New Update

We just released a big new update for Bloodsmith! Here's everything that's changed:

🔥 Abilities & Skill Tree

• Added a brand new ability: Burning Blood

• Added upgrade paths for abilities

• Added a full Skill Tree to unlock and upgrade your abilities (still a work in progress so expect some rough edges)

• New ability wheel improvements and smoother ability switching

• New icons and visual polish across all ability UI

⚔️ Combat

• Balance changes across multiple abilities and damage values

• Added Status Effects (including burning/DoT effects)

• Fixed a bunch of combat bugs (AOE damage, knockback issues, and more)

👾 Bosses

• Fixed bugs in the Rotshade boss fight

🎬 Cinematics

• Added 2 new cutscenes

• Player can no longer shoot during cutscenes (oops, fixed)

🌍 World & Environment

• Tower entrance updated with new textures, fixed collisions, and a new gate before the boss area

• Added fog effects to the Rotshade arena

🎨 UI & Menus

• Updated health bar, notifications, popups, and tooltips

• Options menu now has proper default settings (fullscreen, FPS counter, resolution)

• General UI cleanup and polish pass

🔊 Audio

• New sound effects for item pickups and notifications

• Fixed missing footstep sounds on stairs

• Torches now have a burning sound loop

🎮 Controls

• Heal now has its own dedicated keybind

• Switched several inputs over to a more reliable input system under the hood

💾 Other Fixes

• The save system now works properly

• Added new particle effects throughout

• Minimized game crashes

Everyone who already has a key for the game can give it a shot and let us know what they think.

Thank you! 🩸