The first PC Hotfix for Gord is here, comprising some tweaks and quality of life improvements to further enhance the experience. Player feedback has been invaluable over the last few weeks, and we're really thankful for everyone's insight. More improvements and changes are coming soon!
If you'd like to leave us feedback, please drop into the Gord Discord.
Please note that some of the fixes in this patch require restarting existing scenario saves or creating a new save. This applies to both Campaign missions and Custom Scenarios.
New features
Introduced full saves compatibility between Demo and the Full Game. That means that playthroughs started in the Demo can be continued after purchasing the Game.
Game balance
Gold consumption by military professions significantly lowered.
Military professions no longer consume Gold when being inside of the Gord or Outposts.
Starting units in Campaign and Custom Scenarios mode have lower starting experience levels.
It takes more time for subjects to gain experience.
Children are now born less often and it takes longer for them to grow up.
Palisade Extension is now unlocked starting from the third Campaign scenario.
The limit for maximum amount of Structures have been significantly increased.
Quality of life improvements
It is possible now to select sacrifice after failed attempt of killing Ardaven in the first campaign scenario.
Window with palisade building requirements is now much thinner allowing player to focus more on placing the Palisade.
Subjects will use universal shouts (text responses) more often.
Bug fixes
Fixed issue with resources not regenerating after time indicated on the tooltip.
Fixed issue with items not working anymore after being exchanged between subjects.
Fixed issue with Profession icon sometimes being displayed as magenta rectangle.
Fixed issue with Lumbermill collision not allowing to build it in some parts of the Gord.
Fixed issue with Balia Structure loosing ability of healing Poison after upgrade.
Fixed various issues with saving and loading the game.
We hope you’re enjoying exploring the world of Gord. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts on the game, we really appreciate your feedback and it’s been incredibly useful.
We wanted to update you on our plan moving forwards, which is to look through all the hot topics and implement fixes to important systems as soon as we can. We’re also going to include a permanent demo so that everyone can play before purchase.
Future Patch Plan For 2023
v1.2.1 - Addressing most urgent technical issues, balancing problems related to gold consumption, experience gain (overall game difficulty), structure limits, and resource regeneration.
v1.3 - Almost 300 smaller scale bugs scheduled to be resolved, easier item exchanges, as well as adding extensive (but optional!) automations significantly reducing required micromanagement. UI improvements will include edits to the subject's information panel and mini-map filtering.
v1.4 - Further improvements to the inventory system, lower priority bugs, and further balancing adjustments.
With work, and your continued support, we want to make Gord a better experience. We plan to improve the title over the coming months and ask for your patience while we work hard to bring these fixes to the game.
‘GORD’ LOOMS FROM THE DARKNESS AND LAUNCHES ON STEAM
Bar the gates and step into a ruthless world of primordial gods and eternal darkness inspired by Slavic folklore today on Steam.
Covenant.dev and Team17 Digital have today launched dark fantasy strategy game Gord on Steam. Adventurers and wanderers can summon a digital standard edition or Deluxe Edition, the latter of which includes the additional ‘Hold Your Ground’ scenario for the game’s ‘Custom Scenarios’ mode, Gord’s haunting original soundtrack, and an art book exploring Covenant.dev’s journey in realising the game’s mythical and ruthless world.
Created by a team that includes former Frostpunk and The Witcher 3 developers, Gord is a single-player dark fantasy strategy game where, to survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. Complete life-threatening quests in a dark fantasy world while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being can decide the fate of your tribe.
Gord Key Features
Mature dark fantasy adventure: Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn and venture deep into forbidden lands in a lore-rich, dark fantasy strategy campaign
Build to survive, conquer to prevail: Grow your gord from humble settlement to formidable fortress while protecting your citizens from invading tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk within the surrounding woods
Unique ‘Sanity System’: Keep a close eye on your townsfolk as everything from illness to hunger and the death of kin can have devastating impact on their lives and well-being
Hand-crafted quests: Take on a wide variety of quests and random encounters that will lead you deep into the wilderness to hunt legendary creatures, uncover ancient secrets, and vanquish deadly scourges
Unleash powerful incantations: Unlock a variety of offensive and defensive spells, each with custom animations, to tip combat in your favour
‘Custom Scenarios’ mode with procedurally generated levels: Take on an endless variety of challenges by creating your own scenarios. Customize your playthrough by picking a main objective, choosing your starting party, level size, number of resources, enemy types, raid intensities, and even the severity of the weather.
To keep up to date, check out the official Gord website, like the game on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram, and join the community over on Discord.
Welcome to the second series of our Developer Diaries!
In this episode we explore the music in Gord, and why it's such an important pillar in our games design. Join Stan and Arkadiusz as they discuss initial ideas and where inspirations arose from.
We are pleased to announce that Gord has officially gone gold!
We can't wait to welcome you all to Lysatia, and the new lands you will soon inhabit. But beware the darkness beyond the gates... as the creatures within the forests may not be so welcoming.
We have an update to share about the release date of Gord.
Gord will be playable in this years Steam Next Fest!
We're thrilled to announce that Gord will feature in this years Steam Next Fest! Which means there will be a playable demo coming your way very soon!
Take control of the Tribe of the Dawn, and lead them through the vicious lands of Lysatia, all in the name of the king.
The demo will consist of the first two missions of Gord's campaign, and introduce players to the games mechanics, systems, story and of course, the creatures that lurk within the forest.
We'll also be streaming the game later today at 16:00PM BST | 11:00AM EDT, over on the Team17 Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/team17
Finally, throughout next week we'll be looking to collate as much of your feedback as possible about the game! We'll be opening a specific thread within the steam forums, and another within Gord's official Discord server: https://discord.gg/gordthegame
Finally, check out our latest trailer, introducing you to the story of Gord:
Gord will emerge from the shadows and launch 8th August on Steam! Adventurers and strategy enthusiasts alike can pre-order their copy now, granting access to the additional custom scenario mode Hold your Ground, the original soundtrack, and a digital art book!
Created by a team that includes former Frostpunk and The Witcher 3 developers, Gord is a single-player dark fantasy strategy game where, to survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. Complete life-threatening quests in this dark fantasy world while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being can decide the fate of your tribe.
Gord Key Features
Mature dark fantasy adventure: Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn and venture deep into forbidden lands in a lore-rich, dark fantasy strategy campaign
Build to survive, conquer to prevail: Grow your gord from humble settlement to formidable fortress while protecting your citizens from invading tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk within the surrounding woods.
Unique ‘Sanity System’: Keep a close eye on your townsfolk as everything from illness to hunger and the death of kin can have devastating impact on their lives and well-being.
Hand-crafted quests: Take on a wide variety of quests and random encounters that will lead you deep into the wilderness to hunt legendary creatures, uncover ancient secrets, and vanquish deadly scourges.
Unleash powerful incantations: Unlock a variety of offensive and defensive spells, each with custom animations, to tip combat in your favour.
‘Custom Scenarios’ mode with procedurally generated levels: Take on an endless variety of challenges by creating your own scenarios. Customize your playthrough by picking a main objective, choosing your starting party, level size, number of resources, enemy types, raid intensities, and even the severity of the weather!
*If you'd like to support the game before launch, all the content within the pre-order is available to get at a discounted price (Hold your Ground custom scenario, Digital Artbook, Original Soundtrack). After launch, this content will be available in a Digital Deluxe Edition of the game.
What is the "Hold your Ground" custom scenario?
Hold your Ground will test your resilience, as you defend against increasingly stronger waves of enemies, and ensure the survival of your villagers.
Upgrade your settlement in an attempt to repel the coming tide of destruction.
Make use of powerful incantations to bring your attackers to their knees.
Man powerful base defences, and rain chaos down upon those who would threaten your tribes survival.
The origins of the Whisperers was described best on the pages of the Chronicle:
Dolya is fair! She is full of wisdom and might! Praise be to Dolya until the end of time, as there is no friend of the humans greater than her!
Angered by the deeds of the gods, Dolya went to choose her best warriors. Having recognised her, they knelt by her feet and swore loyalty, and she put her hands to their heads. The minds of humankind, however, are unfathomable, and it was impossible to tell who was worthy of Dolya's teachings.
Thus, she did not pour her power into them and instead connected them with gods by a marvellous thread that resembled a root growing into fertile soil to drink its juices. They could henceforth draw the power from the gods, and those more zealous in their faith could achieve even more. To allow them to make use of this blessing, Dolya taught them the language of the gods so that they could weave their new power into any shape they desired.
And since this power was enormous, they took an oath to keep it secret and always uttered their spells under their breath: this was why they were called Whisperers.
And we are their descendants, and they spoke Dolya's godly words into our ears. Praise be to our ancestors!
