BUILD 0.5.6 CHANGELOG
Below find a summary of all the work we have done on Skara the last couple months. It will be a totally new experience once we have the new build running!
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· Optimization: Characters & Environments will be optimized in this version. LOD’s for meshes and textures have been added to every skin and basic character. Coliseum and Zem have been compressed with batch files so they can be procedurally loaded to maximize performance.
· New AI behaviour: Our beloved bots get an intelligence boost! Now they can use Talents and Skills as well react to Team Deathmatch situations (conquering towers or attacking the leading team).
· New Zem look and Game Mode: We have finally implemented the final visual aspect for the Team Deathmatch arena, the Zem Moorlands, as well as completed the Domination Game Mode. Now, besides conquering towers, teams must be aware of the activated Pinnacle phases, in order to attack enemy pinnacles and so unlock conquered towers.
· New character: Tamvaasa. The Northen warriors find their place in Skara with an awesome look and unique combat capabilities. Check the incredible Tamvaasa skills and invoke the powers of the fearsome vilkai, among many other things. The Tamvaasa put the Hack into Hack and Slash.
· New Gameplay feature: Talents. Choose two from four available Talents to enhance your combat style. Want to steal health from your foes with every hit? Try Inner Strike. Want to have a last chance when you are about to die? Trick Death is you talent. Increase the damage of your blows if you are about to die? Try To the Death. Want to recover Health when you are not fighting? Regeneration will do the job.
· New UI look and functionalities: The final look of the UI will be available on the 0.5.6 as well. We have updated the news and content, character customization and a lot more. Pay attention as well to the nice Skara music we added to the menu navigation.
· The store is open: The first iteration of the Skara store will be ready for the 0.5.6 build. Now you can purchase premium currency to buy cosmetic items for your characters. Only a few items will be available in this build, so check them out and be prepared for the next build, in which we’ll add a lot of new skins, fancy weapons and even custom mockeries and taunts!
· Re-factored combat system: Skara should now feel faster and more cruel. We re-defined how stamina and sprint bars work, we added attack cancellations and tweaked most of the values to balance the whole experience no matter which character you use. As usual, please send us feedback on the combat and if something feels unbalanced, let us know about it!