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Progress Update
Hello everyone, apologies about the lack of news and updates. Life has unfortunately been very much getting in the way of progress, I had to get a day job again a couple months back due to needing to make some repairs t…
Announcement4 changesGameplayUI/audio - COVEN
Steam Autumn Sale
COVEN will be 30% off from Sept 29 - Oct 6 for the Steam Autumn Sale Event! As always this one time purchase gets you the first episode now and then the other 2 episodes when they're released. ːsteamthumbsupːːsteamthumb…
Event1 change - COVEN
New Gore System Coming To Episode 1
Hello again. So I've decided to push Ep.2 forward ever so slightly in order to get the new gore system and enemy AI into Ep.1 first. It's quite a big task since it will require a lot of changes to old meshes (possibly r…
Announcement2 changesGameplayPerformance - COVEN
Improving the gore system and enemy AI for Episode 2 of COVEN
With Episode 2 comes new and improved enemy meshes, as well as a much improved gore system both visually and performance wise. Meet the new base villager mesh: "What is a man? A miserable little pile of colliders." — Dr…
Announcement4 changesPerformanceBalance - COVEN
COVEN - What's next?
Hello everyone, I know it's been a while so I'm just here to update you all on the future of the game and where it's currently at. Work on the game has been a little bit slow since March due to life being life but I'm b…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - COVEN
Custom Game Update
Hello there, so here's an update! The main addition is the Custom Game Menu, so you can replay levels/the full game with weapons/spells/upgrades/gameplay modifiers you've unlocked. To unlock levels you have to finish th…
Announcement8 changesGameplayBalance - COVEN
A new update (gameplay balance, bug fixing and steam achievements)
Hey, just another update. The biggest change is the addition of Steam achievements. Along with this comes changes to gameplay balance: Crossbow cripples enemies more easily Crossbow does more damage to armored enemies B…
Announcement5 changesBalanceGameplay - COVEN
Another bunch of fixes!
Just another small patch addressing some bugs. Patch notes - changed "beer devoured" to "beer quaffed" - brightness is now saved properly - added option to disable view tilt when strafing - fixed e1m5 to use correct mus…
Patch notes1 changeFix - COVEN
Pushing a small patch
Just a wee quick fix for a few bugs. Mainly: - A mesh in the church in e1m1 which the player could get stuck on has been fixed A soft-lock which was possible due to an item not saving in the town level. Fixed up the jou…
Store3 changesFix - COVEN
COVEN - Early Access Out Now!
COVEN is out now in early access! This initial release consists of the first episode, which contains 10 blood-soaked levels for you to eviscerate and eat your enemies in. I'll be releasing regular updates with fixes, mo…
Announcement - COVEN
Demo update!
Just some bug fixing, quality of life stuff etc etc. In the update: - minor bug fixes - removed checkpoints, added save shrines - replaced the shite old weapon/spell wheel - added key rebinding - UI improvements Enjoy!
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - COVEN
Demo hotfix now up
So a new build is up with some fixes Journals are now displayed properly on the pause menu - Money is carried over into the next level - Weapon mods are carried over as well - Some minor level fixes Enjoy!
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The new demo is now out on Steam!
Hello again, so the new demo is now up on Steam. It's still called "Summer 2023 Demo" as I'm waiting to get the name changed but you have to go through Steam support to do so. But aye, you can now play the new demo. Enj…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - COVEN
A new demo is coming very soon
Hello everyone. So I have a new demo right here but I have to wait for steam support to get back to me before it goes live. For now the demo is available on itch here: https://gatorshins.itch.io/coven It should be up on…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - COVEN
I lost my job!
Hello everybody, just an update here regarding Coven and the future of the game. So I lost my job! The games industry is a bit of a shit show (putting it lightly) currently and I've ended up being fired due to this. Whi…
Patch notes4 changesPerformanceGameplay - COVEN
Changing the release date
Hello everyone, So aye I'll be changing the release date from Halloween this year for Early Access to "when it's done" basically. Working full time and then on Coven in my spare time has gotten to be a bit problematic i…
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