An update for our demo 🥳

Hi there! And can we just say: Wow! Finally getting to share a piece of this game we’ve been working on for the past few years has been absolutely incredible! First of all a big thank you to each and every one who already tried the Ritual of Raven Demo and wishlisted the game! 💜

As more and more people play it we have also been able to gather further feedback and tweak a few things as well as hunt down some more pesky bugs… 🐞

Let’s talk about it! 😎 (A full list of the patch notes can be found at the bottom of the post.)

🤖 Constructs no longer blocking each other

Up until now constructs often ended up blocking each other when working on the same field or even when close to each other. They’d just end up standing around swinging their little arms awaiting further instructions. Now, that can be cute for sure, but we do understand that it’s quite frustrating when you’re trying to set up your automated farm. 😮‍💨

Admittedly, this was a bit of a head scratcher for us until we figured out the actual problem might be the order in which they tend to the fields. Instead of always going from left to right (or top to bottom depending on how you’ve set your field), they now alternate directions to tend to the nearest tile! 🤯 See the Gif down below for the before and after:

So whenever they’re in each others way now, they’ll patiently wait but then be sure to continue on their path as soon as the construct in front of them is done with their task! 🥳

⚠️ For this to work in an existing save game, please pick up your field signs once and place them down again!

💾 Fixed Save Game Bug (hopefully)

This one isn’t as visually exciting, but definitely needed! Some of you reported that your game file was lost even though you saved your progress. That’s definitely not what’s supposed to happen! 😢

So we spent the past few weeks since the demo launch trying to hunt this one down… 🐞 And we ✨think✨ we got it! So hopefully no more lost save files! 🤞

If you end up finding bugs as you play and test the demo, please feel free to let us know either on our Discord server or on our socials! 🤝

And with that all that’s left for us to say is: Enjoy the demo & keep practicing your magic skills! 🧙

We’re very excited to hear from you! - Spellgarden Games 🔮

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🛠️ Patch Notes

Gameplay & Balancing

Various balancing improvements

Increased the number of fields and chests that can be placed

Arrow keys can now be used for movement on PC

UI & UX Improvements

Improved selection for the sign icons in the magic menu

Constructs now provide clearer error messages

Performance & Optimization

Improved performance

Optimized performance of the preview in the enchantment menu

Improved construct navigation so they don’t block each other

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that would lead to lost save games for some players

Fixed a bug where the Book of Shadows became unresponsive with controller

Removed unpickable gras and collectables near Raven

Fixed a bug where items could be lost from the decoration menu

Fixed some decorations not working properly

Fixed crashes and deadlocks

Fixed localization issues

Fixed collisions issues

Fixed Steam Deck-specific issues

Removed debug save feature from pause menu