Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness Update – Happy Böoreste!

GrapeOcean Technologies celebrates this holiday season with a quick message to their backers and a new early access patch for Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness. So, without further ado, here are the patch notes and some Black Geyser lore:

Ho there, adventurers!

The Festival of Böor has begun! Every year, the nation of Isilmerald celebrates Böoreste, the Night of the god of Cold. Men and women prepare for the heart of winter with warm blankets and strong drinks. Bundles of sticks are collected by children, to be burnt as offerings to Böor to protect them from the cold. People build massive effigies for Böor, and burn them at the stroke of midnight on Böoreste to ensure the god’s favor in the upcoming months.

While Isilmerald is busy with preparations, we added a bug report hotkey (Alt+B) that doesn’t require you to leave the game any more when reporting bugs, and implemented several other improvements and fixes as well. This new update was was published yesterday on Steam and GOG. You can read the complete changelist below:

• Bug Reporting feature added: press Alt + B to use it
• Outlaws now get 2 Class Skill points at level-up
• Party no longer gets stuck when entering certain doors
• Shop inventories now restock projectiles more often
• Fustibals no longer cause visual glitches in certain conditions
• Attack resolution tooltips are now displayed in proper positions
• Status effects are now applied properly by complex spells
• Attribute values are now capped at 20
• The Abandoned Mines miser no longer detects invisible creatures
• The peasants in Dalkivar no longer detect invisible creatures
• Creature name tooltips are now presented at the proper height
• Tooltips are now kept inside screen boundaries
• Enhanced tooltips and descriptions for damage types
• Enhanced tooltips and descriptions for weapon attack time
• Proper titles added for compendium entries of the tutorial
• The Courtier’s entry dialogue can now be initiated once only
• Fixed several issues with the Graverobbers’ dialogue in Greybark
• Command Company UI now closes when switching between party members
• The Family Home in Greybark can now be properly entered and left
• The Wyrmblood Garb is now visible on all character models
• Bandits in Scofarth now react properly when attacked
• Iwor is now present both day and night in Deron-Guld
• The stableman is now present both day and night in Deron-Guld
• The shopkeeper in Greybark Pawnshop is now always present
• The smoking bowl in Ilio’s Curio now appears properly
• Fixed a typo in blacksmith Solomon’s dialogue
• Fixed the cook’s dialogue in Brightguard Headquarters
• Text for Lily’s dialogue is now displayed with proper color

We wish you a warm and joyous Böoreste!

The Black Geyser Team