H-Game 1116: The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith v1.04R

STORY
You opened your eyes, but nothing could be seen.
Suddenly, one string of dim light shone through the darkness.
As you followed the light of hope, it slowly turned from azure to crimson.
Once again, your consciousness faded away…

You opened your eyes, and found yourself in the middle of nowhere.
A mysterious girl, with her monotonous tone, spoke of various confusing matters.
Safe House. Purpose. Erosion. Death.
The only way to grasp the truth is to hold on the black sword of yours,
and fight against “This World,” no matter the consequences…

ROGUELIKE
Step into the everchanging labyrinth
Stay vigilant; you never know when you’ll encounter the deadly traps.
Think carefully before you move in this turn-based battle system where enemies move right after you.
Be aware of the Erosion. You won’t last long when it reaches its limit.

SMITHING
More than 100 weapons to forge right where you stand
Create different weapons based on the materials you choose.
Each and every weapon possesses an unique Skill, broaden your playstyle.
Make shattered weapons materials as well, inheriting their strength to the next masterpiece.

SOULSLIKE
Overcome death and become stronger with your souls
Collect Souls for permanent upgrades and items.
Stride ahead against a variety of elite enemies.
Test your might and knowledge in challenging boss battles.

FEATURES
All 6 main characters and elite enemies are fully voiced by Japanese voice actresses, with real-time 2D animations.
Find Memories to reach out to the truth of “this world.”
Supports Steam Deck and controllers, with modifyable key configurations.

v1.04
NEW FEATURE
Casual Mode Added. In this mode, you can annihilate every single enemy with your significantly buffed Cursed Sword Skills for almost infinite use.
A mirror is added in the Arena. You can use the mirror to lower the difficulty or change your name whenever you like.
After loading the save file where you defeated the Chapter 6 Boss, you can now teleport to Beyond the Chaos through the magic circle.

BALANCE CHANGES
The old Casual Mode is now renamed to ASSISTED Mode.
Erosion will now increase slower in Assisted Mode.
Souls required to perform Low-Class Forging, High-Class Forging and Precise Forging adjusted.
Low-Class Forging buffed.
Skewer will now sell more accessories as the story progresses.
Requirements to obtain Potion Pouch adjusted.
Essences significantly adjusted. You will now more likely to inherit better parameters through Essences.
Armament Finishers now cost 1 Shimmering Afterglow instead of 2.
You will no longer spend Shimmering Afterglows when transporting to a map where you defeated a Boss.
Duration for all magic circles regarding attack and defense up increased.
Triggering Distort traps will now have the same effect as entering extremely distorted floors, where defeating a number of enemies will reward you with special items.
SP cost for Angel’s Skills adjusted.
Time required for Reaper to return to the map after she is defeated increased.
All status ailments now last for at least 2 turns to Bosses, if effectively applied.
Progress for OOOO Boss adjusted.

BUG FIXES
[INVESTIGATING] FIxed the bug where cutscenes in the beginning of Chapter 6 may cause the game to crash.
Steam achievements may not be triggered correctly.
An error message “checkSound” appears, causing the game to crash.
You may create residues when moving under certain circumstances.
You may spawn underwater or in the hole when triggering Distort traps.
You or certain objects may disappear shortly when Deviless uses the Skill Demonic Pursuit.
Enemies’ texture may be shown inappropriately under certain circumstances.
Certain options don’t reflect your selected language.
The Chapter 6 Boss will be affected by transporting under certain circumstances.
The content in one chest in Depths of Erosion is changed due to having the same content with other maps.
Other miscellaneous fixes.

OTHERS
Particle effects in fixed maps in Chapter 6 decreased.

v1.03
In this update, we focused on increasing the chance of items appearing. This is to encourage players to try crafting more weapons, use Skills and more against hordes of enemies.
On the other hand, we tried some adjustments on every ones’ least favorite boss in Chapter 3, as well as restricting the number of enemies on specific areas and some more difficulty tweaks.
More balance changes are on the way, and we’ll keep tracking if there are any game-breaking bugs. Thank you!

Note: About 6 hours ago, we released v1.03 early. After discovering a game-disrupting bug, we immediately return the game back to v1.02.
The bug is now identified and fixed. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

GAME BALANCE CHANGE
Hardcore: Enemies now drop items more often. You can obtain more special Souls.
You can now obtain more Shimmering Afterglow once per death.
Several potions from Rezia are now cheaper.
Horizon Lights in fixed maps now respawn when you revisit the maps.
Randomly-generated maps now have more chance of spawning Ore Piles.
Enemies’ position adjusted in fixed maps in Chapter 6.
More Ore Piles are prone to spawn in fixed maps in Chapter 6.
Bonfires added in fixed maps in Chapter 6 for Erosion reduction.
More map objects are prone to spawn in randomly-generated maps in Chapter 6.
Elemental chests are now more likely to drop high-tier items.
Extremely distorted floors now have less enemies.
Now after defeating a certain number of enemies in extremely distorted floors, a reward will appear on the map.
Vortexs on Ground now knock player back up to 2 times in one sequence.
Enemies will now show alert icons again once you are out of Stealth state.
Chest Shadows will now always drop highest-tier elemental stones.
Noble Joes’ defense decreased. Chance of dropping an item increased.
Noble Knights’ defense decreased.
Items added at the outpost before the boss battle in Chapter 3.

BUG FIXES
Fixed the bug where when entering extremely distorted floors, there is a chance that you will spawn underwater.
Fixed the bug where Noble Joes aren’t affected by Poison when running away.
Fixed the bug where when Lady Fencer is preparing her Skill Transpierce, the AoE doesn’t appear correctly.
Fixed the bug where when materials thrown explode, your attack will drop to 0 temporarily.
Fixed the bug where Tentacles will still attack you even when they are inflicted with Friendly state.
Fixed the bug where your Souls won’t decrease when you let go of the body.
Other miscellaneous fixes.

BUG FIXES (build 25120301→25120304)
Fixed the bug where reentering buildings will cause the Horizon Lights to respawn.
Fixed the bug where enemies can spawn inside the walls, causing the game to softlock.

OTHERS
The game now supports Steam cloud save.
(When using cloud save, please make sure both devices are using the same version of the game with the same contents.)
Fog effects adjusted.
There are now some hints hidden on the map in the boss battle in Chapter 3.
You can now listen to all Doroelle’s hint about the bosses when losing to them by selecting Check more hints.
Specific memories now don’t need to be read to trigger ANOTHER END.

v1.02b
Fixed the bug where certain actions will cause the game to softlock in the tutorial.
Fixed the bug where the game will crash showing an error message “checkDead” under certain circumstances.
Fixed the bug where when enemies are preparing Skills with AoE, using Stone of Metamorphosis and changing their shapes will leave the AoE alert active.
Fixed the bug that caused the Journal to unexpectedly disappear under specific circumstances due to a game update.
Bug where BGM doesn’t loop normally.
Other miscellaneous fixes.

v1.02
In this update, game-breaking bugs are fixed, and we try to reward players for crafting and breaking new weapons by buffing the Scraps and Essences, and add more ways to obtain powerful items.
Hopefully you can also take on a journey of crashing all your blades to get stronger and stronger!
More fixes and balance changes are on the way, so please stay tuned. Thank you!

GAME BALANCE CHANGE
Casual: Max HP +100 instead of +50. Enemies will now spawn less in certain maps.
Hardcore: Parameters inherited through Scraps and Essences increased.
Rezia now sell rare potions more often, and sell more at once.
Skewer now sell more stronger Scraps as story progresses, with better parameters and Skill level.
Extra Add. Effects increased.
Chance to get ★ Materials increased.
Parameters inherited through Scraps and Essences when triggering the Weapon Break trap significantly increased.
Weapon Durability lost when triggering the Weapon Dur. DN trap decreased.
Effects when using the Fusion Table increased.
Immobilize Defense for the Chapter 3 Boss decreased.
Number of certain enemies (minus Monster Girls) in randomly generated maps in Chapter 6 decreased.
Chance of Ore Piles to drop items in Chapter 6 increased.
Chance of high-level materials to drop in Chapter 6 increased.

BUG FIXES
Fixed the bug where the game will crash, showing an error message “Maximum call stack size exceeded,” due to in-game fonts differs from the default.
Fixed the bug where certain characters don’t appear in Chapter 6.
Fixed the bug where the game will crash showing an error message “checkDead” under certain circumstances.
Fixed the bug where the player’s parameters will stack in Casual Mode.
Fixed the bug where after certain weapons are forged, the cutscenes when returning to the Safehouse doesn’t work as intended.
Fixed the bug where after reading the Forging Journal, BGS will suddenly play.
Fixed the bug where after ending Chapter 5 while overcucumbered, the game will softlock during a cutscene.
Fixed the bug where the Chapter 4 Boss doesn’t come back to the map sometimes.

OTHERS
Game file compressed. The game is now smaller in size.
The message shown before boss battles will now differ whether you have watched all dialogues and cleared all quests during that chapter.
Miscallenous text fixes.