Again our heroes banded together to defeat the Crossplay Challenge. Vale’s Cowl will be delivered in the next 24 hours!
A spooky challenge is coming soon...
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Challenge Complete: Reward Inbound!
Again our heroes banded together to defeat the Crossplay Challenge. Vale’s Cowl will be delivered in the next 24 hours!
A spooky challenge is coming soon...
It's Time For Another CrossPlay Challenge!
Heroes,
Our next CrossPlay Challenge is now live!
For this challenge, we want to show you the power of invincibility, so we’re requesting that as a community y’all summon 10,000 Azuza. The reward? Vale’s Cowl, a defensive item for one of our most dangerous assassins.
What’s Azuza, you say?
Azuza is one of 11 Ancients you can summon in Next Up Hero. Collect enough Echoes, summon the power of invincibility and fight back the Dirge!
If the challenge is completed by October 9th, the full CrossPlay community will be awarded Vale’s Cowl. Get to work!
Connect the dots with the Layers of Fear + >observer_ Bundle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agERHsOM_F8
Today, we give you the ability to experience the past as an artist, or the future as a detective at a discounted price! With the newly launched bundle, you’ll be able to pick up both Layers of Fear and >observer_ at only $39.99. It comes with the Layers of Fear DLC, as well as the Layers of Fear and >observer_ soundtracks!
Check Out The Bundle!
Already have Layers of Fear or >observer_? Not to worry If you already own some of the items in the bundle, you’ll receive only the items you don’t own at the bundle discount!
As you play, pay close attention. Notice the similarities between the dysfunctional fathers, secrets off the beaten path, and little nods to the titles.
Another challenge easily defeated by our CrossPlay Heroes!
As promised, Widget’s Goggles will be delivered to your inventory in the next 24-hours.
The next Community Challenge will be in September, brainstorm in the comments for the next challenge and the reward
August Community Challenge!
Heroes!
We need you to raise 5,000 heroes to level 10 before 12:00 PM EDT on September 4th. If the community manages to accomplish this feat, all players will be granted Widget Goggles on September 5th
Good luck, and start maxing out a new hero!
Community Challenge Defeated! Loot incoming!
You’ve banded together and defeated our challenge.
As promised, Striking Note will be delivered to your inventory in the next 24-hours.
The next Community Challenge will be in August, brainstorm in the comments for the next challenge and the reward ːsteamhappyː
COMMUNITY CHALLENGE: Do a thing; Get a loot!
Heroes!
It’s time for the first community challenge. We need you to complete 1,000 ventures before 12:00 PM EDT on July 30th. If you manage to accomplish this feat, all players will be granted Striking Note on July 31!
Good luck, and start defeating those bosses!
Goodbye Early Access, Hello Free Weekend!
We're super excited to announce that Next Up Hero has launched out of Early Access today!
To celebrate, we're currently in a Free Weekend on Steam! That's right, until Monday, July 2, you can be the next up Hero and test your might in the Spiral Shards.
But be warned, Heroes, this game is designed to be hard.
In fact, the game is so difficult that we've called in reinforcements from some of our favorite Valve games to fight back against the Ceaseless Dirge. Look familiar?
Choose your Hero. Drop into a Venture. Beat back the Dirge!
Good luck!
Dungeon Maker, Loot & Progression Overhaul, Mixer Interactive, and Analytics, Oh My!
Since Early Access launched, we’ve watched you defeat the Champion Trial, suffer to the might of Toppers, and dab on the haters with Mixtape. Take a look at these statistics we’ve put together since our launch. Thank you all for your suggestions, ideas, bug reports, and great videos.
Now for the good stuff. Meet the largest update to Next Up Hero yet! Let’s take a look inside:
<*>Dungeon Maker Mode: Craft and create a diabolical venture, and challenge the community to defeat it! 10 levels of darkness? Make it happen! Wager against the community. If you dungeon is defeated in one-life, a rare loot reward goes to the player. If no one can defeat the dungeon, the dungeon maker gets the loot!
We’ve heard you when it comes to levels. You love RPG mode, but Don’t Be Greedy is your worst nightmare. So we thought OK, what if we could give you 10 levels of RPG mode, wouldn’t that be epic? Then Nitin enabled the ability to setup and craft ventures with all of the modes, so we have a proper system in place to let you be the DM of your dreams (or nightmares).
Even better, now we’ll be able to highlight the deadliest ventures from the community. If you have a venture that’s really epic, shoot a note to @aspyrbash in Discord, so we can move it to the Featured Section.
<*>Equipment drops, slots and progression overhaul: 2 ability slots, 3 armor slots, and an individual leveling system per character
Y’all got to Max level really quickly as you worked through the story, but you’ve frequently requested more reasons to try other characters, and per-character leveling. We’ve now added a per-character leveling system that will unlock 3 equipment slots, as well as 2 ability slots.
Prestiging a character will unlock the leveling system now, and you’ll have a more clear view of which stats are being Min-Maxed. Did I mention how equipment changes your stats? Because it does!
Artifacts have been re-purposed from one-time use objects into permanent loot drops. The harder the venture, the rarer and more valuable the loot. The rarest loot? That’s reserved for the deadliest dungeons in Dungeon Maker Mode!
<*>Mixer Interactive: Enable Interactive while streaming on Mixer, and invite your friends to play alongside you via the browser. Will they control your echo army, leading you to victory? Or will they summon shadows to destroy you?
The Mixer community has welcomed Next Up Hero with open arms since day one. And we’ve had many requests to use Mixer Interactive, so we did. Mixer Interactive is now enabled on Next Up Hero.
Pit your friends and audience against each other in a chaotic brawl between the Commander and the Dirge. Echoes will follow your Commander’s lead, fighting and focusing on the enemies of their choice. Dirge will buff the enemies, as well as put you in harm’s way with Stuns, Freezes, and Slows.
And everyone else needs to pick a side. Cheer for your favorite streamer, summoning Echoes to assist them. Or cheer Dirge, and summon Shadows to thwart their progress.
<*>UI Improvements, Bug Fixes, & More: We’ve implemented a lot of user feedback to create a buttery smooth experience.
Of course, while we worked on these new features, we’ve gone in and fixed tons of bugs, updated the UI, and polished the experience.
The full patch notes are available in this thread.
Feedback NEEDED! TAKE THE SURVEY!!!
For the latest update, we’ve changed the attack system to allow Auto-Attack (Just hold down the Mouse or Trigger). We know this is a major change, so we’ve put together a short survey to collect your thoughts.
Play around with a few different heroes, and revisit some that you didn’t connect with before. Then take this survey so we can really determine if this is the right feel for the game.
Take the Next Up Hero Survey!
We're doing a brief survey about Next Up Hero. If you could, please take a few minutes to answer our questions.
We want to use our valuable time in Early Access to channel your feedback. Help us heroes!
You can take the survey via this link
And if you haven't joined us in Discord yet, what are you waiting for?
Join Up! discord.gg/NextUpHero