Last week we released the controller support, and said that would be the last update for 2024. Turns out that was incorrect. Listening to the new buttons, especially when changing preparation selections, is so fun that we must get this update to you right away. Change list: Buttons make noise. That's it. Stay Hydrated and festive!

[ 2024-12-17 00:30:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone! Finally, controller players are now able to enjoy Azoove. This change was important to us in particular as it enables people to choose the device most comfortable for them - adaptive controllers in particular.

Change list

Full Controller Support

- Press left trigger to see all tooltips (new players will be told this in the tutorial) - You won't believe how many tiny issues were dealt with to get this working :D

UI changes

- Winning sequence improved - Button graphics polished, updated for consistency - You can now use the digital keyboard to use the text input in order to join a match by ID on Steam Decks - The interactions between the [esc/cancel] action and various UI states has been improved for better intuitive interactions

bug fixes

- Fixed Spite 3 and 4 being swapped. - After Sharing, the skip button will change to indicate you are waiting on your ally. - Fixed sorting issues causing occasional Opportunity tooltips to be hiding behind the player portrait._ - Fixed some pop-ups from interfering with some other elements in certain resolutions

What's next

Hopefully the Steam Deck certification goes smoothly. Next we will be working on a new gameplay feature to offer more exciting ways to get lost in the desert. This is the last update for 2024. See you next year!

And as always, Stay Hydrated!

[ 2024-12-13 17:26:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone! Back after a short break with a bunch of changes, improving the Azoove experience one step at a time!

Change list

Action Cards renamed to Energy Cards

Hero Barks

- Heroes speak when being targeted, such as healing, inspiration and bless. - Day transition tips changed to be from the perspective of heroes.

UI changes

- Shared Opportunity shows next to target ally! - Misfortune now represent their difficulty by the icons on the top left of the card. - Confirmation dialogs improved for readability, added new one for wasteful assist. - Camp action particles animations improved. - Spite effect list improved. - better animation for sharing and selecting opportunities. - Tooltips updated for clarity.

Balance changes

- Mesa Mishap: changed to be an Injury choice, and moved to hard difficulty from normal. - Nourishing Dish: Increased cost from 23 to 24. Heal amount increased from 1 to 2. - Found Forage: Decreased cost from 23 to 22. - Safe Sands: Increased cost from 18 to 26, Orientation gained increased from 1 to 2.

bug fixes

- skip button now disabled on start of game. - spamming spacebar no longer able to skip sharing. - Fixed AI disregarding assists. - Fixed cards showing wrong deck origins for cards shared with non-hosts while resolving actions.

Discord

Discord rich presence is now showing when you play Azoove!

What's next

We're working on Controller support. While most players play with a mouse + keyboard, accessibility is important to us so we are making sure every controller can be mapped to play Azoove.

And as always, Stay Hydrated!

[ 2024-10-24 21:07:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello adventurers! This is a quick update about upcoming changes to Azoove

Price adjustment

As mentioned in the Early access section, we have decided to adjust the price up to 15usd or equivalent in other currencies. This is to represent the major effort our artists and writers have out into the game, as well as reward early supporters like most of you reading this.

Upcoming features

The October update will be mostly polish and minor features. It will not change gameplay significantly. The November update will hopefully add additional replay value and other quality of life features.

Single player

What game makes single player after multiplayer? We do weird things here at Timeless Toucan. We want to make single player better, and will work on some of that for the rest of the year!

Discord

please join the discord if you can, we would love to hear your feedback and ideas and make sure we are providing you the best experience we can!

[ 2024-10-03 16:30:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed targeting stacking and lingering, blocking actions. Slightly polished Targeting.

[ 2024-09-01 14:15:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed text for instructions that was showing the wrong phase

[ 2024-08-30 14:01:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, heroes!

Thank you to all who have been traversing Azoove so far. As always, your feedback on the Discord server is greatly appreciated! If you are around PAX West, you're invited to be hype with us at booth 2836, next to PAX Arena!

Change list

Mechanics and balance

Starting health for all heroes increased to 4. This allows 1 damage to not be immediately answered without severe punishment. Misfortunes may now contain Injury (choice) effects. A hero must volunteer to take the damage. With the automated ally, the human player gets to pick between them.

Misfortunes

12 new Misfortunes, adjustments and balance for many existing ones Also, rewritten ALL Misfortunes, so try reading them again (I know you stopped!)

Opportunities

Opportunities now have full art! They are also updated for balance and flavor text rewritten

Interface

Improved Lobby, making it clearer how to start a new match or join an existing one New camp action UI polished Added a few new tutorial-y alerts: Over-blessed, Choice Misfortunes

Preparation and Spite

Preparation no longer has increased health (since it is increased by default), now has starting inspiration, costs adjusted to add to 100. Spite levels swapped and replaced to create smoother, more interesting scaling.

Bug fixes

Fixed some bugs causing soft-locks in multiplayer Fixed many visual issues

What's Next

Trinkets (what are they? you'll see) Controller support Localization

Lastly

Tutorial

The response to the new tutorial has been great, let us know if you have further feedback.

Sale for PAX West

This is a great time to get your friends to buy a copy and join you!

Board game

Azoove, the board game, is still under development! Stay tuned.

[ 2024-08-29 14:58:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is a smaller update as we are gearing up for the next Major update, which is arriving earlier than expected, in August!

Change list

Tutorial

- More videos - Less text - Less bugs By the way, tutorial works with co-op!

UI changes

- New Camp Action UI - New Hero Icons - Lobby: Join with Steam and Invite Steam Friend buttons to make it easier to open the overlay

Balance changes

- Auri hero power changed to 10: -1 Despair, 2 Inspire Choice

bug fixes

- Hovering the Misfortune icon no longer takes the skip button away - Fixed a couple of rare softlocks

What's next

Major update with 12 new Misfortunes, Beautiful art and new surprise mechanics

Controller support

Stat tracking

And as always, Stay Hydrated!

[ 2024-07-24 21:43:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Change list

Taxonomy

Disasters are renamed to Misfortunes to better represent their place in the story Some Opportunities were renamed in preparation for individual Opportunity art

New Tutorial

- Now part of the regular gameplay instead of a separated experience - Updated Intro text - Tutorial can be played in Co-op with either or both players experiencing it - More feedback needed!

Heroic Chatter

Heroes now comment about their experiences as you travel, sharing some of their stories. This is a step towards revealing the true ending with the full release of Azoove!

UI changes

- Better tooltips - Misfortune date available after transitions - Phase wheel to indicate game phases and the passage of time - Instructions per phase to help new players - Misfortunes are animated - Animation for Bless to show the card changing - List of all active Spite levels, as well as indications as to when Spite is taking effect - Alerts for important events such as imminent starvation and losing Action Cards to low health - Early Access welcome message

Balance changes

- Increased cost of many Opportunities - Nerfed a few powerful interactions - Buffed a few Opportunities to play better with their heroes' kits - Spite system reworked to challenge stronger players but avoid terrible feeling moments

What's next

UI polish minor update coming August

September Major update with 12 new Misfortunes, Beautiful art and new surprise mechanics

And as always, thanks for playing!

[ 2024-06-24 14:34:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings, travelers!

Thank you to all who have been traversing Azoove so far. As always, your feedback on the Discord server is greatly appreciated!

Change list

Opportunities

Opportunity decks used to be 20 pairs of common cards and 10 rare cards. Now, each Hero has 35 common cards and 15 unique cards that are only present in that hero's deck. An increase from 30 to 95 unique opportunity cards. Heroes now have colored icons, and their unique Opportunities display that icon in the top-right corner.

Spite

Spite 2: Changed from 3 useless Opportunities to "Gain 1 Stress when losing an Orientation you did not have" Spite 3: The Restless Rests Disaster changed to no longer give +1 Despair

Disasters

Sudden Sandstorm: Changed from 7 Stress to 6 Stress, -3 Orientation stays the same Flash Flood: changed from 2 Opportunities to 3

What's Next

Disasters

There are 10 new disasters that are coming in the next few months to torment you on your desert journey.

Lore

Heroes' feelings matter. In the next update, they will express their feelings and let you know a bit more about themselves

Tutorial

Your feedback is heard - an updated tutorial is also on its way.

Board game

Lastly, Azoove, the board game, is now under development! Stay tuned.

As always, your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for playing! You are why we make games.

[ 2024-05-12 21:21:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

This patch has a few minor changes to improve some quality of life:

- When Opportunities resolve, both opportunities are shown in parallel and linger longer for better clarity - AI will no longer use ration decreasing Opportunities when at 0 rations, potentially ending a run - Fixed raycast issue making some areas of cards not clickable - Spite 4: Fear of Starvation no longer adds a despair on the last day, preventing a feel-bad moment of getting a rest day from having low rations despite having enough to reach Miz'rak - Hearts pulse when low health heartbeat sound is played - Tendrils indicating rest days pulse when about to rest - Sorting order of one of the food crates fixed to be inside the cart The next patch should include some balance tweaks, if you have any balance input let us know on the Discord

Thank you all for playing!

[ 2024-04-17 15:28:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Play the demo now before Early Access goes live April 3rd, when the demo will no longer be available, and remember to Wishlist Azoove if you haven't already There were also a few minor bug fixes!

[ 2024-03-08 17:52:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello all! With Azoove socials now live, we are launching with a cool event. We are looking for adventurers to venture into the desert of playtesting so we can get feedback on the game. All that submit the feedback form will be entered for a chance to win TWO copies of Azoove to play with a friend on release. To sign up: Step 1: Fill out this sign up form: https://forms.gle/4o8GzzmhmDk7DT1e6 Step 2: Join the discord and we will send you a Steam key for the game. Step 3: Play the game and submit the feedback form sent to you via DM. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2435450/Azoove/ See you on the caravan soon! Azoove Team

[ 2023-07-10 20:23:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome all to Azoove, a dangerous landscape full of sorrow and mystery. Gather your supplies and your wits as you set off cause here we go! Wishlist Azoove now and gain the blessings of the gods. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2435450/Azoove/ Azoove provides an unforgiving experience where up to 4 players embark on a dangerous journey through the desert to help rid their village from a devil's curse. My name is David from Timeless Toucan and I will be your guide through the sands. If you wish to keep up with development and join the community, consider coming into the discord and saying hi! https://discord.gg/kv4ERG3bmp See you soon adventurers, Timeless Toucan Team

[ 2023-06-27 23:02:27 CET ] [ Original post ]