New playtest version released
Hello everyone and welcome back!
A new Valmora playtest version is now available for Tier 3 and Tier 4 supporters.
Over the past days we spent a lot of time refining different parts of the game, focusing mainly on stability, immersion, progression, and the overall feel of exploration and combat.
World & Quest Improvements
One of the biggest additions in this version is the introduction of the first repeatable village board quest. Players can now gather wolf pelts for rewards, which is also the first step toward creating more repeatable activities throughout the world as development continues.
The forests themselves have started feeling more alive as well, with wolves and deer now roaming certain areas of the map.
Village NPCs and vendors also received additional world dialogue, while the intro quest was updated with new props, animations, and conversational scenes to improve immersion during the opening moments of the game.
Quest tracking has also been improved with a new enemy counter system that updates in real time during kill quests, making progression clearer and easier to follow.
Companions & Gameplay
We also worked on companion progression systems. Followers now match the player's level when recruited and continue leveling alongside the party during gameplay. Small changes like these help the overall progression feel smoother and more connected over time.
On the gameplay side, the target lock system received major improvements, and several bugs related to quests, map markers, interactions, and dialogues have been resolved. We also fixed smaller but important issues that could occasionally lead to crashes or strange combat behavior.
At the same time, we’ve started experimenting with early active/passive abilities connected to the Skill Tree system. This is still very much work in progress, but we wanted to begin laying the foundation for future gameplay depth and character progression.
Access The New Version
Tier 3 and Tier 4 supporters can access the latest playtest build here:
Community Giveaway
We also want to remind everyone that the community giveaway is currently active until June 6th.
Game access, playtest rewards, Shadow Lord subscriptions, exclusive content, and more are all part of the event as we continue expanding the world of Valmora.
As always, thank you for supporting the project and helping us continue shaping Valmora.
— Iron Leaf Team
Comments (2)
For those of us who have the steam key already can we use that to play the latest version or we need to have a different download link?
Yes! But only if you have Tier 4 that gives you access to a password that you can use to unlock the updated version inside of your library (in your already owned playtest version)