• Achievement fixes
  
• Language fixes
  
• Fixed issue with tooltip not showing correct information
  
• Lowered base cost for new mercenaries. Possibility to buy 1 mercenary with extra discount.
  
• Balanced mercenary base values because of lowered price
  
• Bear "Stomp" ability translation fix
  
• Fixed misinformation in attribute "mind" description
  

Thank you for playing and for leaving your feedback!

In this update:
- Changed how achievements for unlocking all abilities and mercenaries work, together with backwards compatibility
- Some translation adjustments

We are still looking into some mac issues. Let us know if anything else comes up and happy playing!

It might have taken more time than anticipated, but we're happy to say that the game has been finished. In the final update, there are:

• 12 new levels
  
• 14 new enemies
  
• Multiple balance changes
  
• Achievement support
  
• Added translations to Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Indonesian
  

Druidwalker is out on Steam NOW! It is the next peaceful game produced and published by Coldwild Games!

Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231060/Druidwalker/?utm_source=announcement_steam

Step into the role of a druid preparing the forest for winter. Delve into the heart of the mystical forest, explore its paths, and experience the beauty of nature. Druidwalker provides a peaceful roguelike adventure, where challenges offer opportunities for growth and reflection. Rest at the bonfire, rejuvenate, and continue your journey with renewed vigor. The game features traditional instrumental music, creating a peaceful and immersive experience.

Watch the trailer here: youtu.be/-7Ho_vyXo80
It's a short experience, but a lot of love went into creating this one, so I hope you'll decide to give it a try! :) The game has been created by a multinational team of developers located in Latvia and published by Coldwild Games.

Hope you have a great week ahead,
Elizabete from Coldwild Games

Attention all survivors! The Early Access release of Stories from the Outbreak is finally here!



Embark on a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG with a shorter scenario that immerses players in the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. With 11 unique characters, more than 15 enemies, and three expansive maps, the gameplay is challenging, and permadeath adds to the intensity.

Form a team of survivors, traverse the area maps in search of shelter and supplies, fight zombies, and decide the fate of your crew. The game explores the apocalyptic atmosphere through pixel art and characters that speak to each other, showing polarization in views. Will different opinions prevent them from reaching their goals?

The game is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Join the fight for survival and make your own story in a world overrun by the undead!

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1968630/Stories_from_the_Outbreak?utm_source=steamnews27march

Thank you for supporting us in our journey. Join us in our discord server to share your experiences, give us feedback, and connect with others survivors.

Best regards,
Elizabete and the rest of the Coldwild Games team

.10 - Release

Content

- New character "Hope" (Healer)
- New character "Elric" (Mage)
- Revamped levels first page
- Added 20 new levels with 2 bosses.
- Added 2 new bosses to the first part of the map.

General

- Existing characters has been tweaked with damage, skills and skill variations.
- Empty matches now gives faith (currency) for non-primary ability actions to help with early game.
- Added indicator ui to show how much faith is added per kill or empty match.
- Added multiple fixes for tooltips and overall improved tooltips information to reflect accurate information.
- Uncounted number of QoL improvements including UI fixes & other.

Future plans

Similar with making combat much more consistent in the previous update, we plan to look into adjusting the balance and the scaling of enemy strength and character abilities.
This means that the primary focus will be around adding variation and different micro mechanics in the game rather than adding additional characters, lore etc (this will come later)

HALLOWEEN CAVE

For limited time special halloween cave level has been added to the game with end-game boss "Pumpking".


Thank you so much for your time and let us know if any issues come up!

Best,
Elizabete, Jagit Games and Coldwild Games crew

Hello

* Fixed some abilities acting on self-targeting
* Nakar basic attack now applies bleed.
* Nakar Power Slash ability now applies weakness.
* Improved values for Nakar
* Textual/Tooltip updates

Jagit Games & ColdWild Games

Hello

* Fixed effect stacking for poison/bleed effects causing large damage spam
* Fixed tooltip not displaying resources used in the shop after hovering on attribute tooltip
* Lowered costs for characters
* Lowered costs for characters
* Fixed targeting issue for the sticky web where it targeted itself
* Balanced out a few environmental characters (like the sticky web)
* Veno receives a large buff for its abilities to become more viable (both damage increase and healing increases)


Jagit Games & Coldwild Games team

Hello,

This is a quick hotfix patch that fixes a recent bug from version 0.9.47.

- Fixed issue with Veno Chant of Soul causing the game to crash.
- Removed 0 indicator from character primary abilities.

Thanks,
Jagit Games & Coldwild Games

We heard your feedback and we have a patch for you!



New build

• Targeting has been reworked.
  
• Now all characters has different types of targeting, including frontline, backline targeting. Example: "Chant of Soul" from Veno now applies recovery effect to lowest HP ally.
  
• Targeting frontline will target backline if all front line targets were removed and vice-versa (backline targeting will attack frontline if the targets in the back does not exist).
  
• All characters now has improved targeting, and reduced randomness. For example - instead of attacking all random targets, attacks random frontline or backline target (one of).
  

• Fixed issue where effect with match block duration was not removing properly.
  
• Effects now has groups. Bleeds are no longer ignored or stacked upon applying instead strongest effect will replace the weakest, removing the current one.
  
• Fixed bug where effect icon didn't sometimes remove after effect was removed.
  
• Removed TMora character and added Hope as replacement small visual changes) to fit expected lore and naming.
  
• Balance changes for Wolf, Skeleton and Demon boss.
  
• Balance changes to Nakar and Zulan.
  
• QoL improvements, textual tooltip fixes.
  

General

• Improved ability animation feedback.
  
• Fixed actions not triggering properly.
  
• Removed border from Skeleton Boss for better UI visibility on effects bar.
  

• Skeleton boss - Stun chance lowered fom 80% to 60%
  
• Gretel stun shot increased stun chance 60% -> 70%
  
• Increase health and block for spider eggs.
  
• Elite wolf no longer has Howl ability (damage increase)
  
• Call the pack (Elite wolf ability) now summons 1-2 wolves (before 2-3)
  
• Reduced wolf attack bleed chance from 50% to 40%
  
• Reduced Slime poison chance to 60% (Before 70%)
  
• Reduced Ghost type base damages.
  
• Reduced Skeleton type base damage & health.
  
• Reduced Skeleton Boss health 70->60
  
• Reduced Skeleton Boss damage 12->10
  
• Reduced Skeleton boss Stun ability chance 60%->50%
  

[h2]Combat[/h2]

Dear players! As per your response on game release, it quickly became clear to us that game needs more clarity and consistency combat wise. This patch addresses this. Basic attacks now give match blocks, while special abilities consumes them. You can equip any abilities now, but their order will now matter greatly as matches will be consumed based on that order. Find our more in our description:

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This change took a lot of time and a lot of experimentation, but we are now confident that combat feels much more satisfying and look forward into finally adding more content as the game develops.

[h2]Input[/h2]

Based on feedback we changed the input system that blocks now can only be dragged into direction and move happens right away. Input where selecting block and then clicking to other in order to move elements has been removed.

[h2]Other Changes[/h2]

• Improved randomness for match blocks. New blocks are less random: they rely more on the blocks falling down
  
• Fixed issue with blocks sometimes switching randomly
  
• Added UI indicator when matching input is blocked while there are on-going actions
  
• Reverted additional element showing while there are no selected special abilities. Each match block has an equal chance to show up now
  
• Effects applied on the targets are now applied right away. [changed from the end of the turn]
  
• Effects are now removed at the end of the turn (after all abilities/attacks are performed)
  
• Fixed issue where match block removal trigger did damage for 1 tick. (no damage no longer applied, as expected)
  
• Fixed faith giving animation upon enemy death
  
• Improved animation timing for special abilities
  
• Fixed animation for effect show & hide
  
• Added UI to display leftover resources at the top-left corner
  
• Fixed issue where attacks that consumed elements did not perform abilities upon next wave arrival
  
• Added UI indicator for performing ability
  

Hey!

Thank you for playing Crown of Pain and coming up with possible improvements for the game! We heard your feedback and we have a patch for you!


This patch includes:

- "Fire Slash" (Zulan) damage scale increase from 120% to 130% and bleed apply chance from 40% to 60%
- Thunder (Zulan) damage scale decrease from 120% to 80%.
- Multi Shot (Gretel) damage scale decrease from 120% to 80%
- Ghost, Wolves, Skeletons receive HP and base stats downscale
- Added UI indicator to display current & max wave per room.
- After completing the current content the game will reset character stats, faith and finished rooms. Abilities and unlocked characters persist.
- Fixed issue where Stand united (Nakar) shield values persisted between rooms.
- Fixed issue where game was working unexpected when tooltip was active but the character or enemy killed. Now tooltip will disappear.
- Fixed Chant of Power (Veno) not working as intended.
- Lowered base prices from 100 to 80 per ability and incremental 10% (previous 20%) per owned ability to allow room for more experiments
- Fixed some of the wrong tooltips and descriptions.
- UI adjustments to scale properly on larger numbers.
- Fixed Skeleton to attack random target as described in the tooltip (before attacked the closest enemy)
- Mind+Soul now grants 1 shield value per 5 points combined (previous 10)

Please let us know if you have any problems with the game - we'll try our best to fix it, if possible!

Best,
Elizabete, Jagit Games and Coldwild Games crew

Our latest March 3 RPG, Crown of pain is out!

Crown of Pain is a match-3 RPG. Heroes venture to the castle to find the elusive crown of pain, an artefact that is said to take away all of their worries.

Get the game HERE!

Thanks for playing our games and supporting us! Hope you'll enjoy Crown of Pain as much as we do!

If youd like to learn more about the game or want to hang out with devs and other Coldwild Games community members, youre welcome to join us at: discord server.

Want to help us out? Consider spreading the word via Twitter, Reddit, etc. and leaving a review on Steam if you enjoyed the game!

Have a great rest of the week,
Elizabete, Jagit Games and Coldwild Games crew

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Crown of pain devlog 1 is live! Find our more about the game and its mechanics and what to expect on release.

[h2]Combat mechanics[/h2]
Your party has equipped abilities. When you match the elements needed to trigger them - the character casts the ability, if he is alive. If more elements are matched, the ability effect is increased.

[h2]Development Direction change[/h2]
After playtesting and brainstorming the direction of the game, we've decided to stick to the classical match-3 rpg formula. The progression is going to be linear and there won't be any permadeath. You may attempt to complete a level any number of times, while accumulating the currency and upgrading your characters. Even if you can't complete the level - you are still going to get stronger.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments!
Best,
Vladimir