Zan the Bonebreaker

Check this out

Some dude Salokin did a short and sweet review of Hedon, go check it out~

Reward draws delayed few days this month

Hey guys, because I'm dead busy until the next Monday I'll have to delay the Discord reward draw to the 10th instead of the usual 5-7th. Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm as looking forward to get over these crappy days as you are :^)

Misc Updates

These busy finals weeks I've been sneaking in various improvements and fixes based on the feedback, and made another minor update.

Mostly just polishing and extra details to help the player orient. One of the more significant changes is that now there are few Initiates in Map01,Cerberi in Map02 and Iron Maidens in Map03, to further address the complaints regarding the slow take off of the game and lack of enemy variation in the first levels.

Hell Week(s) and Future Plans

Hey hey, we've finally reached our first Patreon goal! Which means that Episode 2 is coming to reality! Thanks a lot for the support so far, guys, love ya.

Now the bad news is that I'm having my finals these two weeks, so I'm going to be extremely slowly working on Hedon whenever I can pinch some time. I will focus on the monthly rewards and try to work more on the Wiki page.

After this, I will make the first step towards Episode 2, which is actually a new difficulty for Hedon ai...

1.3.2 Release!

Ok, this update is mainly focused towards new players, as it streamlines Map01 a bit without significantly changing the core gameplay.

Check out the link for a full description.

Update Tomorrow

Been working on yet another update to improve level visibility and most address confusion issues created by the first map. Keep an eye out!

The Iron Division

Probably one of the most important pages for the Hedon Wiki so far is up!
Read about the smechsy Greenskins, their roots and their society's workings right here!

Kat G's Reward + New Patreon Reward Format

With the official release on Steam, the Patreon gallery for the first chapter has officially closed, with the following rewards being stored for the future chapter.
For this, I am planning a change in the reward format. Until now, we had floating characters, now I am planning to make a gallery of framed paintings.
The advantage of this is that for once I can create better art because I'm no longer restrained by having to make accurate, hard edged sprites, and secondly, I can provide hig...

It's Up

Wew, what a ride. Real nice milestone to reach, guys, thanks for all the support so far!
Hedon's as established as it gets now, with only more to come!

Thanks again and enjoy! Don't forget to leave your reviews and share around as much as you can, and help more people find out about our baby here~

Less than 24h Left

Steam release tomorrow, with version 1.3.1.

Wew!

Hedon 1.3.1 is out!

Only few days left until the big Steam release on the 16th! 

And 1.3.1 will be the version to go!

Important:

In order to update Hedon, you will have to uninstall and reinstall it (should take only a minute do do so)

Bear in mind that savegames do not work across different game versions, so make a backup with your current version before updating if you want to keep them. 

1.3.1 Changelog:

Gore Update

I've made a bunch of gore modifications for the upcoming Steam release version.

First, I've added Quake styled blood trails to flying giblets (they will look better in motion than in this screenshot).

Secondly, I've lowered giblet gravity across the board to give them more air time and a slightly more "slow motion" feel when they fly around.

Also, Cultist and Conscript chests now can fly a lot higher when gibbed.

Hedon Wiki Progress

Wew, the wiki's got 45 pages already! We're about halfway there from what I can tell.

I've linked another particularly interesting article which details Map06 - Errant Signal, and basically explains the logic behind building a level that seems random at a first glance. Enjoy!

Alexzerker's Reward

Nithriel doing a souldrain magic thingy~

Wiki Progress - Locations & Secondary Characters

I've been pretty much putting all my spare time in building the wiki page now. After finishing the weapons and inventory I went on to build the location pages, as well as some of the interesting secondary characters that appear around the game.

Did you know why the Lancers mandated the construction of the mining outpost seen in the first map? - https://hedon.fandom.com/wiki/Map01_-_Cold_Rock

Wiki Entry - Weapons, Health, Armor

Did you know that the Potion Launcher was initially capable of shooting buffing potions?

Or that eating a sausage boosts your health by 4hp?

Or that a Medium Armor Crystal reduces the damage you take by 45%?

All this and much more in the wiki!
I also started working on the consumables but will continue tomorrow since I've been writing the entire day and my head hurts.

Hedon's Wiki Page

I've started working on the Wiki page for Hedon! Man, I have a ton of information to fill in. For now I've finished the front page and started adding entries for the weapons. Check it out, there's stuff that's not shown anywhere in there!

FrawLawk's Reward

Again, I don't normally do this but I liked the idea so I went for a full res pic.
Zan doing squats~

Hedon 1.3.0 (Steam version) Stream

Copper Boltwire is playing the Steam version in premiere, come check it out!

Map04 Extension/Super Secret

A new extension for the Steam version, this time for Map04. Once again you'll need to access a different secret in order to be able to come here.

Map01 Post Expansion

As you can see, the expansion is quite chunky. This area will become accessible only after completing the Moondrop Flower offering, and the temple I've mentioned is a secret by itself (kind of like a secret within a secret). 

I'm pretty happy with how it came out, and I think it's a good addition to break the backtracking required after you place the flower.

Map01 Extension

Extending the first map with a super secret ancient temple. I'm planning to go ahead and make few such additions for the Steam release version.

Road to Steam

For the past week I've been working my ass off to get Hedon on Steam. A pretty exhausting and complicated process, but nonetheless, doable. I've just fired it up for Valve to look over it, the approval period may take quite a while and unfortunately since this is my first application that I publish to Steam we'll have to wait 30 days until it can go public.

Anyway, if everything goes according to plan, Hedon should release on Steam on 16th of May!


P.S. Many thanks again to B...

Map03 Extension Done

Added a refrigerator and butchery (along with some new sprites for it) as well as the Bear Warrior council room (similar to the one in the Reaver HQ or the Lancer Temple at the end).

Updating more food sprites

Brushed up the sprites for stew, cheese, mead and brandy~

Hedon - Lutris

D1SoveR here made this, more treats for the Linux users. Go check it out!

Map03 Extension

Doing a small addition to Map03 to break up linearity in the dorm section a bit :^)

Linux Version is Out!

Not sure how many of you here use Linux, but this is your day I guess! Enjoy~

Hedon 1.2.0 is out!

Major bugfixes, custom crosshairs, ambient overhaul and many little tweaks!
Get it here:

https://www.indiedb.com/games/hedon/downloads
https://zanthebonebreaker.itch.io/hedon

1.2.0 Changelog:

General

- Linux version coming soon!

Weapo...