Greetings, Knights! We've just passed 1 year in Early Access and we wanted to take a moment to recap what we've accomplished as well as share a little bit about what we're working on to get ready for 1.0! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/689ca35ca1df207afde1895ccc8dde4c9dcbc379.png[/img] Taking all the feedback we received from our Combat Demo, we launched with the following stats and over the course of the year, added the following: [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/dd6a0e46315dc418a5478c6b204c1f5f5deb7bd4.png[/img] [b][h3]Lord Bruma got a bit of a glow-up![/h3][/b][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/1d614dbd8f734f8293ea8158f46e0a7c0ff10c22.gif[/img][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/648575314cb17fc7e5373ca058c4f7d6e447dc61.gif[/img] [b][h3]We even found some early art concepts...[/h3][/b][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/ece30043fdead8a9c4a9df03ff0902da205e4ae2.png[/img][i]Skrixxa Za's cave[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/bfcf5a9dac19b69b76a86405c35b85e1871b05f4.png[/img][i]Rakkling Nest[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/39dd99e4941e47ed3bd8c568ead0f7d487fe24f4.gif[/img][i]Chillvalier progress[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/06742a165342fb51d283764b1add538cbb1d15dc.png[/img][i]Evee's Skill Convergence[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/25e694ab65059cc5b25ce16b420b28a5468d4f8a.png[/img][i]Skrixxa Za, in color[/i] [b][h3]Our amazing community![/h3][/b] We had very modest expectations when we launched but were quickly overwhelmed with the amount of support we received. Thanks to all of you, we hit the incredible milestone of reaching an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam and grew our Discord community to over 4000 amazing members! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your support and trust in us to work hard to bring you the best version of Ember Knights we can! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/01a2e4d5248b7e64d0bdc2368fa5b8b3cdec8ee2.png[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/aa8ddcc19cb33d5f609511a0b9bc5d6117710f68.png[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/c467ad34e5091644bbc898fcf17544c71c919adc.png[/img] So, now what? We have one more update before the full version launches. 0.12 is dropping at the end of May and we're planning to include the following: [list] [*]Reconnect support for disconnected players. This has been a massive undertaking but we feel pretty good about this being ready for 0.12 [*]The ability to swap items via an overhauled Offering Pit [*]Improvements to the Ember Tree, Compendium and other systems [*]Additional boss rewards [*]And more! [/list]As usual, player feedback has been an integral part of the development process and we're happy to implement a lot of player-requested features, especially the mechanic to swap items! Bob will be your new best friend! After that, we're in the final stretch to 1.0, coming this summer. It's been extremely busy with making sure everything is ready and without spoiling too much, you can expect the following: [list] [*]The fifth and final area of the story [*]The Praxis fight [*]A new weapon [*]A completely overhauled difficulty modifier system [*]Boss variants [*]And a few more surprises that we still have up our sleeves! [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38096630/e55d94d65b48e7e6b027312940b0ad3d1dbfc5e4.gif[/img] Thank you for an incredible year and we'll see you soon! Doom Turtle