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New Year - New Beginnings
Happy New Year, travelers! Did you miss us? How did you spend your holidays? As for me, I met with my friends and relatives, had guests over and was a guest myself, went to a theater, etc. I had a very busy schedule, ev…
Event7 changesGameplayBalance - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - the 2025 Wrap-Up!
Knock, Knock, It’s the 2025 Wrap-Up! Have you ever done this?—I mean, wrapping up the year isn’t simply an excuse for another post—it’s a good opportunity to reflect on everything you’ve done, and commit all of it to me…
Patch notes11 changesGameplayUI/audio - Knock on the Coffin Lid
Winter sale
Have you already figured out how you’ll be celebrating New Year and Christmas? Personally, I’m going to a rock concert. Just kidding. I traditionally celebrate New Year at home with my family, and on Christmas I go visi…
Store2 changesUI/audio - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - The Bjorn domestication
At the last meeting Misha announced that he’d be reducing Bjorn’s eight basic mechanics to three. I got very curious and thought you might be interested too, so I decided to grill Misha a bit. Misha Explains Misha: Hi!…
Security13 changesFixGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Let's do a little trolling today
Knock, knock! First off, thank you for your kind words in the comments. That’s quite a rare sight. The way human psyches work, when we like content, we simply press “Like” and leave; but when we’re dissatisfied with som…
Event5 changesUI/audioBalance - Knock on the Coffin Lid
1.3.20.0 is ready (the main branch)
Pay attention to the “glossary note acquisition” items. We are currently double-checking how event notes are added to the Knowledge Book, and if anything doesn’t behave the way it should, we fix it. Reworked character S…
Event14 changesFixUI/audio - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - The Bjorn Rebalance
Bjorn's Rebalance Will Be Happening! It’s official! Unofficially, we started working on Bjorn’s rebalance quite a while ago, but it’s still in the documentation stage. Want me to tell you what “documentation” means? The…
Event6 changesMapsGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
Patch 1.3.18.0_R is ready (public_beta only)
We’ve pushed the first polishing update for the recent rebalance — based directly on player feedback. This patch is available only on the public_beta branch, but don’t worry: the main branch isn’t being neglected. A fre…
Patch notes27 changesFixBalance - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Expanding the Horizons. Again
Work is humming along In the near future only rebalance news and patch-notes await us, and that’s not a lot. Since there’s really not much to talk about or show you, it would be good to put the diaries on hold. On the o…
Patch notes1 changeGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
Patch 1.3.17.0 is here
Hi. There aren’t that many fixes this time, which means our game is getting close to perfection. We’ve finally added visually distinct versions of the automatons — wow! But if you don’t know who the automatons are, that…
Event26 changesFixGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Our Own Impressions from the Rebalance
Knock-knock Thank you to everyone who shared their impressions of the final rebalance. I’d like to share mine too. I started a new game twice on the public_beta branch—once from my home account and once from the office…
Patch notes13 changesBalanceGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Inspiration, pt 3
Knock, knock, travellers! I hope you liked our holiday story about the Mistress. By the way, how do you see her appearance? Surely not as an old crone with a scythe? No, she’s actually quite charming. If it seemed to yo…
Patch notes4 changesBalanceWorkshop - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Holiday Special, Death, Hooray!
In honor of Halloween, a bright and joyful event, I suggest we talk about death—not about our death, but about the Mistress who embodies one of the fundamental forces of Midian. But first, let’s start with something mor…
Event4 changesBalanceGameplay - Knock on the Coffin Lid
Holiday News
Knock-knock — have you figured out how you’re celebrating Halloween yet? Personally, I’m heading to a rock concert. Haven’t picked which one yet, but Halloween definitely calls for rock. Meanwhile, the Steam Scream Fest…
Patch notes2 changesMaps - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Half-Bloods
Knock-Knock! As I promised, today I’ll talk about half-bloods, but first let’s briefly return to the subject of the previous entry to clarify certain things and answer some questions. Where did all brotherhoods, cults a…
Event7 changesGameplayBalance - Knock on the Coffin Lid
KOTCL Dev Diaries - Midian’s Chronology (pt 2)
Knock-Knock! You don’t know this, but I’ve been counting how many diary entries have been posted since I wrote “Please introduce yourself” here. Few will get it, even fewer will remember, but this is the 17th entry sinc…
Event7 changesGameplayMaps
