Hi Knights,

We're back with another patch (v1.0.5) bringing updates to the game which are outlined in the list below.

Please note that we have updated the build version number to be in-line with internal versioning, hence the skip from v1.0.1 to v1.0.5.

Stay tuned for more updates!



Settings

• Added a new setting for disabling Quick Restart during Gameplay
  
• Added a new setting to rebind Interact input

Enemies

• Fixed an issue where enemies would still display Inflictum VFX after exiting the Inflictum state
  
• Fixed an issue where enemies with Demonic Carapace would pop in when spawning

Equipment

• Fixed KILLBLADE Active Trigger not causing the player to dash correctly when standing still

General UI

• Fixed a UI softlock on the Layer complete screen that was occurring when player backs out while the Layer unlock sequence is playing
  
• Fixed an issue where backing out of the Layer Select screen would default the player to see the Regret background
  
• Fixed the Carnage Score heading in the End of Layer screen not appearing correctly

Achievements

• Changed ‘Tokens’ to ‘Tokkens’ in the ‘Tokkens to Kill' Achievement

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the Quick Restart input would not un-bind from the ‘Back’ button
  
• Fixed an issue that caused players to unlock the final Augment before finishing SEVER mode

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Hi Knights,

It's been great to see you diving deep into the Abyssal Keep!

In case you missed it, our Lead Game Designer Sean, shared a message here on behalf of our development team for everyone who has played KILL KNIGHT and joined our community to date.

We have a new patch available now (v1.0.1), bringing updates to the game which are outlined in the list below.

Stay tuned for a game update soon.



Player

• Graphical improvements to Pulse Counter effect

Equipment

• Logic to handle goal unlocks completing and failing while playing on SEVER
  
• Equipment stat bars have had the amount of pips increased from 5 > 10 to improve readability
  
• Trait descriptions relating to Equipment stats have been removed from Equipment descriptions
  
• Trait Icon visuals have been improved
  
• DEMIGUARD now has proper visuals for its Wrath Explosion
  
• ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst cost has been increased from 73 > 95 Power Gems
  
• ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst’s sphere projectile lifetime has been reduced from 12 > 9 seconds
  
• Equipment goal objectives updated for TWILIGHT AMETHYST - Kill Stream required has been reduced from 999 > 555
  
• Equipment goal objectives updated for HEAVENS QUARTZ - Carnage required has been reduced from 20,000 > 15,000
  
• Equipment unlock Tokken costs have been slightly reduced across the board

General UI

• Implemented fallback for input actions to handle displaying actual input in the case of no prompts (previously "MISSING_PROMPT {0}") - This should show the input as plain text now if nothing is available
  
• Rebinding support for movement for keyboard and mouse (defaulted to WASD)
  
• Improved spacing and padding of the new movement controls found in Settings
  
• Fixed Privacy Policy text misalignment

Audio & Music Additions

• Re-mixes to Abyssal Sphere battle music tracks

Miscellaneous

• Leaderboard improvements to now scroll in pages and not 1 by 1 as it did before
  
• Performance and memory allocation improvements

Accessibility

• UI Flicker Reduction & High Readability Font Accessibility options added

Enemies

• QUAKER II now has the correct health value and gives the correct amount of sword charge and score on death
  
• HIVEN Power Gem absorbing has been improved
  
• TURREKTS now correctly bounce off Blood Bombs
  
• Blood decals now properly appear when enemies are killed by Traps
  
• Ground visual effects on GHASTS & Boss have been fixed
  
• Abyssal Sphere subtitles behavior has been fixed when observed during Hyper Drive
  
• Fixed Abyssal Sphere dialogue on death

Player

• Addressed situation where Player could Wrath Absorb during any sword attack
  
• Timescale has been fixed when performing Hyper Drives
  
• Player visual effects now correctly scale at the right simulation speed if there were timescale changes during any specific effects

Abyssal Layer

• Game time now correctly pauses during the bridge sequence

Scoring

• Requirements for achieving individual Abyssal Layer ranks has been addressed

Equipment

• Scenario fixed where certain Heavy Weapons projectiles were missing enemies when shot at point-blank range
  
• Fixed an issue where JUDGECANNON’s wrath projectiles were exploding immediately upon performing a Wrath Burst next to a wall or Gyro Blade
  
• ARCHBLIGHT’s Wrath Burst explosion no longer fires off multiple times

General UI

• Fixed issue where Goals UI was not syncing with actual data after a checkpoint reset
  
• Fix for missing input definitions for mouse/keyboard bindings
  
• Addressed left & right stick press input sprites that were getting mixed up on rebinds
  
• “New Best” UI animation fixes

Audio & Music

• REFLECTION music no longer cancels out randomly
  
• Boss music track now loops correctly
  
• Addressed Execution tutorial where some QUAKER I sounds were not playing
  
• Drop-downs were not playing the select sound when clicking with the mouse
  
• Teleport sound no longer doubles up when going from the bridge to the Boss

Achievements

• “Kill X Demons” Achievements no longer increment multiple times per kill
  
• Achievements for completing all Abyssal Layers at a higher difficulty now unlock for lower difficulties or mixed difficulties
  
• Beating all Abyssal Layers on a higher difficulty unlocks the Achievement on all lower difficulties (e.g. Knight completion should unlock Acolyte and Regret completion).
  
• Beating all Abyssal Layers on mixed difficulties unlocks lower difficulty Achievements (e.g. Levels 1-3 on Acolyte then, Levels 4-5 on Regret, should unlock Regret all Abyssal Layers completion).

Leaderboards

• Leaderboard entries now correctly load on the overview section
  
• Fixed an issue that broke end of level Leaderboards
  
• Fixed rapidly changing Leaderboards not showing correct data
  
• Addressed font issues on Leaderboards when swapping back and forth between accessible & normal fonts

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a crash that occurred when closing the game upon just finishing a run
  
• Updated localization strings in several areas: Network Error, DIVINATION, Movement Key Rebinds, Sword Attack & Sword Surge Rebinds
  
• Traditional Chinese localization fixes
  
• Language drop-down missing character box text
  
• Setting screen keyboard controls navigation has been fixed
  
• Fixed an issue where game would lock on start sometimes
  
• Mortars no longer Z-Fight
  
• Fixed a disconnect popup that was hidden during splash screen and was causing bad input behavior
  
• Accessibility font is now only available for non-fallback font locales
  
• Fixed issue where resolution would revert when in windowed mode
  
• Other miscellaneous fixes

• We have made some improvements to try and address a black screen bug players were getting but if this still occurs, please let us know!
  
• We have also made some Player movement input fixes. If you come across any issue with movement, please let us know as well!

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KILL KNIGHT is available on Steam now - and is now fully optimised for Steam Deck compatibility.

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