Curse Of The Deadwood

BETA Take Two...
over 2 years ago – Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:33:23 PM

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BETA INCOMING!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 09:55:27 AM

Hey everyone, today is an exciting day because we are FINALLY releasing the beta! You should be getting an email from BackerKit saying you have a new digital download. Once you log in you will gain access to your steam code. This is 100% a real Beta. Expect bugs, unfinished assets, and balance issues. A couple of other things to keep in mind...

Tutorial - For more info on how to play the game as well as a few more details about the Beta itself please check out the TIPS AND TUTORIAL page

Survey - A Beta isn't much use without feedback. We really want to hear from you. Your feedback will help us make the game better. Please use THIS SURVEY LINK to let us know your thoughts. We greatly appreciate it!

Performance - Please be prepared for frame rate issues even on powerful machines. This is a known issue and we are diligently working towards more and more stable builds.

Final Build - The code you get will be the same code you use to play the final game. We will continue to update the build along the way with more levels, improved art, gameplay, and performance. 

Length - The Beta covers the game's first 2 levels which take about 2 hours or so to play through, depending on how much you explore. We will be adding content to the build over the coming weeks and months.

Saves - The game will automatically save your progress, just please note that these saves may not transfer over in future builds.

Backers Only - This Beta is exclusive to our awesome backers. Because this is not yet meant for the general public, please refrain from streaming the game or showing it off to anyone at this early stage. We really appreciate it!

Controller Preferred - While the game can be played with a keyboard and mouse, like most twin-stick shooters, it plays better with a controller if you have one.

Refunds - Once you activate your steam key, refunds will no longer be available. In addition, we are in the process of ordering all the other reward goodies and so we are at the point of no return. If you want a refund and haven't gotten around to it yet, now is your last chance. Please send us a message through Kickstarter with your Paypal linked email and we will send it over right away. Having said that, we hope you stick around!

ALL THE CODES FOR EVERYONE! oops.
over 2 years ago – Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 09:55:18 AM

Okay, so slight hiccup with the steam code distribution!  I guess we figured since we love you all so much we'd send everyone thousands of codes. Unfortunately that means it is impossible to track who has what now so we have to void this first batch of codes and request a new fresh batch from Steam. We apologize for the inconvenience and the delay while we wait for new codes to come in. Hopefully, everyone still has a great weekend and we will update again as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we sort this out.

Merch Store Relaunch!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 03:27:15 AM

Hi everyone, just a quick update for you. The merch store is back online and has some fun updates to it. If you're curious what some of the rewards will actually look like, feel free to jump in and check them out. We had a lot of placeholder images we used back in the day, but as we are inching closer and closer to release we can now show off final (or near-final) designs for everything. Things like the Artbook, Roguard plush, Sprout figure, and the newly added ashcan comic have been a ton of work, but also super rewarding to see them come together. (no pun intended) Enjoy and remember Beta access is coming next week!

Beta, Screenshots, DRM Free and ANOTHER New Name!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 11:57:26 AM

Hi everyone!

We have a few exciting things to announce. First up, we have changed the name of the game... yes, again :) The new (and heaven help us) FINAL name is officially "Curse of the Deadwood" We know a lot of you weren't exactly thrilled with the name "Lathe and Roguard and the Forgotten Curse." It was admittedly a bit of a mouthful. And honestly, we missed the original name quite a bit. In fact, we never stopped calling the game "Deadwood" in our studio. But we still had the same issue of it sharing its title with a little show on HBO called Deadwood. However, we found a sneaky workaround. By putting "Curse of the" In front of Deadwood, we avoid all the potential legal and marketing issues we are trying to avoid. It also pays homage to all of our favorite zombie flicks like Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, etc.  We hope you like it, we have also been hard at work updating all of the merch to reflect the name change and are excited to relaunch our store soon. This will also give everyone a way to see all the cool rewards and what they will actually look like. Oh, and we can also confirm that we will indeed be DRM Free!  

The next big news is we are thrilled to announce we are going into Beta later this month. FINALLY! It will cover the first couple hours of the game and be available ONLY to our backers. This is a true beta and we are excited to hear what you think and look forward to getting some feedback. 

Finally, we wanted to leave you with some screenshots to check out. Hopefully, these will hold you over until you can get your hands on the Beta later this month.

We have MUCH more exciting news dropping throughout this summer as we near the end of development! We can't thank you all enough for your continued support.

-Steamroller