around with the light and darkness mechanics. You have been warned ;)
- Bosses now explode dramatically upon death!
- We have removed the stamina cost from all weapons as this was a common complaint we received from players.
- We have removed the cost for unlocking the Ranger constellation and the initial Wayfinding upgrade to make map navigation easier for new players.
Balancing and quality of life
- "Hold-to-use" active abilities that are being used when the level up screen appears now have their cooldowns reset after the level up screen is closed.
- Music volume and ambience volume is set to 50% by default.
Bug Fixes
- Music will no longer play in the main menu if returning from game
- Game now pauses when controller is connected
- Stage progression is now displayed in the mid-run result screen
- Pause menu restart button fixed
- Mid-run result screen now displays earned currency
- Settings menu now saves settings upon restarting the game
- L1/LB now function correctly in the pause menu
- Player can now reforge abilities without unlocking banish
To celebrate our very first update, we have collaborated with Antti Vaihia to create the Hardcore Survivors bundle featuring When the Light Dies and Horde Hunters!
Test your survival skills now and get the complete the set bundle with a 10% discount now.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41635/Hardcore_Survivors/
Once again, thank you so much for playing When the Light Dies. Don’t forget to leave your feedback, bug reports, and suggestions in our Steam form thread or by joining our Discord channel.
PQube, Electric Monkeys & Secret Level Studios