The Crimson Lyre

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• Announcements·28 May 2026Official

  The Crimson Lyre 1.0

  Today the Crimson Lyre leaves Early Access. The Crimson Lyre began as an experiment in atmosphere, exploration, and player freedom. I wanted players to approach situations their own way: stealth, combat, curiosity, or improvisation. I’m proud of what the game became over that time.Version 1.0 represents the most complete vision of The Crimson Lyre so far. That said, this is not necessarily the end. I still care deeply about the world and may continue supporting or expanding the game as time allows and interest grows.At the same time, development has also begun on the next project! I’m excited to share more about that soon.To everyone who played the game, left feedback, reported bugs, posted about it, or simply gave the project a chance...Thank you again for being part of this journey. Fleece Cardigan
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• Patch Notes·2 Mar 2026Official

  Late February Update

  Belated February Update Patch Notes! Hello! A lot of work ended up being more educational than material. I had to scrap a couple things I was working on because they just didn't fit, or wasn’t that cool. I finished February by wrapping up a new quest, with a troubled Wizard as well as some loot pickup bugfixes. I am still working on combat and adding loot. Detail below:New Content:Quest in the lake area involving werewolves!Bug Fixes:A few enemies spawned their loot more than once. FIXED!A few localization stragglers translated.Looking Ahead:CombatAI review – Ranged enemies need to move when they cant see the playerEnemy damaged animationsBalancingMore ways to take out the lava golemMore armor weapons and loot balancingThank you!-Fleece
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• Patch Notes·27 Jan 2026Official

  January Update

  January Update Patch Notes!Hey @everyone! I am back It was a long December and January with lots of sickness, business, and other delays but I finished€ the first update of 2026. I wanted this to be a bigger update but lots of stuff got in the way and didnt finish everything I started so planning on a bigger update next month. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and look forward to hearing from you soon. Detail below:New Content:1. Quest that starts with freeing now has some temporary VO that was missing2. Holiday Events timed3. Updated the intro tutorial slightly to be more straightforwardBug Fixes:1. Fixed a bug that made pause screen accessible in endings/game over screen2. Optimized tutorial area3. Imp animations fixedLooking Ahead:1. Combata. AI reviewb. Blocking reviewc. Enemy damaged animationsd. Balancing2. More ways to take out the lava golem3. More armor weapons and loot balancingThank you!-Fleece
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• Patch Notes·5 Dec 2025Official

  Holiday Update

  Holiday Update Patch Notes!Hey everyone! As we approach the end of 2025 let me start by giving thanks to all of you that have played my game. Making a game as a solo developer is hard but worth it… My plan is to continue making games until the wheels fall off and having a community to share them with is a privilege I cherish. Also, this marks the 6 months mark of Early Access for The Crimson Lyre and halfway to 1.0. This month I finished the Lich quest logic, although I might add more lore at different parts of the game for context. I also started a quest that alludes to a secret involving the rubedo achievement - More on that next month. I made some changes to the combat that will I hope make it more engaging. More combat updates would likely involve enemy AI, so that might be difficult. One major change is the addition of a combat health bar for when fights get up close and personal. Detail below:New Content:Quest that starts with freeing someone! (Rubedo)A Christmas celebration in the hub world that will last until the New Year updateA note about the Halloween and Christmas events. I don’t know if I will do any more of these moving forward. Each of these took maybe an hour to put together and I did it on a whim. In a future update I will make them accessible based on your PC's clock.Lich Fight secret side quest added Combat updates (Work in Progress):If fighting an enemy and health bar is offscreen, a “combat” health bar is addedDash added to swords and axesCamera shake added to enemy hitsBug Fixes:FOV fixed for legacy playersLooking Ahead:CombatAI reviewBlocking reviewEnemy damaged animationsBalancingMore ways to take out the lava golemFixing game over screen so you can’t access menuMore armor weapons and loot balancingThanks!-Fleece
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• Patch Notes·22 Oct 2025Official

  Halloween Update

  Halloween Update Patch Notes! Happy Halloween everyone! This month I finished the ent quest, although it is missing some VO which I hope to add in a mid-month update. This quest includes new high level druid armor, for people working on the later game content. A few changes were made from feedback I received from Playthrough, including a status effect timer. Detail below:New Content:Ent quest is coded and done sans VOEnts and Treants have combat animations now!Updated lanterns to have an alternate "focus" modeStatus effect timer addedHalloween pop up in the hub!Bug Fixes:Fixed a bug that caused potions to not heal as much as they shouldFixed a crash for Steam users when achievements were unlockedFixed an error with incorrect monologue playing over certain endings.Looking Ahead:Still Revisiting combat Hopefully in Nov updateCombat FeelWhere health bars are on screenFixing weapon switching feel and responsivenessBalancingMore ways to take out the lava golemFixing game over screen so you cant access menuFixing the quest involving the lich fightMore armor weapons and loot balancingThanks @everyone!**-Fleece**
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