Presenting the Silent Heroes Bundle in partnership with 11 bit studios
DON’T NOD is happy to be collaborating with 11 bit studios on the Silent Heroes Bundle on Steam, which features both Gerda: A Flame in Winter and This War of Mine in one package. Now players can experience two intense, emotional stories about civilians during wartime at a discounted price. If you already own one of the games – no worries! You can still buy the bundle and get whichever game you’re missing at a lower price.
We’re proud to have Gerda: A Flame in Winter, developed by Bird Island, stand alongside such a classic as This War of Mine to continue our goal of sharing untold civilian stories. Both games offer very different experiences while both exploring the struggles, the resilience, and the undying hope of citizens in conflict areas.
This War of Mine is a critically acclaimed game in which players attempt to keep a group of civilians alive and safe in a besieged city. Gerda: A Flame in Winter is a story-rich RPG-lite that follows a desperate nurse trying to save her husband from the Gestapo.
Lives are on the line in both games and your decisions are critical for yourself and your community. Experience two beautifully written, emotional games in the Silent Heroes Bundle.
We are partnering with the Danish Refugee Council!
In celebration of Gerda: A Flame in Winter’s first anniversary, we are happy to be collaborating with the Danish Refugee Council. We have launched a charity edition of the game’s soundtrack on Steam, the sales of which will help DRC in assisting refugees and the displaced, protecting their rights, and empowering them towards a better future.
All proceeds will go directly to the Danish Refugee Council.
DRC’s mission and values resonate heavily with us at DON’T NOD and Bird Island. We made Gerda: A Flame in Winter because we wanted to shine a light on how war affects the civilians caught in it, and to encourage the sharing of testimonies so that we may learn from history.
You can support the Danish Refugee Council by purchasing the charity soundtrack here on Steam or you can donate to them directly.
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Patchnote - Build 2.9.1
Changelog for new build 2.9.1.
Bugfixes
DLC fixes
UI no longer reports that incorrect events have previously happened.
The first text shown in a new game is now also localised.
Master game fixes
German language has all its characters back into the game.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause a softlock for players in the second scene of the game.
Credits now display correctly.
Fixed a voice line for Gerda's diary that was wrong within the main game.
All DON’T NOD games discounted until June 15!
Hello!
It’s DON’T NOD’s 15th birthday as a company this month and we wanted to celebrate it with everyone who has helped get us here, so we’re running the DON’T NOD 15th Birthday Sale!
You can get all of DON’T NOD’s games – developed and published – for up to 80% off, with some for free as well! Grab them before the sale ends on June 15.
From Remember Me and the Life is Strange series, to Tell Me Why and Vampyr, up to our newest narrative adventure (Harmony: The Fall of Reverie is 10% off!) – grab them before the sale ends.
Don’t forget – you can play Gerda: A Flame in Winter’s demo before buying the game.
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Watch the devs play Liva’s Story!
Hello everybody,
To celebrate the release of Liva’s Story and the Modstand Bundle, we’re streaming a commentary video here on Steam where you can see gameplay from the Liva's Story DLC for the first time!
Shalev Moran (Lead Designer) and Damir Omic (Writer and Game Designer) from Bird Island take us through a chunk of the DLC as they try to successfully lead Tinglev’s resistance cell as Liva.
You can of course expect some interesting tidbits and anecdotes about what it was like to make the DLC and further insight into the story and characters from those who created it.
This is a pre-recorded stream, but feel free to get in touch with us if you have any comments or feedback:
Bird Island Twitter: https://twitter.com/BirdIslandGames
The Liva’s Story DLC is out now!
We’re so excited to launch Liva’s Story!
Play as aspiring resistance leader Liva, desperate and discouraged after a failed mission. Her small team must regroup, patch up, and hit the enemy again using sabotage, infiltration, spying, and even assassination.
If you haven’t played Gerda: A Flame in Winter yet, no worries! The new Modstand Bundle contains both Gerda: A Flame in Winter and Liva’s Story in one. And to celebrate, you can play the demo now on Steam as well!
Bird Island Twitter: https://twitter.com/BirdIslandGames Bird Island Website: https://www.birdisland.studio/
Patch 4 - Version 2.8.4
New Content
DLC
Our DLC "Liva's Story" is now available!
Updates in save system to separate main game files from the DLC’s.
Updates in the achievements, and additional end game stats.
Menu navigation and Flow
New menus, UI and screens to display the possibility to get information on our DLC “Liva’s Story”
Updates in splash screen
Bugfixes
Animations:
Animations improvements on most characters in all scenes.
Scenes:
Animation improvements on individual scenes
Terrain and scene art improvements
Some UI improvements in scenes
Changes to improve display of the Credits.
Patch 1.3.8 is now live
Hello everyone! You will find below the changes that we have implemented in this latest patch.
The game is no longer unresponsive when players interact in specific order with NPCs in the market sequence on Friday, 3pm
Improved stability
Improved the display system when launching the game, in case of specific monitors (ultrawide screen or 4:3).
Nominate us for the Steam Awards 2022!
Hello all,
It’s almost that time of year again – the Steam Awards 2022 are almost here!
We’ve loved reading your reviews and hearing your feedback for Gerda: A Flame in Winter. If you enjoyed the game, we’d be grateful if you’d consider helping us get onto the shortlist of nominees for Outstanding Story-rich Game this year. It only takes a few clicks and you can nominate us right now!
Thank you for playing.
DON’T NOD is partnering with War Child!
The Gerda: A Flame in Winter – War Child Charity Digital Edition is available now here on Steam to commemorate Day of the Girl, which is a campaign focused on bringing awareness to the issues that girls and young women in war zones face around the world, to advocate strongly for their human rights, and to raise crucial funding to support them.
This new edition of the game contains:
Gerda: A Flame in Winter (full game)
The original soundtrack composed by Jakob Støvring Hansen
Six exclusive digital paintings of game environments.
20% of proceeds of the Gerda: A Flame in Winter – War Child Charity Digital Edition will go directly to War Child.
This partnership is important and a natural step for DON’T NOD and the developers, PortaPlay. Gerda: A Flame in Winter was created to shine a light on one young woman’s experiences in occupied Denmark during World War II. As you may know, the story of Gerda Larsen—our main character—was inspired by a real person, the grandmother of PortaPlay’s CEO and Creative Director, Hans Von Knut Skovfoged. The Gerda: A Flame in Winter – War Child Charity Digital Edition is part of our contribution to War Child’s work in helping civilian children and young people in conflict areas.
You can support War Child by purchasing the Gerda: A Flame in Winter – War Child Charity Digital Edition or you can donate to them directly.
If you’d like to know more about War Child’s Day of the Girl initiative, click here.
Since Gerda: A Flame in Winter’s release around one month ago, there have been some fantastic reviews from media outlets and players alike, so see what the critics have to say in this new accolades trailer.
