- Controller menu navigation fix
- Some missing strings can now be translated
Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, IndieHammerwatch
Patch Notes for 1.41 (August 2018)
Hammerwatch 1.4!
5 Years ago on this very day, or at least around this day, Hammerwatch was released.
Today we are releasing the 1.4 patch which contains features from the console version released last winter, including the Sorcerer class and twin stick/mouse keyboard support! Several skills have been re-balanced or reworked and a lot of bugs been fixed, we also added a much wanted mana-regen in the combo store. See the list below!
Patch Notes 1.4
- Added Sorcerer class!
- Added twin-stick controls!
- Replaced Wizards Ice Nova with Fire Nova and Frost Shield with Fire Shield
- Priest beam isn't blocked by other players, now it goes through and heals
- Replaced Warlocks Lifesteal Nova with Summon Gargoyle
- Warlocks Lightning Strike can now hit the same target multiple times for diminishing damage
- Wizard can now move slowly white spraying fire
- The Lich boss in Castle Hammerwatch no longer instantly shoots after teleporting, there is now an animation so the attack can be avoided
- Lives now cost more the more you have
- Added a combo upgrade for regenerating mana
- Updated visuals of characters
- Fixed some small visual issues
- Editor no longer runs extremely slowly with modern NVidia drivers
- Editor now works with Intel graphics cards
To enable twin stick, enter the control options and set mouse aim, then you will want to rebind the skills to mouse buttons.
If you don't like these balance changes and tweaks and still want to play the previous version, you can always roll back this change in the steam options for the game.
Other news
We have great plans for our current game, Heroes of Hammerwatch (the roguelite), which is getting a bigger update soon with more floors and later with a real DLC with a new campaign, class and tons of new stuff. Just check out this Troll here! A lot more news about this soon!
And finally, a small environmental picture from Hammerwatch II, day, twilight and night, with some rain too! Enjoy! We can unfortunately not show a proper video of the game yet, but in time we will!
You can always find out more from our Twitter and on Discord!
Heroes of Hammerwatch, released!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/677120/Heroes_of_Hammerwatch/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTIVDKdNvms
Heroes of Hammerwatch have just been released, check out our cool release trailer! People should be happy that it also has a discount on 20% for a little while, so be quick about it!
Heroes of Hammerwatch as some of you already know is a roguelite Hammerwatch, it's very different from the first game, but still very similar. Check out the trailer, talk to us on steam and in our discord!
https://twitter.com/RealCrackshell
https://discordapp.com/invite/tWj3ZkT
http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com
December 2017 progress!
For those not following us on twitter or knew we even had one: Last time I told you guys about our new game, Heroes of Hammerwatch, a procedural generated roguelite, you can read more about it here, and visit the steam page to add it to your wishlist.
I just wanted to tell people that the progress of the game is going steady and forward. We have been in beta mode for some weeks now (more about that below) and we have been getting a lot of feedback, bug reports and ideas on how to improve the game.
5 of the 7 classes are implemented and are working with almost full features, 70% of the themes and their respective generation is in and the majority of bosses.
This game may look like Hammerwatch 1, but it plays very different, with persistent progress you can really keep building that hero up over time, and if you feel like starting a new one, the upgraded town will be of great help to boost the start of the new hero.
For people who wants in on the beta, our man Roy is handling all that for us over at the beta test group.
Request to join the group and after a while (a long while) Roy might get to you and after he reviewed your profile let you in. We frequently accept new testers every week in the days leading up to the game's release.
Don't forget about the console release of HW1, laucnhing from today on SWitch and PS4 and Xbx in the comming days, for those wanting more info on HW2 as promised before, this is all you get for now. Spread the word.
New Hammerwatch game!
Heroes of Hammerwatch
http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com
Today we are announcing a new chapter in the Book of Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch! A roguelike hack and slash RPG/adventure game, set in the same world as Hammerwatch and its expansion, The Sun Temple.
Take control of any of the 7 heroes, that you all know and love from the previous game and venture out from the Town of Outlook above Aridara and climb the Forsaken Spire through various different environments.
And while Hammerwatch is built on all static designed levels and a clear path, Heroes has generated random levels with a mix of traps, puzzles, items and such.
Heroes of Hammerwatch is not only random and generated, it's also persistent, something people have been asking about every now and then in the forums. So while levels and such are random, your hero will be saved with all of his/hers progress when it comes to skills and such.
The town you constantly upgrade to unlock more features will also be saved, but for all your heroes, so you can create new Heroes and they can continue to build up the town.
Features:
- Random generated levels - each time you enter a level a new layout with different features will be generated.
- Persistent Heroes - your progress is saved and each time you restart the game or die you can choose to continue with your Hero or create a new one. This time you can customize your heroes better too, with colors on different parts of the body and such, make it more unique to your own likings.
- Upgradable town - the town is the starting point for your Heroes which you will return to between sessions. Construct buildings to allow Heroes to be upgraded further, unlock new Heroes and a lot more things. The town remains upgraded even if you choose to create a new Hero.
- Items - Heroes of Hammerwatch features over 100 different items with various rarity, some with extreme abilities. Items can be bought in town, found in chests or secrets, and can also be dropped as reward from some enemies.
- Enemies - Fight hordes of enemies all with different stats and functions, several big and smaller bosses all with unique looks and behavior.
- Environments - Using some old themes from the first Hammerwatch, Heroes of Hammerwatch also adds new and fresh themes thrown into the mix.
- Co-op - Bring your Hero into someone elses town and help them out, or have up to 3 of your friends join your own town.
Release date:
The game is set to be released Q1 2018. We will select a few people from the community to beta test the game too.
Screenshots:
Old Hammerwatch
This game is pretty old by now, it has sold around 1M copies in that time and a lot of people seems to enjoy it still!
We are still hoping the game will be released on consoles soon, I know they are working on it and we just recently tried a new build of the PS4 version!
About a year ago, we also made a pretty big patch for this game, that was not released, it's one of the bigger patches for the game, with tons of balance changes to classes and also a totally new class. I hope we can release this patch at some point later too!
Some of the characters have gotten an overhaul too, this also shows the new class, that also will be featured in Heroes!
Check twitter for more constant updates
https://twitter.com/RealCrackshell
Btw, spread the word.
TLDR
We are releasing a new HW game, called Heroes of HW, we will talk a bit later about HW2 and whatever, screens here: http://www.heroesofhammerwatch.com
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is out!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/272620/Serious_Sams_Bogus_Detour/
Croteam has partnered with independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch) to unleash Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series!
https://youtu.be/59HyLq2jkhI
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour launches with up to 20% off the standard price for a limited time as fans that own any Serious Sam game or Crackshell’s Hammerwatch will receive 10% off in additional to the standard 10% off launch discount. The debut of Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour hits alongside a massive Serious Sam franchise sale on Steam with up to 90% off all other games in the beloved series http://store.steampowered.com/sale/serious-sam/].
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell. Battle through beautiful Mediterranean locales, dangerous biological weapons labs and even high-tech moon bases as a one-man wrecking crew or in four-player online cooperative for maximum chaos! Dominate the chaotic 12-player Survival and Versus modes or make your own mods, modes, and even total conversions with the included game editor. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is the biggest little Serious Sam game ever made!
The Serious Sam series began as the prototypical indie game with developer Croteam existing as a group of childhood friends working on a groundbreaking tech demo in a garage. The series has gone on to sell millions of copies and recently branched into virtual reality with a collection of Serious Sam VR games. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is a return to these indie roots and a continuation of the Serious Sam Indie Series that includes Vlambeer’s Serious Sam: The Random Encounter and Mommy’s Best Games’ Serious Sam Double D.
Hey, I didn't write this, I'm just the messenger, sounds good though! /hipshot
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Independent developer Crackshell (Hammerwatch), series creator Croteam (Serious Sam), and game label Devolver Digital (Video Games) have announced Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour, a retro-styled take on the legendary first-person shooter series. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is in development for PC with a release planned for early this summer.
Wishlist Now:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/272620 Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QyNusPlhBo
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell. Battle through beautiful Mediterranean locales, dangerous biological weapons labs and even high-tech moon bases as a one-man wrecking crew or in four-player online cooperative for maximum chaos! Dominate the chaotic Survival and Versus modes or make your own mods, modes, and even total conversions with the included game editor. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is the biggest little Serious Sam game ever made!
The Serious Sam series began as the prototypical indie game with developer Croteam existing as a group of childhood friends working on a groundbreaking tech demo in a garage. The series has gone on to sell millions of copies and recently branched into virtual reality with a collection of Serious Sam VR games. Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is a return to these indie roots and a continuation of the Serious Sam Indie Series that includes Vlambeer’s Serious Sam: The Random Encounter and Mommy’s Best Games’ Serious Sam Double D.
For more information on Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour visit crackshell.dk and follow @RealCrackshell on Twitter.
/hipshot from copy paste
PS. Let me add to this here, that "SSBD" is gonna feature a workshop and modders will be able to do much more powerful things in this game. We knew several people who wanted to do versus mods, well now you can!
Patch Notes for 1.32 (April 2016)
- Starting game should no longer take a very long time when you're subscribed to many workshop items
- Fixed multiple musics playing at the same time in custom games
- Several crash fixes
Patch Notes for 1.31 (April 2015)
Misc:
- Local multiplayer game saves now show up in the multiplayer load menu instead of the singleplayer load menu
- Added slight directional effect to sound effects via panning (can be turned off in options)
- Auto-fire is a bit faster now
Technical:
- Replaced the OpenAL sound engine with FMOD
- Added Steam integration for 64-bit Linux systems
- Updated Mono on Linux/Mac version
- Updated the Steam API
Editor features:
- Removed 100mb Steam Workshop limit
- Sound effects can now be .ogg
Hammerwatch Expansion (v1.3 - Sept 2014)
Expansion:
* Temple of the Sun - Fully new desert campaign, with new themes, bosses, challenges etc.
Achievements:
* Added several new achievements for the desert campaign
* Added one for the completion of both campaigns
Modifiers:
* Added faster (5x) mana-regen speed
Thief:
* Rebalanced a few skills
* Skills do not cost money to use
* Thiefs skills costs more to buy
* Thief hits with both daggers
* Graphics when destroying projectiles
Paladin:
* Graphics when blocking projectiles
Warlock:
* Can't destroy projectiles
Music:
* Better looping
* Crossfading between tracks
UI:
* Added some small sprites for mana drain and slow effects, over the player. So it's easier to see when running w/o effects and lights
Menus:
* Reworked several of the menus, they should all work in any of the selectable resolutions now.
* Better menu navigation
* Small help and info section, just some basic info for new players
* Added two more resolutions, one 4k and one super small
* Looked over some features, added a color switch button instead of clicking on the hero in the lobby
* Delete and Rename saved games
* Single and Multiplayer have different load menus and games are filtered
* More random backgrounds and you now see more of them, if anyone ever cared =)
* Logo is twice the resolution =)
Controls:
* Rebalanced the auto-fire
Also, check out the maps people have been doing in the Workshop section, some are quiet nice both in SP and Coop!