Today's announcement is very hot!
Get ready for a whole new game experience in Just One Line thanks to many changes in the game balance. We are calling it "The Prohibitionist Update" as it shifts focus from relying -almost entirely- on drinks for power-ups to switching and upgrading gear instead. The Armory inventory has been completely updated in stats and prices in order to improve the longevity of the game and to set targets (weapons, armors or trinkets) for the players to reach more gradually than before. The game should feel more "right", challenging and rewarding now.
This is our first attempt to achieve the best game balance possible but it will not be the last. As the quest library grows many other changes will be made along the way. If you have not been visiting the Inn for a long while, this is your great opportunity to play Just One Line once again! We will wait for your feedback and thoughts on our Community Hub and Discord. And if you happen to be a new player, your opinion matters as much!
Please Note: we advise to retire any active Adventurer and start a new game altogether to fully appreciate the changes of this update, even if you just started a new game before the update. Should you encounter any major blocking issue, try using a different user profile or reset the profile in use.
A new weapon is available as a sword variant in the Armory: the Night's Scar. The Night's Scar was designed by the player Zeed in our first "Draw a New Weapon for Just One Line" (Facebook) Contest.
Kudos to Zeed! And thank you to all who participated!
If you want to create new content for the game too, keep following us on our social media and Steam Community Hub for future contests!
We have made a new awesome Steam Trailer for Just One Line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cRD6LjpjO8
What do you think, Adventurers? Do you like it better than the previous one?
Last but not the least, we have just made available the demo version of Just One Line, for any one of you Adventurers who are still feeling unsure about our game. Come and try firsthand what Just One Line can offer!
The demo lets the player embark on three epic quests from the full game with four unlocked backgrounds and three unlocked races to choose from when creating your characters. Demo players will not be able to retire their adventurers nor the send them to the leaderboard. The Armory will not have as many items as the full game. But, hey!, it is just a demo, isn' it?
Here is the complete changelog for the patch 0.12:
"Prohibitionist" Game Balance - Quests
Duration (days) updated.
Location association changed.
Rewards updated.
Renown for completing the quests updated.
Questboard spawn requirements adjusted.
- Armory
Items' stats and prices drastically changed.
Shields grant damage reduction.
Sword and mace categories have been swapped.
Axe damage type has been changed to be more effective against heavily armored foes.
- Gameplay
Starting gold to 100.
Proficiencies swapped between Herald and Rogue.
Damages and HP do not get affected by attributes increase due to the equipment (weapons, armors or trinkets) and drinks.
Damage reduction given by weapons and armors does not affect any type of damage received outside of combat. Damage reduction obtained by drinks and trinkets stack with that of masteries for damages received outside of combat damages.
Mastery update: Shield Brother's mastery is now 2 damage reduction from fight-type damages received outside of combat.
Mastery update: Hounds' +1 Damage now shows in the damage count.
Other changes:
Weapon Variant: the Night's Scar sword is now available. Night's Scar was designed by Zeed, the winner of our first Facebook "Draw a new weapon" contest.
Weapon: new pose of the adventurer when equipped with the arquebus.
Character creation: locked backgrounds are now dimmer/more transparent when selected.
Main menu: news carousel revamped with banner images, arrows and social icons.
Main menu: snow effect removed from the overworld.
Quest typos corrected.
Other fixes: fix to the title drawing system, minor fix to the tutorial system, armory (disable incompatible trinkets and potions when returning from a quest).
The King's humble servants,
- JOL Studios.
Halloween Sale and Theme
Greetings Adventurers!
First of all, we announce our first sale: Just One Line is on a -20% sale till November 2nd!
With today's update we bring a spooky and celebratory atmosphere upon the Kingdom!
Your beloved Little Horn Inn's innkeeper has adorned the Inn with Halloween "decorations" and so have done many other inhabitants of the Kingdom.
Oh, and something mysterious is happened in the Armory! Certain items(*) have been polymorphed by an unknown entity and they turned into something quite funny!
Come to the Kingdom and see what is new!
Not long ago we released a new quest and it was a big deal... Get ready to be definitely thrilled now. Unsheathe your weapons, prepare your spells, disguise yourselves and join us for a drink at the Tavern! Today's patch is huge, in fact, it is the biggest we have ever published so far.
A new race is now available: the Dwarf! In fact, this update mainly revolves around Dwarfs.
Here is the Patch 0.11 complete changelog:
Game Port
GNU/Linux (thus SteamOS) version is now available!
Unlocks
Race: Dwarf.
Background: Herald.
New Quests
"Un-arranged" Marriage.
Alchemical Supplies.
Time-rifted Quests (Quests already in the game that are revamped with new branches and/or randomly occurring side events)
Trouble with Bandits.
Laments in the Cemetery.
Rats in the Basement.
Location
Dwarven Entrance.
Titles and Achievements
4 titles.
2 new achievements. ("Snooper!" and "Trickster")
Game Items
3 beards.
2 skins (Constable armor and Arquebus)
1 variant (the Pickaxe)
Bugfixes, Changes, Misc
In-game credits updated.
The bulletin tab is now first in the innkeeper window.
Quests in the diary are now listed from top to bottom.
Many typos fixed and minor text changes (Dragon, Dragon Hunt, Laments in the Cemetery, Goblin Invasion, Fallen Brother).
Leaderboard: rank values fixed.
Adventurer rotation in the paperdoll (creation menu) now resets properly when the player changes race.
Shop: changing skin/variant right after a shop notice (not enough gold, etc) resulted in unexpected behaviors.
See you all in the Tavern, Adventurers!
- The King's humble servants.
User Generated Contents
Greetings Adventurers!
JOL Studios is very glad to make its biggest announcement since our early days here on Steam as a Steam Early Access title. We are talking about: User Generated Content (or UGC)!
We've been teasing and hinting about UGCs for Just One Line since the beginning but today we want to give you a little more details on what you can expect from them. As of 2018(*), you -Adventurers- will be able to exploit the Steam Workshop for:
Quests: create your own adventures and have others have fun playing them as well!
Skins: create new textures for weapons and armors in the Armory.
Variants: create new 3D models for weapons and armors in the Armory.
About Skins & Variants: we will publish brief technical guidelines to help you create contents the right way. Your content will be voted by the Community and the most unique and upvoted will be included in the game.
About the Quests: you will be able to create your own stories. This will be possible thanks to a software we call Quest Editor! This powerful tool will be feature-complete as the one we currently use to create the main quests but it will be much more user-friendly and it will come with a set of new features specifically designed for the Community... Get ready to share your adventures with all the Adventurers in the Kingdom!
You will be able to:
Create brand new stories.
Make up your own characters: tustworthy allies or fearsome enemies?
Write about new and extraordinary locations.
Create events for the player to take part in.
Choose what to check when branching your storyline (attributes, relationships, race, background, gender, etc!).
Choose the consequences for the player's actions!
Add traps, fights and (de)buffs!
Link your quest(s) with other player's quests or with your previous quests. Create follow-up quests (or prequels).
Make the game remember about specific events during your quests.
Set a privacy level for each quest you make. This will let you choose whether to allow other players to reference your quest or not.
Use an in-tool feature to play-test your quest long before submitting it in order to fix bugs and make sure it is fun to play.
Create alternative stories (branches) for already published quests.
Tag and filter quests by genre/setting/age rating/language/etc once they hit the Workshop.
Lastly, you will be able to submit the quests to the Steam Workshop of course. The best and high-quality quests -by JOL Studio's approval- will be added to the game and the Community will be able to rate them.
The best thing about the Quest Editor is that it will be completely free for anyone with a Steam copy of the game!
Last but not least, content creators may even make a profit out of their Steam Workshop items.
Before we sign out we would like to talk a bit about an upcoming patch. We are going to release a big content update in the near future. You can definitely expect it to be big, it will be a Time Rift update (3 quests) + Quest Pack (2 new quests), and it will include other contents as well, so... stay tuned!
Lastly, JOL Studios is going to participate as exhibitor in Modena Nerd 2017, an Italian trade show taking place on September 16-17. Be sure to follow us!
For the time being, this is all, Adventurers! If you want more details please visit our Community Hub or come and join our Discord to have a chat with the devs!
- The King's humble servants.
(*) Early alpha releases might come before.
New Quest! (Patch 0.10.10)
Greetings Adventurers!
Great news for you all waiting for new quests and stories! With today's patch we are releasing a brand new quest: Goblin Invasion. But that's not the end of story. This quest introduces the new Time Rift concept: by playing such quest you may, or may not (it's random!), get new storypaths! You may feel like something is different each time you play it. In an upcoming update many of the quests you have already played will be time-rifted, and brand new quests will be released! Stay tuned!
New Quest:
Goblin Invasion.
Changelog:
Quest System: bug fixing.
Achievements: 1 new achievements (Time Rift).
Titles: 3 new titles.
Retirement: clear the biography textfield after retiring the advenuterer.
- The King's humble servants
Patch 0.10.9 Released.
Greetings Adventurers!
Today we roll out a new feature of Just One Line: the Variant System! Check out the sword, the mace or the magic staff!
Here is the patch changelog:
Quest: Fistfights in the Tavern minor updates.
Popup: fix to the popup system, it broke in some occasions.
[NEW] Variant System: variants for the sword (->Falchion), mace (->Teeth-cracker) and magic staff (->Ritual Staff).
Text: fix minor typos in the UI and to the Italian localization.
-The King's humble servants.
Hotfix 0.10.8.1 Released! (Armory Bug)
Greetings Adventurers!
We have received bug reports regarding the Armory accidentally broken in yesterday's patch 0.10.8. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we have finally published the hotfix. The equipment system broke when trying to buy the Hunter's bow (base skin), but this is no longer the case!
Should you notice anything still wrong in the Armory/Equipment, please fill in a bug report in the Steam Community Hub, on our Discord or send us an e-mail.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
-The King's humble servants.
Patch 0.10.8 Released
Greetings Adventurers!
The next quest update is on its way, in the meanwhile we are releasing new contents. We are glad to announce a new Skin Pack. This time around, the Skin Pack targets the Hunters with 3 weapon skins and 2 armor skins.
Here is the complete changelog for patch 0.10.8:
Skin: remove colored labels for weapons and armors with skins in the Armory window.
Text: fix typo in Missing Child. (Thanks to J_Dogg)
Weapon: update the axe model.
The King's humble servants.
Patch 0.10.7 Released & Future Updates
Greetings Adventurers!
Today we announce the next Just One Line's Steam feature coming up in future updates: the Trading Cards! You will soon be able to get 10 Just One Line cards to earn exclusive Badges, Profile Backgrounds and Emoticons.
We would also like to remind you that we will soon roll out our first "Time Rift" update; get ready for new adventures and happy adventuring!
Patch 0.10.7 Changelog:
Bug: retiring an adventurer in patch 0.10.6 did not send the day count to the leaderboard.
Quest Update: Fallen Brother. => improved consistency in choices/consequences about Lydia and Rion.
Quest Update: Dragon Hunt. => Fix to the dialog with the bandits chief.
Text: re-word the Dragon quest.
Text: fix spelling in Missing Child. (Thanks to Rik)
- The King's humble servants.
August Character Contest
Greetings Adventurers!
Your King is glad to announce the first Contest (of many others to come)! All the subjects of the Kingdom of Just One Line are called to participate in the creation of a character, and his/her background, of your choice. The most creative, original and pertinent to the lore and style of Just One Line will be referenced in our future quests!
If you would love to see your character in Just One Line, post the description and background story of your character to the #contest channel in our Discord!
There are only three rules(*): you can submit only one character and the description must be at least 150 words long. You must write the description in English.
The contest ends on August 31.
(*) In addition, the same prohibitions and rules from the Adventurer's Agreement, Section 1 apply to the name and description of your character.
