Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second relatively large update, which introduces new mechanics that change gameplay, tons of new items, a new biome, and a pedestal for summoning your first boss! Have fun, survivors! Ive been feeling a bit under the weather, which slowed down the development process, so I couldnt add everything I had planned. But youll be able to see those additions in the next update, v0.4, which Ill start working on after a short break!

Gameplay:

• Added a new biome: "Jungle" (content expansion expected in v0.4)
• Added a boss: "Jungle Guardian"
• Added an Ancient Pedestal for summoning bosses
• Added a new mob: "Jungle Slime"
• Added a new mob: "Spore Skeleton"
• Added a Multicooker for advanced food preparation (recipes expected in v0.4)
• Added a Potion Brewing Station
• Added a Cooking Pot for basic food and drinks
• Added a Campfire with Grill (6 cooking slots, faster cooking, longer burn time)
• Added an Iron Furnace with two slots and higher processing speed
• Added a Hand Crusher for crushing stone and wheat into flour
• Breadmaking now requires grinding wheat into flour, making dough, and baking it
• Added Jungle Trees (spawn in the jungle biome)
• Added Jungle Spore Bushes (spawn in the jungle biome)
• Added the plant "Yarrow" (grows randomly in jungles)
• Added the plant "Sunflower" (grows randomly in forests)
• Added Yellow Mushrooms (spawn and grow in dungeons)
• Mining diamonds now drops ore, which needs refining in an extractor to yield nuggets
• Consumables (food and potions) can now be used directly from the inventory by pressing Alt + LMB on a slot
• Throwing an item stack is now possible by pressing Alt + RMB on the slot
• Added a new way to repair items on smithing tables using hammers
• Any storage can now be placed on rafts
• Rafts can now be repaired using smithing hammers
• Added armor reforging for the Medic class on anvils
• Simplified item repair on anvils: each tier has specific ingredients
• Damage upgrade effectiveness on anvils now depends on the item's tier
• Adjusted required ingredients for many anvil upgrades
• Fired arrows can now be picked up
• XP required for leveling up is reduced to 500
• Campfires can now be lit with torches
• Added a new culture: "Pumpkin" (also spawns in the world)
• Cherry trees now spawn in all forests
• Cacti no longer deal damage when wearing the full Cactus Armor set
• Added crafting for Fruit Tree Wood from logs
• Coconut shells and pulp can now be obtained by grinding coconuts in the Manual Grinder
• Combat efficiency decays slower when attacking slimes

Other Changes:

• Added a classic hotbar (enabled in settings)
• Improved inventory slot design and size
• Crafting range for nearby storage increased by 2x
• Hovering over an item now displays where it can be processed (smelting, crushing, etc.)
• Hovering over an item now shows its crafting recipes
• Items can no longer be used with the inventory open (prevents various errors)
• Collecting resources from furnaces and stations no longer requires opening their interface
• Processed resources are now visually displayed on furnaces
• Increased the duration of most food effects
• Dungeon chest loot significantly increased
• Damaged armor loses its protective properties more drastically
• Fluorescent mushrooms now grow randomly in dungeons
• Flower pots no longer require seedlings to grow plants (seedlings removed from the game)
• Expanded item descriptions
• Hovering over storage displays the number of occupied slots
• Increased smelting time for all ores
• Extracting sand now yields 3 shells
• Shurikens now craft in batches of 10
• Flint lighters are now crafted on the Advanced Workbench
• Branches can now be used as fuel
• High grass and bushes now slow down the character
• Added debris and new sounds when rafts or stakes are destroyed
• Added raft stats to the description window
• Tile names under the cursor are now always displayed at the bottom of the screen
• Added a death sound for sheep
• Skeletons no longer drop quivers
• Updated bread sprite
• Updated quiver sprite

New Items:

• Multicooker
• Campfire Grill
• Cooking Pot
• Iron Furnace
• Hand Crusher
• Dough
• Mug
• Mug of Water
• Flask
• Flask of Water
• Berry Drink
• Berry Mix
• Cleansing Brew
• Lesser Health Potion
• Health Potion
• Greater Health Potion
• Lesser Stamina Potion
• Stamina Potion
• Speed Potion
• Iron Skin Potion
• Health Regeneration Potion
• Stamina Regeneration Potion
• Accessory "Arrowhead"
• Accessory "Durable Bowstring"
• Accessory "Bow Arc"
• Accessory "Archer's Band"
• Accessory "Wind Bracelet"
• Accessory "Swimmer's Amulet"
• Wooden Blacksmith Hammer
• Stone Blacksmith Hammer
• Copper Blacksmith Hammer
• Iron Blacksmith Hammer
• Bronze Blacksmith Hammer
• Silver Blacksmith Hammer
• Diamond Blacksmith Hammer
• Wooden Repair Table
• Stone Repair Table
• Copper Blacksmith Table
• Iron Blacksmith Table
• Bronze Blacksmith Table
• Master Blacksmith Table
• Wooden Fence
• Stone Fence
• Pumpkin Seeds
• Pumpkin
• Cherry Sapling
• Cherry
• Yarrow
• Sunflower
• Jungle Spore
• Jungle Bush Sapling
• Jungle Tree Sapling
• Jungle Tree Log
• Jungle Tree Wood
• Jungle Core
• Ancient Fragment
• Ancient Pedestal
• Jungle Skull
• Yellow Mushroom
• Diamond Ore
• Diamond Nugget
• Diamond Dust

Bug Fixes:

• Dying in water with no stamina caused the game to crash
• Animal carcasses could sometimes be butchered faster by skipping the animation
• Butchering was occasionally obstructed by other entities

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first update, v0.2, that Ive been working on since release! This update brings numerous improvements to enhance gameplay experience and new content. Check out the list of changes below. P. S. Please note that saves from v0.1 will not be compatible with v0.2 due to ongoing changes in the games architecture. Apologies for any inconvenience! For those who want to continue playing with old saves, Ive added a new build branch for v0.1. Just select it in the Steam settings to download and continue your progress.

Technical Improvements:

• The engine core has been updated to the latest version, LWJGL 3.3.4!
• Added a borderless window mode option.
• Switching between fullscreen mode is now much faster.
• The game now launches by default in full-screen mode at the monitor's native resolution.
• Dynamic switching of the audio device is now possible while the game is running.
• Improved settings menu with active audio device and GPU display.
• Reduced the games executable file size to 1.12 MB.

Gameplay:

• Added an easy mode for beginners.
• Added stakes for base defense (iron ones can be electrified).
• Added bone meal for fast crop growth.
• Added tall grass growth with bone meal.
• Red apple trees now generate in oak forests.
• Green apple trees now generate in birch forests.
• Sulfur ore now generates in dungeons.
• Chests with valuable loot now spawn in dungeons.
• Clay now spawns under sand.
• Added new varieties of tall grass generation.
• Mobs no longer spawn within a 15-tile radius of the spawn point.
• Hostile mob spawn rate is less intense in the first few nights.
• Characters now gain experience for chopping trees, mining ores, harvesting mature crops, and butchering animals.
• After death, characters now lose only 25% of max experience.
• Increased the growth time for berries and coconuts.
• Added dry grass as kindling for campfires.
• Palms can now be grown on sand.
• Glass blocks now let light through.
• Doors now allow 50% light transmission.
• Coal no longer spawns in the "Lava Lakes" level.
• Diamond ore is now rarer.
• Ore distribution is now varied in each dungeon.
• Birch saplings now drop from birch trees.
• Spruce saplings now drop from spruce trees.
• Red apples no longer drop from oak trees.
• Processing spruce logs in the extractor now has an 80% chance of yielding tree resin.
• Increased resource smelting time in the furnace.
• Large wooden chests can now only be crafted at the advanced workbench.
• Changes to the bonuses from red apples.
• Different types of knives now consume varying amounts of stamina when butchering animals.

Miscellaneous:

• Crafting at workbenches and anvils now includes items from nearby storage.
• Added buttons for quick resource management between inventory and storage.
• Added quick stacking to nearby storage.
• Added item slot highlighting for items picked up or used in crafting.
• Visual improvements to the upgrade list in the anvil window.
• Visual improvements to the crafting recipe list with smooth scrolling.
• Recipes in the crafting window are now organized by category (selectable with LMB and RMB).
• Added list view for recipes ("Settings" -> "Game").
• Hovering over a recipe now displays required crafting ingredients.
• Item description windows now appear to the side and no longer block the view.
• Ladders are now much more visible in the dark.
• Added more information on various items (tooltip windows).
• Added information about animals when hovered over.
• Added information about crops and harvests when hovered over.
• A tooltip on how to wake up now appears during sleep.
• Armor and accessory bonus systems reworked and optimized.
• Pressing Escape/Enter in the map window clears the marker field focus; pressing again closes the map.
• Markers on the map can no longer be dragged behind the sidebar.

New Items:

• Cactus Helmet
• Cactus Chestplate
• Cactus Leggings
• Bronze Helmet
• Bronze Chestplate
• Bronze Leggings
• Silver Helmet
• Silver Chestplate
• Silver Leggings
• Golden Helmet
• Golden Chestplate
• Golden Leggings
• "Sharpening" Accessory
• "Knight's Shield" Accessory
• "Titan's Glove" Accessory
• "Warrior's Ring" Accessory
• "Smith's Bracers" Accessory
• Wooden Barrel (18 slots)
• Bone Meal
• Clay
• Fired Clay
• Clay Pot
• Gravel (stone for the crusher)
• Red Brick
• Red Brick Block
• Gray Brick
• Gray Brick Block
• 1x1 Stone Tile
• 2x2 Stone Tile
• Sandstone Brick Block
• Sand Masonry
• Green Apple
• Ignited Arrow
• Explosive Arrow
• Copper Shuriken
• Bronze Shuriken
• Silver Shuriken
• Wooden Stake
• Cactus Stake
• Copper Stake
• Iron Stake
• Dry Grass
• Sulfur Ore
• Sulfur Powder (crushed ore in Macerator)
• Sulfur (smelted from ore or powder in furnace)
• Birch Sapling
• Birch Log
• Birch Wood
• Spruce Sapling
• Spruce Log
• Spruce Wood
• Red Apple Tree Sapling
• Green Apple Tree Sapling
• Fruit Tree Log
• Fruit Tree Wood

Other Changes:

• Game version history can now be viewed in the main menu.
• I shouted into a microphone to record damage sounds for the character.
• Added a second main menu track.
• Added a track for the blood moon and "Deadlands" biome.
• Added ambient water sounds when nearby.
• Added activation sounds for levers.
• Added slicing sounds for butchering knives.
• Added nightfall sound.
• Added tool-breaking sound.
• Added new footstep sounds on various tile types.
• Added new sounds for tile breaking and hitting.
• Replaced the in-game cursor.
• Improved bed sprite.
• Changed the iron shuriken sprite.

Bug Fixes:

• No sound on some Windows 10 systems.
• Enabling detailed map crashed the game on low-end systems.
• Game scaling was too large on ultra-wide resolutions.
• Blocking a ranged player attack stunned them.
• Focus occasionally shifted away from a recipe during crafting.
• Moving an item to the trash slot by pressing Ctrl allowed it to be used in crafting without consumption.
• Mobs sometimes spawned within the visible area.

Hello everyone, dear friends! I am happy to inform you that Deep Despair 3 has already been released in early access and is waiting for you with open arms! I know that many fans of the second part of the game have been waiting for this sequel for 3 years. And I am very glad that together we have reached this important date, when you will again be able to plunge into the atmosphere of deep despair and survival, but already significantly updated and improved in all aspects. The game has already come a long and thorny path in development, but it still has much more to go before the full release. Early access is a way to develop and evolve the game together with you until it becomes the game we want to see in the final iteration. There is still a lot to add to the game. In future updates, I plan to add new biomes, new enemies and bosses, items, weapons and equipment, new opportunities to protect your base and the electricity system, magic and firearms and much more. I will try to release updates as often as possible so that you don't get bored and always discover something new in the game! But for this I need your support, because only with you does all this make sense. Thanks to everyone who waited for the release of the game, and good luck with your survival! October 22, 2024 is just the beginning of our journey.

Hello everyone! I want to tell you a little about the updated biome "Dead Lands". Now it will not just be an area on the map with dead vegetation, but also a full-fledged underground structure. Dangerous high-level mobs will live in it. Fights with them will become comfortable after the character reaches level 8 and at least with silver equipment. As you approach this gloomy place, the world loses its colors, the sun stops shining, and pitch darkness sets in at night. And only dead fireflies somehow thin it out. In general, do not go here, there is never peace here.

The structure consists of solid dead stone, which can be destroyed with at least a diamond pickaxe. It has only a few entrances, and inside you can find chests with useful and valuable loot, including a diamond disk, familiar to you from the second part of the game. The chests will be locked, and to unlock them, you will need to fight the local boss - the Undead, who drops the key and parts of the dead armor. The diamond disk will be needed to upgrade the advanced workbench to the workshop, which will give you access to the crafting of diamond tools. After that, you will be able to mine titanium in the depths of the caves! Titanium tools, weapons and armor can be upgraded to magma at the fiery forge using magma shards and fire powder.
Rafts have also been added to the game for more comfortable movement along water spaces. In the spruce forest, you can meet rabbits. An electricity system has been added, thanks to which you can use mechanisms and remotely control certain objects. Work on the game is in full swing every day, and thanks to liters of coffee, I now work 24-30 hours with rare breaks for sleep! After all, the early access release will take place on October 22, and I want to have time to add as much content to the game as possible. There is still a long and painstaking work ahead before this game becomes what I want it to be, and what you want it to be! So I really hope for your support and understanding, friends. And I look forward to your new ideas and wishes. Let's make Deep Despair 3 better together!

Hello everyone! The game is being developed at an accelerated pace, and I am in a hurry to share the progress with you. Now a new class will appear in the game - Summoner. It will also be available for leveling. At the moment, 2 minions have been added to the game: Undead Minion and Firewing. I also finished working on the first added boss - the Slime Lord! He will live in the Slime Wasteland, and we can summon him by placing the slime mass on the pedestal. In this way, all bosses in the game will be summoned using unique summoners. Don't forget to add the game to your wishlist, because the early access release will take place on October 22!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241980/ Hello everyone! Im happy to announce that the demo version of Deep Despair 3 is now available for download! Most of the content is unavailable in this version, and you can find the list of limitations on the corresponding page. Play, leave feedback, and suggest new ideas so I can make the game even better for you!