Changes:

• Added Traditional Chinese & Korean as language options.
• The game has been updated to a newer version of Unity.
• The games credits have been updated.
• Added some data to the console ports in the backend.

A cozy management game about dying

Existing players receive Eldritch Edition as a free update today!

• Local co-op: Its dangerous to go alone, especially through Sundereds ever-changing caverns. So weve added local co-op multiplayer support for up to 4 players!
• New areas and quest chain: Weve added several unique new areas throughout the existing map. Complete a quest chain of special challenges in the new areas to unlock rewards and the path to a brand new boss!

It's beginning to look a lot like Eldritch!

What is Sundered: Eldritch Edition?

Hey everyone, The fine folks at Failbetter Games (creators of TLG favorite, the richly textured seafaring survival exploration game Sunless Sea) have kicked off #LoveIndies Week, an event with the goal of celebrating indie games and their communities, while also highlighting how reviews can be a massive help to developers! Such a lovely initiative on their part! In the spirit of the celebration, we’d like to officially re-iterate what we don’t mention nearly enough: the Thunder Lotus community is our family. Your trust and support is at the root of our work, and we never take it for granted. Thank you for supporting Thunder Lotus Games – we wouldn’t be able to do what we love without you! As part of #LoveIndies Week, we’d like to offer you our Jotun Digital Art Book for FREE, no strings attached! We hope you’ll enjoy this deep dive into the art of our debut game. Thanks again for being part of the Thunder Lotus Family! –> Download your free copy of the Jotun Digital Art Book Here

Please show your love during #LoveIndies Week!

Featuring Fabulously Furious Final Flourishes!

• Added a set of new combat moves we call Finishers. Once a certain number of melee attacks have been landed in a short time frame, a powerful Finisher attack is ready to be unleashed! Finishers are available from the start of the game
• Huge balance pass to make the game smoother and reduce moments where grind feels necessary: Reworked and improved early game pacing; Increased shard drops in the early game.
• Expanded the skill tree with new nodes and rebalanced some stat multipliers and perks.
• Defeated bosses can be fought again for reduced rewards.
• Added player markers to help locate the player in crowded or zoomed out locations (can be toggled in the options).
• Tweaked minimap legend so each icon is more easily recognizable.
• Modified tip system so as to not spoil content that is not yet accessible to the player.
• Reduced loading times and stabilized frame rate (hurray!).
• Other minor bug fixes.

ICYMI: The "Not-A-Metroidvania" Bundle!

Hey everyone, We’ve partnered with some of our favorite developers to launch the “Not-A-Metroidvania” Bundle , available NOW! It contains four of the best games in the [spoiler]genre-that-shall-not-be-named[/spoiler]: Dead Cells by Motion Twin, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition by DrinkBox Studios, Salt and Sanctuary by Ska Studios, and Sundered by Thunder Lotus Games… hey, that’s US! For those unfamiliar with how bundles work on Steam, Steam doesn’t force you to re-buy the games you already have. Customers that purchase the Bundle will pay for, and receive, just the titles that they don’t already have in their Steam library, and a 20% discount will be applied to the total. In other words, this Bundle rewards your exquisite taste in games by letting you “complete your collection” and get a nice bonus discount on titles you were always tempted to get, but never got around to it. That’s right, I did say bonus discount – because from now until this Friday, June 8th, each one of the titles in the Bundle are already discounted for Midweek Madness. Dead Cells will feature an additional 33% discount, while Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Salt and Sanctuary, and Sundered will be discounted by an additional 40%. Again, the 20% Bundle discount gets applied on top of those discounts, which sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me! Check out the “Not-A-Metroidvania” Bundle HERE . Have a great week, y’all! – Rodrigue and the Thunder Lotus Team

Hey everyone, We’ve partnered with some of our favorite developers to launch the “Not-A-Metroidvania” Bundle , available NOW! It contains four of the best games in the [spoiler]genre-that-shall-not-be-named[/spoiler]: Dead Cells by Motion Twin, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition by DrinkBox Studios, Salt and Sanctuary by Ska Studios, and Sundered by Thunder Lotus Games… hey, that’s US! For those unfamiliar with how bundles work on Steam, Steam doesn’t force you to re-buy the games you already have. Customers that purchase the Bundle will pay for, and receive, just the titles that they don’t already have in their Steam library, and a 20% discount will be applied to the total. In other words, this Bundle rewards your exquisite taste in games by letting you “complete your collection” and get a nice bonus discount on titles you were always tempted to get, but never got around to it. That’s right, I did say bonus discount – because from now until this Friday, June 8th, each one of the titles in the Bundle are already discounted for Midweek Madness. Dead Cells will feature an additional 33% discount, while Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Salt and Sanctuary, and Sundered will be discounted by an additional 40%. Again, the 20% Bundle discount gets applied on top of those discounts, which sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me! Check out the “Not-A-Metroidvania” Bundle HERE . Have a great week, y’all! – Rodrigue and the Thunder Lotus Team

Take it outside!

Jotun Thunders onto Nintendo Switch in Two Weeks!

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Happy Holidays from Thunder Lotus!

Our Year In Pictures

Much love from all of us here!

Happy Holidays from Thunder Lotus!

Our Year In Pictures

Much love from all of us here!

Sundered has been unleashed.

Sundered has been unleashed.

Vikings, We're extremely happy to announce Jotun's free weekend! Download Jotun: Valhalla Edition this weekend and keep it forever. This is to celebrate the launch of our new game, Sundered, coming to Steam on July 28th! Watch Sundered's release trailer here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/535480/Sundered/ Impress the Gods!

Vikings, We're extremely happy to announce Jotun's free weekend! Download Jotun: Valhalla Edition this weekend and keep it forever. This is to celebrate the launch of our new game, Sundered, coming to Steam on July 28th! Watch Sundered's release trailer here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/535480/Sundered/ Impress the Gods!

Add Jotun: Valhalla Edition to your account for FREE!* Once you add the game it will remain in your account permanently, so don't miss out on this opportunity to play a great game!

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology.In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

*Free period ends July 17th at 10am Pacific.

Today's Deal: Save 66% on Jotun: Valhalla Edition!*

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

Sundered Is On Kickstarter!

Sundered Will Be Out This Summer!

Sundered Is On Kickstarter!

Sundered Will Be Out This Summer!

Hail Vikings, If you get a small patch download on Jotun, it's because we added Simplified Chinese to the game! Enjoy, Will and the Thunder Lotus Team

Hello Vikings! We are super excited to bring you Thunder Lotus' sophomore game, Sundered! Link to Sundered's Steam Page Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity. You play Eshe, a wanderer trapped in ever-changing caverns teeming with eldritch horrors.
Building on ​Jotun’s success, we took what worked from the game (the art style, big boss fights and immersion) and fused it with infinite replayability and the non­linear action-­packed gameplay of the metroidvania genre.
We hope you'll enjoy the game and can't wait to tell you more! As always, poke us in the comments and we'll be more than happy to answer any of your questions!
Resists or Embrace. - Will and the Thunder Lotus Team

Today's Deal: Save 50% on Jotun!*

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time

The wait for Valhalla is over! Valhalla Edition is available now as a free update for existing owners of the game. Valhalla Edition includes Valhalla Mode, a boss-rush mode with even harder versions of the jotun. The PS4, Xbox One and Wii U versions went live today as well. Impress the Gods!

Hail Vikings, We are extremely happy to announce that Jotun: Valhalla Edition is coming to Steam (Windows/Mac/Linux) as a free download on September 9th! Valhalla Edition contains Valhalla Mode, an epic boss rush mode with even fiercer versions of the already challenging jotun. Valhalla Edition is also coming to PS4 and Xbox One on September 9th and Wii U on September 8th. We're super excited to bring this extra game mode to you guys as a free download. Valhalla Mode stemmed from our NG+ Kickstarter stretch goal from way back in 2014. This is the epic conclusion (for now!) of Jotun's development. Impress the Gods! - Will and the Thunder Lotus Team

Come celebrate the summer with the coolest game around! Enjoy Jotun at 50% off. Impress the Gods!

To celebrate the arrival of Spring, we're 50% off! Stay tuned for Jotun: Valhalla Edition this summer (it will be a free DLC for all current owners). Impress the Gods!

Save 50% on Jotun during this week's Midweek Madness*!

*Offer ends Friday at 10 AM Pacific Time

The official patch has been live since yesterday, so here are the full patch notes.

PATCH NOTES

• Added a Restart button during boss fights to reset an encounter.
• Increased Thora's move speed while outside boss arenas. Speed during battles was left unchanged as to not affect the fights' difficulty.
• Optimized assets in order to reduce install size and memory usage. This might result in a larger that usual download size for a patch.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash [spoiler]during the Odin encounter[/spoiler] on lower end systems and on Linux.
• Added support for a wider array of controllers.
• Fixed some objects that were not linked to any sound slider and that thus played at maximum volume.

The patch is live! If you want to download it, just type jotunredgreen in the beta tab of Jotun's properties on steam. This will unlock access to a Jotun Beta build with the latest patch.

PATCH NOTES

• Added a Restart button during boss fights to reset an encounter.
• Increased Thora's move speed while outside boss arenas. Speed during battles was left unchanged as to not affect the fights' difficulty.
• Optimized assets in order to reduce install size and memory usage. This might result in a larger that usual download size for a patch.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash [spoiler]during the Odin encounter[/spoiler] on lower end systems and on Linux.
• Added support for a wider array of controllers.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Missing non-english translation for the restart button. The button still works while accessed using the keyboard or a gamepad

Save 40% on Jotun during this week's Midweek Madness*!

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology.

Explore vast regions of Norse Purgatory to find runes to unleash the jotun, giant Norse elementals. Fight them using only your massive two-handed axe, the blessings of the Gods and your skills!

Impress the Gods!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

Dear friends, We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Health and happiness to you and your loved ones. Happy gaming, Will and the Thunder Lotus Team

Steam integration

• Added trading cards.
• Added achievements. Completion achievements are retroactive, boss achievements aren't.
• Added cloud save support.

Gameplay

• Reduced damage sources in The Crater.
• Added an extra Mimir's well in The Crater.
• Made path to godshrine more obvious in The Crater.
• Made fire jotun hitboxes more forgiving.

Performance

• Reduced memory usage in the final fight (should prevent crash happening there).
• Added higher resolution textures vines and nature jotun frames.
• Tons of minor bug fixes and optimizations.

Hail! Now that a lot of you have played the game, we'd love to get your detailed feedback about it. This survey will help us determine what we need to focus on to make the game better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S2MVTYR Your feedback is extremely valuable to us. Since Alpha, we've been listening to you and improving the game. We really appreciate your time! Thank you! Will and the Thunder Lotus Team

Hail, Vikings! These past two weeks have been a crazy roller-coaster ride. Jotun had a great reception at launch, getting an 8/10 from IGN and a 93% positive Steam user-score! We can't thank you enough for your support! I've always liked watching making of's after finishing a movie, so I hope that if you've played the game you'll enjoy watching Jotun's making of's. Here is a youtube playlist of all six episodes! Impress the Gods!

Hail, Vikings! To defeat the five jotuns and enter Valhalla, Thora will need your help! Behold Jotun's release trailer and Impress the Gods on September 29th! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB37tkDDNJA

Hail, Explorers! We guided you through the dark abyss of Nidavellir, the Cave region. Now our trip takes a dramatic change of direction, as we ascend the highest of heights of Ginnungagap. The Storm Region is found atop Yggdrasil in The Northern Sky, home of the Sun, the Moon and the stars. Yggdrasil is the world-tree that connects the nine Worlds. Only a few living beings are able to climb to its very top. Precious rewards and breathtaking views await those who manage to reach Yggdrasil’s crown. A shrine to the goddess Frigg and one of Ithunn’s precious apples are hidden among the boughs. However, a great danger lurks in the branches. Vethrfolnir, the hawk and his companion, the Unnamed Eagle, inhabit the top of Yggdrasil and fiercely hunt any living being that reaches the top of the World Tree. Yggdrasil is also the home of Ratatoskr, the Messenger, that spends his life carrying messages between the Unnamed Eagle and Nidhogg, the dragon that lives in the roots of the Tree (who we saw before, in the Cave Region). Even higher than the highest leaves of Yggdrasil, is the bright and infinite Northern Sky. Where the Sun and the Moon dance, you contemplate the Infinite. Let the stars guide your way as you walk through the Northern Lights. Decode the constellations to discover secrets. The brightest light in the Northern Sky is also its greatest danger. Made of thunder, clouds and pure chaos, she is both mesmerizing and dangerous. Hagalaz controls light and electricity. A being of pure energy, she gets more powerful as she gets enraged. At her maximum power, she concentrates so much energy that her body duplicates, creating a clone that is as majestic, powerful and insane as herself. Above all living beings, Hagalaz reigns among the stars. Thora will need to climb to the highest peaks to ride the lightning. Defeat the Storm Jotun to impress the Gods! Bruno and the Jotun Team

Hail, Explorers! We showed you the beautiful and deadly Winter region. Now, we dive into the abyss. The darkest and deepest region of Norse Purgatory, the Cave region, Nidavellir. Nidavellir is a world covered with mountains and almost no life above the surface. But within its cave systems, the world is rich and alive. It is populated by the proud dwarves, a race of miners, blacksmiths and warriors that turn rough stone into bridges, houses and fortresses. In their forges, they make the most opulent jewellery and the best weapons in the 9 worlds. Brokkr, a dwarven king who founded this rich city in the deep, created Mjolnir, Thor’s mighty hammer, in his forge. The dwarves, tirelessly mining, forging and digging, greedily protect their treasures from intruders. Diving even deeper down the abyss, we reach Yggdrasil’s Roots, the lowest place in the universe. This maze of roots and waterfalls hides precious treasures, but also danger. Filled with earthquakes and erosion, it casts deadly stones on those who dare explore the depths. Going even deeper into the maze, we can see Nidhogg, the dragon, imprisoned in the well of Hvergelmir by Odin himself. Nidhogg gnaws Yggdrasil’s roots with anger and bitterness, waiting for his revenge. Further off in Nidavellir’s caves, Fé awaits. Sitting on her throne of stone, she is both adored and feared by her dwarven servants. Fé, the most precious stone in the dark depths, sleeps. Made of pure stone, gigantic rubies for eyes, nails and hair of pure gold, Fé is the shortest, but the heaviest of all Jotun. Her shield is so heavy that it creates earthquakes and annihilates everything in its way. Not only must Thora defeat her, she must also endure earthquakes and waves upon waves of fierce dwarven warriors!

As we approach the moment you will help Thora brave the dangers of Norse Purgatory, we want to give you a detailed overview of the different regions in Jotun. Say a prayer to the Viking Gods and hope you are worthy enough to impress them. Valhalla awaits! The Winter region, Niflheim, is the biggest and loneliest region of Norse Purgatory. A frozen wasteland with the lowest temperatures in the nine worlds, Niflheim offers beautiful but deadly landscapes. Once inhabited by mysterious mist-folk, Niflheim holds long-forgotten secrets that reward the few brave souls who dare defy the terrifying blizzards. These storms constantly crush the lands and are capable of turning even the fiercest warriors into ice cubes within seconds. Although it would seem no life could survive this icy desert, an ancient horror lurks beneath the frozen waters, devouring everything with an endless hunger… Jörmungandr, the serpent that will devour the world, was once cast into the sea by Odin, Allfather. On the top of a colossal mountain, it grows. Preparing for the Ragnarök, its destiny is to face and kill Thor during the Twilight of the Gods. In this solitary wasteland, another monstrous being awaits: Isa, the mighty Winter jotun, a being so powerful even the harshest weather kneels before him. Strongest of all jotun, Isa sleeps atop the highest peaks of Niflheim. Isa is a one hundred foot colossus, made of pure ice and rage. His powerful breath summons blizzards and his fists smash the ground with the weight of a thousand icebergs. Even Niflheim’s weather reacts to Isa’s mood. As he gets angrier, the temperature drops and the snowstorms thicken, transforming the Winter region into a truly hellish battleground. It takes burning courage to conquer the cold. Defeat Isa, the Winter Jotun, and impress the Gods! - Bruno and the Jotun Team Level Descriptions Jörmungandr’s Lake Jörmungandr, the serpent who will devour the world, lives in this dangerous frozen expanse, located on the top of a mountain. The serpent’s legendary adversary, Thor, has a shrine that guards the vile serpent. The Nine Rivers Face Niflheim’s unforgiving blizzards, while exploring the island maze to find the Isa rune, precious treasures and an ancient shrine to the goddess Freyja.

Vikings! The all glorious Jotun Steam page is now live. We'll be updating it over the next few weeks with new videos, screenshots and other goodies :) Be sure to favorite and follow the game! Impress the Gods!

Hello Jotunites! We are super happy to announce that Jotun's private beta is now live! Watch the Beta Trailer! For those of you who don't have beta access, we'll be raffling off beta codes all week through our mailing list. Join Jotun's mailing list for a chance to win beta access! I want Beta access! We're so glad to share this new build with you and hope you enjoy it. Make sure to give us your feedback! See you in purgatory, Will and the Jotun team

Ladies and gentlemen, We are very proud to announce that Jotun’s Alpha is now live! Please watch, enjoy and share the new alpha trailer (headphones highly recommended): Jotun Alpha Trailer - Conquer the Cold!

Our monthly update is live: https://www.kickstarter.com/proje…/682108903/…/posts/1178985 New fans, new teammates, new videos and some press. Alpha is coming!

This week's dev blog: Our USA Roadshow comes to an end! http://blog.jotungame.com/post/114072475184/our-usa-roadshow-comes-to-an-end

Our weekly dev blog is up: Jotun Q&A. If you have any questions about the game, ask away! http://blog.jotungame.com/…/1120…/frequently-asked-questions

Features

• Experience beautiful hand-drawn animation
  
• Fight five epic jotuns, giant Norse elementals
  
• Explore nine vast and mysterious levels filled with Viking mythology
  
• Learn about Thora's life and death in an overarching story
  
• Summon powers bestowed upon you by the Viking Gods
  
• Hear authentic Icelandic voice-overs
  
• Listen to an amazing original soundtrack, specifically composed for every gameplay moment by Max LL

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• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: DirectX 10-compatible graphics card with at least 256MB of video memory
• Storage: 8 GB available space