Hello everyone and welcome to the Temple of Fire!
We've got swinging axes, we've got pressure plate spikes, we've got arrows shooting out of the walls, we've got big balls of fire, we've got hulking new enemies, and we've got a mystical Persian temple just begging to be explored.
TLDR:
- New biome - Temple of Fire (after Berude boss)
- First meta progression addition, in the Oasis - this will be expanded in the near future!!!
- New traps (limited to Temple biome) - Spinning Axes, Pressure Spikes and Arrow Booby Traps
- New weapon - Flaming Censers (big swinging balls on fiiiireeee)
- New mobs - Defensive Juggernaut (big fella with a bigger shield) and Aggressive Juggernaut (big fella with a bigger sword... and a bigger shield)
The weekly update for the test branch will come as normal on Thursday :)
Meta Progression
You wanted it, we brought it. You can now spend Spirit Glimmers to unlock permanent upgrades for max health, extra health potions, recycling, Spirit Glimmer retention, dive attack damage & more.
We will add more options to this as we continue through Early Access!!!
To unlock it, go to Sukhra's tent in the Oasis and buy the Inner Light upgrade. You can then go sit by the fire outside your tent and get those sweet sweet metaprogression upgrades.
Please be aware that the dive attack doesn't 100% destroy shields anymore - this effect is now unlocked as an upgrade in the skill tree.
Temple of Atar
In this holy temple you can expect to find trap-filled corridors with spinning axes, pressure spikes and arrow booby traps - classic Prince of Persia shenanigans!
This new biome can be found after beating Berude, so it's an alternative to Tower of Oblivion. No need to unlock it, it's already there waiting for you.
Get your ears ready for a new tune 'Sacred Fire' made especially for this biome, you might recognise it from our Early Access trailer!
Flaming Censers
Complete a challenge room in the Temple of Atar and you'll unlock the Flaming Censers.
These two big metal balls can be swung to smack your enemies, with a spinning move to finish the combo. Hold the attack button to use the special move, which is to set the balls on fire...
Attack with the flaming balls to do extra fire damage (and trigger elemental reactions), but the flames won't last long!
The Juggernauts
Meet the twins - these guys have been eating their vegetables and grown up big and strong.
While one will just bash you in the face with his humongous shield, throwing you back (and probably into a deadly trap or waiting enemy), the other will take swings at you with a massive sword. Try and dodge this guy and he'll swing again behind him, so keep on your toes!
Other
- NPCs are now more talkative
- Tweaks to the stomp (it can now hit mobs that you hit in the air!)
Bug fixes
There are also numerous smaller bug fixes in this update, and we're still working on ensuring performance is as good as it can be :)
Save Issue
Our weekly update last week caused some people to lose their save (it is still in the Steam folder, it just didn't migrate properly).
For most people it migrated automatically, but if you encounter this problem, follow these steps to get it back:
- go to Steam\userdata\'your steam account ID'\2717880\remote
- Copy the the save file in there (should be called 'global')
- Go to Steam\steamapps\common\The Rogue Prince Of Persia\userdata\saves\'folder with an ID'
- Paste the files there
- Rename the file and just add ".sav" on the end, so you end up with 'global.sav' as the name
If that doesn't work, then redo the steps but with the game open, then close it and relaunch the game.
Have fun and we'll be back very soon with another weekly update!
Cheers,
Matt and the Evil Empire team