Devlog #66 - Public Beta Plans, Upcoming Price Changes, and a Tiny Teaser
We hope all of you had a great holiday season, feel recharged, and are looking forward to the New Year. After a much-needed break on our side, we are ready to start the year now, reinvigorated to bring Vagrus to more devices and deliver a new DLC this year. On the development side, we have been working on implementing small screen and controller support to enable playing Vagrus on Steam Deck (and eventually, other handheld devices, too). We did expect that tackling these additions would be a daunting task, though truth be told, it has proven even more difficult than we had hoped. Nevertheless, we are nearing a point where our progress may be worth sharing on a public beta branch so more folks with Steam Decks and controllers could chime in. We are implementing a new version of the in-game reporting tool. Not just to make it easier on the eyes but to improve their classification and automate part of the process on our end, thereby helping us not to lose track of anything important. Stay tuned for these changes.
We published a thread on our discussion forum back in November about this but we would like to draw everyones attention to the upcoming price changes again. Especially, as the currently running discount cycle (Jan 12-16, 2023) is the last sale during which Vagrus can be bought at its current price. As you may have read in the news, Steam has updated (and is said to be doing so more frequently) its regional pricing tables to better reflect the turbulence of current exchange rates, and we are following suit. In some currencies, the game will actually become cheaper, while in others the price will remain the same or increase slightly. Some background on this: in our view, regional pricing is a great thing, allowing players who live in regions where their purchasing power is much less to buy games via Steam at a reduced price. Steam's system requires developers to set a fixed price for those regions which, as the exchange rates move, becomes outdated. We can also see that countries with the lowest prices account for a disproportionate amount of copies sold, which indicates that despite Steam's region-lock efforts, these currencies are also being used for resales. We understand that no one likes price increases. We live in a country with 50%+ inflation on food, so we get it. We also have to pay for said food, so sadly, we do not exactly have the luxury to ignore these changes. We want to stay afloat and keep enriching the world of Vagrus. We hope everyone can appreciate this.
Last but not least, a bit of a shameless teaser; something is brewing in our kitchens at Lost Pilgrims, and its not just coffee. We simply wish to present you with an image, of a land whose denizens and inhabitants have been exterminated, but not by the Calamity What could have happened? You will be able to find out, in time.
Also, in our next lore update, you will be able to read about the most dangerous ruins of the continent. With all that out of the way, stay tuned and conquer the wasteland! - The Lost Pilgrims Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you like Vagrus, please consider sharing our pages and posts with your friends through your favorite social media channel(s). It is much appreciated! Website | Youtube | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Patreon | Discord
[ 2023-01-13 17:05:42 CET ] [ Original post ]
Happy New Year everyone!
We hope all of you had a great holiday season, feel recharged, and are looking forward to the New Year. After a much-needed break on our side, we are ready to start the year now, reinvigorated to bring Vagrus to more devices and deliver a new DLC this year. On the development side, we have been working on implementing small screen and controller support to enable playing Vagrus on Steam Deck (and eventually, other handheld devices, too). We did expect that tackling these additions would be a daunting task, though truth be told, it has proven even more difficult than we had hoped. Nevertheless, we are nearing a point where our progress may be worth sharing on a public beta branch so more folks with Steam Decks and controllers could chime in. We are implementing a new version of the in-game reporting tool. Not just to make it easier on the eyes but to improve their classification and automate part of the process on our end, thereby helping us not to lose track of anything important. Stay tuned for these changes.
Important Notice - Price Changes Coming
We published a thread on our discussion forum back in November about this but we would like to draw everyones attention to the upcoming price changes again. Especially, as the currently running discount cycle (Jan 12-16, 2023) is the last sale during which Vagrus can be bought at its current price. As you may have read in the news, Steam has updated (and is said to be doing so more frequently) its regional pricing tables to better reflect the turbulence of current exchange rates, and we are following suit. In some currencies, the game will actually become cheaper, while in others the price will remain the same or increase slightly. Some background on this: in our view, regional pricing is a great thing, allowing players who live in regions where their purchasing power is much less to buy games via Steam at a reduced price. Steam's system requires developers to set a fixed price for those regions which, as the exchange rates move, becomes outdated. We can also see that countries with the lowest prices account for a disproportionate amount of copies sold, which indicates that despite Steam's region-lock efforts, these currencies are also being used for resales. We understand that no one likes price increases. We live in a country with 50%+ inflation on food, so we get it. We also have to pay for said food, so sadly, we do not exactly have the luxury to ignore these changes. We want to stay afloat and keep enriching the world of Vagrus. We hope everyone can appreciate this.
- Currencies with no price change: USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, RMB, JPY, IDR, PHP, VND, CLP, COP, ZAR, SAR, AED, and ILS.
- Currencies with the price decreasing: MYR, SGD, THB, MXN, TWD, PEN, KWD, and CRC.
- In any other currencies, the price will increase (including the CIS regional USD price).
Skittering in the darkness
Last but not least, a bit of a shameless teaser; something is brewing in our kitchens at Lost Pilgrims, and its not just coffee. We simply wish to present you with an image, of a land whose denizens and inhabitants have been exterminated, but not by the Calamity What could have happened? You will be able to find out, in time.
Also, in our next lore update, you will be able to read about the most dangerous ruins of the continent. With all that out of the way, stay tuned and conquer the wasteland! - The Lost Pilgrims Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you like Vagrus, please consider sharing our pages and posts with your friends through your favorite social media channel(s). It is much appreciated! Website | Youtube | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Patreon | Discord
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
Lost Pilgrims Studio
Lost Pilgrims Studio
2020-07-22
Strategy RPG Singleplayer
Game News Posts 157
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(1184 reviews)
https://vagrus.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/909660 
Vagrus - The Riven Realms Linux [1.29 G]
Vagrus is an award-winning Roleplaying Game with strategy elements, where the player takes the role of a vagrus - a sort of a caravan leader, who makes a living on a strange and dangerous dark fantasy world by leading a traveling company on all kinds of ventures.
A vast continent is yours to explore, filled with unique locations, strange factions, lurking dangers, and a lot of characters you can interact with. In order to punish the Empire for their sins a thousand years ago, the Elder Gods manifested themselves in the world, letting loose powers that ended up devastating it. Following this Calamity, the Empire was slow to rebuild and became a dark caricature of its former image. The continent is now a wasteland, riddled with arcane anomalies, twisted monsters, and undead.
A large selection of longer and shorter stories make up the game’s narrative in the form of events and quests. The choices you make in these often affect the companions and the world around you. Pick your background from trader, mercenary, or explorer; work for factions, follow rumors and trading opportunities; acquire wealth, gain fame, and discover hidden knowledge. The world is sandbox, yet it is filled with hand-crafted content.
Engage in turn-based, tactical combat that involves your companions and a large variety of enemies, both humanoid and monstrous. Use a wide range of character skills to succeed, as well as your own leadership-related abilities. Positioning and support skills are of paramount importance when your companions struggle against powerful foes.
Most journeys have to be planned and prepared for carefully, lest they end in disaster. Manage your supplies, morale, and the freshness of your people effectively to survive. Haul cargo and valuables across the wasteland or take it from others. Your crew of workers, fighters, scouts, and slaves have to be managed to optimize their effectiveness. Equip your caravan with upgrades and your companions with magical gear.
The player can recruit a wide variety of companions into the caravan to serve in versatile roles, such as scoutmaster, guard captain, quartermaster, or navigator. Each of them comes with their own combat skills, background stories, and personal quest lines that, when completed, can upgrade them in unforeseen ways. They can progress through experience levels to become more potent crew members as well as in combat.
A vast continent is yours to explore, filled with unique locations, strange factions, lurking dangers, and a lot of characters you can interact with. In order to punish the Empire for their sins a thousand years ago, the Elder Gods manifested themselves in the world, letting loose powers that ended up devastating it. Following this Calamity, the Empire was slow to rebuild and became a dark caricature of its former image. The continent is now a wasteland, riddled with arcane anomalies, twisted monsters, and undead.
A large selection of longer and shorter stories make up the game’s narrative in the form of events and quests. The choices you make in these often affect the companions and the world around you. Pick your background from trader, mercenary, or explorer; work for factions, follow rumors and trading opportunities; acquire wealth, gain fame, and discover hidden knowledge. The world is sandbox, yet it is filled with hand-crafted content.
Engage in turn-based, tactical combat that involves your companions and a large variety of enemies, both humanoid and monstrous. Use a wide range of character skills to succeed, as well as your own leadership-related abilities. Positioning and support skills are of paramount importance when your companions struggle against powerful foes.
Most journeys have to be planned and prepared for carefully, lest they end in disaster. Manage your supplies, morale, and the freshness of your people effectively to survive. Haul cargo and valuables across the wasteland or take it from others. Your crew of workers, fighters, scouts, and slaves have to be managed to optimize their effectiveness. Equip your caravan with upgrades and your companions with magical gear.
The player can recruit a wide variety of companions into the caravan to serve in versatile roles, such as scoutmaster, guard captain, quartermaster, or navigator. Each of them comes with their own combat skills, background stories, and personal quest lines that, when completed, can upgrade them in unforeseen ways. They can progress through experience levels to become more potent crew members as well as in combat.
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MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+. SteamOS+
- Processor: Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1280x768 minimum resolution. DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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