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Hey, Savara adventurers!

The Steam Fest demo is fast approaching! We've been working hard to offer an even more immersive and dynamic experience! This new version of the demo was shaped by your valuable feedback. We listened closely to your suggestions and tweaked a number of elements in order to give you the best gameplay experience. From updated game mechanics to added story elements, here are the latest changes coming to the demo for the upcoming Steam Next Fest.


We went all out to improve how you control Savara and make each action more intuitive and fun.

In the new version, as long as your endurance stays above 0, you can perform any of your actions (attacks, dodges, and abilities), giving you more freedom and fluidity in combat.

We've increased the duration of invulnerability during a dodge roll, so you'll have more room to dodge enemy attacks.

You will now have more control over your ability to quickly turn around while attacking, allowing you to chain attacks more smoothly and react to enemies' movements more quickly.

The time it takes to recover after swapping weapons has been reduced from 3 to 2 seconds, which lets you switch between weapons more often, for a more fluid combat experience.

Weapons are now unique and strategic, with features adapted to different play styles.

the longsword. What sets this weapon apart is its mechanic based on timing. By precisely chaining your attacks, you can increase the speed and power of your hits while conserving your endurance. This is a weapon for players who like a challenge.

We've given this weapon category a stronger identity. The sword and shield now feature a Counter mechanic on the ultimate attack, which lets you counterattack after parrying an attack. Also, if you perform a Counter right before the attack hits you, the counterattack deals more damage and instantly refills the gauge for the ultimate!

Now whenever you use the third attack in a combo, the charged attack or ultimate attack, you apply the Weakening effect on any enemies hit. This effect increases damage suffered by monsters hit by this attack by 25% for 8 seconds.

When you hit an enemy with your combo attacks, you gain the Frenzy effect. Thus, each combo increases the speed and damage of subsequent combos by 20%, up to 100%. Frenzy goes away when you stop chaining combo attacks. Focus on endurance gains to maximize them!

The interfaces have been redesigned to offer a more intuitive experience.
We've added various tutorials to our interfaces in order to clarify how they work.

 
Now clearer and more intuitive, we wanted to emphasize unlocking talent slots and their connections to the various tiers on the statue.

reorganized to make it easier to navigate, and available enhancements easier to understand. We also made it possible to see effect stacking on your currently equipped weapons.

This interface has been reworked to offer a more comprehensive, detailed recap of your equipment (weapons, armor, talents, and badges), along with the bonuses acquired during a run (blessings). You can now track every aspect of your character in real time to better plan out your strategies.

This interface has been improved to be more attractive and readable, which should help make your choices more strategic.

We've added exciting new blessings to add even more variety to your runs and to enhance your tactical choices.

creates AOEs (areas of effect) that deal damage as a percentage equal to 10 + 0.2% of the HP of the monster in the AOE, per second. It's useful for dealing with multiple enemies.

spawns orbs that can be collected to increase damage on the next string of attacks. This strategic blessing will maximize your combos.


inflicts 140 damage -> 200 damage + 4% of the target's missing health. The aftershock now gains power over the course of the fight, against opponents with a lot of health.

inflicting damage on an electrified enemy causes a lightning bolt to strike, dealing 15 damage -> 8 damage + 10% of the attack's damage, allowing you to more effectively combine this blessing with other attack damage increase effects, as well as make the blessing more effective on slower weapons.

applies 1 stack per hit on an enemy -> applies stacking equal to a percentage of damage inflicted. Each stack inflicts 5 -> 1 damage per second. Also, when over 20 stacks are placed on a target, the target now suffers 30% extra damage when you attack it. Just like Electrified, this category used to be ineffective with slower weapons. This change should make it more viable, regardless of your weapon of choice.

This blessing now stacks more quickly, but it is capped at 20% of the player's health, making it easier to use while preventing it from becoming too dominant.

Between good vibes and a gameplay element, we decided to make some in-game environments destructible.

can be destroyed by the player or monsters: a must-have.

These obstacles can only be destroyed by bosses and elite monsters, which will gradually impact your ability to take cover while fighting these fearsome opponents.

There are new room mechanics offering challenges and bonuses.

These orbs restore 20 HP, enabling you to survive the festival longer.

This can be activated by attacks from the player or from monsters. When activated, it stuns all enemies in the room for a few seconds so you can get the upper hand.

When the player goes over it, spikes come out of the ground and deal damage to self and to monsters.

These statues spew flames one second after the player goes over them, inflicting damage to the player and to enemies.

To make each run more dynamic, we've added new monsters, along with variants of existing monsters. You'll have to contend with new behaviors and attacks, adding even more variety to every run you do.

We've also added a second boss at the end of the demo, with unique mechanics to put your skills to the test!

Armor is being introduced to Savara! You can now create new armor items in the forge menu, letting you customize your equipment even more in order to face whatever challenges may come.


Finally, we've added early dialogue to the game, with voiceover available in English and French. This dialogue will enrich the story and interactions with the characters, allowing for deeper immersion in the Savara universe. We worked with talented actors to offer high-quality voiceover, both in English and French.



Choose the right weapon for each monster. To encourage players to use the right weapon on the right part of the monster, we reevaluated effective damage. Here is what changed:

The increase ratios for effective damage are now 30 to 100% higher, depending on what part of the monster you attack. This will maximize damage by targeting enemies' weak spots and favoring a more tactical approach. We also made the different fonts for damage clearer based on context (white = ineffective weapon, yellow = effective weapon, red outline = broken part).

You can now see what parts of the monster are weak against what damage types in the Codex section of the game, so you'll be able to adapt your equipment to the weaknesses of enemies encountered, and even to ones you may want to aim for.

Adiós, KrosmoNote…

 

KrosmoNote, after five wonderful years, it's time for us to part ways. We've shared some incredible moments together… Remember the very first time we celebrated 15 years of DOFUS? And now the game has just celebrated its 20th birthday. And do you remember when the world went into lockdown? Faithful to your post, you warmed our hearts, much more than this fake hearth.

 

We shared some difficult times and the best laughs as well. But it's time to move on. No, KrosmoNote, don't make this more difficult than it needs to be. Leave… And don't come back. No, it's not you, it's just that… We've found someone else, someone better!

 

Meet Ankama Show Time!

 

Ankama Show Time is an unmissable event for all adventurers of the Krosmoz and of the world of Ankama in general. Ankama Show Time is YOUR date (lucky devils!) with our teams to talk about the future, our upcoming projects, your next adventures, and to give you some amazing sneak peeks, previews and exclusive information. Ankama Show Time is therefore the ultimate stream to watch live or on demand to ensure you don't miss any Ankama news.

 

Games, Animations, Publications: the whole family together!

 

At the heart of this large family: transmedia – our band leader since the beginning, the one that makes us march to the beat of the same drum and makes our inspirations, voices and passions sing in harmony. Ankama Show Time, as you've probably guessed, is our chance to unveil the theme that will drive all our projects for the coming year.

 
Wait! How about we build up some hype and give you some deets on what to expect?

 
While streaming live, our content creation partners will speculate, theorize and discuss topics with you, alongside a few Ankamians… who will do their best not to crack faced with all your questions!

 
The main event: A prerecorded session about 30 minutes long, during which we'll unveil (finally!) the year's theme, how it will be woven into our various projects and games, especially regarding DOFUS, WAKFU, DOFUS Touch, DOFUS Retro and Savara. This will also be an opportunity to make a big announcement regarding a certain and much-loved animated series…


 
Back to the livestream: Hosted by the same content creators and Ankamians, they will chat with you and recap everything that was revealed while providing more details for some topics.

 

So… All aboard the hype train?

SAVE THE DATE!

Ankama Show Time – December 18 at 6:30 p.m. CET

LIVE* on…

https://www.twitch.tv/AnkamaLive

Watch the REPLAY** on…

https://www.youtube.com/@ankama

 

* This stream will be hosted in French, but subtitles automatically generated by the Twitch platform will be available.

 

** The replay on YouTube will include subtitles translated by our teams in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Writing a new page in the history of the Krosmoz is always as exciting as it is intimidating. On one hand, opening the universe and using its characters to share new adventures is highly motivating. On the other hand, there's always a bit of apprehension about whether you'll love it or be disappointed.

Therefore, to help us make a game that you'll truly want to make yours, we'd love a bit of help from you. Come fight the monsters in the game and tell us if you like it!

Nothing could be easier. Head to Savara's Steam page today and rush this first version of the game!

You'll be able to visit the hub, play the first level, and test three types of weapons.

Try it, decide what you think of it, and above all give us your feedback on Savara's Steam forum.

Your opinion matters! The Doryah Games team will read your feedback and take it into account when making improvements to the game.

While you're there, add Savara to your wishlist to keep following the adventure and support us! Your encouragement gives us strength! Thank you ever so much (in advance)! Long live Iop, long live you, long live Savara!