Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Big Update — Portuguese Translation Added | 2026-08-04 | This update contains the Portuguese version of Deluge: Threnody of Waves, which was created by William Douglas. We're very happy to make the game available to an increasingly growing player base worldwide. This update includes: - a full Portuguese translation of the base game and DLC. - the Dutch translation of the DLC. - improvements to the Chinese translation. - improvements to the German translation. - general UI improvements. - updated Ren'Py version. (Ren'Py is a great engine, you should consider supporting it!) Thank you for your continued interest in our games. Cheers to all! 🍺 lain socah.org |
| Major Update — CG's Added, German and Chinese Translations | 2026-05-06 | Dear players, the latest update includes: - 2 new CGs illustrated by Teina - Numerous improved sprites - German translation added - Chinese translation added - Enhanced achievement images - Countless small fixes Thank you all for playing and supporting our games. Cheers, lain 🍺 socah.org |
| Deluge Raintime Demo is Participating in Next Fest! | 2026-02-23 | We've just released a big update to the Deluge: Raintime demo. This update includes: - Countless fixes big and small - 19 Steam Achievements - Spanish, Japanese and Russian translations - New and improved artwork https://store.steampowered.com/app/4286390/Deluge_Raintime_Demo/ We've been working tirelessly over the past months to get this game somewhat ready for Next fest, and for that reason we haven't communicated much about the contents of the game. The idea is that Deluge: Raintime will act as both a predecessor and an epilogue to the Deluge Chronicles. This current demo we're releasing contains the first chapter of a story about a colleg |
| DLC Translations Added! | 2025-05-21 | We just added the Japanese, Spanish, Russian and Polish translations to the Ina After Story DLC. Many thanks to Brifyjek and all others involved in translation. And thank you to anyone who has supported us by buying the DLC, as well as anyone who has taken the time to play our games. 🍻 Cheers, lain leaves |
| Ina After Story DLC Out Now! | 2024-11-17 | It took a while, but we finally have a DLC Bonus Chapter out for Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves! I hope you enjoy the new content, Cheers, lain |
| minor stability fix | 2024-11-17 | Update to 16 november stable renpy build. |
| DLC base game update | 2024-11-13 | small update before DLC release |
| DLC Chapter Releasing Next Week! | 2024-11-11 | We are excited to announce that the upcoming Ina After Story DLC is planned to release next week. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3319770/Deluge_Threnody_of_Crashing_Waves__Ina_After_Story/?curator_clanid=41749252 Stay posted! Cheers, lain Leaves |
| Update for upcoming DLC, new achievement added | 2024-11-10 | Minor updates to facilitate upcoming DLC. 1 new achievement added. |
| After Story DLC coming soon! | 2024-10-27 | Over the last months we've been working on an After Story DLC chapter for Ina's character, that we hope to publish somewhere in the coming weeks. The DLC will provide about 30 minutes of additional gameplay and will include all new music, partially new background art and new reimagined sprites drawn by our artists Watashi. Furthermore, purchasing this DLC would greatly support us in our work. All proceeds from this DLC will go towards further game production. Thank you for your support over the years, Cheers, lain |
| OST video out now! | 2024-08-24 | https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3316340122 |
| Achievements Unlocked! | 2024-06-08 | We have just released a major update to Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves. The main changes are: - Achievements have been added to the game. - A Dutch translation has been added, making the game available in 6 languages. - About 35 minor bugs and typographical errors have been fixed. In total this game now has 15 achievements. Deluge: Sermon for the Dead contains an additional 13 achievements. PROTIP: if you have already completed the game, but would like to fetch the achievements, the fastest way to get them is to go to and activiate . Then move the slider to the absolute right and the slider to the absolute left. This will speed you throug |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is out now! | 2024-05-27 | Deluge: Sermon for the Dead, the sequel game to Threnody of Crashing Waves, has just left early access. It's available now for free in the Steam store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186980/Deluge_Sermon_for_the_Dead/ Hope you like it, cheers, lain leaves |
| Bugfix | 2023-07-05 | Bugfix to Japanese translation. Some improvements to Japanese and Spanish translations. |
| Japanese translation out now! | 2023-06-21 | We are very happy to announce that the Japanese translation of Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves has been published. This translation has been completed by Ichisan and Kodai Nakashima. We are eternally grateful for their hard work. Kind regards, lain leaves |
| Minor patch for Spanish translation. | 2023-06-10 | Patched a bug that showed wrong image. Only occured in Spanish translation. |
| Spanish translation is out now! | 2023-06-07 | We're ecstatic to celebrate the release of the Spanish translation of Deluge, and we are proud to be able to bring this game to Spanish speaking players around the world. The translation was completed by a talented team consisting of HazartD, Nicolás Basualdo Martinez, Nicolás Matías Calderón Alcaíno and Nicole Duret. We have also added some textual improvements to the original English text. Thank you for playing our game, Cheers, lain leaves |
| Big Update — Polish Translation Released! | 2023-04-26 | We have just published the latest update to Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves. This update patches the last errors that were still present in the game. More importantly, we have also added the Polish translation of the game. We are very happy to make Deluge available to Polish audiences! Translation work has been completed by Brifyjek. Many thanks for your hard work. This update has been tested extensively. However, if you happen to find any issues, please let me know. Cheers, lain Leaves |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is out in Early Access! | 2023-02-22 | Our visual novel project Deluge: Sermon for the Dead has just released in early access. Over the last months we have been working hard to bring this game to a presentable form. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the game. Please consider sending us your feedback via the Steam community hub, or by leaving a review. I will update you further as soon as possible, Cheers, lain Leaves |
| More Translations Coming Soon! | 2023-02-21 | Over the last months, several efforts have launched to translate Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves into new languages. Due to immeasurable effort by the translation teams, we will soon be able to publish: A full translation into Polish. A full or partial translation into Spanish. A partial translation into Japanese. In the meantime, we are still looking for translators. Please let me know if you would like to help work on new translations. ːsteamhappyː Cheers, lan Leaves |
| Small bugfix to Russian translation | 2022-11-22 | Small bugfix to Russian translation. |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead store page is live! | 2022-11-11 | We are excited to present the store page for our new visual novel project Deluge: Sermon for the Dead. Born from the myriad unused ideas and plotlines that we developed during the creation of Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves, this game explores and expands new themes related to the town of Abbotsford and the brooding mysteries that surround it. We are currently working towards an Early Access release, which is planned to appear somewhere next year. In the mean time, we will continue publishing updates and translations for Threnody of Crashing Waves. Cheers, lain Leaves |
| More translations underway! | 2022-09-25 | Four new translation projects have recently commenced, aiming to bring Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves to users from the German, French, Chinese and Japanese speaking world. All these projects are community-driven and are without deadlines. We'll communicate about definite release dates once they're near completion. A Russian translation of Deluge was recently released. A Spanish translation is nearing completion. If you'd like to work on any of these projects, or if you'd like to start a translation of your own, feel free to contact us. All collaborators will be clearly credited in the final release. Forum Thread Cheers, lan |
| Russian translation is out now! | 2022-09-12 | Presently we'd like to celebrate the release of the Russian translation of Deluge. The translation was completed by the talented Viktor "Licht". Since translation efforts have been undertaken as a volunteer project, the text may contain minor translation errors. If you find any errors, please consider reporting them in the community hub for the game. Cheers, lan (Leaves) |
| Russian translation coming soon | 2022-09-09 | We are happy to announce that the Russian translation of Deluge has been completed. We are currently running the last tests, and should be able to publish the game in the coming week. The Russian translation was created as a community project by the talented Viktor 'Licht'. In other news: French and Chinese translation projects have commenced, please leave a reply if you'd like to get involved. We're also looking for additional Japanese translators. Kind regards, lan |
| Work Has Begun On Translating Deluge | 2022-08-28 | Recently, projects have started with the goal of translating Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves into Spanish and Russian. This is an exciting opportunity to make Deluge accessible to a larger audience. Both projects are community-driven and are without clear deadlines. We'll communicate about definite release dates once they're near completion. If you'd like to work on any of these projects, or if you'd like to start a translation of your own, feel free to contact us. All collaborators will be clearly credited in the updated version of the game. Forum Thread Cheers, lan |
| Deluge Has Left Early Access! | 2022-07-08 | After pulling a few all-nighters we are proud to announce that Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves has been relieved from its early access status. All three ending routes of the game are now complete, encompassing a total of six different endings. For me personally, this is a game that I was unable to let go of throughout it's development cycle (sometimes to the point of obsession.) I hope you guys like it. We'd like to thank everyone that has played Deluge during its early access run. Although we realize the going was rough at times, your feedback and criticisms have enabled and motivated us to keep improving this game. Now that version 1.0 o |
| Deluge Full Game Release Coming This Week | 2022-07-05 | After two additional months of intensive development and playtesting we are estatic to announce that Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves will be leaving early access before the end of the week. The latest update will include the third and final ending route of the game, as well as improvements to the previously released chapters. Thank you for supporting our game, stay tuned for further updates, Kind regards, lan Leaves |
| Two Ending Routes Added to Deluge! | 2022-05-14 | We are happy to announce the first major update of Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves. This update includes the ending routes for the characters Rika and Ina. A woefully incomplete list of new features: - Part 3 & Part 4 added. - Rika ending route added. - Ina ending route added. - Auto-Forwarding implemented. - Improved text legibility. - Structural changes to pacing of Part 1 & 2. - Improved background art. - Improved sprites. - Textual fixes. - Changes to opening - Added game icon I'd like to thank everyone who has commented on the game so far. We have incorporated as much as your feedback as possible in the current build, and delegated an |
| Deluge is releasing in early access! | 2022-01-07 | No better way to start of the year than with a brand new release. After more than six months of development (and many more of drafting, pondering, worrying, etc.) we are relieved to announce that our visual novel project Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves is out in early access. We urge anyone who's interested in seeing an early version of this game to play it. We are eager to hear all your feedback and comments, so feel free to drop us a line via the Steam community hub. Best wishes, Lan Leaves |