runelight 0.4.2.2 hotfix
-fixed RuneLight launch issue
-fixed RuneLight launch issue
RuneLight
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- May 31, 2023
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Runelight 0.4.2.1 hotfix
-fixed starting crash with loading incorrect window resolution
Original post-fixed starting crash with loading incorrect window resolution
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The death of Runelight
This isn't a post I wanted to have to make. It's definitely not one I wanted to have to make this soon. But alas, it's time to face the truth and realize this is what needs to be done. I am taking RuneLight out of early access and putting a hold on all future updates. I've got th
Original postThis isn't a post I wanted to have to make. It's definitely not one I wanted to have to make this soon. But alas, it's time to face the truth and realize this is what needs to be done.
I am taking RuneLight out of early access and putting a hold on all future updates. I've got three main reasons that I made this call, so let's talk about them, as well as the future of RuneLight going forwards.The reasons I killed RuneLight
Reason 1 - The state of the game
RuneLight isn't in a bad state. I actually do think it's fun to boot up the game and do a run. My issue is that I get the feeling that RuneLight is missing something. I don't have the drive to keep playing or try again doing something differently, which is a key to roguelites. Perhaps it's because as the developer of the game I've seen all that can be seen, explored every novelty. But as I've worked on a new update, added more items and content, I've come to the conclusion that new equipment that expands on one or two builds in the game doesn't push the needle towards deeper replayability.
What RuneLight really needs is more mechanical depth and expansion. But what those mechanics are, what foundational changes I need to make, I'm not sure. And for a game that's been in early access for over 2 years, That's not a good sign.Reason 2 - Community Interest
Another big factor in my decision to kill RuneLight is lack of community interest. The state of the game and lacking depth is something that could be fixed with a lot of time and effort, but I just don't think that there are enough people out there who want to see RuneLight fully realized. It's not about money or financial benefit, but the fact is that there are only a double digit amount of RuneLight players out there, for a game that's been in development for as long as it has.
Reason 3 - The rise of WZRDS
The third and most important reason I'm canceling RuneLight development is the rise of WZRDs. I started WZRDs as a side project earlier this year to get a better grasp on multiplayer development, but the game has quickly blossomed into a game that I genuinely believe has a lot stronger legs than RuneLight ever did. If you like Bullet Heavens, or you want to see the games I develop, I recommend you check it out here
The future of RuneLight
While I am putting development of RuneLight on hold for the foreseeable future, I want to state that this isn't the end of RuneLight. I do still have ideas, plans, and dreams for what RuneLight could become. But if I want to realize those ideas and dreams, it needs to be on my terms in the future when I've had time to step away and really think what the game needs. In the meanwhile, I will still be maintaining RuneLight, fixing bugs and addressing issues that arise.
- Developer post
0.4.2.1 hotfix
+hopefully fixed meta unlock ui sometimes disappearing
Original post+hopefully fixed meta unlock ui sometimes disappearing
Developer post0.4.2
As I said in the patch notes for 0.4.1, I wanted to focus on filling out other areas of the game RuneLight is lacking in. so without further ado... Meta Progress Before, RuneLight was completely lacking in any meta progress. This update, I have added 18 new meta unlocks in the fo
Original postAs I said in the patch notes for 0.4.1, I wanted to focus on filling out other areas of the game RuneLight is lacking in. so without further ado...
Meta Progress
Before, RuneLight was completely lacking in any meta progress. This update, I have added 18 new meta unlocks in the form of starter equipment, which can be chosen before entering a run. While they're not the most powerful of equipment, each item has a build they can be slotted into, or work as stepping stones to force certain builds earlier.
Achievements
I have also added new achievements to go along with each of the meta unlocks, plus a bonus achievement for beating the game with no equipment
New Player Experience
For 0.4.2, I wanted to take some steps to smoothen out the new player experience so the game is more approachable.
Tutorial
I added a new tutorial to explain the basics of the game. it's just a few quick popup boxes that explain each main component of the game. I'll be gathering feedback and seeing how people interact with the tutorial and making adjustments as I see fit
Level up changes
I personally witnessed people roll over key items without knowing it, and the rate at which players gained new weapons was inconsistent. To remedy this, I added a guaranteed weapon equipment on level 8, which cannot be skipped.
Difficulty Settings
One big thing RuneLight was lacking is a proper difficulty curve. To remedy this, I added two new difficulties, one easier and one harder. Players can now choose a difficulty more in line with the game they want to play, whether that's sit back and relax or lock in to survive.
Right now, the difficulty system is exclusively stat modifications, which isn't really interesting or fun. In the future, when I rework the maps, I will be overhauling the difficulty system to be more of an ascension climb, but for the time being this will have to do.
Balance
0.4.2 Majorly shifts the damage and balance meta
I wanted to give each of the status effects more impact, make them better to use. but the issue was statuses and crowd control didn't matter because most things die in one or two hits. so I nerfed everything.- [Buff]ALL weapons now have more consistent damage range, from -5 - +5 to -2 - +2
Starting Weapons have all had their damage majorly cut
- [Nerf]Base projectile 20 damage -> 10 damage
- [Buff]all Projectiles now have 20% damage falloff, previously 50%
- [Nerf]Base Grenade 20 damage -> 10 Damage
- [Nerf]Base Orbiter 10 damage -> 8 Damage
- [Nerf]Base Blast 18 damage -> 9 Damage
- [Nerf]Base Pulse 30 Damage -> 14 Damage
The equipment weapons and their upgrades have had their base damage cut in half, following the scaling nerf from 0.4.1
- [Nerf]Spiked shoes 5 damage -> 3 damage
- [Nerf]Magic Shield 25 damage -> 12 damage
- [Nerf]Philosopher's Orb 10 Damage -> 7 Damage
- [Nerf]Sorcerer's Robes 10 Damage -> 5
- [Nerf]Sorcerer's Robes now have a 0.25s Cooldown
- [Nerf]Root Boots 20 Damage -> 10 Damage
- [Nerf]Ripostal Wraps 25 Damage -> 12
- [Nerf]Spike Charm 15 Damage -> 7 Damage
- [Nerf]Dark Helmet 15 Damage -> 7 Damage
- [Nerf]Hunting Tracker 20 Damage -> 10 Damage
- [Nerf]Bloody Coat 30 Damage -> 15 Damage
The Set Bonus Weapons had their scaling cut majorly. Some of the weaker ones got buffed to compensate
- [Nerf]Energy Javelins 2 Damage per Speed -> 1 Damage per Speed
- [Nerf]Sunsteel Shield 0.5 Damage per Armor -> 0.25 Damage per Armor
- [Buff]Sunsteel Shield 0.2s Cooldown -> 0.15s Cooldown
- [Nerf]Scholar's Stance 2.25 Damage per Wisdom -> 1.5 Damage per Wisdom
- [Nerf]Duelist's Strike 1.5 Damage per Dodge -> 1 Damage per Dodge
- [Buff]Inertia Bolt has more range
- [Nerf]Timed Detonators 1.5 Damage per item Droprate -> 1 Damage per item Droprate
- [Nerf]Explosive Leap 2 Damage per Dash Speed -> 1 Damage per Dash Speed
- [Nerf]Crystal Heart 1 Damage per Regeneration Point -> 0.75 Damage per Regeneration, 5 Base -> 2 Base
- [Nerf]Cursed Body 1.5 Damage per Spawnrate Point -> 0.5 Damager per Spawnrate Point
While the damage potential for every weapon has gone down, to compensate I have doubled the effect of every debuff. Additionally, I have increased the effects of the non-elemental debuffs to match their elemental counterparts. The inital idea was they were weaker because they could be stacked infinitely, but in practice, they would rarely match their elemental counterparts before the enemy died.
- [Buff] Shocked is now +10% damage per stack
- [Buff] Fear is now +10% damage per stack
- [Buff] Turtle Gloves +3% damage per bleed -> +5% damage per bleed
- [Buff] Fire 3 Damage per Tick -> 6 Damage per Tick
- [Buff] Bleed 2 Damage per Tick -> 6 Damage per Tick
- [Buff] Iced -10% attack speed -> -20% attack speed
- [Buff] Rooted -10% movement -> -20% movement
- [Buff] Fatigued -10% movement -> -20% movement
Additionally, Nature charm's movement slowing was much more impactful than Frost charm's attack speed slowing, so I flipped their damage penalties
- [Nerf] Nature charm -15% damage -> -45% damage
- [Buff] Frost charm -45% damage -> -15% damage
Because cutting the base damage of everything also nerfed the damage charms as a side effect, I buffed them to compensate.
- [Buff]Power Charm +35% Damage -> +50% Damage
- [Buff]Sharpness Charm +70% Crit Mult -> +100% Crit Mult
The dynamic crit charms were also numerically worse than the flat crit chance charm, so I buffed them
- [Buff]Momentum Charm +1% per dash point -> +3% per 2 dash points
- [Buff]Riposte Charm +1% per 3 dodge -> +3% per 2 dodge
misc changes
equipment
- resprited and renamed runner's gloves and super speed gloves
- reworked knight's boots and upgrades
- renamed knight's boots and first upgrade path
- [buff] lightning charge bands +50% Dash Recharge -> +60%
- [buff] elven steel boots +6% Dash Recharge per Speed Boost -> +8%
maps
- slightly reduced spawnrate of the crystal golems on the forest
visuals
- exp bar now shows level rather than exp required
- completely redid end of run screen
- Charms with scalar effects now show how much stats they give
misc
- added two additional resolutions, 1600x900 and 2560x1440
bug fixes
- fighting spirit description now correctly say epic
- fighting spirit description no longer has regeneration popup attached
- healing hands description now correctly say legendary
- in game settings now correctly display credits on page 3
What's next
The next update is going to be a major update, version 0.5. This will be a milestone update that brings a lot of content and mechanical updates, and as such it will be a while before it's ready. The focus of the update will be adding more weapons and weapon modifiers. I don't want to promise anything before it's set in stone, but I expect the update to be out in Q4 of 2024. I will be sharing more along the way
- Developer post
0.4.1.1 hotfix
Just a few fixes from yesterday's release auto-moving items to the upgrade interface can no longer accidentally delete items when unequipping an equipment piece that has a weapon, any modifiers attached to that modifier are now automatically moved back to the inventory. no more l
Original postJust a few fixes from yesterday's release
- auto-moving items to the upgrade interface can no longer accidentally delete items
- when unequipping an equipment piece that has a weapon, any modifiers attached to that modifier are now automatically moved back to the inventory. no more losing track of or accidentally deleting weapon modifiers
- deactivating a set bonus attack automatically moves any equipped weapon mods back to inventory
- removed infinitely rerolling. you now correctly get 1 free reroll per level.
Developer post0.4.1 OUT NOW
What's new Mechanics For 0.4.1, I reworked my approach to item pickups and the equipment centered around it. Because every effect modification was applied to the same pickup, in order to use one effect optimally you would have to use every other effect suboptimally. Instead, many
Original postWhat's new
Mechanics
For 0.4.1, I reworked my approach to item pickups and the equipment centered around it. Because every effect modification was applied to the same pickup, in order to use one effect optimally you would have to use every other effect suboptimally.
Instead, many equipment pieces add a new potential item drop to the enemies, each with it's own effect.
-completely reworked and renamed magic gloves and upgrades. now an accessory named 'spike charm'
-reworked functionality of runner's glovesand upgrades.
-reworked Collector's Intuition
to optimally use the new pickups
-reworked Constructor's Cloak
. I wonder what it does..
equipment
Added 8 brand new equipment pieces, increasing the overall pool by 20%. There was no archetype of focus this time. instead, each archetype should now feel more fleshed out
What's Changed
Weapons
The Projectile Weapon was meant to be a long range projectile based attack, much like the grenade is a long ranged area attack. However, it's high damage and straight-forward targeting made it much better than the other weapons, so I nerfed it's damage down from 25 to 20
Equipment
Lowered the scaling on most equipment weapons from 20% to 10%. These items were previously capable of reaching really high numbers with minimal effort, so I had to scale them back a little
map changes
-Made minute 10 great again
Visual Changes
-moved enemy healthbars to below
-added new indicators for the various enemy debuffsbug fixes
-Elven Steel Braces now have correct player sprite.
-fixed description of hunting tracker and upgrades
-fixed description of demon helmet
-fixed description of sorcerer's robes and upgrades
-fixed shot angles of sorcerer's robes and upgrades
-fixed info box for IronskinWhat's next
Now that RuneLight has a significantly increased item pool and the archetypes are more fleshed out, it's time to focus my attention on other areas the game is lacking in. Next update will introduce the first batch of meta unlocks, as well as steam achievements. I don't want to promise exact dates, but expect 0.4.2 to release Q1 2025
Developer postRuneLight Joins Bullet Heaven Fest
Today, I'm excited to announce that RuneLight will be joining this year's Bullet Heaven Fest! From December 4 to December 11, RuneLight will be 20% off. Additionally, alongside the discount, RuneLight is also getting update 0.4.1, featuring brand new equipment as well as a wave o
Original postToday, I'm excited to announce that RuneLight will be joining this year's Bullet Heaven Fest! From December 4 to December 11, RuneLight will be 20% off. Additionally, alongside the discount, RuneLight is also getting update 0.4.1, featuring brand new equipment as well as a wave of bug fixes and polish
Developer postRuneLight 0.4
The modification update Weapon modifiers have been expanded. now EVERY weapon in the game can have stat modifiers attached, allowing you to greatly change your build's final results and power. This, however, required some major reworks to the weapon charms to compensate Weapons Y
Original postThe modification update
Weapon modifiers have been expanded. now EVERY weapon in the game can have stat modifiers attached, allowing you to greatly change your build's final results and power. This, however, required some major reworks to the weapon charms to compensate
Weapons
Your primary attack can now only have up to 4 modifiers (-2)
Weapon Charms
Weapon Charms can no longer be upgraded. I chose to go this route for three reasons:
Attainability: it was nearly impossible to achieve a 'complete' weapon build and keep up with equipment. players felt encouraged to super buff a single weapon rather than increase the power of all of their weapons, which wasn't the intent.
Balance: upgraded basic charms almost always outperformed the un-upgraded scalar charms, and getting 3 of the same scalar charm was too unreliable.
Future proofing: my plans for the future of RuneLight include more than doubling the amount of weapon charms available, which would just make the first two problems even more pronounced
I have buffed most of the base charms to compensate.- [Buff] Power Charm +15% damage (20->35)
- [Buff] Pierce Charm +1 Pierce (+2->+3)
- [Buff] Projectile Charm +20% damage (-20 -> 0)
- [Buff] Size Charm +10% Size (+10 -> +20)
- [Buff] Charge Charm +15% Attack Speed (+15 -> +30)
- [Buff] Precision Charm +12% Crit Chance (+8 -> +20)
- [Buff] Sharpness Charm +30% Crit Mult (+40 -> +70)
Elements
All element charms have been completely reworked. Elements can now be applied to every weapon, and each element now has an associated debuff. Elements can no longer be upgraded, and each element now subtracts percent damage rather than base damage
- Fire now does 3 damage per stack per tick. 3 ticks per second
- Storm now causes enemies to take 5% more damage per stack from all sources
- Ice now causes enemies to attack slower
- Nature now causes enemies to move slower
I know this takes away some of the "rule of cool" of the previous element system, for example the wind orbiters knocking back enemies. This is something I will be looking to rectify in the future
Other new mechanics
- you can now reroll level up rewards once per level up
- you can now skip rewards to get 25% of the exp refunded
These changes were made to make getting the things you want more reliable, especially as I intend to add many, many more equipment and weapon mods to the game in the future.
Other Changes
Visuals
- reworked most weapon visuals
- added entity shadows
- updated terrain art and visuals for the forest and beach maps
- resprited some enemies on the forest and beach maps
balance
Set Bonuses
- Dodge Set Attack Size is now 0.6T radius [-0.4]
map changes
- reduced elite spawnrate for forest and beach
- overhauled spawns on forest and beach
Forest
- burrower and evolved burrower now deal less damage
- walking mountain now deals less damage
- walking mountain now has a lot more health
UI and UX changes
- completely redid level selection ui
- overhauled set bonus display ui
- updated end of run screen to fit the new weapons
- redid main menu screen
- completely redid options ui. should be easier to nagivate
- added a lot more gameplay options -auto fill empty equipment
- added more visual settings -borderless window -pause while tabbed out
- made the ingame ui more uniform
bug fixes
- made a lot of performance optimizations. game should no longer struggle with high spawnrate builds
- fixed some crashes related to enemies on the beach map
- enemies should no longer push each other around when the game is paused
What's next
I'd like to be more transparent on what comes next, especially since I recently increased the price of RuneLight to go along with this update.
The next update will be 0.4.1, and is slotted to release early next month. The update will primarily be focused on adding new equipment, fleshing out the item pools that are currently lacking.
I've also created a visual roadmap to mark the game's overall progress on content
- Developer post
Upcoming Price Update
Hello, Elmok here. While the next update for RuneLight isn't quite ready yet, I have an important announcement on the future. In (just under) 2 weeks, on October 18,2024, RuneLight will be going from 5 USD to 10 USD . This is to go along with major update 0.4, which will release
Original postHello, Elmok here. While the next update for RuneLight isn't quite ready yet, I have an important announcement on the future. In (just under) 2 weeks, on October 18,2024, RuneLight will be going from 5 USD to 10 USD. This is to go along with major update 0.4, which will release the following week on October 25, 2024
Why?
When I first priced RuneLight, I was planning a much smaller scoped and simple game. However, that original vision wasn't shaping up to be a fun game, so a little over a year ago I decided to majorly rescope, expand on, and rework RuneLight. I have put a lot more work into making the game better, and I believe it is fair to increase the price to reflect the larger scope and effort going into it
Why now?
The price is increasing to go along with the 0.4 update, which is an important benchmark. As of 0.4, I consider RuneLight to be feature complete in regards to the core mechanics. Other than a few smaller features like proper boss fights and additional primary weapons, the gameplay of 0.4 is the same gameplay you can expect from the full release
Will RuneLight increase in price again?
No. At some point you have to decide where to draw the line in the sand and define what will and will not make it into the game, and over the past couple weeks I've been really ironing out what will and will not make it into 1.0 and what price I believe to be fair for the content RuneLight offers.
As such, any future expansions to the game's scope will come as either free post 1.0 updates or potentially paid dlc, but the base game of RuneLight will always be 10USD
What happens next?
within the next week I will be releasing a detailed roadmap and video laying out exactly what my plans are so you can know exactly what to expect going forwards. A week later, the price will go up from 5USD to 10USD, as well as teasers for 0.4, an update to the trailer and promotional material. The following week 0.4 will come out
- Developer post
Hotfix 0.3.3.1
-Fixed a crash regarding some of the recently updated equipment -You can no longer view your inventory before choosing a starting weapon -Fixed a crash regarding a temple enemy
Original post-Fixed a crash regarding some of the recently updated equipment
-You can no longer view your inventory before choosing a starting weapon
-Fixed a crash regarding a temple enemy - Developer post
RuneLight 0.3
new mechanics I expanded on the set bonuses added in the last update by adding 9 brand new attacks, unlocked by getting 5 of their respectively tagged items. This allows more support oriented builds and equipment to keep pace with the enemy waves equipment Instead of adding new e
Original postnew mechanics
I expanded on the set bonuses added in the last update by adding 9 brand new attacks, unlocked by getting 5 of their respectively tagged items. This allows more support oriented builds and equipment to keep pace with the enemy waves
equipment
Instead of adding new equipment, I decided to focus on revamping the first batch of equipment added in 0.3.
[Balance, Buff] Magnet Gloves Upgrade 2 now deals +2 Damage (10->12)
[Balance, Nerf] Tome of Knowledge Upgrade 1 now spawns less experience (3/second -> 2/second)
[Balance, Buff] Tome of Knowledge Upgrade 1 now deals a small blast on spawned experience
[Balance, Rework] Collecter's Cloak and Upgrades no longer have a cap on stored pickups
[Balance, Buff] Collecter's Cloak Upgrade 1 auto-uses pickups at low health
[Balance, Buff] Collecter's Cloak Upgrade 2 is now permanent +5 Item Droprate
[Balance, Rework]Cross Cloak Upgrade 2 no longer gives speed and dodge, now gives 3 regen. now has Healer Tag.
[Balance, Rework]Energy Bracers Upgrade 2 now creates spikes on Dash
[Balance, Nerf]Ninja Boots and Upgrades now capped at +10
[Balance, Reworf]Ninja Boots Path 1 now releases projectiles on reset
[Balance, Nerf]Crimson Scythe -20% Chance (50% -> 30%)
[Balance, Nerf]Crimson Scythe Path 1 -20% Chance (100% -> 80%)
[Balance, Nerf]Crimson Scythe Path 2 -30% Chance (50% -> 30%)
[Balance, Rework]Crimson Scythe Path 2 now attacks nearby enemies
[Balance, Rework]Brawlers' Breastplate now accessory, renamed to Cursed Amulet. Reworked Upgrades
[Balance, Nerf]Healing Hands now legendary
[Balance, Buff]Fighting Spirit now epicUI changes
Added a new end of run summary screen when winning or dyingbug fixes
game should no longer softlock when dying or winning under certain circumstancesWhat's Next
Next update I'm planning is going to be big. It's too soon to promise anything, but the next update will change the game in fundamental ways. Unfortunately, it's going to be a while before it comes out. this is for three major reasons- Like I just mentioned, I have big plans for the next update. Expect no part of the game to go untouched.
- I'm also back in school. This means the time I have to work on RuneLight is dramatically reduced
- I want to explore other game ideas. I feel I've been putting all my eggs in one basket by working on Runelight for almost a year and a half exclusively, and I want to spread my wings a little. will post more on that later
- Developer post
RuneLight 0.3.2
It took longer than I had hoped, but it's finally here, 0.3.2! new mechanics Added Set Bonuses. the tags I introduced in the last update have been turned into set bonuses, granting up to 10 of their respective stats. the goal is to reduce reliance on equipment charms to get build
Original postIt took longer than I had hoped, but it's finally here, 0.3.2!
new mechanics
Added Set Bonuses. the tags I introduced in the last update have been turned into set bonuses, granting up to 10 of their respective stats. the goal is to reduce reliance on equipment charms to get builds off the ground.
General and Important Balance
The equipment charms have had some of their stats shifted into the set bonuses. Overall stats should end up higher for completed builds
- All base charms now give 2 of their stat (-1)
- All path 1 charms now give 5 of their stat (-2)
- All path 2 charms now give 3 of their primary stat (-2)
Some of the player stats needed to be nerfed due to the overall higher stats
- Base Regeneration is now 50% less. This affects all increases to Regeneration
- Base Dash Distance is now 14% Shorter. This affects all increases to dash distance
Additionally, enemy and player scaling was in need of some adjustment
- Enemy Count Scaling Adjusted
- All enemies now deal at least 1 contact damage. this allows every enemy to trigger certain effects
- Item Rarity Chances Adjusted
I also wanted Ironskin to be more in line with the other player buffs
- Ironskin is now +1 armor per stack, no longer has speed penalty
equipment
- [new]A Healing and Pickup item
- [new]A Healing and Dash item
- [new]A Healing and Standing Still item
- [new]A Healing and Taking Damage item
- [new]A Healing and Experience item
- [new]A Healing and Enemy Spawn item
- [new]A dodge and Enemy Spawn item
- [new]A dodge and Healing item
- [rework]Reworked Topaz Tunic and upgrades
- [rework]Reworked Chalice of Blood and upgrades
- [nerf]Tome of Elven Curses is now legendary
- [nerf]Winged Boots is now Epic
- [buff]Magic Stopwatch is now Epic
- [buff]Intagibilit-Orb is now Rare
- [nerf]Root Boots no longer gives armor while standing still, in regards to the set bonuses
- [nerf]Emerald Entity now deals 20 damage (-10)
- Developer post
Runelight 0.3.1
0.3.1 patchnotes new mechanics Added rarity to all items. there are a total of 5 rarities: common,uncommon,rare,epic, and legendary. As you level up, your chances of finding higher rarity items goes up. all equipment and equipment charms also now have tags and weight , so you are
Original post0.3.1 patchnotes
new mechanics
Added rarity to all items. there are a total of 5 rarities: common,uncommon,rare,epic, and legendary. As you level up, your chances of finding higher rarity items goes up.
all equipment and equipment charms also now have tags and weight, so you are more likely to find items that synergize with your currently equipped gear. These mechanics together should make it easier to complete builds, especially as I add new equipment to the item poolequipment
- [new]a movement and damage item
- [new]a movement and dash item
- [new]a movement and regeneration item
- [new]a movement and enemy spawn item
- [new]a pure movement item
- [new]a movement and item pickup item
- [new]a movement and stand still item
- [new]a movement and dodge item
- [balance, nerf]Helmet of the Winged Warrior -2Spd,-1 Dodge at max
- [balance, nerf]Knight's Boots now 1 Ironskin per 60 Max Health
- [balance, nerf]Ruby Adornment now 1 Ironskin per 30 Max Health
- [balance, rework]Golden Greaves now has additional effect, no longer +3 speed
Weapons
- [Balance]Blast has 10 degree smaller arc
- [Balance]Blast has 0.25 tile larger radius
- [Balance]All Nature Blasts +3 base damage
map changes
Forest
- [new]added alternate basic enemy, faster but less health and damage
- [balance,nerf]seed producers now only produce one seed copter (-2)
- [balance,nerf]vinewalkers now deal 7 damage on contact (-1)
- [balance,nerf]stonecrawlers now deal 8 damage on contact (-1)
- [balance,nerf]Seed Goblin brambles now deal 10 damage on contact (-5)
- [balance,nerf]Rock Golem now deals 18 Damage on punch (-7)
Beach
- [new]added alternate basic enemy, slower but more health and damage
- [balance,nerf]Cloudwings now have 45 hp (-10)
- [balance,nerf]Stormwings now have 95 hp (-5)
UI changes
- Added Crit mult to weapon descriptions
- Updated UI for level ups
- you can now view and change equipment mid level up
- Multiple items now have additional boxes explaining their effects. This should help show which items interact with eachother
- Added a timer until enemies stop spawning
- Added 'Coming Soon' to map previews for unimplemented maps
- Added a scroll bar when inventory is larger than 15
bug fixes
- weapon damage no longer displays as negative when low enough
- clawed gauntlet magnet glove no longer crashes game
- stronger magnets magnet glove now retroactively applies
- nature effect description now says stun, not root
- natures wrath grenade now has impact visuals
- outline on seed producer attack fixed
- weapon stats on main page are no longer innaccurate
- spawnrate to damage upgrade 2 now has +2 spawnrate in description
- pulse and grenade now have correct scaling symbols
- snow grenade now has impact visuals
- added sound effect to snow based attacks
- added sound effects to all pulse attacks
- storm charm on grenade on temple no longer crashes map
- (hopefully) fixed sprite flickering
Developer postRuneLight Roadmap
Excited for the future of RuneLight 0.4 and beyond, so I figured I would release some roadmaps If you want a more detailed breakdown and voiceover, you can watch my youtube video here: direct link:
Original postExcited for the future of RuneLight 0.4 and beyond, so I figured I would release some roadmaps
If you want a more detailed breakdown and voiceover, you can watch my youtube video here:
Watch on YouTube direct link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iqxiSa92cQ
Developer postRuneLight 0.3
The Archetypes The Archetypes are the main focus and goal of 0.3, aiming to add a lot more run variety and build diversity. There are currently 10 Archetypes in the game to build around, each with their own scalar stats and equipment. Some of the equipment features simple but uni
Original postThe Archetypes
The Archetypes are the main focus and goal of 0.3, aiming to add a lot more run variety and build diversity. There are currently 10 Archetypes in the game to build around, each with their own scalar stats and equipment. Some of the equipment features simple but unique stat increases, like
other equipment is more involved, adding new behaviors and mechanics. for example,
Finally, some equipment seeks to bring your strength to new heights by adding additional attacks. For example,
Other Changes
I've spent the last several months overhauling pretty much every aspect of the game. Weapon modifiers have been expanded, Player stats and abilities have been increased, many of the enemies have been updated, and there's a new map to experiment with.
Weapon Changes
- Weapon Modifiers have been rebalanced and for the most part nerfed
- Mana, Mana cost, and Cooldown have been reworked and rolled into one stat
- Added over a dozen new weapon modifiers. some are simple, like
other weapon modifiers are a bit more involved and scale dynamically, like
These dynamically scaling charms seek to bridge the gap between your player's stats and build and your weapon's stats
Player Stats and Abilities
- Removed Mana and Mana Regen
- Added the ability to Dash
- Added 3 new stats, for a total of 9
- Added new charms to reflect these stats
Map and Enemies
- Enemies can now drop item pickups, which heal up to 10 health on use
- reworked many of the enemies on the Forest map
- Added a new map, the Beach
Other changes
In addition to new content and mechanics, I've also drastically reworked the game's art and presentation
What Comes next
After 0.3, I believe RuneLight is finally in a good state mechanically. As such, instead of spending multiple months working on one major update, I've decided to split 0.4 into a series of 10 smaller updates. These updates will include lots more equipment, reworks to existing equipment, mechanics to balance out the larger pool (like rarity and weights), improved menus and ui, and a map to finish things off. I'll try to have updates out every 2-4 weeks, and I'll post announcements for any delays. Looking immediately forward, I expect to have a mini patch addressing smaller feedback out this weekend.
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Hotifx 0.2.1
Bug Fixes -Trying to knock back the jumper (storm orbiters, storm blast) no longer crashes the game other Elmok here. I'm still hard at work on update 0.3. It's going to take a few more months, but it's going to be a banger.
Original postBug Fixes
-Trying to knock back the jumper (storm orbiters, storm blast) no longer crashes the gameother
Elmok here. I'm still hard at work on update 0.3. It's going to take a few more months, but it's going to be a banger. - Developer post
RuneLight 0.2
New Content Weapons Rework weapon system split into 2 parts, the weapons and the elements 4 base weapons to choose from 4 element modifiers to add,mix, and match overall twice as many unique weapon experiences Enemy Rework reworked the forest map, adding 15 new enemies temporaril
Original postNew Content
Weapons Rework
- weapon system split into 2 parts, the weapons and the elements
- 4 base weapons to choose from
- 4 element modifiers to add,mix, and match
- overall twice as many unique weapon experiences
Enemy Rework
- reworked the forest map, adding 15 new enemies
- temporarily removed the island map
- the temple has all of the old out of date enemies
Reworked Modifiers
- modifiers are no longer procedurally generated
- each modifier is now hand crafted and has two upgrades
Other Notable Changes
- reworked a lot of the art and visuals
- redid the menu system
- added full controller support
What Comes Next
This update took way longer to complete than I thought it would, and I definitely went silent for the last couple months there. I would like to remedy this by releasing monthly progress updates detailing what I've been working on. I've already began planning the next major update, and am excited to share what comes next. things to expect:
- Reintroduction of the Island map, with new enemies and visuals to match the Forest Map
- Adding a higher emphasis on builds and run variety
- over 50+ new modifiers
Developer postRuneLight Update Roadmap
Hello everybody! Elmok here. Things have been a bit quiet, but I'm hard at work on the first major update for RuneLight. Unfortunately this update will probably take multiple weeks if not months to fully deliver on, so I created this visual roadmap to track my progress in the mea
Original postHello everybody! Elmok here. Things have been a bit quiet, but I'm hard at work on the first major update for RuneLight. Unfortunately this update will probably take multiple weeks if not months to fully deliver on, so I created this visual roadmap to track my progress in the meantime!
Let's break down exactly what the roadmap means:
Weapons:obviously, I have deemed this update the weapons update. I believe Runelight does not have enough weapons and weapon variations to keep the game interesting for extended periods of time, and I'd like to spend the first major update correcting this issue. I plan to go from the game's current 8 weapons to 24. Each of the small squares represents 1 weapon with 2 evolutions.
Resprites:I'm not happy with most of RuneLight's current art and visuals. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's bad, but I will say it is boring, basic, uninspired. Over the next few updates I plan to rework pretty much every aspect of the game's visuals, starting with the player. I have provided a sketch of the player's design as well as marked the animations the player will need.
Enemies: I'm not happy with the current map system. I think it's basic and boring, and I have plans for a completely reworked and more interesting system. While I won't be reworking the maps as a whole this update, I will be adding a full cast of new enemies to the Forest map.
Other Tasks:I have also added a space for miscellaneous tasks and things that will need to get down before I can fully release the update. This is not a currently exhaustive list and I will be adding to it as development continues and I get a more clear idea of what's missing.
To end off, here's where the roadmap stands after the first week of active development:
Going Forward, I plan to post weekly roadmap updates on my Twitter and Discord, so Follow me there if you wish to see more consistent updates.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Elhmok_yt
Discord: https://discord.gg/NdwfnNutqA
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Hotfix 0.1.1.2
RuneLight hotfix 0.1.1.2 +Temple no longer crashes after defeating 3rd Titan +Fusion box now has properly centered text again
Original postRuneLight hotfix 0.1.1.2
+Temple no longer crashes after defeating 3rd Titan
+Fusion box now has properly centered text again