Play the updated Upheaval demo now!
In this update, you can play Upheaval's brand-new opening sequence, track your meta-progress, make use of an improved map, and enjoy an expanded tutorial.
Highlights from this update
Brand-new beginning to the game! Receive a mysterious letter, choose a starting item, and learn more about the town, yourself, and your surroundings.

New map features! Labels for regions, labels for people (Magic Map only), and an optional node map overlay for players who want to know precise locations.

Track meta-progress across all your adventures. Unlock the Magician's Diary and review records of your adventures after your first completed run.

Expanded tutorial from the tavernkeeper that optionally teaches some of the finer mechanics of the game.
Community Suggestions
These next additions came from the Steam Community discussions. Thanks so much to Phobie for suggesting or workshopping all of these!
- Magician's Diary and Records: Keep track of your meta-progress over the course of your adventures.
- Added indicators so you can tell which options are affected by randomness (graphical version: , command line version: success/failure is random).
- Added tooltip to Search this area that shows how many times you searched it before you click search.
- Graphical version: Added tooltip that shows which option leads back to the place you just came from.
- Graphical version: Added labels to the map (can be disabled in Settings, on by default).
- Graphical version: Added node map overlay to the map (can be enabled in Settings, off by default).
Read the full changelog on
itch.io.
Demo Available
If you want to try out these changes, play the demo on Steam right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253300/Upheaval/
[ 2023-12-04 18:38:32 CET ] [ Original post ]