Version 7.21, previously available as the "current" beta is now available for everyone. Wishlist and keep an eye on incoming discounts!
Version 7.21, previously available as the "current" beta is now available for everyone.
Wishlist and keep an eye on incoming discounts!
Version 7.21 of Hartacon Tactics has been released in the 'current' beta branch. Use password 'htcurrentbuild' to access it and opt in. This update brings substantial improvements to mouse controls for a faster and better gameplay experience. Below you see a sample of the improve
Version 7.21 of Hartacon Tactics has been released in the 'current' beta branch. Use password 'htcurrentbuild' to access it and opt in.
This update brings substantial improvements to mouse controls for a faster and better gameplay experience.
Below you see a sample of the improvements to the UI, with on-screen buttons to rotate and zoom the map, as well as new units and turns 'cards' which are now themed with the alliance graphics.
Improvements to the controls have been a pain point in reviews for this game for a long time, so I would love to hear your feedback and to understand from you if this is the right direction.
Also if you have other suggestions on features you would like to see in the game, big or small, let me know. Currently I am considering adding consumables, extending the roster of campaigns to 16 units (with max 8 selectable for battles), wanderer units to save that join you.
If you played the game for a while (I think when you reach a city in the campaign you have seen a bit of everything) and can take the time to share your thoughts in a review, that's great too.
And if you reviewed the game in the past and feel like checking the improvements, that's super.
Here is the full list of updates:
- Fixed a bug in the commands bar.
- Re-worked the UI for mouse and keyboard, with mouse hover and more on-screen buttons.
- Added "back" button to used controller buttons and updated controller images.
- Introduced a campaign battle preparation screen for units selection and last-minute adjustments.
- Added a "remove all equipment" option.
- Fixed a bug that made mouse interfere with controller when not active.
- Added sorting of units by cost.
- Fixed missing sound on "Soul Reaper" skill.
- Mouse clicks on tiles in battle view mode doesn't automatically make the map "jump".
- Added message for ambush.
- Point and click and drag on the campaign world map.
- Maps colours adjusted to make unit stand out more.
- Updated battle scene UI graphics.
WARNING: by opting in you will keep your saved data, but the format will be upgraded to version 7.21, which is not compatible with v7.20. Therefore going back to v7.20 will reset your data. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
Hartacon Tactics is now available at $1.99/€1.99/£1.69.
Hartacon Tactics is now available at $1.99/€1.99/£1.69.
Fixed a bug in Campaign end. Hard and medium difficulty campaign complete achievements unlock achievements for lower difficulties (retroactive).
Fixed a bug in Campaign end.
Hard and medium difficulty campaign complete achievements unlock achievements for lower difficulties (retroactive).
Fixed a bug in Campaign save screen.
Fixed a bug in Campaign save screen.
Hey everyone, this is a small update bringing you an improved GUI for the Map Editor if you are using mouse and keyboard. Say goodbye to the somewhat awkward on-screen arrows you had to click on to move around the map. Now you can do everything by pointing and clicking directly o
Hey everyone,
this is a small update bringing you an improved GUI for the Map Editor if you are using mouse and keyboard.
Say goodbye to the somewhat awkward on-screen arrows you had to click on to move around the map. Now you can do everything by pointing and clicking directly on tiles, selecting the appropriate tool for painting, deleting, and changing the elevation.
Also, map scrolling now works in the Map Editor as well.
Some of you might be used to games where the mouse right button is used to go back in menus, and now that is possible too. The mouse right-button click is mapped to back/cancel throughout the game.
Here's the full list of changes:
As usual I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well. This is a somewhat more substantial update than other recent ones. Version 7.19 introduces a new element to the gameplay, which is that of extended movement range for units. I am sure you have seen this in other games of the tactical ge
Hey everyone,
I hope you're all doing well. This is a somewhat more substantial update than other recent ones.
Version 7.19 introduces a new element to the gameplay, which is that of extended movement range for units. I am sure you have seen this in other games of the tactical genre, it allows unit to walk a few extra steps at the cost of not being able to perform an action for the turn. It's useful in situations where you want to quickly close the distance from the enemy, run away or block certain positions with your unit.
The other major change in this version is a redesign of the damage preview. It now shows damage and hit chance more clearly and it also shows HP and MP bars with a visual preview of the change.
I spent quite some time to improve controls and the overall player experience. If you play the game with mouse you will be happy to hear you can now move the map by holding the right button. Also the arrows to select the facing direction have been removed. You do that by clicking on the map, same with rotational skills.
If you play with the gamepad, the analog controls are a little better, but I still recommend playing with the directional keys.
Here's the full list of changes:
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing alright in these crazy times. Version 7.18 brings a few small changes to the interface of the campaign aiming at improving the flow of the gameplay. When the worldmap is not active it is now seen with a sepia shading, and when the party moves
Hey everyone,
I hope you're all doing alright in these crazy times.
Version 7.18 brings a few small changes to the interface of the campaign aiming at improving the flow of the gameplay.
When the worldmap is not active it is now seen with a sepia shading, and when the party moves between locations with or without battles, the map remains active, so you are not taken back to the campaign menu.
There are a few more messages for the player describing the outcome of campaign battles.
I also changed the default keyboard mapping of the B button to the Escape key, which is a more typical setup if you play with mouse and keyboard.
Finally the game has received a lot of criticism about the controls. Hartacon is a game born on the XBOX 360, so it was originally designed to be played with just the controller. This Steam version can be played with keyboard and mouse (separately or together) but the coexistence of three independent ways of playing the game comes with some compromises.
If you played the game and find the controls less than ideal, please voice your opinion on the subject as I am very open to suggestions on how to improve this aspect of the game.
Good feedback is the first step to improvement, so bring it on, doods! (any Disgaea fan out there?)
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
Hey there, I hope everyone reading is healthy and safe. Following an interesting review, although a negative one, including some good ideas about re-organising the menus, I did just that. I introduced an Extra menu, which now groups Map Editor, Achievements and Credits, making th
Hey there,
I hope everyone reading is healthy and safe.
Following an interesting review, although a negative one, including some good ideas about re-organising the menus, I did just that.
I introduced an Extra menu, which now groups Map Editor, Achievements and Credits, making the Main menu less busy. The Extra menu features an artwork fom Douglas Draco.
Parties management has been moved within the three game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer and Quick Battle.
I introduced a feature that should have been there from the start, which is making the mouse pointer disappear and stop interfering with keyboard and controller when the mouse is not used. You don't need to open the settings menu and disable it altogether now.
Finally I added some on-screen mouse controls during action in battles to rotate and zoom the camera as well as open the settings menu.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
It looks like Steam allows users to insult developers in their reviews. Reviews should stick to the contents of the game and not be personal attacks directed to a person. It would be ideal if people who barely touched the game didn't have the arrogance to write a review, but I gu
It looks like Steam allows users to insult developers in their reviews. Reviews should stick to the contents of the game and not be personal attacks directed to a person.
It would be ideal if people who barely touched the game didn't have the arrogance to write a review, but I guess that is asking too much.
There are reviews complaining there is no story. There are no cars too, and no football teams, because they are not what the game is about and there is no promise of a story anywhere in the description or presentation of the game.
The game doesn't compare to Tactics Ogre? It doesn't sound fair to compare an indie game created by a single developer with a masterpiece of the genre created by a team of professionals 100 times bigger, not to mention the price tag is ten times smaller.
Thanks for reading and please help by flagging reviews that cross the line between legitimate criticism and attempts to ridicule game creators and their hard work.
Hey there, this is just a small update containing a few new icons, and a new section in the Help describing Uniques and Rarities: Uniques are weapons, protections or accessories that cannot be bought in shops. Some fighters may come equipped with one or more uniques and they can
Hey there, this is just a small update containing a few new icons, and a new section in the Help describing Uniques and Rarities:
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
As of 1 Jan 2019, Hartacon Tactics has ended its Early Access phase and is officially released. Please keep the feedback coming, in form of reviews, discussions and bugs reports as development is by no means suspended. The focus from now on is consolidation though, therefore if y
As of 1 Jan 2019, Hartacon Tactics has ended its Early Access phase and is officially released.
Please keep the feedback coming, in form of reviews, discussions and bugs reports as development is by no means suspended.
The focus from now on is consolidation though, therefore if you would like to share ideas for new features or game mechanics, your contribution is greatly welcomed but don't expect any mayor tranformations.
Hi everyone, the default and current branches of the game have been updated to Beta v7.14, meaning everybody gets the most up to date version of the game. Here's what's new: - Mp-recover passive skill. - All physical attacks damage armors. - Damaged armors have proportionally red
Hi everyone, the default and current branches of the game have been updated to Beta v7.14, meaning everybody gets the most up to date version of the game. Here's what's new:
- Mp-recover passive skill.
- All physical attacks damage armors.
- Damaged armors have proportionally reduced Pdef, Mdef and Eva stats.
- Back command can be used as a shortcut to enter View mode.
- Added Legends to multiplayer.
- Original soundtrack.
There are a few gameplay changes. I've read comments about how some players found skills much more useful than regular attacks, so I tried to balance that by having attacks always damage armors.
Damaged armors are less and less effective as their health decreases from four to zero, but don't worry, they get repaired at the end of every battle.
There's a useful shortcut now available in battles during commands selection. With "Back" you enter View mode without having to switch to the second selector.
Parties completing the single-player campaign become Legends. The party formation after the last battle is locked but you can still use the shops and develop the characters. If you replay the last battle, maybe after a little more grinding, the new formation will replace the old one in the Legends. In other words: one campaign, one party in the Legends.
Finally, the game now has an amazing soundtrack made of seven engaging original tracks composed by Jack Le Breton.
It's been a while since the last update, development has slowed down a bit, but I finally reached a point where I feel that my early access goals have been met, so this is features-wise the version of the final release. I'll be doing bugs fixing of course, especially on multiplayer, which is the section of the game that has been tested comparatively less.
The official release date is 1 January 2019.
If you want to get the game at the early access price, you still have a bit of time.
Thank you all for following and supporting the development of the game during early access, and for all the feedback, questions, suggestions, reviews and bug reports.
It's been a teaching experience. The world of game development is tough. Even if you're a single indie developer, in the mind of the players you're compared with games having a twenty-fold price tag. I hope I delivered a game that is artistically worthy and can offer some hours of challenge and entertainment.
As always spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Ciao,
Charlie
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.13. Here's what's new: - Depth of dungeons depends on difficulty. - Fixed a bug affecting elemental alignment. - Window border glitch fixed. - More on-screen clickable buttons added. - New fire magic animation. - Chang
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.13. Here's what's new:
- Depth of dungeons depends on difficulty.
- Fixed a bug affecting elemental alignment.
- Window border glitch fixed.
- More on-screen clickable buttons added.
- New fire magic animation.
- Changed how turns are counted for dead units timeout.
- Atom skill damage decreases with distance.
- Improved battle command selection with analog stick.
- Changed action delay calculation to include distance moved.
- Only active locations shown on map during campaign.
- Updated a few maps.
- New skills page.
Less than I hoped to put in this update, but still a nice set of improvements I dare to say.
There are a couple changes to the campaign, in that locations in the map won't be visible until they become accessible. Not much of a novelty if you have played the campaign before but I feel it adds to the experience for the new players.
The depth of the dungeons is not fixed anymore and depends on the difficulty level. Campaigns from previous versions cannot be loaded.
In terms of battle gameplay I modified the action delay to take into account the distance moved. Use that and the Skip command to give your character another action in a few turns.
Another distance-related change is the skill Atom, whose effect reduces with distance, giving you the choice between attack power and safe position.
You'll see a new fire magic animation. The plan was to update them all, but my artist disappeared. That's the world of small indie developers.
However I have a really talented composer working on original music tracks.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
The Default branch will be updated to beta v7.13 after some testing as usual, allowing me to get feedback and bug reports.
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
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If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.13.
You can swap back to v7.12 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.12. Here's what's new: - Archer's skill Bird Killer deals extra damage to Hawkmen. - Sorting added to campaign setup recruiting screen. - Updated spawn positions on most large maps. - Added status ailment effects to so
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.12. Here's what's new:
- Archer's skill Bird Killer deals extra damage to Hawkmen.
- Sorting added to campaign setup recruiting screen.
- Updated spawn positions on most large maps.
- Added status ailment effects to some skills.
- Updated height reach of all weapons and skills.
- Advance and Jump cannot be used if walk range is reduced to zero.
- Class specific skills introduced.
- Achievements.
- More popular online maps displayed first in map editor by default.
- On screen directional arrows for skill target selection removed.
Quite some work done as you can see. Achievements made it to the headline as it's the last of my objectives for the Early Access stage. There are eight of them at the moment, more will be added, with rewards, in the near future.
I received some suggestions and I introduced sorting of recruits.
Some people felt a few maps were just too large. I thought about reducing the size, but then I didn't want to sacrifice the good work done by my level designer and so I just moved the spawn points so that teams start closer to each other. Everybody is happy now.
A lot of re-balancing work on skills, with a few novelties including skills that can only be acquired by certain classes, and skills that deal more damage to certain classes.
Finally I replaced the on-screen directional arrows with on-map target selection for directional skills for those playing with the mouse. You guys are hard to please! It's more of an experiment, let's see what kind of feedback I get.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
The Default branch will be updated to beta v7.12 after some testing as usual, allowing me to get feedback and bug reports.
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
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If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.12.
You can swap back to v7.11 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.12. Here's what's new: - Archer's skill Bird Killer deals extra damage to Hawkmen. - Sorting added to campaign setup recruiting screen. - Updated spawn positions on most large maps. - Added status ailment effects to so
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.12. Here's what's new:
- Archer's skill Bird Killer deals extra damage to Hawkmen.
- Sorting added to campaign setup recruiting screen.
- Updated spawn positions on most large maps.
- Added status ailment effects to some skills.
- Updated height reach of all weapons and skills.
- Advance and Jump cannot be used if walk range is reduced to zero.
- Class specific skills introduced.
- Achievements.
- More popular online maps displayed first in map editor by default.
- On screen directional arrows for skill target selection removed.
Quite some work done as you can see. Achievements made it to the headline as it's the last of my objectives for the Early Access stage. There are eight of them at the moment, more will be added, with rewards, in the near future.
I received some suggestions and I introduced sorting of recruits.
Some people felt a few maps were just too large. I thought about reducing the size, but then I didn't want to sacrifice the good work done by my level designer and so I just moved the spawn points so that teams start closer to each other. Everybody is happy now.
A lot of re-balancing work on skills, with a few novelties including skills that can only be acquired by certain classes, and skills that deal more damage to certain classes.
Finally I replaced the on-screen directional arrows with on-map target selection for directional skills for those playing with the mouse. You guys are hard to please! It's more of an experiment, let's see what kind of feedback I get.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
The Default branch will be updated to beta v7.12 after some testing as usual, allowing me to get feedback and bug reports.
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
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If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.12.
You can swap back to v7.11 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.11. Here's what's new: - Sorceress character added - Martial Artist class becomes Warrior - changed some class weapon types - Support and Counterattack become passive skills - changed Assassin's Execution skill - minor
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.11. Here's what's new:
- Sorceress character added
- Martial Artist class becomes Warrior
- changed some class weapon types
- Support and Counterattack become passive skills
- changed Assassin's Execution skill
- minor bugs fixed
The main novelty of this update is the introduction of the eighth and final character: the Sorceress. As you would expect this character's strong point is magic power, with a great affinity for the dark element, which makes it deadly to Healers.
I mentioned some changes to class weapon types: the Sorceress becomes the utiliser of Staves, meaning the Healer goes back to Knuckles as originally intended, and the Martial Artist class becomes Warrior and takes Hammers.
Support and Counterattack are no longer innate characteristics of all characters, they are instead Passive skills that need to be acquired. More passive skills will come.
The Assassin's Sneak Attack skill now deals extra damage when executed from behind the target, making positioning and facing important as they are supposed to be in a tactics game.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Since there are some main structural changes, saved teams and campaigns from beta v7.10 cannot be imported.
Default branch will be updated to beta v7.11 after some testing as usual, allowing me to get feedback and bug reports.
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
-------------------------------------------------------
If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.11.
You can swap back to v7.10 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.11. Here's what's new: - Sorceress character added - Martial Artist class becomes Warrior - changed some class weapon types - Support and Counterattack become passive skills - changed Assassin's Execution skill - minor
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.11. Here's what's new:
- Sorceress character added
- Martial Artist class becomes Warrior
- changed some class weapon types
- Support and Counterattack become passive skills
- changed Assassin's Execution skill
- minor bugs fixed
The main novelty of this update is the introduction of the eighth and final character: the Sorceress. As you would expect this character's strong point is magic power, with a great affinity for the dark element, which makes it deadly to Healers.
I mentioned some changes to class weapon types: the Sorceress becomes the utiliser of Staves, meaning the Healer goes back to Knuckles as originally intended, and the Martial Artist class becomes Warrior and takes Hammers.
Support and Counterattack are no longer innate characteristics of all characters, they are instead Passive skills that need to be acquired. More passive skills will come.
The Assassin's Sneak Attack skill now deals extra damage when executed from behind the target, making positioning and facing important as they are supposed to be in a tactics game.
I hope you enjoy this update and if you can spare a minute spread the word about the game, like the page on fb
www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics
and follow on Twitter
twitter.com/HartaconTactics
Since there are some main structural changes, saved teams and campaigns from beta v7.10 cannot be imported.
Default branch will be updated to beta v7.11 after some testing as usual, allowing me to get feedback and bug reports.
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
-------------------------------------------------------
If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.11.
You can swap back to v7.10 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.10. Here's what's new: - assassin character added - rebalanced classes, skills and equipment - restructured the Help section - removed three-tiers online mode - campaign candidate units increased to 48 and high ranked
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.10. Here's what's new:
- assassin character added
- rebalanced classes, skills and equipment
- restructured the Help section
- removed three-tiers online mode
- campaign candidate units increased to 48 and high ranked unit made less common
- fixed a bug on damage calculation including adjacent characters that can't attack the target
- increased dead characters timeout
- fixed a bug on HP/MP when comparing equipment
As you can see, it's a big update, which explains why it has been a while since the last time.
The highlight of this update is of course the Assassin!
The Assassin is a melee unit with a high movement range and relatively low HP. It can acquire a skill that allows him to throw his knives and he can also use shurikens, although you cannot buy those in shops, you'll have to get them as loot or recruit units that come with them equipped.
Work on the Sorceress character has started.
I also made a massive update on the whole game balance, affecting classes, weapons, protections and skills. The idea behind it is to avoid that characters quickly become overpowered after gaining just a few levels.
The Help section has been restructured and it will make it easier to add content.
I removed the three types of competitive online gameplay, there is just Online for ranked matches and Online Dev for unranked matches where your characters can level up.
Opt in the "current" branch to try this update. I'll extend this to the default branch as soon as I get some feedback and (hopefully few) bug reports.
Have fun and share like mad! :)
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
-------------------------------------------------------
If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.10.
You can swap back to v7.9 but be aware this will delete your savegame.
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.10. Here's what's new: - assassin character added - rebalanced classes, skills and equipment - restructured the Help section - removed three-tiers online mode - campaign candidate units increased to 48 and high ranked
Hi everyone, the "current" branch has been updated to Beta v7.10. Here's what's new:
- assassin character added
- rebalanced classes, skills and equipment
- restructured the Help section
- removed three-tiers online mode
- campaign candidate units increased to 48 and high ranked unit made less common
- fixed a bug on damage calculation including adjacent characters that can't attack the target
- increased dead characters timeout
- fixed a bug on HP/MP when comparing equipment
As you can see, it's a big update, which explains why it has been a while since the last time.
The highlight of this update is of course the Assassin!
The Assassin is a melee unit with a high movement range and relatively low HP. It can acquire a skill that allows him to throw his knives and he can also use shurikens, although you cannot buy those in shops, you'll have to get them as loot or recruit units that come with them equipped.
Work on the Sorceress character has started.
I also made a massive update on the whole game balance, affecting classes, weapons, protections and skills. The idea behind it is to avoid that characters quickly become overpowered after gaining just a few levels.
The Help section has been restructured and it will make it easier to add content.
I removed the three types of competitive online gameplay, there is just Online for ranked matches and Online Dev for unranked matches where your characters can level up.
Opt in the "current" branch to try this update. I'll extend this to the default branch as soon as I get some feedback and (hopefully few) bug reports.
Have fun and share like mad! :)
Ciao,
Charlie
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HOW TO ACCESS CURRENT BRANCH
-------------------------------------------------------
If you open the Properties of the game from your Steam Library, you'll see a BETAS tab.
In this tab there's a drop down list of branches you can opt into. Type the following password in the code box:
htcurrentbuild
and this will give you access to the "current" branch of the game. As you select it, the game will update and you'll be able to play v7.10.
You can swap back to v7.9 but be aware this will delete your savegame.