Added New Colosseum fights with progression and rewards!
Added New Action - choose to skip to next day anytime!
Added New Janitor button - Assign work anytime!
Added New Improved and redesigned UI!
Optimized most of the "school "code for improved performance!
Huge improvement to loading times, twice as fast.
Added bandit boss, all bandit raids has a 30% chance to spawn boss.
Added scouts, merchants and visitors that can arrive at the gates.
Changed visual feedback for how many hours left before night time.
Changed the tavern questline ending after tournament victory.
Tweaks to Food consumption system, no longer needed to click feed.
Tweaks to many texture sizes, this was causing wierd frame drops.
Tweaks to the game's balance, league opponents are now stronger.
Tweaks to total decoy weapons spawning in the school area.
Tweaks to rat infestation spawn locations in the school area.
Tweaks to gladiator AI, reworked algorithm for loyalty and actions.
Tweaks to opponent AI in arena combat for smarter ability usage.
Tweaks to all stun and bleed effect combat abilities.
Fixed many major UI bugs that could cause crashes.
Fixed crash issue which occured when starting a new game.
Fixed crash issue which occured when choosing a perk.
Fixed crash issue which occured when buying goods at market.
Fixed bugs with gladiators being invisible after arena fights.
Fixed issue with gladiators occasionally dropping through ground.
Fixed error when upgrading training items in school area.
Fixed bug with gladiators not getting experience from training.
Fixed bug where construction menu for support buildings not showing up.
Fixed a crash which occured when starting recruitment ceremony.
Fixed a crash which occured when sending gladiators on mission.
Fixed gladiator abnormal behaviors when enraged.
Fixed issue with janitor cleaning not working properly.
Fixed error with gladiators getting stuck in the bath.
Fixed error with gladiators getting stuck sleeping in bed.
Fixed error with gladiators getting stuck at workbench.
Fixed error with gladiators getting stuck at duel zone.
Fixed error with gladiators getting stuck at training items.
Fixed error with staff members not spawning properly when hired.
Fixed stuck in loading screen when more then 10 gladiators spawning
Fixed issue loading old save files that could cause crashes.
Many other tunings, redesigns and minor bugfixes.
Savefiles from all previous versions are compatible.
We’re already working on our next update for the game, so stay tuned for more news!
Good luck in the colosseum!!
Progress Update April 2018
Hi everyone,
First of all, sorry for the delay in publishing news about update v1.2. Here is a progress report!!
We love Gladiator School, there is so much we want to do to improve the game. We completely redid our hunger mechanics (Consuming Food Changes), tweaked practice automation vs micromanagement. We made a release ceremony to set gladiators free. We started redevelopment of the UI. More usability work. Lots more stability work. And then the testing of the new Colosseum with multiple gladiators fighting(3v3-6v6-9v9-12v12). We had a "dreams" list of things we wanted to do with the new arena. Work is now ongoing to fix issues and bugs that have come up along the way. Our key priorities must be met before we can roll out this update. Basically it will take as long as it needs to. Reworking major systems in a game like this takes time and there is only 2 of us. We promise to keep you guys updated!
When will the update come out?
We're now pretty confident that early in May 2018 is a realistic release date for the update but we won't hesitate to delay this if we aren't happy with the quality.
That’s all for now. Back to coding. Thanks for reading!
UPDATE 1.2 - COLOSSEUM coming out soon!!
A very common request from you guys in the Steam Forums is that the game needs to have more purpose for training multiple gladiators, so in version 1.2 we are adding: Colosseum!!
Colosseum is a new feature where you sign up multiple gladiators to fight teams of enemys in a new faster progression. The rewards for victory in this huge battle will be much greater then in the Pit or the Arena.
Since December, Gladiator Schools review score has decreased from (Very Positive) to (Mixed). In response to this downturn, we believe the best thing we can do is to listen and make improvements. This has led to a number of changes in our plans and schedule for future updates. Lots of players returned to the game last update and we hope that the same thing will happen next patch.
Most of our focus in this update is that the player should be motivated to train more gladiators.There has been a lot of development work experimenting with a "Tired" system so gladiators will have to rest after fights or they get penalty to HP/STA/DMG. We have also been exploring other options to try to implement more rewarding gameplay for having more gladiators. But so far we think the "Colosseum" is the best way to encourage multiple gladiators.
We can not announce an exact release date today because it just creates stress and interferes with our ability to optimize the development process. We are working hard to make sure it comes out as fast as it can and since we are not in Early Access anymore we must test these new changes to make sure everything works and that takes abit more time.
Thanks everyone for your patience, and a massive shout-out to everyone who helped out with suggestions and feedback!! It matters to us! We hope you will like next patch!
Thanks for reading. Cya soon!
/Raptor Claw
Gamer Career Tycoon - Coming soon!
Add to your Wishlist and Follow! http://store.steampowered.com/app/567750/Gamer_Career_Tycoon/
Gamer Career Tycoon puts you into the shoes of a simple gamer trying to survive. You'll be juggling your gaming addiction, work, recreational time, and possible stardom.
Gamer Career Tycoon will be out in Late February. It is a complete full release and not Early Access.
When will Gladiator School v1.2 update come out?
The short answer is: not yet. We're still working on the content update v1.2 for Gladiator School, which among other things adds some great new stuff from community suggestions! We love the game and we hope that the launch of Gamer Career Tycoon will help support continued development of Gladiator School so we can follow our plan.
Community suggestions
We are reading your feedback and suggestions everyday! Head to the community forums if you want to make a suggestion. http://steamcommunity.com/app/556860/discussions/0/2381701715733485451/
As always, thank you for your support, you rock!
Cheers!
/Raptor Claw
Patch Notes v1.1.474
<*> Added new functionality to Beast pens, spectate beast fights
<*> Added new "shady dealer" fights with black market betting (unlock from tavern questline)
<*> Added new sleep button to skip to next day faster (it will appear at the end of each day)
<*> Added shortkeys for Pause-Play-Speed (Keybinds 1-2-3)
<*> Added crowd animations in pit and arena
<*> Added 20 new enemy and beast textures
<*> Updated beast abilitys, unlock combo attacks and ultimate
<*> Updated tooltips and new textures to medic beds in stage 2
<*> Tweaked experience gained from all training, more then tripled
<*> Tweaked skillpoints bonus gained to triple amount each victory
<*> Tweaked damage bonus gained from victory by double amount
<*> Tweaked health bonus gained from victory by double amount
<*> Tweaked stamina bonus gained from victory by double amount
<*> Changed cost for Beast pens construct, cut down to 150 planks
<*> Changed cost for Medium school upgrade, cut down to 500 coins
<*> Changed cost for Large school upgrade, cut down to 2000 coins
<*> Tweaked drop chances for items from chest after victory
<*> Changed duel zone, gladiators no longer gets knocked out
<*> Fixed issues with free pit fights not available when 0 coins
<*> Fixed issues with auto practice not working correctly
<*> Fixed issue with gladiators not returning from contracts
<*> Fixed issue with rats spawning without infestations
<*> Tweaked respawn time for dirt piles, more than doubled
<*> Fixed story market arena textures
<*> Fixed issues with tavern dialogue not working
<*> Fixed bandits victory screen
<*> Fixed support buildings camera when bandit raid
<*> Fixed promotion window so it can be closed
<*> Updated tutorial, added "Knocked out"
<*> Updated bottom user interface, added shortcut to gladiator
<*> Changed location for League interface button
<*> Added tooltips to explain skillpoints
<*> Fixed several issues with crashing in loading screen
<*> Numerous minor bug/grammar/graphics fixes
<*> Savefiles from previous version are compatible
Thanks for your support! <3
/Raptor Claw
DevLog: Community suggestions, balance fixes and youtube picks.
Hello everyone!
Thank you for purchasing Gladiator School and supporting the game! With your help we’ll be able to keep updating and adding more content. We have BIG plans for this game. We'd also like to thank everyone who helped spread the word, who took the time to stream our game, those of you who have been sharing, following along and upvoting tags! Every bit helps out.
So what have we been working on over the past weeks?
We’re currently focusing on two major areas. Fixing game balance in early game and the first big post-launch content update(v1.1) that will include a mixed match of new things - No spoilers here yet :)
After loads of feedback regarding early game we have been busy tweaking balance to make the early game abit faster. The amount of skillpoints that it costs to unlock skills, ultimate and change weapon/gear is being looked over aswell.
Devteams fav coverage picks past few weeks:
Here is a couple great Youtubers and streamers making amazing videos about the game, we love it!!
"JaWoodle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STgMsYiyGuM
"Yippee Ki Yay Mr Falcon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyvAFDbLW0E
"ModiOperandus" - Gladiator School with Viewer Names
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/203314172
We plan to strongly involve the game's community to decide what other features are added next in coming updates. Everybody can make suggestions on how to improve and further develop the game.
We put our heart and soul into this project and we are very proud to present Gladiator School to the world.
Leaving Early Access is not the end! It’s only the BEGINNING for Gladiator School, we have a whole host of ideas for new features and content. The future is looking very bright! Let us know in the forum if you have suggestions regarding future updates.
Plans for future updates:
Workshop mod support
More locations - "Town" with weekly Village NPC events(fishing contest)
Temple - Make offerings of blood or gold in order to get the gods blessings
More buildings, research options and staff in the school grounds
Customize your gladiators barrack rooms and training equipment
Build statues in school entrance to honor your champion
Support buildings upgrades - 3 additional stages
Enchant weapon and armor with bonus stats
More NPC quests with special assignments and fights
Improved combat with more skills and abilitys
Black market betting (30 % discovery penalty)
Invest in arenas across the empire and track earnings
Improved and reworked beastpen
Return of Chariot Racing?
After this PC release we also have plans to add:
Mac and Linux compatibility
Steam Achievements and Trading Cards
Translations for German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese
A HUGE THANKS to every single person who helped with testing and improved the game with their feedback and suggestions!
Cheers!
/Raptor Claw
UPDATE v1.0 (Build 468) - ONE WEEK LEFT!!
We are just one more week away from Gladiator Schools full launch on November 9th.
Thanks to all your support with testing, we are happy to now push the build with an updated tutorial, improved crowd meter mechanics, tons of new enemys(BIG ENEMYS) for the arena, bugfixes, polishing and lots of memory optimization. Let us know if you have feedback or suggestions.
We have now been working on Gladiator School for over a year and it shaped up to be a game that we are really proud of. Our plan going forward is to keep expanding with more features and content even after the full release. There is huge potential for new unique gameplay that have not been touched yet that we strongly feel will fit the game perfectly.
Help us spread the word!
We are 2 people in our team. Both of us much prefer working on the game to marketing the game. We hope that if we focus on making a great game the game will eventually promote itself and people will find it. But, for something as important as our fullversion Steam release, we think it's worth making some effort to get the word out. Wish us luck! And, if anyone has any ideas for ways to spread the word, we would be happy to hear them in the comments or in the forum!
As always, thank you so much for your support. See you on the 9th!! <3
Cheers!
/Raptor Claw
GLADIATOR SCHOOL IS LEAVING EARLY ACCESS NEXT MONTH!
We’re excited to announce the release date for Gladiator School. Full version of the game will be available worldwide on November 9th, 2017 for PC via Steam.
Thank you for staying with us through this amazing year of development. There is going to be atleast one more major content update before launch that will add a proper tutorial, more arena content and other suprise goodies.
A huge THANK YOU to all testers for your feedback and suggestions during EA!!!
Finally, we just want to say that leaving Early Access is not the end! It’s only the BEGINNING for Gladiator School, we have a whole host of ideas for new features and content. The future is looking very bright!
Content for future updates:
- Workshop mod support
- More locations - "Town" with weekly Village NPC events(fishing contest)
- Temple (Make offerings of blood or gold in order to get the gods blessings.
- More buildings, research options and staff in the school grounds
- Build statues in school entrance to honor your champion
- Support buildings upgrades - 3 more stages
- More NPC quests with special assignments and fights
- Improved combat with more skills and abilitys
- Black market betting (30 % discovery penalty)
- Support buildings upgrades - 3 stages
- Invest in arenas across the empire and track earnings
- Improved and reworked beastpen
- Return of Chariot Racing
After the PC release we also have plans to add: (Please be patient, stay tuned for more info about this in the weeks ahead):
- Mac and Linux compatibility
- Steam Achievements and Trading Cards
- Translations for German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese
Let us know in the forum if you have suggestions regarding future updates.
Alright, now it's time to go back to the bugfixing :D See you on the 9th!!
Cheers!
/Raptor Claw
UPDATE v0.9 LIVE NOW!
The big content update for weapons and combat is finally here!!
Here are the patch notes:
TONS of new weapon textures added!
Huge improvements to mechanics and animations in combat!
Weapons now gets upgraded based on weapon level!
Experience gain after wins in arena is back!
3 new research options, display your gladiator at market
Winning any league now grants one extra bonus actionpoint
Speech, Boost, Sparring and Party is now much faster
Sending gladiator on contract now goes 10 times faster
All waiting times and delays in the game are faster
Tooltips added in "Gear" for Helmets and Armor
New textures for floors and "training area" in school
Weapon quality for enemys now are progression based
Fixed several crash issues
Numerous minor bug/grammar/graphics fixes
Savefiles from previous version are compatible
A HUGE THANKS to every single person who helped with testing and improved the game with their feedback and suggestions.
