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Steam News17 September 20241y ago

Gemlands Reborn!

Welcome back, adventurers! Many of you may know I took the game off of Steam stores in 2022 due to inability to optimize the original game.

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  • Gameplay
addedI am happy to announce that I have rebuilt the game from the ground up, and the game is now MUCH more optimized, especially the CPU usage (old game would stick at 100%, new version does not surpass 7-9% in my testing).
addedNew lighting
addedNew options added such as sensitivity sliders.
removedIn addition, I have removed the feather jump and tweaked the game experience to not require a 3rd jump anywhere, so it will feel like a more consistent platforming experience (and you can no longer skip sections!)
addedIf you already own the game, start a new save file and visit the Gemlands once more!

Gemlands changes

addedI am happy to announce that I have rebuilt the game from the ground up, and the game is now MUCH more optimized, especially the CPU usage (old game would stick at 100%, new version does not surpass 7-9% in my testing).
addedNew lighting
addedNew options added such as sensitivity sliders.
removedIn addition, I have removed the feather jump and tweaked the game experience to not require a 3rd jump anywhere, so it will feel like a more consistent platforming experience (and you can no longer skip sections!)
addedIf you already own the game, start a new save file and visit the Gemlands once more!

Welcome back, adventurers!

Many of you may know I took the game off of Steam stores in 2022 due to inability to optimize the original game.

I am happy to announce that I have rebuilt the game from the ground up, and the game is now MUCH more optimized, especially the CPU usage (old game would stick at 100%, new version does not surpass 7-9% in my testing).

I have also slightly expanded most areas in the game and slightly rearranged gem locations and whatnot. There's a bunch of other tiny changes as well such as:

  • New lighting

  • Things in the world auto-updating when you load a save with progress already such as bridges extending themselves and elevators turning on

  • More dialogue to some NPCs [you can talk to the final boss after beating her and reloading game]

  • New options added such as sensitivity sliders.

  • Bugfixes

In addition, I have removed the feather jump and tweaked the game experience to not require a 3rd jump anywhere, so it will feel like a more consistent platforming experience (and you can no longer skip sections!)

If you already own the game, start a new save file and visit the Gemlands once more!

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Steam News / 17 September 2024

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