Esoteric Ebb Patch Notes

ChangesFixed an issue causing certain dialog lines to be skipped.Made sure a secret epilogue Vâtte does not appear before the epilogue.Removed the ability to loot multiple Staff of Strings.A few text errors fixed.

ChangesFixed an issue causing story variables to not update properly during dialogs.3 spelling errors fixed. Critical spelling errors, obviously.

An Esoteric Thank YouIt hasn't even been a month yet. Mentally, I think my mind has already settled on it like it was years ago. Esoteric Ebb released on March 3rd 2026. Since then, I've mostly been focused on plugging the last remaining holes, and now with 1.2 out, I'm really happy with the state of things. There's probably a few wacky exploits left, and a ton of potential improvements to my spaghetti code systems, but this is it. This will be the last major patch for a while.Now, Esoteric Ebb isn't exactly a live service game, so it obviously doesn't have a roadmap. And truth be told, I wouldn't be able to produce one for you. A term I learned a bit too late in game development is, 'Gold Master.' That's the version of the game that's historically sent off to get printed onto those CDs. When I started playing RPGs, that's how I got all my games (floppies was before my time) and I really find it horrifying in retrospect. How the hell did those developers make such amazingly huge RPGs and then just... never get a chance to hotfix them? The answer is, as I'm sure a lot of old-school gamers know, that RPGs often just ended up being released in very buggy states. Sometimes barely playable. Ebb's launch wasn't quite in such a poor state, but not far off. It still feels like pure luck that the early reviewers didn't run into any hilariously game breaking soft-locks. Genuinely. I think I'm really just that lucky.Either way, what I'm getting at is: the version you all have now is the one I would call the true Gold Master. This is Esoteric Ebb. This is what I would have been happy to deliver to you on a CD back in 1999. And any bug you may discover moving forward can surely be explained away as just another Esoteric Event.As for the future, I can tell you that I am currently working on a number of new projects. Yes, several. Some of them will take years, some less so. For those of you looking for localizations, I sadly have to ask you to be patient. My previously mentioned spaghetti code will take a long time to untangle. Same thing with any porting, I always said over the years that I would LOVE to get Ebb on as many platforms as possible, but it's gotta be done properly. That takes time. So for those of you who would love to play Ebb, but can't - take this as my official apology and a gracious: 'Hopefully soon! (Please don't hurt me!)'Since I might have a hard time reaching out to you in case something Esoteric pops up in the future, I've also set up a mailing list that you can subscribe to. Won't be a weekly newsletter or anything. This is, as you can read on the website, just for the BIG STUFF.LINK HERE:https://esoteric-era.com/Finally, I'd just like to convey a heartfelt THANK YOU from every single person who worked on Esoteric Ebb. The amount of care and love placed into every bit of background texture, character animation, recording, note, and illustration of this absolutely glorious achievement of artistic prowess is beyond any realm of expression that I possess. I wake up every day floored by the simple fact that all of these artists chose to put that love and care into this glorified tabletop session of mine. I swear, I'm really just that lucky.-Christoffer BodegårdChangelogAdded a crypt key on the floor of the Temple of Urth if you received Caretaker (the powerful axe) while not having looted the key yet.Changed how Shards of Jor and Slogdogs work in Oyu's and Kraaid's dialogs. You should no longer be able to buy infinite amount of these.In the epilog, Oyu should no longer react like you're her best customer if you only bought a few things. Now she should only say that if you spent over 500 crowns in her shop.Cantrips will now be recast after a dialog ends, if you had one active when you started the dialog.If you talk with Lisa after figuring out the Necklace of Fireball clue, but before finding the elf corpse, her tea shop dialog will now make a bit more sense when you mention the necklace.Fixed a problem where certain "Press Any Key" situations didn't work with a controller.The Cleric feat should now properly use your Strength modifier when healing. Note: spells are modified only by your natural ability score amount, and is not affected by equipment. Obviously, I wouldn't force you to swap your equipment around every time you want to heal.Fixed a dialog crash that would occur if you came back to pick up your book from the bookbinder, then didn't pay, walked away, and came back later to attempt to pick it up again.Fixed several additional issues with companion dialogs popping up when they shouldn't.Fixed some minor inventory navigation issues if you switched between keyboard and gamepad several times.Fixed an issue where NPC stats increased when the player drank a potion.Fixed an issue where you could just wander out into the BEYOND on election day. Which was kind of funny, but really, democracy is confusing enough as it is.Updated the inventory filtering to include ability score modes.Added a quick load on the F9 button.409 text errors fixed.

ChangesLeaving Snell's intro dialog should now no longer give a fake error message.Bribing Rixbiter should now no longer give disadvantage. Instead it gives -10 to the DC.Alfoz should now actually hand you a reward instead of just telling you about it at the end of the Printer quest.Going solo from Snell will now no longer trigger other non-present characters to join in the conversation.A certain flirting that is possible before the cobbler will now no longer crash if you attempt it more than once.

ChangesShrines should now have their choices saved between various areas.Tinn should now not be mentionable after his demise.The Duck should now no longer be found in the Temple of Urth after receiving his axe at the end of the Visken fight.The sphere of annihilation event found in the City Below should now no longer be half triggered when Snell is around.The Agrarian feat should now actually work instead of breaking the game when trying to loot food. The fact that it took almost two weeks for anyone to report this bug to me is hilarious. The fact that I completely forgot that this feat existed is even funnier.Bondavol should now no longer be stuck in darkness after you complete his roll.String manipulation during a certain secret dialog should now work more consistently.Made the camera not go off to the side during Quest Branching Take Root dialogs.The big dialog in Jor's Crossroad now no longer causes crashes on very, very low framerates.You can now receive a certain Belt as an actual reward.The shining guy now actually shines.Fixed the Beautiful Lie feat description.Fixed the missing Razz caught-stealing scene.Updated a certain pipe-squeezing scene to include a missing portion.

ChangesFixed an error that made the mushroom man unfreezing scene crash if you brought Snell with you. Did you know he's afraid of mushrooms?Made sure to turn off the encounter UI once you're finished being destroyed by (or attempting to destroy) Visken.Fixed a bug that made Slogdogs heal 10 instead of 7. They're not that strong.Fixed one final (this time minor) bug relating to the Almost Lichdom feat. Now you can, in fact, consume powerful foods/potions - even while at full health. As long as this feat is equipped.Made the Esoteric Ebb quest slightly easier to complete.Made sure Drummer does not have sub 5 in each stat. Poor guy.Fixed an issue that broke the dialog with the fiend if you rolled once, succeeded, and then tried rolling again. Also, he's now affected by Protection from Good and Evil and Etcetera.Made sure you can't just get infinite money from Viira if you're charismatic enough. Come on. That's not fair.Fixed some spelling errors.Added a save file deletion button.