Ahoy Pirates!

We have exciting news for all you pillaging adventurers! The November update is here and ready to sail!

Second up, new Steam Community Avatars have been added to the list of Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. A few examples are shown off below. There are a total of 18 added so be sure to check out the rest! These are not reliant on opting into the beta and are available for everyone right now.


Patch Notes for 'Rogue Waters' 1.0.4.3215
Release Date: November 27th 2024

Skill Tree

• Infester - A new Skill Tree for Musketeer, Backstabber and Spearmaiden applying 'Infested' status - when a character affected by this status dies, they explode in a poisonous burst.

Items

• Life Reaver Knife - A melee attack with a knife. When an opponent is killed by an attack with this weapon, the wielder is fully healed
  
• Reaper Pistol - A ranged attack using a pistol. If the opponent is killed by an attack with this pistol, the wielder can make another attack
  
• Reaper Javelin - A ranged attack using a javelin. The javelin does not deal damage but only pushes the opponent. If the opponent is killed by an attack with this weapon, the wielder can make another attack.
  
• Reaper Steal Dagger - A melee attack with a dagger. If the opponent is killed, the wielder of the dagger gains one point of armor
  
• Sacrificial Trident - Ranged attack with a javelin that doesn’t deal damage but only pushes the enemy. If the attack kills, the player gains points that allow them to summon monsters.
  
• Sacrificial Dagger - Melee attack with a dagger. If the attack kills, the player gains points that allow them to summon monsters.
  
• Sacrificial Necklace (Passive) - A necklace that grants summoning points when the character wearing it dies.
  
• Life Reaver Ring (Passive) - After kiling an enemy, it heals the wearer by 2 HP.
  
• Hungry Gauntlet (Passive) - After kiling an enemy, it increases the wearer's armor for one turn.
  
• Ring of Devourer (Passive) - After killing an enemy, it increases the weapon damage of the ring wearer for one turn.

Glossary & Tutorials Archive

• Glossary Menu provides details on discovered Items, Cannons and Modules, while Tutorial Archive enables Players to revisit previously played through Tutorials on Crew, Enemies, and game mechanics. Both Menus are available in all game modes via Player Menus alongside Ship and Crew Menus in Region Map, SeaBattle and Skirmish and in all Pirates' Cove Buildings. Returning Players will see all content unlocked.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Player's Turn no longer ends automatically, allowing Players to undo their last moves in Turn. Auto End Turn can be togged back on in Settings\Gameplay Panel.
  
• Upgrades in the Workshop have been reworked or rebalanced to improve player progression.
  
• Significant changes have been made to the starting modules for pirate classes. These modules no longer provide only flat stat modifications but now offer interesting passive traits that change how the classes function.

• Fixed cursor hover animation missing for Tar and Fire cells.
  
• Fixed multiple minor UI issues.

Please continue to report any bugs you discover on the forums.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Ahoy Pirates!

We have exciting news for all you pillaging adventurers! Ice Code Games is bringing the first Rogue Waters beta to enthusiastic pirates looking to set sail early into a sea of improvements. We'd love to get your early impressions before the full release.

Second up, new Steam Community Avatars have been added to the list of Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. A few examples are shown off below. There are a total of 18 added so be sure to check out the rest! These are not reliant on opting into the beta and are available for everyone right now.


This new build of the game for the beta branch does affect current game saves.[/b] Players who on the Beta branch and return to Default / Live branch before full release will likely experience progression loss and corruption of their save. As such, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND to players who intend to play the beta and then go back to the live branch that they back up their current save file before opting into the Beta.

To locate game saves navigate to :\Users\[your user]\AppData\LocalLow\Ice Code Games\RogueWaters\Saves

Players loading games saved during Region Maps, SeaBattle or Tactical Mode will be forced back to Pirates' Cove and granted Consolation Rewards for the interruption!

HOW TO OPT INTO THE ROGUE WATERS STEAM BETA:

1. Access the game properties: Right-click on the game title in your Steam library and select "Properties".
   
2. Navigate to the Betas tab: In the game properties window, click on the "Betas" tab.
   
3. Select a beta version: From the dropdown menu, choose beta - Early access to latest changes

Patch Notes for 'Rogue Waters' 1.0.4.3215
Beta Release Date: November 22nd 2024
Steam Branch: beta

Skill Tree

• Infester - A new Skill Tree for Musketeer, Backstabber and Spearmaiden applying 'Infested' status - when a character affected by this status dies, they explode in a poisonous burst.

Items

• Life Reaver Knife - A melee attack with a knife. When an opponent is killed by an attack with this weapon, the wielder is fully healed
  
• Reaper Pistol - A ranged attack using a pistol. If the opponent is killed by an attack with this pistol, the wielder can make another attack
  
• Reaper Javelin - A ranged attack using a javelin. The javelin does not deal damage but only pushes the opponent. If the opponent is killed by an attack with this weapon, the wielder can make another attack.
  
• Reaper Steal Dagger - A melee attack with a dagger. If the opponent is killed, the wielder of the dagger gains one point of armor
  
• Sacrificial Trident - Ranged attack with a javelin that doesn’t deal damage but only pushes the enemy. If the attack kills, the player gains points that allow them to summon monsters.
  
• Sacrificial Dagger - Melee attack with a dagger. If the attack kills, the player gains points that allow them to summon monsters.
  
• Sacrificial Necklace (Passive) - A necklace that grants summoning points when the character wearing it dies.
  
• Life Reaver Ring (Passive) - After kiling an enemy, it heals the wearer by 2 HP.
  
• Hungry Gauntlet (Passive) - After kiling an enemy, it increases the wearer's armor for one turn.
  
• Ring of Devourer (Passive) - After killing an enemy, it increases the weapon damage of the ring wearer for one turn.

Glossary & Tutorials Archive

• Glossary Menu provides details on discovered Items, Cannons and Modules, while Tutorial Archive enables Players to revisit previously played through Tutorials on Crew, Enemies, and game mechanics. Both Menus are available in all game modes via Player Menus alongside Ship and Crew Menus in Region Map, SeaBattle and Skirmish and in all Pirates' Cove Buildings. Returning Players will see all content unlocked.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Player's Turn no longer ends automatically, allowing Players to undo their last moves in Turn. Auto End Turn can be togged back on in Settings\Gameplay Panel.
  
• Upgrades in the Workshop have been reworked or rebalanced to improve player progression.
  
• Significant changes have been made to the starting modules for pirate classes. These modules no longer provide only flat stat modifications but now offer interesting passive traits that change how the classes function.

• Fixed cursor hover animation missing for Tar and Fire cells.
  
• Fixed multiple minor UI issues.

Please continue to report any bugs you discover on the forums.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Captains,

This morning you will find a New Demo of Rogue Waters available on Steam! You can also find the change log for today's update to the game below.

Improvements

• Added a Fear tooltip, visible when hovering over the Fear bar with the mouse cursor in Tactical mode.
  
• Added an additional Undo keybind under the 4th mouse button.
  
• Pirates can now be switched at any point during the player's turn using the Left Mouse Button, as long as they are not a viable target of the currently selected Ability.
  
• Cone AoE Abilities like Sword Swing or Sword Sweep can now be targeted at obstacles, as long as there are viable targets within the Ability’s area of effect.
  
• The Armor icon next to the targeted unit’s HP bar will flicker on hit, indicating that damage was absorbed.
  
• Blackbone can no longer be targeted in Sea Battles.
  
• New Difficulty Tiers now unlock faster for players winning on the highest available Tiers.

Bugfixes

• Fixed Tar not turning into Fire despite Fire being present on adjacent tiles for 1 turn.
  
• Fixed Tar remaining in 'ignited' state despite removal of Fire from adjacent tiles (ie. through spawning a Snail Egg on top of it).
  
• Fixed Tar remaining in incorrect states after undo.
  
• Assassination can no longer be used on targets that can't be killed by it.
  
• Fixed custom keybind glyphs overlapping in the Crew & Ship panels and the Tactical Ability Bar.
  
• Changing screen mode is no longer possible on Steam Deck.

Additionally, the team is happy to announce more updates are coming your way Captains, and those are outlined in the roadmap below:

Come explore the brand new Rogue Waters Demo with the team from Ice Code Games as they talk about future content and gameplay updates!

When: Tomorrow, November 6th at 2pm EST
Where:

• Steam Broadcast[http//%27https]
  
• Twitch[http//%27https]
  
• Youtube[http//%27https]

Hello Pirates,

We interrupt your daily pillaging to thank you again for your continued support and wish you the best of luck on the high seas! Keep your eyes or eye, as we know the life of a pirate is rough, open and on the lookout for more news and Rogue Waters discussion from the Ice Code developers.

Yesterday, they were back with another insightful stream this week focused on Retaliation Combat tactics. VoDs and replays of the dev stream can be found in the following places:

• Steam Broadcast
  
• Twitch[www.twitch.tv]
  
• Youtube

We are also happy to bring pirates some shiny new loot on Steam! By playing the game on Steam, you’ll soon be able to earn and craft Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. Collect trading cards and craft badges to inspire the admiration and envy of other pirates that lurk the Steam Community waters.


Badges Preview (Level 1-5)

More beautiful artwork of Rogue Waters will also help the most dedicated pirates stand out as Steam Community Backgrounds and emoticons, which can be obtained through crafting and the Steam Community Market.

Thank you for sailing these waters with us!

Join the team at Ice Code Games as they explore advanced strategies with Retaliation combat! Starts at 3:00 PM EDT (09:00 PM CEST).

We'll be live:

• Here on Steam
  
• Twitch[www.twitch.tv]
  
• Youtube

Captains, a new patch for Rogue Waters releases today!

Improvements
Introduced an action availability indicator to indicate characters who have actions left. They now display an arrow icon to the left of their HP bar.
Bug Fixes

• Fixed a softlock that could occur when characters bounce off obstacles.
  
• Fixed multiple softlocks caused by character animations.
  
• Fixed a delay in the death animation when using the Assassination ability.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Backstabber to die at low HP while using the Assassination ability.
  
• Fixed the Call for Rope ability issue that caused the character model to disappear.
  
• Fixed Chop III ability order on the action bar.
  
• Fixed animation freeze on Grappler when using the Wrestle ability.
  
• Mitigated character animation glitches on deployment confirmation.
  
• Fixed redundant VFX display issue when using the Kraken Tentacle Slam ability on a 1-cell target.
  
• Fixed a redundant wound floater issue that could occur when enemy Flintlock kills Crewmates.
  
• Fixed the Syndicate faction being present in Raids where only Merchants and Hunters should appear.
  
• Fixed the Slime tooltip redundancy issue that could occur after using the Sarmatian Sabre Fang ability.
  
• Fixed the enemy tooltip appearing under player modules in Sea Battle.
  
• Fixed slot icons in the Ship panel on the Region Map.
  
• Fixed the enemy module tooltip label color on the Region Selection screen.
  
• Fixed misaligned building headers in Pirates' Cove.
  
• Fixed a Command Point icon size issue in Sea Battle.
  
• Fixed additional minor UI issues.

Thank you for sailing these waters with us!

Join the team at Ice Code Games as they explore advanced stratagies with the Spearmaiden class! Starts at 2:00PM EDT (20:00 CEST).

• We'll be live here on Steam,
  
• Twitch[www.twitch.tv] and
  
• Youtube

Hello, Pirates!

We want to extend a huge thank you for embarking on this adventure with us in Rogue Waters! We're thrilled to see so many of you enjoying the game, and we hope it continues to bring you joy on your journeys ahead. For almost three years, the team at Ice Code Games has poured heart and soul into making this game everything you hoped for. There were ups and downs along the way, and more than once, we almost sank our ship or fell into a monster's trap. But here we are, and we're overjoyed that you're enjoying what we've created!

But our journey doesn't end here! We know there are some holes in the ship, and we'll be working on making repairs and upgrades in future updates. We've heard you, and we know you're eager for more mechanics, heroes, and locations. With your help, we hope to bring even more excitement to the seas!

Now, we have a new mission for you. We need you to help us bring as many pirates aboard as possible, so if you have a mate who would fit our crew, bring them aboard. If you're enjoying the game, leaving a review on Steam would give us the wind in our sails to explore even greater waters and uncover new updates and DLC treasures!

Thank YOU!,

Captain Mateusz and the Ice Code Games Crew

P.S. Our lookout in the crow's nest reports that we've just been recognized on Metacritic with a score of 82 and on OpenCritic with 83!