Attention all heroes, we're pleased to announce the Wyvia Spring Speedrun Challenge! Pit your time versus your fellow heroes as you race for prizes! In celebration Wyvia will be 20% off! We can't wait to see everyone's submissions. Please post your time videos in the comments to this post or in the post on the forums.

Starting Date: March, 14th, 2024
Duration: Four weeks, until 11:59PM UTC April 11th, 2024

This challenge will put both new and experienced heroes to the test. With over $200 total available in steam giftcard prizes. Here’s what you need to know:

Eligibility:
Must own a legitimate copy of Wyvia.

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and Venezuela.

Category:
The featured category in this challenge will be Any%. For you new speedrunners, this essentially means beat the game as fast as you possibly can within the limits of the game. This includes glitches and exploits. Any updates to the ruleset will be communicated to participants as they are made

Submission:
Record your speedrun and submit it via Youtube link.
Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section.

Rules and Regulations:
Entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, April 11th, 2024

$100 Steam Gift Card shall be awarded to the runner with the fastest verified run time, $50 Steam Gift Card to the runner in 2nd place, $25 Steam Gift Card to the runner in 3rd place, $15 Steam Gift Card for 4th place, $10 Steam Gift Card for 5th place.

All awards shall be in Steam Gift Card delivered to the participants via email.

Run shall be verified to be in compliance with rules and judged by Blast Programming and GIGATANK 3000 Staff

Runs may be rejected if inappropriate or derogatory language is on screen

Void where prohibited

Not open to citizens of North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, and Venezuela

Winners may be required to submit identify verification in order to claim prize

Personal information gathered will only be used to contact winners and/or notify participants of associated prizes

No purchase necessary

Contest sponsored by GIGATANK 3000 LLC, 16825 S Desert Foothills Pkwy #94404 Phoenix, AZ 85048


Run Rules

All runs required video evidence.

The preferred video hosting platform is Youtube/Twitch/Bilibili, but anything that has competent playback works. Please make a highlight instead of submitting full VOD on Twitch. Streamable is not a valid hosting platform due to deletion policy.

Game audio must be audible in your submission, you can disable music just make sure the sound effects are audible in your video submission.

Runs performed on pirated copies are automatically invalidated.

You may not use any kind of Trainer, Cheat Table, or any sort of Macro/Turbo during runs.

Game cannot be modified in any way, including by third party software, with the exception of patches provided by the developer.

Binding keys through external programs is not allowed. You are only allowed to bind keys through in-game settings.

Modification of the game files is not allowed. This applies to any form of modification, such as texture swaps, model swaps, QoL changes, etc.

Intentional abuse of ALT-F4 is strictly banned. Should your game crash at any point, mark the timestamp in the description of your submission.

Intentionally lowering the in-game framerate, such as with the use of third-party software is strictly prohibited. Changing the framerate via in-game settings, however, is perfectly acceptable.

Timer Stops as soon as the final boss is defeated

Prize Distribution:
The $200 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Any% category. The distribution is as follows:
1st place - $100 Steam Gift Card
2nd place - $50 Steam Gift Card
3rd place - $25 Steam Gift Card
4th place - $15 Steam Gift Card
5th place - $10 Steam Giftcard
If you want to hop in and start learning the game, you can download the demo on Steam right now!

Preparation Suggestions
To follow the challenge and find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit the Blast Programming Discord here[discord.gg].

Some Advice
The competition lasts for four weeks. It is recommended to take your time for your first playthrough, focusing on learning the game's classes, items and dungeon layouts. Practicing sections before diving into full runs. The fiercest competition for the top three spots typically emerges in the final week or even the last few days of the challenge so be sure to practice as much as you can before this critical period.
Good luck, and have fun Heroes!️

Happy belated new year, we hope your 2024 has been as exciting as it has been for us. We're thrilled at the number of players who have played the game and if you haven't please leave a review, every bit counts!

In special celebration of RPG Maker Festival 2024 with a special discount on Wyvia totaling 20% off. This is our lowest discount yet and will be for some time. Thanks to all the players that have made the game so great your feedback has been so invaluable. We have some special events planned for Wyvia in the coming months.

We are also excited to share what we're working on next real soon, we think you'll really like what we have cooking!

Have a great week!

Hey all,

It's been a wonderful month since release and we're consistently impressed and amazed by the builds you guys have come up with, the speedrunning, and just the general level excitement the game has generated. It's Steam Awards season and that means you can now nominate your favorite games for all sorts of awards. If you have a moment please leave a review if you haven't and please consider nominating Wyvia as that really helps us get seen by others and spread the hack and slash glory that is Wyvia.

In addition it's the Steam Autumn Sale and Wyvia (and it's new OST DLC and deluxe bundle. Go check it out for extra savings!) will be discounted in celebration of the holiday season. Have a wonderful holidays and stay safe out there chopping up those goopies!

Check out the Deluxe Edition here
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33936/Wyvia_Deluxe_Edition/

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts and we can't wait to show you what's next.

Hello fellow Mercenaries here is the latest patch notes hot off the presses.

Please remember to review the game as that helps your fellow gamers find the game and us with visibility,

If there's an issue that hasn't been resolved below please visit the forums or discord to report your issues.

FIXES

• Fixed Staff's Beam not scaling with Speed Bonus stat
  
• Fixed Wyvan Village's Wyvern Statue saying you get +20 Skill points and +10 stat points when its the other way around
  
• Fixed familiars all having the same favorite food
  
• Can no longer swim out of bounds when swimming off the lava ring around Wyvern Castle
  
• Fixed Ninja's Dexterity Increase skill giving you 3% more Dex per point instead of 2%. (Sorry Ninja chads)
  
• Fixed Hunter's Bandolier skill not working with Ninja's Double skill
  
• Fixed Barbarian's Twister skill not working with Ninja's Double skill

CHANGES

• Guild Lady's official name is now "Karen", set your character name to this and it'll unlock the Guild Lady sprite.
  
• Added a set of Teleporters that teleports you from the Entrance of Wyvern Castle to the End and vice versa, they appear after you beat the game.
  
• Total Chests Opened achievement now rechecks after reloading save file. (incase it bugged and didnt apply the first time you get the required amount)
  
• When feeding familiars, the cursor no longer resets to the first button if you still have more of that item after feeding

BALANCING (oh noooooo)

• Increased Goopy Summon damage from 40% to 60% of your Magical Attack as Damage
  
• Increased Ghost Summon damage from 60% to 80% of your Magical Attack as Damage
  
• Summoned monster attack speeds now scale with Speed Bonus stat
  
• Decreased Staff's passive bonus from 48% to 12% for every 250 of your Maximum Mana
  
• Increased stats of all bosses after the 2nd boss.
  
• Increased stats of all bosses after the 2nd boss.
  
• Increased stats of some monsters.

Hello fellow Mercenaries here is the latest patch notes hot off the presses.

Please remember to review the game as that helps your fellow gamers find the game and us with visibiliity, We are blown away by how much everyone has loved the game.

If there's an issue that hasn't been resolved below please visit the forums or discord to report your issues.

FIXES

• Fixed damage calculations for Barbarian's Quake skill
  
• Fixed being able to see the "rain stopper" mesh in Rain Town, if you use Obsidioth
  
• Fixed being able to land on the clouds during the final boss fight
  
• Fixed some characters in Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional that weren't displaying correctly
  
• Fixed item quantities overflowing buttons

CHANGES

• Wyvernform's 4th map ability can now destroy debris in Old Castleton and Hot Temple, as well as the big iron door infront of Old Castleton
  
• A certain follower's crown now flashes when nearby a wyvern scale, if you have them following you around.
  
• Can now hold down an ability button to use an Active Skill X times per second just like you can with regular weapon attacks. The amount of times an Ability can be used a second depends on Speed Bonus.

Hello fellow Mercenaries here is the latest patch notes hot off the presses.

Please remember to review the game as that helps your fellow gamers find the game and us with visibiliity, We are blown away by how much everyone has loved the game.

If there's an issue that hasn't been resolved below please visit the forums or discord to report your issues.

FIXES

• Fixed Intensify damage calculations (it works now)
  
• Fixed Gelato sprite not appearing on the main menu if you saved with it on
  
• Fixed Ninja's Flicker ability not working on Huge Knights
  
• Fixed Snow's name not appearing in the Monster Diary
  
• Fixed typo in Comfy Cocoa's name
  
• Fixed typo in Obsidioth's description
  
• Redesigned monster portal arenas so softlocks no longer happen
  
• Fixed delinquent bangle's damage bonus
  
• Fixed debt warrant's damage bonus
  
• Fixed all bling up achievements sharing the same name
  
• Fixed magical spring not fitting in the active statuses HUD background.
  
• Surge Orbs and Glyphs now clear when you enter a new area

CHANGES

• Added a few more Huge Knights to the world map, just a few
  
• Flying eyes in Haunted House and Dark Temple now follow you around, making the fake wall puzzles less painful to traverse.
  
• Increased the maximum amount of surge orbs to 100 at one time. (am I gonna regret this? probably)
  
• Added "Mr Sneaker" sprites created by my brother. You can unlock by finishing the game or naming yourself "Sneaker" (not case sensitive)
  
• Mountain clouds on the Main Menu screen now animate
  
• Monster locations are now revealed on the map screen after you finish the game
  
• Escape key brings up the quit menu in the main menu screen

BALANCING (oh noooo)

• Joker's Joke skill and Hysterical effects no longer works on bosses
  
• Added an exp penalty for monsters spawned from the Monster Respawn Portals. penalty depends on the rates, starting at 2.5% less exp from x2 enemies to 25% less exp from x10 enemies. Gold amounts have not been touched. (you still get a ton of exp from monsters spawned this way)
  
• Wayfarer's Scavenge skill now starts at 11 seconds from 15 seconds, and decreases by 0.5 seconds per skill point invested.

Fresh off the presses. As always if you have issues please visit forums or discord to report any bug issues.

If you're enjoying the game please consider leaving a review as that helps us with visibility and helps other gamers find out how great Wyvia is.

Have a wonderful weekend.

FIXES
- fixed options not saving properly
- fixed controls not saving properly
- fixed text overlap in Achievements Menu
- made it a lot harder for the player and enemies to go through walls
- status effects and ailments no longer countdown while speaking to an NPC or interacting with a monster respawn portal
- bosses no longer follow you back to towns
- fixed only being able to buy Wyvern Scales from a trader if carrying less than 60 scales
- fixed equipped accessories not saving properly
- fixed softlocking the player out of a few chests permanently if they fought the secret boss before
- Golden Palance now has 10 Wyvern Scales
- fixed description of the Pouch Mastery skill
- fixed familiars stat boosts

FEATURES
- Steam Achievements are now checked on save file load, if you acquired an achievement but it didnt activate, try reloading for it to take effect.
- item get popups now merge if you get the same items and do a cute icon animation

MORE ON THE WAY

Hello all,

We hope you're enjoying the game and we're blown away by the reception toward the game. It's incredibly exciting to see people playing and enjoying a game that has been three years in the making. If you haven't already, please leave a review that helps others know what to expect and helps others find the game. Thank you!

We're still hard at work fixing any issues and bugs that you report. If you have a persistent issue that hasn't been fixed by Patch v1.0.1 please visit either the Steam Forums or our Discord HERE[discord.gg] to report the issue so we can get right on that.

If you want to check out the latest patch notes you can do so HERE.

Thank you again for playing and good luck saving Wyvia!

FIXES
- fixed intensify
- fixed music not playing in prologue
- fixed music not playing in ending credits
- removed NEW SPRITE in the Achievements Menu, this was a leftover mechanic I changed a while back, instead you unlock new sprites by leveling up a class or from beating the game, or naming your character something specific (more on that below)
- removed the "dont sleep" button at the inn as it didnt serve any purpose.
- fixed the King causing a crash when you try to talk to him while he's hiding in a pot.
- Knight's Skill Giant now deactivates when you enter a new area/town or when transforming.
- fixed map screen breaking and not showing any maps when you explore too many areas
- fixed some cornfield sprites not displaying correctly
- fixed wyvern scales not showing up in Secret Tunnel, there are now 5 again in there.
- plugged up a hold in the wall in Cold Cave that lets you walk out of bounds and leave the map
- switched the EXP LEFT colors around so they match their respective EXP Bar colors
- plugged up the hole in Guild Lady's floor in New Castleton
- fixed Spicy Lychee not working after eating it
- fixed pushblock puzzles in Secret Stash Cave
- fixed reset buttons in Secret Stash Cave
- fixed Joker skills having incorrect names
- fixed Joker's Party skill
- fixed Joker's Counterfeit skill not equippable in Active Skills menu
- fixed Yeetus' Hands not displaying their Health Bars correctly
- fixed the water in Seasonal Cave
- fixed the lava in High Temple

FEATURES
- added cloud saving
- implemented a save backup feature, now your save files will be backed up automatically
- game window can now be resized freely in windowed mode.
- World Map now has its own Monster Counter
- You can now input a specific name in the Name Input screen to unlock a skin from the getgo without finishing the game to unlock it.
Names that unlock a skin (not case sensitive):
- Aozora
- Banker
- Bikini
- Smith
- Butler
- Cat
- Classman
- Dog
- Rich
- Farmer
- Gelato
- Guild
- Hunter
- Innkeeper
- Jeweller
- Kamas
- Togeru
- Ursa
- King
- Lady
- Machine
- Merchant
- Noble
- Nora
- Nutty
- Resetter
- Knight
- Snowblind
- Perfect
- Trader
- Warm
- Wyvan
- NPC

MORE ON THE WAY