Added additional visual elements and effects to the vampire’s finisher attack.
Now the Vampire says some cool stuff after a finisher
Finishers will no longer overlap with card pickups or other audio events.
Added a second finisher to the vampire.
Adjusted how the camera positions itself during a finisher when it collides with nearby geometry.
Added a system to decide how cameras are chosen during finishers to help provide a number of fallback options should the preferred viewpoint be blocked by geometry.
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue that could cause legionnaires to play their death sound effects despite already being very much dead.
Fixed a case where the victim of a finisher would rapidly alternate between a falling animation and another position while falling to the ground.
Fixed a case where the finisher camera could pass into nearby geometry.
Fixed several issues where legionnaires in their pre-death dazed state would not return to their dazed animation under certain circumstances.
Fixed a bug where performing a finisher would cause nearby enemies to leave their pre-death dazed state unexpectedly.
Fixed a bug that prevented part of the Bloodlust chant to stop on Reset.
Fixed a bug where performing multiple finishers could result in nearby enemies no longer being hostile to the player.
Fixed a bug causing sound effects to potentially play multiple times in a frame when using synchronised animation.
Fixed an issue causing blood decals to move position.
Fixed a case where the icon for an available finisher wouldn’t disappear if the finisher candidate was killed by something other than the finisher.
Occasionally, footmen near death will enter a dazed state, and an exclamation point (!) will appear over their head.
While an enemy is in the dazed pre-death state, the vampire can perform a finisher by moving in front of the unwary victim. The exclamation point will change to ‘Execute’ and may be performed by hitting the ‘F’ key.
When performed, a finisher attack will decimate the target and restore the vampire’s mind, body, and soul.
This is a work in progress.
Balance
Resource bars (like bloodlust, mana etc.) will no longer drain/replenish when combat is interrupted.
Bugfixes
Fixed an audio bug where an extra sound would be played when entering the arena from the menu for the 2nd+ time in a session.
Fixed an issue where combat audio was being doubled up if the arena was left during combat, and then returned to in the same session.
Updates to the legionnaire positions in the intro cinemas.
Balance
Enemies are now less likely to use their special abilities in certain situations where the player is off-screen.
Rebalanced Exsanguinate:
Base damage 5 -> 6
Base heal 7.5 -> 8
Can affect targets up to 10s (was infinite).
Cooldown 2.5s -> 6s
Sorcerous blood gives 5% extra mana leech per level (was 10%).
Hemomancy gives 20% + 10% per level damage and healing (was 50% + 10%/lvl).
Wending streams now reduce healing done by 63/67/71/79/81%. note that previously, at level five, you could hit 6 targets, which would give 600% increased healing. you can still hit six targets, but with an 81% reduction, this gives only 14% more healing than does hitting one target at level 0.
Range 15m -> 8m
Increased blend speed out of the exsanguinate stun state (purely visual change).
Wave size will increase from waves 10 to 110.
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where the pause menu could be opened while exiting a level.
Direction Rotation for Legionnaire Intros.
Fixed a bug where Exsanguinate with Hemomancy would cost mana while in the ethereal state.
Revised root motion on vampire attacks.
Performance
Optimized minor elements related to light animation, particles, skill effects, and nav mesh generation.
HOTFIX - Deadhaus Sonata Combat Demo: Blood Bath
Hotfixes
Scoreboard stats will persist over launches.
Using any of the debug menu "cheats" prevents scoreboard stats from accumulating for the rest of the run (have to restart client).
Added a "Highest Wave" stat.
Changed the formatting of the stats so they work better for very, very large numbers (which is necessary if they accumulate overruns).
Despawning the blood decals after 2k decals are spawned (it isn't very pretty, but with thousands in the arena at once, likely won't be noticed).
wave progression past the first 10 waves - up to 100% increased damage, vitality, armor, and stability at wave 110.
Public Playtest For Deadhaus Sonata
We are excited to announce the Deadhaus Sonata Playtest for a limited time only. Play as the Vampire Class with rogue-lite elements to see how long you can survive in the Blood Bath Area.
Demo Features:
Play as the Vampire Class - Slay, decapitate, and consume buckets of blood - Vae Victus!
Endless waves of enemies
Fight Against Footmen, Vanguards, Spearmen, and the brutal Centurions
Armor, Weapon, and Spell rogue-lite Drops
Dialog to soothe the undead soul
Over one hour of high-quality radio plays!
We strongly believe in working with the community to make the game the best it can be. Play the demo and let us know what you think of the core combat.
Deadhaus Sonata is a narrative-driven ARPG where you play the Undead fighting the living. Fight as a Vampire, Revenant, Liche, Banshee, and more!
Deadhaus Sonata development is leading on the PC and will support all major platforms.
there's also toggles in the debug menu to always/never play the cinematics
New VFX for weapons under the effect of the Centurion’s blessing.
Added small mist trails to ethereal state’s mist effects.
Item/Arcana pickups will now queue with cutscenes and wave starts. This helps avoid audio overlapping.
New Radio Play: Of Morsels: Season 02 Ep 01
Knock Down/Blended Rag Doll Mechanics Added - See Below
Removed Some Other Videos:
Game Overview
Tarot System
Stability System
Added Wending Streams Minor Arcana, which increase the maximum number of targets hit.
Balance
Increased the priority of Centurion’s attacks, so they are more difficult to interrupt.
Centurions
Increased the speed of the Centurion’s melee attacks.
Reduced the cooldown on the Centurion’s melee attacks.
Decreased the damage of the Centurion’s melee attacks by 25%.
Adjusted the Centurion’s AI to make them respond quicker and in how they decide to position themselves during combat.
Spearmen
Added short cooldown to the charge attack.
Adjusted charge speed of the charge attack down by 12%.
Reduced the stun duration of a successful charge attack.
Slightly reduced the number of possible positions the spearman will try to move to before charging.
Slightly increased the time between the charge setup playing and charge being engaged. Shifted the shout to be earlier in the setup phase of the charge.
Added a knockdown to the charge.
Adjusted dialogue timing on Legionnaire intro cinematics.
Added a small amount of minimum animation time to heavy weapon attacks.
Adjusted damage scaling for sword heavy attacks to add slightly more damage.
Increased damage of higher level weapons for more killing
Adjusted Wave Difficulty
Few Legionnaires at the beginning
Werebat now appears on Wave 5
Every 5 levels passed now adds a skeleton in the spectral wave.
Added reveal cinematic settings in the Debug menu to allow the player to choose to either always show or never show reveal cinematics.
Buffed Sunshard (2x Physical damage).
Buffed Hammer (Physical damage and armour damage).
Buffed Spiked Mace (Physical damage).
Buffed Deadman’s Cleaver (2x Physical damage).
Buffed Notched Blade (1.75x Physical damage).
The Vanguard’s shield buff Stability damage has been reduced.
The vampire should no longer receive hits during mist form dodge.
Added more life leech from the vampire’s Bloodlust.
Greatly reduced the amount of time the vampire will remain stunned.
Mist form dodge can now interrupt any other skill (i.e. you can trigger it any time unless you're stunned).
Lost Souls will not trigger the reveal cinematic.
Using Exsanguinate in Spectral state will always hit exactly 1 target.
Resources globes will change to be slightly greyed out when you have been forced out of a state.
The player should no longer collide with dropped cards in Ethereal state.
The number of exsanguinate streams and their colour now varies based on equipped minor arcana.
The play time statistic no longer increases while the player is dead.
Heavy attack with a mace will knockback less frequently.
Increase the vitality and stability granted by the second tier of vampire armour.
Decreased the amount of damage of a hit that does not stun the vampire relative to one that does.
Decreased the angle the Vanguard and Centurion will successfully block from.
Exsanguinate base stats have been reduced. Outgoing damage has decreased and mana cost increased.
Exsanguinate will create a stream for every target affected by the skill.
Removed Dispossesion minor arcana.
Sorcerous Blood now grants additional mana.
Hemomancy now grants additional leech, additional damage and costs more mana to cast.
Removed Exsanguinate base scaling of maximum targets over channel time.
Bugfixes
Fixed missing collision on one set of pillars in the arena. (thanks, Temuldjin)
Fixed a bug where duplicated dialogue played during the Game Over screen.
Fixed a bug where interrupting a Centurion’s skills would result in the Centurion getting stuck in place, performing no actions.
Fixed a bug where an unwanted sound effect would play when restarting the game.
Fixed a bug where a sound effect on channelled Telekinesis would not stop playing..
Fixed a bug that could cause Spearmen to inappropriately stand still and wait for the player to get close to them before returning to their regular behaviour.
Fixed a bug where dialogue continued to play after choosing Exit or Restart on game over screen.
Removed an outdated sword from the list of possible weapons a footman could be spawned with.
Fixed an issue causing attacks made by the vampire to be inaccurate.
Fixed several issues with Exsanguinate in Ethereal state and Spectral states.
Fixed a crash caused by Bless.
Fixed an issue causing exsanguinate particles to originate from the wrong position on Lost Souls.
Fixed an issue where Bless range was lower than intended.
Fixed an issue where pressing spamming Esc to pause/unpause rapidly would slow down the game speed.
Performance
Fixed an issue where the Bless skill would cause frame rate drops and crashes.
New sound effect for when the vampire hits into a Vanguard’s empowered shield.
Added new visual and sound effects for the Vanguard’s empowered shield.
Added a damage effect to the centurion’s blessing ability. The vampire will get damaged and stunned if in range of the ability when the lightning strikes.
When Exsanguinate hits multiple targets, each target will have a blood, essence, or mana stream.
Added intro sequences for each of the four types of legionnaires when encountered for the first time.
Improved Centurion and Vanguard shield animations.
Add wave count UI, displaying the number of the current wave.
Adjusted/polished the Vampire attacks.
Balance
Vampire
Added a half-second cooldown to the vampire’s heavy weapon attacks.
Increased the number of vocal reactions when the Vampire is hit.
The blood vignette will be stronger based on recent damage taken (instead of total remaining vitality).
Screen shake when hit is much stronger.
Reduced maximum knockback distance on the vampire by 66%.
Increased maximum stun duration on the vampire by 300%.
The vampire will be able to pass through enemies when forced into ethereal state.
Telekinesis
Telekinesis quick cast stuns less often.
Telekinesis quick cast will not knock enemies down unless it stuns them and they have no armour (previously, targets would always be knocked down if they had no armour)
Increased initial mana cost of Telekinesis and decreased mana cost over time (total mana cost over the entire channelled duration remains the same).
Spearman
Redesigned the Spearmen AI to make them more responsive in combat.
Change how the Spearmen approach combat. The Spearman will now prefer to charge at the player when an opportunity presents itself, then using thrusting attacks if they would be effective. The spearman will also try to attack from the front and favour backing out to charge range over melee.
Increased the telegraph time off the Spearman charge attack by 30%.
Reduced the stun duration from a successful Spearman charge by 60%.
Bless
The bless effect will now be removed from weapons if the centurion who applied it is killed while the effect is active.
Increase the duration and effective range of the centurion’s bless effect and increase the likelihood of bless being cast.
Vanguard Empowered Shield
Vanguard empowered shield effect will be able to stun the player a short time after the effect first appears.
Empowered shield effect will no longer prevent the vanguard from moving
Vanguard will move and rotate slower (-70% of normal speed) while their shield is empowered.
Vanguards will empower their shields only within some range of their target, and the buff will end when their target gets out of range.
Shield Block
Vanguards and Centurions who hold a shield are much harder to sun.
Hitting Vanguards and Centurions from behind will always remove their shield.
Angle from which attacks can be blocked is reduced to 75 degrees (down from 90).
Spectral State
Exsanguinating Lost souls in Spectral state will fully restore essence and mana.
Lost Souls spawn less frequently in Spectral state.
Centurion
Increase Centurion damage and range on all attacks.
Decreased Centurion movement speed.
Made Centurion abilities (including attacks) non-interruptible by attack damage.
Bugfixes
Adjusted the positioning of the spear to better suit how the Spearman wields the weapon.
Fixed an issue with missing geometry under the elevator’s platform.
Fixed an issue where enemies would get stuck on some geometry after being thrown with Telekinesis. Enemies are now allowed to move down and back into the arena.
Fixed an issue causing the brazier fire in the arena to render differently in Spectral and Ethereal States.
Fixed an issue causing legionnaires who had been knocked to the ground using telekinesis to play an unintended hit reaction sound effect.
Fixed a bug where item pickup dialogue would continue to play while the game was paused.
Fixed an issue where form change dialogue could overlap with item pickup dialogue or other form change dialogue.
Fixed several issues that would cause a wave of enemies to never complete, preventing the pressure plate from resetting.
Fixed a case where centurions would get stuck in a bind pose when attempting to use a skill after their shield had been knocked off.
Fixed an issue causing the vampire to stop making hit reaction sounds if hit during stun.
Fixed a bug where dead enemies might return to playing their idle animation after falling down.
Fixed an issue where enemies may get stuck in idle state forever.
Fixed an issue where some effects would not play when enemies have Blessed weapons.
Fixed several issues in which weapon effects would persist on the weapon after its carrier had died.
Fixed an issue where the next wave sometimes wouldn’t trigger after all enemies are dead.
Fixed an issue where blood pools emanating from dead characters would not appear or would suddenly pop in.
Fixed an issue where exsanguinated enemies would pop back to their idle animation without blending.
Fixed an issue where Exsanguinate bloodstreams would sometimes come from empty points in space (they now always originate from the targets).
Fixed an issue where some environmental decals would incorrectly apply to characters.
Fixed an issue where knocked-off armour would typically fly off towards a fixed direction (the direction is now random).
Added Bless ability to the Centurion enemies. The Centurion calls down a bolt of El’Sabayoth’s lightning to enchant the weapons of their allies, granting bonus magical damage for a time. This magic damage can harm a vampire in mist form.
Added an initial implementation of a Spearman type of legionnaire to the combat arena level. The Spearman is capable of attacking from afar, either charging at the player with their spear or thrusting at the player at closer range. If the charge attack connects, it will stun the player. This is a work in progress.
Added ground smash effect for mace heavy attack.
Mace heavy attack will always knock back enemies.
Added Vampire’s reaction dialogue for the Werebat cinematic.
Vanguard legionnaires now will raise their shield when they enter a blocking state. If the player hits the character while they are raising their shield, they will be stunned.
Added new mist effects for the ethereal and spectral states.
Added a new voice line for each time the vampire enters a trinary state for the first time.
Added new voice lines for higher-level minor arcana pickups.
Adjusted spectral state emissive values on the vampire.
Adjusted the Vanguard’s animations to make them easier to recognize from afar.
Balance
Increased all card drop lifetime by ~15%.
Adjusted the card time-out visuals to support gameplay.
Hitting a vanguard when their shield is empowered will stun for longer.
Vanguards with empowered shields will not move.
Footmen no longer perform the 3-hit combo.
Bugfixes
Fixed a typo where the “Sunshard” sword was referred to as “Sunsword.”
Fixed a typo where each type of mace was referred to as “Mace”. Restored names of “Morning Star” and “War Maul.”
Fixed an issue where the same dialogue line would play for the above weapons.
Fixed an issue where the Sorcerous Blood card played outdated lore.
Fixed an issue where the Werebat cinematic played out of sync.
Fixed an issue where legionnaire ‘struggle’ animations were not looping properly.
Fixed mist effect from disappearing when dashing in quick succession.
Fixed a crash when exiting from the combat arena to the main menu and returning to the combat arena.
Fixed an issue where legionnaires may sometimes get stuck in their idle state.
Fixed an issue where mist form was still usable while stunned.
Fixed an issue where some of the vampire’s armour pieces turned ethereal blue during a mist form dash in Physical state.
Fixed an issue with the pause menu using outdated UI in some circumstances.
Added pulsing effect to item and minor arcana cards to warn the player that the pickup card will disappear shortly if it is not picked up.
Added a queue system to allow the player to pickup multiple pickups at once, to a maximum of three pickups.
Added UI support for gear and weapon pickups. The card art and name will appear on screen along with the corresponding sound elements after each pickup.
Added further refinement to the drop system and further tuned drop percentages for all available items and minor arcana cards.
Added new mist FX for the physical realm
Added Mace Weapons
Added sound effects for Mace light and heavy attacks
New skill on the shielded legionnaire.
Balance
Wearable armour will now drop as grouped pieces (arms and hands, chest and back, legs and feet) instead of individual pieces for each body part.
Removed the ability for players to pick up their old weapons after picking up a new weapon.
Reduced maximum movement speed of all enemy types by 20%.
Adjusted the damage output of the six available swords to have each sword do slightly different amounts of physical damage, but minimal stability damage.
Added rarity color coding to swords, corresponding to their approximate damage output.
Added a progression to armor drops, so that successfully completing a set will make more powerful armor become available. At present, there are two distinct sets of armor with three pieces each.
Change mace-class weapon mechanics to perform stronger knockbacks and stuns, and reduce their vitality damage.
Bugfixes
Fixed a case where a piece of Brigand’s gear was inappropriately being referred to as part of the Fledglings when the lore audio was played.
Reduced enemy clumping.
Fixed a crash which occurred when re-entering the combat arena.
Fixed positioning of some weapons.
Re-add blood splatters on-screen during dismemberment.
Fix an issue where the vampire would be rotated in the wrong direction when ending mist form sometimes.
Armor and weapons are available for upgrades (see below).
Cloth Simulation applied to capes when equipped.
Animations are a work in progress and NOT final.
New Legionnaires: Added a number of new legionnaires to the arena, with different armour, weapons, and size variations, replacing the previous legionnaires.
Added Minor Arcana: Minor Arcana are skill cards that enhance the behaviour of a Tarot Skill. Each Minor Arcana has five levels available, available as occasional loot drops upon killing enemies. The following Arcana have been added:
Sorcerous Blood - reduces the heal amount of Exsanguinate by 20%. For each level of Sorcerous Blood, an additional 10% Mind damage is added to the skill.
Dispossession - reduces the heal amount of Exsanguinate by 20%. For each level of Dispossession, an additional 10% Soul damage is added to the skill.
Hemomancy - adds 60% base damage to Exsanguinate and a further 10% for each level of Hemomancy, but increases the Mind cost of the skill by the same amount.
This system is a work-in-progress, in very early stages without an inventory, and will continue to be developed and refined.
Added weapons and armor: New weapons and armor drop as cards for the vampire to use to defeat any foe they may face! Armor pieces increase the vampire’s maximum vitality level for each piece equipped.
There are two different types of armor that drop, for a total of 6 pieces: - 3 piece set of Brigand’s armor. - 3 piece set of Fledgling’s armor.
There are six unique swords available.
Picking up each weapon and piece of armor is accompanied by audio describing the lore behind the item.
Known issue: the new armor and weapons will remain opaque when switching into Ethereal state or Spectral state. The equipped gear should be translucent in these states.
Tarot cards:
Card art for all pickups.
Audio voice-over for each pickup.
Sound effects for each pickup.
Kythera Integration: Now being used for AI.
Updated Combat Arena for future Player Crypt integration.
Tarot cards have sound effects for when they're dropped/picked up.
Added a slight step forward to the Vampire’s heavy attack.
Mist Form dodge will now play a different animation depending on the direction in which you dodge.
Removed ground target decal during lock-on targeting, replaced with UI reticle.
Audio tracks will now fade out with the screen fade when leaving a video.
Adjusted how the vampire animates into a stop from a run.
Bugfixes
Buttons can no longer be interacted with when the screen starts fading to another level.
Fixed an issue that would cause shield-wielding legionnaires to occasionally use incorrect animations.
Fixed an issue that would allow shield-wielding legionnaires to use an ability that should only be usable by legionnaires without shields.
Fixed an incorrect rotation on one of the newly added legionnaire shields.
Fixed inconsistency between vampire and camera’s starting orientations. Fixed an issue where scrolling through the menu videos with a controller/keyboard did not trigger sound effects.
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