0.3.4 | Patch Notes - Upgraded Weapon Movement & More!
Sker Islanders, this is a patch that many of you have been waiting for and one that our dev team have been working hard on! This latest patch has upgrades and changes to the movement and feel of weapons and equippable items, and we would love to know your feedback!
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.3.4 - 27/04/2023
UPGRADES AND CHANGES
- Upgraded how equipable items feel when moving weapons - Changed the player running animation - Changed how recoil falloff is handled on automatic weapons - Changed equipable items field of view to 80, up from 63 - Added "Teleport" text to all teleport machines in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel" - Set the text on Lucky to be the same in every level and localized - Localized text now falls back to English if it's not yet been localized
ISSUE FIXES
- Fixed an issue where camera shakes would be less intense if the game runs at higher than 60 FPS - Fixed an issue where you could get 2 trials active at same time - Fixed an issue causing the difficulty select menu to break if you switch between mouse to keyboard while in the menu
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 Islanders, we're back with another tease for Episode Four of Sker Ritual - Deadly Lover's Fortress. Our team have carefully chosen two tantalising screenshots to share with you that we hope will leave you wanting more!
What horrors and challenges await you in the Deadly Lover's Fortress? You will have to wait and see. In the meantime, join us over on the Sker Ritual Discord, where you can look for groups to take down Quiet Ones with, have up to date information from the team and share your Ritual Results with the community!
Plus, if you have great clips of you playing Sker Ritual, please share them with our team on Discord and across socials!
Sker Islanders, you've had your fill of Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead, and now it is time to start teasing you for our upcoming Episode Four: Deadly Lover's Fortress.
Our dev team are so excited to share with you this brand new map and experience soon, but for now, we have a sneak peek at the brand new special weapon.
Who will you be hacking and slashing with this mighty blade? You'll find out very soon! In the meantime, join us over on the Sker Ritual Discord, where you can look for groups to take down Quiet Ones with, have up to date information from the team and share your Ritual Results with the community!
Plus, if you have great clips of you playing Sker Ritual, please share them with our team on Discord and across socials!
Sker Islanders, we wanted to thank you for getting involved in suggesting names for our upgraded weapon names! After corralling the best suggestions and putting them to polls across our socials and our Sker Ritual Discord, we are now excited to announce the winners.
Pavlov Avtomat - KERBEROS
Double-Barreled Shotgun - TOMBSTONE
Hunting Rifle - HUNTER'S LAMENT
Sie Rogotti - SIGNOR RISOTTO
MX1910 - PALE RIDER
MP18A - SIREN'S CALL
RS10 - CARNAGE
Revolver - LAZY SUSAN
Please look out in the future as we'll be needing upgraded names for our brand new crossbow and axe!
Click here to head to our Sker Ritual Discord where you'll find more up to date news, opportunities to feedback to our team and more like-minded Sker Islanders!
0.3.2 | Patch Notes - New Difficulties Added
How are you enjoying your visit to the Sewers of the Dead, Sker Islanders? Coming very soon, we have a patch that includes bug fixes, updates and brand new difficulties! See more information below.
Sker Ritual Patch v.0.3.2 - COMING SOON
NEWLY ADDED: New Difficulties: Beginner & Easy
- Beginner - Enemy damage decreased - Time between rounds increased - Enemy health doesn't scale with rounds - Weapon tier upgrades give a 20% upgrade instead of double every upgrade
- Easy - Enemy health & damage decreased - Time between rounds increased
- Nightmare - Life Tokens are unavailable to purchase
NEW UPDATES
- New Difficulty Menu available in Private & Solo games after choosing a map - Added a shield under the sword statue that allows you to change difficulties, that will allow you to lower the difficulty - Enemy melee damage now scales with rounds, between round 10 & 30 - Lowered the chance of certain powerups spawns - Randomized masks no longer randomize when a map loads and only when the menu loads - Changed the quiet one escort objective to not require to be near it when its been told to run
BUG FIXES - Fixed an issue that caused the escort objective to rewards the achievement if you quit to main menu while escorting - Fixed a bug causing clients to not see the helmet being equipped on the quiet one for the escort objective - Potentially Fixed an issue that caused The Stranger to not get defeated at 0 health
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 Three: Sewers of the Dead OUT NOW
The wait is over Sker Islanders, Sker Ritual's Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead is OUT NOW! Descend into the Sewers of the Dead, the Sker Island underground lair and home of The Stranger!
EXPLORE THE BRAND-NEW MAP
Delve into the Sewers of the Dead, the Sker Island underground lair and home of The Stranger. Navigate through tunnels of infestation where the Quiet Ones are not your only enemy. Watch where you step as The Stranger's swarm of rats are under the control of his glaring eyes.
FACE CHALLENGING NEW ENEMIES
GUTO (Elite Enemy #1)
Run, run as fast as you can because in a flash the Guto will be upon you. These agile elites dash at alarming speed and in unpredictable directions, making every twist and turn through the dank underground a possible threat.
DEMON HAG (Elite Enemy #2)
Now she’s here...now she’s not...beware the teleporting Demon Hag and her searing laser beams that shoot out from her gruesome, green eyes. Rising from the dirt and murk, this elite is a deadly combination of the Witch and the Mariner.
NEW OBJECTIVES
Unlock areas of the map with the help of a mind-controlled Quiet One. Escort the lumbering enemy turned ally safely and be sure to keep feeding it points if you want it to walk faster. Plus, send Quiet Ones into a spin! Set in the gory, gorged-out chests of Quiet Ones, shoot the rat in the hamster wheel to get them going.
NEW WEAPONS
THE PLAGUE - Special Weapon
The Plague, Sker Ritual’s answer to Pest Control. Discharge bombs with this multi-grenade launcher that releases plumes of purple gas. Damage enemies and objects alike to progress your objectives.
CROSSBOW
Load up! This crossbow shoots a fan of 3 arrows and will slaughter through 3 enemies in turn. The crossbow will also be available in all levels.
PIONEER’S AXE
This infamously powerful melee weapon possesses a radius slash damage to hack through multiple targets. The Pioneer’s Axe will also be available in all levels.
BEAT THE NEW BOSS
Find yourself transported into the warped mind of The Stranger. Avoid the sight of his relentless scanning eyes, but don’t get caught or be prepared to face swarms of rodents whilst still combatting waves of Quiet Ones.
NEW FIXES AND UPDATES
25 new, free Sker Pass rewards
New Achievements
New achievement icons
Localisation for Episode 2 & Episode 3
Updated Aim down Sight position for The Howler
UPCOMING FOR EPISODE 3
Name of the level and difficulty in the end screen and scoreboard screen
Notification when you kill a main boss
Possibly adding weapon stats when buying in-game.
Experience Sker Ritual's Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead 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!
Sker Islanders, here is the teaser trailer you've all been waiting for! Prepare yourselves for Sker Ritual Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead...launching March 8th!
What do you think? Are you ready to wade through the grim, gruesome darkness of the Sewers of the Dead? The Stranger is waiting for you...
Sker Islanders, thank you all for your continued love and support for Sker Ritual!
Our entire team have been working hard to ensure that Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead will be a fantastic experience for everyone! The official launch date of this brand new map and episode will be March 8th.
NEW SPECIAL WEAPON - The Plague
We've teased what you can expect in the map of Sewers of the Dead, the monsterous elites and the mysterious Stranger but now we can reveal a FIRST LOOK at the brand new Special Weapon - The Plague! This explosive, multi-shot grenade launcher will not only burst through enemies but also areas of the map!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP We also wanted to thank you Sker Squad for your name suggestions for our updated weapons. This week, we selected the top four in each category and have been running polls over on our socials and Sker Ritual Discord to choose the ultimate winners! There are still a few more to decide so be sure to check them out to have your voice heard.
WE NEED YOUR VOTES Did you hear that Sker Ritual has been nominated for the Game Connection America Development Awards 2023 in San Francisco?
Be a Part of Sker Ritual - Name our Upgraded Weapons!
Sker Islanders, we love getting our amazing community involved as you often provide us with quality feedback and ideas to improve Sker Ritual. That's why we would like for YOU to help us name the upgraded versions of the following weapons.
Pavlov Avtomat
Double-Barreled Shotgun
Hunting Rifle
Sie Rogotti
MX1910
MP18A
RS10
Revolver
For example, our Double-Barreled Shotgun could be upgraded to...Boomstick 8000. Head over to our Twitter or Discord where we've created a post to collect suggestions, or comment below!
Click here for the Twitter post! Click here to head to our Sker Ritual Discord. You'll find our post in the feedback thread.
We can't wait to see all of your suggestions!
Sker Ritual Episode Three - FIRST LOOK AT ELITES
It's February already!
Now that Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead is not that far away we thought we'd give you another sneak peek at the map and a first look at the brand new elites!
What challenges await you as you wade through the waste of the dark, dingy sewers? Among them will be these gruesome and grotesque elites. Who will you look forward to facing?
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK Sker Islanders, with our latest 0.2.4 patch, we want to hear from you. How are our new batch of optimisations treating you? An improvement? Please let us know in the comments or over on the Sker Ritual Discord.
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!
