Heroes of a Broken Land 2
Finally 0.8.0!
The first in the 0.8.x series is focused on fixing skill descriptions and the various skill tool tips in the game. That work isn't complete yet - I'm not happy with how some information is presented - but most skills should have more accurate and relevant information.
The next few updates will be focused on bug fixes, quality of life issues like confusing UI and general polish.
Finally a Boss!
This is the last major feature planned before the final release, and marks a major milestone in development.
From here on out the focus is on balance, bug fixing and polish. That doesn't mean new content won't be added, but it will be added to fill out the existing content, fix balance issues and ensure the overall experience is complete and cohesive.
The end is in sight!
Version 0.7.5 updates:
- Final Boss!
- UI tweaks
- Fixes to monster skill selection
- Fix some missing skill icons
- Fix for auto-attack not using weapon skills properly
- Minor art tweaks
- Fix boss monster selection
- Fix for monsters standing in stairwells
- Crystal secret door lighting fix
- Fix Mug and similar skills from using energy
Another set of fixes
I hope to have some more exciting updates soon!
Version 0.7.4 changes:
- Fix issue on world map that could cause corruption/performance issues after object interaction
- Fix issue where smaller dungeons would fail to place monsters sometimes
- Reduce higher level rewards, such as world chests, now more reasonable
- Tweak dialog text layout
- Update a few UI icons
Minor fixes - but big things behind the scenes!
Behind the scenes the final features of the game are still undergoing development - a proper final boss battle being the main one. However, this does bring some pacing changes to combat and should make the various weapon types a bit more distinct and skill speeds more relevant. Let me know what you think!
Version 0.7.3 changes:
- Weapon type differences are now more pronounced
- Weapon icons updated
- Skill charge timing adjusted, most skills take longer to charge
- Change Jail Break quest to have higher chance of success
- Fix Mysterious Stranger treasure quest
- CPU performance improvements in dungeons
Polishing the buttons
A few long standing bugs have been finally fixed, one where player attributes would disappear in status screens for some players, another where you might continue moving after combat completes. Both have been around for a while so I'm glad to finally figured out and fixed them.
I've also changed how game speed works - it now affects only movement and combat charging not animation speed. This makes it a bit slower at the fastest settings in combat, but looks much smoother overall. Let me know what you think!
There's a fair bit of work under the hood to support some upcoming features, hopefully that work gets released soon!
Version 0.7.2 changes:
- Combat and adventure speed affect movement and action timing not animation
- Fix bug where stats and attributes are not visible on player status screen
- Fix issue where movement could happen after combat if moving while combat started
- Variety of UI cleanup, removed many placeholder UI elements
Finally faster saves!
Auto save hitches should be a thing of the past now. This was a long time coming, and I probably should have addressed this years ago, but it's now done!
I'll be back to more gameplay related features for the next updates.
Fixes and faster saves for the new year
I've also started to optimize save game times - the auto save time has always been annoying and fixing it now rather than later. This release has some nice improvement in save game speeds, but I'm still targeting them to be 2-4x faster than they are now, at least in dungeons.
Version 0.7.0.3 adds:
- Minor UI fixes in custom world creation
- Fix dungeon save rate settings not applied properly
- Optimize save game time (~50% faster)
The *final* last update for 2024
Version 0.7.0.1: Fix skill icon layout issues
Version 0.7.0.2: Fix dungeon generation misplacing keys
Last update of 2024
This update adds unique skill icons for each player skill - that's 328 unique skills! It takes a long time to even pick 328 different icons. I won't claim the icons are 100% finished, some need a bit of clean up and expect some tweaks over time, but they're all there now!
Even though I've bumped the version to 0.7, I haven't yet finished the multiparty work, that will be completed in the next update to two.
Version 0.7.0 brings:
- Icons added for each skill
- Allow adjusting lighting level in settings
- Fixed some broken skill descriptions
A slight change of pace
This update brings a few visual enhancements, such as starting to add individual icons for each skill (there are over 350 skills, so this will take time!), as well as adding job specific backgrounds to portraits. The backgrounds are not quite complete - each job will have a unique background eventually - but its a start. Similarly, the skill icons range from nearly-done to placeholder in quality, the goal is the get each skill an icon and then iterate on them until they all fit better.
Finally, this update brings a bug fix to Reinforced armour and a very large tweak of weapon and armour pricing. Let me know what you think!
- Add portrait backgrounds based on Job
- Start adding skill icons
- Fix "Reinforced" material from Level 2 Armourshop
- Readjusted weapon and armour prices
- Adjusted armour defense ratings