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Dev Blog #15: Sneak peaks, Weekly Q&A, Fight Night returns!
Hello fellow plagued adventurers and welcome to this weeks’ Dev Blog!
We hope you are getting stuck into our new update V0.09 – Knights And Outlaws, let us know in the comments what you are getting up to! In case you missed it, our brand new trailer for the Knights And Outlaws update was released last week, give it a watch here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTBBkN_pTU
If you missed them, you can read our full Patch Notes for V0.09 here for all the juicy details!
Patch Notes V0.09 – Knights, Outlaws, Skill tree update, wellness system and much more
Additional resource placement
This week our environment team has been focusing on additional resources around the map. If you look closely at these in-engine screenshots, you can see small yellow dots: each one of those is a new resource placed in the world! Now you should always be able to find your basic trade goods!
Balancing and fixing after V0.09
Everyone else is focused on fixing various parts of systems added in V0.09. This includes fixes to various items’ weights, thirst and hunger rate changes and various crafting recipe changes. No fun screenshots here but look forward to these changes when the next update lands!
Weekly Q&A
Does every animal use the same AI? because they all just flee when encountered?
We now have three different states for the AI that is used for the wild animals. We have a scared state that is used for the stags, a hostile state that is used for wolves and a neutral state that is used for domesticated animals such as the pigs, cows and chickens.
Do you have plans to make horses and/or wild animals susceptible to the black plague as well?
Very interesting idea! Not something we’ve specifically planned on. However, we are planning on rats that carry the plague and can infect people.
Have you ever considered leaving the low-fantasy setting? As in: Adding supernatural fantasy elements?
It has been mentioned but never considered seriously. We’re very rooted in an gritty, almost true to history setting. It fits with the theme of the game and the atmosphere we’re trying to create. No dragons, sorry!
Will there be quest npcs or dialog with guards telling you more about what has happened or will be happening?
Expanding the dialog of various NPCs is planned. As to when it will be implemented, it’s too early to say. Quests are another feature that’s still being discussed but no solid news on this yet.
What would you like to see for these systems?
Will it be possible to buy things for your house, like extra storage boxes (not every house has one) or crafting stations?
In our latest update V0.09 we added recipes for professions to craft utilities that can be placed inside your house. Extra storage boxes does sound like a great idea, we will definitely note this one down!
Will there ever be an official pre-history? Not a tutorial as such, because the game is pretty simple, but it is pretty obvious that there has been skirmish battles all over the map.
You may have noticed various books appearing in Mercia. These hold the history, myths and accounts of life in Mercia!
Fight Night returns!
Join us once more for Fight Night Friday with your host, [SIG]Miniishadow! Bring your best melee weapons to the Arena in Raven’s Reach, Queen’s Province and test your might against the players and the SIG crew!
Sign up can be found over on our Steam forums here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/412450/discussions/0/343788552536244449/
Catch [SIG]Miniishadows full Twitch stream of the event here, complete with shoutcasting and commentary throughout the battles! https://www.twitch.tv/miniishadow/v/85896005
A huge thank you to everyone who has submitted bug reports through our in game Google Form, by email, on the forums and also on our Discord! All of your help is greatly appreciated by the SIG team, together we can make Mercia an even better place for adventures!
…That’s all for now, see you next week!
// Pete
// Emily