- Fix the hand physics collision issue when attacking frozen enemies
- Fix the position deviation of gripping point and arrow nocking point of bows
- Added rope pull of lifts
- Corrected several typos
Grimlord
Grimlord v0.4.2 Hotfix
Grimlord v0.4.2 Patch Note
v0.4.2 Update Announcement:
Fellow Lords of the Monastery:
Thank you for your support of Grimlord, we’ve received tons of enthusiastic and sincere feedback and suggestions in just 10 days following the release of Early Access version on Steam. We couldn’t be happier! We have also came up with a corresponding plan for fixing various issues in this relatively early stage of the game release, and step by step, we will make Grimlord the best version that it could be and offer you a more satisfactory experience!
We noticed that different VR headsets may have various experience when playing Grimlord , so we have adjusted the configuration of certain headsets in steamVR in this version to ensure a more comfortable experience. At the same time, we also launched the latest version of DEMO for players who have not yet purchased the game and offer you a taste of Grimlord’s prologue.
If you enjoyed our game, we would really appreciate if you recommend it to anyone who might be interested.
Update log:
New functions:
- Added shifting UI animations when pressing Trigger to change potions
- Added the function to take off your clothes by grabbing the empty hangers with both hands in the armor room.
- Tweaked Faithkeeper sword’s skill CD from 30s to 8s
Optimizations:
- Optimized some of the Black Knight’ attacks to make him more challenging
- Optimized the spear-wielding giant’s attacks and fixed some attack registration errors.
- Moved the dialogue UI and prompt UI slightly upward
- Optimize the Vive and Index controller lagging issues when using SteamVR. Making them follow your hand movement more closely.
- Optimize the VIVE controller angle
- Optimize and reduce the arm swing speed requirement for sprinting
Fixes:
- Fixed the issue where the Golem's materials won't drop upon defeat
- Fixed the collision issue of enemies’ shields stretched out player hands
- Fixed the animation glitch of which the spear-wielding giant gets stuck in one place, tweaked the 180-turn animation
- Widen the registering range of player hands when talking to Rheala and entering the talent tree
- Fixed the physical collision glitch of enemie hit by arrows
- Fixed the issue of potions won’t move toward your hands when picking them up in chest of the hub area
- Fixed the issue of long grips of swords cannot move toward your hands automatically when trying to pick them up
- Fixed the limb damage reduction error on the spear-wielding giant boss
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Grimlord is Rated Very Positive on Steam
we are humbled to have received 90% positive reviews so far on Grimlord! We want to thank you all for helping us to polish Grimlord both before and during the early access version to help us create an amazing game that everyone can enjoy.
We have been closely following everyone's reviews and the comments here and on Discord and will soon update faq with more frequently asked questions to answer all of your questions and concerns.
Note for @Grimlord Tester
We would like to confirm with all of you that if you have one of the testing keys (shown as Grimlord Alpha Test in your game library) that this key will remain active through the end of the Early Acces period, after which it will be revoked and the Alpha Test version removed from your library
You can either buy the game now to get the best price available or simply continue to enjoy the testing version as the Early Access version goes. Either way, we hope that you and everyone else here continue to enjoy playing Grimlord.
Before you drop a negative review
Please consider join our discord server and find a solution to your issue in real time.
Sometimes the compatibility problem caused by the hardware, driver or OS could extremely affect the gameplay.
Devs and the community are here, and we are more than happy to look into it and solve it with you!
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Grimlord Early Access Releasing - A dark fantasy action RPG built for VR
Dear fellow adventurers!
It has been a little over a year since we revealed Grimlord on steam back in June 2022. During this year, we have made unrelenting efforts to produce new content and listen to all your feedback and opinions from the community.
Today, Grimlord offers a smoother dark-fantasy experience, a deeper and more comprehensive system, and unique mechanics. Now we've reached a point where it's ready for all players to have a taste, so we've decided to launch Early Access.
We have polished and optimized tons of details down to the nitty gritty in the past 12 months. Current playable content contains the prologue and the first chapter of the game. Which offers the beginning of a complete story line and a peek into Grimlord’s massive lore, several challenging bosses, and an abundant of weapons and weapon parts. Crafting system, talent tree, active skills are all there for you to explore.
We strive to bring a genuine action role-playing adventure into VR and present it as close to perfection as we possibly can. Its challenges, interactions, narratives, balances, physics-based combat, each of which requires hundreds of hours of trial and error and we are blessed to have a gathering of VR and RPG enthusiasts accompany us each step along the way. We cannot express enough of how much we appreciate you, the Grimlord community, and all the inspiration and encouragement you have brought us. We wouldn’t dare to dream big and make it a reality without your support. Achieving Early Access is something to remember, your love and support, is something we hold dear.
A special thanks to our amazing voice actors, you brought our characters to life, this game wouldn’t be the same without your outstanding performance!
The Blacksmith – @Stephen Carlock
The Herbalist – @Clark Casey
Rheala – @Elizabeth Nightingale
The Faithless -- @Jonathan Cox
Exiled Mage – @Oliver Smith
Of course, this is merely the very small first step of a very big journey. There are much to do following the EA launch, we will continue to add in new content to the chapter that already exist and make sure every time you fire up Grimlord, there are something new to experience (More info on our Update Roadmap) as well as going all in on Chapter 2, where the gameplay is more story driven, the game world is expanded to a whole other level and all the characters and plots will slightly unfold. There’s even some surprise guest-starring characters and cameos that we can’t wait to reveal, stay tuned for more!
With all our heart, thank you for playing our game.
Now get up and get Grim!
In this EA version, we made some major progress since the Open Alpha including:
System
1. Talent system integrated, spend Matters to acquire attributes.
2. Smithing system no longer consumes large number of coins (renamed to Matters)
3. Smithing system introduces materials to craft weapon parts, materials can be obtained in treasure chests or fallen enemies
4. Smelter no longer refunds Matters
5. Smelter will return materials
6. A prompt board has been added to the blacksmith’s workshop to indicate the materials and costs of crafting
7. Added new tutorials and tips in forms of beams of light and text to guide players
8. Narrative and plot implemented, and the main NPCs can now be interacted with
9. Added NPC-related physical interaction system, you can interact with them, accept or reject their proposal by nodding or shaking your head.
10. The physical system has been improved to better interact with NPCs and enemies
11. Bow and arrow system has been reworked. Arrows can be picked up from where they land, there is a chance to recover them.
12. Arrows will be broken if they hit walls
13. Re-modified spell rune drawing system.
14. Climbing system improved. Weapons can be used as climbing tools. Weapon can be inserted to certain wooden materials and used as climbing points.
Levels and Maps
1. Monastery prison completed. Initial tutorial and plot added.
2. Inner castle of Castle Roar completed. Player can now reach the end of the chapter.
3. Adjusted certain routes in this level
4. Added hidden passages where you can explore and obtain materials and treasures.
5. Changed certain paths of the Monastery
6. Changed certain levers
7. Added new treasure chests with schematics and materials
Characters and Enemies
1. Added NPC Rheala
2. Added NPC The Herbalist
3. Added NPC The Blacksmith
4. Added NPC The Faithless
5. Added NPC The Exiled Mage
6. Added shielded knight enemy type
7. Added crossbowman enemy type
8. Added multiple bosses
Weapon and Items
1. Modified the mechanism of the Black powder grenade, which explodes after the fuse’s been pull out for a few seconds.
2. Added schematic and logo display, replaced most of dropped weapon parts display.
3. Adjusted the weight of certain weapons to improve handling.
Thanks to our community's help. We are able to provide a polished experience to you!
V0.4.1 Developer Update Notes
System
1. Smelter not only returns materials of the weapon, but also returns 70% Matter consumed when crafting, to encourage trying different weapon combinations
2. Adjusted blocking detection, you can block attacks more accurately
3. Adjusted the effects of unarmed strikes
4. Tweaked the recovery mechanism of health potions picked up in the battlefield. Now these potions will be filled when you rest, teleport, or resurrect.
5. Player’s poise consumption when being damaged is generally reduced
6. The dodge mechanism has been improved to a charging method. You get certain dodge points within a certain period of time. After using dodge, they will be recharged in several seconds. You can use them again upon charging’s completion. There is a CD between each dodge. All stats relate to dodging is based on different armor sets and talents (not yet implemented)
Narratives
1. Adjusted task objectives, the door opposite the blacksmith is always open for players to choose armors
2. Adjusted several check points to avoid unnecessary breaks between tasks
Weapons and Items
1. Dagger schematics has been added to the blacksmith in the beginning of the game
2. You can find the handle of a two-handed hammer on your journey
3. Added a small mana potion to replenish mana
4. Some schematics’ location have been changed
5. The stats of certain weapons have been adjusted
6. Add passive skills to weapons, you can use Trigger to switch pages to check them out when viewing weapon stats
Levels
1. Adjusted the positions of some climbing points to make climbing smoother
2. Adjusted the position of the mirror in the equipment room to better reflects the player
3. Some minor tweaks have been made to the reservoir level, and some treasure chests have been added
Bosses
1. The balance recovery rate of the spear-wielding giant is slowed, making it easier to be felled, but it will be more aggressive when standing back up
2. Fixed the glitch of the black knight never jumps off onto the battlefield and the fog door did not appear
3. Added a dashing-forward 5-slash-combo move to the axe-wielding guardian
Closed-Beta | Hot Fix Note (June 10th)
Thank to our community's efforts on testing the Grimlord EA build,We have updated a more stable version to Steam!
Please give it a try again, and slap us with more bugs.
1. After anti-motion sickness is turned on, the value is set to 0 if standing still
2. Room doors inside castle has been shortened and changed to a smaller size
3. Low HP indication heartbeat sound effect will disappears after 6 seconds
4. Added a battle music when fighting the axe wielding boss
5. Increased the invisible walls in fighting sections
6. Mage enemy dissolving texture is brighter in the distance
7. Black Knight Boss added dissolution effect upon death
8. The activation area of the castle resurrection zone has increased
9. Changed ladder collision model
10. Stamina will be restored to half after the block bar is full
11. Save slots have been added from 3 to 5
12. Integrated gameplay duration record onto UI
13. Added salute animation to Rheala when she speaks for the first time.
14. Remove the “Prove yourself” Blacksmith dialogue
15. Added hide dialogue UI to the Hide All UI function
16. Fixed the issue where the Blacksmith doesn’t craft any weapons after an NPC is killed
17. Fixed the issue of character model being distorted after the NPC is killed
Closed-beta Testing Recruitment, EA releasing date, and More!
Apply for Closed-beta Testing Now
Grimlord is currently in closed-beta testing and we need your help to make it better. By joining the closed-beta, you will get early access to the game and be able to provide us with your feedback and suggestions. You will also get the chance to receive exclusive updates and appear on the credit list.
To join the closed-beta, simply follow these steps:
- Join our discord server
- Fill out a two minutes google form in the "Announcement Channel"
- We will reach out to you on Discord if you are eligible for a key
- Post your thoughts on balancing, level design, UI/UX, narritive quality, boss fights, weapon hand feels. We also would love to know any frictions on progressions, interactions and compatibility you ran into.
We hope to have you on board and we look forward to hearing from you.
Please feel free to catch us in the discord server.
Thank you for your time and support and enjoy dying in Grimlord!
EA Releasing Notice
Date: June 22nd 2023
Regular EA Price: $29.99
Launching Discount: 20% off
Grimlord is aiming to become one of the first RPG in VR. Despite how much we love and enjoy existing sword-fighting titles in VR. A story-driven, classic action RPG is what’s been missing for so long. A polished campaign mode has to balance among RPG systems, physics simulations and VR interactions is extremely chanllenging for a small dev team. All the EA incomes will be invested to the future development of Grimlord and expanding our team size!
Demo Will Be De-activated Soon
We decide to remove GrimLord demo from Steam. The gameplay is too outdated to represent our upcoming EA version experience.
Don't worry! we promise a brand new demo after EA release, which will bring you more immersive experience!
Also We do encourage you to join our discord and apply for the beta test.
0.4.0 Developer Update Note
System
1. Talent system integrated, spend Matters to acquire attributes.
2. Smithing system no longer consumes large number of coins (renamed to Matters)
3. Smithing system introduces materials to craft weapon parts, materials can be obtained in treasure chests or fallen enemies
4. Smelter no longer refunds Matters
5. Smelter will return materials
6. A prompt board has been added to the blacksmith’s workshop to indicate the materials and costs of crafting
7. Added new tutorials and tips in forms of beams of light and text to guide players
8. Narrative and plot implemented, and the main NPCs can now be interacted with
9. Added NPC-related physical interaction system, you can interact with them, accept or reject their proposal by nodding or shaking your head.
10. The physical system has been improved to better interact with NPCs and enemies
11. Bow and arrow system has been reworked. Arrows can be picked up from where they land, there is a chance to recover them.
12. Arrows will be broken if they hit walls
13. Re-modified spell rune drawing system. Now players continue to hold the trigger after drawing the relevant elemental rune to charge damage. Players can launch a normal magic attack by releasing the trigger or a special magic attack by raising the staff over their head and swinging down.
14. Climbing system improved. Weapons can be used as climbing tools. Weapon can be inserted to certain wooden materials and used as climbing points.
Levels and Maps
1. Monastery prison completed. Initial tutorial and plot added.
2. Inner castle of Castle Roar completed. Player can now reach the end of the chapter.
3. Adjusted certain routes in this level
4. Added hidden passages where you can explore and obtain materials and treasures.
5. Changed certain paths of the Monastery
6. Changed certain levers
7. Added new treasure chests with schematics and materials
Characters and Enemies
1. Added NPC Rheala
2. Added NPC The Herbalist
3. Added NPC The Blacksmith
4. Added NPC The Faithless
5. Added NPC The Exiled Mage
6. Added shielded knight enemy type
7. Added crossbowman enemy type
8. Added multiple bosses
Weapon and Items
1. Modified the mechanism of the Black powder grenade, which explodes after the fuse’s been pull out for a few seconds.
2. Added schematic and logo display, replaced most of dropped weapon parts display.
3. Adjusted the weight of certain weapons to improve handling.
Grimlord DEMO v0.2.1 Release
1. The archery system has been redone. You can now craft a quiver and equip it in your back or waist weapon slot. Press the side button to pull out an arrow. Place the arrow on the bow then draw. Release the side button to shoot. Put your hand in the weapon slot and press the trigger button to switch between grabbing the quiver or pulling out the arrow.
2. Remove the Pumpkin Lord and the Halloween Challenge. Loot obtained by defeating the Pumpkin Lord will be retained.
3. Now compatible with Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
4. Optimized Valve Index headset compatibility, fixed weapon drop issue.
Fixes:
1. Fixed the game crash when picking up potions.
2. Fixed the glitch of grenades being detonated by weapons when placed in backpacks.
3. Fixed the jiggly wrist glitch.
4. Fixed AI ragdolling when stuck.
5. Fixed a issue that caused the character to squat in the game due to player's height.
6. Height calibration optimized, removed the height calibration option, added standing mode and sitting mode.
2022 GRIMLORD HALLOWEEN BOSS CHALLENGE
BEWARE! THE PUMPKIN LORD IS ON THE PROWL!
FACE HIM IF YOU DARE,
BEAT HIM IF YOU CAN,
ROB HIM IF YOU SURVIVE!
SEEK HIM OUT!
The Pumpkin Lord is hiding in the Grimlord Demo build. Teleport to the Reservoir passage or the Watchtower entrance, find a cavern that emits a vile aura. That’s where you’ll find him, be prepared.
TAKE HIS STAFF!
Take his staff after you’re done, the one with a gem shaped like a pumpkin head, with a crooked smile just like The Pumpkin Lord himself, the only one of its kind in this world, then you’ll possess the power of the trickster.
Sir Sandialos of SorrowVille, also known as The Pumpkin Lord, showed his tracks near CastleRoar.
He was in love with mischievous deeds, he draws power from trickery.
The legend of his brutality traversed the land, he lured innocent children into his domain in a trail of treats, sealed their scared little faces in with pumpkin heads.
Once the children came of age, the pumpkins pop open, and the number of his faithful followers grow, with tormented souls.
Now, he wants you to see the world through his eyes, through the narrow gaze of the Pumpkin head.
It’s time to rid him of this world.
There’s bound to be hearty rewards for a hard day’s labor.
Are you ready?
BEWARE OF HIS TRICKERY!
1. Summoning:
The Pumpkin lord is a member of the Necro Alignment, he can summon ghouls and reanimate corpses to do his dirty work.
2. Flaming pumpkin shot & Flaming pumpkin bombardment:
He is also a master spellcaster, he draws power from his staff and fire flaming pumpkin to his foes. The red-hot juicy pumpkin then sticks to his enemies’ heads, melting their faces as well as blocking their views, while he soaks in the view of his enemies’ shameful demise.
When he is threatened and really wants to end the game, he will fire five flaming pumpkin shots toward you, getting hit is unavoidable, death is almost a certainty.
3. Blink:
Even though he enjoys trickery, he doesn’t let any filthy peasants come near him. He will teleport away from you in the blink of an eye and continue his attacks.
4. Ring of fire:
Again, he really hates intimacy. When he’s tired of teleporting himself or simply not in the mood, he will cast this spell to push his foe away, as a searing reminder of never lay hands on him.