We have a major game update for you right here! Along with improved balancing, some new items and better stability it'll also bring the a completely reworked Russian language for our Russian community.
Want the full patch notes? Here you go:
Patch 1.2 - Changelog
General
Some minor bugs in cutscenes have been fixed.
Some dialogues have been fixed.
Some text- and NoKey-errors have been fixed.
Achievements “Rohal's Heir” and “Master of Arcane” should work correctly now.
Blocker / Crashes
Reworked AI-System should fix several crashes and freezes.
Interface and Text
Added a general rule description to the game. Can be found at the top right of the screen.
Added a control- and shortkey-overview in the options screen.
The setting to deactivate the tutorial is working correctly now.
Changes to defense/offense slider in weapon talents save correctly now.
Achaz mage has his correct name now.
Balancing / Quests / Items
Aurelias Mask isn't unequipped anymore if she is taken to the dwarf games with it.
The special buff for the last two fights in the game is now triggered correctly, if enough of the gods trials are completed without using Urias' shortcuts.
Increased damage and added special effects to the different kinds of throwing weapons.
Increased the damage of the Fulminictus, Ignifaxius and Ignisphaero spells.
Decreased ASP cost of some spells.
Increased ASP cost of the Axxeleratus spell.
Added some new items to the game.
Languages
Russian dialogs have been reworked.
Thank you & Second video guide online
Dear Blackguards players,
all of our staff would like to say a big thank you for playing Blackguards and constantly giving feedback, especially during our Early Access phase. This is what one happy development team looks like:
What we have in stores for you today should be especially interesting for people new to Blackguards and the Dark Eye ruleset: We just released the second part of our video guide series. This time the guides goes into more detail than before, showing off all the important things to know about character stats, talents and spells.
Find the English version here:
http://youtu.be/Fv8Pksq7YFA
And the German version here:
http://youtu.be/szBp0Pr67yM
Also, the staff of OrkenspalterTV (which is a well known TDE site in Germany) produced a nice introduction the continent of Aventuria and other lore in close co-operation with Ulisses Spiele, Nandurion and us. Find the first part of the series here (German only):
http://youtu.be/gUbu4RVUoZA
We hope you still enjoy the game!
You Blackguards Team
Reminder: Contributor registrations ending soon
If you bought the Contributor Edition of the Game (available during Early Access only) and did not register as Contributor, yet, you should do so immediately! Contributor registrations will be ending on 0.00 a.m. PST / 8.00 a.m. CET on January 31st 2014, as we would like to put up the final game credits - including our beloved contributors - soon.
Until that date we will accept registrations in-game using the Blackguards "Register as Contributor" button, which will then forward you to a registration web page.
The final game credits are expected to be added to the game approximately two to three weeks from now, so around the middle of February.
Thanks for contributing!
Your Blackguards Team
Blackguards releasing TODAY
Dearest Blackguards community,
we're very proud to announce that Blackguards' development has come to a conclusion ahead of schedule. Thus we have decided to release the game on Steam without further delay, namingly on January 22th at 5 p.m. CET / 8 a.m. PST - that's right, it's today!
The final version will not only contain the expert character creation, some rebalancing and overall polishing, but of course also the fifth and last chapter of the game, bringing the latter to an epic conclusion.
At the same time as the Steam release - 5 p.m. CET, 8 a.m. PST - we will also hold a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the development team, in which you're also able to win one of 40.000 (fortythousand !! - it's not a mistake!) GOG keys for Chains of Satinav. We'll announce a link later today.
A small notice to our Russian community: The Russian language in the game is still being overhauled and the final version will be released on January, 24th via patch. Thanks for your patience!
All of the team want to say THANK YOU for staying with us through all of the Early Access phase, making the game bigger and better for you, the players.
We wish you many hours of fun with the final version of Blackguards,
Your Blackguards Team
Blackguards Demo coming tomorrow
We're happy to announce that we are releasing a game demo to Blackguards some time tomorrow, which you'll be able to load and play directly via Steam.
It will allow you to play the full chapter one (that's 6 to 8 hours of gameplay!) for free. The demo also contains the new expert character creation mode, that let's you create your characters more freely. Also player's will be able to use their savegames for the full game.
So if you're not convinced of Blackguards yet, you'll be able to go and check it out soon!
Best wishes,
Your Blackguards Development Team
Blackguards become Macguards
With today's patch Blackguards is also available for Mac OS X! Buyers of the Early Access version can jump right into the game on their Mac systems or switch between different operating systems thanks to Steamplay.
Along with the Mac release there comes a major patch that as always includes various fixes as well as adjusted game balance. Find a full list of changes in the end of this announcement.
Especially feedback on the Mac version would be really interesting for us, so let us know how the game works for you on Mac OS X. But no matter what OS you use, thanks for keeping up playing and giving us your feedback!
We hope you still enjoy the game!
Your Blackguards team
Patch 3 (Revision 32627) - Changelog
General
Fixed a problem where certain savegames couldn't be loaded anymore.
Some minor bugs in cutscenes have been fixed.
Some dialogues have been fixed.
Some text- and NoKey-errors have been fixed.
Blocker / Crashes
Fixed a blocker in the “Charyb'Yzz” sidequest.
All pieces of Black Metal can be obtained correctly now.
Fixed a bug that made Areimanios inaccessible for some players.
“Where” stone is now obtained correctly again from Denndrim Forest.
Interface and Text
Added new indicator for spells and special abilities that are not learned yet, or cannot be learned.
Added function to drop items via “delete” key.
Stat changes from wounds are now shown when hovering wounded characters.
Spell book infobox now shows if the spell is already learned.
The battle log now resets after restarting a fight.
Balancing
Magic resistance buff of the “Nameless One” buff has been reduced.
Fixed a bug that let bows shoot without arrows.
The flashback hunter in the beginning of chapter 3 now has a level 1 trap he can actually use.
Kusliker Lamellar set has been fixed.
Changed Takates starting skill and spendable AP to make him more flexible.
Reworked looted money from fights and values of some items, especially spell books.
New year, new video guides!
We hope that you had a really smooth start into 2014!
To make your start into the game just as smooth, we have prepared a series of video guides for you. In every video we will show and explain a special aspect of the game and its rules and give some helpful advice. The series is opened by the topic that is also the first important choice in the game: The character class selection.
http://youtu.be/hsSjvNRCq4I
For those players troubled by savegame loading problems since the chapter 4 release we will be providing a patch in the next few days that will fix the issue. Please note that we cannot fully promise that all your savegames will be working again.
Chapter 4 released
Hi there,
we hope you had a great Christmas and you are now fully recovered to visit the new chapter 4 of Blackguards. And because there are always some people who have to work at New Years Eve we thougt we release the update on Sunday. And because we couldn't wait to share it with you.
So have a lot of fun with this chapter and don't stop giving us your feedback. Again we did adjustments with the difficulty level, so let us know if it is to hard for you now ;).
Have fun and stay awesome,
your Blackguards team
New content for special editons and advanced character creation mode
New content for special editions
We are proud to present you the Blackguards artbook, the soundtrack and the digital world map of the game. Owners of the Deluxe and Contributor editions now can find these files as download in their steam-game folder bonus content.
On more than 140 pages for the artbook gives you interesting facts about the characters, the creatures and the environment. Then there are more than 40 minutes of soundtrack for you. We provide you the soundtrack as *.mp3, *.ogg and *.wav, so there should be something for everyone of you.
Advanced character creation mode
Many of you have wished for it. So your wish shall be our command. So we are announcing the advanced character creation mode!
The advanced character creation mode will allow players to shape the character to your liking right from the start. You will be able to spend the character's adventure points for the skills and spells you'd like to have, instead of taking the choiced we made for you. Still the entire advanced creation mode will be optional. So if you'd rather go for a premade character, you'll be able to do that as well.
Again we want to say thank you for conbtribution to Blackguards in giving so much invaluable feedback! We also produced a little video clip for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLPdVIKyCM
Thanks to all of you for your support! Also have happy holidays!
Your Blackguards-Team
Advanced character creation coming
Many of you have wished for it. So your wish shall be our command.
We have just announced that based on the detailled feedback by you, the Early Access community, Blackguards will get an advanced character creation mode! It is scheduled to ship in a patch prior to the release of the final version at the end of January.
The advanced character creation mode will allow players to shape the character to your liking right from the start. You will be able to spend the character's adventure points for the skills and spells you'd like to have, instead of taking the choiced we made for you. Still the entire advanced creation mode will be optional. So if you'd rather go for a premade character, you'll be able to do that as well.
Again we want to say thank you for conbtribution to Blackguards in giving so much invaluable feedback! We also produced a little video clip for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLPdVIKyCM
