Lightning Katana — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.2 - Leaderboards Update + Future Plans! | 2025-06-25 | It's been a little longer than expected, but finally got the Leaderboard Update tested and ready for the upcoming Summer Steam Sale!Go for the top time and top scores in your favourite levels or simply try and take on the Gauntlet to prove you're the best assassin out there!Future PlansI still plan on adding more to the game including a second gauntlet that's mostly finished, as well as a Temple Defence/Raid mode similar to something like Zombies mode from CoD with a few rogue-like elements thrown in as that's always a genre I've wanted to experiment with. Progress will be a little slower than before due to transitioning to full-time hours wi |
| 1.0.c Patch | 2025-02-25 | -Started tracking Steam leaderboard scores (not yet implemented in game) -Minor backend fixes |
| 1.0.b | 2025-02-24 | -Added skips to make final boss battle a lot quicker to start now once you've beaten him already -Lowered fireball volume and fixed error where it'd ignore your sfx volume |
| LAUNCH DAY! 🎉 | 2025-02-18 | It's been a long year but we're finally here! 🎉 After lots of playtests, elbow grease, and a few extra goodies, Lightning Katana is finally ready to launch TODAY Feb 18th at 5pm! Seriously, we put a lot of work into this game and really hope you guys enjoy what we have in store. I still plan to add some minor updates in the coming weeks, but until then hope you all have fun and enjoy! 😁 |
| RELEASE DATE!🥳 | 2025-02-12 | Everything's been submitted and Lightning Katana is finally ready for launch Feburary 18th 🥳! It's been almost a year of blood sweat and tears, but we're all excited to finally cross the finish line and show all the new things we've been working on since the demo including new levels, new mechanics, Hachiko's shop, and a hard as nails final boss with a few tricks up his sleeve 👀 Come check it all out on the 18th! |
| Release date and full game coming soon! | 2024-12-08 | Merry Christmas season everyone! As of yesterday all of the levels and overall work for the final boss battle have finally been completed! Originally the plan was to release right after Thanksgiving in November, but the closer we got to finishing the more ideas popped out at us and the more we wanted to add to the game to make it the best we possibly could with the time and resources we have. As of now we're just squeezing in a few more goodies and fun little surprises to give it a little extra heart and flesh out some more story! Expect an announcement soon after the holidays for our final January release date! |
| 0.6.11 - New Levels/Music | 2024-08-30 | Update was a little slow this week as my cat was sick, but we just pushed out a new level with some surprises and added a new song track to the Demo! |