GENERAL

• Launch! Blackfaun is now in version 1.0! ːsteamhappyː ːsteamhappyː
  
• As a result, all saves, achievements, and unlocks have be reset to retail. Happy hunting!
  
• We’ve significantly tweaked game balance and cleaned up loads of bugs and other issues.
  
• Another massive thanks to all of our PAX and Early Access backers -- it’s been a long (and sometimes lonesome) journey. Thanks for coming on this wild ride with us, your support has meant the world!
  

BOSSES

• Reduced Stonebeak’s passive health regeneration.
  
• Increased Gemini Beasts’ base health.
  
• Significantly increased Pan/Eri’s base health.
  
• Cleaned up all Ram Rider animations.
  

ENEMIES

• Reduced enemy spawn rates across the board. Experience gain per monster defeated has been increased to compensate.
  
• Court of Thorns enemy spawn rate tweaked proportionally higher to maintain difficulty.
  
• Increased the time between Soul Prism attacks.
  

ITEMS

• Added Crackling Ingots, get your chain lightning on!
  
• Added the Deafening Maw, cover your ears, Boo!
  
• Reduced negative stat modifiers on all items except on the lowest quality.
  
• Significantly reduced stat reduction price on chest of valor items.
  
• Reworded Psionic Relic’s description to clarify mechanics.
  
• Reworded Tyrant’s Mace description to clarify mechanics.
  
• Flaming First now deals increased damage to Blind Shriekers.
  
• Moiraic Gate’s damage radius is now static, it was previously linked to the Vigor stat.
  

OTHER

• Increased player starting health and health per level up gain, also increased amount of health that red hearts grant. These changes have been applied to all difficulty modes proportionally.
  
• Increased Mana Burst effect radius across the board.
  
• Removed on-equip stat penalties from talismans.
  
• All offhand equipment Mana Bursts now cost a flat 1 mana.
  
• Cleaned up tutorial overlay when using the controller.
  
• Added sound effect to stat selection when using a controller.
  
• Bosses in the Duskhaven Sanctuary now drop any consumables near their item chest to prevent them from being uncollectible.
  

BUG FIXES

• Flaming Fist is no longer castable in rooms the player is not in.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the Burst Master achievement from tracking progress properly.
  
• Fixed an issue cause sound effects to play when loading a new level.
  
• Fixed an issue that was causing the hurricane lamp to display incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue causing bookshelves to spawn to close to the boss doorway threshold.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Glint-eye Rogue talisman to create a spirit heart after every enemy death.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the recap screen to appear at the end of a run.
  
• Fixed an issue that unequipped all talismans when exiting and then resuming a game.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Continuing a game to start as Eri, even if playing as Pan.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Relic Guardian’s health bar from displaying properly.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the player from sprinting while the Demon Eye was equipped.
  

GENERAL

• Release! We’re excited to announce that Blackfaun will move to full retail release on October, 26th! Tell your friends! ːsteamhappyː
  
• Massive thanks to all of our Early Access supporters, we couldn't have done it without you!
  

OTHER

• Lowered the amount of orbs that Genesis spawns to be relative to his current hit points.
  
• Raised the Faun’s base projectile speed.
  
• Reduced the projectile speed of the Withered Effigy.
  
• Increased the damage over time effect on the Toxic Rod.
  
• Increased the radius of the Mana Burst slightly.
  
• Removed the ability to activate the Sprint ability while channeling a beam weapon.
  
• Increased player starting health on Easy and Normal modes.
  
• Added a delay to the portal activation after defeating a boss in the Duskhaven Sanctuary.
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that prevented Dacian’s Spyglass from detecting if it scored a hit or not.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing some animations from playing in the recap screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash when fighting Elora.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the game from remembering screen resolution and fullscreen settings.
  
• Removed controller prompts when playing with the keyboard and mouse.
  
• Adjusted Lyrewolf pathing to fix some miscellaneous issues.
  
• Fixed some environment collider objects in Lyrewood Vale.
  
• Fixed Goblin Totem projectile height.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some Court of Thorns map tiles to spawn improperly.
  
• Fixed some issues that prevented the game from reloading when using “Play again” after death.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash when opening a golden chest.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash when encountering the Relic Guardian.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash when encountering Lai’ruhn Maga.
  
• Increased performance overall on all platforms.
  
• Fixed an issue with texture loading on the Mac platform.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Artemis Parry Mana Burst to be too close to the player.
  
• Cleaned up Iron Phantasm’s animations.
  
• Cleaned up Genesis, Pestilence, Dread, and Wonder animations.
  
• Cleaned up the Faun’s boss dialog animations.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed the player to attack a boss during boss conversations.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain UI effects would improperly play during the loading sequence.
  
• Fixed an issue with Pan’s starting weapon hitting offscreen enemies.
  

• Act 4: The Court of Thorns has been added to the game! Eri corners Pan in their once tranquil birthplace as we finish the story of Blackfaun in this final chapter!
  
• Four new bosses and six new enemies now plot your doom within these royal halls. Each enemy comes with a chance to drop a new talisman for your collection.
  
• Controller support Woohoo! Blackfaun is now compatible with XBox and PS4 controllers! Additionally, we’ve updated the UI and other game actions to be compatible with controllers. Give us your feedback on the boards.
  
• Instruction Page We’ve added a set of instructions and gameplay explanations to the main menu page under “Tutorial”.
  

• Censha, the Red Spear
  
  
  
  • Stay away from the pointy end.
    
  
  
  
• Zoma and Knemid, Harpy Matriarchs
  
  
  
  • Two for the price of one.
    
  
  
  
• Orlith, Rider of Dread
  
  
  
  • Let’s buuuuurn.
    
  
  
  
• Ugark, the Thunderous Hoof
  
  
  
  • Savage metal riffs and face melting.
    
  
  

• Palace Tiger
  
• Ingot Devil
  
• Lai'ruhn Maga
  
• Lai'ruhn Incubus
  
• Stone Simulacrum
  
• Crystal Siren
  

• Cleaned up boss dialog sequences.
  
• Added a warning message when starting a new game while there is another play-through in progress.
  
• Exalted Wisp ring now increases AOE damage from destroying wisps.
  
• Added explosion visual effects to all familiars’ attacks.
  
• Windowed mode now resizes the game window by default.
  
• Reduced screenshake caused by the Wise Master weapon.
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that allowed the Withered Effigy to shoot through walls.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented Pan from blinking while the Bat’s Tongue offhand was equipped.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed Pan to sometimes blink through doors.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented enemies from aggroing while the Shadow Guide chest was equipped.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed the Goblin Totem to continue shooting even after it was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an animation issue with Lyrewolves.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed Pan to continue to attack while affected by silence.
  
• Fixed that issue that sometimes caused the game to crash during the loading screen.
  

GENERAL

• Pan has been added to the game as a playable character! He begins his adventure with an alternate set of abilities:
  
  
  
  • Beam attack - Pan’s starting weapon releases a beam of energy at his foes. The beam does low damage, but has a fast cooldown.
    
    
    
  • Burst-blink - Pan’s offhand Manaburst comes with a blink, teleporting him in a short distance in the direction of the mouse cursor(mouse) or facing direction(gamepad).
    
    
    
  • Candles of madness - when Pan uses a candle, instead of becoming ethereal, he gains a boost to his attack speed and damage for the duration. Pan’s candles still detect secret doors in the same way that the faun’s do.
    
    
    
  • Unlockable Content - Note that Pan will be an unlockable character at final release. However, he will be available to all players for most of the remaining Early Access period regardless of whether or not said unlock conditions have been met.
    
  
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing too many consumables to drop when defeating enemies.
  
• Fixed a miscellaneous issue causing map generation issues in Lyrewood Vale.
  
• Tweaked some hallway and room wall colliders in Lyrewood Vale.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Sewer Crab getting stuck in certain parts of rooms.
  
• Fixed an issue with looping sounds not ending properly when defeating enemies.
  

GENERAL

• We’re releasing our second item pack!
  

ITEMS

• Piercing Gaze
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Your familiar’s attacks have a chance to fear enemies.
    
  • Description: “Warriors, berserkers, and rangers from across the Second Kingdom would enlist to hunt any who managed to capture the relic from The Watchers. The emotionless Trackers would wear these cowls for their intimidating presence. Today, the hoods still retain their powerful properties.” — History of the Second Kingdom, page 1108
    
  
  
  
• Dampening Cowl
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Your familiar gains an aura that slows nearby enemies.
    
  • Description: “Before the great golem was created to guard The Relic, magisters, arbiters, and adjudicators from across the Second Kingdom would volunteer to safeguard its power. The enlisted Watchers would wear these cowls for their powerful warding properties. Today, the cowls still retain their dampening capabilities.” — History of the Second Kingdom, page 1108
    
  
  
  
• Hurricane Lamp
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Your mana burst pushes enemies much further.
    
  • Description: A blessing from the wind goddess bestowed upon her most devout followers. Shelter for all who walk in the Gale Maiden’s wake.
    
  
  
  
• Untethered Beacon
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Your mana burst has unlimited range.
    
  • Description: “OWW!!! Deerlegs far but grunts run fast!”
    “What if smaller chop-choppers let us run faster?”
    “Smaller chop-choppers? I chop-chop you instead!”
    — Greld, Stoneblade Captain
    
  
  
  
• Tiger-hide Wrap
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Grants immunity to critical strikes.
    
  • Description: “The Red Spear’s garb. The leathers sharpen her senses while blunting any opposition as she strides effortlessly through combat. Her deadly grace is unmatched.” — Herrena, Greenwind Seraph
    
  
  
  
• Shellskin Trappings
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Gains physical resistance whenever the wearer is damaged.
    
  • Description: This mantle of shells adapts to its surroundings, hardening slightly each time a blade grazes its surface.
    
  
  
  
• Horizon Stone
  
  
  
  • Special ability: When you use a candle, all enemies lose 50% health.
    
  • Description: Another product of the palatial workshops. Horizon Stones were crafted by exposing metal spheres to candle flames for long periods. Rather than blacken, the stones would gain a transparent quality from the delicate flames. Once fully forged, the Horizon Stones can react with nearby candle flames to create a brilliant flash of flame.
    
  
  
  
• Exalted Wisp
  
  
  
  • Special ability: All wisp bonuses are maximized and ancient wisp bonuses are doubled.
    
  • Description: The wisps are the bonds that hold Inun together. Together, they radiate all of the ambient magic found on Inun. A delicate network of energy that has ever so gradually increased in magnitude, their power has been harnessed and molded over the years by its inhabitants.
    
  
  
  
• Tyrant’s Mace
  
  
  
  • Special ability: Chance on hit to stun enemies.
    
  • Description: “My fist is to grapes, as my mace is to skulls.” — Mlirzog II, Blacktread Giant
    
  
  

GENERAL

• In preparation for the Court of Thorns tileset, the number of stages per act has been reduced from 3 to 2. The purposed for this change is to condense the play experience into a tighter package. This will help differentiate playthroughs and items (and to a lesser extent enemies and bosses) will be seen less frequently.
  
  Enemies and bosses appearing in the second stage of each act now have increased HP to help balance the difficulty curve.
  
  
• The leveling system has been revamped: The skill points you get when leveling up will now increase base damage, luck, and max HP instead of adding to your base stats. Leveling up no longer automatically grants base damage and HP. To compensate for the lack of stats on level up, items have had their stat values increased. Additionally, ancient wisps still grant a passive boost to their corresponding stat color, their stat boost values have been tweaked to accommodate the new level up stats.
  
  The reasoning for these changes was to give players a different method of guiding their gameplay while giving players more meaningful and impactful choices. We felt that the previous stat system was ultimately fighting for the same spotlight as items. What do you think of these changes? Let us know in the discussions!
  
  
• Wisps now explode when impacted by player projectiles, dealing damage to everything around them -- even the player! (except on easy difficulty). They can also be mana bursted into enemies, giving the player more strategic choices in battle.
  

BOSSES

• Relic Guardian
  
  
  
  • Now always spawns on 3-3 and triggers a new scripted sequence.
    
  • The Relic altar has been added to the Relic Guardian’s chamber. ːsteammockingː
    
  
  

ITEMS

• Rune Egg Wand
  
  
  
  • Decreased familiar spawn chance.
    
  
  
  
• Rainbow Wand
  
  
  
  • Increased base explosion radius.
    
  
  
  
• Withered Effigy
  
  
  
  • Decreased curse (stat drain) debuff amount.
    
  
  

OTHER

• Sound effects have received significant upgrades across the board. Overall sound effect experience should be enhanced!
  
• Stoneblade Grunts have traded spots with Dreamsnatchers in the encounter order in Lyrewood Vale. Players will now encounter Stoneblade Grunts on 1-1 and Dreamsnatchers on 1-2.
  
• An indicator has been added to the main menu screen when one or more new talismans have been unlocked.
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing Stonebeak’s health regeneration effects to work improperly.
  
• Cleaned up the way that talismans were spawning.
  
• Fixed key consumable collection radius.
  
• Fixed an issue which sometimes caused enemies to affect one another with their spells.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that caused enemies to float above the player.
  

GENERAL

• Act 3: Temple Depths has been added to the game! Eri is hot on Pan’s trail as she scampers through the darkness. Find out what secrets await her as you page through the penultimate chapter of Blackfaun!
  
• Four new bosses and six new enemies now plot your doom within the murky ‘Depths. They’re all hoarding shiny new talismans that they don’t want you to have.
  
• Get acquainted with the new content -- check out the spotlight video:
  
  https://youtu.be/BGwIkMziQ7A
  
  

BOSSES

• Stonebeak, Hydra Baron
  
  
  
  • This is one hot lizard. Feel the burn. ːsteamhappyː
    
  
  
  
• Wauna, Ickwater Matron
  
  
  
  • You’re damned if you voodoo, you’re damned if you voo-don’t.
    
  
  
  
• Sezgar, Rider of Pestilence
  
  
  
  • Hope you got your seasonal flu shots!
    
  
  
  
• Relic Guardian
  
  
  
  • At last, the relic chamber -- just one more pile of rocks standing in your way. Can you taste the power?
    
  
  

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing players to get stuck on chests when they spawned.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing Boulderscale from re-appearing after burrowing.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the “Random” talisman selection to only populate the first talisman slot.
  
• Fixed an issue causing scenery to be misplaced within the Duskhaven Sanctuary boss rooms.
  
• Fixed an issue causing chests of valor to be replaced by regular chests when spawning.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented beam weapons from properly hitting enemies while the player was stationary.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed certain enemies to be permanently feared.
  
• Cleaned up Goblin Totem fireball hitboxes.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing Dacian’s Spyglass from interacting properly with boss Manaburst vulnerabilities.
  
• Fixed a rare issue causing map generation errors in the player spawn area.
  
• Fixed an issues causing achievement reward item frames to display improperly.
  
• Fixed an issue causing negative stats to display with two hyphens in the player inventory window.
  
• Cleaned up the hitboxes of consumables.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the Monarch Wand mesh from despawning when unequipped.
  

GENERAL

• We’re releasing our first major item pack!
  

ITEMS

MISCELLANEOUS

• Added missing door-closing sound effects and fixed some additional door related issues.
  
• Added additional sound effects.
  

GENERAL

• As part of our continued effort to increase the overall difficulty of the game, we’ve modified some additional boss mechanics and AI.
  

BOSSES

• Braald, the Wolflord
  
  
  
  • Now alternates between using his charging attack and ranged attack more frequently.
    
  • Projectiles now lead the player and travel faster.
    
  • Increased Ancient Wolf health.
    
  
  
  
• Boulderscale, the Hungering Wurm
  
  
  
  • Increased scale overall - body whip attack now covers a greater area.
    
  • Increased movement speed while using burrow attack.
    
  • Acid spit travels faster and now has a lower trajectory.
    
  
  
  
• Arugir, Rider of Genesis
  
  
  
  • Ranged attack now spawns three projectiles, up from one.
    
  • Increased frequency of charge attack.
    
  • Summons more orbs per cast.
    
  
  
  
• Aleog, Rider of Wonder
  
  
  
  • Ranged attack now spawns three projectiles, up from one.
    
  • Increased the amount of time slow bubbles on each time-slow omnicast.
    
  • Increased the amount of glyphs created with each glyph omnicast.
    
  
  
  
• Moonfeather, the Last Hippogryph
  
  
  
  • Projectiles now lead the player, travel faster, and are larger.
    
  • Wind clones now fly faster and with less delay.
    
  
  

OTHER

• Sprint now gives you a boost in speed for every mana consumed during the sprint.
  

GENERAL

• Overall difficulty increase: We’ve heard from many that the game could be more challenging. We’ve made changes across the board to offer players a greater challenge. Judicious use of your mana burst and candles will now be essential on the hardest difficulties.
  
  
  
  
  • Doors now lock when the player enters a room until all enemies have been cleared.
    
  • Enemy AI has been greatly improved. Enemies are now smarter and deadlier.
    
  • Enemy spawn rate has been increased.
    
  • Boss rooms are now 3x3, down from 4x4.
    
  • Increased tower spawn rates in all environments.
    
  
  
  
  
• Faster game flow: Getting from room to room, especially when backtracking was taking too long. We’ve made a number of changes to make the action more intense, including reducing room size and corridor length.
  
  
• Ancient wisps: We’ve replaced treasure chests that grant random HP and stat bonuses (“empty chests”) with ancient wisps. There are 3 types of ancient wisps, VIT, INT, and AGI, one for each stat type indicated by matched colors. When the player collects an Ancient Wisp it will grant a stat bonus of the corresponding type and an HP boost. In addition, there is a chance that a treasure chest will drop upon collection.
  
  
• Bug fixes:
  
  
  
  • Fixed an issue causing a console error when continuing a game after death.
    
  • Fixed an issue that was preventing the Boulderscale, the Hungering Wurm sprite from showing up properly on the recap screen.
    
  • Fixed an issue causing a console error when Pan is hit with a projectile.
    
  • Fixed an issue causing the vendor to sometimes sell chests that contain consumables which would cost additional gold to pick up.
    
  • Bosses now always spawn chests that contain equipment.
    
  • Various tooltips and stat calculations were fixed to display the proper values.
    
  
  

ENEMIES

• Wolfwarden
  
  
  
  • Traps: Wolfwarden AI has been modified so that traps are only placed while far from the player. Trap size increased to help visibility. Trap poison damage no longer ignores shield hearts.
    
  
  
  
• Lyrewolf
  
  
  
  • Fear: Lyrewolves can now only be affected by fear (when another enemy dies) up to one time.
    
  
  
  
• Warbrute
  
  
  
  • Frenzy: Warbrutes can no longer be interrupted while casting frenzy. Increased the bonuses of the frenzy buff.
    
  
  
  
• Dreamsnatcher
  
  
  
  • Darkness Pool: Now prevents the player from attacking and casting mana burst while under the effects of darkness.
    
  • Increased projectile speed. Projectiles now have a chance to lead the player.
    
  
  
  
• Hexbrewer
  
  
  
  • Ranged attacks now lead the player, but are slightly less accurate.
    
  • No longer flees when the player is too near.
    
  
  
  
• Iron Phantasm
  
  
  
  • Ethereal Charge now leads the player.
    
  • Increased movement speed.
    
  
  
  
• Lost Soul
  
  
  
  • Increased scale.
    
  • Mana bursts now deal a large amount of damage to Lost Souls.
    
  
  
  
• Duskhaven Wraith
  
  
  
  • Projectile size and speed increased.
    
  • Soul Leash: In addition to dealing damage when the player gets too far away, it now damages after a set amount of time has passed.
    
  
  
  
• Spirit Elk
  
  
  
  • Spirit Cluster now charges up in 3 seconds, down from 5.
    
  • Cervine Vengeance (counterattack aura) now has a cooldown of .8 seconds, down from 1 second.
    
  • Lex and other familiars no longer trigger Cervine Vengeance.
    
  
  

BOSSES

• Gemini Beasts
  
  
  
  • Ranged beast now leads the player.
    
  • Increased the effect of the frenzy buff.
    
  
  
  
• Elora, Vileweed Monarch
  
  
  
  • Can no longer be interrupted while channeling projectile rings.
    
  • Spawns explosive (red) flower pods more often.
    
  • Flower pods are larger and have been tweaked to be more visible.
    
  
  

ITEMS

• Daire’s Parry
  
  
  
  • Fixed an issue causing a console error when the player takes damage while a parry charge is active.
    
  
  
  
• Demon Eye
  
  
  
  • Cleaned up animation timing.