• fixing an issue that caused the setting cannot be saved on the start screen

Hello Templars!

Dread Templar is on a roll again! This time he needs to protect a blue crystal and survive as long as possible. This special mode is called a Guardian Mode and below you can find all the information you might need along with the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouallhj6HL0

Guardian Mode is a wave based, endless game mode. Protect the blue crystal in the center of the scene as long as you can! The rules are simple, if the blue crystal is destroyed or if you die, you lose.

Hints:
1. Your weapon upgrades, Blood Gems and Emblems obtained in Campaign Mode can be used in the same difficulty in the Guardian Mode.
2. Get points by killing demons and finishing a wave.
3. Purchasing power-ups and supplies can help against the demons coming out of the teleportation points.

<Red> Greatly increase the damage of all weapons
<Yellow> Summon a defender fight for you, defender will attack any enemy approaches the blue crystal.
<Green> Recover player's HP.
<Blue> Restores the durability of the blue crystal

Pixelate setting

• Players can now play the game with the pixelated retro-style by going to Options>Filter and ticking Pixelate On.

New Filter settings

• The latest build contains 5 filters on Options>Filter>Filters, the above mentioned pixelate setting affects all the filters except "Green Boy".

Controller Support

• Added full controller support

Game balancing

• Slightly speeding up the rate of E3M5 boss' attacks.
• Increasing speed and the damage range of the skill "Icicle Burst" from E3M5 boss.

Bug Fixed

• Fixed bug that the previous weapon could not be stored by mouse scroll switching.

• 3 new levels
• 1 boss fight
• 3 new enemy variants
• 2 side areas
• 17+ secrets
• 2 super secrets
• 4 golden emblems and 8+ silver emblems
• 14 monsters SFX
• 2 ambient SFX
• 1 new weapon "Tri-rocket launcher" - it launches 3 small missiles, each missile will cause explosive damage in a small radius. The emblem "Fire Wasp" allows it to launch homing missiles, further enhancing its efficiency.
• Other adjustments - The level select mode is now using a new logic: After finishing a level, the next level will be shown on the level select panel (previously, players needed to actually start a new level to activate the button for it on the level select panel)

New "Hit Marker" feature

• "Hit Marker" will allow you to see when you deal damage to an enemy and will change color when you perform a headshot.

Picking up non key card items

• The non key card items will be shown on the screen after you pick them up, so you can now clearly understand what you got.

Side Area stats

Level stats and level summary panel now show the "Side Area" stats.

Mouse sensitivity settings improvement

• Some players in the community requested to be able to enter more decimal places to get a higher precision mouse sensitivity. Now you can press Enter to call out the input field and enter mouse_sensitivity 0.0000 to adjust this parameter.

New weapon behaviour

• "Unarmed Strike" is now available after you throw katanas. For a long time, it has been set to be unable to use melee attacks after throwing the katanas. Players sometimes had to switch their katanas from throwing mode to melee mode. Now, you can finally make unarmed attacks during the cooldown.

New content

• 1 new level called "Stranger" (E3M2)
• 1 new demon
• 1 side area
• 1 optional boss fight
• 1 super secret
• 8 secrets
• 2 new golden emblems and 4 silver emblems
• enemy rebalance, bugfixes and a save point was added in E3M1

New content

• 1. New E3M1 level "Dead Sails", including:

> 4 new enemies.
> 2 new golden emblems and 4+ silver emblems
> 1 side area
> 1 super secret
> 1 new song

• The Halloween area becomes a super super secret
> You can now find your way into the Halloween area through the super secret in E1M1!

• Some enemy rebalancing and adjustment of the supplies locations.

• Fixed a bug preventing players from changing various settings.

• A New Game+ option
• New crosshair settings
• Damage Indicator settings
• Blood Screen settings
• Screen Shake While Shooting settings

• The E1M2 "falling bug" fixed
A bug caused by the last update, which prevented some players from proceeding from E1M1 to E1M2, has been fixed.

Here's how to proceed:
Please load your E1M1 save data. Take the elevator from E1M1 and you can now go to E1M2 as intended. Please do not load your E1M2 AUTOSAVE directly, the AUTOSAVE is not updating the player's location correctly.

• Improvement: Unlock a new level in the Level Select mode
Once you come to a new level in campaign mode, this level will be unlocked in Level Select mode right away (as opposed to previously having to be completed first).

• Halloween... Forever?!
We've been happy to hear that you guys enjoyed the Halloween special feature, and the feedback requesting it to stay in the game was immense! Sure enough, your wishes have been heard. For now, the Halloween event's features will close, but the full Halloween content will officially become a part of the game as a secret area in the upcoming EA Content Update #4 in December 2021.

Greetings templars!

Halloween is right around the corner and we have prepared a very special update for all players!

Until November 11, a door close to the elevator at the end of the level in E1M1 is open, and a portal leading to the Halloween side area has been activated. You will face resurrected monsters and their master, Headless Necromancer - can you become their worst nightmare, again?

In the Halloween side area, you can:
1. Obtain a Halloween-specific emblem Pumpkin Curse for your trap launcher, which greatly increases the damage of lightning stun and reduces the max HP of enemies. This effect will be more powerful during Halloween.
2. Obtain several weapons in advance in E1M1, but they do not come for free - you need to explore the level, find special tokens or win them in a shooting gallery minigame, and exchange them for these weapons.
3. Face the revenge of the Headless Necromancer - tell it who's the boss here!

Additionally, we have prepared a contest for all owners of Dread Templar - Take a screenshot of your achieved high score in the Halloween shooting gallery minigame, share it on Twitter and include the name you would like to be known in the game as, and the hashtags #DreadTemplar #Halloween #Contest and tag the account
@1C_Company
. After the Halloween event ends, we will pick 10 highest submitted scores and they will be featured on a leaderboard in-game, introduced as an Easter Egg in an upcoming update!

Happy Halloween!

Changes and fixes
• Enjoy a new Halloween-themed side area and mini quest, complete with a unique bossfight. But better hurry, the area is only accessible until 11/11/2021
• Earn the “Pumpkin Trap” emblem to show off your appreciation of the scariest time of the year
• Get into the Halloween spirit thanks to the halls of Hell adorned with seasonally appropriate decorations

• Small bug fixes

Boss: Hell Knight (Full Form)

• Skill "Light Fall" now has a 18 sec cooldown, but the damage is slightly increased.
• Skill "Black Hole (big)" now has a 10 sec cooldown, but the duration is slightly increased.

Character

• Player character now jumps more easily when going down slopes/steps.

Level Improvements

Tutorial Level:
• Adjusted the "Air Dash" area - it will now be easier to dash to another platform while mid-air.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't switch back to dual pistols after switching to dual katanas in the tutorial level.

E2M3 side area:
• Rebalanced the demons and supplies and adjusted some terrain in the side area of E2M3 - players will now have more room to get through this side area.

Menu and Settings

• Level stats display: You will now be able to turn on/off the level stats display by pressing "Tab", or in Settings>Game Settings.
• Nightmare difficulty in Level Select mode will be shown once players enter the nightmare portal.
• "Previous Weapon" default key has been changed from "Tab" to "Q".
• You will now be able to choose to go back to the main menu or continue to the next level after completing a level in the level select mode.
• Fixed bug that sometimes caused Black Bow golden emblems unable to be equipped in a skill slot.

SoundFX improvements

• Redone the Inferno Rocket launching sound effect.
• Added a SFX for character landing on the ground.
• Fixed an issue that some area's SFX volume did not follow the set value.

Save Points

• Adjusted and added some save points.
• All levels except E1M1 will have a save point at the beginning.
• You will now be able to Save/Load a data by double-click on Save/Load panel.

Difficulty adjustments

• Rebalanced the Hell difficulty, added a few small health packs, but slightly increased the damage of demons on Hell difficulty.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where doors in E1M4 couldn't be opened
• Fixed mouse scroll inverting back to default setting after loading a new level
• Fixed a bug where players could move during cutscene

Improvements

• When players open the weapon upgrade panel, game will be paused
• Players will exit cutscenes immediately upon taking damage
• Added a new option "Mouse Scroll Invert" in Options>Controls
• Fixed some level issues

General Changes

Character

• Increased the amount of bullet time recharged by killing demons
• Increased the duration of the bullet time

Boss: Spider Queen

• Slightly reduced the damage and attack rate of Spider Queen's summoned creatures
• Slightly increased the cooldown for the summon skill of Spider Queen
• A marker will be attached to the Spider Queen's summoned creatures, so that players can spot them more easily