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Hello everyone!

We’ve got a brand-new update for you, and we hope you’ll like it. As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we’ve been focusing on improving existing content, but that doesn’t stop us from adding a bit of new content along the way. In this update you’ll find:

• A new character: the Huntress. We love this character, and I strongly recommend unlocking her talent, it’s a lot of fun. The Huntress comes from the game Pyrene, which had also given a little nod to Sol Cesto.

• And for the occasion, there’s a new Sol Cesto x Pyrene bundle. We really enjoyed Pyrene with Chario, and we hope you’ll like it too if you pick up the bundle.

• A new boss!!! It was a real challenge to add, but we’re happy with the result! Antoine composed a brand-new track especially for this boss.

• Two new items at the shop: the slingshot, which lets you make a monster harmless for one turn and acts as a low-cost weapon; and the toothpaste, which… well, you’ll find out soon enough 👀

• A new fountain item that brings a certain sharp blade back into the spotlight. It should really help if you’re struggling to finish a run.

• And a special effect when you completely clear a combat grid. It’s up to you to discover it!

• Lots of small balance tweaks here and there, and plenty of bug fixes.

We hope you’ll enjoy all this. Chariospirale and I are already working on the next update, which should add a new boss and a new character by the end of January. So we’ll see you again very soon 🌞

Thank you all for your feedback and your patience, and see you soon!

Géraud, Chariospirale, and Antoine.

Hello everyone!

Here’s a post to give you some news about Sol Cesto, both regarding the next update and the game in general. The next update is coming at the end of November. It will feature a new character with a really fun gameplay mechanic, especially when it comes to her talent. This character comes from a game we really like, even though we kept the reference pretty subtle. Let’s see if you can guess who it is 🏹

There will also be two new items in this update. I think the slingshot is pretty easy to understand, but the other one…? We also added a new item in the fountain, related to that damn goblin who keeps popping his head out from the edges of the screen. And finally, something you’ve been asking for a lot: completely clearing a board will now grant you a funny little reward. We hope you’ll enjoy all that! Oh, and we’re also adding a boss!

As for the future of the game, we’ve planned two more updates (after the one at the end of November). The first should be out around the end of January, with roughly the same amount of content as the upcoming one. And the last one, much bigger, will mark version 1.0, and it will be released… later! We’re keeping that date secret for now.

We’ve also decided not to make a fifth biome as originally planned. Chario and I feel that the runs are already long enough, and we’d rather spend our time improving what’s already there. For example, by adding bosses, new characters, and a special, meaningful ending for the game. Believe us, removing the fifth biome isn’t just cutting content for the sake of it, it’s going to make the game more fun to play!

That’s about it for now. See you at the end of the month for the next update 🌞

Géraud, Chariospirale, and Antoine

Hi everyone!

A small update with various bug fixes, including some we accidentally introduced with the Biome 4 update (oops!).

• The heat visual effect now only activates in Biome 4 and is disabled on text screens (to make reading easier).

• The secret related to the egg now appears in the correct location, instead of Biome 3.

• The Biome 4 trap no longer breaks when using the resurrection fairy.

• The freezes that sometimes occurred when moving from one room to another should be less frequent now (we hope!).

• The flute should no longer appear in the fountain once it’s already been collected.

• Aside from gold and life, it should no longer be possible to get duplicate items in the fountain.

• Players who couldn’t access certain stars on the character selection screen should now be able to.

• Other minor fixes.

We’ll keep fixing bugs as we go, and we’re already working on the next update, which should arrive in November! Thanks for your patience, and see you soon!

Géraud, Chariospirale and Antoine.

• The 4th biome, bringing you one step closer to the end of the game!
  
• New monsters, some with brand-new abilities.
  
• 1 new trap, and 1 new environmental effect.
  
• 1 new character to unlock… this one’s a bit hidden 👀
  
• 3 new items to buy in the shop (but you’ll need to unlock them first).
  
• A new track we absolutely love, composed by Antoine Druaux.

Hello everyone!

Chariospirale and I wanted to give you some news about Sol Cesto. After delivering an optimization update and the update that introduced the flute (and some secrets), we’re now working on the September update.

This update will bring a brand-new biome, the 4th one! Of course, this biome will come with its own monsters, traps, and environmental effects. And watch out, it’s going to be a bit tougher than the previous ones… Antoine is also working on a track that should set a, let’s say, warm atmosphere 🔥🔥🔥

There will also be a few new items, like the fireball and the egg, as well as a new character hidden somewhere in the underground. In short, plenty of new things to further enrich your Sol Cesto experience, starting in September.

Sorry about the roadmap: every time we want to update it with Chariospirale, we realize we want to change our plans. We carefully read your feedback, and it really shakes up the way we deliver updates. But we’ll try to use Steam News more often to keep you informed!

Anyway, thank you all so much for your patience and support. It means a lot to us that so many of you enjoy playing Sol Cesto 🌞

THANK YOU, and see you soon!

Géraud and Chariospirale.

Hello everyone!

Finally, here's the first content update for Sol Cesto. This will be the smallest content update, mainly because the previous patch was released less than 20 days ago. But this one adds an element we wanted to have in the game from the start: the flute. You’ll have to play a bit to find it and uncover its secrets. We won’t spoil anything, so here’s the list of changes included in this update:

• The flute, with its different pieces to collect

• A few melodies with magical effects, hidden in different places

• One small extra secret

• Balancing adjustments to the spawn rate of certain items

• Balancing changes to the fairy, who now only revives half of the hero’s health

• Fixes for numerous minor bugs (we know there are still some left, we’re working on it!)

As for what’s next, Chariospirale and I are currently discussing it. We know what we want to add to the game, but your feedback is making us rethink the order in which we’ll release things! We’d like the next update to be a big one, but first we need to be sure what we can include before updating the roadmap. Sorry about that! But as you’ve seen, less than a month passed between the last update and this one, so we’re actively working on the game and promise great things to come 🌞

Thanks for your patience, and see you very soon for more adventures in the depths of Sol Cesto.

Géraud & Chariospirale

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Hello everyone!

Following our latest update, some bugs went through our nets and made it to the live version! This hotfix is here to correct them.
Thanks once again for your patience, reporting the bugs, and in general for all your feedback, it is really appreciated!

Please find the patchnote below:

• Fixed a soft lock situation when destroying a Bee Hive with an arrow. This includes the "Floor 52" bug that some of you have been reporting!

• Fixed a soft lock situation when clicking "Back to the surface" when getting revived by a fairy

• Fixed an issue where being revived after dying from poison would make you immune to poison (some would say it makes sense, but it was not intended! :D)

• Fixed different teeth issues when killing multiple ennemies in a single move

Thanks a lot, and have a nice week-end everyone!

Hey everyone! First of all, we wanted to thank you all for the warm welcome you've given to Sol Cesto!

It's been more than a month that the game is out, and the last build is actually 1 month old! We wanted to thank you so much for your patience. Chariospirale and I put in a ton of work to release Sol Cesto in early access, and we needed a bit of time to recover. The success of the game was totally unexpected, and your support gave us a huge boost of energy, thank you so much!

After a short break, I jumped back in to fix as many bugs as I could and to optimize the game over the past few weeks. And here it is, a fresh new update with lots of fixes, and most importantly, smoother performance across both PC and Steam Deck!

We’ll keep squashing bugs throughout early access, but now Chariospirale and I are focusing on creating new content so we can bring you regular updates. The next one should arrive in a few weeks, around mid-July. It’ll be the smallest content update, but I think it’s going to surprise you. We’ll also be sharing a clearer roadmap in the coming weeks 🌞

Thanks again for all your patience, your kind words, your reviews, and the amazing fan art of Sol Cesto. It gives us so much motivation to keep making the best game we possibly can!

See you soon,

Géraud & Chariospirale

You can have a look to the complete patchnote below. But before that, I've got some news to tell you:

We're activating Steam Cloud! But it comes with some warnings:

Even though we're doing our best so the activation of Steam Cloud is as seamless as possible on your side, please read what follows:

Your save is being uploaded in the Steam Cloud when you're closing the game. This means that there is a possibility, if you launch the game from a computer you've never launched Sol Cesto before, that your most advanced save isn't yet on the Cloud, then pushing the one from this "new device". To avoid this, open and close the game on the device you've the most advanced on first. If you can't, Steam should still see that there's a conflict between local and cloud saves and ask you to choose which save you want to keep, but this trick should "force" Steam Cloud to download the one you want.

Can I get my PC save on my Steamdeck?

Yes you can, but do note that for your save to be clouded, you'd have to play the Proton version of the game. This is the default version Steam uses to launch the game; it means that if you didn't force anything in the Compatibility tab (in your Library > Game Properties > Force Compatibility to Linux runtime) you shouldn't have to do anything, and Steam Cloud should work right away

If you play via Linux runtime environment on your Steamdeck:

We strongly advise that you use the Proton version. Cloud Saves won't work on the Linux version. I've tried my best to make it work but couldn't.

It means, if you go to the Proton version from the Linux Runtime one, that you will lose all your current progression. We're very sorry about that, but we did not find any other solution. We'd rather have you make this switch right now early in Sol Cesto's Early Access rather than later, when the content lost will be higher. While there is a native Linux Version of this 0.51.04 version, if we cannot find a way to make Cloud Saves work on native Linux version, we might drop the support of native Linux versions (the vast majority of you should already be playing via Proton versions, unless you changed compatibility settings, as stated before).

If our information is correct, Linux distributions that do not support proton are pretty rare, so this shouldn't impact a lot of people, and the problems we face are complex, thus this decision might be taken. If some of you wouldn't be able to play anymore if we drop the native Linux version support, please tell us on Discord or on the Forums and explain us why so we can figure out solutions! If we do take this decision, of course you'll be informed, and it won't make any difference about the Steamdeck version; we'll ensure the game is supported on Steamdeck, even if it is via Proton. Feel free to give us feedback on this new version that should have performance improvements!

Lastly, just in case, you can backup your saves on your computer.

To do so, press Windows + R on your keyboard, then in the window that opened paste this:

"%APPDATA%/../local"

In the folder that opened, there should be a "Sol Cesto" folder. Make a .zip of this file. Should you encounter any problem, you can replace the folder with the one you zipped just here. If there's any issues, having this folder somewhere will help us restore your save if you ever have an issue.

Alright, now please find the full patchnote below:

• Overall performance improvements, on PC and Steamdeck versions

• Light rebalancing of the level design on some stages

• Rebalancing of the apparition rate of some teeth (namely those with gold multiplicator)

• Rebalancing of the fairy apparition rate, which now have way less chance to drop twice in a single run

• Overall bugfixes:

  • Fixed Switch and Magicien Monsters not activating in some circumstances

  • Fixed some teeth effects that weren't activating in some circumstances

  • Fixed the Wizard power that was leading to a softlock in some circumstances

  • Fixed an issue when droping below -100% attraction on a room type would prevent from clicking on them

  • Fixed Hive monsters that were spawning too many bees

  • Overall smaller bugfixes, audio bugfixes

  • Some teeth weren't activating correctly in certain situations

Thanks again everyone, and we'll keep you posted on what's next as soon as possible!

• Fixed a bug where the player was locked in the transition between phase 1 and phase 2 of the boss.
  
• Fixed a bug where the screen was freezing for a long time on the Smith's screen
  
• Fixed a variety of audio issues
  
• Fixed some localization issues

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd biomes are a bit longer
  
• 3rd Biome's boss is now a bit harder to beat