Version 0.5 to 0.8 Highlights

Map Features

• Added Ruins Feature - can be removed for 50 gold or food to become plains (for placing towers)
• Added Scrying Stones feature - choice to get info on nearest treasure, lair, gold or food
• Improved exploration interactivity with multiple ‘hint’ mechanics and features leading players to map features eg. flowers/mushrooms, rumors, scrying stones
• Procedural generation algorithms to even out map difficulty from path loopiness to map feature distribution.

Sound/Music

• Tower attack sounds now have improved variety and simultaneity. Replaced many other sound effects.
• Music - Added and replaced many music tracks, and smoothed out transitions

UI

• Scout Window - interactive illustrated display of incoming monster wave.
• Tutorial - Improved clarity, illustration, scripting.
• New button designs and font sets to match the fantasy theme.
• More compact UI elements/design, freeing up map display
• Main Menu - improved splash screen and icons
• Codex - Added illustrated strategy guides
• Animated notifications for daily summary, base damage, income and spellcast.
• QOL - Added mouse pan/zoom, right-click Escape

Graphics

• Tower models & particle effects - all replaced, with separate models/effects for each tower upgrade branch.
• Upgraded models for trees, monsters, roads and many map features.
• Improved many UI textures (Stats, quest, codex, bestiary, spawn arrow etc)
• Towers and Forts now pitch black to indicate destruction.

Miscellaneous

• New mechanics - execute, targeting options, spell scaling
• Monster wave design - improved variation and distribution amongst paths
• Steam Cloud support

Way ahead

• SteamNext Fest (Feb 5-12) participation and public Demo
• Late-game features - Enchantments, larger maps, more Quest Sets, classes, monsters (new abilities)
• Steam Achievements, Trading Cards.