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Update: Important Fixes & Improvements!

Hello everyone! Today's update contains more bug fixes and improvements based on your feedback in these areas: User experience, player agency

Added an icon to choices that loop back, to inform players which choices move the story forward

Character creation

Improved Blocks attributes and Blocks resistance tooltips
Fixed +/- link highlighting not disappearing on hover off
Fixed mismatched attributes effect on beauty/menace
Fixed preset traits highlighted icons mismatch

Combat

Berserk eliminates fear, thus your attacks have a higher chance to hit
Radical Attack has an NPC dice roll step, so even pulling it off does not guarantee an instant win opportunity

Morl, when not enraged, does not kill you in the duel:

when you run out of hit points, but you fought well and managed to win his respect, Morl only knocks you out
when player uses the flee option, Morl only shouts insults
BUT if Morl is enraged he will use deadly force in both situations

Wear Out tactic made more accessible

Your character's Close call and Effortless defense now both grant +1 MP
Your character's Critical miss no longer causes -1 MP, just a penalty to anger/fear

Tutorials

Separate combat attack, defense, enemy turn start, player turn start texts
Hard and soft checks click on choice improvements

Fixes

Fixed typos and Raven/Luan mixups

And this is what we're planning for the next update (there will be a testing build made available, in our #feedback channel on the Discord server next week): Limit allocation of points to once per chapter

so the story flow is not interrupted by the temptation to re-allocate the points yet again for yet another dice roll
but you never feel like you made a mistake and cant get your points back
+ allow to remove wealth upgrades on a story step with choices costing wealth, so you never feel like you cant allocate your wealth points out of fear of a choice coming up that costs more than you left un-allocated

Hide choice effects values

you know the choice affects a stat, but you have to read the choice text to know which way
so that you both rely on role-playing and not clicking choices based on stat effects only
But at the same time dont feel like a choice had an unexpected effect

Other changes

Fix bugs around Ironman unlocking and checkpoints when reaching the games end
Story: several fixes when skipping dialogues, abandoning characters
UI and game mechanics fixes around NPC characters death

And of course work will continue on writing and editing the scenes for Act 2. Let us know what you think of this patch, and what's coming up next! Drop your thoughts on the Steam forums, or join the community on Discord!

Sacred Fire

Iceberg Interactive

[ 2021-12-01 18:16:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Sacred Fire
Poetic

Developer

Iceberg Interactive

Publisher

2021-10-18

Release

Singleplayer

CREATE

Create the body and mind of your own hero. Will you be brave, vengeful or gifted but traumatized? Customize your appearance and traits that will determine your playstyle.

ROLE-PLAY

Enjoy the freedom of choice and interpretation to tell your own story. Track your progress through a nuanced story with no filler events, full of opportunities to use your wits to triumph.

FIGHT

Use psychological tactics in battles. Overcome fear, pain and anger to perform at your peak. Show skill, lethal determination or total control to unnerve your opponent.

STRATEGIZE

Resort to diplomacy in relationships to rise as a leader, gain allies and resolve conflicts peacefully. Compete with other story characters for respect, renown, wealth and followers.

DEVELOP

Expand your mind and overcome beliefs holding you back. Unlock motives, weakness and secrets of others. Will you use them to build or to destroy?

EXPLORE

Each of the three acts comes with real story branching. Playing as a male or female offers fresh surprises. Can you reach all 5 distinct endings and gain all 8 major achievements?

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. SteamOS+Memory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 2 GB available space
Memory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 2 GB available space
Storage: 2 GB available space

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