Great news! Performance has been increased so much since the beginning of summer! Thanks for your patience. After implementing all these changes, we will now be able to update every week as usual! This will make all runs go smoother even when you equip many weapons with large areas, projectile speed, etc.
Vanaheim Ragnarok
Raganarok mode is now available on Vanaheim too! This means youâll be able to play 5 new challenging levels.
Nightmare Mode
After months of coding, performance improvements are finally working! Nightmare mode will mimic Endless. Hereâs how it works:
On todayâs update, Nightmare mode will have 9 waves available. If everything runs smoothly (which it should) we will be able to increase the number of waves each time we improve performance. So expect 12 waves in future updates. We want the player experience to be fun and without lag, and thatâs why weâve decided to âtwistâ Endless and be sure performance works fine as we provide lengthier runs many players enjoy.
For now, it will only be available on Midgard. We will expand it to the other realms in the future.
Nightmare mode runs will feature a darker shade so it feels more nightmareish.
Each cycle will comprise 3 waves (we skipped wave 1 of regular runs).
Endless Curse is now called Nightmare Curse. Each time you reach Gnökiâs realm, prices will increase 25% instead of 50% as they did before until they reach a maximum of 150% instead of 250%
Each time a Curse appears, it will be displayed on screen.
After completing 1 cycle (after final boss) shrines will keep appearing and this time they will provide you with runes.
Weâve also reduced the length of each wave 20% so runs feel more dynamic.
As always, if you spot any bugs or issues, please write them on this thread so we can check them out and fix them as soon as possible!
5 New Relics
Hansi will be able to unlock these relics that will work really nice with crits.
Bugs and improvements
Gnöki Coupon achievement should now appear in your list after completing it.
Crystal Enhancer relics wonât be suitable for selling to Olga anymore.
The camera on Gnökiâs realm is now set a bit far away.
Items sold in Gnökiâs realm are better displayed (they were too close to each other).
Reset Blessing was not working properly as it also influenced ultimate relics. It will only affect regular relics as usual.
Healing Curse now works as follows. Enemies will restore 25% of their health instead of 30% and cooldown has been increased from 5 to 7 seconds (sorry monsters, you wonât be able to heal that much).
Czech language added!
Roadmap
As we used to do before summer, hereâs the roadmap we will follow these upcoming weeks:
September 21st: Niflheim Beta
September 28th: Niflheim Release
October 1st: Halloween update (this will include 1 Halloween character skin, 1 brand new character, Midgard decorated with pumpkins + Halloween themed relics!)
We hope you enjoy this update! ËNA_CrystalË
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
Hello! Good news! After weeks and weeks of wrecking our brains (and code), at last we have many improvements! That means new performance Beta is now available!
Hereâs what you will find:
Major code changes. This means enemy movement may have varied a little. You may also find a slightly different feeling on collisions and projectiles too.
This beta will only have Midgard available.
As we only have Midgard, Raid Shrines and Challenge mode will be disabled.
Endless Mode enabled once again. Let us know how it feels!
General performance improvements. Now you can expect your Endless and Ragnarok runs with a higher fps rate.
Youâll have the same progress as your current version.
On this particular beta, your progress wonât be saved to prevent possible errors. This also means there will be no issue going back and forth between your current version and the beta.
Please notice that we have changed quite a bit of code, and are still tweaking some things, so you may find some bugs or issues during your run (letâs hope very few). Please report any weird things you may spot!
We canât wait to hear your feedback! This is a very important beta for Nordic Ashes game. If everything runs correctly, we will proceed to update the live version of the game next week (or the next one, depending on feedback and fixes!).
Indie Dev Day
We are so happy to attend Indie Dev Day in Barcelona this weekend. Itâs a really important event hosted by Devolver and it will be our second event showcasing Nordic Ashes with our own stand! If any of you are around Barcelona, come and say hi đ
Wish you a great rest of the week! Cheers!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
REMEMBER: To play the beta, you will need to have purchased Nordic Ashes previously.
Open the Steam application.
Go to the Steam library and select Nordic Ashes.
Right click on it and select Properties.
A panel will open, select the Beta option.
Enter the following code: NordicAshesBeta
Click the button to verify that it is correct.
If everything is OK, you will have the Beta option in the drop-down menu. Select it and the game will be updated.
Beta Information
Thank you very much for helping us improve the game. You are an amazing community đ First of all, weâd like to share the following disclaimer (donât forget to read #8)
Keep in mind that this is a Beta and therefore it may contain bugs and balancing issues.
The purpose of the Beta is that you have access to an early version of the game, so you can help us to fix bugs, balance the game and give suggestions.
The Betas last for a certain period of time. We will release them as new updates are released. This particular one will be open for 1 week.
There is a specific discussion for beta feedback in Steam.
The Beta progress will be saved in your actual account.
You can unlock the Steam achievements already published, but the new ones that will be released will not be available. However, once the Beta version is released, you will receive all achievements you have already earned.
You may upload or stream Beta content if you wish. However, please add a disclaimer to your videos/streams to announce that it is the Beta you are playing, not the public version of the game.
IMPORTANT: To avoid any loss of your progress please follow the next steps: a. Create a backup of your saving files just in case. There should be no issues but just to be safe please do. You may find them here: i. windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup ii. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.NoxfallStudios.NordicAshes/Backup iii. linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Noxfall Studios/Nordic Ashes/Backup b. After playing the Beta, if you wish to return to the main version of the game and deactivate the Beta, please notice that your Beta progress will be lost.
DISCLAIMER It is possible that you find bugs or content that has yet to be implemented, such as sounds. We thank you for notifying us of any bug or issue through our discord or steam discussions, in the specific Beta section. This way we can access all the information and fix any issues. Thank you so much!
Nordic Ashes News
Hello! Today we bring a News post đ Hereâs what we are currently working on and approximate release dates:
Beta very soon
First of all, we are happy to announce that in the next few days we will be able to release a Beta showcasing all the performance progress weâve made. This will be a great opportunity to try Endless once again. ËNA_CrystalË
Indie Dev Day
On early September, we will be attending Indie Dev Day in Barcelona (Spain) a video game event for indie developers. If you live close, come and say hi :D
New Content
On late September, we are planning to release Niflheim as the seventh realm and later on, a new character! After we finish all this performance improvements we will also develop the characterâs individual ability branches.
Gnöki Plushie - less than 48h left
Less than 48h for Gnöki ËNA_GnokiË plush campaign to end! If you still havenât got your own, this will be the last opportunity to do so! After that, Gnöki wonât be available anymore as it is a limited edition crowdfunding đ Production will begin this month and the best thing is that it will arrive on December and will make wonders as an amazing Christmas Gift! ËNA_RedHeartË Get your own Gnöki here
See you in a few days! Take care and wish you an amazing rest of the week!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
Welcome to another suggestions update ËNA_CrystalË First of all we wanted to say thank you! They are really nice suggestions that will bring new features and quality of life to the game :)
Here are the following features we are releasing today:
Enemy immunities are now separated with commas, so they are easier to read/understand.
You can now rename the Yggdrasil slots! That way it will be much easier to remember the purposes of different builds you design with your leaves.
We also added a confirmation button after you click âReset leavesâ just in case you clicked it by mistake.
Each time you preview an item on Gnökiâs Realm or Shrines that you havenât added to the Glossary, you will find a small icon next to it. That way, it will be much easier to know If you have previously added or not before purchasing it.
You can now read the description of each Curse in the Realm selection panel.
Curse icons that take place on a Realm that already has a curse by default, such as Jotunheim, have also been added to the Daily Challenges menu.
A fantastic way to break Jotunheim Freezing Curse! Each Fire Relic you own, will reduce the max. stacks by 1. So if you grab 5 Fire items, no Curse.
QoL for mouse users: You can now click on buttons showing keys instead of pressing them with the keyboard to make use of them. So for example, clicking on top of Esc will do that job for you. Much more intuitive and easy-going in case you prefer to use the mouse to navigate on the different panels.
When new content??
Many of you have asked when we will release new realms and characters. We are spending the summer months to polish many things and adding suggestions. New realm, Niflheim should arrive on late September. Here's a sneak peak! For all the Norse mythology fans, you may recoginize our take on AuĂ°umbla here... ËNA_RedHeartË
We did it!
And amazing news! Gnöki ËNA_GnokiË plush campaign was funded a few days ago!
What does this mean?
The only way of getting the plushie go into production was after reaching the stretch goal â200 hundred unitsâ if not, everyone would have been refunded and end of story. But we did it!! Thank you so much to all the supporters!! Gnöki will still be available to purchase for the next 8 days.
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
Hello! On todayâs update we have added a few of your suggestions (still many to come, weâre working on them ËNA_GnokiË) and some updates about Daily challenge, performance and Gnöki plushies!
Suggestions added:
Now you can activate/deactivate the manual aim of each Active Relic on the character's constellation. You can also equip/unequip Active Relics you own in each run.
Activate/deactivate global auto-aim with Y (for keyboard) and R3 (for controller). This info is not yet visually displayed in-game, but to let you know it already works.
Daily challenges
Iâm sure youâve already noticed, but daily challengers are now much more balanced and realistic. Still, there will be some days it will be quite challenging, but overall, weâve made them doable. The main reason for daily challenges is for them to be fun, not impossible every single day. So thanks for your patience and for reporting all those issues. We hope they feel more balanced from now on :)
Performance improvements
Programmers are working hard on game performance. Hereâs a GIF showing around 500 enemies and 200 projectiles running at 60fps on our pc! Thereâs still room for improvement, but yay! weâre closer to a great performance and great Endless results!
Weâre almost there!! 78% of the campaign is already funded! Secure your own Gnöki so we reach 100% and above HERE ËNA_GnokiË (but donât let him close to your coins or they might mysteriously disappear)
Fixes
There was a bug that made the mouse cursor stay in the middle of the screen.
Svartalfheim music didnât play in some runs.
Thatâs all for today. Take care and wish you an amazing rest of the week!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
Hi! Itâs Naya (game artist) Look whoâs here! Weâre so happy to bring Gnöki to life (I mean outside your computer, Gnöki is already alive in the game, ok?)! ËNA_GnokiË
There have been so many of you asking for a plushie and here it is! Enjoy warm cuddles and free hugs any time you wish :D ËNA_CrystalË
We are so honored to work with Makeship, as they are a very professional team, and both the plush design and materials are extremely high quality. We were amazed when we received the sample, it turned out so good! ËNA_RedHeartË
You can get your own Gnöki here :D
https://www.makeship.com/products/gnoki-plush Shipping is worldwide, because Gnöki will travel wherever you are to meet you!
For how long will it be available?
The plush will be available to purchase for the next 3 weeks, that means August 4th - August 25th. After we reach the goal, the project will be funded and production will begin! You will find all the info in the url above.
Desk-friends
As I said before⊠Gnöki is the best work buddy you will ever find! Heâs next to me right now⊠And heâs so fluffy Iâm gonna dieeee :DDDDD Oh, I canât wait for you to have it too ËNA_RedHeartË
Wallpaper
We also thought a Gnöki wallpaper would be the perfect fit, so expect a fun digital wallpaper too after the campaign successfully ends!
Game discount
And finally, for those who still want to purchase our game but havenât already, we wanted to add a 15% discount to Nordic Ashes, because Gnöki Week needs to be amazing in every aspect :D
We hope you enjoy Gnöki in his plushie form as much as we do <3 Thanks for your amazing support. Sending you love, Nordic Ashes team
Update 0.11.1 + Gnöki Plushie Launch
Greetins vikings!
Weâre back! After a few weeks off weâre ready to rock and roll again! In todayâs update we have gone through some of your suggestions such as highly requested manual aim or the unfortunate bug that made some bosses invulnerable.
We still need to review many of your comments, so expect a new update in the following weeks with more of your suggestions and fixing things you commented on the Steam forums and on Discord. Thank you thank you, we love this developer-player interaction so much :D
Manual aim
Wow itâs been so long since many of you asked for a manual aim feature and here it is! You will see some Relics have now a manual aim (which can be set as auto-aim too in case you prefer so in the settings panel). This way, Relics such as Thyraâs daggers will fire at the enemies you're aiming to. You will find a target icon next to the relics that have manual aim. Some of them are Axeldörâs sword and hammer, Thyraâs bow and daggers or Helgaâs cards. Let us know what you think about this new feature!
About Endless and performance improvements
We are currently working on many performance improvements. One of them is changing drastically some programming elements so you can experience a much better performance, even in lower end devices. Our goal with these changes is that we wonât need to nerf any character abilities and the game will perform pretty well with crazy builds. We still need to polish the programming, but Endless Mode will be a blast when itâs ready!
Improvements/fixes
Hafgrimâs Staff ascension has been modified. Now, instead shooting energy orbs of just one element, it will change each time it fires between ice, fire, and thunder.
Steam Deck tooltip texts are now displayed properly.
Bosses should not remain invulnerable all the time.
You can now scroll between characters and realms in their selection panels with the mouse scroll wheel.
Hansi could get stuck in Gnoki's Realm due to his dash. This shouldnât happen anymore.
Elite enemies weren't dropping XP in certain cases when the restriction of not dropping chests was activated.
New music
Great news! Alfheim and Svartalheim music tracks have been added! We hope you enjoy them!
ËNA_GnokiË Gnöki Plush launching August 4th at 12am GMT ËNA_GnokiË
Tonightâs the night!
Our adorable friend will launch at last! (if youâre reading this before August 4th at 12am GMT, then Gnöki will be live in a few hours, if youâre reading this later, Gnöki is already available!!)
There have been so many of you asking for a plushie and here it is! Enjoy warm cuddles and free hugs any time you wish :D
We are so honored to work with Makeship, as they are a very professional team, and both the plush design and materials are extremely high quality. We were amazed when we received the sample, it turned out so good! ËNA_RedHeartË
ËNA_GnokiË You can get your own Gnöki here :D https://www.makeship.com/products/gnoki-plush
For how long will it be available?
The plush will be available to purchase for the next 3 weeks. After the project is funded, production will begin! You will find all the info in the url above. Tomorrow we will make a long detailed post about the plushie ^^
Weâre happy to be back and keep developing! ËNA_PotionË Any questions or suggestions, please feel free to add then in the comments below, we will read them all as always! Thanks for your support!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
Hello! And welcome to Gnöki News! This week will be Gnöki Week! Why? Because we have the news you have all been waiting/asking for⊠Gnöki plush is here!!! ËNA_GnokiË
We are so happy about this amazing collab with Makeship! Weâve been working for months with them to bring you the softest, cutest, and best quality Gnöki plush ever!
When will it be available?
The plushie will be available for preorder on Aug 4th. on https://makeship.com that meansâŠTHIS FRIDAY! We will create a new post with all the details, pictures, dates, timing, etc. on Friday.
Giveaway
And to celebrate it, letâs do a giveaway so you have a chance to win a Gnöki Plushie! đ„ł Enter here Giveaway ends on August 3rd at 2pm (ET). We wish you the best luck!! ËNA_RedHeartË
Game Updates
But this is not all, we are back to posting game updates this Thursday! So expect your regular update this week as usual ËNA_CrystalË
Cheers!
New Realm Helheim
Hello! Today is finally Helheim release!
Helheim Realm
Weâve been working the 6th map this week and itâs already finished! We also added some new features that werenât available on the beta, so we invite you to dive deep into this world of ghosts and spirits!
Whatâs next
Weâve decided to stop the production of new realms this summer. That way, we will spend the whole months of July and August going through all the bug reports, community suggestions and improving Challenge mode and Endless so they are ready on September.
This means, during these two months we wonât update every Thursday as usual, but update every time we have enough content to release (maybe every 2 or 3 weeks).
Fixes & Improvements
Beams from laser statues in Vanaheim were sometimes spawning in incorrect positions.
Icons displayed when completing Ragnarok VI and VII are now correct.
Reaching the final boss without defeating a raid boss was displaying both names over the health bar.
Legendary relics probability has been increased.
Finally, the crash related to Sindri & Brok in Ragnarok V has been fixed.
Thatâs all for today. Take care and wish you an amazing summer!
If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us: đž Discord. đž Steam Community.
