G'day, I have seen a spike in purchases in the past two days. If you are able to refund yourself please do so. This goes for anyone else who bought the game since launch if you can refund yourself please. Refund yourself. The reason being is I am currently in the process of making this game free via valve, this will take approximately a week (according to valve) to be put into action. When ported, the game will not be returning to premium pricing and all subsequent updates will be free. Thank you and have a great weekend.

Unfortunately after todays announcement from Unity Technologies Necore Towers updates have been further delayed. I am not a full time developer anymore and I have been focusing my efforts on an engine of my own for a while as a hobby. Thankfully I had already started on this engine so its not a huge issue for me personally but what they have done is a pure scum act. Anyways, any updates I had in progress for the Unity version of the game are not going to be implemented and wont be in until I can port it into my own engine or an open source alternative such as godot in which case I will add them during the port. Necore Tower, will be available to play until just before it reaches the threshold of installs, at which time it will pulled temporarily from the store and will be ported to my engine or an open source alternative, meaning save games will break and will take a bit of time to be ported. Unity Technologies has become scum and will no longer be used to build my games.

Changes:

• Input Management Stability Improved for Windows
• Runtime Stability for Windows 11 and Windows 10
• Fixed an issue where some achievements would not complete
• Updated loading process

G'day lads, I hope your holidays were great. I have news to share all of which is good. As you know, "Necore: The Thunder King" is the next title due and is planned to take a few years to complete, not only because of the size, story and amount of work it will take to complete, but also because I am not a full time game dev any longer. I am a heavy metal fabricator, so that now extends the time for development. All this to me that is fine, I bloody love being a fabricator, however, I have to make it known so that if you feel as though I am not posting enough or you aren't seeing regular enough updates, know that they are happening, I am just not posting about it constantly. Now on to even better news. In light of the next big title taking longer, due to reasons above and the desire to contract some awesome talent to help with making anime style trailers and cutscenes for the next big title. I have been working on a much smaller title, similar to Necore Tower's size, however this will have more gameplay elements to it and is much more entertaining to play as a game, I do focus heavily (and will continue to do so) on story and environment more than gameplay as that is what I personally enjoy most about a game. The new title is called Necore Warriors. Necore Warriors is a turn-based strategy game cross rpg, so it's borderline, a tactics-rpg. You'll travel back centuries before the events of Necore Tower and battle through ten strategic levels to discover the story behind the realm's greatest war. Along with your standard units, ranged and melee, you have one hero in each level. Different heroes have different special abilities, level them up using skill points earned to unlock new ones and gear up before battle to ensure you have the right ability for the right situation! Beware tough enemies, learned in the ways of the dark arcane, they too have powerful abilities that can wipe you and your units from the battlefield in a matter of turns! If this has piqued your interest it is available now to wishlist. The screenshots currently listed are greybox shots from in the engine and are due to change. Well that's it for this update, so be sure to stay tuned, and I will catch ya next time lads! Enjoy!

Due to an inability to send gift copies from some countries, pricing is changing to allow for international gifting in those countries. Affected Countries: Australia UK region Canada New Zealand USA Europe region The price will be lowered to 2.99 USD once approved by the system and is set to use automatic exchange rates. This may become a price increase in some countries and a price decrease in others. More news regarding Necore: The Thunder King is yet to come, but I can say this, the steam page is prepared it is just missing artwork.

A bunch of changes have been made, prices of upgrades have increased player stats have changed significantly, and a fix has been made to the final boss to ensure intended design. Other Additions: - A secret has been added in the base and will only occur during a very specific state. Hint: "I am under no obligation to make sense to you". - A mini-game has been added and is currently only available via a hidden NPC once you have completed L9.

Latest Build Number is 7582672, and is safe to run. Visit the link below to find out what build you are on. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1516340/view/3058500029563636990

A separate bug has been found within stats that will cause them to reset, do not run this update. To know what build you are on, see the images below.

This update will unfortunately reset stats, however, should no longer have an issue with Demo players having an overflow in Armour from an old setting. Drop rates have been increased and the wording in some quests has been updated to help assist the player when making a decision on what to buy or where to go next. Thanks everyone for your help today it has been most helpful! Hope you enjoy the game! ~ Goodnight!

Fixed a bug that got rolled back into the build after the dialogue database fix. Would only occur under very specific circumstances.

Rebalanced stats and currency and tidied up a loose end with the bat guano quest item.

To celebrate the release of Necore Tower - Redux Edition, I am running a launch giveaway which will give Five lucky players a copy of Necore Tower - Redux Edition. To enter follow this link https://gleam.io/rOemE/necore-tower-redux-edition-release-giveaway sign up for an account and follow the steps if you want extra entries! Best of luck lads, and may fortune be on your side! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/Necore_Tower__Redux_Edition/

A new hotfix has been added (and some other features). Issue: Blacksmith Sign caused the player freeze bug to reappear from yesterday. Cause: Missed the entry in the database when fixing yesterday. Cheers to a member of the community for bringing this issue to my attention.

The demo has received a small hotfix regarding a bug that was caused by a corrupted dialogue database. Issue: Players could become stuck after interacting with certain objects Cause: corrupted dialogue database

After receiving some feedback, the demo version has received an update placing an interactable object in one of the available levels that will make it far easier to obtain the max currency achievements. This object will not be in the full version of the game, however similar objects do exist further up in the tower. You may notice something about it which is purposefully designed the way it is. You should not need to start a new game however, you can if you wish! Enjoy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/Necore_Tower__Redux_Edition/

Necore Tower - Redux Edition finally has a release date. Initially set for OCT 20 @ 11:30pm it has been changed by valve. However, it is only a two hour difference. The new time and official release date is October 20th 2021 @ 9:30pm Pacific Daylight Time. That time converts to the following major targeted time zones: Australia ACST: 14:00 (2pm) October 21st 2021 Australia AWST: 12:30 (12:30pm) October 21st 2021 Australia AEDT: 15:30 (3:30pm) October 21st 2021 NewZealand (NZDT): 17:30 (5:30pm) October 21st 2021 Canada (NDT): 02:00 (2am) October 21st 2021 US East (EDT): 00:30 (12:30am) October 21st 2021 US Central (CDT): 23:30 (11:30pm) October 20th 2021 US Mountain (MDT): 22:30 (10:30pm) October 20th 2021 US Atlantic (ADT): 01:30 (1:30am) October 21st 2021 UK (GMT): 04:30 (4:30am) October 21st 2021 India (IST): 10:00am October 21st 2021 Russia (MSK): 07:30am October 21st 2021 Spain/Sweden/Norway (CEST): 06:30am October 21st 2021 South Korea (KST) / Japan (JST): 13:30 (1:30pm) October 21st 2021 Hope you enjoy the game on release and have a good week!

With the upcoming release date October 20 @ 23:30 PDT (OCT 21 2021 Australia) the final demo build has just been released. Requirements: If you have played the demo before, starting a New Game via the main menu is advised. Changes: - Added a Save and Go To Main Menu button in the pause settings - Updated the Control Configuration Manager in the Main Menu. Assign Keys, Gamepad Buttons and Mouse Buttons to play using your own desired control scheme if the predefined button layout does not feel right for you. - Enabled Elevator Menu Buttons - Added alerts for floor cleansing success - Updated max value counters for store stats - Added character stats to the pause menu

The new 0.9.5a demo is now available for Necore Tower - Redux Edition Requirements: Make sure to choose the "New Game" option in the menu if you have played the demo before as the save system has been updated to fix a bug with quests and dialogue. Choosing New Game will delete old game data and start you fresh. Fixes: - Fixed mana store showing current value instead of max value for mana capacity. - Fixed a bug that caused Physics to misbehave with AI navigation - Fixed a bug where some achievements would not show the unlock prompt UI from steam. - Fixed a bug where performance would diminish severely while playing with the audio sliders. Improvements: - Enemy attacking loop improved - Improved performance Additions: - Mana Attack Unlocked - certain NPC direction facing Additional Notes: The demo is reaching release state, should only be one more update (approx. 1-2 weeks) from now until the demo is reflective of the full game at release. Concerning those with full game testing already: - Achievements will only unlock those in the demo package until release to ensure fairness of achievement unlock racers. - More content will be available in the next sprint's build

The new build is available for the demo and a new Linux build is available for testing. Click the download demo button to add the game to your library for testing. There have been a bunch of changes regarding enemy combat and bug fixing. See the full list of mentionable fixes, additions and improvements within the main menu of the game. If you want to grab access to the demo, follow the image below! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/Necore_Tower__Redux_Edition/
Have a good one lads!

Following on from the last post, the video for 13 part 2 is now up and so is the VERY Early Alpha So sit back relax and enjoy the video! [previewyoutube=TYBaoGn3-Uk;full][/previewyoutube] How to get the demo: Visit : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/Necore_Tower__Redux_Edition/ And Click Download Demo on the far right (see image below)

Update log 13 has been a longer one than expected, sure, I could just sit down and bang out logic for each enemy and have a massive cluster of repetitive spaghetti code, but I have not and will not be doing that. Instead I need to develop in-house tools for the development of AI behaviour, and AI driving/steering. For that I needed more time to research the best method for my use case, so as to have one that I could use to accomplish this task, and have it carry over into future projects. Thus we reach why only part 1. This update is going to take a while to get done. It does not delay the release of the game, however, until it is implemented at a base level with adequate micro interactions, there will be no progress videos (which will be part 2). However, there will sometimes be gifs over on twitter so if you're interested in seeing those go check out the account here: https://twitter.com/outbackgames So while completing this research and development phase to move on (upgrade) from the original and simple FSM AI implementation: - new UI designs have been created, - the new Start Screen -> Main Menu flow is implemented, - The New Game and Saved Game detection is implemented - Audio Settings and accompanying UI and persistence has been implemented - Scene Fading - Corruption Detection for save files - First draft of corrupted save, support document is ready - All original quests are designed and written into the engine. - All original dialogue is implemented - Cutscene tracking has been updated - Crimson Guard transitus system is ready - UI Sound effects are implemented for the main menu, just need linking in other menus. - Ambience audio is now added under the music track. - Added auto barking for certain NPCs while the player is within range. A speech bubble will appear over their heads while barking. (Idea was inspired by FFXIV and other MMO &| RPGs that use barks for hidden/extra dialogue) - Implemented Quest Exclusive loot tables. - Enemies now drop loot where as in the original they did not. (That was done by choice in the original to fit thematically into what I was intending, however, with all the changes, this approach is warranted.) Anyways that's it for this update, I will get to a new video soon, but I will not rush this AI tool out just for content So until then stay safe lads! Oh also if you'd like to check out a game that I helped program, you should go give a look at God of Riffs by BossMusicGames - God of Riffs It releases today, so if you're a VR nut go grab it with early access and launch discounts!

[previewyoutube=INKSvkW7TZo;full][/previewyoutube] Well, ah I suppose I called it with there being something bad coming. Turns out covid was coming and my old farmer's knee was acting up, so to speak. There's been loads of changes, a lot of art creating in aseprite mostly, reason is for the Button indicators that swap out when you add and remove a gamepad from the system on PC and it will automatically, swap to gamepad for console builds. There's now proper layer ordering for characters and props that can be either in front or behind the player. New control layout for gamepads and much more! So be sure to watch the full video! Wishlist Necore Tower on Steam Today! :https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340?utm_source=youtube

[previewyoutube=_9Mx0-DLwXU;full][/previewyoutube] We've got currency, quests, dialogue and more. All ready to start putting in content and setting up the remaining floors of the tower ready for combat! If you like what you see, Wishlist Necore Tower on Steam Today! : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340 We're getting real close now to a playable alpha for those who already have keys.

Uhhhh I think I might need to get a blessing from Abigail to get rid of that demon inside of me... Anyways! Welcomes back to episode 9 of the Devlog, we've made a bunch of progress so sit back, relax and get a snack. [previewyoutube=2b05Kv3ea40;full][/previewyoutube]

[previewyoutube=Rsde0lE034Y;full][/previewyoutube] Let's GOOO! Finally we're making snowball progress. Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/ There's more dialogue and quests, and the back end is coming up nice and strong for combat and economy, which is more than just having data allocations and some UI. This includes saving, upgrading and setting up functions for updating the UI and more. Subscribe to the channel to stay up to date! ;) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjGkVF2KOp7Rto0lYryoloQ?sub_confirmation=1

Thanks for stopping by! We've made stellar progress this devlog after ditching systems and rebuilding from the ground up. Find out in this fortnight's video regarding what we've done! [previewyoutube=lg8ijT_-KgQ;full][/previewyoutube] Welcome to Devlog Episode 7 for Necore Tower, come listen and see what progress has been made to Necore Tower Redux Edition and what's been going on. Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/

[previewyoutube=tkqCfkxZgtY;full][/previewyoutube] As this fortnight's video has been pushed to next Monday the 19th of April (Aussie time) because unfortunately I have been far too busy to edit a proper video. Here's a little bit on the progress that's been made such as the new physics locomotion controller, footstep soundfx, dialogue triggers, spatial sound and some of the new UI frames. All done in a short little video and yes it's super zoomed in, dw it doesn't look terrible like it does in the video! First time with audio being showcased as well! Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/ Visit The Website : https://outbackgames.com.au Black and White Pixel Art Bundle: https://www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/black-and-white-pixel-art-bundle/ Free Pixel Art Bundle: https://www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/simple-pixel-art-bundle/

Cheers for stopping by, the sixth development log is now available on youtube or, well I suppose here. Anyways, check it out and the next one will be ready in 2 weeks from today! [previewyoutube=Rjud1-2k9bg;full][/previewyoutube] Description: Well it has been officially two weeks since the last devlog video. Let's see what Asif and I have been up to... Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/15... Visit The Website : https://outbackgames.com.au Visit Boss Music Games: https://bossmusicgames.com BMG Twitter: https://twitter.com/bossmusicgames BMG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossmusicgames/ BMG YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmL6fiOzF6t3CM65dmSSQEA Free Pixel Art Bundle: https://www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/simple-pixel-art-bundle/ Timestamps: 00:00 Start of Clip 03:48 Elevator Music - (Had to cut some footage after upload to youtube.) 08:50 End of Video(old)

The development log videos have been moved to a bi-weekly schedule due to entering the stage of small things development, so to have more content available in the videos they will now be moved to Bi-Weekly, the next video will be published on March 29th 2021.

[previewyoutube=VpjrCs97d5U;full][/previewyoutube] Welcome to episode 5 where visual additions are plenty. Well, almost... Come, watch this week's Necore Tower Indie Game Devlog Episode. We'll have some half arsed memes and some VR too. So yeah sit back, relax and let scotty take you for a ride. Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340

Necore Tower - Redux Edition Weekly Devlog Number 4 Is now available for your viewing pleasure on youtube or well, right here I suppose! [previewyoutube=Vz_5hUwb8ps;full][/previewyoutube] In this week's Game Devlog, we cover the fixes for the bugs that popped up last week and some other really cool things that happened during the period from the last episode. Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/

[previewyoutube=F7p8YoK21oU;full][/previewyoutube] Necore Tower - Redux Edition Game Dev Log Episode No.3: This week was a cluster duck... You know how you have those weeks where you're plugging along making great progress and then wham out of nowhere you get a glowing red hot bar railed into you? Yeah that was this week, I should have expected it really... After a nice relaxing weekend out, slathered in sunscreen and still getting sunburned, I returned to work on the game, to find that the save system that was previously working fantastically had now broke itself and the topdownengine's character controller had also broke. Keep in mind I hadn't touched the project over the weekend, so to find that it had broke completely on monday really rustled my jimmies and broke my head. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to check out next week's Game Devlog for Devlog Monday by subscribing! Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/ Visit The Website : https://outbackgames.com.au

[previewyoutube=uiyR2W3KjAo;full][/previewyoutube] Youtube Description: Necore Tower - Redux Edition Devlog #2: So, This week was probably the most productive of this month, I managed to get the base quest and dialogue components back and integrated into the new Redux Edition. Sure, I still have to make new UI for it as currently it does not fit quite well with the rest of the UI or game but we're right on track with where the game is supposed to go. If you're wondering yes, I did change the name of the channel, but the branding will change later. I have changed just the youtube branding to better reflect the kind of content being made here, but it does not tie directly with my business this channel is for a fun progression and I do not wish to have to seem professional or formal because the studio's brand is here. SO without further ado, I present to you, "Scotty's Game Development"! The other Aussie Game Dev, living in the tropical heat of the northern strayan sun. Wishlist Necore Tower - Redux Edition on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1516340/ Visit The Website : https://outbackgames.com.au #devlog #scotty #outbackgames

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