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UpdateLatest · Steam news · May 20

Progress Update

Hello everyone, apologies about the lack of news and updates. Life has unfortunately been very much getting in the way of progress, I had to get a day job again a couple months back due to needing to make some repairs to my home. This has meant progress has slowed to a crawl as I've been working a lot more hours than intended at this second job. Thankfully things have slowed down so I now have more time to work on the game again. In regards to that...

Previously Episode 2 was going to be the more fantasy based one, where you play as a knight who's sent off into another dimension to do the bidding of the old gods. This was going to include the new gore system and a bunch of new levels.

UpdateSteam news · Sep 25

New Gore System Coming To Episode 1

Hello again. So I've decided to push Ep.2 forward ever so slightly in order to get the new gore system and enemy AI into Ep.1 first.

It's quite a big task since it will require a lot of changes to old meshes (possibly replacing them all) but it does mean that Episode 1 will be brought up to the quality of Episode 2. The base villager mesh from Ep.1 was something I made in 2017 and it certainly shows. I think it's one of the main things holding the game back - the basic enemy AI and also the original gore/enemy system was pretty heavy on performance. This meant I was limited with how many enemies could be active at one time.

UpdateSteam news · Aug 28

COVEN - What's next?

Hello everyone,

I know it's been a while so I'm just here to update you all on the future of the game and where it's currently at.

Work on the game has been a little bit slow since March due to life being life but I'm back on it full time now and making great progress. Episode 2 will come in two parts, one later this year then another around spring time next year. The first part is told from the perspective of a new character, a knight who must seek repentance and appease the Old Gods. The second part will put you back in the shoes (bare feet) of Amy.

UpdateSteam news · Mar 13

Custom Game Update

Hello there, so here's an update! The main addition is the Custom Game Menu, so you can replay levels/the full game with weapons/spells/upgrades/gameplay modifiers you've unlocked.