ValeGuard's full release is today!
1. I want to say thank you so much to everyone that posted in discussions. Those comments, as well as reviews, were the major driving force in updates. I'd love to hear more from you all. Feel free to email me at [email protected] as well.
2. I'm happy with ValeGuard and excited for more folks to play it in full-release. That said, I still plan to keep updating it, so stay tuned.
For folks new to the party, below are a few things added in Early Access:
--------------- Early Access Work ----------------
New Heroes
- Wizard
- Druid
- Alchemist
- Hexblade
New Items
- Magic Beans
- Scroll Of Bunnies
- Scroll Of Chain Heal
- Scroll Of Ice
- Firebomb
- Storm Globe
- Tanglefoot bag
- Golden Lute
- Shroom Pendant Training in a Bottle
Usability Features
- Unit "Stance" toggle
- New mouse wheel zoom
- Camera can pan when zoomed in with WASD (mouse pan in settings)
- Multi-unit box-selection
- Settings Menu: Audio, camera, and game reset options
- New Hero Select Menu (for starting a new game)
- Armor now shown in unit info on HUD
- Increased map bounds and size
- Increased zoom-out to better handle "map edge battles"
- Help menu - available in-mission and on main menu
- WASD Pan (went live shortly after update 1)
- Item Tooltips
- Troop Hotkeys and HUD icons
- Improved energy UI and ability cost
- Structure Info - some structures bring up a UI when clicked.
- Paladin unlock added to tutorial
- Help menu added to tutorial
- Escape key now exits as well
Feat System
- Ranged: Attacks from range with miss chance.
- Deadly: Can land critical hits for high damage.
- Hearty: Regenerates hit points faster.
- Heavy Armor Master: Receives more armor points per perk & repairs more
- Tinkerer: Helps maintain town structures.
- Prepared: Starts with a unique item.
- Quick: Faster move speed.
- Magical Attack: Ranged attack that always hits.
- Poison Attack: Attacks poison enemies over time. This effect stacks.
- Splash Attack: Attacks can damage multiple enemies.
- Hex Attack: Attacks apply a damage-amplifying debuff to targets.
New Events
- Magic Beans
- Beanstalks and Giants
- Foxtail village
- Goblin War Rig - Thumbridge Weels
- Mushrooms in the pumpkins
- Bridge Out
- Horse Trading
- Traveling Performer
- Moon Fest
- Trade with the Huntsmen
- Research Project
- Wolf among the sheep
New Enemies/Creatures
- Storm Giant
- Mushroom Folk
- Thumbridge Weels
- Dire wolf
- Werewolf
- Battering Ram
- Goblin Spear-Chucker
- The Mothershroom
New Buildings
- The Lost Tower: Task workers to earn magic scrolls.
- Frost Tower
- Bell Tower
- Training Camp
36 Achievements!
Far too many other tweaks, fixes, and smaller improvements to list here.