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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

We Who Are About to Die

To all demo players! (general PSA)
A few notes for people coming in hot right, before or after playing the demo!

⚔️ The tutorial has abnormally low performance at the moment. This is a bug and I will try to fix it ASAP.
⚔️ Camera, throwing and defending (without shield) are particular issues that will be reworked before release, appreciate all the feedback!
⚔️ There's some bugs with the AI that might stop or do weird things; this is known and will be fixed a bit later
⚔️ There are also some issues with fog at lower graphics settings
⚔️Don't forget to click the reveal button (costs fame) to learn more about certain match options. (you can reveal the ???'s) I'll add a tiny tutorial for this soon
⚔️Patrons trigger positive or negative events with bigger impacts, but this mostly happens at levels beyond the demo. You can basically ignore patrons in the demo.
⚔️ Check the roadmap in the main menu!
⚔️ The entire game is prone to changes so definitely share all your ideas in the steam forum or discord.
⚔️ Currently playtest is closed but I will definitely add additional waves of playtesters later on as I add new features and run out of bugs to fix.
⚔️ Thanks a million for the interest in my game, I hope you wishlist!

⚔️ Gladiator Roguelite Mayhem ⚔️ - Q&A

Hello everyone!

I'll be streaming during Steam Next Fest showcasing the full game, including an introduction and tutorial, Q&A and mid and late game gameplay (hopefully!)

Jordy

We Who Are About To Die: Demo patch 1 is out!

Hello Aspirants,



The launch of the demo is going fantastic so far, and thank you for all your great feedback! I have been collecting your bug reports, suggestions and most of all your kind words.

The response overall is extremely motivating. THANK YOU. If you're interested, we'd love to have you in the discord. https://discord.com/invite/eCdUxht If you want to help, please share the Steam page with your friends, in your discord groups etc. The more wishlists the better the launch and longevity of the game will be!

I've been hard at work fixing and applying some of these suggestions, and more updates are underway.

For playtesters: the playtest branch is no longer the demo, so full-game testing can resume without lvl 6 limitation!

Demo Patch 1 - Changelog:



CHANGES




  • New: Golden Wreath, Headwrap, Cast Iron Helm. These have also been added to the unit roster.
  • New accesory: Halfcloak


  • AI now will lose stamina and you will see them visibly get tired. (May be overdone; need feedback)
  • Cursor now snaps back to initial location after you release an attack.
  • Double clicking to overhead-strike is more sensitive now (easier to do)
  • Weapon breaking should now throw a text prompt in the middle of the screen and both disarming and weapon breaking is associated with a clearer sound
  • Rewrote basic attacking tutorial section a bit (more updates to come)
  • Updated some of the sound effects and added another victory sound


BUGFIXES



  • Fixed F1 screen close still locking the game
  • Fixed a load of small context specific bugs: invested gold no longer is cut in half if you have a Slave backstory for example.
  • Fixed Shadow quality graphic setting resetting to Ludicrous
  • Added a fourth graphics quality setting to all options
  • Fixed The Plague event dialog options + typo
  • Fixed various UI issues such as widescreen in the career menu creating spill-over from battle menu onto the armory. Victory screen now shows gold icon, etc.
  • Audience graphics option was accidentally reversed; so now the arenas will have a lot bit more public!!
  • I went over some of the arenas and cleaned up some of the camera blocking around the edges so the camera should behave a bit better. Still work in progress.
  • I fixed/implemented a loading time for the menu character. If you saw any strange 'unassembled' characters or characters with faulty texturing this MAY be fixed now. Needs testing.
  • Skipping a battle/week now triggers passive healing.
  • The correct colours should now load at all times on characters; sometimes this was bugged.
  • Probably more stuff I don't remember.

Devlog #1 - We Who Are About To A Show Development Overview
Here's a full overview of the entire development of We Who Are About To Die. This list is prone to change, of course.
Its broken into 4 major cycles with a ton of updates inside. The current update of WWAATD is β v0.7

WIP = WORK IN PROGRESS.

Don't forget to wishlist the game! It me helps a ton.

Core Update (α v0.0->v0.5)


  • [DONE] Basic movement, project setup (v0.1)
  • [DONE] Add damage, health, death (v0.20)
  • [DONE] Basic AI (v0.25) (for testing purposes)
  • [DONE] Preliminary spawning / game mode (v0.29)
  • [DONE] Prototype (v0.30)
  • [DONE] Main combat mechanics for sword,shield (v0.31)
  • [DONE] Blockout UI menus (v0.32)
  • [DONE] Make first arena level (v0.35)
  • [DONE] Combat mechanics for 2H, polearm and spear combat (v0.45)
  • [DONE] Peripheral combat mechanics (Shield bash, dash, stamina...) (v0.48)
  • [DONE] Finetune/finalise, iterate combat input and handling based on playtesting round


Unification Update (α 0.5->v1.0)


  • [DONE] Pit level
  • [DONE] Basic Arena level
  • [DONE] Grand Stadium level
  • [DONE] Battlemenu UI (unifying combat matches and career menu)
  • [DONE] Updated combat AI
  • [DONE] Team code & AI
  • [DONE] “many vs many” combat AI
  • [DONE] Game mode infrastructure (1 vs 1, 1 vs X, X vs X, X vs 1, Random)
  • [DONE] Design and implement tutorial
  • [DONE] Playtesting round


Feedback Update (β v0.0->v0.5)


  • [DONE] Gold & fame rewards for victory and kills
  • [DONE] equipment shop mechanics
  • [DONE] Equipment selling and picking up
  • [DONE] Adding sets of gear
  • [DONE] Loading screen with tips
  • [DONE] Crowd graphics and modularity
  • [DONE] Setup Steam page and setup marketing
  • [DONE] Major playtesting round



Progression Update (β v0.5->v1.0)


  • [DONE] Apply playtesting feedback
  • [DONE] Combat animation overhaul
  • [DONE] Difficulty scaling as game progresses
  • [DONE] Match intro overhaul
  • [DONE] All arenas update: new levels, level variations, way more detail., random levels..
  • Sound update
  • [WIP] Visual polish (asset & UI)
  • [WIP] Gameplay polish
  • [WIP] Adding sets of gear
  • [DONE] Gore Update
  • [DONE] Updated AI + add difficulty variables (reflex speed, aggression)
  • [DONE] Player skill progression + persistent health
  • [WIP] Death event
  • [WIP] Victory UI
  • [DONE] Auxilary inventory
  • Weapon damage types and bonuses
  • [WIP] Battle menu system
  • [WIP] Additional management features
  • [WIP] Durability and repairing system
  • [WIP] Random events System
  • Fame/Audience System
  • [WIP] Controller support
  • Saving (settings, char, etc)
  • Major bugfixing pre-release
  • Optimisation


Then, release!
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