Matchmaking Server

• Improved server performance and stability.
  

Gameplay

• Rebalanced in game energy income to increase average game time.
  
• Rebalanced base unit costs to reflect these changes.
  
• As a consequence, abilities now add less overall cost to units.
  
• Rebalanced basic unit stats to better serve the new gameplay style.
  
• Added control zone & totems to the middle of the lane which damages the controlling players' enemy base over time.
  
• Added visual feedback to represent taking base damage from either the void or control zone.
  
• Added a 5 second pre-combat phase to give you a moment to prepare for battle.
  
• Can now use keyboard shortcuts for selection units and faction spells.
  
• Numbers 1 to 5 on the keyboard select units.
  
• ‘Q’ and ‘E’ now selection Faction Spell 1 & 2
  

Gamemodes

• Added 10 different premade bot teams that will be chosen randomly upon joining a bot game.
  
• Added ranked functionality to 1v1 gamemode, where you will now verse players of a similar skill level.
  
• Added challenge feature to challenge your Steam friends.
  

Camera

• Reduced zoom out capacity.
  
• Can now move the camera horizontally with the mouse cursor or the WASD keys.
  

Maps

• Improved performance on all levels.
  
• Newlands lighting update to reduce model washout.
  
• Deadlands directional light rotated to show more obvious shadows.
  
• Deadlands removed fences causing poor shadow quality and replaced them with columns.
  
• Rhinelands lighting update to reduce model washout.
  
• Rhinelands colour spectrum changes to create more variation in foliage and ground.
  
• Rhinelands directional light changed to show more shadows on units.
  
• Rhinelands water shader changed to improve performance.
  
• Fjordlands lighting update to make it less blue and shadows less harsh.
  

Faction Spells

• Skeleton Faction Spell 1 has been changed to spawn a wave of 10 Bone Warriors from the summon zone.
  
• Damage, Health and Move Speed have been reduced on Bone Warriors.
  
• All faction spell icons have been replaced to better represent what they do.
  
• Faction spells now start on cooldown.
  
• Human Faction Spell 2 has been converted to a barrage of large explosive projectiles.
  
• Added new placeholder VFX to faction spells for visual feedback.
  

UI

• New game logo has been added to the loading screen when connecting to the game server.
  
• Placeholder names for factions have been replaced to be called Humans & Skeletons.
  
• Unit names have been changed to their respective class names.
  
• Ability icons now load in on unit cards when in-game.
  
• Lighting removed from Main Menu.
  
• New unit art for UI for all default skins.
  
• Faction spell lock out now shows readiness.
  
• Changed placeholder font to suit theme.
  
• Added indicator at the top of the in-game screen to show control zone status.
  

Abilities

• 15 x new abilities for each unit in each faction.
  
• Ability descriptions adjusted to be more clear.
  
• Complete rebalancing of most of the abilities to reflect the new base cost of the factions.
  

Audio

• Added new placeholder SFX where there was previously no SFX.
  

Bug Fixes

• Projectiles now appear when Ranged units attack.
  
• AI no longer walks off the map after killing an enemy.
  
• Team saves now work correctly.
  
• Units being sacrificed into the void no longer crit the base.
  

Known Bugs

• Human Ranged Unit death animation will sometimes play twice.
  
• Unit pathing will sometimes cause units to push each other.
  
• When finishing a round, your build will reset the selection back to build #1 in your decks.
  
• Human Ranged Unit will sometimes not target enemy units correctly and miss.
  
• Damage counter will sometimes display the incorrect amount (still works correctly behind the scenes).
  

Patch Notes v0.5

Removed

• Removed all abilities from the previous build.
  
• Disabled Dragons, Orcs, and Animals Factions.
  

Gameplay

• Added 5 x new abilities to each unit in Human & Skeletons factions.
  
• Increased base cost for Humans and Skeletons.
  
• Decreased the length of the lane to make it shorter.
  

Camera

• Added zooming to the in-game camera.
  

UI

• Exit button is now functional on the main menu.
  
• Added loading screen before going into a battle to load in map.
  
• Swapped placeholder Human melee and ranged unit art to make more sense.
  

Maps

• Lighting update on Newlands level.
  
• Added Deadlands, Rhinelands and Fjordlands maps to map rotation.
  
• Added updated Newlands.
  
• Added random map rotation.
  
• Fixed Deadlands level summon zone left behind after cleanup.
  

Models & Animations

• Replaced all models and animations with our latest versions for testing.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed ranged units using projectiles missing arrows and targeting nothing.
  
• Fixed ranged units targeting the base after killing an enemy.
  
• Improved Unit AI pathing, but still a known issue that units walk off the map at times.
  

Known Bugs/Things Missing

• Bots are currently set to be made up of Skeleton Support Units with one ability each.
  
• AI pathing still has units walking off the map at times.
  
• Ability Icons not loading on unit cards when in game.
  
• Death animations are not functioning correctly on some units.
  
• Health bars do not disappear until death animation is complete.
  
• Faction Spells missing markers not displaying any visual effects.
  
• Units spawning with -0 on the health splash numbers.