With the latest update the player now has the option two choose from three game-start types. Tutorial, Story Mode and Sandbox Mode.
This should make for a quicker start-up for those who just want to get straight into the action!
Also, the option to omit character creation questions has been added.
BorderStrain 1.5 Now Released!
BorderStrain 1.5 is now Released!
Embark on an exciting adventure across the world of Pangea!
BorderStrain is an Open-World Sandbox ARPG which can be enjoyed both alone and with friends!
Some of the key-features include: -Loads of Loot! -Loads of Enemies! -Exciting Skill-Tree! -Endless World to Explore!
Join up now to make your mark on Pangea!
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Please report any bugs/issues either at the Community Hub or directly at admin@borderstrain.com
Homestead Patch is now Live!
This Patch focus on improving the Crafting System of the game as well as updating the GUI
New Updated GUI Interface Completely Revised Crafting System New Mining-Stance Available New Block-Type Added Various Smaller Fixes and Additions
New Crafting System: - All Crafting now shares a common resource: Resource Points - Materials such as Stone, Wood, Iron etc. gives different Resource Points - Items can be Salvaged for Resource Points - Collect & Learn new Blueprints to Craft - Scan & Build Complete Structures - Gathering Resource Points also yields an XP Reward
New Mining-Stance: - Press & Hold Use Button to start Mining - Mine Blocks to Gather Blueprints - Mining Ground and finding Ore Veins Yields Bonus Resource Points
New Block-Type: - Impeding Blocks - Deals Damage to anyone passing over - 3 Different Types Added - Collectable & Craftable
Minor hot-fixes are expected as this Patch goes Love
Happy Gaming!
Please report any bugs/issues either at the Community Hub or directly at admin@borderstrain.com
BorderStrain Mastery Patch Is Now Live!
This is the Third Larger Patch for BorderStrain
This Patch focus on improving the overall Skills used in the game
Multiple Skills Replaced Multiple New Skills Added Multiple Changes to Existing Skills
Melee Weapons have been damage increased significantly Update Melee Attack Effects Update Teleport Effect Added A Few New Area Visual Effects Updated Projectile Explosion Secondary Effects Added Ambient Sounds From Multiple Blocks Various Bug Fixes
Following Skills have been Changed:
Offensive: Rapid Fire -Attacks performed while Active now always are Instant-Hit type
Offensive: Burst-Shot -Projectiles spawned now has reduced Area-Effect
Following Skills Have Been Removed:
Defensive: Clone -Replaced with Infest
Defensive: Active Armour -Replaced with Cocoon
Stealth: Pull-Loot -Replaced with Death-Stance
Stealth: Negate-Attack -Replaced with Nova Strike
Offensive: Flamethrower -Replaced with Barrage-Stance
Offensive: Grenade-Volley -Replaced with Berserk
Utility: Auto-Repair -Replaced with Plasma Fence
Following Skills Have Been Added:
Basic: Empower -Increased the power of all other active Skills while active
Basic: Demolition Charge -Places a Demolition Charge that explodes after some time dealing Area-Damage and Bonus Damage against Blocks
Basic: Priomordial Rage -Each Kill while active adds a Stack. Each Stack gives Bonus Damage
Basic: Heavy Blow -Next Melee Attack deal Bonus Damage
Defensive: Cocoon -Creates a protective Cocoon while Active which Prevents Damage and increased Health Regeneration
Defensive: Infest -Deal Damage to target Creature. If killed it spawns a number of Friendly Spiders
Stealth: Nova Strike -Teleport towards closest Enemy and perform multiple Melee Attacks, each dealing Bonus Damage
Stealth Death-Stance -While Sniping Attacks now Pierce and damages all Enemies along bullet-path
Offensive: Barrage-Stance -While in Heavy Stance Attacks also spawn Secondary Projectiles upon impact
Offensive: Berserk -Player Receives Bonus Damage and Damage Reduction for each % Health missing while Active
Utility: Plasma Fence -Drag & Drop to Place a energy fence dealing Damage to all Creatures passing through while Active
Please report any bugs/issues either at the Community Hub or directly at admin@borderstrain.com
Wayfaring Hot-Fix Live
A Hot-Fix to the issues related to memory shortage causing a crash of the application is now live
This should improve any potential issues related to crashes upon loading encountered and I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused!
If you encounter any issues please report to the Community Hub or directly to admin@borderstrain.com and I will take action as quickly as possible
Best Regards
Wayfaring Patch: Add-on #1
An Add-on to the Wayfaring Patch is now released!
This Add-on fixes a number of bugs as well as add and updates some content:
New Bounty-Broker Quest: The Darkness
This is a brand new Bounty-Broker Quest which makes use of the added features of the Wayfaring Patch to add a brand new large quest area, with some new NPC dialogs and rewards!
Improvements:
-Updated Graphics on Stone and Wooden Walls
-3 New Floor Styles Added
-4 New Ceiling Styles Added
-2 New Light-source Blocks Added
-2 New Decorative Blocks Added
Bug-Fixes:
-Fixed a bug related to type of Loot dropped
-Fixed a bug related to potential Crashes when Loading Map or Dialog
-Fixed a bug related to new Creature-Spawner Block
-Fixed a bug related to Chest Inventory Slots
BorderStrain Wayfaring Patch Is Now Live!
This is the second larger content Patch for BorderStrain - Early Access.
The focus of this Patch is primarily to expand the World Environment as well as add new tools for the Map-Maker which will allow for larger and better future content.
With the Wayfaring Patch the game now support 25 times larger custom areas, as well as a lot of newly generated Areas. Each city now has a Bounty-Broker which can supply custom Quests and the Map-Maker now has support for making your own Quests which can appear at the Bounty-Broker!
Many new Blocks has also been added to allow for increased variation of areas and now also supports placement of Creature-Spawners which are invisible blocks that can be used to pre-populate and area with specific Creatures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSicC8qHQw
Summary of Main Features:
Super-Compound Areas: Special locations can now be designed which are 25 times bigger then previous maximum size. This will allow for the design of much more varying locations to adventure into!
Bounty-Broker: Rather then chasing NPCs for Quests each City now houses a Bounty-Broker which can be visited to aquire region specific Quests. The Map-Maker also has a new support for any new Quests in Player-Created Custom Expansions to appear at the Bounty-Broker
New Areas To Visit: A lot of new Content has been created in form of new Areas which can be found throuought the game!
New Blocks: Multiple new Blocks have been added to increase the amount of variation in newly created areas.
Enemy-Spawners: A new invisible Block type which can be used in the Map-Maker to Pre-Populate an Area with specific Creatures.
Resting: If all Players in the Game are resting then the game speeds-up. This allows to camp out the night for those Adventurers who prefer exploring during the day!
This Patch also contains various smaller bug fixes and patches
NOTE: For existing games, no areas which have already been generated will be replaced. Either create a new game, manually clear the data or travel to new non-generated areas.
Please report any bugs/issues either at the Community Hub or directly at admin@borderstrain.com
Patch 1.1.0.1 #Chat Function + Others
Patch 1.1.0.1 is now Live!
This Patch introduces In-Game Chat Functionality as well as various bits related to the recent 1.1 Pangea Patch
Added In-Game Chat Function
Added Creature Info When Mouse Is Close To Creature
Updated Waypoint & Checkpoint Block Graphics
Improved Fog
Increased Drop Rate of Sigils
Reduced Amount of Rain
Removed Unused Textures
If you notice any issues or bugs related to the new Patch, please report to the Community Hub or directly to admin@borderstrain.com
BorderStrain Pangea Patch Is Now Live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3WOBxvwX0
This is the first larger content Patch for BorderStrain - Early Access.
The focus of this Patch is primarily to expand the World Environment as well as add more gameplay in the form of new areas, new items and new special blocks!
With the Pangea Patch the world of Pangea now houses new, more alien areas. The World-Generator has been updated to provide better variation of the game world and new enivronmental conent and effects such multiple new Alien Trees, new Blocks and fog during Dawn and Dusk has been added!
For new Loot the Patch adds Sigils, Crystals and Log-Entries.
Sigils:
These are items which can be Infused in the Players Weapon to provide unique and powerful effetcs. Sigils gains XP and the more a Sigil is used the more Powerful it becomes. One intention here is also that it opens up for more Player Builds. There are a total of 12 different Sigils to be found in the game.
Crystals:
Crystals are a new typ of Consumable. They can provide different one-time Effects, such as an XP-Reward, a Terraforming Event or to control the Weather and Spawn-Rate of of Creatures and Enemies.
Log-Entries:
Log-Entries can now be found dropped in the game. They provide different short historical data of Pangea. The more Entries found the more backstory of Pangea can be discovered. Once the Player no longer feels a need for them they can also be Consumed for an XP Reward.
Special Lootable Blocks:
A new type of special blocks which can be found in the World. These special blocks, such as tainted alien eggs or floating crystals, can be destroyed for a large Loot Reward. However, they can also trigger dangerous events once destroyed so thread carefully!
This Patch also containes various smaller bug fixes and patches!
Please report any bugs found on the Community Forums or directly to admin@borderstrain.com.
We will be extra vigilant to hot-fix any potential bugs now during the release of this Patch!
Patch 1.0.0.9 #Hotfix
Patch 1.0.0.9 is now Live
This Patch is a small hotfix with urgent bugs
Fixed Bug in Town-Teleport Cube
Added Small Chance of Malfunction in Town-Teleport Cube
Fixed Issue With Chest-Resources Not Updating When Placed In Inventory
If you notice any issues or bugs related to the new Patch, please report to the Community Hub or directly to admin@borderstrain.com
