Update 1.0.4: Morgana's Blessings and Curses & Elite Enemies
Welcome back, knights!
It’s been almost a month since the release of Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur and we hope you’ve been enjoying your adventures with King Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table in our legendary action roguelite!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working hard on improving the game and we’d like to thank you all for your feedback and support so far, it really means a lot!
We did however notice a lot of your comments relating to Morgana and her associated blessings and curses, so today, we’re excited to be releasing the new content update 1.0.4 that reworks how these mechanics function in-game alongside the introduction of elite enemies, and a number of balancing improvements and bug fixes!
A matter of balance
Originally Morgana’s blessings and curses were designed to be completely randomised and unrelated to one another, but with this new update they will always be generated in pairs to ensure a more balanced trade-off between the good and the bad. In addition, when encountering Morgana during a run, Arthur will be given a preview of the blessing and curse combination before making his choice.
New perils await
The new blessing and curse combinations will also change gameplay more dramatically, offsetting greater benefits with higher but more appropriately calculated risks. Some examples of the new curses offered to you by Morgana include “Parched” which will result in health fountains drying out, and “Drunk” which causes Arthur to dash in reverse! But fear not! Enjoy discovering numerous new blessings including buffs to dash distance, skill damage, killing minions with one hit, and much more!
The bigger the better
As you get stronger, so will your enemies! Get ready for the elite minions! These variations of the common minion are equipped with two HP bars and cannot be staggered or knocked away by your attacks before the first bar has been broken. Beware, some of the elite are equipped with vicious attack variations compared to their regular counterparts, so you better start training!
See below for the full list of features and fixes coming with the new update:
Update 1.0.4
New content:
Revamped Morgana's curse and blessing system. 20 new curse and blessing pairings have been added
Curses/blessings now come in pairs, offering different playstyles and greater risk-and-reward
Players can now see the curse/blessing effects before deciding to accept Morgana's offer
Elite enemies will now appear as players progress through the game. These enemies are bigger, have more health, and have more dangerous attack patterns
Giants now have new additional attacks
Improvement & Balancing:
Percival's sword's last hit in a combo now inflicts the "weak" status effect
Increased Percival's sword damage (30 to 45)
Increased Tristan's sword damage (30 to 35)
Improved the AI behaviour of giants
Increased Bedivere's "Furious Intent" attack speed (from 2% to 7% for other swords, 10% for Bedivere's sword)
Increased Bedivere's "Obtuse Cleave" radius (from 10% to 20% for other swords, 50% for Bedivere's sword)
Increased Lancelot's "Death Blow" health threshold for increased damage to enemies with low HP (from 10% to 25% enemy HP remaining)
Increased Percival's "Pinpoint Attack" critical chance (from 2.5% to 5% for other swords, 4% to 7% for Percival's sword)
Increased Tristan's "Artisanal Swordplay" attack speed (from 5% to 10% for other swords, 7% to 10% for Tristan's Sword)
Increased Tristan's "Windswept Step" value (from 3% to 4% for other swords, 5% to 7% for Tristan's sword)
Increased Percival's critical damage multiplier (from 120% to 140%)
Increased Percival's critical chance (from 1% to 5%)
Increased Percival's base sword damage (from 35 to 45)
Increased Bedivere's critical chance (from 1% to 5%)
Players must now hold the interact button to use fountains (community request)
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug that occured when the player disconnected the controller during input binding
Fixed a bug where the player could not control Arthur for several miliseconds after executing Percival's sword skill
Fixed the Violet flower buff giving 10 bonus Soul Orbs instead of the stated range
Fixed the cooldown duration of sword skills inaccurately displayed
Fixed the effect calculations for the following blessings and items: "Rupturing Cut", "Stinger's Chase", "Nimble Streak", "Ki Breathing", "Wolf's Dexterity", "Devastating Rush", "Furious Intent", "Artisanal Swordplay", and "Heartpiercer"
Fixed the effect calculations for the following items: "Wind Pendant" and "Blood Clover"
Fixed the descriptions for the following blessings: "Lethal Toxic", "Volcanic Surge", "Afterburn"
We hope you’ll have fun trying out these new blessings and curses, and battling elite enemies during your next run, and we’ll be back with more updates soon.
In the meantime, if you do have any comments or issues please let us know via the Steam forums or alternatively and join our Discordwhere we’ll be happy to chat!
Fare thee well!
Gambir Studio & PQube
Morgana's Blessings and Curses Update & Elite Enemies
Welcome back, knights!
It’s been almost a month since the release of Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur and we hope you’ve been enjoying your adventures with King Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table in our legendary action roguelite!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working hard on improving the game and we’d like to thank you all for your feedback and support so far, it really means a lot!
We did however notice a lot of your comments relating to Morgana and her associated blessings and curses, so today, we’re excited to be releasing a new content update that reworks how these mechanics function in-game.
A matter of balance
Originally Morgana’s blessings and curses were designed to be completely randomised and unrelated to one another, but with this new update they will always be generated in pairs to ensure a more balanced trade-off between the good and the bad. In addition, when encountering Morgana during a run, Arthur will be given a preview of the blessing and curse combination before making his choice.
New perils await
The new blessing and curse combinations will also change gameplay more dramatically, offsetting greater benefits with higher but more appropriately calculated risks. Some examples of the new curses offered to you by Morgana include “Parched” which will result in health fountains drying out, and “Drunk” which causes Arthur to dash in reverse! But fear not! Enjoy discovering numerous new blessings including buffs to dash distance, skill damage, killing minions with one hit, and much more!
The bigger the better
As you get stronger, so will your enemies! Get ready for the elite minions! These variations of the common minion are equipped with two HP bars and cannot be staggered or knocked away by your attacks before the first bar has been broken. Beware, some of the elite are equipped with vicious attack variations compared to their regular counterparts, so you better start training!
We hope you’ll have fun trying out these new blessings and curses, and battling elite enemies during your next run, and we’ll be back with more updates soon.
In the meantime, if you do have any comments or issues please let us know via the Steam forums or alternatively and join our Discordwhere we’ll be happy to chat!
Fare thee well!
Gambir Studio & PQube
Update 1.0.3
Bug Fixes:
Fixed the attack speed value shown on the knight's statue menu to accurately reflect in-game speed
Fixed an invisible blocker that appeared if the Forest Giant was defeated while casting root attack
Fixed rock enemies (Rocknoid, Rocklett, Rockling) sometimes attacking too quickly after spawning
Fixed rock enemies (Rocknoid, Rocklett, Rockling) getting stuck after attacking
Fixed Laser Totem and Hellhound attack telegraphs disappearing too quickly
Fixed Percival's sword animation sometimes getting stuck if the player had attack speed blessing
Fixed Pincoid's attack area differing from its telegraph
Fixed Beetonate's bomb explosion causing no damage
Fixed Beetonate's bomb randomly exploding while moving
Fixed the player being unable to pick up spirit orbs after using active skills
Fixed Cactopod, Cactopellet and Cactorrent not being visible behind some trees
Fixed Scarax still moving after being stunned
Fixed Hard Hit's damage area
Minor bug fixes and game optimization
Improvement & Balancing:
Improved Solpion's attack telegraph visibility
Improved enemy AI (ranged enemies will now keep their distance from the player)
Increased Road Roller's explosion area
Sword experience won't be displayed if the upgrade feature has not been unlocked at the blacksmith building
Giant soul from merchant now saved when player back to kingdom or defeated by the enemies.
Update 1.0.2b
Quality of life improvements: • The mason now can be recruited in Brochalant Forest • Sword level and skill level are now displayed on the player stats menu • The merchant now sells giant souls • Fixing the studio name at credits ( Masshive Studio -> Masshive Media ) • Fixing the size of the merchant window
Balancing : • Removed the attack speed bonus from blacksmith upgrades • Reduced the Mushroom mini boss ring attack damage • Reduced attack damage and duration of Gawain's skills • Fixed enemy difficulty scaling • Blacksmith upgrades will now increase sword secondary skill damage • Blacksmith upgrade progression will now unlocked based on the kingdom level • Remove a collision block from Brochalant Forest
Bug fixes: • Fixed an achievement unlock delay (Steam version) • Fixed the Totem mini boss laser attack telegraph not displaying correctly • Fixed the game becoming unresponsive on a loading screen
Update 1.0.2a
Version 1.0.2a brings even more fixes and Quality of Life improvements for an even smoother yet more engaging experience!
Quality of life improvements: • Removed Arthur's falling animation when teleporting to other rooms • Removed Arthur's animation after buying a blessing from the merchant • Reduced the hold time needed to select a blessing • Added a max level upgrade indicator (up to 20 for each sword) on the blacksmith upgrade window
Bug fixes: • Fixed the values of all gem blessings • Fixed Galahad's Bounty Hunter upgrade not working • Fixed certain status effect blessings that did not work alongside similar blessings • Giants are now susceptible to some status effects (poison, burn, weak) • Fixed the flower cart that previously increased player attack damage • Fixed the Void Giant and Architect defeat achievements
Balancing: • Adjusted Arthur's hitbox • Adjusted the attack range and damage of some swords • Adjusted the blessing effect and value of some sword blessings • Increased gold and soul orb drop amounts • Reduced enemy attack anticipation duration • Increased enemy attack damage • Reduced the attack range of Solpion
Fare thee well, knights!
Update 1.0.2
How do you fare, Knights? Have you slayed the giant yet?
Thanks for all of your feedback since release! Update 1.0.2 provides improvements to aid you on your legendary quest. Here are the changes:
UI Improvements
Added a quest display on the pause menu
Game Mechanics
Rebalanced the values of sword upgrades at the blacksmith
Adjusted the unlock requirements for the knight statues/swords to make them available earlier
Secondary skills now automatically refresh after clearing an area
Adjusted Arthur's default movement speed
Adjusted Lancelot's, Bors's, and Bedivere's secondary skill cooldown
Adjusted the Pan Piper's survival challenge duration
Rebalanced the Pan Piper's wave challenge
Bug Fixes
Fixed the gem merchant's "Envy Gem" speed bonus value
Fixed an issue where the Void Giant was unable to be attacked in certain positions
Fixed a localization error on the quest menu in French and Spanish
Trabuchet and Amethryst are more ready than ever to lend their services to help you vanquish the monsters standing in your way. We look forward to your further triumphs!
Should you have more feedback on your journey, let us know in the discussions section.
Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is Out Now!
The day has finally come!
Gather your strength and ready your swords for battle: Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is out now with a 10% launch discount! This means it is finally time to explore the vastness of the Astral Dimension and slay the colossal enemies standing in your way to save your kingdom and its people.
Have you got what it takes to defend and rebuild Camelot and transport it back to its rightful place on Earth? Find out now!
To give you a first taste of what you can expect from this legendary action roguelite, check out our launch trailer below.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support up until release. We can’t wait to hear what you think of Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur.
Now, what are you waiting for? It’s time to slay some giants!
Fare thee well!
1 Week to Go & Post Round-Up
With just one week to go until the release of Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur, we wanted to provide you with a little round-up of all our previous Steam updates, so you are caught up just in time for launch on the 5th of October!
The tale of Camelot and its destruction by the devious Void Giant is a tragic one. Don’t fret, we have prepared a handy recap of everything that has happened before the beginning of your quest, from the Knights of the Round Table’s mission to seek the Holy Grail to Camelot’s unfortunate banishment to the Astral Dimension.
Watch as the wizard Merlin recounts the tale in the Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur opening cinematic below and refresh your memory!
Now that you’re all caught up with the story of our fantasy action roguelite, let’s have another look at the realms and enemies of the Astral Dimension. First up is Brochalant Forest, the verdant forest area with lush trees and bubbling ponds inhabited by pesky little creatures. From the enormous Mushler to the vicious Stinglead, the forest is out to get you!
Should you make it out alive, you’ll reach Sarrache Desert, a barren wasteland filled with mountains of bones and bothersome monsters. Best avoid creatures like the Pincoid, a luminous, sharp-sheared beetle on a quest to strike you down, or the Stombelisk which could attack you from above at any moment.
Enter the most challenging area yet! Suidhe Forest is not only overflowing with dangerous streams of steaming lava but is also teaming with lethal enemies, such as the Infernix or the Baramander which will leave behind a trail of fire or send blazing projectiles your way. Only the bravest of knights make it out of here alive.
Between runs, you will find yourself back in the kingdom surrounded by citizens you have previously rescued on your quest – and they are eager to help you in return.
Meet the builders! Once recruited, they’ll be able to help you restore buildings on the castle grounds. As you rebuild its ruins, watch your kingdom level rise, and unlock even more updates, buildings, and advancements!
The blacksmith, Tabuchet, on the other hand, will be happy to get to work in his workshop and, in exchange for a small price, upgrade a sword of your choice and increase its stats.
There are many more colourful characters you will meet and recruit on your journey, from the Hunter looking to reward you for your work clearing the dungeons and the Gem Merchants granting you stat and ability improvements, to the Tarot Reader eager to reveal your fate! Find them all, seek their help, and soon you will be unstoppable!
Your fellow knights may have perished but their powers remain, waiting to be stored in your broken Excalibur! Harness their powers and find out all there is to know about their weapons, and mechanics below.
Think you’ve got what it takes to beat Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur? First, you’ll have to get past its vicious mini bosses!
Battle your way through the realms and encounter numerous randomly determined mini bosses such as the Toadstool Monarch of Brochalant Forest. With an abundance of attacks up its fungal sleeve, it will unleash its minions to distract you while leaping toward you spawning an expanding, damaging ring!
Each area comes with its own set of mini bosses – dodge the deadly lasers of the Arcane Monolith in the Sarrache Desert or escape the volcanic explosions the Moltencore Golem aims at you in the Suidhe Volcano.
Need a little assistance to maximise your chances of survival during your run? Explore the different areas of the realms and you will encounter various dungeon features like the Knight Statues and the Round Tables granting you upgrades and skills, or the Healing Fountains alongside many inhabitants of Camelot.
Speak to the witch Morgana to gain a valuable blessing in exchange for a deadly curse, visit the merchant Assam to purchase potions and vitality boosters or ornaments and pendants increasing your attack speed and damage, and face the mysterious Pan Piper’s challenges and survive hordes of dangerous enemies!
It is finally time to face off against the legendary giants protecting their realms. When the Void Giant’s soul broke into three colossal aspects, the giants broke free and will now do anything in their power to prevent you from successfully completing your mission.
To defeat the Forest Giant, Planterra Gigas, dodge its intense attacks, violent stomps and destructive punches and move onto the next level.
Move onto the desert realm and you’ll reach the Primal Dryland Sloth in no time. Don’t be fooled by its appearance or you might get surprised by its vicious attacks, fast projectiles, and unpredictable gusts of wind.
That’s it, knights, you’re all caught up on Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur’s features and mechanics, just in time for when the game launches on October 5th!
One week is plenty of time to practise with our Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur demo here on Steam! And don’t forget to wishlist the game and join our discord server, so you don’t miss any important announcements before and after launch.
We’ll see you very soon, and we can’t wait for you to finally get your hands on our game to defeat some giants.
Fare thee well!
Release Date Announcement & New Gameplay Trailer!
Happy Thursday everyone!
Today we are thrilled to bring you, fellow knights, our most exciting news yet! Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is releasing here on Steam on the 5th of October! To celebrate this exciting announcement, we have prepared a brand-new gameplay trailer for you, check it out below!
With our release date being only three weeks away, you better start polishing and sharpening your swords! Need a bit more practice? Why not download the Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur demo right here on Steam?
