Update 1.2 is the first of two big updates for Striving for Light: Survival, featuring a complete overhaul of the oldest and most iconic player characters "The Unknown Wanderers", 2 new evolution weapons, a quick restart run option, performance improvements, redesigned effects and visual improvements and much more.

Staying true to our tradition of always delivering MOAR, we're excited to announce that this update is only the first part of a huge update coming a bit later this year with 4 new maps and new uber pinnacle boss fights.

But we know most of you are waiting for Season 3 start, so we are happy to announce the start of Season 3:


So get ready to climb the ladder! Now lets take a look at what update 1.2 holds in store for you.

• New Unknown Wanderer: The two Unknown Wanderers got completely overhauled. Both wanderers have received a few further stats to make the character choice a bit more exciting.
  Melee Unknown Wanderer starting stats are now: +20 % Melee Damage, -20% Projectile Damage, +5% Dodge Regeneration, +5% Critical Hit Damage
  
  Range Unknown Wanderer starting stats are now: +20 % Projectile Damage, -20% Melee Damage, +5% Movement Speed, +3 Companion Damage
  
  
• New Range Weapon: Wildfire's Wrath is a new evolution range weapon that evolves while defeating enemies. This weapon is gaining up to +3 additional projectiles upon charges. If you get hit some weapon charges will vanish.
  
• New Melee Weapon: Abyssal Hunger is a new evolution weapon that evolves while defeating enemies. This weapon is gaining increased attack range and damage upon charges. If you get hit some weapon charges will vanish.
  
• Quick Restart Run: You can now do a quick run restart on the game over screen without having to confirm your unchanged build and reselect the map
  
• New Attack Direction Indicator: When using manual aim the direction indicator ring has been redesigned to better visualise the attacking direction without the distracting ring.
  
• Effect Redesign: Plenty of enemy effects have been updated and redesigned to better match the game perspective.
  
• New Player Character UI Images: New player character images in the prepare your run screen.

• Performance Improvements: Plenty of performance improvements should allow pushing your builds to new extreme.
  
• Blood Decals: Blood Decals have received normal maps and are now a lot darker to increase screen readability. You can still always turn them off to maximise visual clarity.
  
• UI/UX Improvements: Plenty of UI/UX improvements for all menus with new button icons.

Want to report a bug or talk with fellow players about the game? You are invited to join our official discord[discord.com].

We are thrilled to announce that the soundtrack for Striving for Light: Survival is now available on all major music streaming platforms!

• Spotify[open.spotify.com]
  
• Apple Music[music.apple.com]
  
• Amazon Music[music.amazon.de]
  
• Youtube Music
  
• Deezer[www.deezer.com]
  
• Tidal[listen.tidal.com] and many more!

We have also set up a bandcamp page in case you prefer an uncompressed sonic experience:

Official Bandcamp[cuttingdark.bandcamp.com]

We decided to release the soundtracks for all our games under the music project name 'Cutting Dark'. In addition to the beloved tracks from our games, we have a few new albums on the way, that you as well might enjoy.

• Eternal Horizons
  
  Release on 21.6.2024
  
  The album captures the beauty, power, and recovery of nature, telling a story of destruction and renewal through powerful and emotional melodies.
  
  
  
• Into the North
  
  Release on 5.7.2024
  
  An evocative album that musically captures the harsh, icy landscapes and the rugged, untamed spirit of the northern wilderness.
  
  
  

As we want to take you with us on this new sonic journey we decided to offer our two new albums as an limited 1€ (pay what you want) pre-order offer on bandcamp which will be available until the full release.

Pre-Order: Eternal Horizons on Bandcamp[cuttingdark.bandcamp.com]
Pre-Order: Into the North on Bandcamp[cuttingdark.bandcamp.com]

There is also a very generous full dicography bundle if you want to get all soundtracks at once. Of course all albums will be available on all major music streaming platforms on release day.

As this is the very beginning of our music journey with this new project we appreciate every support.

Happy listening!

• Fixing endbosses not spawning on final wave. This fix should once and for all fix the not spawning bosses on wave 20. If you haven't unlocked tier 2 or the boss defeat unlocks this was related to this bug and should be fixed now as well.
  
  If you somehow should end up with a wave 20 without boss here is a temp fix to allow you to further progress. Simply directly exit the game when you notice that there is no boss spawned and re-join the run until the boss spawns. However, I think this should not be neccessary as this should be fixed by now. Just in case, to give you some control over this in case I have overseen something.
  
• Fixed a crash when entering or exiting the skilltree. This was mostly related to using a gamepad when a node was still selected when exiting the skilltree and the tooltip wrongly initialised on re-entering the skilltree.

If you encounter any futher issues please never hesitate to send us bug reports so that we can fix them as soon as possible. Thanks for your support and happy gaming!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed toggle skill tutorial spawning two times when entering skilltree and taking away the focus on gamepad controlls