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Early Access 1.1.5
[GENERAL]
- Greatly improved rubber banding
- Reworked world creation to use multiple canvasses rather than 1 big canvas. This will allow the game to be played on older GPUs where before it would crash
- Fixed various client crashes (thank you for all the feedback and patience!)
- Improved paths to more consistently offer a speed boost
[UI]
- Fixed a graphical glitch that was showing the quest panel header when you didn't have any quests
- Items are now cleared from crafting when closed
[SERVER]
- Fixed various server crashes
- Fixed an issue that only caused mobs to regain aggro when on full health (this is what was causing bosses to regain their health when their first target died)
1.1.4 Crash Fix
Early Access 1.1.4
[GENERAL]
- Double drops from Luck spells now affect all player loot equally (previously it was calculated per player so some players would get double drops and some wouldn't) (feedback: Roccandil)
- The lower limit on earning XP from mobs is now 1 (previously 3: this will mean that more mobs give you XP than before)
- Enemies that won't give you XP now highlight gray when aggro'd to you
- You can no longer be affected by more than 1 INT spell at a time (the highest value radius spell is used)
- You're now "tagged" for loot and XP if you're marked as being in combat with an enemy (this means that spells and support roles now earn XP and loot without having to melee hit the target)
- You now restore 10% HP per second when out of combat (rather than +10 HP per second)
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Frost Cloud Mount from drawing (feedback: Klekotnik)
[UI]
- Added tooltips to settings options
- Added item amounts to the hotbar (this will be reworked with the API soon to ensure that consumed items aren't on the hotbar)
- Re-added players online text in the top right
- Fixed the chat box backing
- You can now toggle chat by clicking on the chatbox
[SERVER]
- Improved security
- Greatly reduced teleportation sensitivity (this should help with the rubber banding issue some users are experiencing)
- Resource nodes are no longer caught in chain aggro (feedback: Roccandil)
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from dying within 24m of a headstone
- Fixed an issue which was causing idle player updates to spam console logs
- Fixed a server crash caused by idle players
- Fixed an issue where Luck drop percentage worked inverse (IE 1% had a higher chance of double drops than 100%) (feedback: Klekotnik)
- Fixed an issue that was causing people on slower connections to not be able to launch the game (thank you Rilansis!)
Early Access 1.1.3
[GENERAL]
- The world no longer zooms out as far on zone changes
- Conversation panels now close when moving away from the NPC
- Fixed a crash when mousing over the hotbar on launch
- Fixed an issue that caused the death animation to not move at the intended speed
- Fixed an issue that caused other players to not display as moving at the correct speed
- Fixed an issue that caused enemies to bleed and make hit sounds when regaining health
[CONTENT]
- New Armour Tier
- New Weapon: Hero's Dagger
- Greatly improved the XP given by Spiders, Cave Spiders, Barbarians, Wolves, Gray Wolves, Bears and the Phoenix Boss
- Cave Spiders now have a 75% chance of dropping Vial of Poison (up from 35%)
- Added a new quest to the Farmer in Hunter's Farm
- Added more Exotic Material nodes to Shieldbreak Mine
- Reduced the amount of Poison Vial required for Bartender Fred's 2nd quest to 3 (previously 10)
- Increased the number of Poison Spiders that spawn in Westlum
- Increased the number and variety of enemies in Shieldbreak Mine
- Added some trees to the Blacksmithing area in Squall's End
- Removed bugged quest from Dancing Man*
- Fixed the sprite drawn when talking to the Guard outside of Squall's End barracks*
- Fixed some collisions in Shieldbreak Mine
[UI]
- Added a level indicator to chat messages
- Added new login loading pages
- Added Scrolling to the Quest Hub
- Added keyboard controls to crafting
- Added descriptions to character points and levels
- Added new 'quit game' button to settings
- Added an online player count
- Responses to NPCs are no longer cut off by the panel borders
- Fixed panels not closing on player movement
- Fixed HUD toggle warning to appear at the correct time
- Fixed Available Points not updating when leveling up
- Fixed player health bars not showing once taking damage
- Fixed spelling of "Shields" in crafting and "Quests" in settings
- Removed useless text in the Quests panel
- Removed titles for empty categories in the Quests panel
- Removed quitting game by pressing enter in settings
- Removed list of player names
[SERVER]
- Fixed an issue that was causing enemies to not drop Old World Crystals
Early Access is here!
I started BrawlQuest in 2017 in my first year of University. It went through so many different iterations, rewrites and design changes that people would constantly be asking me "When is BrawlQuest releasing?" as a bit of an inside joke.
Well, bizarrely and excitingly here it is. 4 years on. Finally. BrawlQuest: Early Access. An MMORPG created by a team of 2.
Right now, there's a lot of stuff you can do in the game:
- Level from 1 - 25
- Earn gear / loot
- Harvest resources and craft items
- Find rare mounts including BOATS
- Fight against bosses
- Completely quests for kind-hearted (although sometimes murderous) NPCs
- Explore a pretty large world
This is just the start. We'll be aiming to add in new content weekly and major features as fast as we can design and implement them. There's still some work to be done on the world and many more quests to be added, but we're extremely excited to dig into feedback both positive and negative.
We hope that you'll be joining us on this journey and experience BrawlQuest as it grows. Thank you!
Tom
Closed Beta 1.1.2
[GENERAL]
- The game now autologs you in via Steam (please contact Pebsie to have your character transferred)
- Fixed a bug that was causing other players to not move at the correct speed
- Fixed an issue that was causing quests to not give XP
- Optimised movement for better performance on higher refresh rate displays and lower end systems
- You now glide smoothly on death to give a better idea as to your location
[CONTENT - NEW]
- New Mount: Corrupted Steed
- New Mount: Cloud of Frost
- New Quests: Need For Steed, 2 Need 2 Steed, The Thing with the Permafrost, The Thing with Bartender Fred II, The Thing Itself
- New Zone: The Permafrost (with new quests and enemies)
- New Reagent: Essence of Frost (this will be used for raid attunement in an upcoming patch)
- New Boss: Entity of Frost
- New Pickaxe: Ice-Touched Pickaxe
- New Mob spell: Spawn Nearby
- New Mana Potion: Frosty Brew
[CONTENT - CHANGES]
- Opened up the waterway between Pirate Cove and The Foglands
- Increased the amount of Corrupted Steed that spawn around Carus' camp
[UI]
- You can now skip NPC dialogue by pressing space
- You now need to hold M1 or M2 to add or remove character points (and can do multiple at a time)
- Fixed an issue that caused the level requirement to not display properly when crafting an item
- Fixed health float text size
[SERVER]
- Added a profanity filter to character name and chat messages
- Added a character limit of 20 to names
- Players can no longer earn the same item offering over and over again from an NPC (RIP Infinite Cabbage Glitch, 2021-2021)
- Added the ability to add/remove multiple character points at once (feedback: Finn Panther)
Closed Beta 1.1.1
- Fixed an issue that was causing a crash when encountering an uninitialised player
- Fixed an issue that was causing a crash when creating a new character
[CONTENT - CHANGES]
- Reworked character points. You're now given character points controlled per level (half level rounded up, level 25 gives 20 CP)
Closed Beta 1.1 Changelist
[CONTENT - NEW]
- Added Questing (there are currently only 2 quests which serve as samples: both are acquirable by speaking to Bartender Fred. More will be coming very shortly!)
[CONTENT - CHANGES]
- You now gain half the character points for each level you gain (e.g 1 at level 2, 1 at level 3, 5 at level 10, 10 at level 20...)
- Horses now move at 3.4 m/s
- Eagles now move at 4 m/s (up from 3.4 m/s)
- Boats now move at 1.5 m/s (up from 1 m/s)
- Pirate Boats now move at 2 m/s (up from 1 m/s)
- Bartender Fred will now sell you Bear Meat when asked
- Updated the Blacksmith's dialogue to match the current crafting system
[GENERAL - CHANGES]
- Different mounts can now offer different speeds (the "Finn Panther" update ;))
- You now move 40% faster when walking on paths
- Other players with variable speeds now smooth movement correctly
- Items now have an associated level and you can't use items that are a higher level than your character
- Enemies that target you now have a Red outline
- Enemies that target you now draw a line between you and them once a second until they are no longer targetting you
- Added a "path" step sound effect
- We've done a "pass" on every item in the game and updated various values and level requirements
[GENERAL - FIXES]
- Fixed an issue that was causing Buddies to not be visible on other players
- Fixed an issue that caused the Level drop floor to be 9 rather than 10
- Fixed a crash that was occurring at launch for new players
- Fixed a crash that would occur when loading enemy sound effects (this is more of an internal thing as it allows us to store other file types in the SFX folder)
- Fixed an issue that was causing Old World Crystals to not be dropped by any boss
- Character points now scale correctly when losing a level due to death
- You can no longer have negative character points: if you do then your stats will be reset to 1,1,1 on death
- Updated Tutorial text to match current gameplay
- Removed the "HOLD TO ATTACK" tutorial auto trigger
- NPCs will now remember what place they were with you in a conversation
- Blood now only spurts from the player when taking damage
- The amount of blood that spurts from players now reflects the amount of damage taken
[UI]
- Overhauled the font sizes on UI panels for better readability
- Added a new popup for when the player levels up
- Added a Skull image next to enemies that are too powerful for you to fight alone
- Added a Red Glow to the screen when taking damage
- Added a flashing indicator to show you have available character points points
- Added an armour panel to easily see how armour is effecting the player (this opens when hovering over the character panel)
- Fixed crafting not scrolling properly on first launch
- Changed the text in the quests panel to be slightly larger
- Changed zone tile
[SERVER]
- Converted Mounts to output Item objects
- Fixed an issue that was causing enemy TargetName to not be sent to the client correctly
- Fixed an issue that was preventing Old World Crystal drops to not be cleared.
- Bosses now reset everyday at 11pm (server time)
- Added an "Events" API to pave the way for better player feedback on in-game actions in the future
- We can now alter NPC conversation while the server is running
- If a player within 4m of you is a target then you are now counted as being in combat (this fixes an issue where boss fights were trivial when not solo'd)
[NOTES]
- Temporarily disabled level loss on death
- All character stats have been reset to 1
- Temporarily disabled NPC quest & item giver indicators
- The infinite item bug isn't yet fixed
NOTICE: End of Support for 1.0.6
As we're prepping for Beta 1.1 - our biggest update yet - we need to start the transition on the live server. As a result the current Beta - 1.0.6 - will not be playable until the new update is live. Once the game launches we'll set up an appropriate dev server to make this transition smoother in the future.
Look out for Beta 1.1 heading live later today.