Once Upon A Tile

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• Announcements·19 Apr 2025Official

  We won our first award!

  We are thrilled and delighted to announce the first award we have received - Sponsored by Raw Fury, at the prestigious developer conference Reboot Blue 2025, we have not only been nominated for but also won the Outstanding Gameplay Award. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44307288/17dd1559efcdab44740c57d56ec5bb688a17fc2d.jpg There's one happy developer, and now we make him go back to work! Thank you all for your ongoing support
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• Patch Notes·12 Apr 2025Official

  Patch 1.02 is live - simplified tutorial and bug fixes!

  Hello fair travellers on yonder twisted paths, we have patch 1.02 for you. Apologies it took us a bit longer than expected. - Harlowe's rooms now all have exits. Previously, his second room spawned without any bridges. - You should no longer randomly change characters while reloading or restarting the game. Let us know if you still encounter this issue! - Harlowe's Vanguard Skilltree was upside down. Sorry, you'll only be able to unlock that first skill after levelling him up quite a bit. - The Health tooltip in German was broken. It now works again. - The Continue button was greyed out if you returned to the main menu after solving an act. This no longer happens. - Yara's Act is now considerably shorter and much, much easier - you can still die if you are careless, but you'll find it much easier to unlock Harlowe now. KNOWN ISSUES Sorry everyone, we are still working on getting all achievements ready - the hidden achievements cannot be completed for now. We know, we know, it's painful for fellow completionists like us as well. Bug hunting has reduced our internal roadmap for some quality of life improvements, but we're on them. Thank you so much for your reports and support. Don't forget to write a review if you enjoyed the game, and even if not, to let other potential players see what it's about! Much love and happy puzzling, Manu & Björn from KnotHorn Studio
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• Announcements·31 Mar 2025Official

  Once Upon A Tile version 1.01

  Welcome to version 1.01! We apologize to those who got stuck during the launch weekend and could not properly progress the storylines. FIX Fixed wrong act loading after ending with Yara - Yara's End was not, in fact, Yara's End. It is now. The little mouse gets a single Act to teach you all about the game and unlock the first of the heroes upon completion. BALANCE Rebalanced Yara's bossfight - We have removed a few monsters and magical challenges from the final scenario, to make it a bit more easy for beginners. Don't expect the same mercy from any of the other encounters though! FIX Fixed wrong character name on the map - While we love Yara, each of our heroes deserves to be reminded of who they are. Her name will no longer be on the other character's maps. FIX Bossfights were not winnable - An oversight on our part made it impossible to actually win any of the bossfights, just survive them. While that's good enough to continue through the game, the much necessary and well-deserved rewards weren't distributed. They now are. FIX Crash on reaching the final scenario in Act 2 - The boss has been somewhat pacified and will now be accessible and ready to fight. BALANCE - Act 1's wildfire was not really threatening. The area in which you can run around is now much smaller, and much more of a challenge. Good luck! FIX - Players who played the demo were unable to complete ANY achievements. This is now fixed. While we're still going to implement the majority of our achievements in one of the next patches, you'll be able to prove to the world that you managed to die dramatically in the tutorial. Please continue to report if anything doesn't seem quite right, and thank you so much for your patience and your support of our small indie team.
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• Patch Notes·27 Mar 2025Official

  Fixing Yara's End

  In an attempt to save Yara, balance changes have rendered her final lesson unplayable. Please enjoy your Day One fix, and welcome to the indie life. We apologize for the oversight! Please use the forums to let us know of any bugs, issues or general feedback you have, and thanks so much for playing!
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• Announcements·27 Mar 2025Official

  We are Live!

  We're proud to announce the full release of Once Upon A Tile! So you played the Demo and want to know what to expect? Three new heroes! - Join Harlowe the grizzled warrior hamster, Under the ratling thief and Hieronymous the trickster ferret in their dangerous journey! A full story modus! - Choose which of the heroes to follow on their journey to certain doom! Each journey will provide you with a new perspective. Skills and unique rooms! - You will be able to upgrade your characters, unlocking unique skills such as Hieronymous' Trickery, which allows you to reshuffle the deck, or Under's Tunnel, which provides a small dungeon tile to get out of tricky situations! Unique Boss mechanics - Face dangerous new modifications at the end of each Act! Will you find out in time how to solve the deadly puzzles, or will you succumb to the new mechanics? Scaling difficulty! - The further you venture into the dungeons, the more difficult the journey is going to become. You will need to be careful when selecting your loadout and your path through the twisted, cursed lands! A beautiful, semi-generative soundtrack! - Each character comes with their own theme song, which will adapt itself to new locations and new situations! What are you waiting for? The cursed lands needs heroes... or, at the very least, your guidance of them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44307288/d48eef22a44fb810339cc0e20e60233615e68fb0.png
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