Version 0.25: Difficulty Tiers & Loot Overhaul
Loot System Overhaul: Loot drops have been significantly improved. Enemies now drop more items, and human opponents will drop the specific gear they are carrying.
Dynamic Warband Logistics: Warbands now resupply upon returning to their bases, which also enables the base to spawn additional warbands. If a warband is intercepted and fails to return, the base will spawn fewer units and provide them with fewer supplies. This system is new, still needs more tests, please feel free to share with me any feedback to balance it better.
New Difficulty Settings:
Easy: Player has 5x Health, companions gain +20% Health, and you start with more Attribute and Skill points. Enemies have -20% Health.
Normal: Player has 2.5x Health.
Hard: The original challenging state of the game.
Companion Experience: Player characters now receive a fraction of the XP earned from companion kills. Soon, new Skill Tree perks will allow "commander" builds to increase this fraction further.
Save System Fixes: Resolved the autosave bug occurring when transitioning from the World Map to Dungeons.
Action Bar Improvements: Potions now correctly save to the Action Bar in Dungeon scenes. Item duplication bugs have also been cleared.
Skill Persistence: Fixed an issue where skills were not saving on the World Map. Special thanks to @Krankus Wrexus for the report.
Economic Fixes: Fixed a bug where transferring items to invalid slots still deducted coins. Thanks again to @Krankus Wrexus for spotting this.
UI & Stability: Fixed wrongly placed buttons in several settlements and improved overall loading stability.
🕹️ A Note from the Developer
Thank you to everyone who has tried the demo and shared your thoughts. Whether your feedback was positive or negative, it has been incredibly helpful in shaping the next steps for the game.
I have noticed that some players have very high expectations for the game's quality, sometimes comparing it to the work of a AAA studio. While the game is still in a pre-release state and preparing for Early Access, these high expectations make me proud. They suggest that the ambition and quality of the project are coming through, even as a solo developer managing every single aspect of development alone.
This is a passion project, and I am doing my best to meet those high expectations with real results over time. I am 'greedy' when it comes to adding features and my passion for this world only continues to grow. Now that there are fewer bugs to address, you can expect more frequent content updates to arrive soon.
Thank you for being part of this journey!