Greetings D20 Fans!
Thanks so much for your feedback! Here's another round of fixed and improvements for Abalon :)
v2.41.0 Release Notes
- Fixed bug where it was possible to equip more than the max items on a character if the equipped item removed one of their native abilities. (Thanks Swaglord)
- Updated to SteamWorks v1.61 to use the latest Steam integration.
- Improved gamepad controller polling to reduce stuttering on SteamDeck.
- Improved gamepad controller by adding rumble support to accompany explosions that use the screen shake VFX.
- Fixed bug where the Weighted Dice is used to free captured hero from the Marauders, but was not sent to the AI worker, and thus, a sync error was triggered.
- Fixed bug where player could trigger a ListDataView BadData by sorting their cards after selling to show all the cards previously in their deck/tortoise.
- Fixed bug where you could add more than 20 cards to your deck by selling cards in your deck to the Traveling Salesman at camp, then, going to tortoise to add cards in your deck back up to 20, then, returning to traveling salesman to buy the sold cards back and returning to the tortoise a final time.
- Fixed bug where clicking sell at the same time as space key on card in deck at a shop throws exception.
- Fixed bug where using Antarus with exploding fireball to knock character in the water, his special ability triggers a second knockback that was causing the Deep Water effect to trigger a second time (potentially killing the unit) and resulted in the unit being returned to the board after battle, causing various sync errors. (Thanks Guest_200637)
- Fixed bug where using polymorph to transform unit into a squirrel and then knocking them in the water resulted in the original unit getting a marker to emerge from the water even though they were defeated. This could result in desync error and/or softlock.(Thanks Guest_176348)
Back-End Development
While these features aren't directly player facing, I wanted to share them with you here for 1) for transparency so you know where some of my time was spent this update and 2) to show how I'm supporting my goal of responding faster to player feedback by enabling more frequent small updates between major release:
- Created a pipeline that automates the process of building and deploying the game to all platforms. Prior to the pipeline, new builds required multiple manual steps that took hours and diverted time and focus from other tasks.
- Created a bug analyzer script to help automate cataloging of reported issues so I can better understand patterns and prioritize fixes.
Some other ideas I have for the future on the back-end include:
- Creation of a Discord integration that would allow me to receive and respond to in-game feedback communications directly from my phone. While I currently read all in-game feedback, I don't always respond directly or as timely as I would like due to the overhead involved in the current setup.
- Scripts to automate database and server maintenance
- Scripts to detect and mitigate abuse of the leaderboard
Coming Soon
Major updates in the works along with our regular updates include:
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Leaderboard System Revamp, feel to check out the post here and share your thoughts. This update will also include some balance changes to the XP curve, gold costs, and other such items.
- Caves Expansion
Showing Your Support
Many of our players have asked me for a way to help support the continued development of Abalon, so I setup a "Buy Me a Coffee" page where you can make one-time or recurring contributions.
Reviews
My year-end goal for 2025 is for Abalon to achieve "Overwhelming Positive" rating which requires a total of 500 or more reviews an overall rating of 95% or more. As of today, we're at 421, 94%, so while this is highly ambitious, I believe this is something we can achieve together. I care a great deal about providing you the best experience I can, so please share in your review what you like about Abalon and also where I can continue to improve and do better.
Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and consideration :)
~Ross