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Hardland Release 12 is available now!

After lots of work Release 12 is finally ready!

FEATURES

  • Massive improvements in the generated worlds. - 4x larger random world - Generation speed improved - New road system which can create main road, side roads and small paths - Improved draw distance and new faraway mountain to give better sense of scale - Infinite water plane which makes the sunsets that much nicer - Added new nature landmarks and improved old ones - Set of new trees and old trees improved - Set of larger houses - Additional version of blacksmith - Wind affects tree branches
  • Weather is completely dynamic everywhere
  • First version of random generated desert island
  • Witch sells transformation potions: - Butterfly potion - Chicken potion - Fox potion - Pig potion - Goblin Minion potion - Goblin Brute potion - Goblin King potion - Spider potion - Wood Elf potion (some are still unfinished)
  • Support for NPC signature animations: - Fisherman fishing animation - Blacksmith forging animation
  • Dungeon improvements: - Dungeons can have several floors - Boss floor at the bottom of the dungeon - Cave entrances in random world lead to dungeons - New rooms - More detail in old rooms - New roofs which can have holes
  • Building interiors, random generated and handmade - Random interiors can be found in the random world
  • Handmade interiors include: - Fisherman Dave's house - Larry's house
  • Combat improvements: - Player can dodge in any direction (consumes stamina) - Player can shoot vertically with ranged weapons - Enemies can track player during their strikes - Group battles are more dangerous
  • Goblin King is combat ready: - Butt-stomp attack - Can summon minions
  • New enemy: Goblin Brute - ranged and melee
  • New variant of Merchant
  • More legs for Spider
  • Lots of new items
  • Added shortcut portals to handcrafted levels - Way to Fortuna connects to Barry's Field and Old Path - Cobold Cave connects to random snow world
  • Level of detail system introduced
  • Carrying system improved
  • Camera tweaks
  • Map screen shows trees, buildings and some characters
  • Several quest glitches fixes

More good stuff to come in the next update!

- Timo