Weve just added French and Japanese as the new languages in Blessed Burden!

Want to see the game in your language?

If you're fluent in English and your mother tongue, you can help translate the game and make it more accessible for everyone.

What you get:

• Your name or nickname in the game credits

• Your name in the game settings under language selection

• Eternal bless (and a few thank-you game keys you can gift to your fellas)

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How to join:

Just message us via Discord, and we'll send you a link to a Google Sheet. No special tools or experience needed just heart and language.

https://discord.com/invite/yymVraJNfW

Some details:

Localization table has 229 entries to localize. Half of them are two-word phrases. There are a few simple technical rules you would need to follow. For some languages, we would also ask to find an appropriate stylized fonts to be used in the game. Also, you can help us with the Steam page localization.

As of the time of writing, we are missing these Steam-supported languages:

• Arabic (ar)

• Bulgarian (bg)

• Chinese (Traditional) (zh-Hant)

• Czech (cs)

• Danish (da)

• Dutch (nl)

• Finnish (fi)

• German (de)

• Greek (el)

• Hungarian (hu)

• Indonesian (id)

• Italian (it)

• Korean (ko)

• Norwegian (no)

• Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR)

• Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT)

• Romanian (ro)

• Spanish (Argentina) (es-AR)

• Spanish (Spain) (es-ES)

• Thai (th)

• Turkish (tr)

• Vietnamese (vi)

[ 2025-07-10 22:58:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

General updates

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• Japanese localization beta (more languages are on the way)

• Epic game title in the main menu

• Steam Input support

• Official Linux and Steam Deck support!

Race Ghost

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Now you can race against your previous best run. To enable this feature, go to Settings>Additional>Race Ghost. You will need to run level once to be able to see the ghost.

Honestly, I didn't expect this to be that much fun! Go check it out in the game!

In the future, I would love to attach ghosts to leaderboard entries, allowing you to race against other players too!

For speedrunners

• Finally, a fix for the dash-slide spam issue is publicly available. Unfortunately, this means some leaderboard entries will be removed, as some of the runs are impossible now. Fix introduces the "stamina" mechanic to the game, which should remove the burden of clicking buttons as fast as humanly possible, and instead motivates players to seek the best routes.

• Added input buffer time for dash and jump actions.

• Landing no longer consumes a physics tick.

• Key pickup radius doubles when moving faster than 20m/s.

• Added an experimental option to increase tick rate for more precise movement calculations. This is a performance-heavy setting and should be used only when game is running on more than 200 frames per second. For now, this setting does not persist between sessions and should be manually enabled every time you launch the game.

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Misc

I'm very proud of myself for adding localizable and device-adaptable input icons to the game.

A small, hard-to-notice QoL improvement for yall.

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Cheers! Thanks for playing!

It means a lot to our team <3

[ 2025-07-09 17:19:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Nothing huge, just fixing my mistakes with visible triggers and invisible walls on some stages.

Also, small adjustments on the Towers stage.

[ 2025-06-30 15:27:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Gamepad support, save slots, Steam Cloud saves, lighting improvements, new settings, and some fixes. Sneak peek into the roadmap.

Gamepad Support

You can now play the entire game using a gamepad from menus to intense platforming.

If anything feels off or you'd like to suggest tweaks, let us know!

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Save Slots + Steam Cloud

• Multiple save slots added. You no longer have to sacrifice collected relics to start a new run try New Game challenges freely.

• Steam Cloud support is now live your progress travels with you.

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Lighting improvements

Lighting has been improved and fixed across all stages.

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New settings

Two new toggles have been added under Additional Settings:

• Show Center Dot Helps with aiming precise dashes or spatial orientation.

• Hide Wings Some players found them distracting, so now you can disable them entirely.

Fixes and Tweaks

Here are the most noticeable improvements:

• Fixed player's leg clipping into the camera during dash.

• Heart stage layout updated: sections 2 and 3 have been swapped for better pacing. [strike]skip?[/strike]

• Fixed finish line triggers on multiple stages.

• Fixed snakes' visuals and lighting.

Roadmap Sneak Peek

We're working hard to take Blessed Burden even further. Here's whats on the horizon, in rough order of priority:

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Fix slide spam abuse - the highest priority task that changes core game mechanics. There is currently a discussion in our Discord server about that: https://discord.gg/t5s68qpD5J

New localizations. Japanese and Chinese (Simplified) are the first to come.

Add new game modes/difficulties:

• Casual (the current game mode)

• Challenging (fewer checkpoints, 3 deaths lead to a restart of the stage)

• Ghostrun (any death leads to a stage restart)

• Helldive (any death resets a game and starts from the beginning)

Official Steam Deck support

Add an in-game ranking for completing the stage based on time. Like bronze, silver, gold medals, etc.

Ghost replays race your own or others' past runs.

Add legit skips to some annoying stages, like Facility.

Add new secrets on the levels that are optional and do not affect upgrades. Some of them will be possible to find only with full upgrades.

Add some customization options. Currently, pants and shoes are being discussed. Would love to hear your ideas on that!

Halloween special event!

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A Personal Note

We love working on this game, and theres so much more we want to build. But were a small team, and to keep going we need your help.

If you enjoy Blessed Burden, please consider:

• Leaving a review

• Inviting friends

• Posting a clip or TikTok

• Recommending game to your favorite content creators or streamers

Every bit of support helps us keep creating. Thank you for playing!

[ 2025-06-28 21:34:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Overview

This update brings a range of improvements to core gameplay systems, visuals, and level design. Below is a breakdown of what's been changed or added.

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Gameplay Fixes and Improvements

• Traps are no longer random and now behave consistently after each restart.

• Fixed destructible columns they should no longer break on the first touch.

• Fall damage calculation has been corrected for more predictable results.

• Hitboxes improved so that deaths from traps feel more fair.

Movement

Weve expanded the movement system to be more flexible and responsive:

• Priest can now dash while crouching in mid-air.

• Priest can now jump while sliding.

Controls and Settings

• Added a new Field of View setting. For technical reasons it's capped at 110 degrees.

• It's now possible to assign an alternative key binding for each action.

• A dedicated dash button has been added for gamepads \[R1-right shoulder].

  (Game partially supports gamepad inputs. Mouse is required only to navigate menus.)

Visual Enhancements

• Added a blob shadow under the priest for better grounding.

• Visual effects for slide, gravity, and dash abilities have been improved.

• Blessings Bar finally has new visuals

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Level Design

Level design updates have been made across nearly all levels to improve flow, clarity, and challenge balance. Descent got the biggest changes, so go check it out if you're into speedrunning.

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Achievements and Leaderboards

• Fixed the Maximum power achievement for collecting all relics.

  (To retrigger the achievement simply complete any stage.)

• Implemented a temporary leaderboard viewer from the Stage Select menu.

  (It's clunky for now, but you no longer need to finish the level to see your position on the leaderboard.)

Thanks for playing, and as always, your feedback is welcome!

[ 2025-06-23 02:20:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Blessed Burden is an action horror first-person platformer about the last priest.

Descend into the deepest depths to destroy the very essence of evil. Your path will be filled with traps, lava, and fear.

Play now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/

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[ 2025-06-18 16:56:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/"][/dynamiclink]

[ 2025-06-18 15:09:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are watching and waiting for the release of Blessed Burden, which will take place on June 18, 2025.

Wishlist: [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/"][/dynamiclink]

[ 2025-06-17 10:08:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Time to get ready. There's exactly one day left until the release. [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/"][/dynamiclink]

[previewyoutube="cK2txn81COM;full"][/previewyoutube]

[ 2025-06-17 09:07:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Added a new intro level, key-door mechanic, and secret plates. The respawn time has also been reduced. Play the new demo 0.7.14: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230/Blessed_Burden/

[ 2023-11-15 08:54:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

In addition to the primary story mode, the project will have a New Game+ for faster and hardcore playing. Be careful, the video contains an old-school Drum'n'Bass soundtrack. At first, it was a fun idea that didn't really fit with the game's atmosphere. But after more than 80 players tried the first game demo at the Games Gathering Conference in Kyiv, we realized that this game can be played differently. Playing fast and aggressively or slowly and steadily entirely up to you. So let's watch the special video about it: [previewyoutube=ZYVplv_6Jv8;full][/previewyoutube]

-> Add to your wishlist

-> We have a playable demo!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379230

[ 2023-08-18 07:19:07 CET ] [ Original post ]