Hello there! The last 10 weeks where pretty intense. A lot has changed here in Berlin but more about that later. We managed to implement a lot of things that we felt was necessary before we could confidently call Ruadh: Warbands a "finished game". Those improvements where heavily influenced by suggestions of our community and helped us a lot, so thanks for that guys!
While in Early Access we focused heavily on quality of life improvements and big gameplay changes in order to get the game to a stable and final form. This update is no different and therefore also focused on user experience improvements and bug fixing. You'll find all details to those changes in the changelog below.
We consider Ruadh: Warbands to be what we envisioned when we started out last year and have achieved all the goals we set for the 1.0 version of the game. That being said, we totally agree with you guys that there is a lot of room for additions to the game especially content wise.
Unfortunately this update has been delayed a lot due to the fact that we've run out of funds for the development of this game and had to slow down development drastically. We are unsure what this means for Ruadh: Warbands going into the future, but we love this game and we have a lot of ideas for additional content, that is why we are doing our utmost to acquire additional funds. We are already in talks with different Publishers and Investors.
Thank you guys for all of your support and feedback. We wish you guys happy holidays. Stay safe!
// Ruadh Warbands Team
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Changelog
Major changes
Quitting in mid-battle will reset the game to how it was before the battle started
Minor changes
We've added a health bar for each member of the warband during the management screen. Improved the tooltip to not go beyond the current screen. Windowed mode now supports application window resizing. When a unit dies in combat, its portrait is removed from the turn queue. The cursor will now display different states when hovering over enemies, obstacles or normal grids.
Major Update 0.5.2208171211-ea
Hi there, in the last couple of days we've come up with some major changes to the game in almost every area. Thanks for your continous feedback and helping us to make Ruadh: Warbands a better experience.
Stay safe and healthy! Cheers
Major Change
- changed the worldmap to include some branching paths that'll provide additional upgrades for your warband - added an intro scene - added camera shake on hit - combat numbers improvements - supports multiple numbers next to each other - combat text for "missed" attacks - improved position, duration and randomness - added camera movement via WASD and arrow keys - added interactive turnqueue displays that move the camera to the selected unit
Balancing
Enemies
Many Enemies buffed by 5 health points.
All Enemies were buffed slightly to increase the difficulty of the game.
4 new enemies:
Runestone of Vitality Runestone of Accuracy Runestone of Swiftness Runestone of Rage
Each runestone will give a little stat bonus to your current warband.
Draumtrer no longer spawn Funglir.
The Grimbadur Hags and Shamans will now heal to full life at the start of their turn.
Enemy Name
Character classes
Character class
Axethrower Range 2 to 3
Bloodseeker Damage 7 to 8
Swiftblade Swiftblades now have a negative effect and will loose 1 hit chance when they land a hit for 1 round. Hit Chance 65 to 70
Scout Damage 17 to 16
Berserker Damage 7 to 6 Hit Chance 65 to 70
Archer Damage 10 to 9
Defender Health Points 70 to 75
Shieldmaid Health Points 75 to 80
Encounter
Encounter name encounter changes
The worldmap nodes got reworked. Players can now choose their next encounter:
Encounter 4, 8 , 12, 17 and 22 will split into 2-4 nodes with different encounters and runestones.
Encounter 26, 27 and 28 got deleted and the final boss will now be in encounter 25.
Encounter 25 will now replace encounter 23.
Many Encounters have been buffed.
Upgrades
Upgrade name
Many items that would give damage or action points have been nerfed.
Many items that would give health points have been buffed.
New item: Gloves of Vitality
Other
- added a warband size counter in the management screen - input remaping for "show enemy/ally ranges" - input remaping for "show obstacles" - made it a toggle - settings menu update - settable FPS - settable WindowMode - settable camera speed when using WASD/Arrows - settable camera shake - healthbar animation fix - healthbar tooltip - improved button interaction in the management screen - prevention to stack infinite upgrades on a single unit / upgrades are spread more even among warband members
Hotfix 0.2.2208101508-ea
Just a quick hotfix for some relatively major issues that came up in the last days.
Major Change
There was an issue where player couldn't enter the final battle. This issue has been resolved. There was an issue where enemies ended their turn without attacking a reachable player. This issue was caused by excluding the occupied hexagons in the pathfinding and has been resolved.
Other
Abandoning the current run is now protected by a confirmation popup to prevent losing your progression by accident. Enemy names are now shown during combat.
Regular Update 1 - Version 0.2.2208051534-ea
We've released Ruadh: Warbands one week ago and the reception was amazing guys! Thank you so much for that. One of the major issues was that we had no real explanation what was going on in the game, especially on the different menus. That changed now with this update.
We would like to introduce a weekly update cycle, starting with today. Hotfixes and other critical bugs will of course be fixed between the weeks.
Thanks again guys for providing us with a much needed flow of feedback. Have fun in Ruadh!
Major Change
We've added different tutorial overlays for all menus We've added an overview page for all in-battle controls We've optimized loading times to fix a problem that occurred after prolonged play sessions
Balancing
Enemies
Wild Trait: OLD: 'When this unit takes damage it gains 1 Hit Chance. NEW: 'When this unit takes damage it gains 2 Hit Chance.
Wild Alpha Wolf DMG 10 to 11
Wild Wolf DMG 8 to 9
Wild Boar DMG 8 to 9
Ryrva Daughter of Skula Range 6 to 5
Ragjal Archer DMG 5 to 6 Hit Chance 55 to 60
Ragjal Huntress DMG 6 to 7 Hit Chance 60 to 65
Ragjal Sharpshooter DMG 7 to 8 Hit Chance 65 to 70
Ragjal Cutthroat DMG 9 to 10
Ragjal Thief DMG 12 to 13
Encounter
Encounter name encounter changes
Encounter 13 - Ragjal Vagabond added
Encounter 11 - Ragjal Cutthroat to Ragjal Thief
Encounter 6 to 19 - Reduced the amount of gold by 10 for encounters 6 to 19
Encounter 20 - Gold earned from 120 to 140
Other
Various typing error fixes
Hotfix 0.1.2208021214-ea
Hey there! First of all we wanted to thank you guys for all the amazing feedback we've received over the course of the weekend. We where blow away by how much fun you guys had and all your positive reactions.
Keep the feedback and bug reports rolling in as we hammer away at them! Thanks! ːsteamthumbsupː
This patch is a small one to address some minor and one major issue we found during the past 4 days.
Major Fix
There was an issue that led to some people losing there progression points towards unlockables after closing the game. This issue has been resolved.
Balancing
Character Classes
Defender Dmg 12 to 14
Enemies
Funglir Funglir Enemies now damage themself and will kill themself to buff their allies
Draumtrer Draumtrer Dmg 18 to 14 and range 6 to 7
High Shaman High Shaman had a wrong trait and did not use their ability
Ryrva Has a different target priorisation Base Health lowered 180 to 170 Dmg 12 to 10 Range from 7 to 6 Effect: When this unit attacks its Health Points increase by 12 and When this unit attacks its Health Points increase by 10 and
Grimbadur leader Hitchance 55 to 60
Grimbadur Chief Hitchance 65 to 70
Ragjal Huntress Dmg 5 to 6
Ragjal Sharpshooter Dmg 5 to 7
Ragjal Assassin Healthpoints 90 to 95
Ragjal Reida Healthpoints 160 to 170 Hitchane 70 to 75
Ragjal Soldier Dmg 11 to 10 Hitchance 45 to 50
Ragjal Brawler Healthpoints 60 to 65 Dmg 15 to 12 Hitchance 50 to 60
Encounter
Encounter 3 changed: 3 boars to 3 Ragjal Vagabonds
Encounter 17: 1 Grimbadur Grunt to Grimbadur Warrior
Encounter 18: 1 Ragjal Soldier to Ragjal Brawler
Encounter 19: Added 1 Ragjal Huntress
Upgrades
Hallvards Horn OLD 'When this unit lands a hit this unit and its allies gain 1 Damage. NEW 'When this unit lands a hit its allies gain 1 Damage no longer grants health points -6 dmg to -8
Spear of Rampage Spear of Rampage should now correctly recover 2 AP
Herbs of Stiandurs Recovery OLD 'When this unit gets healed it gains +3 Hit Chance and 1 Damage. NEW 'When this unit gets healed it gains 1 Damage. -6 Dmg added
Marheidurs brooch OLD +6 Health Points' NEW +8 Health Points'
Finnlaugs Bracelets At the start of this units turn it gains 1 damage for each OLD 15 Hit Chance for that turn. NEW 14 Hit Chance for that turn.
Swift blades (Upgrade) 'When this unit lands a hit it may recover 1 Attack Point OLD (20% chance). NEW (18% chance).
Expert Swift blades (Upgrade) Description: 'When this unit lands a hit it may recover 1 Attack Point OLD (30% chance). NEW (26% chance). Rarity from blue to purple
Other
Faster progression unlocks Various typing error fixes Adjusted unlockable upgrades Changed version number from 1.0.X to 0.1.X to better reflect the state of development towards leaving the Early Access state.
Ruadh: Warbands - Early Access Release
Welcome Warriors! We are happy to announce that Ruadh: Warbands is entering Early Access! It's been an amazing journey so far and we want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who provided valuable feedback, support and shared their enthusiasm for the game with us!
Even though we are thrilled to have made it so far it is clear to us that this journey is just the beginning as we are going to further improve the game and work as closely as possible with our amazing community in order to add value to Ruadh: Warbands.
Don't hesitate to contact us on all available channels, although joining our Discord would be the best way to go about that.
