Professor Butternut is the teacher in charge of the class of students hunting for the Nine Parchments. He has not been pleased with all his apprentices rushing off into the wilderness after the missing spells, and plans on remedying all absences with punishing new classes. Read his note about this below.
Professor Butternut’s Thoughts on Summer Holidays
The students have returned from their dubious little trek to recover the missing spell parchments, which went missing after Anastasia blew up a wall in the library. It was my impression that our young apprentices were not happy to deliver the spells back to my care, and would have rather kept them for themselves.
I have a growing, although perhaps unfounded suspicion that the students might have even been so conniving that they would have attempted to seal the spells to their spellbooks without permission! Luckily the enraged Lich confused them so much, they barely noticed it when I stepped in and gracefully collected the missing parchments from them in one swell swoop.
All of our young troublemakers are now itching to leave the Astral Academy for their summer holidays, but I believe they have missed too many classes to go on holiday just yet, which is why I have devised some new hands-on studies they’ll have to partake in to make up for their absence. I’ll even allow the students to borrow some of the spells from the Astral Library while they attempt to complete their final classes.
(Also Amadeus seems to be loitering about the Academy again, perhaps we should be making some kind of contingency plan in case his mystical powers attract another terrible disaster like the last time.)
– Professor Alphonseus Butternut
Updates added! (Build 4455)
We have once more patched the game (now version 1.0.2). Log for the changes below.
A few changes to save slot menu
Fixed an issue with Everbloom that caused the game to crash
Fixed some dialog lines not playing properly
Fixed an issue when players could get disconnected when loading into Astral Academy
Various battle config fixes in the last few levels (in some cases the battle would not trigger or enemies could spawn off the battle-area)
Following updates are Steam only.
Fixed an issue when having too many Hats in your Steam Inventory would cause none to selectable in-game
Added saving failsafe, game keeps up to 10 backup copies of your save data
If you run into any trouble, just leave a message to the game's Steam Discussions or email us at Support[at]Frozenbyte[dot]com. Now, ready to fight more Beach Hogs?
New patch is now live! (Build 4230)
We have just released a patch for Nine Parchments! Current build number is now 4230.
You can now store multiple runs
You can have up to ten games stored at the same time. So there is no need to overwrite your current run if you want to play with your friends for a while.
Other fixes
A lot of bug fixes to different kinds of issues of camera not moving and enemies not spawning or dying correctly
More fixes to saves being wiped when disconnecting from an online game
Fixes to startup issues (like the render error)
Fixes to custom binds not being saved properly (unfortunately currently saved custom binds will reset due to the patch)
Other minor fixes
Please let us know if anything weird happens after the patch! You can report the bugs you're experiencing to here. :)
Holiday Notice
Dear Steam Community,
We'll be out of office during the common Christmas days. This means there will be no updates, or messages from us starting from tomorrow. However when we're back on 27th December we'll be reading all of your messages and will be working to patch more issues!
Note that because of this there will be some delays especially to messages, but we'll be looking into them as soon as possible. We do prioritize emails, so feel free to send them at Support[at]Frozenbyte[dot]com.
Thanks all for your understanding, and have great holidays! 😊
Note also that we have a Yuletide Calendar going on on our blog. Feel free to check it out on our website for a change to win Steam codes!
Upcoming Updates to Nine Parchments + Hotfix
Nine Parchments has sparked a lot of activity here and on social media channels and we’re grateful for all the comments and feedback we’ve received. Keep it coming and we'll also try to answer you as much as we can! 😊
However we're also going to be busy with improving the game based on the said feedback. Below is a quick update on the major issues we’re tackling right now!
Multiple Saves We'll try to add a menu to choose where you left off. We'll try to get this out next week!
Losing Progress We're tacklig this issue hard and already added one fix regarding Online Multiplayer. Sorry about this, but hopefully this helps!
Online Games Fixes already in and we’re planning to add a feature to see the latency of other players when selecting online games.
Friendly Fire We'll try to fix issues for the Friendly Fire like it resetting while playing.
You can read more details about these upcoming changes from our blog and we'll also be considering what other updates would be necessary. Stay tuned for this!
So, one more thanks and below are some important fixes the new hotfix brought!
Hotfix (4125)
Fixes to save slot emptying when joining an online game
Fixed online games turning to single player games when pressing ”Resume Game”
Nine Parchments Hotfix!
We have released a sneak hotfix for the Steam build. You can see your build number from in-game options menu, it should be 4120 after the update.
Main fixes in this patch
Online player list works now a lot better
Joining games in general works better and shouldn't enter a vicious circle of not finding anything
Friends only games are now actually friends only games
Continuing friends only games works, remember to just press "Resume Game" 😊
You can now start a multiplayer game alone and let people hotjoin the game while you play
There are also a lot of smaller fixes, such as small level tweaks.
Also note that host can kick other players by typing /kick playername to chat.
We plan to continue updating the game (hopefully less sneakily next time), so stay tuned. Also, if you have problems with the game email us support[at]frozenbyte[dot]com or visit the Official Bug Thread.
Nine Parchments now available!
The day we all have anticipated is finally here. Time to get blasting with Nine Parchments! Take a look at the release trailer from below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1_KvNib1RI
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast 'em up game of magical mayhem from Frozenbyte!
Runaway apprentice wizards seize the opportunity to complete their spellbooks by going after the lost Nine Parchments. As the would-be wizards rapidly acquire powerful new spells without learning proper safety measures, it's natural their hasty progress results in plenty of deadly accidents...
Nine Parchments combines real-time spell-shooting action with RPG elements - level up your character and collect magical loot, filling your wardrobe with a myriad of wizard hats and powerful staves.
Features
Dozens of spells for you to discover and master
Unlock new playable characters with quests
Find fashionable Hats and powerful Staves
Level up and improve your characters with their Skill Trees
Resurrection and Friendly Fire: Help and hinder your friends
Battle strange creatures and mighty bosses in the beautiful Trine world
If you have any questions feel free to join us on our official Nine Parchments Discord channel! The join link is https://discord.gg/zSKmqj6
We hope you enjoy the game! :)
Release Tomorrow!
It's coming very soon! Sorry to keep you waiting, but we finally have the date as the game is coming to Steam tomorrow.
If you're interested in the Switch version it will be out tomorrow, December 5th on Nintendo Switch eShop in North America and Europe, and on December 7th in Japan. The console release is digital only.
The PS4 and Xbox One release dates will be confirmed as soon as we have the information. And from tomorrow on the PC version will also be available on GOG and Humble Store as well.
Expect more info tomorrow!
Event Plans and the Eighth Character Revealed
Want to try the game? You'll have a chance for this at the following events!
First we'll be heading to Gamescom in Cologne, Germany with Indie Arena Booth 2017 and after that we'll take off to outside of Europe to PAX West 2017 in Seattle, USA and Tokyo Game Show 2017 in Japan. You can read more about the events from the following links. And come see us if you're nearby! 😊
Gamescom
http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/
PAX West 2017
http://west.paxsite.com/
Tokyo Game Show 2017
http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2017/
And we also released a video with all the game's playable characters including the final surprise appearance! Who could it be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtQ8mUii9T8
Tell us what you think! Already excited to play? 😉
Weekly Character Introductions
A heads up everyone! We are posting a few weekly character introductions to social media and to our blog on our website, which might be of interest to you if you'd like to know more about the game!
Links to the Nine Parchments social media channels below.
This week's posts are about Marvek the Torrid, also seen in the picture below, and his bakery. However also don't forget Cornelius Crownsteed who was introduced last week! We also have more characters to come!
