Based on player feedback during IndiePrize in Berlin and some player reviews here on Steam, I have added a special tutorial level that teaches some basic game mechanics. The tutorial is played with the Knight character temporarily buffed to have 100% magic skill so you can test the magic weapons as well. And his rage buildup is buffed so that the players can test the rage attack easily. Tutorial ends with unlocking the Mage character.
Beside that, there are a couple of other improvements:
- fixed the castle siege screen after the dragon fight on resolutions bigger than 1920x1080
- dog now fetches all items (magic bag, magic map, etc. were ignored before)
- fixed rage attack hint to show X instead of A button for XBox360 controllers
- the first player now always starts with a bomb, you don't need to break the barrel anymore (I'm considering that every character has a different starting item in future versions)
I hope you like the new tutorial level. Hopefully it will help new players to get into the game much faster than before.
I'm turning back to new feature development now, expect to see a new boss and/or a new character soon.