Hey friends! Can you believe it’s been 2 years since Roundguard first launched?! Ever since that fateful Friday the 13th, just as the world entered pandemic lockdown, we’ve been making Roundguard bigger and better with lots of major updates and minor patches. We've added daily puzzles, weekly runs, a new hero, new enemies, new relics, silly Halloween and winter holiday events, and more... Well, we’re not done yet! [b]We’ve got our biggest update of them all, The Encore Update, nearly complete, but we need your help to finish prepping it for prime time.[/b] The Encore update is loaded with new content, challenges, rewards, and high score potential, in addition to a ton of bug fixes and polish. Here’s the deal - Once you complete a normal run for the first time, you now unlock Encore mode. Each hero has 5 Encore ranks to climb, plus a unique Sideshow with special rules just for them. The higher you climb the ranks, the tougher things will get, but the more gold potential there is for you to make your mark on the leaderboards. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32623604/bf7a7fed17b9eb8877a65dcbe68745bc217bef24.png[/img] By playing on these Encore ranks, you’ll unlock some major stuff the community has asked for, like: [list] [*] Boss variety at the end of each Act. [*] The ability to sell trinkets and make more careful strategic choices about your build. [*] The Wheel of Woes will shake up each run and make you choose your path through the map more carefully than ever. [*] 5 new Relics, including “Endless Mode” to push your build strategies to their limits. [*] 16 new challenging achievements. [*] And lots more cool new stuff to discover in each of the Sideshows! [/list] We’ve also added new accessibility settings including Game Speed and Arachnophobia mode. If our spiders were keeping you from playing before, you should be able to complete a run without fear now! Well… with only your non-spider related fears at least. We’re [i]very[/i] excited about how all these new features push people to learn the mechanics of the game more deeply and strategize more thoughtfully, but we’d really appreciate your feedback on how it’s shaping up. We’d absolutely LOVE to hear from you about balance, bugs, or anything you want to share, so please come join the Beta branch and let us know what you think! Are the highest Encore ranks too hard? Are any of the Woes too woeful? Does the score UI textbox no longer fit the huge number you are able to achieve by comboing the right Relics on higher Encore ranks? To join the beta, all you need to do is: [olist] [*] Own the game. (Oh look, it’s on sale right now!) [*] Right-click on it and select Properties, and then the Betas tab. [*] Enter the password [b]supersecretbetabranch[/b] . [*] Select the beta branch from the dropdown menu. [*] You did it! [/olist] In addition to reporting bugs and feedback through the in-game report button, come [url=https://discord.gg/roundguard]join our Discord[/url] as well. It’s the perfect place to share your feedback, brag about your high score, or share your best / worst fantasy RPG puns. Looking forward to hearing from you! <3 Andrea, Wonderbelly Games