TumbleSeed will get a lot simpler with its first main replace

TumbleSeed patch

A month after its launch, developer aeiowu have launched an replace to physics-based roguelike TumbleSeed. Along with massively rebalancing TumbleSeed’s problem curve, aeiowu have launched an in-depth post mortem which dissects the explanations for TumbleSeed’s failure.

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According to aeiowu and having personally spent ages making an attempt to finish the primary degree of TumbleSeed, its major drawback is that it is just too exhausting. Critics and gamers noticed the sport as “unfair and unforgiving”, which closely impacted its gross sales on Steam and different platforms. With many large title streamers bouncing off TumbleSeed and audiences seeming to “particularly dislike watching TumbleSeed”, the media buzz round it light away after launch week. As a end result, aeiowu are manner off recouping their prices from TumbleSeed and can most likely by no means make a revenue from the sport.

While developer Greg Wohlwend doesn’t see TumbleSeed as “fundamentally flawed to the point of damnation”, the sport that was launched on May 2 is “flawed and worth damning.” The major challenge he outlines is that TumbleSeed’s journey mode overwhelmed gamers with too many mechanics throughout its opening.

Novices needed to be taught a brand new management scheme, all of TumbleSeed’s powerups, enemy behaviours and a unique mountain format on every playthrough. “Players [felt] overwhelmed with far too many things to learn at once” and so the vast majority of them by no means made it previous the primary mountain.

When mixed with pacing issues, an aesthetic which most individuals would affiliate with a straightforward sport and different accessibility points, TumbleSeed’s launch was a little bit of a catastrophe. But aeiowu are hoping to rectify some points with their first main replace. Called ‘The 4 Peaks’ update, it provides 4 new mountains with static degree layouts, together with a weekly problem mountain the place gamers compete for the best rating. Auras now solely give useful buffs and sure enemies have been made simpler to take care of.

It gained’t reverse TumbleSeed’s fortunes, however this replace hopes to repair a handful of issues and acted as “a sort of therapy” for everybody on the event workforce. If you’re seeking to possibly give TumbleSeed a strive, it’s presently 20% off on Steam at $11.99/£8.79.

 
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