poy-brutal-mode

A challenging Peaks of Yore mod.

Overview

• Features
• Installing
  • BepInEx
  • MelonLoader
• Building from source
  • Dotnet
  • Visual Studio
  • Custom game locations

Features

This mod introduces some tweaks to the vanilla game mechanics which can make the gameplay significantly more challenging.

The following tweaks are currently applied:

• Gravity is 50% stronger
• Crimp stamina drains 2x faster
• Crumbling holds disappear 3x faster
• Pitch hold stamina drains 4x faster
• Ice pick stamina drains 4x faster
• Ice picks have 10% more force to be more usable with the increased gravity
• You slide down slopers significantly faster

Installing

BepInEx

If you haven't installed BepInEx yet, follow the install instructions here.

Brutal mode

• Download the latest BepInEx release here.
• The compressed zip will contain a plugins directory.
• Copy the files in plugins to BepInEx/plugins in your game directory.
• If installed correctly, you can now start the game and "enjoy" brutal mode.

MelonLoader

If you haven't installed MelonLoader yet, follow the install instructions here:

• Windows
• Linux

Brutal mode

• Download the latest MelonLoader release here.
• The compressed zip file will contain a Mods directory.
• Copy the files from Mods to Mods in your game directory.
• If installed correctly, you can now start the game and "enjoy" brutal mode.

Building from source

Whichever approach you use for building from source, the resulting patcher and plugin can be found in bin/.

The following configurations are supported:

• Debug-BepInEx
• Release-BepInEx
• Debug-MelonLoader
• Release-MelonLoader

Dotnet build

To build with dotnet, run the following command, replacing