Sker Islanders, we have an upcoming patch filled to the brim with updates and optimisations that you can expect early next week! Not only that, we have stolen a first look at the brand new boss from Episode Three from our dev team!
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.2.4 - COMING SOON
Newly Added - Graphics - Added Dynamic Resolution Support with the following Upscale Options: - AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 (FSR) - AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpen (CAS) - NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) - Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) - Catmull-Rom
- Added Experimental HDR Support targetting 1000/2000/3000 Nits Displays (Note: Temporarily, Enabling HDR will disable Dynamic Resolution, Film Grain, Blur, FXAA, Full Screen Window Mode) - Added toggles for the following graphic options: Shadows, Texture Streaming, Texture Streaming Reduction Level, Bloom, Subsurface Scattering, Micro Shadows, Contact Shadows, Volumetric Fog, Distortion, Vignetting, Blur - Added quality options for the following graphic options: Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration - Added Experimental Support for DirectX 12 & Vulkan (It can be tested by adding the following launch options -force-d3d12 or -force-vulkan)
New Changes - Howler - Changed the position of the weapon when aiming down the sights
- UI - Renamed Gameplay Options to Interface Options - Added the following diagnostic options: CPU Time, GPU Time - Redesigned the option menu buttons to be able to fit more options on the screen at once - Fixed an issue causing the Diagnostics to Overlap
Bug and Performance Fixes - Fixed a bug causing item pick ups not to disappear when playing solo & when you're not the host online - Texture Streaming Budget default is now based on the how much VRAM the GPU it's running on has - Various Performance improvements
INTRODUCING THE STRANGER
As promised, here is also your first look at The Stranger, a mysterious and menacing force who has a few furry friends with him too... What challenges will you face in the dark and dangerous Sewers of the Dead? Find out in Sker Ritual's Episode Three, coming next month!
Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
0.2.3 | Patch Notes - Updates, Balances and Bug Fixes!
Sker Islanders, we have an almighty patch for you to feast your eyes on! Including hot fixes, balances and new updates. Check out the updates for patches 0.2.2 and 0.2.3:
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.2.2 - 20/12/2022 - Hotfixes
- Fixed an issue that made the character to grow in height after using the crouch a lot, which would block players from traversing trough certain rooms or get stuck - Fixed an instance where "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" would not go dark if you exited to the menu during a dark round and played the map again in the same session - Fixed another issue where enemies would get stuck in other areas in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" after the player teleports - Fixed Scoreboard & Game Finished screen stats duplicating - Fixed Objective Marker not appearing on Lamb during escort in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock"
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.2.3 - 17/01/2023
Newly Added - Isaac now appears randomly in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Added a Random Map button to the Map Selection when using "Find Game" - Added a rare chance for Lucky to give you the Thunderbolt & Howler in all maps
New Changes - Added a light to the Cloning Machine in the The Labyrinth to indicate that it's usable - Changed the Cloning Machine in The Labyrinth to not teleport all lambs - Improved Visual feedback for statues in the "Strange Places" objective
Audio Changes - Added impact sounds when the player has been hit by melee - Improved the hitmarker sound - Improved footstep sounds - Fixed an issue that caused some sounds to not play if they happened too quickly - Fixed an issue that caused weapon audio to not play from other players when they initially connect until they equip another weapon or re-equip
Balances - Removed Invisibility from the Miracles Pool (Note: A New Miracle will replace it) - Enemy count per Round now caps out at Round 30 - Enemy Health scaling now caps out at Round 66 - Lowered health scale between Round 37 and 66 by 10% - Killerwatt spawn count during the dark rounds are reduced by 50% - Stalker enemies now reposition themselves closer to the player if they have gotten too far from them - Reaper enemy now follows the player trough other areas of "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Reaper movement speed increased by 100% - Reaper base health increased to 5000, up from 4000 - Lowered Magazine Capacity on higher tier weapons by 75% - Knife kills now count as critical kills - Improved Visual for Lighting Strike during the Isaac boss fight - Improved Visual on Killerwatts Lightning bolt attack and impact - Abraham now spawns closer to the player in "The Cursed Lands of Lavernock"
- Howler - Increased Damage to 667, up from 243 - Fixed an issue causing the cartridge to be invisible during reloads
- MP18A - Increased Max Damage to 59, up from 45 - Increased Min Damage to 39, up from 23
- Sie Rogotti - Increased Max Damage to 137, up from 72 - Increased Min Damage to 102, up from 68
- RS10 - Decreased Max Damage to 129, down from 159
Bug and Performance Fixes - Fixed a massive performance drop when an enemy would spawn very far away from the player - Fixed extra bugs causing enemies to be stuck - Fixed an extra Trial not having a chance to turn on - Fixed slight performance issue caused by logs - Fixed issue causing the Revive machine to not work properly online - Improved camera movement input to not be framerate dependant
Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
We thought we would chase away your January Blues with an exclusive first look at Episode Three - Sewers of the Dead! We're already halfway through the month so we've snatched a screenshot of the brand new map from our hard-working devs for you to enjoy.
What new challenges will await you in Sewers of the Dead? There'll be a host of new elites and bosses, new story missions and trials, new free rewards with the Sker Pass, and MORE!
Sewers of the Dead will be coming this February!
Plus, keep an eye out for our upcoming patch next week that will be filled with further optimisations, balances and other extras!
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT Want to support the game? Steam reviews are easily the biggest way you can contribute to supporting the game right now. We appreciate any and all Steam reviews!
Plus, do you have any more feature suggestions? Comment below or join the Discord forum to submit a request!
Thank you for all the love, support and feedback for Sker Ritual's Episode Two: The Ashes of Sker Hotel. Before our hard-working devs pack up for the holidays, we wanted to give you our last patch update for 2022 that is coming soon...including our new and improved Sker Pass! Find out all the details below.
New!
- Added a second Sker Pass for "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" with 25 Levels & 26 Rewards - Added an extra ability to the Isaac fight - You can now pick which Sker Pass you earn experience points towards, if your active Pass has reached Max Level, the earned experience will go to the next highest level Pass - You can now use your voice line when you're dead and other players can hear it - You will no longer hear footsteps when you or other players are Ghosts - Added an Objective Marker leading to Abraham when you're asked to defeat him
Bug Fixes and Changes
- Changed the task in "Into The Void" to require the player to be in the spotlight while killing enemies instead of the enemies - Bosses are now unaffected by abilities that slow down their movement speed - Changed the "Shock n Load" perk to trigger the effect when a reload has finished instead of started - Fixed broken navigation in "The Void" area in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Fixed several instances of enemies getting stuck in other areas in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" when using the teleporter - Fixed Rat Parts not disappearing for other players online if a player has picked one up - Fixed an issue where going down to the furnace without picking up the cannister for the first objective would break the objective - Fixed an issue where interaction the Teleport Navigation System was enabled earlier than expected and broke the objective if used earlier - Removed Inactivity throwing you back to the menu when playing in Solo (you will still go into Offline mode) - Changed the smoke wall color infront of Abraham to be White so it doesn't get confused with green walls for enemy spawn points - Fixed a bug that caused a crash when using Invincibility ontop of a Heated Platform during the "Abraham" boss fight - Fixed a bug causing enemies to disappear when trying to reach the nearest player - Fixed an issue causing Ambient Audio to be missing in certain areas - Fixed a line break in the Objective UI for languages where "Progress" is a slightly longer word - Fixed a bug allowing you to upgrade your Lantern on "The Laughing Policeman's Super Charger"
Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
Sker Ritual Episode Two: The Ashes of Sker Hotel OUT NOW
Welcome back Sker Islanders to The Ashes of Sker Hotel, we hope you, and your squad, enjoy your stay.
In this brand new episode, we return to the ruins of Sker Hotel with a new threat emerging from the shadows. Defeat new creations and survive the hellish domain of a sadistic tyrant who threatens your cause.
EXPLORE THE BRAND NEW MAP
What challenges and terrors await you in a dilapidated Sker Hotel? Players will re-explore the Main Floor and the Basement and discover the secret path to other familiar and new locations around the hotel. Survive the onslaught of the Quiet Ones in this tight and tricky-to-navigate environment. Good luck.
FACE CHALLENGING NEW ENEMIES
KILLERWATTS Beware these charged up Quiet Ones and their electrifying powers! Stay alert players as you may find that every few rounds the Killerwatts kill the lights, forcing you to battle against them in the dark!
HUSKS Don't be fooled by Husk's ordinary Quiet One appearance, you'll need to be careful where you shoot or you (and your teammates) will be faced with an even more dangerous threat. Friendly collateral activated.
MYSTERIOUS OBJECTIVES
Think this is just a wave shooter? Think again. Sker Hotel is littered with objectives for you and your teammates. Discover hidden areas with unique challenges to complete the main quest and uncover the final boss fight with Isaac.
SHOOTING SOUND
HOWLER Search for and arm yourselves with the Howler, the latest steampunk special weapon that you'll want to battle against the two new terrifying elites lurking around every gloomy corner. This is no ordinary weapon, the Howler shoots sound waves that inflict enemy damage and rebounds off of any environmental surfaces for extra collateral damage!
BEAT THE NEW BOSS
Defeat the sadistic tyrant Issac and his deadly purple gas. At first glance, Issac Williams may seem a slow and easy target but this boss has some tricks up his sleeve.
LEVEL MODIFIER
If this map is still not challenging enough...then a reminder Sker Islanders that the Ashes of Sker Hotel will also have a level modifier for you to increase the difficulty. There are two levels of difficulty for you to master, that only the bravest and boldest will survive. WARNING: In this mode some standard enemies have been gifted the powers of the Banshee and Blazeslinger...unfortunately, you won't know which ones to watch out for.
NEW FIXES AND UPDATES
- Added an objective pickup noise to all objective related items - Changed the graphics for Trial Objective Notifications & Markers - Fixed an issue that caused the Scoreboard & Game Over screen to display the player name as "Username" - Fixed an issue causing completing a Trial succesfully not rewarding any points - Lowered the brightness of the lightning projectile used for "Thunderbolt"
COMING SOON TO EPISODE TWO
- 25 new free Sker Pass rewards (ETA 17/12/22) - Split Sker Pass system (ETA 17/12/22) - New standard weapon - Localisation
Experience Sker Ritual's Episode Two: The Ashes of Sker Hotel with our amazing Discord community. Let us know your initial reactions, feedback and form new Sker Squads to take on the Quiet Ones together.
Stay tuned for information on our upcoming updates, patches as well as additional DLC & bundled content!
0.1.9 | Patch Notes + Episode Two Date Announcement!
Another week and another patch from our dev team who are definitely looking to spoil you.
New!
- In Higher difficulties, standard enemies have a chance of having more abilities - The Elite Maker Trial now spawns a new enemy that will one shot you if it reaches you - Lucky now only appears in one spot in the map, and after a few uses, he moves to another spot around the map - Molotov damage now scales with it's assigned miracle rank instead of base enemy health percentage - Added Combat Music that scales with the amount of enemies around you - Changed how penetration works so we can now specify how many solid objects and units it can penetrate separately - Adjusted visuals of several weapons, including their upgraded versions - Added "Escape" as a button to disable Hiding the UI when using the "ALT+Z" Key Combo to hide the UI - Added a respawn if the player ends up falling for more than 30 seconds - Reduced the time between rounds to 5 seconds in Expect difficulty - NPC Footsteps volume increased
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug causing only the host to see the Time Remaining between rounds
Weapon Balances!
- Balancing Changes on Weapons Affecting: Purchase Costs and visuals.
- Molotov - Increased Max Damage to 700, up from 200 - Increased Min Damage to 525, up from 50 - Note that every Molotov Miracle adjusts these damage values
- Revolver - Decreased Base Purchase Cost to 750, down from 1250
- Double-Barreled Shotgun - Increased Base Purchase Cost to 1500, up from 1000
- RS10 - Increased Base Purchase Cost to 2250, up from 1750
- Sie Rogotti - Increased Base Purchase Cost to 1500, up from 1250
- MP18A - Increased Base Purchase Cost to 1500, up from 1250
- Thunderbolt - Changed Projectile Visual to look electric - Decreased Projectile Velocity to 50, down from 625 - Decreased RPM to 100, down from 600 - Reduced Projectile Hit Radius to 0.5, down from 0.75
And now for the date announcement of Episode Two: The Ashes of Sker Hotel! Sker Squad, you don't have too long to wait as it will be launching on the 15th December! Here is your first look...
Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
To celebrate the upcoming launch of Sker Ritual Episode Two: The Ashes of Sker Hotel, we've decided to run a giveaway! Enter now and you could treat yourself or your friend to the perfect Sker Ritual bundle right before the holidays.
One lucky winner can receive:
1 x Digital Code for Sker Ritual 1 x Draigs Terror DLC Code 1 x Friends in the Darkness DLC Code 1 x £20 Game Voucher (On a platform of your choice!)
ENTER HERE: https://gleam.io/FTZ4i/sker-ritual-giveaway
The competition runs until December 4th so you don't have long to make sure you're in it to win it.
The Ashes of Sker Hotel - FIRST LOOK
Sker Islanders, here is your first look of Episode Two - The Ashes of Sker Hotel! December is inching closer and closer and so we've snatched some screenshots of the new map from our hard-working devs for you to enjoy.
What new challenges will await you in the Ashes of Sker Hotel? There'll be a host of new elites and bosses, new story missions and trials, new free rewards with the Sker Pass, and MORE!
The Ashes of Sker Hotel...coming this December!
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT Want to support the game? Steam reviews are easily the biggest way you can contribute to supporting the game right now. We appreciate any and all Steam reviews!
Plus, do you have any more feature suggestions? Comment below or join the Discord forum to submit a request!
We have a mammoth week of updates, fixes and improvements from our hard-working dev team! This includes gun balances and enemy balances! Check out the full list of updates below.
Gun Balances!
- Balancing Changes on Weapons Affecting: Damage, Rate of Fire, Ammo Capacity, Magazine Capacity
- MX1910 - Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 16, up from 8
- Revolver - Increased Max Damage to 160, up from 100 - Increased Min Damage to 120, up from 49 - Increased RPM to 240, up from 180 - Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 12, up from 6
- Double-Barreled Shotgun - Lowered RPM to 149, down from 189
- RS10 - Lowered Min Damage to 60, down from 80 - Lowered RPM to 70, down from 80 - Lowered Ammo Capacity to 48, down from 96
- Hunting Rifle - Increased Damage to 250, up from 160 - Increased RPM to 48, up from 45 - Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 20, up from 15 - Decreased Ammo Capacity to 100, down from 150
- Sie Rogotti - Increased Max Damage to 72, up from 68
- MP18A - Increased Max Damage to 45, up from 32 - Increased RPM to 1000, up from 857 - Increased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 40, up from 30 - Increased Ammo Capacity to 400, up from 300
- Pavlov Avtomat - Increased Max Damage to 53, up from 38 - Increased Min Damage to 38, up from 30 - Increased Max Penetration Targets to 2, up from 1
- Thunderbolt - Increased Max Damage to 300, up from 95 - Increased Min Damage to 200, up from 95 - Increased Empty Reload Time to 5, up from 4.3 - Decreased Magazine Ammo Capacity to 6, down from 10 - Decreased Ammo Capacity to 40, down from 110 - Increased Projectile Hit Radius 0.75 meters, up from 0 - Increased Max Penetration Targets to 20, up from 0
Enemy Balances!
- Lowered enemy health scale to 10% in Hard Difficulty, down from 30% - Lowered enemy health scale to 20% in Expect Difficulty, down from 50% - Increased enemy movement speed to 30% in Hard Difficulty, up from 20% - Increased enemy movement speed to 40% in Expert Difficulty, up from 30%
New!
- Added an increase purchase cost multiplier to higher difficulties - Added an objective marker for "Charge The Tesla Coils" in the "Voltage Overload" Objective - Removed Lucky The Dog from the first area in Cursed Lands of Lavernock - Weapons Available at the Weapon Shop now vary per area
Bug Fixes & Optimisations
- Fixed Elites not spawning on Normal Difficulty (bug introduced in v0.1.7) - Fixed Progress Percentages not being rounded in Trial Objectives - Fixed overflowing "Scoreboard" text that affected some languages - Fixed "Searching For Player" not being localized
Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!
