Wraithbinder — 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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| Early Access Patch #4: More Gameplay Improvements, Balancing, UX Enhancements | 2024-11-24 | Greetings, Captain! Another small update with new goodies. Thank you for your feedback! This update is for you. Frequency of Updates You may have noticed a slow frequency of updates to Wraithbinder lately. It's because I'm a solo developer and have to work a full-time day job. It may take me awhile, but progress is being made steadily. Please bear with me! If you want more frequent updates, feel free to change to the beta branch in the Steam client and check out the #patch-notes channel on the Wraithbinder Discord Server for what's new. Known Issue If you are playing on Steam Deck, you will need to press the Steam button, then close the overl |
| Early Access Patch #3: Gameplay Improvements, Balancing, UI Enhancements | 2024-07-19 | Greetings, Captain! Another small update with new goodies. Thank you for your feedback! This update is for you. Release Notes Here's the full release notes: v0.9.3 : July 19, 2024 Local Co-op: Did a lot of behind the scenes work for local co-op Gameplay: Fixed enemies accidentally being invincible while frozen (this was meant only for players) Created a bullet-hell attack for Sindraphon Made Boots ability damage things surrounding you whenever you are holding the button, rather than only once you reach top speed Made Boots do a bigger skid stop that does damage along the vector, with a new animation and also skidding is mentioned in the descr |
| Early Access Patch #2: Mana & Attack Speed Improvements | 2024-06-08 | Greetings, Captain! Another small update with new goodies. Thank you for your feedback! This update is because of you. Release Notes Here's the full release notes: v0.9.2 : June 8, 2024 Gameplay: Got attack speed to feel consistent by making it entirely based on your attack speed attribute rather than a 50-50 blend of attack speed and combo hits, which are hits that cause damage versus hits that whiff Slightly increased the maximum amount of attack speed (from 45% cooldown reduction to 50%) Fixed attack speed not being applied to knuckles Ensure that you can melee, dash, melee, dash in rapid succession without being able to exploit this with |
| Wraithbinder's First Early Access Update: A Patch With Many Goodies | 2024-06-02 | Greetings, Captain! Today Wraithbinder got its first Early Access update with many new goodies. Thank you for your feedback and super fan energies! This update is because of you. Goodies You can now pick up all 3 items dropped from minibosses and bosses. This is triple the rewards you used to get from bosses. It also means you don't have to choose just one item while leaving the others behind. You can now dash in midair! This allows for some really interesting ability combos, like jumping + dashing + landing with a melee strike. There's a new item for sale at the Trader. The lantern can be purchased using gold and allows you to see farther on |
| Wraithbinder Early Access is Here! | 2024-05-27 | Greetings, warrior of legend! Wraithbinder has arrived to Early Access! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2126370/Wraithbinder Wrathbinder is a fast-paced action roguelike indie game with secrets, loot, necromancy and ability progression set in the Songbringer universe, created by solo dev and yours truly, Wizard Fu. The Songbringer Universe The events of Wraithbinder take place hundreds of years before Songbringer, on the planet Yuerder, where the character Zero was born. Yuerder was once a lush, Earth-like planet but eons of thick, dark cloud cover transformed most of the oxygen-breathing life into nocturnal and bioluminescent creatures wh |
| Early Access Launch May 27th! Act I Now Playable in the Demo | 2024-05-12 | Greeting, warrior of legend! Wraithbinder is launching into Early Access this Monday, May 27th! Visit Wraithbinder's Steam page and Wishlist in order to be notified when the game goes live. You can get a taste for all the Early Access version has to offer with the playable demo, which has been updated in a major way. Let's take a look at what's new. Major Gameplay Enhancements The experience you gain is now permanent across runs, meaning you keep your player level even when you die. Going up a level grants you one Salty Tear, a new currency that allows you to unlock powering up your armor with the new Mystic NPC. Going up a level in experienc |
| Achievements & Multi-monitor Improvements | 2024-02-18 | Greetings, freedom fighters! You now have achievements, a new story element, multi-monitor improvements and gameplay balancing in Wraithbinder. Achievements There's several achievements that have been added like "You died", "You discovered a secret room", "You beat a miniboss", etc. These are achievable now in the demo and will be so in the Early Access version upon release. Plans are to add more achievements in the future. A Story Element When you talk to the Shorebot aboard your Ship, you now get some dialogue. This is meant to provide you with some purpose, some guidance on what to do and what to expect along the way. Visual Clarity Chests |
| You Can Now Fast Travel in Wraithbinder | 2024-02-08 | Greetings, brave one! Wraithbinder has been improved with another update. There's a new fast travel feature, an intro cutscene, improvements to powering up and less demo restrictions. Let's take a look. Fast Travel By defeating minibosses, you will earn a new type of currency called Teleport Charges. Use Teleport Charges by opening up the Map and choosing an area that you've already visited. You will swiftly teleport to that location. This fast travel feature is a direct response to player feedback. I think it improves the flow tremendously. So thank you, player, for sending your thoughts! Intro Cutscene When you start a new character, or you |
| Demo Update Notes for Jan 27, 2024 | 2024-01-28 | Version 0.8.12 Made the hi-res character models fade in Changed the default keyboard binding for button Y to Alt / Option Got the game running on generic Linux distros Make flash red all the way red (had some shadowy pixels) Make all "hold Y" prompts have a background Reduced HP amounts so they only show when coming from you (like not when an enemy mine goes off) Reduced the noisiness of small explosions Used high-res glyphs for SDL controllers and mouse buttons Don't show announcements or quantities of gold, light or mana gained during the heat of battle Made selected power up pips orange, not blue Solved leaderboard not updating Solved Cree |
| Wraithbinder's Public Demo is Now Available | 2024-01-25 | Greeting, warrior of legend! Wraithbinder's public demo is now released. Crack out your favorite ability build and prepare to slay some goat-headed demons, space pirate style. Just visit Wraithbinder's Steam page to install and play the demo. There's a bunch of new content and features since last time. Let's take a look. Knuckles Metal Knuckles are a new type of weapon with a very fast attack speed, light damage and the special feature that you can hold the attack button to keep attacking repeatedly. Knives Throwing Knives are a new type of ranged weapon that have a fast cooldown, do light damage and use little mana. 360 Rotation True 360-deg |
| Thanks for playing Wraithbinder's final open beta | 2024-01-10 | Fair tidings, player of legend! A massive thank you to all who played Wraithbinder's latest open beta. Your enjoyment, feedback and support are much appreciated. Next is coming the public demo, Steam Next Fest and Early Access. That's all for now. Cheers and happy new year, Nat Code, Art & Music |
| 3 days left to play Wraithbinder’s open beta | 2024-01-07 | Greetings, brave warrior! Wraithbinder's open beta still has 3 days left of open beta play. After Jan 9, the game will no longer be playable in your Steam library but the public demo will soon be available because Steam Next Fest is coming up February 5th. The game has been updated today and here's what's new: Power Up More When powering up your character, the amount of Light you invest now goes a lot further towards increasing the percentage of the attribute you are powering up. For example, the first pip of Max Health used to increase by a fraction of a percent and now it increases a whole 3 HP. Random Crashes Fixed The game used to crash r |
| Play Wraithbinder’s open beta now to Jan 2 | 2023-12-23 | Fair tidings, legendary person! Wraithbinder's open beta has begun and runs until Jan 2. Crack out your favorite weapon and prepare to slay some goat-headed demons, space pirate style. If you haven't already, click Request Access on the Steam page and Wraithbinder will be playable in your Steam library. Sharing your feedback on Wraithbinder's Discord server helps to make this game more awesome. Your feedback will also help improve the game for Steam Next Fest this Feburary 2024 and Early Access launch sometime after that. Exclusive Hair Style As a thank you for playing Wraithbinder's beta, please enjoy claiming this exclusive hairstyle. Only |
| Play Wraithbinder’s next beta Dec 22 - Jan 2 | 2023-12-15 | Fair tidings, person of note! Play Wraithbinder's next beta from Dec 22 to Jan 2. Let's crack out the swords and prepare to slay some goat-headed demons, space pirate style. Make sure you click Request Access on the Steam page ahead of the beta. From Dec 22 to Jan 2, Wraithbinder will be playable in your Steam library. Please share your feedback on Wraithbinder's Discord server. It helps to make this game more awesome. Your feedback also helps improve the game for Steam Next Fest Feburary 2024. Exclusive Hair Style As a thank you for playing Wraithbinder's beta, please enjoy claiming this exclusive hairstyle. Only players of the beta will eve |
| Playing Wraithbinder Live | 2023-11-28 | Join me as I play Wraithbinder live at Steam Next Fest! In this stream, I will be continuing a new character from a previous run. Root for me (or not) as I attempt to beat the final boss. I will be pausing the game to answer your questions in the chat as they come up. Set a reminder to remember this event using the handy-dandy tools on this page. Wraithbinder is a top-down roguelike game with metroidvania elements from the creator of Songbringer. Each run you gain a random set of abilities, each one allowing you further access to the randomly-generated world. When you die, you keep some gold & light to power up your character permanently for |
| Playing Wraithbinder Live | 2023-11-28 | Join me as I play Wraithbinder live at Steam Next Fest! In this stream, I will be creating a new character from scratch and starting a run or two. Root for me (or not) as I attempt to beat the final boss on the first run. I will be pausing the game to answer any of your questions as they come up. Set a reminder to remember this event using the handy-dandy tools on this page. Wraithbinder is a top-down roguelike game with metroidvania elements from the creator of Songbringer. Each run you gain a random set of abilities, each one allowing you further access to the randomly-generated world. When you die, you keep some gold & light to power up yo |
| Another Beta Dedicated to Multiplayer is Coming Soon | 2023-07-27 | Greetings, brave warriors! Here we are wrapping up another fun Wraithbinder beta. Thanks to your feedback, some improvements were made like solving random crashes and adding Steam Cloud sync. About that multiplayer... Welp, after working on this feature non-stop for most of the last few months, there are still some quality issues. Basically, making a multiplayer game by myself has been a supreme technical challenge. lol. Rest assured, I have made an online multiplayer game before, so I'm confident everything will work out eventually. Another beta soon-ish I want to share this multiplayer feature with you when it is high quality, smooth as but |
| Play Wraithbinder’s beta from now to July 28 | 2023-07-15 | Game on. 🎮 Wraithbinder beta is now playable in your Steam library. Multiplayer is planned to be enabled with an update next week. TL;DR: Please enjoy the single player version of Wraithbinder beta for now. There's an update coming next Tuesday and next Friday, either of which might have online co-op multiplayer finished. Because of this delay in multiplayer, I'm extending this beta's finish date from July 25th to July 28th. Thanks for your patience, Wizard |
| Play Wraithbinder’s beta with online co-op July 14 - 25 | 2023-07-08 | Hello person, I really want to thank you for the valuable feedback you’ve provided so far. It really helps to understand how to improve the game experience. Now it’s time for you to show your friends how to bind Wraiths and wreak havoc. Tell me what you think of this new co-op mode. To invite a friend to play with you, make sure you both click Request Access on the Steam page ahead of the beta. From July 14 to 25 Wraithbinder will be playable in your Steam library. Simply launch the game, head over to “New Game” and select “Co-op” to create a session that your friends can join. Your friend will need to select “Join Game”, then choose a match. |
| Thanks for playing! Next beta is July 14 - 25 | 2023-04-13 | Thanks for playing Wraithbinder's 3rd beta and for sending your feedback! Hope you enjoyed. Your feedback has gone into a prioritized list and will be worked on over the next few months. The next public beta will take place July 14th through the 25th. It will have online co-op and more. See the updated roadmap. Cheers, Wizard |
| Play Wraithbinder's Beta Until April 11 | 2023-04-02 | Open play for Wraithbinder's 3rd beta has begun! Enjoy from March 31 to April 11. If you can beat the boss on your first run I will send you a Songbringer soundtrack. Just click the big green Request Access button on Wraithbinder's Steam page and the game will be available in your Steam library until April 11. Here's some of the exciting things that have been done since January's 2nd beta: New boss & improved existing bosses R-stick aiming allows you to fire the Boomerang or Bow faster Each time you open a big chest you get to choose between three random relics Most of the time you discover a new ability you will have a choice between two The |
| Play the Next Beta March 31 - April 11 | 2023-03-24 | Open play for Wraithbinder's 3rd beta starts next weekend! Enjoy from March 31 to April 11. Just click the big green Request Access button on Wraithbinder's Steam page and the game will be available in your library from March 31 to April 11. Here's some of the exciting things that have been done since last time: New boss & improved existing bosses R-stick aiming allows you to fire the Boomerang or Bow faster The dash ability has been improved for a more tactile, responsive feel The Boots ability is now more unique. Hold the button to build up speed until you start to do damage to everything in your path. New relics! A host of art style improv |
| Update Roadmap for 2023 | 2023-03-09 | Curious about when you can next play Wraithbinder? This infomagical Roadmap lets you know when the next planned beta will be and all the other exciting goodies planned for 2023. It covers when online co-op will be introduced and even when Early Access launch may be. If you want to join the beta, just click the green "Request Access" button on the Steam page. When the next beta goes live on March 31st, you will be able to install and play the game with your Steam client. Note that whenever the Roadmap says "Player suggestions" that also includes bug fixes and feedback incorporation. Incorporating your feedback and taking action on your direct |
| Next beta will be early March | 2023-01-17 | Thanks for playing Wraithbinder's 2nd beta and sending me feedback. You are much appreciated and I'm already working on the things you have suggested. Wraithbinder will have a third beta in early March. Here's some of the exciting things that are planned: Floors 7 through 11 Multiple new bosses Lots of new enemies New relics New abilities Art style improvements And here's some things that are planned for further down the road: Twitch drops / collectible items Streamer mode (influence a streamer's run) Online co-op Cheers, Wizard |
| More time to play the 2nd Beta | 2023-01-10 | The 2nd beta will remain live and playable until Jan 12! Just visit the store page and click the green "Request Access" button. Cheers, Wizard |
| What's New in the 2nd Beta? | 2023-01-06 | The 2nd beta is now live and playable through Monday, Jan 9! Just visit the store page and click the green "Request Access" button. Anyone is welcome to play. What's new? Unique enemies One new thing you will discover in this beta is that each enemy has been crafted to have a unique identity. All enemies have specific behaviors that make them feel distinct. There's a shy sneaky enemy, a knight who uses a blade & shield and an archer who hangs back and strikes from the shadows. In addition, there are now elemental versions of each enemy. These have either fire, ice, lightning or acid attacks. These elemental enemies are more tough than their n |
| Play the 2nd Beta this weekend! | 2023-01-04 | Play the 2nd beta this weekend, Friday Jan 6 to Monday Jan 9! This will be an open beta, meaning anyone is welcome to play. If you are new to Wraithbinder, just visit the store page any time this weekend and click the big green "Request Access" button. You will be automatically approved. If you've already played the 1st beta, just fire up your Steam client and play this weekend. That's all! What's new? So much! lol. Look for another Steam post this Friday for more details on all the juicy new juices. Thanks for playing, Wizard |
| Thanks for Playing the Beta | 2022-11-02 | Thanks for playing the Wraithbinder beta! Over the last two weeks, your feedback was instrumental in making this a more exciting and playable video game. What Was Accomplished You mentioned the game was a bit boring without an initial attack ability and dedicated dodge ability. This was improved in the Punch & Dodge Update. Later, you mentioned that combat could be a bit button-mashey without any indicators that an enemy was about to attack. This was improved in the Combat Precision Update. In addition to these main topics, nearly 70 other things were improved over the course of the beta thanks to your feedback. There are many things left on |
| Combat Precision Update | 2022-10-28 | Hello, person! Thanks again for your recent feedback. I've prioritized your top comments and updated the game accordingly. More of your comments are still waiting in my notes to work on next. One important improvement is that enemies now have a warning animation and sound before they attack. This warning is about 0.5s in the first dungeon, then gets shorter as you progress further, making enemies more difficult. This makes Wraithbinder's combat feel more precise and intentional. It's less button mash-y. The Dodge, Blink and Boots abilities now feel more useful as you can see when an enemy is about to strike and dodge away if you are fast enou |
| Punch & Dodge Update | 2022-10-23 | Hello, person! You spoke and I listened. When you start a fresh run, you will now begin with the Punch and Dodge abilities. This makes things more fun and interesting from the get go. Punch is a melee attack like your Blade strike. While Punch does less damage than Blade, it has a faster cooldown so you can attack more rapidly. When you find the Blade ability, it replaces Punch. Dodge is a speed ability like Blink. It shoots you forward and does a little damage on impact. This damage can be used as a skill shot. If you damage an enemy that is low on HP with the Dodge, Blink or Boots abilities it will automatically become a critical hit. The D |