This releases fixes several serious and not-so-serious bugs with the game. It also introduces the option to use a dyslexic-friendly font instead of the default.
[ 2024-07-15 12:03:27 CET ] [ Original post ]
Due to technical reasons, I had to revert from version 1.0.6 back to version 1,0.2. This release back-ports the fixes in version 1.0.6 to version 1.0.2 by transferring the data files, while leaving the executable untouched. Long version: it turns out that the Steam SDK does not support the MinGW compiler and has never supported the MinGW compiler. Through a stroke of luck, v1.0.2 worked despite using the Steam SDK and the MinGW, but I haven't been able to replicate that success in several days of trying. So I've given up. Looking forward, I see three options:
- I can drop the Steam SDK entirely. That means no more Steam achievements and no more cloud saves.
- I can write a wrapper for the Steam SDK and access it through that wrapper. Possible, but more than a few days of work.
- I can abandon the game in its current state, and give up on updates entirely.
[ 2021-04-03 13:04:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
Version 1.0.6 we not working at all and has been reverted for now. Stand by for an actually working fix ASAP.
[ 2021-04-01 11:08:21 CET ] [ Original post ]
- Fixed a bug with unicode paths in Windows.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes locked the player out of the final boss fight.
[ 2021-03-30 10:38:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
🎮 Full Controller Support
- A Dream of Burning Sand linux32 [17.1 M]
- A Dream of Burning Sand linux64 [17.27 M]
back out of the desert. The only way open to us is forward: through the
desert, to the Burning King. To victory, or to death.
The strain of this journey is taking its toll on Nina. No wonder — this is
her first desert crossing. I was born in the desert, but Nina was born in a
city, in some land unimaginably far away. She never held a sword before I
summoned her to this world. She never rode a horse. She never slept under
the open sky. The latter, she still doesn't do. Every evening, she vanishes
before my eyes, and every morning she reappears, guided by the ancient magic
that I have released. And every night I spend in fear, alone, worried that
she won't come back.
Because I can't do this alone. I know how to use a sword, but I am no
warrior. No hero. Not like Nina. I have seen Nina fight, and I know that I
cannot match her, despite my greater experience. She has the instincts of an
adventurer. Where I like to retreat into by books, she goes out to face the
world. When I look at her, I see the face of the hero destined to defeat the
Burning King.
The heat is not just draining our bodies, but our spirits. I feel hot and
tired and irritable. I can only imagine how much worse this is for Nina, who
is not used to the desert. I can only imagine, because we rarely talk anymore.
The heat makes speaking painful. I wish I could tell Nina how much she means
to me, how much I appreciate her taking this journey with me, but nothing comes
out when I open my mouth.
Soon we will reach the great oasis of Daklath. There we will replenish our
waterskins, and hopefully our spirits. The way through the desert is long,
but we have already made it this far. We will just have to keep going. To
victory, or to death.
Platforming action and adventure game puzzles. Seven chapters. Lots of sidequests. More secrets than you will ever find.
- Memory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 128 MB available space
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- Storage: 128 MB available space