2.0.12
Flickering Portal fix
Fixed a bug where buying multiple swords / weapons from the vending machine at once could sometimes result in them getting stuck in your hand.
Made Shadow Step the reward for the first Broken Fort level and moved Portal to Level 2
Morgan only asks the first ghost if they have seen Erin, rather than dogmatically asking each one individually
Biased gameplay spawning away from the edge of the mists so that gameplay should no longer spawn in areas that warn you to leave
Melee (including kick) now does splash damage to destructibles, meaning that you don’t have to aim the crosshairs precisely at them for them to take damage.
Fixed a bug where melee attacks were not being blocked by walls
Fixed a bug where you could be credited for killing an enemy more than once, leading to hilarious ‘31/24 kills’ scores.
Slightly increased the base mana cost for Beam
Fixed a bug where totems half reactivated after returning from an interior
Fixed a bug that made the visual fire from fire talismans shoot off in the wrong direction sometimes
Fixed time of day being non-deterministic
Fixed issue with Pre-marked objects not displaying correctly
Tuned difficulty slightly to reduce frustration on earlier levels
Standard chests are now pre-marked, making finding them a lot easier
Fixed a bug where an ambush could spawn after picking up the key during the tutorial in the Cavern of Flames

Hey Everyone.
Thanks for all the bug reports in the Steam discussions. We have tried to address most of the issues that people have found this past week in this new patch.


2.0.11
Dodging now removes twice as many stacks of fire
Fixed an issue where enemies would be invisible if you returned to the exterior after solving an adventure’s story
Fixed an issue that could stop all Ghosts spawning
Improved ghost’s navigation and ensured they will interact with you if you approach them
Added Adventure Log tutorial
Notes now go into your inventory and can be re-read in your codex
Notes from puzzles that have already been solved don’t hang around looking like bugs
Fixed a bug with very small Experience rewards sometimes not being given to the player
Fixed an issue where too much furniture had become see through
Lowered the resolution of some textures to make room for some others
Tutorial to break the sticks repeats in case it is missed.
Undead lieutenants and bosses have a little more resistance to kick.
Morgan's levitation slows her descent more predictably even when you are low on levitation.
Added some fall speed deceleration to shadow dodge
Fixed an issue with shadow step spell that allowed you to shadow step through walls in first person.
Fixed an issue where shadow step would allow you to teleport into spaces that were much too small for Morgan even if she was crouching.
Fixed an issue with shadow step that could leave Morgan in the wrong spot if you were trying to move during the spell
Fixed a major pathing issue that had enemies using the incorrect nav mesh.
Fixed a collision bug that meant critical objects could spawn inside walls
Fixed an issue where Padlock chains were not LODing
Added an option to skip tutorial videos in the Options setting this to true will suppress the video pop up but they will still be added to your Codex
Fixed an issue where enemies that died while still interacting with an environment object (like a bed) would not play a correct death animation
Decrease the speed the enemies move from noticing morgan to Engaging, giving you a little more time to try and avoid combat after being noticed.
Reduced the fall damage at lower velocities, but increased it at higher velocities, meaning the payoff for kicking is now even higher if it leads to a long fall but much less if they don’t fall very far.
Reduced the amount of immunity frames the enemies get when dodging
Made Giant enemies have proper collision for combat
Made giants much less likely to get caught up on small objects
Visual range of all Enemies has been increased, but the perception gain has decreased, meaning you are more likely to be spotted, but have longer to get away / break line of sight.
Fixed an issue with destructibles not appearing broken sometimes after returning from an interior
Leveling up refills health and mana
Tutorials no longer interrupt input for mouse and keyboard players.
UI button hold timers have been reduced
Objectives are now tracked even after completing the Story, allowing you to go back outside and explore more if you so choose.
Fixed bug with lightning Talisman that meant it was very difficult to hit with
Fixed another bug that could result in ambushes failing to spawn properly
Added a new Pagan boss
Worked to make the Unreal pak files more deterministic with the hope that future updates will patch faster (this is work in progress)

Hello!

Just wanted to take a moment to talk about the release of Dream Cycle.

It’s been a long and rewarding road to get here. From the initial concept of making an Indie Action Adventure game to here has been a windy and sometimes obscure path.

Action Adventure is the most costly and time intensive single player genre to make. Teams typically start at 100 people (our team was 2 plus some amazing short stint contractors) and the costs are astronomical for publishers and consumers.

With Dream Cycle I was wondering whether it would be possible to make an Indie version of that. A game that could stand up in that extremely premium field, and deliver on the gameplay and experience for a price point that would typically be impossible.

The trick would be to lean into the incredible tools and assets available from Epic and their marketplace, coupled with proceduralism to deliver the breadth of content that an Action Adventure game requires (let’s say 10-40+ hours worth?)

Since there aren’t any other examples of procedural Action Adventures to learn from, we had to feel our way through the Early Access period before we could really nail down how to create the story and puzzle elements that make up two of the corners of the Action Adventure game rhomus (the two others being platforming and combat.) I have to give a massive, huge extra loud thank you to everyone who bought into Early access and took the time to give us feedback, both good and bad, so that we could navigate that path to release.

Now that we are here, I can say that the game continues to surprise me (especially Zar) with crazy layouts the likes of which I’ve never seen before. Even with a fully upgraded Morgan I have to be careful, because at higher Tiers, things can go very wrong very fast. That genuine sense of not knowing quite what you’ll find, along with a wide set of mechanics that can be challenging to fully master is the goal that this game has always been aiming for.

Whether we got to that goal successfully is a question for you to answer, and if you take the time to, I very much hope you enjoy yourself along the way.

Toby

2.0.10
Fixed an issue that stopped Chests spawning in all levels except Broken Fort
Slightly increased base time dilation for dodge
Slightly increased base Weak Spot duration
Increased chance of Perks and Spells spawning in base chests
Fixed an issue where Talismans were not spawning anywhere

Fixed a bug where you could be ambushed when destroying the sticks that lock the vending machine in the tutorial.

The full wonders of the Dreamland planes are now ready for you and Morgan to explore!
Raw Fury and Cathuria Games are pleased to announce that Dream Cycle is exiting its early access run, and the full 1.0 release is now live. We're excited to see you fully immerse yourselves in this narrative adventure and confront the Crawling Chaos that is set to damn the world within.

Watch the launch trailer here! 👇
New key features that you can play with this release:

• Increased the number of map locations to 9 endlessly replayable areas, each with their own look and layouts.
  
• Increase the number of difficulty Tiers from 4 to 10.
  
• Loads more new enemies, weapons, spells and perks such as Assassin and Sorceress, that shift Morgan’s combat dramatically.
  
• Added several new cursed Totems with new effects, such as the Totem of blindness that blocks Astral Projection, creating zones of high difficulty in some levels.
  
• Added new interior types including Temples
  
• Updates to environments
  
• Plenty of post-game content to dive into

So what're you waiting for? Dive into the Dreamlands and tell us all about your experiences! We'll be back later in the week with more words from developer Toby Gard so we'll see you then!

The full wonders of the Dreamland planes are close at hand.
Raw Fury and Cathuria Games are pleased to announce that Dream Cycle is exiting its early access run, and the full 1.0 release will happen on August 8th 2022.

For those new to Dream Cycle or who have been following along with Early Access, there’s a whole range of new updates to be excited about!

These include:

• New locations to explore, deserts, mountains, jungles and more.
  
• A reworked difficult scale that adds challenge through puzzle and layout complexity rather than changing the enemy’s stats
  
• Many new enemies, weapons, spells and perks, including Specializations, can dramatically shift Morgan’s combat skills.
  
• Additional curses and new permanent effects called Hexes that result from failing or succeeding in certain puzzles.
  
• New interiors and completely re-worked level art across all maps..
  
• Many additional puzzles, stories, and secrets, all tracked through a new end-of-level reward system.
  
• Plenty of post-game content to dive into!

We’re excited for you to play 1.0, and if you have any queries or questions, feel free to ask them here in Steam or over at our Discord[discord.gg].

A warm (or chilly) greeting to you all,

With Summer looming over us, avoiding pollen and staying inside has never been so tempting! 🐝

To (bee)less this occasion, you can grab Dream Cycle with 50% off from the 23rd of June to the 7th of July.

Stay cool,

/Raw Fury

Welcome to the Dreamlands,

Thank you for joining us as we've made the big move from beta branch to live branch! For those of you who played the beta, you'll see many more pins on the map, so have fun exploring! There have been various bug fixes and graphical updates, but otherwise, you'll be experiencing mostly the same game as presented in the beta.

If you were one of the folks who participated in said beta and lost your save data, expect to encounter a note and chest in the Cavern. Please take a look and open it up for some goodies. Again our apologies for the saving issues.

For everyone else, you'll notice significant changes in the game. We suggest taking the time to explore and put aside past experiences with Morgan to really get a feel for the new venture.

The changes are numerous and too many to share, but below are some bullet points of the more significant updates.

Story and Adventures

• New Intro and streamlined tutorial layout
  
• New Cavern of Flames art and layout
  
• New voice acting
  
• New overall story objective
  
• Added interiors to Adventures most of which are fully procedural
  
• Adventure objectives now revolve around discovering the outcome of a specific generated sub-story
  
• Added new Objectives at the end of objectives including Puzzles that can affect the ending of the stories
  
• Added various puzzle like locking mechanisms and associated clues
  
• Added traps that can be on almost any object
  
• Added secret concealed items and associated clues

Map Screen and UI

• Fully updated and redesigned map screen using Adventure Pins unlocked by finding map pieces
  
• New Dreamlands map art by the incredible Jason Bradley Thompson (aka Mockman)
  
• Adventure pins show:
  
  • Status
    
  • Description
    
  • Story synopsis
    
  • Iteration
    
  • Number of times completed
    
  • Difficulty
    
  • Recast cost
• The Adventure offered by each pin is regenerated procedurally each time it is completed, or you can pay a small fee to precast it if there is a layout you don’t like
  
• Tutorials can now be re-watched in the Codex
  
• Added Quest log in the Code that allows you to re-read notes you have found in-Adventure

Movement

• Dodge forwards travels further
  
• All shadow step moves (including dodges) now pass through smaller objects, such as furniture or barriers with gaps in them.
  
• Jump has been updated to a levitation mode and consequently the old levitation perks have been removed

Combat

• Kick is no longer primarily an interrupt but instead always launches enemies.
  
• Kick can be held to kick from a further range
  
• Shadow strike range has been increased
  
• Added Telekinesis as the default ranged attack when no ranged weapon is equipped
  
• Increased visible range and brightness of weak spots
  
• The player will now be ambushed under certain circumstances adding more scripted battles to the experience
  
• Enemies vary more in size and melee combat can be engaged in while levitating for larger enemies.

Visuals

• Disabled Cel shading
  
• Light spell is brighter and reaches further
  
• Astral projection now highlights nearby equipment as well as enemies and objectives
  
• Improved volume fog visuals under different time of day settings
  
• Added NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FidelityFX support in the graphics options
  
• Added new enemy models
  
• Added new landscapes materials and layouts
  
• Added new Foliage
  
• Added new exterior architectures
  
• Added new interior art styles
  
• Improved set spawning to populate the adventures more robustly and with less intersection for furniture etc

Optimization

• Optimized texture memory, making load times faster and blurry textures less common on low VRam cards
  
• Multiple UI optimizations

Whew! That's not a small list of changes; if it feels a little overwhelming, then don't worry; diving into the game and playing first-hand will help you acclimate to how it now plays out.

We'd love to see some photos during your travels; feel free to share with us any screenshots you take on your adventures, either in the Steam forums or the Community Hub itself.

So what're you waiting for? Jump through the Deep Gate with Morgan and get to exploring; who knows what you'll find in the Dreamlands?

Take care and safe journeys!

P.S: if you have any questions, feel free to drop them here, and we'll do our best to answer!

EDIT: For those of you who wish to play on your old save, you can access a previous branch via the game's properties menu in Steam!