A very cool team of fans have finished something they have been working on for a very long time - Advanced Geomancy: an extremely polished room editor for Star of Providence! Going forward it will be considered "official" and we would like to do some work with them to integrate it. In the meantime, you can download the editor here: https://snakeblock.itch.io/advanced-geomancy We've created a dedicated channel for discussion of the editor on our official Discord Server, so go there to discuss its use and share any of your cool creations: www.discord.gg/teamd13 Have fun!

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night (go to sleep, you), Monolith fans. We have recently been... made aware of a legal situation regarding the name of the game. Specifically, it was trademarked in 2015 by Warner Broswe assume this has to do with their subsidiary game studio, Monolith Productions, but we aren't sure. We haven't heard anything from Warner Bros, and it's possible we never would. But we have some big plans in store for later this year, and it's not worth the risk of getting a C&D, so we will be renaming the game sometime in the next month. We'll be taking advantage of the situation to deal with an unrelated, but long-standing issue. Relics of the Past has long been considered by far the superior version of the game, but many players start out without it and consequently miss out on its plethora of quality of life improvements and general gameplay/balance changes. Once the name change rolls out sometime in the next month, we will also be making Relics of the Past the default version of the gamethe base game will cost $15 and the DLC will be included. Because we don't want to simply do away with something that has remained available for the better part of a decade, After the End will still be available as a separate Steam branch accessed from the Betas menu. This does mean that anyone who owns the base game but not RotP will effectively get the latter for freeconsider this period a sale, if you like. This will be a strange transition period, but I'm very excited about what we have in store. See you on the other side.

• Temple no longer progresses seeds
• Drill hopefully actually never bugs out anymore
• Genesis properly has a race now (of Construct)
• Fixed a single errant block on floor 4

Bugfixes: -You can now buy keys from life shops in Sudden Death -Fixed an issue where bomb flash could last forever -A certain item drop from a certain enemy will now drop in the middle of the room if the enemy happened to be inside a wall. -Fixed some issues with arcades -Shield is now actually saved -Breaches can no longer appear completely locked behind shortcuts, and neither can the shrine deal that spawns more rooms.

Bugfixes: -Chain lightning no longer breaks as skully if you get a second instance -Rockhead should no longer have phasing -Fixed difficulty being broken by boss practice -Skully npc now leaves if you trigger boss fight while he's around -Cannot hack rooms that happen to be adjacent to end game boss fights after you're locked in -Same goes for opening secret rooms.

Bugfixes: -Edge of Reality works again -Save files no longer do dumb stuff (including steam cloud actually working now) -Fixed a visual bug with skullies in temple -Holy water no longer sets you to max ammo if you're above it (such as after taking that one shrine deal) -Cursed weapons spawned from Grim Idol are no longer linked. -A certain drill module as skully actually gives piercing instead of just saying that it does. -Arcade no longer drops weapons when it shouldn't -Current score correctly added to total money every time you loop -Fixed an issue where Headhunter's bonus could last forever -Skully is less dramatic -Care package price now updates when you buy something else in the shop. -You can no longer give up your weapon to the shrine if you don't have a weapon. Balance Changes -Triple Drills are now weaker outside melee -Cursed weapons now break faster -Edge of Reality charge rate nerfed (note that the bug fix above is a massive buff) -Reflector cart radius is doubled Misc: -Scanner 2.0 no longer uses its charge if there are no rooms to reveal. -Microcore's drops are better spread out

Bugfixes: -Fixed the mysterious disappearing warden staff -Fixed loop title appearing on floor 3 -Fixed a bug where unique shops weren't actually as rare as they were supposed to be Balance Changes -Plating now rounds down instead of up -Slightly tweaked the possibilities for forgotten places

Bugfixes: -Fixed blobs. -Fixed a couple softlocks involving certain enemies sneaking out of rooms with you. -Fixed issues with a certain boss' eyesight. -Fixed half of the salvage weapon prompt on map screen appearing as Skully. -Shortened the extended tooltip for Plating so it doesn't creep the edge of the screen. -Scope now works as Skully before you've taken a weapon. -Fixed an issue where care package wouldn't be consumed if you closed the game. -Buttons in Boss Practice should be better behaved. -Arcades no longer give bombs to Arena Blaster. -Fixed a rare bug that could break upgrade terminals. -Sound effects in Bestiary are now centered. Balance Changes -Cavalier has received better training on shield use. -Enigma Blessing rooms have been reworked. -Quickening now revives you with a bonus 20% damage. -The Warden's staff phase is slightly easier. -Shrapnel is buffed. -Ringshot Razors now use more ammo when fired. Miscellaneous: -Hacking minigame in tutorial is now more explicit.

Bugfixes: -Fixed a bug where vaults couldn't spawn -Fixed a crash with credit card and Special Offer -Fixed some typos -The description for the Gun cartridge has changed. Balance Changes: -Split weapons buffed -Infested weapons buffed -Pulsewaves keyword buffed on sword and laser (drill is the same) -Corona and Bonechill now smash right through breakable blocks without stopping. -Luxor now reaches full power sooner. -All continuous lasers (including Luxor) as well as Gorynich have a faster turn rate while in use. -Spear has a slightly wider hitbox -Zephyr now does more damage when fully charged -The maximum hp granted by plating is no longer empty. -Small swords have had their size increased, giant swords have had their sizes decreased. Hopefully this reduces the massive dominance of the giant keyword. - Sacred Arms is no longer giant, but has received some other buffs. - Excalibur swings slightly faster (but has shrunk like all other giant swords)

Monolith: Relics of the Past is finally available. We've been working on this thing for two years and I'm so excited it's finally available. You can find it at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1180120/ We hope you enjoy it!

thunderhead with freezing works now ok

-Fixed a less obscure bug caused by the last fix (classic) -Fixed some weirdness with a certain miniboss' hp.

-Fixed a very obscure bug with backblast.

- Fixed what one of the devs described as "Reverse Friends of Mineral Town" crash on Kleines' German dialogue. - Fixed a rare crash related to necromancers, dead enemies and switchblocks. - Fixed an issue where the game window would drift to the left upper corner when recording.

- Controller detection has been reworked. This should hopefully allow support for a wider range of controllers. - Also an option for a laser pointer to help with aim, why not.

-Local and Cloud saving made more robust. -Game should no longer fail to read new floors sometimes. -Screenshots are now taken with your standard steam screenshot button. -Racial keywords didn't work on bosses before. They do now. -Peashooter and Power Internal can be achieved on the longer hardmode route, if you're so inclined now. -Ice Wyrm made less noisy. -Reduced the amount of unfortunate accidents. -Reactor no longer preemptively lashing out at player sometimes. -You also no longer will be informed about the super fun hardmode Reactor presence anymore. -Several sounds no longer coming out of the left field (or right). -Some of Overlord's explosions now darker and easier on the eyes. -Can no longer overkill Ordinator so hard he softlocks. -Fixed a German translation oversight on your favourite Round Combat Unit. -Renegade remembered he's a mage.

-Fixed a softlock involving killing Ice Wyrm too fast, usually on Sudden Death. -Fixed an obscure bug involving runic and boss beacons. -Razor can no longer break on chaos mode -Spears now deal their damage over time over 2 seconds instead of 3.

-Fixed a softlock involving killing Ice Wyrm too fast, usually on Sudden Death. -Fixed an obscure bug involving runic and boss beacons. -Razor can no longer break on chaos mode -Spears now deal their damage over time over 2 seconds instead of 3.

- Dash can no longer veer off into weird directions on frame perfect input. - Fixed a similar menu selection crash. - Relatedly, you can safely bind Select to left mouse button now. - Care package does not affect level layout seeds anymore. - Sword swings once more change sides. - Archivator behaves itself. - Meow.

- Dash can no longer veer off into weird directions on frame perfect input. - Fixed a similar menu selection crash. - Relatedly, you can safely bind Select to left mouse button now. - Care package does not affect level layout seeds anymore. - Sword swings once more change sides. - Archivator behaves itself. - Meow.

You can now salvage your weapon from map screen on controller Fixed an errant crash when dying as you kill a certain boss You can no longer skip boss fights by leaving the room as you summon the boss.

- Overlord's basic weapon no longer salvages for hp and debris when replaced. - Fixed a crash related to an interaction between Necromancers and Switch Blocks. - Sentron, Overseer and Idol no longer misbehave when killed too fast. - Can no longer get stuck in very specific wall formations during some very specific scenarios involving Crushers and blinking. -Fixed interaction of chain lightning and ice wyrm -Pulsar buffed, thunderhead buffed, fireball area of effect damage nerfed (direct hit damage unaffected)

- Seeds now affect stuff they didn't before - Fixed a mysteriously empty room layout - A couple visual tweaks - Added option to make lasers draw differently (fancy stuff!)

-Fixed various bugs with the halloween update.

- Unlockable seed system. - 100+ New room layouts. - New Enemies and Hazards: Bats, Giant Skulls, Candles, Ghost Blocks. - Reworked modifications console UI. - Held weapons can now be broken on the map screen. - Secret room is colored differently on the map. Should stick out at a glance. - Enemies have different weight now. Some might be harder to push than others. - A way to protect blastcore's happiness and associated achievement. - A small special reward for what is likely the hardest feat in the game. - Thunderhead, Runic Gun and Razor made much less visually distracting. - Halloween candy. - Extractors now roughly 13% spookier. - Special thanks to Dectilon for accidentally discovering a shop bug in a stream. - Small weapon tweaks. Chain lightning less quirky, Runic gun less grating and more visually pleasing. - Tiny boss tweaks. Firewall easier to hit, Reactor less noisy on death. Armor Tac's arms no longer flash constantly after being destroyed. - Shop interface improved. - Other minor fixes.

-Controller now supports D-Pad controls -Various bugfixes

-Blink no longer goes through walls - fixed a German shrine crash - renegade's spirit buddies no longer block shots or draw homing fire (or freeze the game) - fixed a small railgun issue -Bloodlust now grants some charge on destroying bullets as well as enemies.

-Fixed some crashes involving weird interactions -Thunderhead nerfed (rip) Tell us if we missed anything!

-Bestiary added! -Fixed some crashes involving razor -Fixed a crash involving stores crashing in certain circumstances -Fixed a problem with swarmers getting stuck in a wall -Rebalanced some weapons -Bunch of other bugfixes too

-Fixed an issue with unlocks -Fixed an issue with drill sticking around -Fixed an exploit with one of the new ships

Pushed out a hotfix resolving some issues (the following list contains spoilers) -Blessed One achievement is now actually awarded. -Bounce Thunderhead nerfed -Detonate Thunderhead removed -Crash on homing ringshot Razor fixed -Fixed a bug with lethality not appearing -Fixed a bug where you could be rendered unable to fire with drill in strange circumstances -Fixed some imbalances with weapon ammo -Fixed crash while taking artifact in sword-only mode -Fixed key not appearing in chaos mode -Probably some other stuff I forgot

It's HERE! Changelog: -6 New Weapons -3 New Playable Ships -Hard Mode: fight upgraded enemies with dangerous new abilities and stronger bosses with even more devastating attacks. -Many new room layouts -New Items -New Ending -New Achievements -Much more...

We've decided that we want to make sure the update comes out perfect, so we're going to take some extra time to make sure we can get everything done and properly tested, without rushing. It'll be out soon. We're sorry, but we think it's worth the wait.

In just under two week's time, Monolith will receive its first (of multiple) core content patches, titled "After the End". This update will be free, all owners of Monolith will receive it when it goes live. This is a massive update, adding a substantial amount of content to the game, and I can't wait for you all to see it.

Details:

• Release Date: July 10th, 2017
• Hard Mode, featuring unique (and deadly) new behaviors and attacks for all enemies and bosses.
• Hundreds of new rooms to conquer and explore!
• 5+ new weapon types, with new keywords and possibilities! Fire orbs of lightning and massive drills to obliterate your foes!
• A bestiary, containing information and descriptions of every enemy in the game!
• 3 alternate playable ships with drastic game-play changes!
• Other secrets yet to discover...

Someone asked for this, so I figured I would make one. Feel free to come and discuss the game here! https://discord.gg/46BqQ2K

We are not done. Even though the game is out, we are still working to make it the best experience we can. I'm very happy for all the support and kind words we've heard, as well as all the feedback we've seen. A lot of people have commented on it feeling like there isn't enough content, and that's a very key point for me to address! I've been spending the past week adding new weapons, keywords and rooms to the game, and plan to add some more things in other areas, as well. Additionally, some people think the game is too easy or doesn't take long enough to complete! I don't want to spoil anything, but that will definitely also be addressed in an upcoming patch. You can expect a MAJOR content update for Monolith, including all this and more, around the end of the month. I'm going to avoid giving specific dates, because plans change, but we're working hard to get out as much as we can as soon as possible. Thanks!

Just sent out a quick hotfix resolving some bugs uncovered in the first day of play. Nothing else notable to report.

After 5 years of development, Monolith is finally in a state ready to be shown to the world. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks, Team D-13