Kitsune Battlemage
Spooktober map returns
Reminder to all you ghouls and goblins that you can join the discord or subreddit to make feature requests and submit bugs. Helps me know what to prioritize.
Happy spooky season.
-Brianstein
Firewall hot fix
Small hotfix this time for Praxeria, firewall no longer blocks projectiles and the radial skill menu has been sized better so the dead spot when hovering over the spell categories is less of a problem.
I am working on some other undisclosed projects right now so development on KBM has slowed. However, if you hop in the discord and report a bug or request a feature I will gladly do that for you rather quick-like. Ya nomsayin'? Ya herd? There's probably like 2 people who read these so shout out to you.
*random animal factoid*
-A single bumblebee can pollinate over 3,000 flowers a day.-
Ciao
beebs
Player hosted horde mode
You can now play horde mode with a friend via player hosted servers. There are still some bugs that need to be fixed but it is late and you have no idea what I went through to figure out what was breaking the project this month.
Anyway the next update will probably be more little fixes and improvements such as being able to revive your teammates, fixing wall climb on clients, maybe some improved ai. Ok I'm going to bed.
As always thanks for your support and you are always welcome to hop in the discord.
<3 Beebs
Horde Mode has been added
a basic horde mode has been added. Fight off never-ending waves of enemies that grow in number until you either fall or your computer crashes! They get faster and have more health each level for the first few levels.
Two things I want to add for this mode: Seidre (boss type witch queen) whom I've already made the model for... and co-op mode. The question is whether Seidre should be a 1v1 situation and how good should her AI be... or should multiple copies of her spawn... maybe every set interval of levels she'll spawn again but stronger idk.
Also there were bug fixes. Always fixing bugs. I'd tell you what I'll be working on next but last time I did that I got sick so this time it will be a m Y s T e R y... but co-op and something else.
Thanks for the support so far
B
Early Access Patch 1.02 - Radial skill menu and more controller support!
The in-game skill menu has been replaced by a radial skill menu that can more easily be used by those who prefer to play with controllers. This wasn't a planned feature... I just couldn't figure out how to get the icon widgets in the skill menu to get and stay focused in-game. To the point that after many, many hours and failed attempts/workarounds I decided to just replace the menu entirely. As they say, sometimes the obstacle is the way.
I'm hoping that it works with steam decks.
So yeah, next focus will be the horde wave mode, which I will be seeing if I can incorporate co-op, most likely can as player hosted matches are already set up. I hope to get this feature out to you all, at least in it's first basic form, next week.
Thanks for your support, have a good weekend, and happy cinco de mayo.
B
Early access soft launch - patch 01 - The joystick fix
Brian here, fixed a couple bugs and made some improvements for todays patch. The right joystick was firing skill slot 4, somehow it ended up being in the keybind map. There have been some minor improvements to the on screen keyboard for those playing with a controller. Also You can now select loadouts in the lobby.
It seems that the xp bar is not updating after a match so that's on the bug list for sure. I plan on adding glyphs to the skill bar for players who like to use controllers so they can better understand the gamepad layout.
As always, let me know if you have any suggestions, requests, or questions.
B
Halloween Event
The Halloween map update is available to check out in the demo - and the next round of alpha playtests are scheduled for Steam's Scream Fest! Remember to sign-up to get alpha access and join the discord to get in sooner as well as help guide development.
Sign-up for alpha access:
https://www.everflamestudio.com/sign-up
Join the Discord:
discord
Patch 0.1.11
Removed camera rotation on wall run
Improved double jump to wall run transition
Dragged skills while menu is closed get "dropped"
Ice wall and ice pillar are no longer able to be cast into trees
Earthbomb fixes, shouldn't soft lock player when spamming
Earthwave fixes, shouldn't be able to fly off ledges
Fixed character select hover images
Removed aim (rmb zoom)
Added sound for landing in trees
OOM for cast-able abilities (doesn't work w/ primaries)
Fire shield is more transparent
Can now wall jump off ice pillar
Patch 0.1.09
- air straffing - increased air control.
- levitate, hold spacebar to levitate for a brief moment.
- shouldn't be able to slingshot/zip around the map now.
- add account button to main menu to allow login/logout.
- unlocked earthbomb, iceblast, and firewall for the demo.
- modified firewall to spawn multiple smaller walls in line to better handle slopes, also updated vfx + sfx.
- fixed ground decals for iceblast, ymirs horn.
- added sfx to earthbomb backflip.
- iceblast now applies freeze material.
- alt click to cancel targetable abilities instead of ctrl.
- can use ymirs horn to launch self into air.
- minor adjustments to map to prevent player from getting stuck on meshes that are too high to step up on.
- steam vr shouldn't launch (need someone to confirm).
Movement Updates
Keybindings have also been added since the last update mentioned on Steam.
0.1.06 patch notes
keybindings with azerty quick swap
improved dodge system
aerial directional dash
sprint no longer costs stamina (testing it out)
ymirs horn cooldown now shows in toolbar
increased slide window
reduced passive health regen
collision mesh improvements
crouching now slows movement
added new voice overs featuring Brello
login as guest
link email and username to guest account
moved register popup to be behind the play button (slightly less annoying)
UI message improvements
0.1.07 patch notes
action keybindings
fixed some bugs with keybindings
fixed issues with displaying menus for new players
removed redundant options from menus
remember me
wall slide + wall jump
bind and toggle sprinting
Fixed axis mapping bugs
patch notes 8/5 0.1.08
added wall running
added particle fx to double jump
added animations to aerial jukes
added particle fx to aerial jukes
improved dash fx
fixed bugs with wall hang
fixed out of mana spawn points for fx
adjusted voice acting volumes and timing for victory/defeat/draw screens
increased rock armor cooldown
increased rock armor mana cost from 35 to 40
added dust fx to slide
reduced light map resolution for foliage (optimization)
You can also join us on discord and reddit to help guide development and provide feedback as well.