RelicWar Demo

Devlog

• Demo build v1.3.3 - Trap Notifications
  March 29, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  New Trap Notifications Some of the most common feedback is players don't realise when they hit a trap or that they have a chance to avoid it. Now your Hunter will shout if a trap has been detected and... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.3.2 - Relic Appraisal Notifications
  March 17, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Relic Appraisal Notifications I had a nice .gif recorded but file size limits have halted me uploading. The appraisal process was missing something to indicate your rank progress. So now when you appr... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.3.1 - UI/UX updates
  March 16, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  New Navigation UI The UI for navigation in the game main menus has been updated. The main menus have been separated from the top nav. This makes for a better look and prevents menus overlapping when t... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.3.0 - Moar Maps!
  March 09, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Moar Maps! Added maps for "Dark Depths" 02 and 03 to the game. Also added maps for "The Wilderness" 02 and 03. Putting in some previews below. If you want to see the maps for 03 - play the new demo bu... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.2.0 - New Maps!
  March 08, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  New Maps Added! Map for Shallowlands 02 and Shallowlands 03 have been added. This includes some matching battle maps for each too! Matching battle map v1.2.0 Added new map Shallowlands 03. Added new m... Continue reading

  
• NextFest updates - v1.1.5
  March 01, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Important Update Had to rush out a fix for connecting to another match after completing the first one. I know a demo should be a short teaser of a game but it shouldn't be that short! :) v1.1.5 Fixed... Continue reading

  
• NextFest updates - v1.1.3 and v1.1.4
  February 26, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  More releases for the Fest While broadcasting the first few days I found some issues that needed urgent attention. I got the following releases out during the Fest. v1.1.3 Updated Continue button on r... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.1.2 released!
  February 24, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Hopefully last release for the fest.. I wasn't planning on this release but I had a few items that were bothering me for presentation. See you at the live broadcast in a few hours! Changes Smaller car... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.1.0 released!
  February 22, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  New preview graphic for Hire Hunter The preview area for Hire Hunter has gotten an upgrade - just in time for the Steam Next Fest. The old version Checkout the older version. Much more janky looks wis... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.0.2 released!
  February 16, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Didn't expect to be pushing out another post so soon but I managed to fix some reported issues and spotted some improvements to make during my own testing too. Lets keep the feedback loop going! From... Continue reading

  
• Demo build v1.0.1 released!
  February 15, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Really delighted with the response on my demo and the amount of players we have had. I've noticed some issues in relation to the onboarding/first time start of the game and provided some fixes. Lookin... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo is Live!!
  February 12, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  I pushed the big green button! It is with a huge rush of dopamine and pride I have pushed up the demo v1.0 build. Now you can download and play the demo on Windows/Mac and Linux. This is going up to b... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #10 - Steam Next Fest!
  February 02, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Finally ready for Steam Next Fest Many times I was overly optimistic and I went through the cycle of entering/announcing the fest participation only to be backing out months later when I knew I wouldn... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #9 - In the end, it matters!
  January 19, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  The end match results screen This screen was looking really bad and it's due to the original version being more a quick POC rushed dev task. Take a look at this barf worthy image below of the old vers... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #8 - Steam Account linking
  January 13, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Steam Account linking Quite an important feature for Steam users. As soon as you click play your Steam account will be used to create your online VC account. Also it will use your Steam name in game t... Continue reading

  
• Inspired by a PS1 Classic
  January 11, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

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• Steam Demo Build #7 - Spanish!
  January 05, 2025 by Violent Candle Studios

  Language Selector and Spanish translation Thanks to some community contributors we now have a full Spanish translation. This will be helpful to offer the game to more players and also to improve the l... Continue reading

  
• Steam page is live!
  December 20, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  After 4 years of hard work while trying to keep everything in normal life going I have reached the major milestone of the Steam page going public. Checkout the promo trailer and if you're feeling fest... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #6 - Moar features!
  December 01, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Highlight tiles for selection Now finally I've added the feature to highlight tiles for selection inside your movement range. I've wanted to add this feature for such a long time at this stage but I w... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #5 - Polishing and improvements
  November 23, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Introduction Dialogs - Shop and MediCenter Both the Relic shop and MediCenter have welcome dialogs to introduce you to the characters and setting. I felt this was really missing from the user experien... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #4 - Polish and new features
  November 18, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  New player turn indicator Took a while to get around to this but now I've added a nice player indicator to indicate the Hunters turn. This arrow colour will nicely match your player stripe colour in t... Continue reading

  
• New screenshots for game page
  November 18, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Updated the screenshots Included screenshots from some more recent builds. (v9.9). Most screenshots were from much earlier versions such as v0.6.0 and v0.8.1. Also included some from the v1.0 Steam bu... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #3 - Crossing the river
  November 14, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Added keyboard shortcut for fullscreen (F11). I had a nice .gif animation to show you (boo for small file upload limits) but you will have to trust me - when you press F11 the game will now go fullscr... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #2
  November 03, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Smaller Maps I've spent most of my time playtesting and tweaking lately. I've made a big decision to shrink the overall map size. The large maps - paired with excessive delays between actions made the... Continue reading

  
• Steam Demo Build #1
  October 21, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Steam Demo Build I've been putting all my effort into porting over to a Steam compatible build. While I managed to keep the Web Demo intact it won't be getting any further updates and eventually will... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.15 Released!
  October 13, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Final Web Demo Release This release is mostly to fix issue an issue playing the demo online. A bug with the setting would be preventing the game from starting for all players. This issue has been reso... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.14 Released!
  September 24, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  New MediCenter with final artwork The final artwork has been put in place for the brand new MediCenter. The medical facility used to be accessible via a popup but a dedicated section is much easier to... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.13 Released!
  August 25, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Tier level for Relics/Improved listing visuals The overall visuals has been improved for the Relics listing. Also added a visual for the new Relic tiers introduced. This is inspired from Cyberpunk 207... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.12 Released!
  July 27, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Fixed projectile offsets and timings Projectiles are timed better to match the actual animations and the offset has been tuned to match the weapon heights. This definitely improves the visuals of atta... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.11 Released!
  July 20, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  New Pause Menu I've wanted to quit making this game many times (5 or 6 times last time I counted) but now I have a new option to quit the game. If you are struggling to work on your own game I recomme... Continue reading

  
• Build v0.9.10 Released!
  July 06, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  4 player play testing event Now is the perfect time to test the game with the 4 player event that will be running for all of July and August. Movement with dice bonus Previously if you had no movement... Continue reading

  
• Cross Platform - Build v0.9.9 Released!
  June 22, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

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  Intro Story Now we have a story introduction to the game world on startup. Here you will learn a little bit about our humble shop keeper and good friend Gunther. It's likely this screen will have some... Continue reading

  
• UI polish - Build v0.9.8 Released!
  May 19, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  This release was focused on fixing bugs and also to polish the dashboard UI. I'll break down the big changes below and list some of the other fixes. Share Code updates The share code button has been m... Continue reading

  
• Bug squashing - Build v0.9.7 Released!
  April 27, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  This release was focused on fixing bugs and also to start on some polishing tasks. In particular I started with the SFX. Since this release was very much focused on gameplay fixes and SFX fixes I won'... Continue reading

  
• Huge changes - Build v0.9.6 Released!
  April 13, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Here is a summary of the main visual changes. This release was highly focused on fixing all the bugs that have been around for some time. I seem to have achieved that and fully cleared out my bug list... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.5 Released!
  April 02, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Colyseus Play Test The plan for this release was created based on feedback during a live play test with the guys from Colyseus.io. I had a great time but the amount of bugs experienced definitely impa... Continue reading
• Demo Build v0.9.4 Released!
  March 15, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  Dashboard UI Updates The title screen graphic will now appear in the background of all menus. This is great for visuals and consistency of the user interface. Also updated fade animations and input co... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.3 Released!
  February 18, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  New Desktop Client New update for the Relic War demo. This version is focused on initial Steam integration. Now we have a new Desktop Client build that can store your Steam account with your online ga... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.2 Released!
  January 08, 2024 by Violent Candle Studios

  I'm happy to announce the new release for the Relic War Demo. This version is concentrated on enemy idle animations but includes many other fixes for the UI. The game is feeling so much more alive now... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.1 Released!
  December 10, 2023 by Violent Candle Studios

  I'm happy to announce the new release for Relic War. This version is concentrated on quality of life improvements, Discord authentication and idle animations for all heroes. Demo Build v0.9.1 changes:... Continue reading

  
• Idle Animations - Coming soon!
  November 19, 2023 by Violent Candle Studios

  Idle animations are currently being worked on and will be included in the next update. I've been putting it off until my game maybe becomes successful but right now I would just rather have them in fo... Continue reading

  
• Demo Build v0.9.0 Released!
  October 29, 2023 by Violent Candle Studios

  Demo Build v0.9.0 changes: Enhanced enemy move calculation with server pathfinding. Improved account setup/auth flow. Updated home screen with button art. Updated account info display in navbar. Event... Continue reading

  
• New map for demo build!
  October 08, 2023 by Violent Candle Studios

  Our 3rd map "The Wilderness 01" has been created for the demo build. Snowy areas will be the final biome in the game... Continue reading

  
• Welcome to Relic War!
  September 25, 2023 by Violent Candle Studios

  It's been 3 years in development to get to this point. I've created a fun multiplayer dungeon game that has many unique hero characters to play with and enemies too. Just some background info. I start... Continue reading