Hi everyone, 2024 was a transformative year for the studio, as we finally achieved relative stability and adequate resources to expand the scope of our projects and develop them at a healthy pace. Thank you for supporting us through this journey and the growing pains. I'd like to share my thoughts about our releases in 2024, as well as games the studio contributed to, and plans for 2025.

Dragon Ruins

As a long-time fan of David Allen's work (Mordor, Demise), I was surprised that no one created a successor to his games, so I decided to do it myself. Dragon Ruins started as a jam game to test the core gameplay and then reworked into an enhanced commercial version to test the waters. It became a hit for us and showed we weren't alone in wanting another game like this. We released a follow-up in January 2025, which also sold very well. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929540/Dragon_Ruins/

Ringlorn Saga Gaiden

The original game shipped with a bonus mode called "The Tower of Rebirth" where you possessed enemies to reach the top floor. Ringlorn Saga Gaiden was created to develop this mode into a standalone open-world experience and work as a quick spin-off to keep fans busy until Ringlorn Saga: Book Two arrives. The idea took a few failed attempts, cuts, and shifts in design to make it work. Sadly, slower sales and prolonged development mean it's unlikely to break even anytime soon, but Book Two will still happen at some point in the future. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2262980/Ringlorn_Saga_Gaiden/

SKALD: Against the Black Priory

SKALD was developed by High North Studios and published by Raw Fury. I worked on it as a composer from 2019 until I finished my work in 2023. The game finally came out in 2024 and garnered a positive reception. Personally, I was surprised by how often the music was praised in reviews. Some of the later work was composed while dealing with blackouts, and I'd like to extend my thanks to the Kim family for providing me with a place to unwind, recharge my devices, and guzzle unhealthy amounts of kimchi jjigae. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069160/SKALD_Against_the_Black_Priory/

Hazy Mind

I contributed some music to Hazy Mind in late 2023. To be honest, I'm yet to play the final version of the game, but the beta I played to get the feel for it had an amazing style. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2380340/Hazy_Mind/

2025 and Future Plans

We've released Dragon Ruins II in January. Since the original sold much better than initially anticipated, we had a decent budget to work with and enough time to research and develop features that we wanted to incorporate in the sequel. It sold much better than expected, and we're currently working on a standalone expansion to provide more stories for tired DRPG fans. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3293490/Dragon_Ruins_II/ Hanako's Flower Shop (by FantaJI) is coming out on April 25. I assisted with the QA, including checking the game on Steam Deck and checking the release candidate for errors. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529640/Hanakos_Flower_Shop/ Apart from that, we are working on a big update for Demon Lord Reincarnation. Its commercial success took us by surprise, but internally, we were unsatisfied with the way it turned out, and player reviews reflect that. Since then, we've been quietly reworking the game from scratch, fixing elements that didn't work, and incorporating content and features that were cut to meet the deadline.
There's no ETA yet, but it's progressing at a steady pace. Once the update ships, the original version will be available on a beta branch.

Console Releases

You might've heard this before, but we are no longer working with Xitilon and are in talks with a new console publisher to handle our games. This means there's no ETA for future console releases until the deal is signed. Again, thank you for your support. --Romanus Surt of Graverobber Foundation

[ 2025-04-09 03:22:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed VSync being disabled due to a mistake in the last update.
• Added Ukrainian localization.

[ 2024-07-09 09:17:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, As of today, the game should support cloud saves and allow cross-platform save syncing. Thank you for supporting us, --RS

[ 2024-05-08 10:47:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed minor issues.
• Improved performance.

[ 2024-03-19 04:49:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Rebalanced skill progression speed and bonuses.
• Fixed Leinad's name reverting to English after dying.
• Fixed a typo in the debuff text.
• Fixed the wrong message appearing when the character is hit by a curse.
• Fixed critical issues related to traps and status effects.
• Fixed rewards from the treasure chest still appearing after running away from monsters hiding inside the chest.
• Fixed skill experience not being assigned to recruitable characters outside of the camp.
• Adjusted elemental damage bonuses.
• Adjusted enemy character creation logic during the second half of the game.
• Adjusted encounter chance while resting.
• Adjusted encounter scaling logic.
• Slightly adjusted the logic behind enemy waves.
• Nerfed sleep powder. No rest for the wicked!

Thank you for your support.

[ 2024-02-28 07:27:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've released a small Supporter Pack today. This is a collection of goodies for superfans who wish to go the extra mile to support the developers.

CONTENTS

• An updated version of the Dungeon Crawler Jam 2023 entry
• Dungeon maps in PNG and Grid Cartographer formats
• 3 rejected music tracks
• Wallpaper

Please note that the updated Jam Version is only available in English and there are no plans to localize it to other languages. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2691590/Demon_Lord_Reincarnation_Supporter_Pack/

[ 2023-11-14 19:48:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added in-game manual. It can be accessed by pressing F1 or the top face button on the gamepad while exploring the dungeon.
• Fixed minor rendering issues on Steam Deck.

[ 2023-10-11 21:12:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed freeze caused by the Blunt Arrow () skill while playing in Japanese.
• Minor text adjustments.

Special thanks to Toho-san for reporting the freezing issue.

[ 2023-09-09 18:42:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a few typos.
• Updated the manual to fix a garbled sentence.

[ 2023-09-04 09:39:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed crash that occurred whenever a character tried to use a basic dagger attack.
• Fixed instances where untranslated text was being displayed.

Special thanks to Masa Kei for reporting these issues!

[ 2023-09-03 18:51:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, We are glad to announce that Demon Lord Reincarnation is finally available in Japanese! In addition, due to support an interest from Japanese players, the localization costs were recouped before the localization was ready. This means we'll look into localizing our future games into Japanese in the future. We want to thank Izumi Thorn for this work on the localization and for delivering it much faster than we predicted. Please, enjoy the game, and don't hesitate to share your thoughts with us. Message from the translator: Hi, my name is Izumi Thorn and I had the privilege of translating Demon Lord Reincarnation. Ive never translated praise for myself so please forgive the awkwardness. The reason the localization went smoothly is due to Romanuss strong desire for Japanese gamers to play his game. It would have taken longer if he had not responded to all of my silly questions and requests. I personally love this games vibe and had a lot of fun translating it. I hope you all enjoy the game as much as I did! Thank you for your support, Graverobber Foundation Team

[ 2023-09-03 15:53:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed missing description for the 'Head Chop' skill.

[ 2023-07-31 23:59:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed missing skill description for the 'Big Slam' skill.

[ 2023-07-31 12:34:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added skill descriptions in combat.
• Fixed certain cases where cursor memory caused annoyance to players.
• Adjusted flags and status ailment probabilities for certain skills.

[ 2023-07-30 22:36:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Added an RTFM notice to the splash screens.

[ 2023-07-27 12:58:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, adventurers! Demon Lord Reincarnation Soundtrack is available. Apologies for the delay -- unlike our prior releases, it wasn't ready in time for the release date. Enjoy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2454660/Demon_Lord_Reincarnation_Soundtrack/

[ 2023-07-26 00:26:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed a minor text issue caused by the maintenance update. I'm off to celebrate my birthday, so I implore you to have fun as well. Thank you for your continued support.

[ 2023-07-25 22:20:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed an issue that would prevent the game from correctly resetting its state after the final boss battle.

[ 2023-07-25 13:58:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed text overflow issues related to the "Cross Slash" skill.

[ 2023-07-25 08:05:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added an option to wipe the save data in the game settings.
• Added an option to add new names to the game. You can find the instructions at the end of this post.
• Fixed the scripting oversight that let you join the guards in the second half of the game.
• Fixed minor navigation issues in the main menu.
• Maintenance work to make the game localization-friendly.

ADDING NEW NAMES

In order to add new names: 1. Go to the "(game folder)/Demon Lord Reincarnation_Data/" 2. Create a folder and call it "StreamingAssets". 3. Create "names_male.txt" or "names_female.txt" files. 4. Add new names to these files. Don't forget to save them! Each name must be placed on a new line, and names longer than 12 characters (or 8 in the upcoming Japanese version) will be ignored.

[ 2023-07-24 18:13:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, adventurers! One of our testers tried to run the game on Windows 7 and reported that it works flawlessly, so the system requirements have been updated to reflect this. We'd like to take a moment to thank you for playing Demon Lord Reincarnation. Somehow you've managed to turn this small and experimental project into our most-successful launch to date, and the game recouped its development and localization costs in only a couple of days. We're also grateful for Steam reviews, as even the most negative reviews align well with what we want to do next, so stay tuned for further announcements in the future. At this rate, a bigger and better sequel might not be out of the question! Cheers, Graverobber Foundation Team

[ 2023-07-22 14:20:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, adventurers! The Demon Lord has awakened sooner than initially expected, which means you can try to join the ranks of Legendary Heroes today! Don't forget to read the manual! We've also started work on the Japanese localization and expect to release it around October. Have fun! Graverobber Foundation Team

[ 2023-07-19 13:54:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, Adventurers! Thank you for submitting your favorite character names to us. We've received over 60 comments with over 100 submissions, which helped us greatly expand the variety of character names available in the game. With our own addition and your submissions, the total number of available names went from 319 to 531! While quite a few names were filtered since they didn't feel fitting for the game world, we are considering an option to allow players to add their favorite names to the game via a simple modding solution, if there's demand for an option like this. Thank you for your submissions and interest in the game! -- Graverobber Foundation Team

[ 2023-07-10 23:39:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Attention, o brave adventurers! The Demon Lord is about to awaken again. The wise men have received a vision of the exact date of his rebirth: July 20th, 2023! Pray forgive me for such a hasty declaration, but there's no time to waste. Wishlist... ahem, enlist today to join us in a decisive battle for the future of humankind! Brave adventurers who claim the Demon Lord's head will receive the title of Legendary Heroes and have all their past crimes pardoned. Radu III, The King of Isigwere

[ 2023-07-06 23:32:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, adventurers! At this point, the character generator has 319 names, and while we're adding new names to the pool, we've decided to give you a chance to add your favorite character names. Please submit it in the following format in the comments below:

• Name: ASCII character set, up to 10 characters
• Sex: Male/Female/Unisex

You can submit as many names as you want. We'll hand-pick the most suitable submissions after June 30th, 8:00 PM EEST. Thank you for your interest in Demon Lord Reincarnation!

[ 2023-06-08 18:50:56 CET ] [ Original post ]