Kingshunt
Kingshunt - Thank You All - Server Shutdown Notice
"To All Warriors,
We have important news regarding the future of Kingshunt we would like to share with you.
After careful consideration and deliberation, we have made a difficult decision to pull Kingshunt out from Steam. This means there will be no further updates or patches, and the servers will remain open until January 6, 2023. Our most difficult decision is also for the community, we want to be honest and respect your trust.
We have learned a lot in the first Open Beta stage of Kinghunt, but as a small indie dev team, we do not have the bandwidth to both make new content and changes, while also running the live game.
Thanks to our amazing community, we believe we have enough feedback to concentrate on giving Kingshunt more depth with new heroes and game modes before bringing it back to a live model.
We understand that many of you will be disappointed and will have a lot of questions regarding the future of Vaki Games, updates, and more. We hope that the FAQ on our website will answer some of them.
In the time leading up to the server shutdown, we will disable all in-game purchases and make premium skins and bundles purchasable with shards. This includes all the new Winterfest content, the event will still run as planned and is currently live.
We want to emphasize how grateful we are to you, our community. Our close-knit relationship and connection are very special to us. Your enthusiasm, patience, and support for our game have been overwhelming — we could not have gone this far without you.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
- Vaki Games team"
Message From Community Manager:
This news is unfortunate, but this is not the end!
Thank you all for your amazing feedback and the fun we had during the Open Beta! We had a blast playing with you all, and you can bet I will be there on the battlefield when the game comes back!
Anyone looking to play matches over the holidays, feel free to use the LFG ping in our discord and we will do our best to join in on the fun!
Kingshunt - Winterfest Is Near!
Hello there fellow hunters!
Kingshunt will be holding its first seasonal event starting on the 21st of December!
We are very excited to jump into the festivities with you all, and in this blog, you will find more details about the upcoming event.
Winterfest
Even though we are an open beta early access title, we still wanted to give our community some festive joy. The development team has created some fun content for all to enjoy, and we have some previews we would like to share!
Winter Map
The battlefield has been hit with delightful frost to brighten the world for the entire holiday!
Hero Skins
We have 4 new Exlusive Wintefest skins!
These items will only be available during the event, so be sure to grab them while you can!
Double EXP
We will be bringing back double EXP for the weekend of the 23th - 25th!
All matches will grant double experience for the entire holiday weekend.
Thank you
We are very thankful for the continued support and feedback during the early stages of Kingshunt!
We took in a lot of great feedback about our new game mode, Guardian Assault during the live test over the weekend. The team is looking over this feedback and we expect to launch another test soon!
Thanks again hunters, see you on the battlefield!
Kingshunt - Hotfix 5 Notes + New Game Mode
New Game Mode
New map and a game mode: Guardian Assault
The new game mode will be available from Friday the 9th - Monday the 11th. The game mode is set as 5v5 but will scale down to 3v3 after a minute of queue time.
In Assault game mode players are placed into two teams; Defenders and Attackers.
Attackers
The Attackers' goal is to push a payload cannon to the end of the map and with it destroy the Guardian that is defending the Defender’s base. When the Guardian is destroyed, the Attackers are victorious.
Defenders
The Defenders’ goal is to keep their Guardian alive until the time runs out for Attackers. When the time runs out, Defenders are victorious.
Fixes
Quality of Life
UI updates
- Charging and “loading” Ui animations for in-game HUD.
- HUD now contains acquired Runes and Cooldowns.
- Main menu Hero portraits updated.
- Squad menu now contains “leader” info.
- You can now turn characters in main menu.
- Character AOE Ability targeting is now better. (It easily got stuck on objects)
- Lane minion optimisations.
- VFX optimisations.
- Character Clothes optimized.
Heroes
Endora
- New Skin
Laurelai
- Laurelai leap stuttering fixed
Järn
- Increased Ultimate cooldown 120s -> 190s
Mortan
- Dash now works better
- New skin
Jatult
- Lowered Soulreap ability’s life steal 25% -> 15%
- New Skin
Isac
- Jump audio fixed
- Isac RMB base damage 120 -> 90
- Isac starting HP 1360 -> 1300
Tulikko
- Jump audio fixed
- New Skin
Runes
- Attack speed & critical chance now shown as percentage
- Fixed Leader’s Aura not functioning properly at certain times.
- Fixed Buildup incorrectly applying a magical attack power buff from basic attacks.
- Fixed a game breaking bug caused by rune refunding mechanic.
Summons
- Increased Barricade hp 1300 -> 1500
Bug Fixes
- Frozen effect caused Audio glitch
Known Issues
- DirectX12 is not available for this build version due to some unexpected issues.
Kingshunt - New Game Mode Weekend!
New Game Mode
Kingshunt will be adding a new game mode called Guardian Assault for players to test out and give feedback! The playtest will begin this Friday the 9th at 8 AM EST!
What is Guardian Assault?
Guardian Assault is an asymmetrical 3v3 game mode that splits the teams into attackers and defenders.
The attacking team's objective is to push a payload along a pre-determined path to the opposing end of the map and use it to destroy the Guardian. Attackers are victorious if they are able to destroy the Guardian before the timer runs out.
The defending teams objective is to keep the attacking team at bay and stop the payload from reaching their Guardian at the end of its path. Defenders are victorious if they are able to keep their Guardian alive until the timer runs out.
Both teams have lane minions that assist them in pushing the payload and achieving the objective. Players can also make use of summons and runes to increase their strength and guide their team to victory. The map has a series of checkpoints that work in the attacking team's favor by adding more time to the clock and stopping the payload from being pushed back beyond that checkpoint.
Thank You!
Thank you all for your continued support and feedback!
We are very excited to get this new mode into the hands of our players, and we can not wait to hear what you think!
HP OMEN Skin Giveaway!
HP OMEN will give away 10,000 codes that contain one Prophecy Jatult and 6000 Shards each!
In order to join this event, head on over to the Giveaway Page, once there, simply follow the directions listed on the webpage, and you will be entered into the giveaway!
The giveaway can also be reached through HP Omens Gaming HUB where the giveaway can be seen on the front page.
We have more things to announce this week, stay tuned fellow hunters!
Kingshunt - Double Shard Weekend
All matches from now until Monday at 2am EST will grant players double the free currency, so be sure to get in there and grind out some new heroes and runes before the weekend runs out!
Kingshunt is Live now!
Double EXP Week + Double Shard Weekend
Double EXP Week
For the week of 11/21 - 11/28, Kingshunt will be granting double Experience Points to all players!
We will be holding many small interactive play sessions with the community during this time, and we look forward to having fun with our community!
Double Shard Weekend
During the weekend of the double EXP event,(11/25-11/27), all matches will grant double the shards! These shards can be used to purchase Runes, Playable Characters, and more!
We have many more exciting things planned for our players and can not wait to kick off more fun events to enjoy with you all! Thank you for your continued support and feedback.
11/11 Kingshunt HotFix 3 - Connection issues
Thank you for your feedback and support. Looking to get your feedback directly to the developers? Join our discord here.
Quality of life
- Bot AI improved
- Connection issues potentially fixed
- Main menu News Feed Added
- Optimisation for textures
- Localisation fixes for all the languages
Heroes
Isac
-Q protection duration 3s -> 2s
-RMB cooldown 12s -> 13s
-Added minimum wait time of 1s until RMB can be called back
Alaida
- Q invisibility time duration 4s -> 3s
- Hair wasn't working properly, but now renders correctly.
Known Issues
- Players can experience issues with the animations for Isac and Grozny’s Q abilities if they are moving backwards, sideways, or diagonally when beginning to cast the ability.
- While bots are summoning in the bot match an unnecessary “cancel” UI element is shown on player’s screen
- Issue preventing players from connecting to servers has been identified and a fix is under development.
11/9 Hot Fixes and faster path to unlock new heroes
Thank you for your feedback and support. Looking to get your feedback directly to the developers? Join our discord here.
Quality of life
- Hero cost in Shards will be reduced from 50,000 to 25,000. Crystal cost remains the same.
- Main menu HUD improvements
Heroes
Mortan
- RMB scaling 0.2 -> 0.17
- RMB range reduced by 20%. It is now the same length as Q.
Isac
- Isac’s RMB scaling 1.0 -> 0.6 to be more in line with other similar abilities.
- Isac’s Q scaling 1.2 -> 1.0.
Runes
- Added cooldown value to Fight or Flight description
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Malakai, Alaida and Endora being unable to attack while their ultimates are active.
- Improved Tulikko’s RMB collision detection
- Fixed Tulikko ultimate rotation issues
- Fixed an issue with Second Chance causing the rune to heal more with each death prevented
- Fixed pinging audio not being played
- Fixed breacher minion passive upgrade increasing armor recharge time
Known Issues
- Players can experience issues with the animations for Isac and Grozny’s Q abilities if they are moving backwards, sideways, or diagonally when beginning to cast the ability.
- While bots are summoning in the bot match, an unnecessary “cancel” UI element is shown on player’s screen.
- Issue preventing players from connecting to servers has been identified and a fix is under development.