Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 2.0f which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. List of fixed issues: 1. Fixed routier camp in Navarre becoming unavailable after completing De Roche's quest about poisoning the wells. 2. Fixed an issue with one of Eva's backgrounds missing. 3. Reworked interactions for De Roche's Ratcatcher quest. Now he should tell you what precisely your squad member is missing in order to be accepted for the quest. 4. Fixed a couple of additional issues with Rouen's baclsmith (his dialogue menu sometimes sending you to another character's dialogue and his orders being buggy and uninteractable. 5. Fixed an issue with Windsor sometimes still being on the map in York chapter. 6. Fixed an issue with strong homebrew poison's craft causing an error message. 7. Fixed an issue with one of the Rennes' bosses Rallying cry ability causing error messages to pop up. 8. Fixed wanted poster not working properly in the first chapter of French campaign. 9. Fixed an issue with receiving bolts from ally in battle breaking your pouch and causing phantom items to appear. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. My condolences to everyone who's been affected by technical issues. Thank you all for playing! Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-12-23 15:04:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 2.0e which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. List of fixed issues: 1. Fixed a bunch of issues with enemies skipping their turns in combat. 2. Fixed an issue with a mssing image for stamina recovery battle blessing. 3. Fixed an issue with player's model when two handed scimitar was equipped. 4. Fixed an issue with numbing remedy's recipe being incorrect (will take effect after campaign restart). 5. Fixed an issue with uninteractable surcoat item in Navrre. 6. Fixed an issue with recruitment sometimes being unavailable during the Kingdom of London section. 7. Prison break section in French campaign now also includes luck, agility and coordination checks. The first enemies you kill should always spawn at least one weapon. After defeating them you will also be able to explore the prison and acquire additional loot before fighting you way out. 8. Fixed several small glitches with lucky dice. 9. Fixed another bug that happened when attempting to complete the baclksmith quest in Rouen. 12. Fixed another reason that might force the player into an infinite gauntlet of bandits fights in Roeun. 13. Fixed an issue that broke the player visual model and made the shield and left hand models to disapper after the weapon has been broken. 14. Fixed an issue with the Scottish knight duel in Kingdom of London that made him take infinite turns. 15. Fixed an issue with missing backgrounds in several new quests. 16. Fixed a bunch of various smaller issues. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. My condolences to everyone who's been affected by technical issues. Thank you all for playing! Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-12-22 15:23:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 2.0c which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. List of fixed issues: 1. Fixed missing blacksmith quest in Rouen. 2. Fixed the issue with infinitely respawning enemies in Paris when attempting to free the guards. 3. Fixed a bug during the Paris riots events that made the game always think that player has no weapon despite the player finding and equipping one. 4. Fixed a critical error in Boulogne woods when player attempted to strike a deal with routiers. 5. Lowered STR requirement to break out of prison from 35 to 30. 6. Fixed missing tooltips on the map in Rennes. 7. Fixed a critical error with "heist_loot2_" during heists. 8. Fixed Tarrare's missing Blood Money questline. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. My condolences to everyone who's been affected by technical issues. Thank you all for playing! Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-12-21 01:57:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 2.0a which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. List of fixed issues: 1. Fixed a bug with Huntsman civic talent that would trigger error messages after each attack in battle. 2. Fixed an issue with Haggler civic talent that would trigger error messages when trying to examine items in shop. 3. Fixed a bunch of various issues with two handede flanged mace (equipping, unequipping, attacks etc.). 4. Fixed a critical bug that happens when an ally attempts to give the player a shield. 5. Fixed an infinite gauntlet of enemies during Road to Rouen quest that happens if you fail to defeat the bandits in time. 6. Fixed an issue with various Rennes quests not disappearing after the start of Grace and Glory campaign and possibly breaking the game if triggered. 7. Fixed an error that would happen if a wandering crusader attempted to join the player's squad. 8. Fixed several instances of invisible text that would make it impossible to see dialogue choices. 9. Added Proving Grounds mode. 10. Fixed a bunch of issues in localizations (this work will be continued). 11. Fixed an issue that would make allies start the battle with negative stamina after running into an ambush. 12. Fixed an issue with medicine crafting that would sometimes consume more resources than the recipe implied. 13. Fixed a visual bug with random numbers popping up during Respite action. Also I am aware of the issues some players are having with Grace and Glory campaign quests not triggering properly. I will attempt to fix it ASAP. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. My condolences to everyone who's been affected by technical issues. Thank you all for playing! Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-12-20 07:42:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, everyone!

We are very happy to announce that the third DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged Threads of Destiny is out and is available for purchase with 15% discount!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/ The base game - Heads Will Roll: Reforged - is also available for purchase with a 55% discount for a limited time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

About "Threads of Destiny"

Threads of Destiny massively increases the game's scope with three additional expansions. The first one of them is the long-awaited French Campaign - an epic adventure of gargantuan proportions that will take the player on a journey across the entire kingdom of France with 5 new chapters of story content. It is by far the largest campaign in the game and it is filled to the brim with new characters to meet, foes to defeat and challenges to overcome. The second new addition is equally as anticipated as it finally allows the player to properly complete their ultimate journey from a peasant to a king. With the expansion to the English campaign Threads of Destiny enables you to finally shake off the shackles of loyal servitude to King Edward and isntead usurp his throne. Create, protect and manage your own kingdom in order to see it either prosper and thrive - or collapse into obscurity. The third new campaign will open before the player yet another career door. With Threads of Destiny you will now be able to become a bounty hunter. Join Grace and Glory on their adventures and see if the three of you can build a true camaraderie that will stand any test... Or get blinded by the glitter of gold and end up betraying each other over a lump sum of money. As always, together with the DLC we are releasing a major patch that will update the game to version 2.0. That patch will be avilable for free for all the players.

New stuff in Patch 2.0:

1. NPC models will now be automatically updated if a character's shield is broken. 2. Endurance now provides a possibility of recovering twice as much stamina. 3. Coordination now is responsible for resisting stuns and throwing weapons' accuracy. 4. Agility no longer provides a bonus to hit chance. 5. Every injury a character has amplifies the damage that they receive. 6. Feint's blind debuff accuracy and evasion value is doubled. 7. Added new rare recruitable allies of unique classes that can only be encountered during special events. 8. Player squad members will now occasionally react to player's bahviour and either approve or disapprove of it resulting in various events and interactions. 9. A lot of trinkets have been reworked. Several new ones have been added. 10. New scavenging events have been added. 11. Fixed a bunch of errors in localization. 12. Some of the enemy encounters will result in ambushes with enemies being the first to take their turn and player suffering a stamina debuff (in Prestige mode). 13. Added 12 new weapons and 2 new shields. 14. The majority of civic talents have been reworked. Several new ones have been added - some of them granting access to unique items and interactions. 15. A lot of weapons have been reworked - their stats and movesets have been changed in order to create more various opportunities for damage scaling. 16. Added a couple of new events and interactions into the first half of the game. 17. Completing quests now earns the player experience points that are used to unlock new civic talents. Talent upgrade points are now longer granted automatically at the start of each chapter. 18. Having very high or very low virtue will now sometimes result in the player character automatically picking certain options in dialogues that suit their behavior. 19. Prestige mode will now have economic zones - depending on who you're trading with the prices in shops will be influenced by your reputation or Prestige. 20. Bonus items appearing in shops will now too be dependant on either reputation or Prestige, depending on who you're trading with. 21. Ultra high virtue will now enable the player to receive battle blessings temporarily improving their preformance in battle. 22. Prestige mode now has a bit more time in chapters. This DLC and patch are the results of incredibly hard work and we very much hope that it will prove to be a nice Christmas present for all of you. Thanks you very much for playing! HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2024-12-19 17:32:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, dear players!! We hope you're having a good time playing Heads Will Roll: Reforged. If so, we humbly ask you to support us in the "Labor of Love" category. We continue to grow and support the community and our creation by adding new things to the game to this day. From the last planned is the "Threads of Destiny" DLC. We had to move the release date to the 19th of December. Don't miss it and stay tuned! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/ Don't miss out on the chance to grab Heads Will Roll: Reforged at a whopping 45% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

All major DLC is also available at discounted prices.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35159/Heads_Will_Roll__Complete_Edition/ If you want to keep up with all the latest news or just chat about the game, join our Discord. Keep in touch! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-11-27 18:00:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Exciting news! We're part of the Turn-Based Carnival happening from November 13 to 20, where you can enjoy a whole week of turn-based strategy games. Don't miss out on the chance to grab Heads Will Roll: Reforged at a whopping 35% off! Join us for the Turn-Based Carnival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

All major DLC is also available at discounted prices.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35159/Heads_Will_Roll__Complete_Edition/ If you want to keep up with all the latest news or just chat about the game, join our Discord. Keep in touch! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-11-13 18:05:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, dear players! It is exciting to see how our community is growing! Let us introduce you to a new strategy game called Blades for Hire, where you will control a mercenary guild in a realistic fantasy setting. DoubleTap is the team behind the project. Dive deep into the world where the protagonist, on the brink of survival, is forced to find questionable ways to earn money. Every day you will have to choose between following the dictates of your conscience or giving preference to pragmatism and profit. You will make these decisions through your Guild, and each mercenary will be an asset in your success. A world of tactical battles, character development, and moral dilemmas awaits you in Blades for Hire. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3180000/Blades_For_Hire/ Create the legend of your guild and shape its future! But let's take a look at the trailer first. [previewyoutube=_jiI8KdYtN4;full][/previewyoutube] Subscribe and add it to your wishlist!

[ 2024-10-22 15:49:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi! Heads Will Roll: Reforged is taking part in the Turn-based RPG Festival on Steam, which means that from September 30 to October 7, the game is available for purchase at a 53% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/ All major DLC is also available at discounted prices. The Happily Ever After add-on can be purchased at a 43% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/ The Not a Hero story add-on is available at a 17% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/ One of the upcoming add-ons: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/ Information about it in this post If you want to keep up with all the latest news or just chat about the game, join our Discord. Keep in touch! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-09-30 17:12:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! We are happy to finally make an official announcement of Heads Will Roll: Reforged's third DLC Threads of Destiny. It is scheduled to be released on November 28th and will massively expand the game with four new story branches. As always, the DLC will be accompanied by a major patch that will bring along lots of various additions, reworks and improvements as well as a considerable amount of new content for the base game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3172940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Threads_of_Destiny/ So, what to expect?

1. New story branches

Threads of Destiny will add four new story branches allowing the player to have even more freedom in choosing their own path. Defecting to the French side, joining Grace and Glory on their head-hunting adventures, offering your mercenary services to the lords of Italian city-states or seizing the English crown for yourself and completing the ultimate journey from a peasant to a king lots of possibilities that were previously only hinted at will now become completely viable options filled to the brim with new adventures, characters and dangerous challenges.

2. Combat system overhaul

The combat system is going to receive a huge overhaul with all character's stats being rebalanced and new various bonuses introduced. The majority of existing weapons will have their movesets expanded with new attacks, many of them scaling from character's stats or through other conditions. At the same time, some other weapons and weapon classes, that were previously too well-rounded, will be tweaked a bit to better reflect their realistic advatages and disadvantages. Together with that, the game's arsenal of weapons, items and trinkets will be seriously expanded by all kinds fresh additions.

3. New interactions with allies

Members of the player squad will now start to more regularly interact with the player, responding to his behaviour in a positive or negative manner. Hiring honourable knights and crusaders and then commiting unvirtuous actions (or hiring thungs and criminals and then behaving like an upstanding christian) will naturally spark a discontent among your men leading to arguments, desertion or maybe even something worse. On the other hand - performing actions that will resonate with the members of your squad will make them train and fight harder or go out of their way to aid you in unexpected ways. These interactions will also extend to the combat sections with allies now being able to hand you over various items - spare shield or weapon if yours is broken, a couple of extra crossbow bolts if you ran out of ammunition or a specific consumable item if you're in need of one.

4. Improved civic talent system

The overall structure of the civic talent system will remain the same, however it will receive a number of important improvements. The majority of civic talents will be reworked, generally becoming more potent and effective. The upgrade points, on the other hand, will be harder to come by, giving more important to the player's choice of talents.

5. Proving Grounds

The patch accompanying the DLC will also introduce public access to the Proving Grounds - a special game mode that allows the player to create a custom character with a specific set of stats and items and then duel against various enemies.

6. Bugfixes

And lastly, as always, the update will bring a long list of bugfixes for various issues. These are the key elements of the upcoming update but the whole list of changes and additions is far from over. We are very much looking forward to release and hope that you are too! For more information on all things Heads Will Roll or to get in touch with us head over to our Discord. Stay tuned! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-09-30 16:22:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ahoy!

The perfect moment to start playing Caribbean Legend! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230980/Caribbean_Legend/

First, the important stuff:

• Patch 1.3 is available. We've never done anything like this before as a studio.
• Starting NG is not required. We recommend loading version 1.2.1 saves made while on land.
• Today marks the game's second 'release'Steam will be actively promoting it for two weeks.
• To celebrate, we've set a historic low price50% off.
• Now's the perfect moment to start playing if youve been holding off for any reason.
• Black Mark DLC is out now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3162620/Caribbean_Legend/

What's New:

Ships

One of the goals of Patch 1.3 was not only to rework the remaining player-favorite early-game ships but also to lay the groundwork for the planned boarding scenes. The ships turned out great.


New ships:

• The Valkyrie
• The Meifeng
• Fluyt
• War Schooner
• The Principio (DLC)
• Improved sail and rigging quality for all ships in the game.

In total, ~30% of the entire game fleet has been revamped by 1.3 - just as planned.

Quests

Extinguished Star Weve never created a quest this complex, non-linear, and intricate before. It has everything: new content with Mary and Helen, direct impact on the main storyline, cutscenes, crazy flashbacks, and valuable loot. The quest starts at the end of "The Dutch Gambit" and continues through to "Turtle Soup." No spoilerssee it for yourself.
Black Mark A non-linear quest, designed for the early stages of the game, offering valuable rewards and nods to veterans of the "Sea Dogs" series. Available in both Story and Sandbox modes. Part of the "Black Mark" DLC.
Rewards include: a duelling double-barreled pistol, an Italian rapier, an Army broadsword, a Black Spot ward, armor, as well as a new officerTommy Irons, and the legendary Pink of Nicholas Sharp, the Principio. The Pink is stunning, but the true star of the DLC is Irons. He's got killer jokes.

Locations

No new locations in this patch, aside from a few scenes for the Longway quest. The boarding decks took up almost all of our time and will continue to do so. All four decks will be included in either Patch 1.3.1 or 1.5. However, we did update several old locations, especially those that significantly lagged behind the newer ones in quality. Locations update:

• Locations and scenes for the "Extinguished Star" quest
• The Old Lighthouse
• Port Royal Lighthouse
• Several beaches
• Indian village
• Improved ground textures in towns.

Animations

We continue the challenging journey of bringing quests, battles, and cities life to life. The minimum program has already been fulfilled, and with Patch 1.5, we aim for something even more ambitious. Next-gen is just around the corner.

New animations:

• Unique animations for the "Extinguished Star" quest
• 7 new contextual death battle animations
• 2 prayer animations in churches
• 2 animations for drunks in towns
• Tavern musicians no longer drown out the games music
• Fishermen, blacksmiths, and musicians now work according to the time of day

New Hero

Due to popular demand, Helen McArthur is now a fully-fledged character in Sandbox mode. She is compatible with the "Vile Little God" and "Black Mark" DLCs. She has unique dialogues in her hometown Blueweld, unique achievements, loot, and starts her pirate career on a war schooner. For now, she doesnt carry a musket or visible armor, and there may be some "gender errors" :rofl_pirate: in the dialogues. Her development will continue in Patch 1.5, along with other Sandbox characters.

Notification System

Traditionally, games in this series have never been known for being player-friendly or transparent, often requiring guides. What happened to my character? Why did I fail a dialogue check? What reward did I just receive? Any game needs to communicate with the playerand now Caribbean Legend does. I consider this the key feature of Patch 1.3.
New notifications:

• Over 100 new format notifications on sea, land, and in dialogues
• Combat statusesfrom poisonings to critical damage
• Loot markersso far, only for plants in the jungle, but this is just the start
• Quest navigationso far, only for the beginning of the game
• More quest markers over characters and on the global map
• New tutorial videos for core game mechanics

Interface

Lets be honest, we have the best interface. But somehow, the list of fixes for it has already stretched to three pages. :rofl_pirate: The first half of the first page finally made it into Patch 1.3.
UI update:

• Unlimited key remappingadjust the controls to your liking
• Control hints in loot, trade, and exchange windows
• Highlighting new entries in the ships log and documents
• Highlighting available skill points for characters
• Keeping the selected character when switching tabs between inventory and skills
• Displaying character roles in officer assignment windows
• Improved interaction with items in the inventory
• Added a DLC button in the menuif all are purchased, it will be inactive

Miscellaneous

• 13 achievements
• New ward
• New sword
• Automatic crash reports sending - let's see how bad it really is out there
• Longway can now carry muskets
• New dialogue camera
• Missing textures restored for some objects in the "Flying the Jolly Roger" quests
• Claude Durand now reliably triggers his loyalty event after a set time
• Obtaining a patent removes pirates from the crew
• Reputation no longer drops if the player exits "Flying the Jolly Roger" questline before Cartagena
• Fewer soldiers in towns, and they stop the player less often
• Chance to deceive the guards can no longer exceed 90%
• Governors no longer ask you to infiltrate friendly towns
• Passengers no longer ask to be taken to hostile towns
• "Iron Will" perk no longer allows intimidating officers
• Missing item descriptionsskill bonuses, etc.have been added
• Additional optimization of the tutorial on Martinique
• Spelling and grammar corrections - thanks to all reports you have been sharing on Discord
• Numerous bug fixes
• Improved overall game stability

1.5

Thats all for now! Over the past six months, weve done an incredible amount of work together. Weve done everything possible and even more. Except for the Story mode epilogue, of course. We could have done it already, but it would have been too... simple? I want to create something special and worthy of Charles de Maure's storycall it a "directors cut" of his storyline, if you will. Plus, the game has long needed list of truly new mechanics, fixes for old ones, a complete rebalance, a new loot category, and a proper uplift of Sandbox mode. Not to mention improved controls, gamepad support, Steam Deck experience. Patch 1.5 will take at least six months, and it will definitely require starting the new game. So for now, well take a short break, rest, and then get back to work. Leave reviews steamthumbsup as blue as the Caribbean Sea, download the patch, buy the DLCand if youve been putting off playing the game for any reason, nows the perfect moment to start!
Coming soon... :jollyr:

[ 2024-09-11 17:15:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're excited to announce that Heads Will Roll: Reforged is participating in the Isometric RPG Sale! From now until September 1st, you can get the game at a 52% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

Boost your gaming experience by getting unique DLCs

Get the Happily Ever After DLC at a 42% discount and unlock Marriages and new endings, new story events. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/ Get the Not a Hero DLC at a 16% discount. It brings three additional story branches with a total of 7 brand new chapters that will see the player go on all kinds of unexpected adventures. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/ Don't forget to get the wonderful Soundtrack and an Artbook. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2504940/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged_Soundtrack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517510/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Artbook/ Complete your collection by purchasing Heads Will Roll - Complete Edition https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35159/Heads_Will_Roll__Complete_Edition/

New DLC announcement is coming...

[ 2024-08-28 18:38:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings friends!!! We have some great news to share with you today. Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona is now available on Steam! We are offering a special 15% discount during the launch period. The game is also available on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2139840/Skelethrone_The_Chronicles_of_Ericona/ At its core this is a Souls-like game that features Metroidvania elements, filled with exploration and secrets to be found. You're in for a great adventure inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Bloodthirsty monsters, divine creatures and epic boss battles. The games story is shaped by choices that will define your journey.

Let's celebrate the game's launch!

In honor of the release, please watch the trailer and immerse yourself in the world of Makh-Abyss before fully exploring the story and finding out what actually happened after the death of Lord Derek Ericona. [previewyoutube=PtAhNjGXCuY;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-08-08 03:16:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, everyone! New release from VALKYRIE INITIATIVE team for your consideration. AGE OF DEFENSE has now left Early Access and is fully released! It's a tower defense game full of mind-blowing mayhem. There are tons of monsters and tough defenders in the game each of which fits perfectly into a funny cartoonish setting.

Age of Defense is now available with a 35% discount for the first week after launch.

To celebrate this joyous occasion, let's watch the new trailer we've prepared.

[previewyoutube=CVp-q5Iwy7Y;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-07-30 17:56:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5k. This update brings in both several important bugfixes and a little injection of new content. With this patch out of the way I intend to gradually begin the work on the next big update: the third DLC and an accompanying major patch that will rework stats, civil talents and some aspects of the combat system. A first look at the third DLC will be available at the time of its official announcement that should happen in August. Changelog of the patch 1.5k: 1. Lowered the soldier rep requirement for accessing Rennes. 2. Fixed an issue with eneimes sometimes taking infinite turns (often happened in Damanhur). 3. Fixed an issue with player still being able to sometimes die during the French interlude tournament despite the game telling you that it is not lethal. 4. Added another important low virtue event to Maidstone. 5. Completing Roger's quests now gives access to a specialized equipment shop. 6. Added random encounters with Scottish forces during the last chapter of Canterbury campaign and a reward\punishment for completing\not completing them. 7. Lowered dire wolves' weapon skill. 8. Fixed a bug that made player lose more than one item when giving consumables to allies. 9. Fixed a bug that made player lose one of the trinkets when using trinket presets if they had three or more of the same one. 10. During the Damanhur campaign Raymond's forces will now have 10 crusaders that will consequently spawn in fights until all of them are dead (previously there was only one ally for each fight). 11. Lowered the amount of enemies in some of the fights of the Damanhur campaign and some of the second DLC campaigns. 12. Fixed a bunch of smaller issues and incorrect interactions. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-07-27 07:31:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5j. Changelog: 1. Fixed an error that resulted in "player_fatigue_pool_displayable not defined" message. 2. Fixed several issues with incorrect Prestige value change when swapping weapons. 3. Added a button that allows to compate an item in inventory to the item that is currently equipped. 4. Shieldbreaker pendant, Red stone ring and Vitality rune now properly work on squad members. 5. Fixed an issue with incorrect ransom price when imprisoned by the French. 6. Fixed an issue that resulted in squad members attacking a dead enemy if that enemy was previously selected as their target. 7. Fixed an issue that resulted in some of the squad orders abruptly ending the current music track and starting a new one. 8. Added several new quests and events to Maidstone that are available through tavern. 9. Fair maiden's portrait has been reworked - its use conditions are now less harsh and it will also provide a unique bonus effect that depends on the girl that you have a maxed out relationship with. 10. Shieldbreaker pendant's bonus shield damage has been increased to 20. 11. Fixed a couple of other minor issues and errors. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-07-03 01:52:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5i. Changelog: 1. Fixed several errors with orders during Maidstone's blacksmith questline. 2. Squad members now can be swapped with empty slots in the squad management window. 3. Fixed several incorrect interactions between fencing dagger and high-cover armor which resulted in fencing dagger not providing its bonus to the armor bypass chance. 4. Weapons and items in the manual character creation menu that are locked behind certain quests and boss challenges can now be unlocked on any difficulty level and not just on HWR. 5. Untreated injuries will no longer turn permanent and unhealable after some time - instead they will remain until the player treats them and, upon being treated, will return back all the deducted stats. However, several times during each chapter, at random points, untreated injuries will let themselves be known by triggering an event which will permanently deduct a tiny amount of stats from the player for each injury that he has. On top of that, each injury will block a corresponding training type, preventing the player from gaining new stats until the injury is removed. 6. Fixed a bug during a scavenge event that caused giving a poisoned man an antidote to yield no result. 7. Fixed an issue with player being able to receive maim injury multiple times in combat. 8. Fixed a couple of other minor issues and errors. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-19 02:04:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5h which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. Changelog: 1. Fixed a bug with Leon from Lyon infinitely respawning after being killed. 2. Fixed another issue that sometimes caused the defense of Rennes to fail despite city's strength being equal to or massively surpassing mercenaries' strength (note: the capture of at least one farm is still required for a successful defense). 3. Added some more technical changes to the blacksmith questline in Maidstone in order to fix another instance of infinite loops that some players have been reporting. 4. Fixed a series of bugs that happened after the player would give a rotation of retreat order while not having enough stamina to do that. The order would be denied but the player would then be sometimes possible to take several turns in a row with all the other characters skipping theirs. 5. Fixed a bug that caused the catacombs effect during the assault on Windsor in Duncan's storyline to not correctly apply. 6. Added a bunch of other minor corrections. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-11 22:46:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5g which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. Changelog: 1. Fixed a bug that prevented the player from equipping another two-handed weapon after he had a two-handed weapon break in combat. 2. Added civic talents to the manual character generation menu. 3. Reworked some of the requests in Maidsotne's blacksmith questline in order to make them easier to complete (requires campaign restart to take effect). 4. Handing over a full or two-thirds full bottle of poison to sergeant while completing his Drunkard quest would result in him giving some of it back to you. 5. Fixed Shamshir's incorrect attack icon. 6. Fixed an issue with "no weapon selected" error message that sometimes popped up after giving an ally a Zweihander. 7. Reworked scabbards: lowered their stat debuffs, rescaled weapon draw stamina cost (requires campaign restart to take effect). 8. Added a message that informs the player what stats does he lack to install a mechanical drum. 9. Fixed a bug with "Proceed" button sometimes appearing during the Prepare for Battle phase. 10. Fixed the infinite loop bug that occurred in Oxford camp (this time for good). 11. Increased hit chance bonus on longswords' Counterstrike attack (from 15+15 to 20+20). 12. Fixed a bug that allowed to use special attacks while wielding a broken two-handed axe. 13. Fixed a series of bugs with items disappearing when the player tries to hand them over to allies. 14. Fixed an issue with poison resist effect sometimes not disappearing after the player took off plague doctor's mask. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-09 07:20:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5f which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. Changelog: 1. Added new trinkets to the custom character creation mode. 2. Fixed an error with the Snake skin belt item. 3. Added 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons to the squad member interaction menu. 4. Fixed several inconsistencies with allies' stats when handing them items. 5. After receiving a helmet, a weapon, a crossbow or an armor piece from the player the squad members will no longer throw it away when they are upgraded. 6. Every time a squad member is upgraded he will automatically receive a certain consumable item (depending on their class and level). 7. Alyssa's incomplete quests now correctly disappear if the player has taken Canterbury's story path. 8. Fixed several issues with Fair Maiden's Portrait trinket. 9. Added a fix to the infinite loop issue in Oxford camp that some players have been reporting (I'm not 100% sure that the issue is solved but the fix is likely to work - if it doesn't I'll come up with another one). 10. Fixed a bunch of other minor glitches. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-05 23:56:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5e which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. Changelog: 1. Fixed an incorrect interaction during the first duel with Ruffin that could lead to the main hero instantly dying in the next fight. 2. Fixed halberd's Leg Sweep attack having incorrect hit chance visualization. 3. Fixed an issue with Duncan's storyline second chapter having a possibility for the player to softlock themselves if they spent all the time without completing the quests. 4. Removed incorrect names for various enemies in the new storylines. 5. Added indicators to armor and helmet that can be used in crafting. 6. Fixed an issue with Ruffin's fight in one of the new storylines not granting the achievement and not removing the quest to find him. 7. Fixed a critical error with infinite loop sometimes occurring during the loot phase if the player has both the four leaf clover and the Sticky fingers talent. 8. Fixed a cirtical error with infinite loop occurring in Maidstone if the player attempts to pick up another craftsman/blacksmith/alchemist task while already having too many pending ones. 9. Fixed a bunch of other minor glitches. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-03 21:20:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5d which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. Changelog: 1. Impoverished Knight's model now displays correctly. 2. Handing over quest items in Maidstone no longer reduces your inventory size. 3. Fixed critical errors when completing various quests from Maidstone's craftsman storyline. 4. Civil Life achievements are now properly unlockable. 5. Fixed the bug with Maidstone quests being available from the Oxford camp. 6. Fixed several issues with critical erros after handing over certain items to allies. 7. Fixed several bugs with certain trinkets not working properly after being given to allies. 8. Fixed several issues with the text display. 9. Fixed an issue with Anna's romance scene being unreachable despite completing all of her quests. 10. Fixed an issue with killing Goliath sometimes not counting towards his weapon unlock. 11. Fixed a bunch of other minor glitches and errors. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing and sorry if your experience has been negatively affected by the technical issues. Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-02 21:46:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I'm happy to inform you that the game has been updated to the version 1.5c which should fix a bunch of existing issues, glitches and critical errors. List of fixed issues: 1. Various story events occuring during item crafting and resulting in softlocks. 2. Error message that pops up when attempting to attack an enemy after loading an old save file (pre-1.5). 3. Various bugs surrounding 'Master of Poisons' civic talent. 4. Invisible an untargetable enemies during the Chippenham riots story event. 5. Bug that resulted in "unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'unicode' and 'float'" error message. 6. Incorrect game behaviour after telling all of your allies to retreat. 7. Bug during Bartholomew's Jailbird quest. 8. Issue with allies losing their trinkets that were received from the player after levelling up (their armor and weapons are still changed when they level up - that too is going to be fixed but the fix would require some time). 9. Various bugs with completing Maidstone's blacksmith quest line. 10. Inventory space decreasing instead of increasing when handing over quest items. 11. Several other minor incorrect interactions and localization issues. I will continue to work on fixing the bugs. If you encounter any - please let me know in the Steam community section or on our Discord. Thank you all for playing! Cheers! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-06-01 22:35:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, everyone! We are very happy to announce that the second DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged Not a Hero is out and is available for purchase with 15% discount! This DLC brings three additional story branches with a total of 7 brand new chapters that will see the player go on all kinds of unexpected adventures. On top of that the DLC also contains the much-awaited squad system rework that includes new visual models for allies, full customization of their equipment as well as an ability to give them orders in battle. The DLC includes 8 new endings and 14 new achievements. Complete feature list of the DLC can be viewed on its Steam page or here. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Not_a_Hero/ To celebrate the release of the DLC, the base game - Heads Will Roll: Reforged - will also be available for purchase with a 50% discount for a limited time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/ In order to complete your bundle you can also purchase "Happily Ever After" DLC with a 35% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/ Together with the second DLC we are releasing patch 1.5 with a major gameplay update that, among other things, includes a number of UI/UX improvements. That patch will be avilable for free for all the players.

New stuff in Patch 1.5:

1. Added new difficulty modifier - Prestige mode - that adds weapon durability mechanic, increases the lethality of the combat, lowers the time in chapters and generally makes the game even more hardcore. 2. Added civic talents - a variety of passive abilities that give the character various out-of-battle bonuses. 3. Added hydration mechanic in Outremer. Consuming water in that chapter will now temporarily protect you from the heat fatigue gain. 4. Added Damietta bazaar with a variety of different shops that contain all kinds of items. 5. Added 9 new trinkets including one that counters heat fatigue gain under certain conditions. 6. Survival mode now has a shop where the player can buy and sell items in between rounds. 7. Added keyboard support for in-battle controls. 8. Added quick action buttons to some of the item interaction menus (equipping and unequipping items, selling items and moving items between chest and inventory can be now done with one mouse click). 9. Added trinket presets menu that will allow the player to save several trinket combinations and them quickly swap between them. 10. Added different colors to characters' names in dialogues. 11. Added a couple of new scavenge events. Balance changes: 1. Healing injuries will now return only a percentage of the lost characteristics instead of fully restoring them. In Prestige mode you will receive back 50% of the points, on HWR and Hard difficulties - 75%, on Normal and Story difficulties - 100%. 2. Punishments for leaving an injuries untreated have been increased. 3. Mechanical crossbow has been reworked. Operating the crossbow will now require a certain amount of points in craftsmanship and crossbow skill. Repairing and unjamming the drum will now require specific items. Shooting in automatic modes will now generate a recoil that will decrease the accuracy (but is in turn decreased by strength). Mechanical crossbow's price in manual character creation mode has been increased. 4. Crafting now consumes a tiny bit of time. 5. Item prices have been rebalanced and are overall more expensive now. Fixes and minor additions: 1. Field surgery kit will now count as a medical item in Hadley. 2. Beibars will not be able to retreat with a broken leg. 3. Buying recipes from Anna no longer boosts your relationship with her. Relationship bonus points for other quests have been recalculated to add up to 100 if all completed successfully. 4. Fixed a bug with an ally going crazy in a desert cave which resulted in the game crashing. 5. Fixed a bug that could lead to Rennes being captured by the mercenaries despite the city strength score being way higher. 6. Fixed a number of various minor Anna-related issues. As always, if you enjoy the game - please consider leaving a review on Steam. Make your voice heard. HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2024-05-31 15:06:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Friends! Greetings from the Valkyrie Initiative team. We invite all fans of adventure games with horror elements into this grim, beautifully hand-drawn fairy tale. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420350/_/ This story takes place in a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. Assume the role of a young witch named Kyrphel and experience all the hardships of witch life, discover the secrets of ancient rituals, explore the village and interact with its inhabitants. Witchcraft, rituals, lies or sincerity - do whatever it takes, since the fate of the entire village depends on whether you succeed in the Great Ritual or not. To celebrate the release, please watch the trailer before taking part in the Great ritual! [previewyoutube=hRA90YG1FtM;full][/previewyoutube] This project was developed by The Growing Stones, who spent two years gathering inspiration from fairy tales, myths, ancient religions, and beliefs in proud solitude.

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[ 2024-04-17 20:28:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! We are happy to finally make an official announcement of Heads Will Roll: Reforged's second DLC Not a Hero. It is scheduled to release on May 31st and together with accompanying major patch will bring along a huge amount of new content as well as usher in a considerable overhaul of the game's various systems and mechanics. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/ So, what to expect?

1. New story content

First of all, the DLC will introduce several new full story branches that will allow the player to take their character's life and career in various alternative directions after the ending of the Cambrai campaign. You will encounter many new friends and foes, go on new adventures, survive new challenges and, of course, face new tough moral choices.
2. Squad system rework Then there is a much-awaited squad system rework which includes lots of new visual models, free customization of squadmates' war gear and expanded in-battle controls with all of that ultimately allowing to perfectly tailor your allies equipment and behavior to suit your desired playstyle.
3. Civil talents Heads Will Roll's RPG elements are too going to get an expansion in the form of civil talents various non-combat skills and abilities that will allow the player to make their character even more unique. The update will introduce about two dozens of civil talents of ranging magnitude with some of them acting like small pleasant bonuses while others being character-defining traits enabling for a whole playstyle to be built around.
4. Prestige mode In order to freshen up the game experience for the seasoned veterans we will be introducing a Prestige mode a difficulty modifier that will considerably harden the game: weapons will now also lose durability and eventually break, combat will be much more fast and deadly, injuries - more frequent, time - less plentiful and some of the skill checks - way tougher. Completing the game in this mode will undoubtedly prove to be the toughest challenge yet and will require the player to truly value the character's life. 5. Trinket presets Considering the major importance of trinkets it is only natural for the player to be in need of oftenly replacing them, swapping around crafting, scavenging, combat and other sets. The upcoming update will finally address this by introducing trinket presets feature that allows to save several desired trinket combinations and then quickly swap between them, removing a lot of unnecessary actions. Together with that, there are also going to be dedicated buttons for instantly unequipping all the trinkets and placing them into inventory or chest.
6. Interface improvements Another issue that the upcoming update will be addressing is the cumbersomeness of many of the game's item interaction menus. In order to fix this, the update will be adding quick action buttons allowing to move items between chest and inventory, as well as acquire items from loot in one click. 7. New gameplay balance The overall gameplay balance is too going to get a shakeup buy and sell prices, skill check thresholds, time limits in chapters, item parameters and various other things are going to be updated to freshen up the game and correct some of the existing balancing issues. 8. Bugfixes And, of course, last but not least bugfixing. The patch accompanying the DLC will contain a long list of fixes for many of the reported bugs (a detailed list will be provided with the release notes). As you can see, the scope of the upcoming update is going to be absolutely massive with pretty much all of the game's aspects getting expansions, improvements and overhauls. We are very much looking forward to release and hope that you are too! For more information on all things Heads Will Roll or to get in touch with us head over to our Discord. Stay tuned! 1917 Studios

[ 2024-03-29 16:30:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ahoy!

There is not much to say - buy it now on Steam while it's 25% off. Limited time offeronly two weeks and the next big discount will only be available in October. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230980/Caribbean_Legend/ Now that we are done with salesmanship, what is Caribbean Legend? First of all, it is more than a game, it is a unique genre. If you have played any of Sea Dogs games before, you probably already know everything about Caribbean Legend. Read this open letter, explaining our vision and our mission, and you are good to go for your pirate raid. If you have never played any of the Sea Dogs games before, then I must inform you that they are known for being hard, clunky, and outdated. We've improved on each of these aspects, but they still exist and they can still ruin your day. If you manage to get through them... well, welcome to the best pirate game out there. It's true; how many games do you know which have all these mechanics?

• Combat at sea.
• Land combat.
• Exploration on land.
• Global map.
• RPG system.
• Dialogues.
• Companions and love interests.
• Linear and generated quests.
• A deep narrative with choices and consequences.
• Loot, collectibles, and crafting.
• Building and management.

That's right, not too many. Give Caribbean Legend a try, but be careful - if it clicks with you, you'll find yourself lost in the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy for several hundred hours. :jollyr:

[ 2024-02-15 19:40:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, everyone! We are very happy to announce that the first DLC for Heads Will Roll: Reforged Happily Ever After is out and is available for purchase! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747080/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged__Happily_Ever_After/ The DLC brings a lot of new content including marriages with all the girls, new endings, expanded epilogues, new story events, boss fights, Steam achievements and much, much more! Be sure to check it out! Complete feature list of the DLC can be viewed on its Steam page.
Together with the DLC we are also releasing the much anticipated 1.09 patch that brings a ton of bugfixes, reworks and improvements to the game. It is by far the biggest patch the we have done. 1.09 FIxes 1. Equipped armor items can now be repaired without being taken off. 2. Fixed yet another instance of 'olivia_time_left not defined' bug that caused Olivia's dagger to spawn among unrelated loot and subsequently broke the game, forcing the player back to Olivia's room. 3. Fixed a rare bug that made the player base armor go below zero after unequipping a damaged armor item. 4. Fixed a bug with incorrect equipment loss interaction during the quicksands event. 5. Fixed an issue with incorrect visual hit chances for the spears' 'powerful thrust' attack. 6. Fixed another issue that allowed an enemy to remove the helmet in combat more than once and gain additional stats. 7. Fixed a series of bugs that made combat interface seometimes show incorrect images for player's equipped items. 8. Fixed a bug with incorrect stats reset during manual character creation. 9. Fixed a bunch of issues with system text being shown instead of player's squad members' proper names. 10. Fixed a bug that made repairing squad members' armor and equipment cost zero money. 11. Fixed an issue that made visiting a brothel give zero actual debuffs to the player despite the text saying that it did. 12. Fixed a series of bugs that happened when player attempted to craft poisons through unorthodox recipes. 13. Fixed an issue that prevented some types of poison from being handed over to the sergeant to complete his Hoggard quest. 14. Fixed an issue that prevented certain random events from occuring. 15. Fixed an incorrect interaction with the ornate cloak during the Man of God quest where it wouldn't disappear from inventory after being thrown. 16. Fixed several minor bugs and localization issues. 1.09 Reworks and additions 1. Added a new ally class crusaders. They are availalbe for hire in the Outremer chapter (after completing the St. Lazarus quest), have their own visual model and receive no heat debuffs. 2. Added more emotions to the girls' dialogue models (anger, happiness, eyerolls etc.). 3. Improved the accessability of the 'Chest' button. 4. Being in possession of the Justice Sword during the siege of Windsor would result in additional militia bands joining the player's cause. 5. Added a visual indicator to damaged items that are curerntly equipped (in inventory). 6. Axes' description now correctly mentions their improved armor damage chance. 7. Increased the number of enemies at Onar's and Olvier's farms. 8. Added knights and crossbowmen to the pool of Windsor's defenders. Manually completing the siege should be more challenging now. 9. Added a limit to the number of bolts available for purchase to prevent various money-making abuse mechanics. 10. Now after every retreat from Windsor the player will be allowed to loot the killed enemies' weapons and gear. 11. The end game results screen after dying in the French storyline now correctly shows the player's rank (mercenary instead of knight). 12. Increased the speed of durability loss of the mechanical crossbow. 13. Added a new tooltip that describes how the combat stances work and lists all the benefits of each. 14. Updated armor, weapons, trinkets and stats of the Scottish king's bodyguards making them more challenging. 15. Expanded the list of trinkets that can be used by the allies. 16. Increased the starting stats limit in the manual character creating up to 25. 17. Added a new scavenge event. 18. Brough back a softlock prevention mechanic in case the player lost all the weapons and ran out of time before the next story event. 19. Reworked the torture mask yet again now it only provides bonus vitality for the enemies that had injuries at the moment of death. 20. The cultist leader in York now correcly gains fatigue with every action that he takes. 21. Added a few additional spawns for the Unknown toxin item. 22. The sergeant no longer requires the player to specifically craft him a bag. Now you can both return him the original loot bag that you took from him (or buy a new one of the same size) or craft one yourself. 23. Survival mode now has a limit for the enemies that can spawn with poisoned main weapon only one per wave (bolts and daggers don't count). 24. Added a 'All to max' button to the manual character creation mode. It will automatically allocate all available points to level various stats. 25. Expanded the list of trinkets availalbe in the manual character generation mode. 26. If the player decides to rest instead of looting all the members of his squad will too have a portion of their fatigue recovered. 27. Updated a decription of the Wanted poster item it now mentions that the item only works around Cambrai area. 28. Increased the player's stat bonuses in the Story mode. Made some bosses easier on lower difficulties. 29. Added a switch for enabling\disabling community-made characters. 30. Brought back Northampton's celebratory dialogue after the player's successful capture of Windsor. Like I said this patch is the biggest one we've done yet and, together with the first DLC, it would hopefully provide enough new experiences to maybe convice you guys to spend some more time with Heads Will Roll. The next big update to the game will include a rework of the squad mechanics as well as new visual models for the allies (that will properly depict their class and experience level). Together with that we are also hoping to include in the update an entirely new storyline that will span across several new chapters and take the player on a bunch of new adventures. An official announcement should be coming rather soon so stay tuned! As always, if you enjoy the game - please consider leaving a review on Steam. Make your voice heard. HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2024-01-18 17:00:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.08 is live!

This is a smaller patch that is intended to fix a bunch of lesser technical issues. Changelog 1. Fixed an issue with player's squad members being able to reload and use crossbows without actually having one in their equipment. 2. Added an automatic crossbow reload in between battles for those player's squad members who have crossbows. 3. Fixed a series of bugs related to armor crafting, including a rare occurance when crafting a new armor piece made it replace the one that you had on right now (same thing with helmets). 4. Reworked Olifant - now it recovers 100% of stamina for the user and his allies instead of a fixed value. 5. Fixed a bunch of various localization issues and several smaller bugs\incorrect interactions. As you might have noticed this time the changelog is rather small and this is because we're already working on the new content update which should be coming very soon. We are not ready to announce a date yet but if everything goes well you might in for some very pleasant surprise. Our next stop after that will be the much anticipated squad members rework that will introduce: -new visual models for the squad members that reflect the character's class and level; -new in-battle control mechanics that will allow the player to have more control over the ally's behavior in combat; -new interactions with allies' equipment, allowing the player to give an ally specific weapons\gear to use. As always a big thank you to everyone who helps me with finding and fixing bugs! If you enjoy the game - please consider leaving a review on Steam. Make your voice heard. If you want to report bugs, discuss the game or ask any question - head over to our Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT We also have a Boosty page (Patreon alternative) where you can support us directly if you want to do it: https://boosty.to/1917studios Thank you very much for playing! 1917 Studios

[ 2023-11-23 09:09:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, dear players!! We hope that you enjoyed the highest difficulty level, which literally is titled "Heads Will Roll". This roguelike mode is definitely the most important part of the whole game, so if you haven't tried it yet, you should definitely give it a try. You're in for a real challenge, where each enemy death will boost your game profile level depending on how far you've progressed. Each level gives you additional character creation points, which means you'll be able to create a stronger character and try to survive again. So if you liked this particular aspect of the game, we humbly ask you to support us in the "Best Game You Suck At" nomination - This is the game that rewards persistence, and is not for the faint of heart. It's the toughest game we've ever loved. Thank you! Our Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2023-11-21 18:02:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone, Exciting news! We're part of the Turn-Based Carnival happening from November 14 to 21, where you can enjoy a whole week of turn-based strategy games. Don't miss out on the chance to grab Heads Will Roll: Reforged at a whopping 16% off! Join us for the Turn-Based Carnival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

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[ 2023-11-15 14:54:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.07 is live!

Fixes 1. Fixed a bug with weapon skill not properly levelling up in Survival mode. 2. Fixed a bug with negative number of squad members and with some of the squad members going missing. 3. Fixed a bug with weaponsmith in Hereford being inaccessible. 4. Fixed an exploit with Eva's shop having an infinite amount of wine. 5. Fixed a bug during 'Man of God' quest that sometimes did not count golden cross as a cross. 6. Fixed a bug with equipped weapon morphing into another (halberd into axe, spear into sword etc.). 7. Fixed a bug with Rennes' healing discount from character's high virtue not applying to the healing cost. 8. Fixed a bug with negative inventory size during manual character creation. 9. Fixed a healing bug that sometimes resulted in player receiving additional stats after healing instead of simply recovering the lost ones. 10. Fixed several situations where player's low activity in combat resulted in an inactivity penalty despite it making little logical sense (situations where nobody is watching the fight or enemy being too high level). 11. Fixed an issue with incorrect calculations of whether a character is stunned after a shield bash (high strength characters now will be significatly more resistant to shield bash stuns). 12. Fixed a rare issue of enemies' poison shield disappearing. 13. Fixed a bunch of other smaller bugs and issues. Added and changed 1. Added increased gold rewards for kills in Survival mode. 2. Made Plackart accessbile way earlier in the game, added it to various spawns. 3. Increased the number of trinkets available to enemies. Tweaked spawn chances for some of the trinkets. 4. Reworked and buffed some of the bosses (Landsknecht Mercenary, Goliath, Plague Knight, Wallace). 5. Player's amount of money is now displayed in squad management menu. 6. Reworked Tarot Card: Death now it will not only allow you to survive death but also recover half of your max HP and remove all active bleedings, poisonings, blinds and stuns. 7. Rebalanced the stats of some of the helmets and body armor, adding some more neck coverage. 8. Increased the stamina cost of attacks of flail and three-tailed flail. Decreased stamina cost for Knight's Last Hope's attacks. 9. Reworked the stats of the tower shield making it way more durable and heavy. 10. Added a new even in Outremer after participating in several battles the player will partly acclimatize to the new weather conditions, lowering the heat fatigue gain by 25%. 11. Added two new achievements: Solo (for capturing Windsor in a single battle without retreating) and Heads Will Roll (for beating the game on HWR difficulty with a random character). 12. Various other minor balance tweaks. The next patch will most likely be a smaller one and will primarily be dedicated to fixing the issues with localization and text translation. A big thank you to everyone who helps me with finding and fixing bugs! If you enjoy the game - please consider leaving a review on Steam. Make your voice heard. HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT We also have a Boosty page (Patreon alternative) where you can support us directly if you want to do it: https://boosty.to/1917studios 1917 Studios

[ 2023-10-25 11:34:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.06 is live!

Fixes 1. Fixed a series of bugs with scavenge events that led to incorrect loot spawns. 2. Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a softlock in London if player failed both the Lindisfarne quest and Alyssa's questline. 3. Fixed the Load button in pause menu disappearing on Sory Mode difficulty. 4. Fixed a bug that caused London quests to sometimes be available in later chapters. 5. Fixed a bug that allowed Lindisfarne quest to be started mulriple times. 6. Fixed a visual issue with player character's hair clipping through some helmets. 7. Fixed an issue with incorrect hit\bypass armor chances on 'Coup de Grace' and 'Pierce' attacks (hopefully for good this time). 8. Fixed several smaller bugs and localization issues. Added and changed 1. Added an option to pay for indulgence in Lindisfarne, exchanging money for virtue. 2. Added some virtue as a reward for completing Cecilia's Pharmacist quest. 3. Added some new trinkets into the random character generation item pool at the start of the game. 4. Added some new trinkets into shops in the second half of the game. 5. Added a possibility to ransom your way out of French captivity after the final battle of Cambrai and not miss your chance to go to England (still requires high rep. with Northampton). 6. Reworked the mechanics and stats bonuses of various trinkets (berserker's talisman, cultist's claws, leather gloves, knight's chain, medical treatise) keep in mind that item changes take full effect on new playthroughs only. 7. Added another fight if the player decides to hold their ground instead of retreating during the final battle of Cambrai. 8. Increased the enemy count in some of the battles in and around Rennes. Made some of Rennes' enemies a little bit tougher. 9. Increased gold rewards in Survival mode. A big thank you to everyone who helps me with finding and fixing bugs! If you enjoy the game - please consider leaving a review on Steam. Make your voice heard. HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2023-10-19 00:13:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.05 is live!

Fixes 1. Fixed several bugs that made 'Proceed' button inactive in the earlier chapters, softlocking players. 2. Fixed a bug that occured when the player ettempted to fix mechanical drum magazine. 3. Fixed a bug that forced the marauder leader to spawn with incorrect visual model and led to game crash. 4. Fixed a bug that allowed some non-boss enemies to spawn with two-handed weapon and a shield simultaneously. 5. Fixed a bug the showed incorrect names for special items sets in inventory. 6. Fixed a bug that prevented some players from unlocking the Fall of Goliath achievement despite defeating him. 7. Fixed a bug that allowed to infinitely start Olivia's pixel huntung section. 8. Fixed a bug that broke the AI of computer characters during the 'knight v bandits' scavenge event forcing them to skip their turns. 9. Fixed some incorrect interactions with the luck stat in combat. 10. Fixed several smaller bugs and glitches. Added and changed 1. Added a confirmation screen for 'Reset profile' action. 2. Added new visual model for Estoc. 3. Reworked torture mask item (the vitality bonus is now only applied while the item is equipped). 4. Increased craftsmaship requirements for repairing mechanical drum magazine. 5. Added a forced save when the player quits an HWR playthrough through the main menu button instead of 'Save & Quit' option in game. This should prevent players from losing their progress if they quit the game that way. 6. Added an increased base armor break chance for wo handed axes and one handed axes (to a lesser extent). 7. Lowered chance of low-level enemies spawning with poison (primarily relates to the first couple of militiamen encounters). A big thank you to everyone who helps me with finding and fixing bugs! HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT 1917 Studios

[ 2023-10-12 12:35:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey guys,

Patch 1.04 is live!

Fixes 1. Fixed a bug that made the 4th governor's quest in Damietta zero your reputation with him, preventing you from marrying Emma. 2. Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an error when the player tried to hand over custom armor to the blacksmith. 3. Fixed a bug that made Leper Crusaders have very low HP and also gave them incorrect visual models. 4. Fixed a bug that allowed to infinitely receive an abduction quest in Damietta. 5. Fixed a bug that prevented access to the final quest of Bartholomew's storyline (and thus blocked the related achievement). 6. Fixed a bug that prevented the player from gaining access to the survival mode after completing the game. 7. Fixed a bug that prevented the player from receiving the 'Sword of Justice' achievement. 8. Fixed a bug that allowed gravely wounded enemies to infinitely drop their helmets and receive bonus stats. 9. Fixed rare situations when the lucky coin did not increse the reward for killed enemies. 10. Fixed a bug that made the combat interface glitch out and merge with camp interface preventing the player from progressing. 11. Fixed an error that appeared after the player escaped from Rennes' prison after previously finding Olivia's dagger. 12. Fixed an exploit that allowed to find Olivia's dagger multiple times. 13. Fixed an error that appeared when the player attempted to unjam a mechanical drum with durability below zero. 14. Fixed a bug that sometimes appeared when the player tried to complete Useful Hobby quest. 15. Fixed a bug that made El Mansur tavel menu to give an incorrect fatigue icon. 16. Fixed incorrect visual hit chances for Estoc's Pierce attack. 17. Fixed a bug that prevented the player from gaining access to a trinket for creating all possible bolt types. 18. Fixed inconsistencies with various trinkets' mechanics (torture mask, black stone ring, tarot cards). 19. Fixed a bug that made Anna's shop replace every other shop in the game except for the main one. 20. Fixed a lot (A LOT) of smaller bugs, glitches and localization issues. Added and changed 1. Lowered max possbile starting level for recruitable allies. 2. Added a more detailed explaination for Heat mechanic in the desert. 3. Increased Estoc's stats requirements, lowered damage. 4. Increased flail's stats requirements. 5. Increased the amount of items available for sale in Rennes (added more high level armor, shields and weapons). 6. Added medical treatise to the list of items that can help in Hadley quest. 7. Mortifying flesh and playing lute camp actions no longer require player to equip the necessary trinkets (they can work in inventory without being put on). 8. Playing dice will give the gambling bonus without necessarily being equipped (can work from inventory). 9. Lucky coin will give more gold for selling items without being equipped (can work from inventory). 10. Cross pendant and small golden cross now both offer protection from bleedings and poisonings if the player's virtue is high enough. 11. Tainted chalice's effect (prolonging poisonings) increased by 1 turn. 12. Poison dart's effect (increasing the damage of poisonings) increased by 1. 13. Added another resolution to the first Ruffin encounter in case of player's victory. What's next? in the coming weeks I will continue to work on various bugfixes and once most of the bugs are out of the way will announce the news regarding content updates. The things you can definitely look forward to first are dedicated endings for all the girls (allowing to marry not only Olivia and Emma but all the rest too) and big improvements to the squad mechanics. If you liked the game then please consider leaving a review on Steam - this really helps! HWR is a very unusual game and if you enjoy this type of content then please let it be known! We also have a Boosty page (a Patreon alternative) for those who are interested in supporting us directly. We have not been that active there lately but we'll begin posting again very soon. HWR's Discord: https://discord.gg/xndPrtZMeT Sincirely yours, 1917 Studios P.S. Here's a very nice waifu tier list by one of the players https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3047392740 Check it out if you want to find out which of the HWR's girls is the best one.

[ 2023-10-10 10:50:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone,

The release of Heads Will Roll: Reforged is booming: we are proud to hold the line on the Steam Popular & Trending tab, boasting an impressive 90% Positive Review Score! If you haven't already, now is the perfect time to grab your copy. We're offering a fantastic 15% discount on the game, exclusively on Steam.

PURCHASE NOW

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/ But that's not all! We have some exciting news that we can't wait to share with you:

Patch 1.03 is live!

• Fixed a bug that occurred if you sided with bandits against the knight in a random encounter and prevented the battle from ending.
• Fixed a bug that made some of the cambrai quests accessible from rennes.
• Fixed a bug that prevented vettori from crafting a crossbow string from belts.
• Fixed a bug that made various rennes quests to be available in the following chapters.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the player from receiving new weapons talent points after training sessions.
• Fixed some incorrect images of various poisons and faulty interactions with them.
• Fixed a bug with enemies spawning endlessly if the player has a torture mask equipped.
• Fixed some errors in russian and english localizations.
• Fixed some other various minor bugs and issues.

OST is live!

Now available on Steam: Original 11 soundtracks composed by super talented Mikhail Kazakov (KMS). Grab the Deluxe edition to get the OST and the Artbook.

Steam Trading Cards unlocked!

This is a big milestone for us, and we can't wait for you to dive into the world of collecting badges, cards, and other exciting goodies.

[ 2023-10-06 11:17:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! We're incredibly happy to announce that Heads Will Roll: Reforged has now officially been released. We have been working on the project for an unbelieveably long time and poured all of our heart and soul into it. The original HWR had a very unique vision behind it, a vision that for a variety of reasons we were not able to fully accomplish at the time. Reforged is everything that we envisioned the original HWR to be. Hopefully you will enjoy playing this game just as much as we've enjoyed making it. Sincerely yours, Nikita Rusakov and Christina Khalmuratova aka 1917 Studios Our Discord: https://discord.gg/V8WHnQSq2m Our Boosty: https://boosty.to/1917studios https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33756/Loyal_Veteran_Bundle/

[ 2023-10-04 17:08:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings Veterans, As you know, our main focus for Heads Will Roll Reforged is to create a game that is worthy of being a true reimagining of the original. While we're nearly there, we've come to realize that we need to spend more time on tweaks, changes and updates, as well as distance ourselves from the release of Baldur's Gate 3. To ensure that everyone has the best possible experience, we have decided to postpone the launch, so that all preparations can be made and a release can be planned across multiple platforms. A definitive release date for the game has been set - October 4, 2023. Featuring more than 40 hours of gameplay on each playthrough, and no two playthroughs ever the same, with new features and new characters, it will definitely be worth the wait! Thank you very much for your patience! It will certainly be worth the wait, and we are excited to present you with the finest version of the game we could produce very soon!

Feel free to join our Discord server and share your thoughts with us and other players!

[ 2023-08-17 20:43:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings medieval soldiers!

The Visual Novel Fest is around the corner! And it is our pleasure to announce that the HEADS WILL ROLL: REFORGED demo will once again be available during the event. Feel free to add the game to your wishlist after playing the demo, especially if you enjoyed it so you won't miss any updates. This demo is essentially Heads Will Roll: Downfall (which in turn is the prologue for the full version of the game - Heads Will Roll: Reforged) that you are most probably already are familiar with. It's available on Steam for free and you can add it to your library in order to permanently keep it, or leave a feedback review. On August 7th at 10am PT until August 14th, you can dive deep into the story of a young soldier who joins the war in order to escape "justice" for a crime he did not commit. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/

Ask The Dev

You are very welcome to join our Discord server to discuss the game in more depth.

Are you a big fan of visual novels?

Learn more about The Mildew Children. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420350/The_Mildew_Children/

[ 2023-08-07 11:50:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Join us at the Steam Next Fest Event as we're playing through the HEADS WILL ROLL: REFORGED Demo.

The Demo will be available from 6th to 13th of February! The Demo tells the story of an ordinary medieval soldier fighting in a war between England ans Scotland. Taking on his role, the player will begin the adventure as a peasant with no military experience and will have to work hard to survive as danger will be waiting around every corner. The story will face you with a lot of difficult choices that will test your moral principles and make you suffer the consequences of your actions.

Wishlist and Follow. The launch is just around the corner!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

Ask The Dev

You are very welcome to join our Discord server to discuss more about the game.

[ 2023-02-03 18:04:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, fellow adventurers! We are super excited to let you know that Heads Will Roll: Reforged is a part of the Steam Next Fest! The Demo will be available from 6th to 13th of February! Join us for the Broadcast and get ready to take on a role of a medieval soldier, make many difficult decisions and, if you're lucky, meet a beautiful lady. The Demo acts as a Heads Will Roll: Downfall (which is the prologue for the full version of the game Heads Will Roll: Reforged) If you've already played Downfall, this is a great opportunity to go through the adventure one more time with all fixes and changes that we've made. For thos who are new to the series: The Demo tells the story of an ordinary medieval soldier fighting in a war between England ans Scotland. Taking on his role, the player will begin the adventure as a peasant with no military experience and will have to work hard to survive as danger will be waiting around every corner. The story will face you with a lot of difficult choices that will test your moral principles and make you suffer the consequences of your actions. [previewyoutube=q1bpwhkTmpo;full][/previewyoutube] A brief feature overview: - Story-driven RPG with survival mechanics - A lot of non-linear quests with various outcomes - Over 100 authentic medieval weapons and armor pieces - Complex combat system - Crafting (Blacksmithing, Alchemy etc.) - Social interactions system (reputation, virtue, prestige)

Wishlist and Follow. The launch is just around the corner!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

Ask The Dev

You are very welcome to join our Discord server to discuss more about the game.

[ 2023-02-03 18:03:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello guys! I wanted to do a quick announcement in case some of you missed our latest news. Heads Will Roll: Downfall a free-to-play prologue for HWR: Reforged is already out and you can play it right now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/ At the moment we're working on a big patch for the game that is going to add a bunch of QoL features and also do a major balance shift. You can read more about the upcoming patch here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1903060/announcements/detail/3409813763404182281 And last but not least we wanted to announce that we're lauching a Boosty page (an equivalent of Patreon since Patreon doesn't work with Russian citizens) where anyone (from any country), who has a desire to do so, can offer us some financial support for a bunch of rewards. This is strictly voluntarily so please don't feel pressured to do so. But, if you want to show your appreciation or to support the ongoing development of HWR: Reforged you're welcome to do so. Here's the link: https://boosty.to/1917studios But, let me be maximum clear, HWR: Reforged will be properly finished and released no matter how successful or unsuccessful this Boosty campaign will turn out to be. That's it for today. Take care and, if you want some more HWR news, make sure to join our Discord. Cheers, 1917 Studios

[ 2022-10-27 03:25:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! The time has come! We are super excited to announce that Heads Will Roll: Downfall is now available on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/ The team has been working hard on the game, eagerly awaiting today's release! We want to share our sincere gratitude for supporting the game and being part of the community! We have poured our soul and heart into the game, and hope you will enjoy it! First of all, let's check out the launch trailer: [previewyoutube=q1bpwhkTmpo;full][/previewyoutube] Let's talk a bit about game content and our plans going forward. [Game Content] Even though it's only a prologue, the small part of the whole story, we wanted this to be something you could play over and over again. That is what we feel we have achieved, 100%. The game has three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Heads Will Roll. We recommend choosing "Heads Will Roll" difficulty for the most authentic experience. Think of it as "New Game Plus", each death will increase your in-game profile depending on how far you have progressed. As you progress through the levels, you gain more character generation points, which enables you to create stronger characters and try to survive again. Good luck! [Communication and QoL Improvements] After the game is released, we will continue to communicate with you to get feedback on the game and will continue to make improvements! All bugs will be fixed, balance issues will be investigated, and most importantly--we will evaluate all feedback on quality-of-life issues to make gradual improvements. So, please join our Discord to chat with us about the game.

Wishlist and Follow the Full Game!

This will greatly help us and provide invaluable support for the project on release! https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/Heads_Will_Roll_Reforged/

[ 2022-10-20 22:07:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, We are excited to announce that everything is on schedule and Heads Will Roll: Downfall is going to be released on October 20th, 2022. We've put a tremendous amount of effort into the game and hope that you will not be disappointed. We also are very much looking forward to receiving your comments and feedback.

MORE ABOUT DOWNFALL and THE RELEASE

Downfall acts as a Prologue for Heads Will Roll: Reforged and sheds light on the backstory of several important characters of the main game. It also will showcase the improved gameplay mechanics and new character artsyle. Downfall turned out to be a pretty much full-legth game and thus will be available for free up until the release of Heads Will Roll: Reforged in winter of 2023. After that it will be repackaged as a part of HWR: Reforged. So hurry up and grab it! For thos who are new to the series here's a brief feature overview of Heads Will Roll: Downfall: - Story-driven RPG with survival mechanics - A lot of non-linear quests with various outcomes - Over 100 authentic medieval weapons and armor pieces - Complex combat system - Crafting (Blacksmithing, Alchemy etc.) - Social interactions system (reputation, virtue, prestige) Don't miss the release! Still not added to your wishlist? Well, it's time to do it! This will greatly help us and provide invaluable support for the project on release! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/

Ask The Dev

You are very welcome to join our Discord server to discuss more about the game.

[ 2022-10-13 17:00:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello. In this blogpost we'd like to share some news about weapons and combat system of both HWR: Reforged and HWR: Downfall. In our opinion, the original Heads Will Roll both had a pretty respectable arsenal of weapons and did a decent job highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of different weapon types. In Reforged and Downfall we decided to expand the overall arsenal while, at the same time, increasing and preserving the uniqueness of each weapon. At this point in development there're 56 different melee weapons in the game including several ones that fall into completely new categories like 'curved swords' and 'throwing spears' that were not present in the original game. Both of these are an interesting addition mainly because they allow us to introduce new attacks and mechanics that, in turn, enable the player to create more unique playstyles. So, for example, curved swords have a new attack that increases the damage dealt to target by a portion of attacker's agility, but only if the blow lands clean (i.e. not fully or partially blocked by armor). What this means is that now there's a weapon, damage output of which scales with agility rather than only weapons skill or strength. Coupled with the addition of all kinds of new trinkets this allows for completely new playstyles that do not rely on brute force or heavy weapons for high damage output but rather on agility and precision. The introduction of throwing spears and javelins too aims at diversifying the approaches to combat that are available to the player. The 'Spear Throw' attack makes use of both agility (to hit the target) and strength (for damage modifier) for an absolutely devastating effect. Even at the start of the game, with a relatively weak character, this attack is capable of doing damage in the realm of high 20s and one-shotting shields. And since all throwing spears have at least one melee attack, your options with them are never limited to just throwing so you can hold your own in melee combat. Thus you can both throw your spear at the beginning of the battle and then instantly switch to the second weapon. Or wait until there's an opportune moment or a proper target and then throw it.
Another thing we did was buffing the one-handed longswords. In the original game they were widely considered to be one of the worst weapon types. And this, by itself, is not a very bad thing as, contrary to the popular belief, in the real medieval combat the longswords were never considered to be that amazing of a weapon. Depending on the situation, a poleaxe, a spear, a mace, a flail or an axe would pretty much always be a better option that a sword, while circumstances where a longsword would be better than any of the above were very rare. But, at the same time, longswords were indeed used very widely and were by all means an iconic weapon of that era. Thus, searching for a way to buff them in the game, we came up with an idea of another attack a fencing move. Dubbed 'Counter Strike' this attack increases the hit chance if the target has missed their previous attack or has a 'feinted' debuff applied to them. The idea should be pretty obvious: deceive your enemy with feints, make them miss make them pay. Obviously, this playstyle too can hugely benefit from a variety of new trinkets that can improve your feinting skills, dmage output, chance to inflict a bleeding or an injury or break enemy's armor.
On top of that a lot of weapons (both old and new) received unique attack effects: rusty swords and axes can inflict a small poisoning; messers, gross-messers and curved swords have a higher chance to inflict bleedings etc. And even that's not entirely it as there're actually two more new attacks - Helmbreaker (for Horseman's axe) and Coup de Grace (for several swords). But in the interest of time we'll leave them for another occasion. If you liked the news then rejoice as Downfall is just a couple of months away. And, hopefully, it will not disappoint you. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/

[ 2022-05-11 18:03:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello. As was promised, today I'm bringing you another blogpost with more information about new features that will be introduced in Reforged and Downfall. This time we will discuss armor. First of all, let's talk numbers. The overall amount of available armor items has been increased dramatically. At this point the work-in-progress build of the game has 21 body armors, 21 helmets, 20 gorgets\bracers\greaves and several helmet attachments. This is a considerable improvement over the original game and this number is very likely to increase even more as the work is not yet done. Having this many types of defensive equipment will allow the player to deeply customize his character's loadout in order to suit the chosen playstyle or address any particular issue.

New slots

This is also helped by the fact that there will be 3 new equipment slots for gorgets (neck armor), bracers and greaves (limbs armor). Thus, even at the earlier stages of the game, the player can obtain a very respectable level of protection. But most of the armor, obviously, comes with various debuffs so it will always be a trade-off between better protection or better combat stats.

Prestige

New equipment slots and new armor pieces are also going to have more significance due to the introduction of the Prestige mechanic. The better equipment you've got on - the higher is your Prestige. This, in turn, means better chance to impress people and command their respect. So, if you find yourself doing some diplomatic mission or seeking to make an impression on a noble lady it may be wise to put aside your trusty but worn chainmail and suit up with something fancier (even if you're not intending to use it on a battlefield).

Combat mechanics

When it comes to combat mechanics there's news too. Limbs armor is now a fully separate value; all armor items can now receive separate damage to diffetent armor zones (so, for example, a body armor with limbs protection after absorbing blows to the limbs can lose several points of 'limbs armor' value while 'torso armor' value will remain as it was). The same applies to allies and enemies whose equipment too can take damage to a particular zone.

Manual armor repair

During repair the item can lose some stats as well. For example, armor, cover and prestige values will lower when the player attempts to manually repair the item while not being that skilled at craftsmanship. Obviously, the more you level the skill - the fewer stat losses your items will take. Same thing will happen if the player does cheap partial repair through blacksmith. Full repair, on the other hand, might cost a lot higher but will return your item back with pristine stats.

Armor crafting

And now for the most interesting part armor crafting and custom armor. Yes, both Downfall and Reforged will have armor crafting: player will be able to combine different armor items in order to get an item with higher stats. Unlike consumable crafting system, armor crafting WILL NOT be giving you a predetermined item with a prethough list of parameters but rather will produce you a completely new item with dynamic stats. This means that combining two damaged or two pristine items will not give you the same result. The outcome will also be influenced by your craftsmanship skill. The higher it is the more bonuses the item will receive (i.e. more armor, more cover, higher sell price, more prestige, fewer debuffs etc.).
Same goes for the head armor items. Some of helmets too will be able to be combined with each other (bascinet + mail coif, for example) or will take on attachments, like visor or face protection chops.
The player won't, of course, be able to combine ANY items heavy armor (plate mails, full helmets etc.) is not going to be usable in crafting. The crafting system will remain more reasonable and revolve around combining things like a padded jacket and a chainmail or a chainmail and a cuirass or a demi-cuirass and a plackart etc. So these are the main points when it comes to the new armor system. It took a lot of work to implement and I really hope that it will be a lot of fun for you to use. In the next blogposts I'm going to do similar overviews for weapons, trinkets, ally-related mechanics and other stuff so stay tuned for more news. Cheers, 1917 Studios https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903060/Heads_Will_Roll_Downfall/

[ 2022-04-07 13:54:45 CET ] [ Original post ]