I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all of your amazing feedback and help finding remaining bugs and issues. Screen shots and video, descriptions of procedures to repro have all been incredibly helpful.
I've spent my weekend working through and sorting it all out. We will be putting up a patched version as soon as we can addressing remaining issues in the betas channel for all to try out in the coming day(s). In fact, there's a new Mac and Linux build going up AS I TYPE THIS that alleviates the black screen madness people were getting.
I deeply appreciate all the understanding, kindness and patience everyone has had so far. This is a big game, we're a small team and dealing with many different configurations on three platforms is a lot of work, so we're doing our absolute best to get through it all. (Lesson learned: launch one platform at a time :) )
Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.
Drifters of this world are the collectors of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, hoping to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease.
• From each character to subtle background elements, everything is lovingly hand-animated.
• Easy to pick up, difficult to master; enemies are vicious and numerous, hazards will easily crush your frail body, and friendly faces remain rare.
• Upgrade weapons, learn new skills, discover equipment and traverse a dark, detailed world with branching paths and secrets abound.