The Dungeons of Castle Madness
V1.4.12 Patch Notes
* NPC Text transition effect added.
* Initial tutorial text added to the first fight that a player engages in, explaining controls.
* Legend of the Magma Mines game lore added to Rendleshire and Stinkbog.
* Wall arches added to Training Dungeon and Castle Keep.
* Training dungeon second texture altered to reflect the infestation of oozes.
* Initial welcome text split into two parts.
* Bugfix - Goodbye text added to drink response in the tavern (implies a clearer outcome to the conversation path).
V1.4.11 Patch notes
* Helper message added when walking over pink slimes.
* Better combat frame rates with large numbers of enemies.
* Improved frame rates in combat with low detail mode.
* Brighter bands under enemies to make them easier to spot on certain area backdrops.
* Less memory used on transparant textures.
* Bugfix - Low detail mode & texture near filtering.
* Bugfix - Enemy band positioning when the character is running.
* Bugfix - Low detail mode did not persist on level change.
V1.4.10 Patch Notes
* Bugfix - Final text in Xeros Xobb dungeon cuts off early.
* Bugfix - Tooltips left on screen when UI element hidden but not removed, preventing a mouseLeave event from triggering.
* Bugfix - Leaving the Temple; entrance portcullis left open.
* Bugfix - Pressure plate created on Rendleshire exit (extremely rare).
* Bugfix - Leaving the Castle Walls area with the Commando spell active would not disable the spell.
V1.4.9 Patch Notes
* New spell - Forcemail. Conjure armour out of thin air. Wizard characters rejoice!
* Improvements to frame rates in battles on lower spec machines. :-)
* Descriptions added to the start of the Crimson Fields and Log Lake levels.
* Description added to entering the Courtyard level from a hidden passage.
* Improved tooltip on Shrink Armour potion explaining it also lowers requirements for wearing armour.
* Attempts to cast battle spells outside of combat now notify the player that this spell is for combat only.
* Bugfix - Entering Rendleshire after rockfall has sealed the entrance.
* Bugfix - Typo in entering outdoor level description.
* Bugfix - Loot screen foe has no items text.
V1.4.8 Patch Notes
* UI Polish - Animated character creation screen
* UI Polish - Text window zooming out on closing
* UI Polish - Animated loot screen
* UI Polish - transitions between screens
* Bug fix - Clicking on save crystals behind tree branches
* Bug fix - Double casting on mouseup with mouse held down spells (e.g. Charge, Spectral cone, etc)
* Bug fix - Initial Hilltown description text
* Bug fix - Opening spellbook during conversation
* Bug fix - Opening hints during conversation/spell book
* Bug fix - Scabbarded 2 handed weapon & candle equipping
* Bug fix - Flame location in inventory on new 2 tile height torch
V1.4.7 Patch notes
* Training dungeon weapon lockers added
* New item closet added to brand new town well level
* The barman in the Loneliest Manticore now serves drinks...
* Ancient Map close button position bugfix
* Items on ground y coordinate position bugfix
* Magic mouth audio length bugfix
V1.4.6 Patch notes
* Lightning nimbus and Stormforce animation frame script error.
* Wallbeams appearing in Rendleshire saved games.
* Lurkwood showing Rendleshire Ruins to the east, through the trees.
* Druids grove casting too close to player causing player to get stuck on tree.
V1.4.5 Brings an entirely new level into the game!
Quite a big update this one... so what's new?
* An entirely new level!!! Can you solve the riddle of Hilltown's well? A completely optional area that provides a new challenge for beginner and experienced players alike... and it's entirely free of charge!
* New NPC to talk to, hidden away somewhere...
* Automaps now persist upon returning to a previously visited level.
* New magical item - the Potion of Mana Growth. Drinking this grants +50 mana for your character permanently!
* New spell added - the powerful Bear Strike. Lash out at your foes and inflict terrible damage.
* New item added - the candle, a smaller light source than the torch but on the plus side it only takes up a single inventory slot.
* To help with general inventory management, the torch object has been reduced from 3x1 to 2x1 inventory grid size.
* Enna will now grant an Apple Basket to heroes who offer to help her. Apple baskets can 'stack' apples.
* To help with the Wizard's inventory management, the Star robe and Stitched Robe items are now reduced in size; 2x2 inventory grid spaces instead of the previous 3x2.
* Bugfix: Saving the game with a character that has a space in its name would always fail.
* Bugfix: Naming character & quick typing lead to some odd keystrokes being captured sometimes.
Gameplay trailer & Ancient Maps
Sherrif Centhor tells me that simultaneously with this Build version 1.3.4 has arrived. Aren't you lucky? Shall we see what's in it?
* 'Ancient Maps' have been added to the main game. These provide a 'big map' version of the mini automap and will show an entire level's mappings at once.
* Wizard character now begins with an Ancient Map in his possession from the very start. Could be useful, I guess.
* Ancient Maps have been added to Lurkwood and the Training Dungeon so other classes can get their hands on one early. Surely this is a mistake, all my subjects should stay in Hilltown and wait for the tax collectors!
* Ancient Maps may drop randomly from foes and chests. So I suppose there could be a few of these around.
* Ancient Maps added to secret places on numerous levels.
* Main menu rejigged and improved. I do like to look at pretty things.
* Atrractor video added to main menu (wait for it...)
* Portcullis positioning bug fixed. Because the architects are idiots.
* Options screen returning to main menu bug fixed. Because I do like to return to the main menu.
Lastly, there is a new dungeon in the works which will be released for free for all customers. Now if all of this isn't a good enough reason to drag yourself to Hilltown and pledge your eternal allegiance to me... well... I shall just have to send the goblins round. And you know how tetchy they can get. Now, I'm off to polish my gemstones. Muhahahaha!