Genre: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), IndieSkulls of the Shogun
Official Launch Monday July 29th! (& don't forget you can play us online tonight!)
Don't forget tonight is our play the developers event in Skulls Online, starting at 5pm Pacific time. If you want a chance to earn the special emblem come see if you can beat us!
Thanks,
Borut
THE FORGOTTEN ISLES! Skulls Beta Update July 23rd
These 4 new levels feature a new story line, as well as the Tanuki monk and gameplay progression - meaning you'll build up your forces as you go and take them with you to the next level. The forgotten Isles are a weird, dangerous place!
Also, we've added a notification tray to help you multitask but still keep on top of your Skulls games. Notifications appear in two cases:
- when it's your turn in a Skulls Anywhere match
- when you've searched for an online match and found a game in the background (to use background searches, anytime you fail to find a game, click "keep searching" to search in the background)
Tray notifications only appear if Skulls is minimized or not the active application. So if you're waiting for your turn or other online players, just minimize Skulls and click on the notification when it pops up.
Full details on the update below. Enjoy!
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beta 1.009 - 7/23/13 - changelist 7604
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Unlock the Forgotten Isles (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Add Notification Tray which will popup if the game is minimized and the player receives a turn notification, or when an online background search is successful
Fix join sometimes failing when joining an online match via background search while in the campaign (or a local multiplayer match)
Add back option to steam leaderboard choice dlg
Fix random crash in ricepaddyoutliner b/c of paddy w/no layer yet
Fix mp2fall_4 potion setup
Tune all multiplayer Forgotten Isles maps
Clarify some dialog messages that were displaying “sign in” when actually offline or disconnected
Make sure achievements won outside of end-of level are awarded immediately (like emblem crafting related achievements).
award progress achievements for completing each world on normal after any level, in case the player goes back to an earlier level on normal difficulty
More Campaign Levels! Skulls Beta Update July 20th
(and happy knockbacking!)
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beta 1.008 - 7/20/13 - changelist 7577
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Unlock Land of Frozen Fortunes (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Fix casual level leaderboard to properly sort
Fix erroneous Loading Online Save games wait message when not connected to Skulls Anywhere (bug in last update).
Fix bug not being able to unequip emblem if you had earned the very first emblem
Fix for unit getting freezing during attack while dialog pops up in beach 2.3
Tweak 1 line of island 4 dialog to make boss power clearer.
Safety check to prevent crash in army select screen
Play the devs! Wed June 24th @ 5pm PST
We'll be starting at 5pm Pacific Standard Time (8pm for you east-coasters, that's GMT-7 for any international players who want to stay up), and go for at least a couple hours.
You'll get a chance to earn that special emblem... if you can beat us! :)
Fall is here!? Skulls Beta Update July 17th
Lots of little fixes also included in the update, including a big fix to make the leaderboards more worthwhile - per-difficulty leaderboards! Previously you could play on casual difficulty and your score would get included right alongside the regular normal difficulty, which meant you could get some suspiciously good scores. :) These are tracked independently now. Full fix details below.
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beta 1.007 - 7/17/13 - changelist 7550
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Unlock Land of Golden Harvest (4 levels), with developer commentary.
Track level clear times separately for casual & normal difficulties, and upload to level specific leaderboards accordingly. Overall campaign clear time reflects proper time based on selected difficulty.
Fix for cloud load of campaign options when auto-signing in
Fix for loading save game in post-collection mode area (like beach 2.3) resetting unit move left.
Remove line of code from attack action from unused code that could *maybe* (albeit not v likely) cause projectile to attack to not complete...
Better detection of whether Steam is running and logging of steam errors
Fix crash that could occur with host existing online match, and when restarting a new match
Prevent crash while showing emblems. Make sure unequip emblem does not show as "locked" and is full color
Transfer cleansing shrine damage targets in Skulls Anywhere to ensure 100% sync and prevent related issues
Fix input handling bug when dialog transitions screen re-triggering dialog (like when using load Game from campaign menu).
Award XP for finishing a season, getting gold skulls, killing Yuki and the Shogun of the Dead
Summer is HERE! Skulls Beta Update July 12th
We've unlocked 4 more levels, and there's a new attract movie featuring Mega Ran!
Thanks for playing! As always, let us know of any problems you run into.
Ben
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beta 1.006 - 7/12/13 - changelist 7522
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Unlock Land of Monsoon Meadows levels (4 in total), with developer commentary.
Mega Ran raps over the intro / attract loop!
Better handling of graphics resolution saving
Fix issue with autosave re-doing general heal
Skulls Anywhere - possible fixes for a oni damage desync issue that would prevent using the Fox Monk's Revive spell
Skulls Online - stop background search when joining an invited session
Experience/Emblems - Make it so if a player dies in Skulls Online and exits the match early they still earn their XP/Emblems. Award XP in local multiplayer when playing against AI only. Fix minor exploit with earning experience in campaign mode.
Possible fix for randomly exiting game on start/back button, escape key, right mouse button.
Fix level-specific leaderboards posting bad data
New Campaign Levels! Skulls Beta Update July 9th
Also, we're excited to announce we've added background matchmaking so it should be much easier to find online matches! Full list of changes below.
Looking forward to seeing you online! Keep the feedback coming. :)
Ben
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beta 1.005 - 7/9/13 - changelist 7489
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Unlock Land of the Eternal Blossoms levels (4 in total), with developer commentary.
Skulls Online - Background Matchmaking! When you search for a game via Quick Match or Join Custom Match, if it fails the button will change to "Keep Searching". Select that and you'll be able to continue searching for an online match while playing Campaign, Skulls Local, or Skulls Anywhere modes.
Fix missing image in fox spell button tutorial tip
Make Fox resurrect radius match eat/purify to avoid user confusion.
Minor reduction in tanuki action radius down 1 unit for tuning purposes.
Chat window - break up text better so more displays per line, while making sure max width characacters don't run over, tweak sound so it's more noticeable during gameplay.
Possible fix for exiting match unintentially.
Replace russian font because of broken glyph.
Fix bad color tag in Russian Profile Screen Die Again help text
Fix script issue in Bedlam Beach section 2 when loading autosave, could leave dialog on screen.
Team Deathmatch - Display team name under player name in turn start if team mode, Display ??? for team names in Player info dialog on 1st round of Skulls Anywhere game (before teams are set).
Fix teams getting reset in Skulls Anywhere when restarting turn.
Change singleplayer locked warning text - change “multiplayer beta" to "beta” to reduce confusion
Trading Cards Live!
As the saying goes, collect 'em all!
Beta Update - July 2nd
Here's a list of changes:
Fix one more issue not correctly joining a Skulls Online invite when in lobby or playing Skulls Online Game
Fix bug preventing rarity icons from displaying properly.
Fix hang earning lvl 16
Add ability to 'unequip' emblems by selecting blank emblem in crafting.
Fix missing dialog in Beach 3
Fix typo in french on potion tip
2P Ashful abyss tuning
Slight decrease in tanuki movement (for balance tuning)
Beta Update - June 29th
Borut
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* Fix loading save games in Skulls Online matches (pick from map selection list when creating game).
* Skulls online: private slots work in player matches. Set these if you'd like to reserve spaces for invited players (other players won't join these slots for matchmaking purposes).
* Fix entering army select with background on top of armies and UI
* Fix for preventing joining a network session via invite with max players reached thru guest players
* Fix crash in chat window when clicking on chat log and then back on text input
* 4P Ashful Abyss map tuning
* 4P Lion's Gauntlet position tuning to balance archer positions amongst teams
* 3P Ashful Abyss tuning (protect one summon shrine from collision like others, skoot one slightly more in the middle between top 2 players).
* Skulls Online - handle notifying other players faster when someone manually disconnects (instead of waiting for timeout)
* Fix leaderboard scrolling/page up/down
* Fix for selecting diff unit while awakening general (leaving general still technically activated)
* Don't timeout chat button display with mouse timeout if there are unseen messages.
* Skulls Anywhere email notifications sent in language of receiving user.
* Fix for resolution options not getting saved first time always.
* Scale film grain for 25:9 (or other variable resolutions)
* Fix a couple swapped Steam achievements
* Up Speed of Shogun achievement time to 4 hours, clarify text for Tanuki taunt achievement
* Fix mouse highlight over target while unit is moving showing up over consumed skulls.
* Play game lose anim, not game win anim when exiting network game if already dead, and don't leave pause up so animation plays normally.