Hey people! It is being a while, but I've been working hard all this time! This update comes with many improvements from player's feedback, mostly quality of life improvements.
Changelog:
Combat Options (options on the right side of the action bar + options on the bottom-right corner of the screen)
UI
Changed icons and the UI
Icon showing the currently selected option
Text showing the command
Tooltips
Mechanics
Strike Styles:
Adjustments to bonuses and penalties
Increased damage of straight attacks, lower hit chance, higher damage variability
Random Style: the chance to pick a style is now 50% (no weapon-specific chances)
Dual wielding: both attacks are now restricted to the same style (+ new double straight attack animation)
Defense Priority:
Blocking defenses have a bonus against swing attacks
No penalties; no block after a dodge when dodge is selected
Give up attack to defend: more safety time when attacking while being attacked
Combat stance animations specific to each Strike Style
Combat Modes
Strong: 10% attack penalty
Defensive: allows attacks (with penalty), causes hesitation
Combat stance animations specific to each Combat Mode
Perforation damage now scales 50% less with Strength. This improves the Fast Attack mode, as strike strength reduction does not lower the damage as much.
Options
Invert mouse x/y
Brightness
Buttons on sliders
Font/UI size
Auto-highlight interactables (default option, only shows the name of the interactable)
UI
Game Paused indicator
UIMode key indicator
HP indicator below the creature’s name
Scrollbar in resolution dropdown (when it is long enough)
Hyperlinks: highlighted interactable text which opens a description when clicked
Improved target switching in Free Cam Mode
Accuracy shown on mouse pointer when hovering over an enemy
Added command keys to tooltips of the left-side icons
Audio
Audio pauses when the game is paused
Music volume reduced during cinematic dialogues
Party
Companion aggro range reduced
Map
Map icons: quest target, companion, NPC, merchant, region
Custom markers
Tutorial
Starting tutorial with the basics, training with Allan
Tutorial panel reorganized into a tree view
New entries
Most tutorial messages now appear at rest places
Plenty of minor bugfixes and imporvements of all kinds
A second update: the first area of Chapter 1 was developed, but it is not included in the demo. It contains new enemies, like barbarians, goblins, a juvenile dragon, and, of course, stronger cultists. After this update, I will focus again on developing Chapter 1, so you won't see updates for some time here on Steam.