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- Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Balance Hotfix
After all these bug fix and maintenance tasks, I finally sat down to fix the current balance issues for people with large game lists (at the moment it is far too easy). I've changed the way in which games are sorted, it…
Event4 changesBalanceGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
0.001.7 Downloading logos before level load, Updated game data
Logos now download before the level loads in, before this change it somehow just download everything all at once when the level loaded, which was not stable for large lists - caused frequent crashes. There's now a prope…
Announcement2 changesServerGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
0.001.6 - FSR Support, Proper error messaging
FSR Support (AMD FrameGen coming soon) Players with very little games can now play; it uses 'Global Average Invaders' (which might be replaced soon) for missing enemies, and GameQuest will be the boss, if the player has…
Announcement3 changesFixGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Game Quest now has 50,000 Wishlists! Wow!
Three weeks ago Game Quest had 11,000 wishlists. Now it has reached the giant milestone of 50,000. After the 10,000 gain on the first day of the viral traffic, it's been averaging about 1000 wishlists a day, only slowin…
Announcement3 changesPerformanceGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Maintenance patch: AV0.001 (After Viral)
I'm going back to proper versioning, as it seems fitting, everything changes after the viral traffic. This is mainly a maintenance patch, finishing the refactoring I was in the middle of and fixing bugs that I found whe…
Announcement10 changesFixServer - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Wow. What a Week!
A week ago, barely anyone was wishlisting or playing the demo, I was in the middle of refactoring a bunch of code during the lul in traffic, to make it easier to experiment with multiplayer coop (no promises!) Then out…
Store5 changesFixBalance - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
"Public but thinks it is Private" bug should now be fixed.
"Public but thinks it is Private" bug should now be fixed. Fairly sure it's fixed, please let me know if it's still happening for you, let me know your SteamID if it is still happening! Also join the discord bug reporti…
Announcement2 changesFix - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
The Load Loop Bug Is Fixed!
Really bad timing for a sudden viral flood of users and traffic. Should be good now though, server and code is looking solid. Probably the best place to reach me if you're experiencing a bug is on discord bug reporting…
Announcement1 changeServer - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Act2 Teaser: Wishlists!
You can now travel through the wishlist vortex after killing the boss. Wishlists will eventually be enemies in Act 2. Coming soon (before Act 2): If a game is installed, filenames will drop on the floor like blood, when…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Full Controller and Steam Deck support
Noticed some UI issues with Steam Deck, also the hints and shop weren't working for controllers. This is now fixed. I even added a virtual keyboard when searching for friends in Big Picture mode or on the Steam Deck. bt…
Announcement3 changesFixUI/audio - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Frosty Festival Major Update! Global Average Invaders, Courtyard and Shop!
Introducing, "Global Average Invaders": It used to be that if a player doesn't have enough games to make it to the boss, then the boss will spawn early... but now... Global Average Invaders drop in to attack when you ru…
Store8 changesGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Game Quest will be in the Frosty Mini Showcase! With a major update!
Exclusive update will go live on December 10, to coincide with the Frosty Mini Showcase! I'm under embargo at the moment, so can't say any more - it will be a major update. Stay tuned!
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Halloween update! Added a Graveyard!
Graveyard shows the enemies you have killed in the current run, as ghosts (it will be used for other things in the future) Also, trigger to start next wave is now a choice of 3 powerups (same as when restarting, but the…
Announcement1 changeBalance - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Game Quest has been fully translated to Russian!
Game Quest теперь полностью переведен на русский язык! Considering over 70% of the game's wishlists are from Russian speaking countries, I think it's best to support my user base. Game Quest is now fully translated, wit…
Announcement - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Hotfix: Boss no longer explodes as soon as it spawns.
So, it seems over the last few days, bosses have been exploding as soon as they spawn. I set it up this way to test the endgame popup, and it looks like I forgot to take it out :| Feel free to try again for all those wh…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Game Quest: The Backlog Battler
Game Quest is in Next Fest!
Planned release date (for Early Access) Q1 2026! Play the demo! Always welcome to feedback :)
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