- Interlude Patch: By Candlelight... - 21 August 2026
Welcome, Scribes!We hope you've been reading well and often - whether it's with a newfangled e-reader or old school... By Candlelight! Today's interlude patch includes a lit new Movement Spell: Flicker, Photo Mode, Monologue Tuning, and some community-inspired QoL, Balance, and Performance improvements! Interlude Patch: By Candlelight... is our freshest patch, but be sure to check out the in-game Roadmap to see how far Vellum has come - the Library's work continues!Movement Spell: Flicker - Hi Lighter!Light danced across the pages, illuminating words, phrases, meanings... was it trying to tell me something?Flicker enters the Scribe's Spellbook quick as a flash! This spell is blink-and-you'll-miss-it fast and starts with 3 charges - but beware, they aren't the fastest to recharge! Vanish, then flare up a short distance away toward your input direction. 5.25s cooldown with 3 charges.Flick…
- Interlude Patch: Rhetorical Questing - 24 July 2026
Welcome, Scribes!Last update, we introduced Storyboards: a bingo-boss-gauntlet of doom, strategy, and literary prowess! For some of you, the Torn may have had the last laugh - but we're here to give you a new tool to get the last word in: Monologue! Interlude Patch: Rhetorical Questing introduces Monologue: a Spender that augments your Generator, a host of New Pages of Power (with some wild ones), and some tuning for Storyboards (and more)!Everybody loves a good monologue and nothing beats a lengthy soliloquy... so if you feel like speaking aloud for a while, you should take a look at the ever-lengthening Vellum Roadmap in the main menu!Is This A Spender Which I See Before Me?Why yes, it is! Monologue enters the Scribe repertoire as a unique, self-buff Generator-amping Spender Spell!Deliver a Stirring Speech to augment your Generator's Damage and Attack Speed, while allowing it to use S…
- An Interlude Incoming, plus the Roads & Riches Demo! - 16 July 2026
Happy readings to you, Scribes!We hope you've been having a blast with Storyboards so far - those crazy Torn experiments can be quite the challenge! Our next Interlude Patch is gearing up in the wings... and we've got some other exciting news:The Roads & Riches Demo is available now! Whether you're a long-timer or a first-timer in the Shop Sim area, we'd love to invite you to check out our Traveling Merchant Simulator and let us know what you think! If traveling the world and selling wares is something you're in the market for (ha!), adding Roads & Riches to your Wishlist is a huge help to us!Play The Roads & Riches Demo!The Roads & Riches Demo lets you start your own traveling business! With 1-4 players, take your mobile market on the road across the first of five regions! Trade between different locations, find treasures, and make a name among the local customers! You'll be able to cu…
- Chapter XIV: Storyboard - Now Live! - 4 June 2026
Happy readings to you, Scribes!Welcome to Major Chapter XIV: Storyboard - introducing Vellum's new bingo-inspired boss battle mode, fresh rewards, and spell/page rebalancing! Check out our snazzy trailer for Storyboard - and its 13 new bosses - below!What's more - Vellum will be 50% off starting Saturday, June 6th! We've had over a year of updates since hitting 1.0 (and we've got more ink the well, don't worry)! You can review the abridged Vellum timeline below - or see the full journey in game, Interlude Patches and all!Storyboard - Vellum's New Bingo Boss Rush!Storyboard is our newest game mode, with raid-style boss encounters, our classic roguelike powers, and the ability to retry bosses (which frees us up to let the Torn be a little more fearsome). To win, you'll pick your battles from a bingo board of bosses in order to unlock a final confrontation. Completing a line will reward yo…
- The Roads & Riches Ahead! - 3 June 2026
Welcome, Scribes - we have exciting news!First up: a preview of Storyboard, the next Vellum Major Chapter! Starting Saturday, June 6th, Vellum will be 50% off on Steam!After that, we'll stock up and follow the map to our next game - Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator!Let's begin!The Storyboard!Vellum's next Major Chapter, Storyboard, hits bookshelves tomorrow! They say to pick your battles... the Storyboard delivers; plan your way around a dangerous battle-board to collect power and claim victory.Beware, the final boss gains powers, too. Wise play wins the day, Scribes! Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant SimulatorHit the road with your merchant caravan! Travel across faraway lands, sell wonderful wares, and find magical treasures - all to win over the world's hearts, minds... and wallets!With Roads & Riches, we're venturing into a new genre while stocking our caravan with our…
- Interlude Patch: Overture - 30 April 2026
We're back, Scribes! With Spring in our step, it's time for another Interlude Patch!Today's update, Overture, brings Epic Poetry to new venues, Combo Pages wreak balancing havoc, we smash some bugs, and preparations for the next major update continue! What lies in store on the road ahead?You can find the Vellum Roadmap in-game, charting our shared voyage! On to the update!Open Mic Fight - New Epic Poetry Maps! Even in the most dire of circumstances, poetry endures! Sprawling showdowns with the Torn can now be accessed in two new maps for Epic Poetry : Islands and Ritual!Learn and master the nooks and crannies of these slam poetry venues to take your wave-smashing strategies to the next level! Elsewhere in the stanzas... we've adjusted the Toxic Binding; Toxic can only apply 1 stack every 0.35 seconds. This should help prevent the most surprising of one-shotty deaths while keeping the te…
- Interlude Patch: Home & Garden - 19 March 2026
Welcome to Springtime, Scribes! We're taking a look at Nooks and more in this season's freshly bloomed update - Interlude Patch: Home & Garden! We kick off Spring with Savable Nook Layouts, a rebalanced iteration of Blossom, and a new selection of Pages of Power(including a fresh Pink Keyword)!You can find the Vellum Roadmap in-game, detailing our inky journey together! On to the update!A Change of Scene - Nook Layouts! You can now save Nook Layouts of your personal customizable space! Save as many different layouts as you like and swap freely between them! Scribes can find the Layout swapping scroll on the center table in the Nook hall.As an awesome, long time community-requested feature, we're so excited to see what creative shenanigans the Layouts let us all get up to! This means I can safely switch between my masterpieces -"75 Gold Portals On The Wall" and "Just A Plant In A Room" -…
- Vellum Edit Patch - 1.2.31 - 2 March 2026
Hi Scribes, here's a quick bugfix patch -enjoy the improvements to Green!Thank you for playing, and for your feedback (it helps us find these bugs).More from us soon!- The Vellum TeamVellum Edit Patch - 1.2.31 GeneralGreen: Inkling transformationStatus effect icon fixesVarious Typo fixes
- Interlude Patch: In Flux - 22 January 2026
Welcome back to the Illuminated Library, Scribes! We're back for more reading and writing with the year's first Interlude Patch: In Flux! This update reforges Wordsmith, introduces new Pages of Power, and we introduce a Vellum-related passion project! As always, check out the Roadmap in-game and check our progress over the years (woah!) as Vellum has grown. Now, on to the update!Wordsmith, Reforged!Wordsmith was one of the original spells in Vellum to help us hammer out the Ink-magic theme! Over the numerous updates, our blacksmith-simulator spell has become a bit rusty by comparison...Based on community feedback, we've donned our aprons and picked up the tongs to rework Wordsmith and bring it back into viable shape - all while keeping and furthering its identity as a spellbook powerhouse!The full list of changes are below in the patch notes, but Wordsmith now lives up to its Looney Tun…
- Interlude Patch: Season's Readings - 18 December 2025
Signets ring... are you listenin'?Welcome back and a happy holiday season, Scribes!We've got a fresh Interlude Patch to tide you over for the yuletide: Season's Readings!Decimate a wide swath of foes with Seal: a fresh 2-cost Spender, discover new Compound Pages to take your specific builds to the next level, and revel in the Holiday Cheer with new decor (and some Torn get in the spirit, too)!Vellum will be 35% off for the Steam Winter Sale (starting this week) to cap off the year and start the next one with an inky splash! And what a year it's been for us Scribes; take a gander at the Vellum roadmap in the main menu to see just how choc-full of reading 2025 was!New Spell: Seal - Making Your Mark!This new spell - oh it's glistenin'!Brandish your handy-dandy magic seal to stamp out the Torn's nefarious plans! This new spender makes quite the impression as a potent, charging cone of offic…
- Interlude Patch: Brushing Up - 20 November 2025
Welcome back, Scribes! We've got a crisp, clean, Interlude Patch to sweep you off your feet - Brushing Up!Wield a Broom with Bristle: a melee/ranged hybrid Generator Spell, utilize Tension: a new Teal Keyword, employ fresh new Combo Pages of Power, and more in today's update!Check out the Vellum update history in-game from the main menu - for now, let's dive into the patch!New Spell: Bristle - Dust & EchoesWhisk damaging motes at the Torn from afar, then charge brazenly into close quarters combat with Bristle! This new melee-focused generator enters the spellbook with a unique, hybrid approach; casting Bristle normally will launch a Precise Ranged Attack, but Holding the spell will transform it into a potent Sweeping Area Attack!The inspiration for this new spell came directly from the community's interest in another melee spell approach. Thank you so much for your suggestions and enthu…
- Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion - Now Live! - 27 October 2025
Epic Poems and the Torn Hordes await - welcome to Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion!The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, the Divine Comedy - as Scribes, the time has come to craft your own Epics! Major Chapter XIII: Poetry In Motion brings a new game mode: Epic Poetry! In a single arena, battle to the bitter end against stanza after stanza of the Torn Hordes - all while enduring the interference of the Torn Lords!Chapter XIII also brings Resound: an extendable 1-cost Spender Spell, Fortify: a new Orange Keyword, and many Pages of Power for your other favorite Inks and Spells!As always, you can review the abridged Vellum timeline below - or see the full journey in game, Interlude Patches and all!Epic Poetry - Vellum's New Horde ModeUnder dire scrutiny of Torn Lords, the Scribes repel the ill-borne hordes...Face stanza after stanza of fearsome foes in Epic Poems! Pick your loadout, grab your fel…
- Interlude Patch: Tidings - 25 September 2025
Welcome back, Scribes! We're bringing you Tidings, the latest Interlude Patch!Today's update includes exciting updates for all player types: a Unique Triple-Threat Boss, a host of Fresh Pages of Power for your favorite spells, and the ability to Browse the Illuminated Library! We're also including some bug fixes and minor balance adjustments. Check out the Vellum roadmap in-game for summaries of our previous updates!New Boss - Ouroboric CourtA new triple threat - Raving, Tangent, Splice working "nicely" together!All rise for the Ouroboric Court - a slithering set of litigators hell-bent on dispensing injustice and throwing the book at our heroic Scribes! This insidious trio brings more complex mechanics than most non-raid boss encounters - so they will be frequenting Tomes at or above Binding Level 7 (where Shredded Pages activates additional boss mechanics). Put up a good defense, and…
- Interlude Patch: Flip The Script - 6 August 2025
Welcome back, Scribes! It's time for a flippin' new spell!This update includes Unfold: a new Movement Spell, New Maps, A Tutorial Kit adjustment, and some light fixes!We also shout out the new Community Mod Library - hardworking Scribes making their mark on the game! Check out the highlights below and keep an eye on the Roadmap in Vellum's main menu as we go. New Movement Spell - UnfoldMental gymnastics? Watch this!Keep an eye on your foes as you soar backwards through the air with Unfold!This acrobatic Movement Spell flings you out of danger, granting a brief moment of invulnerability, and offers many pages to build more style into your aerial feats!Drop deadly mines, craft a winning floor routine, and perform some high-damage trick shots to style on your foes! New MapsRoots and shoots and roads...Venture to fresh combat arenas: Sequoia and Outlook! Fight beneath the tall trees, making…
- Interlude Patch: "Spoilers" - 12 July 2025
Welcome back, Scribes! With 1.1: Beyond now behind us, we look to new waters - beginning with a fresh new spell! -- Interlude Patch: "Spoilers" ahead... --This update includes Spoil: a new Spender Spell, Visual Intensity Settings, Raid-Specific Spell Tuning, and several bug fixes, minor adjustments! Keep an eye out for some snazzy new Nook Items, too!Check out the highlights below and, as always, you can track our journey from the Roadmap in Vellum's main menu. We also discuss our continuing Vellum plans at the end of this post! New Spender Spell - SpoilHow 'bout them apples?Brand new to the spellbook, Scribes get to live a fresh, ripe, totally-not-rotten fairytale fantasy with Spoil! "Offer" your foes a scrumptious bite of a Spoiled Apple and watch as they share their positive reviews with nearby pals! These Apples are tasty, healthy, and only get better with a hefty helping of Pages o…
- Vellum Edit Patch - 1.1.1 - 25 June 2025
Hello Scribes! As the champions of the Illuminated Library face Yonder - and the Tangent Tear-ors within - we've taken a quick pass at mending some other creeping errors in a bugfix patch! Thank you for playing and sharing your experiences with us! Detailed bug reports help us immensely in tracking down and investigating ways to make Vellum as smooth as possible.Quick highlights of today's patch:Added new Disconnect messaging for diagnosticsSolved some Yonder encounter-blocking bugsPlease continue to let us know about any issues you encounter in Vellum. Go save a Library!- The Vellum TeamVellum Edit Patch - 1.1.1 Patch NotesGeneral and Yonder Fixes- Added new Disconnect messaging for diagnostics- Signature Ink: Green Inkling transformation timer decays at the proper speed again- Signature Ink: Yellow Flourish will no longer "time out" incorrectly before being consumed (e.g. Concoct and…
- Vellum 1.1: Beyond - Now Live! - 20 June 2025
The time has come to face The Tangent Lord - welcome to Vellum 1.1!This end-game focused Major Chapter brings Scribes to the frigid realm of Yonder! In 1.0, we dove deep into the beautiful terror of The Grey Area (home of the Ravings) and the grand machinations of The Forgery (lair of the Splices) - and now, the Tangents take their turn!As always, you can chart the condensed Vellum journey below - or see the full timeline in game!Last Lord of the Torn - Third Time's The CharmDeep in the cold reaches of curiosity itself lies the realm of Yonder - home of the Tangents! As befitting a dangerous lair of a Torn Lord - Yonder holds mechanically complex encounters to tackle solo or with your local book club and friends. Normal difficulty unlocks after reaching Attunement 20 and completing The Grey Area and The Forgery. Yonder is built to challenge Scribes in the end-game: maximum Ink Level and…
- Vellum 1.1: Beyond - Arrives June 20th! - 7 June 2025
Hello, Scribes!We're over a month into the release of Vellum 1.0 (how time flies!) and as always we're in awe of the staggering support for the game! A couple weeks after launch, Scribes welcomed In Circulation, an Interlude Patch with a new movement spell, QOL changes, and so much more! Since then, we've been hard at work designing the next climactic battles between Scribes and Torn - leading up to a confrontation with the final Torn Lord! Ink and quill at the ready, Scribes...Vellum 1.1: Beyond releases June 20th!Play Beyond, Vellum's 1.1 update on Steam - June 20th, 2025!Explore the edges of curiosity in Yonder, the realm of the Tangent Lord! As with the other two raids, Yonder will be available in Normal and Hard modes with intense, mechanically complex encounters. You'll have unlimited attempts per run and can tackle these challenges solo or in multiplayer.EpilogueBeyond will inclu…
- Interlude Patch: In Circulation - 15 May 2025
Welcome back, Scribes! It's been almost two weeks since 1.0 dropped and we've been blown away by the enthusiasm and support for Vellum. Thank you! Today - we're channeling our own 1.0 excitement into Interlude Patch: In Circulation! This update includes Circulate: a new Movement Spell, Performance and QOL Upgrades, Book Club Reward Updates, Vignette Secrets, an Ascendant Rewards Adjustment, Raid Tuning, Photosensitivity Mode and many bug fixes. Check out the highlights of this patch below and watch for our next update: 1.1 - Beyond! As always, you can track our journey from the Roadmap in Vellum's main menu (quite the saga!). New Movement Spell - Circulate Go for a leisurely scroll... Build momentum with mounting anticipation and a trusty Scroll - then zoom off into and through your foes with the first Movement Spell to have baseline damage! What wild combos will you skillfully scrawl i…
- Vellum Post-Launch Patch - 1.0.1 - 6 May 2025
Hello Scribes! Happy 1.0 launch week - we couldn't be more thrilled with the outpouring of support and enthusiasm for Vellum! Today, we're pushing a collection of fixes and adjustments with the continued help of our amazing Discord and Steam communities! Two notable highlights of today's patch: - Multiplayer Disconnects should happen less frequently - Significant performance improvements - particularly when Enkindle is used by Scribes Thank you for playing and for helping us continue to improve the game. Go read a book! - The Vellum Team Vellum Post-Lauch Patch - 1.0.1 Patch Notes General, Fixes, Raid Tuning - Generator: Punctuate will properly knock back enemies again - Spender: Eclipse will appear with bright rings again - Red Ink: Signature Spell will no longer repeatedly apply its FOV effect - Pink Ink: Adjusted descriptions in Scriptorium for clarity - Orange Ink: Adjusted descript…
