Hail, Adventurers! It’s been a while since our Mages last sent word to you all (blame the so called “postal office” here in the world of Blightstone. It’s basically “pass a letter to somebody going in that direction and then hope”). We wanted to let you know what’s been going on behind this blighted curtain, and the changes we’ve been making to our demo.
The Mages here at UnfinishedPixel have been crafting various potions here in the development cabin, aiming to bring a cart full of fixes, tweaks and (of course) additions. These will all be making their way to the main release concoction as well, but importantly, they are available right now in the Blightstone demo.
We wanted to send a huge thank you for all of the support, feedback and general love for Blightstone which you adventurers have shown so far. Don’t forget, you can keep up with us in a few places, as we start to bring you regular updates and a peek behind our blighted curtain, as well.
So, what’s new? Let’s have a look through the crystal ball, at what our Mages have been up to.
Additions
The Continuum Forge – a new meta-progression system for Adventurers to secure permanent upgrades. You can decide where to spend resources, save for unlocks that suit your play style or take a risk by choosing something our of your comfort zone
A tweaked end-run screen – giving clearer detail on progression and rewards, as well as some mighty visual upgrades
Combat Rewards – with more improved visuals and clearer detail on what players are receiving as well as more visual tweaks
Added a new Boss, [REDACTED] – not for the demo just yet… you’ll have to wait a little longer
Crystal Restoration Skills – at the campfire, Adventurers are now able to heal the Earthglass Crystal (added following player feedback)
Upgrades
Reworked lighting within all scenes as well as character lighting shaders
Upgraded cinematics, with fresher, clearer detail
Additional animations to provide better variety
Improved death animations for larger enemies
Improved dialogue options, including additional (improved) localisation
Improved visuals where entities fall into holes or off precipices
We have added scroll function to dialogues that may have additional options (inventory, store, Continuum Forge, etc.)
Fixes and Changes
Fixed a crash that would occur if players quit without completing a node
Fixed a crash occurring when players spawned an arcade barrier over “spiked” zones
A lot of minor visual error fixes have been deployed (vignette effects, glitches, textures, number legibility, incorrect icon popups, driller holes and more)
Blighted land spikes now damage and cause bleeding when hit
Team formation orientation changed for a better view
Many minor bug fixes (healing aura skills, enemies spawning inside heroes, incorrect skills appearing, map errors, party selection, death animation etc.)
Balancing and Tweaks
Increased difficulty for progression
Reduced skill choices
Herb use for Druid campfire Healing skill now uses two herbs
Tweaked the distance for Brawlers’ Fast Feet passive skill
Tweaked Korghul’s life and skills.
The Blight Awaits!
Well, there we have it, Adventurers! We’ve got more on the way, and we hope that we can continue to count on your support as Blightstone moves towards launch! We’ll have more to tell you in the coming weeks, and you’ll find us in the Official Discord, over on the Steam Community, on X (Twitter), Tik Tok (because we’re COOL Mages) and Bluesky.
Jump into the Demo and Wishlist Blightstone now – and get ready for the dark-fantasy turn-based strategy that you’ve been dreaming of.