The Unlife of Gorlak — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5.2 patch notes | 2026-10-14 | I’ve been slowly poking at making sure the game is properly fully translatable because i’ve been putting it off. a friend of mine wants to do a spanish translation so I’m setting aside a little bit of time in the week to poke at it. anyway there’s a chance some text might be “undefined” but i made sure the current progress is properly tested myself so hopefully not.(if you go into the WWW folder/data/text there’s an en.json file you can edit but it’s not complete yet sorry!) ANYWAY i got an email this morning about a crash with the damage numbers that i’ll be honest i’m not sure i can properly recreate BUT MAYBE i have something that fixes it |
| The Unlife of Gorlak is 25% off for the Autumn sale! | 2026-10-01 | yuuup you can get it cheaper and tell your friends about it! |
| 1.5.1 patch notes | 2026-07-30 | it came to my attention that when choosing where to go on an excursion the meter that showed you your current progress wasn't appearing so i fixed that |
| 1.5.0 Patch Notes | 2026-07-29 | It’s the first Gorlak patch I’ve made in a while but given the amount of new Gorlak gamers I thought it would be a good idea to take stock of some issues and make some changes I’ve been wanting to make for a while. NEW: New damage numbers AND icons that display if you hit an elemental weakness or resistance!Optimized the HUD display to run better on lower end machines.REMOVED the flashing at the start of battleFixed spear bristle escape dialogue not displaying correctlyFixed the Wind Spirit fight softlocking the game if you kill it too fast. |
| The Unlife of Gorlak is part of the Nonbinary Coded games fest! | 2026-07-13 | That's right I've been nonbinary this whole time!!Check out the fest here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46105077/sale/NonbinaryCodedGamesIf you missed Gorlak in the summer sale then you're in luck he's just as on sale as he was during that but we're queering it more than usual. which is to say 25% off! tell your friends especially if they're nonbinary!! |
| 1.4.2 demo update! | 2025-07-30 | the demo now has the optimization updates and should better reflect how well the game runs on your machine! |
| 1.4.2 | 2025-07-29 | In an update that I may have taken too long to get to I have put some work into optimizing the game to be better played on weaker systems! I doubt it's perfect but it should run much better now. There are also a few missed text and grammar issues that are fixed. |
| 1.4.1 patch notes | 2025-06-30 | Fixed some text errors Counter Stance now properly displays it’s description Battle Beret and Killer Eye descriptions now describe the skill that they each grant. |
| 1.4 Content Update and Summer Sale! | 2025-06-26 | New equipment!We got Scythes and Lyres and Rapiers and more!and not just weapons there’s new accessories that’ll give your builds not just some more flexibility but offer some fun gimmicks to try building around! Hard difficulty has been added!This difficulty only affects combat and not only features enemies whose stats increase much faster over the course of the month but bosses will also gain new moves! of course with this new mode with harder scaling comes adjustments to account for it. in summary the harder parts of normal difficulty have become easier to account for hard mode scaling while maintaining hard difficulty requiring optimal pl |
| New Demo! | 2025-06-25 | I have finally updated the demo from the Next Fest demo that I forgot to take down to one based on the version of the game about to come out tomorrow! call it a sneak preview if you want I just wanted to have a demo up sooner rather than later. Look forward to the 1.4 update tomorrow! |
| Update plans! Demo to be replaced soon! | 2025-06-24 | For a while now I've been thinking of giving this game at LEAST one content update. The first time it goes on sale for the steam summer sale feels like a pretty good time for that! For this update there are a few new additions! MORE EQUIPMENT! I've had some ideas kicking around for a bit for new weapon types that can cover a few untouched niches as well as filling out the list of accessories a bit more. a few of the more interesting new options are... Scythes: Stylish and edgy, they do not increase your attack very much but instead increase your critical hit damage! Rapiers: Two hit dress swords that give you a boost of both Dexterity and Agi |
| v1.3.5 | 2025-05-29 | -Filled in some missing flavour text -Nature's Best and Hard Slop now get used at the start of the turn -Poets have been made less savage In other news I am working on a content update to the game to add new equipment and a higher difficulty level! look forward to it! |
| v1.3.4 | 2025-02-18 | -fixed some more typos -made the superbosses more likely to be encountered in fully explored areas (my previous implementation ended up doing the opposite oops!) -fixed the ruins event not giving you the lost aegis as a reward when it says it does |
| v1.3.3 | 2025-02-03 | getting hard slop would give the message of getting blade petals. fixed the ambush results for certain battles in the city roll results during some choices in the white guardian encounter now reflect the proper stats fixed a few text related errors |
| The Unlife of Gorlak Soundtrack is RELEASED on steam! | 2025-02-01 | yeah baby that's right you can buy the soundtrack on STEAM!!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3466650/The_Unlife_of_Gorlak_Soundtrack/?beta=0 please consider buying it and stuff okay? |
| V 1.3.2 | 2025-01-22 | There have been a few minor things I've decided to take my time on a bit while squaring some other things away. I’m still trying to find time to work on the Linux build proper but the steamworks integration seems to break, however this will not stop me from releasing Linux builds on itch.io. The steam version of the soundtrack will still be a bit longer but I am continuing to work on that. Sneak Syrup now has the correct description using the back button when speaking to the necromancer no longer selects a dialogue option instead of going back as intended the banshee’s sorrow screech focus check now lowers her magic as it says in the descript |
| v1.3.1 and Soundtrack release! | 2025-01-15 | =PATCH NOTES= The Workout ending is properly accessible (for real this time I PROMISE!) fixed visual issues in the normal ending fixed reloading a completed save not returning you to the main menu fixed the end screen not properly showing some statistics’ In other news the soundtrack is now available on bandcamp and youtube on the musicians pages! The soundtrack will be available for purchase on steam as well in the coming days as well. Bandcamp: https://sadfolks.bandcamp.com/album/the-unlife-of-gorlak-soundtrack Youtube: |
| Version 1.3.0 | 2025-01-14 | during a recent watch of the game it was discovered that the weapon that specifically makes your crits better was making them worse so i fixed that! It also turns out that the equip that increased your crit damage also didn't work so i redesigned it to give you a new ability! fixed typos fixed doubled up text boxes in a few places added flavour text to Battle Beret Increased gold dropped by enemies in the City gave enemies in the city better item drops Added text in the battle tutorial explaining that you can run from battles (as well as an extra reminder during an especially hard optional fight) Murderer axe now replaces your basic attack wi |
| Version 1.2.0 | 2025-01-12 | fixed undefined text in the White Guardian encounter fixed undefined text in the drunkards encounter fixed undefined text when trying to buy a hint without enough twists of fate fixed undefined text with missing arm status made text associated with angelo fight more descriptive fixed Shiny Cursor not being properly locked as well as appearing as the axe cursor when reloading a file from a completed run you will be able to see the final results of that run angelus fight improperly marking goal completion when losing against him fixed being unable to buy ending hints with only one twist of fate available |
| v1.1.0 | 2025-01-11 | Playthroughs are now properly counted and Twists of Fate can be gained there is now a message that appears when you get a twist of fate Black and White’s sprites properly appear during the normal and good endings Increased chance for an enemy to be stunned each turn by Spooky Laugh Fixed White’s lair talk sprite properly hiding the necromancers “more” option when there are no extra dialogues unlocked. fixed the flooded hallway event having a bad my apologies for the issues caused by some of these bigger ones. hopefully the more glaring issues from launch are all fixed so that i can focus on figuring out getting a linux build to work properly. |