Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Forced
FORCED v1.03 live!
Hi everyone, today we've got a number of fixes focused on alleviating the network and crashing issues people have had since launch.
Here's the changelog:
FORCED v1.03 changelog
30/10/2013
General
Reduced memory usage in Main menu, Preparation Room and Hall of Trials. This should fix many of the crashed people have experienced.
The mouse is now locked in the window when playing in fullscreen mode.
Vsync option available in settings.
Fixed an issue with some ability descriptions not appearing when right-clicked.
Network
Implemented friend invites, you can now invite and connect to your friends directly through the steam overlay. Using this feature will also help in connecting to people.
Opened server list search to all download regions for steam. This will enable everyone to find games from around the world. Beware however that this will mean some connections might be unstable and cause lag.
Made an attempted fix at the issues with massive network spikes with regular intervals.
Linux
Fixed some issues preventing players from proceeding past the starting screen.
Fixed some issues with the mark system not working on Linux.
Thank you all for helping us find information about these issues, and keep reporting issues so we can keep fixing them!
Patch 1.02 going live!
This patch contains:
A fix in corrupted files that we believe made some trials unplayable or made the game crash at load times on some systems.
The warlock would get stuck when trying to cast a spell on a Spirit Decoy. No mo’.
Search range. You can now search for games by their location relative to you (Near, Far, World wide). We still havn’t been able to fix pings for all, but this should help with the issue of finding games with good ping.
German translation had some words missing – It is fixed now! Bitte schön.
The beginning of an invite system (for some reason you’ll have to join the game twice for it to work as it is now. Working on it)
As always, we've done some internal testing of this version, but we'll try and get right on with working on the next patch, so if you encounter any issues, please let us know. That's what we're here for ;)
- Kristian Klie - BetaDwarf's Code Monkey
Saturday Morning Patching
Hi there!
You might have noticed a little patch and a really hasty second patch this morning. That was just us trying to rework the entire matchmaking structure (hey what could go wrong), then failing, pulling our hair and reverting to a (more) stable build.
We'll try again later with some more testing, and hopefully that will help with the current server list issues.
Virtual Regards,
Kristian Klie - BetaDwarf
Servers online again!
Hey everyone, the servers are now up.
Thanks for waiting, now the experience should go much smoother as the community expands.
Remember we would still love to hear from you regarding any issues you find :)
Servers under heavy load
Hi everyone,
FORCED is currently receiving a lot more attention than we had initially expected, and we're afraid our servers might not be up for the task, so we're trying to upgrade our capacity to pre-empt any problems.
Unfortunately, this means the network might be down for some time, but we're expecting it to be running smoothly in a few hours.
Singleplayer will still be available of course, and you can play local co-op if you have friends nearby, so don't let technical issues stop you!
We thank you for your patience.
-BetaDwarf
FORCED v1.0 Released!
Hello everyone, today we’ve got the final build of FORCED for you, with the last few bug-fixes we could squeeze in before launch!
We want to thank everyone who participated in the early development of FORCED, it wouldn't have been the same without you!
We will keep working and expanding on the game in the future, making patches and new content for all the Gladiators out there, so stay tune for more FORCED action!
FORCED changelog v1.0
24/10/2013
Preparation Room
Rearranged the preparation room GUI to make room for localized text.
Tutorial
Fixed an issue with a number of objectives not displaying properly
Trial 24 - A bone To Pick; Fixed an issue with the visual build-up for Mordar’s Ball Nova.
Localization
Fixed a number of issues with missing localization.
FORCED v0.9 released!
Hello everyone, a quick patch after the last one, this one brings localization for Russian, Spanish, Swedish, German(90%) and Portugese(90%) as well as a few bugfixes.
FORCED changelog v0.9
24/10/2013
Hall of Trials
Fixed an issue with new crystal GUI displaying the incorrect number of crystals
Tutorial
Fixed an issue with a number of objectives not displaying properly
Skills
Removed citation marks from skill names.
Fixed an issue with cooldown GUI not displaying properly
Localization
Swedish language option now available in-game
Spanish language option now available in-game
Russian language option now available in-game
Portugese language option now available in-game (mostly)
German language option now available in-game (mostly)
In a few hours we'll have the very last things up, and then FORCED is live!
FORCED version 0.8
FORCED changelog v0.8
24/10/2013
General
Inserted ending movie, enjoy the outro to the story!
Inserted credits.
Steam integrations
Steam Offline mode is now implemented.
German Steam achievements localized
Russian Steam achievements localized
Hall of Trials
Inserted the Hall of Glory statues; stories from our kickstarter backers and the world. They can be found outside the entrance to the Hall of Trials.
Trial 25 - The Master
Rebalanced some abilities, increasing and decreasing damage to balance the difficulty.
Fixed an issue with Trial 25 not awarding crystals to progress properly.
Twitch
Stream icons now available on the Campaign leaderboards as well.
Input
Implemented Keyboard setup. It can be found in Settings.
FORCED version 0.67
Hello everyone, as some of you have noticed we uploaded a new build, and we're pretty excited about the stuff we've brought to you this time, even if some of it is rather small fixes and improvements.
FORCED changelog v0.67
19/10/2013
General
Aligned the versions for PC, Mac and Linux. All platforms should now be able to connect to each other
Fixed some issues with the profiles system
Fixed some issues with music and dialogue volumes and timings.
Implemented drop-out lobby, if a client leaves a 3-4 player game, the remaining players will enter a lobby together.
Hall of Trials
Chamber 4 population in Hall of Trials finalized.
Trials
Trial 9, fixed an issue with a shrine cooldown icon appearing permanently for clients.
Trial 18 - Lunch Time
Improved visual feedback of the Fly Swarm
Improved Graw’s death animation.
Trial 21, improved death animation and effect of the Blood Machine.
Trial 24, inserted and improved some visual effects to make Mordars spells clearer.
Trial 25 - The Master
Implemented remaining missing audio
Fixed an issue with players dying after the battle ended.
Implemented new challenges for some trials
Trial 12: Don't destroy any spawnershrines
Trial 13: Don't recieve any healing
Trial 16: Call the orb only once.
Trial 18: Only let 4/6/6/8 eggs hatch.
Trial 22: Never go below 180 health.
Survival mode
The Amphitheatre now has no limit on crystals while playing.
Enemies
Increased Taurus’ pin damage from 5 dmg/tick to 10 dmg/tick.
Increased Warlocks pin starting damage from 1 dmg/tick to 5 dmg/tick. (Still increasing by 1 every tick.
Frost Shield
Fixed an issue with the player not being able to cast Slick Moves while holding down attack.
Storm Bow
Improved visual effect of Lightning Storm so that it doesn’t obscure the battlefield too much.
Known Issues
Some of the new challenges don’t have correct texts.
2-Player and 4-player winners!
The weekend tournament is finally over and wrapped up, here are the winners of the last two modes:
2-player winners;
1st: Frolige & Dynamic ~.~ with 12:31
2nd: DCI & ptx with 12:29
3rd: FxBlaster & Vinyl Scratch with 12:16
A close run, and some incredble skill shown!
4-player winners;
1st: suikoden, Súb, Frolige, Dynamic ~.~ with 08:56
2nd: dci, Vinyl Scratch, enifant, ptx with 08:30
3rd: Mauro, skrff <(ツ)>™, Millenlol, Mr2 Mighty Pirate™ with 08:10
We're in the process of contacting the winners to organize the prizes.
Thanks to all the people who participated in the tournament, it was amazing to see all the good streaming!
