Greetings, dungeon delvers!👋
We've got some big changes for you today, along with a handful of quality of life changes that have been in the works for some time!
EMOTES
Ever since we started Few Shall Return, we knew that players need a way to chat with each other. Today, we are finally releasing Emotes so you can communicate with each other. There are 15 static ones and one that allows you to show the selected item from your inventory.
Show us creative ways of saying things!
New LANGUAGES
We've started localizing the game! Today we're releasing French and Romanian which are languages spoken by members of our team. We plan to eventually support 10 languages, including Simplified Chinese and Spanish.
Input GLYPHS
Until now, we were just showing text for input buttons like "Left Click" or "A". Now, we've switched to a more visual approach that shows the actual button representation.
Keyboard/Mouse:
Controller/SteamDeck:
Smaller but NOTABLE changes
Before, if you managed to escape, all your items would move in the shared inventory. Starting today, the character that escaped will keep them so you can just press "Play" after a game and still have items!
A new animation for stunned characters
We're showing the quality of your connection in the bottom left corner
We have some awesome new carpets:
BUG Fixes
Melee attacks now hit properly at very close range
Aiming with range weapons has been fixed
The Objective header was getting duplicated
Some items would loose textures after interacting with them
Some chests were not dropping items
Damage numbers from crystals were showing in the wrong place
Sometimes weapons would end up in the floor
Sometimes weapons would drop behind the crystal and you couldn't pick them up anymore
What's Next?
Over the next couple weeks we'll be releasing a lot of QOL, polishes, and a surprise new challenge.
As always, please share your thoughts on Discord and follow us on social media:
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-- The Ballard Games Team