Greetings, Void Hunters!
Today is a very special day, a huge milestone for Soulstone Survivors! We are releasing the largest update the game has ever seen, along with the full release announcement, key art updates, supporter pack DLC… there is so much to cover, so let’s get started!
Soulstone Survivors 1.0 is coming June 17th!
That’s right but that’s not all! We are also super excited to announce that the game is also coming with a simultaneous release to Playstation 5 and Xbox Series S | X! Check out our full announcement in the link below, including our new announcement trailer!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2066020/view/530970142088102701
New Art + Logo!
To mark this milestone, we completely revamped the game’s key art and logo, as a reflection of how much the game changed and evolved through Early Access, thanks to your amazing support! Let us know what you think about the new visuals in the comments!
New Supporter Pack DLC!
We are always incredibly humbled by the support we get from the community. We’d never imagine that people would like the game so much that they’d ask us for a way to support it even further. With you in mind, we’ve created our Supporter Pack, which is an additional content you can purchase to give you access to 1 special skin per character, as well as a special thank you badge on the main menu!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/53057/Soulstone_Survivors__Supporter_Pack/
So if you enjoy the game and want to support it further, check it out, but if not that’s alright too, we already can’t thank you enough for playing the game and all the help we’ve got through Early Access!
Update 16 - The Titan Hunt
Now let’s get to the good stuff, the reason you are here! Today we are releasing the BIGGEST update the game has ever seen, so without further ado lets jump right in! There is so much we want to show you that we decided to make a little update trailer that you can check out below!
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New Game Mode: The Titan Hunt!
Your endless search for power and answers leads you to distant lands, in a brutal hunt for the Titans. Their blood is the key, and it’s up to you to take their power and put it to good use!
In this mode you travel through Unstable Portals through different regions of the world in search of the next titan to hunt. Complete a series of challenges, collect Void Fragments and use them to break the Titan’s seal, and prepare for war.
With the seal broken, all that is left is to face the Titans, ancient foes that shaped the very essence of this world! The spoils await for those who rise up to the challenge!
As you eliminate these powerful foes, collect their blood and learn new, build-defining powers, adding hundreds of new synergies that will elevate your Void Hunters to the next level!
This update marks Part 1 of the Titan Hunt, with Part 2 coming with the full release in June 17th, so get ready, for there is still much to find out about the mysteries of the void!
New Void Hunter: The Shaman!
In your search for blood and power, only the wisdom of the Shaman may keep the Void Hunters true to their purpose and protect them from corruption. This whip-wielding warrior uses totems to harness the powers of his ancestors, with a unique playstyle that focuses on high health and static defences to keep the void at bay.
Now you can craft new weapons, unlock unique skills, runes and perform an ancient ritual to call your spirit guides into battle!
New Buff - Ancestry
Along with the Shaman we are introducing Ancestry, a new buff where you can accumulate and spend stacks to summon a powerful totem that harnesses your own life essence, dealing increased damage based on your maximum health!
New Skill Trait - Fortitude
This update also brings the Fortitude skill trait! Units summoned by skills with this trait deal extra damaged based on your maximum health, in a powerful combo of resilience and strength!
New Feature: Minimap Support!
You will also notice a new feature across the game, the Minimap! It comes with information about all sorts of things, from ascensions to minerals to bosses and enemies… it is filled with useful information to help you find your footing!
New Feature: Bonus Challenges
While playing in the Void Fields or the new Titan Hunt you may notice a few new things going on around you… loot chests, huge minerals, or even the sneaky Treasure Bug traveling through the planes… these optional special events can be completed to get some of that sweet sweet loot!
Improved Visuals: Menu and more
As we get closer and closer to the game’s full release, we are bringing even more visual updates to the game! You may notice the menu is a bit… different now… and it all has a reason to be… the answers as to what is going on with the Void Hunters… why are you even hunting titans… it all lies in our next major update, so keep an eye out!
General fixes and improvements:
- Made small changes to achievements to accomodate the new game mode. Completing the 5 Void Fields maps will now unlock the Unholy Cathedral, and completing the first ritual in the Cathedral unlocks the Titan Hunt. Previous rewards were moved to different achievements;
- Fixed a possible crashing issue when there were too many units active (such as from tons of summons);
- Added Rune Tooltips when you hover over a rune, to make it easier to find what you are looking for;
- Heat Explosion no longer deals extra damage based on your Area of Effect, it now consumes all Burn damage accumulated on the target, dealing 200% of the total damage instantly;
- Subdue base damage increased from 50 to 100, and damage per stack from 8 to 30;
- Bombardment, Cluster Bomb and Trickster Decoy now have their negative effects also scaling with the damage multiplier of those skills;
- Shrapnel Bomb base damage reduced from 375 to 200, and damage per stack reduced from 20 to 4;
- Chaoswalker’s ascension blessings are now considerably stronger, and may no longer grant you additional movement speed so that movement is still predictable;
- Reduced the interaction time of Chaoswalker’s ascension considerably;
- The Chaotic trait now has double the chance to chain into another skill;
- Adjusted the scroll speed in the Damage Breakdown popup;
- Chaotic Surge and Krakens Rum no longer count as area skills;
- Multiple usability fixes on interfaces across the game;
1.0 Price Increase and Special 40% Discount
It’s crazy to look back and see how much the game changed and evolved across Early Access, and we cannot thank you enough for your support along the way. It has been a long road, but one we are extremely proud of and happy to be taking, and with the full release just around the corner, we felt it was the time to adjust the game’s price to reflect all of the new content available in the game.
We have decided to increase the game’s price from $9.99 to $14.99 starting on May 12th, just over two weeks from now, and to give you a chance to get the game at its lowest price it has ever been, we will be participating in the Steam’s Eastern Games Fest and running a special discount of 40% off from April 23rd (in about one hour) to May 2nd! If you were waiting for the right time to get into the fray, that time is now!
Special thanks to you!
Working on Soulstone Survivors over these past couple of years has been an incredible honor, and we could not be more thankful! We could never have dreamt how far the game would come and what direction it would take, and we hope you are as excited as we are about all the new content and full release, which is a huge milestone for the game, but not the end! Rest assured we already have content planned for post release updates, and there is still much to reveal as we get closer to June 17th!
We hope you will enjoy this massive update, and we will see you in the next one, Void Hunter!
~ Soulstone Survivors team
