Downward
To all NVIDIA users
during the last week, we received reports about crashing issues so, after focusing our effort investigating, we found that the origin of the issue is related to the latest NVIDIA drivers (382.33) which go in conflicts with the engine.
Here the link to download the second-last and not-broken NVIDIA drivers (382.05) which don't have compatibility issues with the engine.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/118514
We will continue to keep an eye on this issue which seems to be very common among Unreal Engine 4 games.
Best,
Caracal Games
Update v0.79
Hi all!
The new update has been released and is available to download, explore the new area which unlocks the Beta planet in Winter Sea area!
With this update we also moved to v0.79
Changelog v0.79
- Added Beta Planet area in Winter Sea area!
- Several adjustments and improvements to the tutorial section:
- Improvements to various parkour sections.
- Adjustments to various in-game Tips.
- Anomalies-related dialogues in dream level have been removed as they could confuse the player.
- Fountain-related cinematic has been removed as it could confuse the player.
- Video tutorial for Crouch has been removed and replaced with an in-game Tip.
- Removed the "looking around" animation during the Skypiece-related dialogue.
- Dash cannot be used until the fight with the first golem.
- Improvements to various parkour sections.
- Fixed a bug affecting the Main Quest when placing Relics on their corresponding pedestals.
- Fixed a bug affecting Main Menu "Challenges" button, which didn't appear under certain conditions.
- Fixed items' collection system, now aiming for collectibles should be easier with both mouse and keyboard.
- Fixed automatic checkpoints system inside dream introduction level.
- Fixed save system for big-reward Skypieces.
- Fixed the materials for ManHoles.
Weekly Challenge Update v0.78
Hi all!
The weekly challenge update has been released and is available to download!
Today's challenge is another creation from Vigamus Academy students, a big round of applause for a great job to Stefano Martinelli and Salvatore Guida, creators of this "Glideshot" challenge.
Best,
Caracal Games
Changelog v0.78
- Added Weekly Challenge!
- Default FOV value has been changed from 90 to 100.
- Added a game option to enable/disable tutorials. Tutorials selection at the beginning of the game has been removed.
- Added healing Fountains in Crossroads's labyrinth.
- Fixed some Light Gates that shouldn't be unlockable.
- Fixed Shrine basement Manhole's location in Crossroads area.
- Fixed upgrade starting skills Skypieces cost.
- Fixed the Tortoise hips collisions which caused camera clipping.
- Fixed the Skull Bone attachment to Tortoise's shell.
- Minor fixing to parkour related collisions in CrossRoads area.
- Minor fixing to parkour related collisions in Winter Sea area.
World Record | Downward | Wall Run
That's how high skill play in Downward looks like, great stuff from Sebucragus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXceZRaBztY
Weekly Challenge Update v0.77
Hi, all!
The weekly challenge update has been released and is available to download!
Today's challenge is special, as it is the first created by the awesome students of Vigamus Academy in Rome!
A big thank you to all Vigamus organization, to their students and to Walter Vitaletti, the creator of the "Sliding Vortex" challenge!
Best,
Caracal Games
Changelog v0.77
- Added Weekly Challenge!
- Added a sound effect when interacting with the Mark Switch crystal.
- Fixed the outline indicator for the Mark Switch crystal.
- Fixed a savegame related bug that made the new Lore Items unsaleable to the Old Man.
- Fixed a savegame related bug that allowed to collect more bones than are available in the game.
- Fixed Main Quest waypoint visibility when inspecting Artifacts and Relics.
- Fixed Collectibles counters for CrossRoads area.
- Fixed Collectibles counters for Merchant's Lair area.
- Fixed Collectibles counters for DeepCrater area.
- Fixed cliff walls' collisions in CrossRoads area.
- Fixed climbable wooden planks in CrossRoads area.
- Fixed the unpickable Dry Artifact in CrossRoads labyrinth.
- Fixed a bug that caused forced crouch state in CrossRoads labyrinth.
- Fixed the Bone Golem in CrossRoads' labyrinth which dropped multiple artifacts.
- Fixed the dust particle of Bone Golems.
- Fixed the bugged Manhole exit of Winter Sea area.
- Fixed a bug with skill tree-related Achievements when inside Merchant's Lair.
- Fixed a bug with swimmable water in Merchant's Lair area.
- Fixed Wanderer's hair shadow.
Update v0.76
Hi all!
The new update has been released and is available to download, explore the new area which unlocks the Beta planet in Crossroads area!
With this update we also moved to v0.76
Changelog v0.76
<*>Added Beta Planet area in CrossRoads area!
<*>Added a trailing particle for Drones!
<*>Now certain Bells are not interactable until all the nearby enemies are defeated.
<*>Fixed enemies activation in Winter Sea area.
<*>Fixed a savegame related issue which caused looping loading screen.
<*>Fixed a savegame related issue which made the Mark unusable.
<*>Fixed the Lanterns’ light intensity, should now be easier to explore dark/underground areas.
<*>Fixed a small bug with the new Beta Planet activation.
<*>Fixed a small bug with Beta Planet's heat damage and healing.
<*>Fixed a bug in the first Golem's core that in certain cases couldn't be picked up.
<*>Fixed a bug which opened the Pause Menu when the Merchant's selling menu was closed.
<*>Fixed Fast Travel usage in Deep Crater area.
<*>Fixed Collectibles counters for Deep Crater area.
<*>Fixed Collectibles counters for Merchant's Lair area.
<*>Fixed a bug that didn't allow to interact with the old man.
<*>Fixed Deep Crater Tortoise collisions.
<*>Fixed attack particles for the Bone Golem.
<*>Several corrections to game texts, subtitles and descriptions.
<*>Several corrections to Drones activation and navigation in Deep Crater area.
<*>Several corrections to Golems activation and navigation in Deep Crater area.
<*>Several corrections to Drones activation and navigation in Winter Sea Area.
<*>Small adjustments to freeze damage.
<*>Small adjustments to lava damage.
To our awesome Community!
Hi all!
These months together have been really awesome, thank you all for your support!
Having such a great community is really important to us, and it was crucial to get to the point where we are now: as a very small team, it means a lot for us to be able to shape such a well-received and acclaimed product.
We are excited and we look forward to the upcoming full release: we can't wait to see your reactions to the story epilogue and to the final lore elements!
Just so you know, our commitment to give players the best experience possible will continue even after the full release.
Anyway, tomorrow we are going to release a new (modest) playable area which unlocks the Beta planet in Crossroads area.
So, no Challenge for this time around, but don't worry! We have a little surprise in the works for next week!
Best,
Caracal Team
Jolly Cooperation
Hi all,
Thanks to all of you following the update and to all the new players, your feedback and support is what allows Downward to grow stronger and stronger!
With yesterday’s update our Italian community had a big surprise: not only we introduced full Italian support, but we asked to the youtuber "ThePruld" - very famous also out of Italy - to collaborate with us, achieving fantastic results!
As Italians ourselves, we wanted to make something special for this occasion and what came out is incredibly satisfying.
In a few hours we will upload a new build with the first hotfix.
Best,
Caracal Games
Deep Crater Update v0.75
Hi!
A new, big update for Downward is now available!
With this update the adventure continues bringing you to the Deep Crater, a whole new area to explore where you will find a:
- New anomaly to master, able to bend reality itself;
- New planet to control, giving you the power to control heat;
- New NPC;
- New enemy to face;
Together with the progression to all the sub-quests, with items and secrets to discover!
As always, we are looking forward to all your comments and feedback, which will help us make the game always more interesting and fun!
Also, with this big update in place, now the full release is just a step ahead: look forward to it!
Best,
Caracal Team
Weekly Challenge Update v0.53a
Hi all!
The weekly challenge update has been released and is available to download!
Also, look forward to next week: we are going to release the new big update with a whole new area, enemies, anomalies and more!
Changelog v0.53a
<*>Added Weekly Challenge!
<*>Fixed a small bug with the slingshot anomaly's activation and sound effect.
<*>Fixed the character's movement glitch happening in a small section of CrossRoads tutorial area.
<*>Fixed the activation area of various golems.
<*>Reduced the play percentage chance of various wanderer actions' sound effects.
<*>Reduced pitch and volume of the skypieces' sound effect.