2026-09-11 18:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Hey guys, time for another update! I spent a good chunk of the last two weeks working on the game's design and have decided on a handful of big features that I will implement in the coming weeks. Making the start this week are off-path sites. They are unique locations to explore outside the path, holding valuable loot for your journey. Entrances to many of these sites can be found long the path. I have also made many smaller changes to address usability and gameplay issues in the game. Thank you for all your support! I hope you like the changes, and I will see you next week. - Staircases leadi
2026-09-04 21:42 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
UPDATE: Authentication is working again, but Steam's security measures prevent me from releasing updates until Tuesday, so I've decided to not release the changes listed below separately, but together with the next update on Friday. Sorry for the delay, I know some of you have been waiting for these changes. I'll make sure Friday is worth the wait. Hey guys, The update is ready but I can't authorize its release using the methods Steam provides. Not sure if it's an outage or a problem on my end. In any case, the fallback Steam provides doesn't work either. I'm in contact with Steam and hopefull
2026-09-03 10:36 UTC · GamingOnLinux
I love discovering new games, especially when they look as fascinating as the roguelike Rangedrifter. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ascii-based-traditional-roguelike-rangedrifter-has-such-a-damn-cool-style/
2026-08-28 03:32 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Hey guys, After Seventeen weekly updates, the game reached a major milestone today. The second large region of the game's world, to Coast is now complete, closing the current chapter on the game's road to 1.0. With it come deep canyons, colorful blooming fields, sandy beaches and dusty temple ruins. During the past three months, the game has gained a whole lot of features and it's world grew twice in size. It now contains over 60 sub-regions and 50 dungeons and over 1500 path nodes to explore. To close it off, this update introduces Cores. They are manifestations of the Barrier left behind by
2026-08-21 17:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Hey guys, this week I re-balanced the game to make it more challenging, making enemies hit harder and traps more deadly. Stakes feel higher and things spiral out of control quickly if you're not careful. To counteract this the hero starts with a weapon and buffs and charms are more powerful. I also worked on the traps. Traps are no longer disarmed but avoided by walking slowly, holding the wait button. It allows the hero to move silently, ambushing dozing enemies and to avoid many hazards. Slow steps take up two turns, so they're quite deadly when used in the wrong situation. I hope you like t
2026-08-14 15:46 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
I decided to make the game's visuals more representative of real objects to heighten the sense of presence in a different world. This let me consolidate a lot of sprites to make them more easily learnable. Other big changes are the controls page listing the actions of the buttons, the addition of the south-western part of the coast, stone tiles having sharp corners and paths being better distributed. I hope you like the changes! Thank you for your support! - The path is now continuous again - Cliffs and crypts are now part of the coast - The coast is now basically complete - Symbols are more r
2026-08-08 00:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Hey guys, I am sorry to tell you that this week's update (Version 0.39) did not live up to my standards, and I decided to remove it. The branching paths and more improvisation-based gameplay did not work. The scope of the update meant that I had limited time to play and test the game. I should have postponed the update, but I decided to push through. If I had taken the time, I would have realized that these changes were not the right ones for the game. I messed up. I will plan the scope of updates better and take more time for large ones. Thanks for understanding. - Max PS: Version 0.39 is sti
2026-07-31 14:40 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
I spent most of the week moving the playable world further south, all the way to the ocean, and changing the way enemies are placed in the game. Seven new sub-regions are now part of the world: Blooming Valley, Glaring Gorge, Rocky Barrens, Stranded Village, Crab Forest, Riddled Brines and Shady Ridge. I also improved the way enemies attack and made the way they are placed more adaptable to the path. I hope you like the new areas! Thank you for making this game possible! - Seven new sub-regions are added to the game - Blooming Valley: a long and colorful valley - Glaring Gorge: a giant and sun
2026-07-24 16:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
This week was marked by many small changes and improvements. I add the much needed monster abilities but also took some time to prepare underlying systems for the future. The most important addition are the enemy abilities. Bears can now punch you across the screen, Wolves lunge at you from a distance and Skeletons resurrect if you don't treat them with a boulder. Second is a Codex, that lists the most important objects in the game. It fits the game more and is easier to maintain than the tutorial, so it replaces it. Thank you all for your support and until next week! - The game's tutorial is
2026-07-20 15:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
- Fixes a bug that could crash the game when attacking with the axe
2026-07-17 19:47 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Phew! This week was quite the challenge, with a lot of small but also large underlying changes to the game, but I made it in time! Here are the changes and additions: Most importantly, monsters now blink yellow before they attack. This opens up a whole new world of situations you can find yourself in, and takes full advantage of the turn-based nature of the game. To balance this, monsters have more health, there are more of them, and supplies are more scarce. I also updated the weapons to work better with this new style of combat. Path stones are now portal stones that transport you forward al
2026-07-10 15:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
Another week goes by!This week's update unlocks the second part of the coast with large sandy plains, stony pits, skeleton filled temples and fields of crumbling pillars. With it, the game now has a whopping 1300 spawn points, up from 700 at release, meaning it is now almost twice the size!Next week I will take a pause from expanding the world and focus solely on improving the gameplay.Changes in version 0.35- Adds a new coast region with 7 sub-regions and 6 new dungeons- Fields of stone pillars can be found all over the coast- Updates the game's controller database to support newer controller
2026-07-03 14:33 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
This week I spent all my time adding the first new region to the game. It's a four-parter, so I will add the remaining areas of the coast in the coming weeks. It takes five to six full days to create these so I may reserve a week in between for more gameplay-oriented improvements/additions. This part of the coast will get some improvements as I get a clearer picture of the whole region. - Introduces the first part of the coastal region - A region of deep canyons, dried grass and palm trees - Consists of five sub-regions and six new dungeons - Increases the world size by 25% - Situated between
2026-06-26 18:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
This week I worked on bringing the first NPCs into the game and giving names to the game's locations. - A number of Wanderers can be found at different places in the world. - Wanderers are unique people that ended up inside the Barrier one way or another. - Each of them has the chance to influence your journey. - The names of the world's dungeons and regions are now presented in the UI. - Robbers, condemned to the Barrier, now have hideouts and camps in the world. - Necro Skeletons, able to resurrect piles of bones are now found in the world. - Interactive objects pulse lightly, making them ea
2026-06-25 18:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Max
The Steam Summer Sale starts today, and the game will be offered at a 20% discount for the duration of the event. If you have the game on your Wishlist, there won't come a better time to grab it than now.Hey Everyone!A month ago I pressed the Early Access launch button and it has been an amazing journey ever since, ups and downs included. Now, seeing the game's loyal community and the positive feedback the game has received, I am sure that it has the chance to become something special.In the seven updates since launch, the game has gotten a wide range of additions and improvements. Some of the
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