Dread Delusion - Morrowind-like retro open world action RPG

agris · Jun 26, 2023

Lithium Flower more mechanically incoherent than W3?

Mein gott!

Casual Hero · Nov 1, 2023

Dang it.
It looked cool.

cyborgboy95 · Jan 26, 2024

The Clockwork Kingdom Update

THE CLOCKWORK KINGDOM

For the first time since entering Early Access, Dread Delusion has got a whole new major region: The Clockwork Kingdom.
The ominous clanking of gears can always be heard in this cold, desolate place, for the Clockwork King has spread its perverse machinery and violent automation across the land.

This update adds the largest island yet. Along with a vast dystopian city, hundreds of characters, and five unique quests.

THE CITY OF FERROPOLIS
The sprawling city of Ferropolis is home to the Clockwork King and its countless denizens who toil to do their monarch's bidding. It's easily the most detailed, content-rich city yet seen in Dread Delusion.

Densely populated, Ferropolis is packed full of NPCs, items, and secrets.

Hit the shops! Trade wares on the black market or indulge in Bottled Visions from the upper city.

Visit the Missing Persons Noticeboard; can you track down a child who has been erased from memory?

Go before the Clockwork King in the Great Machinarium. Will you serve the mad King? Try to redeem him? Or orchestrate his downfall?

MAIN QUEST - THE SEARCH FOR CAXTON FROST
While the notorious sky pirate Caxton Frost seems to have vanished, in the mountains, you meet a curious man named Horace, who seems to have lost his memories. Could he hold the secret to finding Vela's old comrade?

New main story quest that spans the whole Clockwork Kingdom.

The journey to recover Horace’s memories will take you into the depths of the corrupted lands and through his dreams.

THE CORRUPTED LANDS
The King's magic has twisted reality itself, turning this place into a surreal nightmare festering with abominations of the flesh.

Travel to the Lost City of Progress, on the furthest end of the island. This new dungeon offers a devious challenge to those willing to brave its streets.

Piece together the City’s history and recover the exquisite artifacts abandoned there

SAFE PASSAGE
Simply getting to the Clockwork Kingdom is not without difficulty, for the gatebridge on the eastern edge of Hallowshire is closed tight.

A new quest will see you befriending the enterprising young sky trader Mikhail. Could this be your way in?

Find Mikhail's skiff at the dock along the bluffs at the edge of Hallowshire’s eastern farmlands.

Patch Notes

Major:

New Region: The Clockwork Kingdom, complete with the sprawling city of Ferropolis.

New Quest: Sky Pirate Caxton Frost. Find Vela's old comrade in this lengthy new main questline.

New Quest: Madness of the King. Decide the fate of the Clockwork Kingdom in this expansive region quest.

New Quest: Missing Persons. Discover a mystery behind one of the many disappeared persons in the kingdom.

New Quest: The Vision Trade. Imbibe bottled dreams in this new sidequest.

New Quest: Safe Passage. Gain entry into the Clockwork Kingdom via Mikhail's Sky Skiff in eastern Hallowshire.

New Dungeon: The Lost City of Progress sits on the southern tip of the Clockwork Kingdom, rife with enemies.

Miscellaneous:

The journal map has been updated with new landmarks and landmasses in the Clockwork Kingdom.

Changed the way cutscenes are presented (now with a larger border).

Players may notice a new type of building in every major town, which cannot yet be accessed...

New islands have appeared on the fringes of the Oneric Isles, that cannot yet be accessed.

Added new visual effect when enemies die

Added a new player housing unit in the Clockwork Kingdom.

Added a new Erudite Academy teleporter

New NPCs have been added

The console log now shows game 'Facts' as well as normal debug log entries.

Bugfixes:

Tweaked the death respawn system. Players should no longer be able to unlock a region's death respawn point by falling to their death underneath the landmass.

Fixed numerous text errors in item descriptions.

Tweaked the triggers around useable objects, making it less likely that players can interact with objects through walls.

Fixed a bug that was preventing enemies from moving through large doors.

Fixed a bug that was causing the game to load incorrectly when switching to a different save file from the menu.

Adjusted enemy positioning and fixed some navigational issues

Fixed a bunch of footstep SFX types not registering correctly on certain textures

Minor geometry and prop adjustments

Dadd · Jan 26, 2024

it's super ugly

KeighnMcDeath · Jan 26, 2024

That train cannon thingy…. WTF?

:prosper:

PERVERSE MACHINERY INDEED!!!

SharkClub · Jan 26, 2024

Are the devs for Dread Delusion actually loony troons that stuck their mental illness in the game or is that just a kneejerk reaction to the kind of game it is and looking across the street at the Lunacid dev becoming totally unhinged and turning his game into propaganda?

Jenkem · Jan 27, 2024

The main dev is named James Wragg and he sounds effeminate but I think that's just because he's Br*t*sh.

Morpheus Kitami · Jan 27, 2024

SharkClub said:
Are the devs for Dread Delusion actually loony troons that stuck their mental illness in the game or is that just a kneejerk reaction to the kind of game it is and looking across the street at the Lunacid dev becoming totally unhinged and turning his game into propaganda?

I don't think the author is mentally ill, he just attributes the success of games like Morrowind and Legacy of Kain to the weirdness of the setting. More weird equals more success.

cyborgboy95 · Mar 1, 2024

Version 0.7.3.6 Update + 1.0 Information
Hello fellow Delusionites,

We want to take a moment to thank our players for their constant support throughout early access. There is exciting news we would like to share regarding the development of Dread Delusion!

As we inch closer to the full release of the game, and with the team hard at work making sure everything is ready, as a result, barring any major bugs, this will be the last hotfix until the 1.0 release. More information, including the release date of 1.0, will be coming soon.

Patch Notes

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug that was causing Aphra's mirror to break.

Fixed a bug that would stop certain dialogues from closing prematurely.

Fixed a bug that was allowing you to steal from a Clockwork Kingdom shopkeeper in the daytime.

Fixed a bug that was preventing players from crouching.

Fixed a bug that was preventing players from entering the second Clockwork Kingdom moving factory.

Fixed a bug that was causing the poison spell to infinitely cast.

Fixed a bug with an incorrect collision at the Lost City of Progress.

Fixed the teapot not having any animations that appears in the Clockwork Kingdom.

Fixed a room in the Clockwork Kingdom that, when lockpicked, contained nothing.

Miscellaneous bug fixes

Minor texture changes

Please note that save data will be wiped come 1.0’s release. (Well, not technically wiped, your old save data will be preserved, but the game will use a new set of files for save data tracking. If you’d like to use your older save files when 1.0 hits, all you’d need to do is overwrite the new file slot with the old one. There’s a high chance that this may cause issues with your save, but we wanted to leave that option available for players).

We also wanted to leave our players with a preview of the dangers that they will face in the Underlands come 1.0:

notpl · Mar 1, 2024

Did he add gameplay besides slowly walking backwards while swinging your weapon yet?

Harthwain · Mar 22, 2024

Latelistener said:
Got myself misled by the Steam reviews claiming the game is like Morrowind. While it does have similar setting vibes, gameplay-wise it's more like an action-adventure game with some RPG elements. There is not much depth in anything.

It is like Morrowind in terms of weird setting and exploration (while visually looking like Daggerfall).

KeighnMcDeath · Mar 22, 2024

I've dreamed of janky worlds like this. Exploration looks interesting in it can branch all over (assuming the devs are consistent and not lazy) There probably should be a bit more destructive obstacles/furniture. I see a barrel/box/chair... i wanna break it. I see a barely thatched section of roof BREAK IT.

Steam only I take it?

One thing he said in the beginning was about mapping, islands crashing into each other and world constantly changing. Is that just lore or an actuality? Is the world entirely destabilized and ever-changing? It could probably do with explosions and earthquakes if that is the case.

KeighnMcDeath · Mar 22, 2024

So, just descriptive narrative window dressing with no in-game effect? Dandy.

Morpheus Kitami · Mar 23, 2024

KeighnMcDeath said:
One thing he said in the beginning was about mapping, islands crashing into each other and world constantly changing. Is that just lore or an actuality? Is the world entirely destabilized and ever-changing? It could probably do with explosions and earthquakes if that is the case.

Nothing like that happened whenever I played it a few years ago, and I highly doubt it changed since then.

KeighnMcDeath · Mar 25, 2024

So, the Dread Delusion itch.io doesn't have the old download (I thought it did at one point. It foes direct you to the 3gig haunted demo disc itch.io site. I noticed gog has all these Dread X collections (about 5 different purchases). This one has a game also by the Dread Delusion creator called "Lovely Hellplace - Shatter."

So, I checked his itch.io list and there are a few other games including Shatter.

frajaq · Mar 25, 2024

I need to remind myself to play this game, since last time I played was in early access some time ago, the style of the game really calls to me..

Odoryuk · Mar 26, 2024

This game grew into quite an unique experience over the time and it is entertaining to play, but I'm still sour the developers marketed it as a King's Field spiritual successor, this game is obviously not that. Same with Monomyth.

Jenkem · Mar 29, 2024

Odoryuk said:
This game grew into quite an unique experience over the time and it is entertaining to play, but I'm still sour the developers marketed it as a King's Field spiritual successor, this game is obviously not that. Same with Monomyth.

I don't think either of these games have ever been said to be "King's Field spiritual successors" beyond maybe Monomyth having "inspired by King's field, et. al" in its descriptor...

Odoryuk · Mar 29, 2024

Jenkem said:
Odoryuk said:

This game grew into quite an unique experience over the time and it is entertaining to play, but I'm still sour the developers marketed it as a King's Field spiritual successor, this game is obviously not that. Same with Monomyth.

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I don't think either of these games have ever been said to be "King's Field spiritual successors" beyond maybe Monomyth having "inspired by King's field, et. al" in its descriptor...

Oh, they were. I followed Dread Delusion almost from the very beginning mostly because the developers mentioned King's Field a lot. And Monomyth's logo lettering copies King' Field logo to a T.

At least I have Lunacid, a game were developers didn't namedrop KF only because FromSoftware are immensely popular now.