Early Access is over! (Some thoughts on that after the patch notes.)
Added:
- New game plus - This includes increased difficulty and carry over of all character stats and weapons. This has no limit, so technically reaching max level is now possible. (To trigger, reach the credits and the option becomes available.)
- 2 new optional bosses - Killing one disables a certain type of enemy around the citadel for good.
- 10 new weapons - Including the Spells, buy them at the now open store.
- Shops! - All shops are now open.
- Maps - 3 more map tiers to buy.
- Summons (A certain weapon found early on will be required).
- Summon donations system, and store.
- Pets - 3 new pets.
- New NPC - In the core room after a certain story point, with more lore.
- 1 more big area.
- Lore - 30 more lore "stars" added.
- 20 more tubes, and Yth stones placed.
- Further sanity system implementation.
- Music - 2 new songs to fit the new areas.
Changed:
- Guard regen rates drastically altered. Kneeling will now double regen rate for natural regen.
- All weapon placements changed for better progression, and rewarding returning to older areas.
- Some bosses AI slightly altered.
- All bosses HP levels altered for better balance. (Especially later bosses.)
- New game plus boss AI improved, HP levels rise appropriately.
- New game plus enemy scaling.
- New game plus traps and ambushes placed. (Enjoy.)
- Final scene missing effects added.
- Pug hit punishment implemented.
Fixed:
- Further boss AI abuse fixes.
- Mirror transitions in certain areas fixed.
- Further sequence breaking prevention.
- Fixed certain walls that could make the player get stuck after kneeling down.
- Incorrect pet spawns upon loading/respawn should be fixed now.
- Help screen completely redone.
I most likely missed stuff in the notes.
THOUGHTS, AND THANKS
With this, the game is content complete and we exit Early Access.
HOWEVER, this does not mean support and additional content will stop. Just like with Shrouded in Sanity, you can expect further modes, bosses, pets, music, and even areas added to the game, as well as the obvious continued bug fixing and support.
I would like to especially thank everyone who bought the Early Access version of the game and trusted me to finish Usurper, I hope I can deliver a fun game worthy of the purchase and trust.
I'd also like to thank everyone on our Discord server who helped directly or indirectly. (The link to which is at the bottom of this announcement.)
Special thanks to Ravness for being an incredibly helpful source of detailed bug reports.
JOIN OUR DISCORD
As always, we strongly recommend that you join our Discord server if you want to be completely up-to-date, or just want to hang out. We are extremely active on there, posting updates and screenshots most days. And if you're worried about spoilers, we have dedicated rooms for those, so they're easy to avoid. It's also super convenient for us to receive bug reports since you can post images, but it's also a direct way to give us suggestions and other comments.
Thank you all for continuing to support us!
Pugware
(Apologies for the delay in the release but technical problems with the upload of the build arose.)