Hey everyone! This is Matt Kap! Some of you may know me from my work on Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Castle In The Darkness and The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth. Id like to introduce LABS' newest game that was just announced, LOVISH! What started off as a side-project that I was messing around with in between Castle In The Darkness 2 tasks (thats still going smoothly by the way) has become a full and proper game!
LOVISH is an action-adventure platformer thats full of heart (get it?)! Play as Sir Solomon, as he quests through 50+ bite-sized stages in order to rescue the love of his life, Princess Tsuna, from the grasp of the evil Devil Lord! Between every stage, you will see a random event scene, in which anything could happen! Honestly, the less said the better, there are a lot of surprises. Find items, defeat monsters, see familiar faces, and collect crowns on your way to your showdown with Devil Lord! Check out the LOVISH Demo on Steam [previewyoutube=ArKx1trh-28;full][/previewyoutube] Working on LOVISH has been the most fun Ive had working on a videogame project, and I think that fun and light-heartedness shows through in the game itself. Available now, is a short and independent prologue demo that tells a little bit of the story up until the events of the main game.


Id love to hear what you think, so please try it out and wishlist it :). Thank you for all the support! - Matt Kap

Sir Solomons Lovish Saga: A Quest for the Heart (Maybe)

Features:

• 50+ fun levels to play through, each with multiple objectives!
• Wacky randomized event scenes between levels with hundreds of outcomes! You never know what you're gonna see next!
• Collect a variety of items to upgrade Solomon's abilities, or expand the game in meaningful (and unmeaningful) ways!
• Spend your pennies (in-game currency to be clear, no microtransactions here) in the in-game shop!
• 100+ characters, some of which were designed by world-famous manga artist Ryusuke Mita (Dragon Half)
• An exciting, 20+ tune soundtrack by Matt Kap (Castle In The Darkness, Astalon: Tears of the Earth)
• Beautiful human-artist-made pixel art! Even the in-game AI art is drawn by a human person!
• More secrets than ever before! (But this is the first game in this series, so that doesn't mean much, I guess.)
• Unexpected guest characters
• And lots more!

Heads up everyone! Astalon and other great games in DANGEN Entertainment's catalogue are currently on sale with their deepest discounts ever! Check out the sale page to get in on the sweet deals before it ends on September 16th!

GRAB YOUR PRINT FROM THE TITAN OF DEATH HIMSELF!

Hey everyone! This month was something special! "Astalon: Tears of the Earth" turned 2 years old ! Part of the celebrations included new digital goods and some new contests and giveaways! First, we're having a fanart contest! Drawings, music, stories- anything counts! Share your creation, tag @LABSworks on twitter or instagram, and use the hashtag #astalonfanartcontest ! We have some awesome prizes to give away. Full rules at the link below: https://astalonart.dangenentertainment.com/
Next thing, we have released the artbook "Art and Creation" on Steam as well! This is over 100 pages that include every piece of official Astalon art, and a ton of behind the scenes info, lore, and interviews that will greatly interest fans of the game! You can buy it at the link below https://store.steampowered.com/app/2452360/Astalon_Tears_of_the_Earth__Art_and_Creation/
And finally, we have released a 3rd soundtrack album, which compiles all the bonus tracks from the Limited Run Games collector's edition soundtrack release! This album has 6 chiptunes that were cut from the game, as well as 6 new super arrange tracks by Matt Kap! You can buy it now on Steam or bandcamp, or listen on your favorite music streaming service!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2455450/Astalon_Tears_of_the_Earth__Bonus_Tracks/ Bandcamp: https://mattkap.bandcamp.com/album/astalon-tears-of-the-earth-bonus-tracks Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7zjmUMb3RpYGf7pHEUSVEj?si=x7-CVwLOR9KfDOlVabj21g&nd=1 We're grateful to every player who helped this game achieve everything that it was able to achieve. We're almost done with the anniversary celebrations, but keep an eye on our twitter and instagram in the near future for the last few tidbits ! Thanks again, ruins explorers! http://www.twitter.com/labsworks http://www.instagram.com/labsworks -LABS team

Hey everyone! Today we're releasing the Steam trading cards, badges, and emoticons for Astalon! All you have to do is play the game to start to earn cards! Another important note: It has been brought to our attention that the New Game + update for the Linux version has a bug that doesn't allow the game to start. For now, the Linux version has been set back to the previous version until we fix that. Thanks to everyone who has played Astalon, we're gonna continue to do our best!

Thank you everyone for your continued support and your great feedback, we're humbled and couldn't have wished for a nicer community! As a thank you we wanted to something a tiny bit special and we hope that you'll enjoy this update as much as we enjoyed designing it! GAME UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS For all the peeps that can't get enough of Astalon, we've added a whole new mode! Please welcome a real NEW GAME + mode! Not only you'll now be able to dive back into the tower with your power ups after the end of the normal game, but you'll now be able to discover a cool new take on the tower itself! New visuals, new room layouts, new secrets, new challenges await you in the Tower of Serpents! PHYSICAL EDITION For those of you who haven't heard, we're working with the awesome people at Limited Run Games to bring "Astalon: Tears of the Earth" to real Switch cartridges and PS4 discs! There will be 2 editions. First up is the standard game case (with brand new Ryusuke Mita cover art, and a retro-style manual). And second- the COLLECTORS EDITION BOX! The CE box features a 3-disc deluxe soundtrack with a whole album worth of unreleased music, a huge development art book with tons of behind-the-scenes info, sketches, art, lore and trivia, and more! Pre-orders are open now at the URL below: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/astalon-tears-of-the-earth Remember, it's a limited release, so you have to pre-order a copy before Feb 20th. So, what are you waiting for :D? COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS We also have some very good new to share! The amazing speedrunning community of Astalon did a tremendous job at running the game, finding routes and doing friendly competitions with one another, and as a result to their hard work, @strizer86 did a great, very suspenseful live run of the game during AGDQ 2022 in January! Congratulations to him, to Colt for managing Astalon's speedrunning community and for his awesome work as a commentator during the run! And thank you to the whole speedrunning community, we couldn't be more proud! Make sure to check out the run below! PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

• Added New Game Plus mode with a modified and tweaked map! (start a new game from a normal save file with a "cleared" tag on it)
• Made numerous fixes to the main map
• Added a copy/paste feature for save files in the saves menu
• Fixed Void Portals not appearing on the map
• Fixed orbs not spawning anymore after playing the game for a while
• Changed the Bestiary achievements to trigger the previous ones too as a safety
• Ukrainian translation fixes with the help of SBT Localization Team
• Added Russian translation credits
• Fixed Gate not registering as opened when you hit a teleporter at the exact same time
• Added more screen resolutions between 1280 and 1680
• Added the option to keep a button pressed to skip dialogues faster (no more button mashing! Keeping the Jump button pressed with now auto-complete dialogues)
• Added potential fix for characters moving on their own after a character swap
• Added a potential fix for characters blinking through platforms on some occasions
• Various small fixes

Hey Astalon fans! This year's Steam Awards are right around the corner! If you deem Astalon: Tears of the Earth worthy, please kindly consider giving it a nomination in any category! :) Thanks!

Hotfix 1.0.14 Notes - Fixed new install freezing after loading screen (Windows/Linux/MacOS)

Version 1.0.12 Patch Notes (Windows/Mac/Linux)

• - Linux - Fixed missing library
• - Fixed Bram kill count disappearing
• - Reworked Bram Monster Hunter bonus to level with the Kill Count number directly
• - Added safeties for Nevus losing Fly and Kyuli losing Wall Jump
• - Balanced some Deal prices to make them more accessible early game
• - Void Portals will now appear on the Map
• - Fixed missing wall colliders
• - Fixed some campfires not showing on the map
• - Reworked the Lich so it doesn't spawn on the player
• - Reworked the enemy balance in the Ruins of Ash area
• - Special unique item will now respawn properly at its location after death
• - Boss Rush balance changes
• - Black Knight time tracking should now stop at the last boss' last hit
• - Extra modes should now have their time tracking accurately stop on death and start back after reloading
• - Extra modes should spawn the player properly at the last campfire
• - Bosses' jump through platforms have been reworked to be more consistent
• - Added safeties to prevent swapping of characters to break
• - Fixed Ring of the Ancients not displaying very specific secrets (no spoilers)

Hotfix 1.0.11 Notes

• - Fixed HUD overlapping
• - Changed liftable blocks physics detection completeley to narrow down on the liftable block issue
• - Magic Blocks now cost 0HP to spawn

- Fixed Campfire character swapping - Fixed Boss Rush issue

Version 1.0.9 Patch Notes

• - Potential fix for liftable blocks not being pickable anymore
• - Potential fix for Player disappearing when changing rooms
• - Removed Cursed OOB fix attempt in the 1.0.8 patch :D
• - Reduced shield knockback to prevent some OOB issues
• - Algus' Meteor Rain damage gets a buff
• - Algus' Shock Field now allows for other hits to land
• - Inner Fire now has better visual cues
• - Kyuli should now be able to hit objects right in front of her
• - Fixed Hunter not giving orbs when the bestiary is full
• - Fixed some Ruins of Ash rooms missing their ceiling
• - Added safeties when dying at the same time as a Mini Boss, allowing objects to unlock when you go back to those rooms
• - Fixed Volantis being hittable before the fight
• - Keyboard bindings should now be saved properly after being reset to default
• - Fixed floating Bubbles not spawning in the Path of Serpents
• - Game Timer should now stop when you land the last hit on the final boss
• - The game should no longer display the in game pause menu when going out of focus
• - Small balance change for the Death Orb
• - Banish damage type should now be properly assigned to each concerned character
• - Epimetheus Statues should now show up on the map even when the room is discovered
• - DM Ring should now appear on the screen below the keys and can be deactivated in the item menu
• - Athena's Bell should now be able to trigger during invincibility frames, after the hurt state

Version 1.0.7 Patch Notes

• Mercy deal should now work properly
• Death Orb's reward has been bumped to 40% of Max Health
• Some Characters starting strength bonus has been buffed
• Meteor Rain power shouldn't break the final boss anymore
• Epimetheus' Statue doesn't Heal the player to max HP anymore when purchasing an HP upgrade
• Added an elevator to the Ruins of Ash area
• Increased Lucky Draw and Bloodlust drop rates
• Meteor Rain now costs 5HP to use
• Magic Block now costs 1HP to use
• Lionheart power will now give back more HP when triggered

Version 1.0.6 Patch Notes

• Algus' Shock Field ability now works properly
• Liftable blocks have been fixed
• Titan's Ego will now show Epimetheus' statues on the map properly
• Death Orb's reward has been bumped from +4HP to +20HP
• Keyboard Space and Left Control are no longer binded to Pause and Map after re-binding them

Hey everyone! We are pleased to announce that Astalon: Tears of the Earth is now available for purchase on Steam!
Be sure to check out the Original Sound Version and Super Arrange Version albums!
All three items are available in a Special Bundle at 15% off! We hope you enjoy the game! =)

Heads up game music fans! Two albums will be released alongside Astalon: Tears of the Earth at launch! The Original Sound Version, containing the entire 34 track soundtrack to the game and the Super Arrange Version, which features a selection of 11 tunes fully re-done in an orchestral-rock style! Both albums are by Matt Kap will be available in a special Bundle with the game at a discounted price! ASTALON: TEARS OF THE EARTH - ORIGINAL SOUND VERSION
ASTALON: TEARS OF THE EARTH - SUPER ARRANGE VERSION
You can get a taste of the Super Arrange Version by listening to the Astalon trailer! Steam album pages are live now!

We are excited to finally announce the release date of Astalon: Tears of the Earth, coming to Steam on June 3rd! We also have a brand new trailer that reveals a closer glimpse into the world of Astalon and a snippet from the upcoming arrange album. [previewyoutube=iRbkhvukuh8;full][/previewyoutube] Astalon: Tears of the Earth Steam Store Page Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a 2D action-platformer that follows three unique warriors on a perilous mission to save their town in a post-apocalyptic world. Having made a pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus, the characters are granted the power to grow stronger each time they die and must surmount the mysterious Tower of Serpents in search of answers. Players can switch between the three heroes and must utilize their unique skills to take down monsters, solve puzzles, find artifacts, and progress through the game, all while uncovering the intriguing backstory behind the Titan, the tower and the heroes.

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is joining Steam Game Festival 2021! LABS Works' Matt Kap and Jon Lepage will be streaming a special playthrough of the brand new demo at 10:00AM PST on February 3rd! Tune in to find out more about the making of the game, changes that have been made and insight into the history of Astalon: Tears of Earth!