Hey friends, After 15+ years of development, Caves of Qud 1.0 will be released on December 5th 2024! We’re amped up on the juice, near out of our minds, and so ready to let the creature emerge from its cocoon. Check out the release date announcement trailer on [url=https://youtu.be/87TKcq4tcJ4 ]Youtube:[/url] [previewyoutube=87TKcq4tcJ4;full][/previewyoutube] [h2]Patch Notes for Beta Branch[/h2] [*]Repolished the tutorial with new graphics, some new dialog, and several bugfixes. [*]Added a tutorial sequence to teach resting until healed. [*]We did a big refactor of the options menu, cleaning up option categories and text, gating advanced options behind a checkbox, and deleting some deprecated options. [*]We did a refactor of the control bindings menu, cleaning up binding categories and text and deleting some deprecated bids. [*]Stunning Force now deals damage in up to 3 increments based on proximity to the center of the blast, as it's supposed to. [*]Fixed several small bugs. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7472163/e27a2d73beddda370475e40a7701edb78a9c2c36.png[/img] [h2]Tutorial Leaving Beta for 1.0 + The Last Story Quest[/h2] This is the capstone update to the hundreds of updates we’ve put out over the years. 1.0 will include the new tutorial that we’ve been beta-testing, meant to help teach beginners the very basics of the game. And also… the much-anticipated final quest in the main questline, with multiple endings. We’re playing this one extremely close to the vest, but just know we’re pouring our hearts and souls in. In addition to the tutorial and last quest, 1.0 will have several new music tracks, new sound effects, new items, lots of bugfixes, and other small feature improvements. To pair with this announcement, we have a [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/]Steam Daily Deal going RIGHT NOW[/url] for $16.99 USD, the lowest price Caves of Qud will ever be. On October 29th, one week from today, the price increases to $29.99 USD. So if you’ve been on the fence, or you have a friend who you’ve been nudging to dive in, today is the day! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7472163/bef5b30290ac459ae8651cd4c5fb0fd8842a312d.png[/img] [h2]Pets of Harvest Dawn & Dromad Deluxe[/h2] Alongside 1.0, we’re also putting out the Dromad Deluxe edition which includes Caves of Qud, the newly enhanced soundtrack, and the Pets of Harvest Dawn DLC pack, with in-game companions for your character. Pets of Harvest Dawn includes pets that were exclusive to Patreon supporters while the game was in early access. The pack will also include one never before seen pet. Whew… we’re almost there. Thank you to all our water-sibs for supporting us on this journey. As announced previously, we plan to keep working on Caves of Qud after 1.0, and we’ll have more details about those plans in a future update. For now… Live and drink.