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The last step always takes the most, phew…. After a dev-days of heavy work ( polishing ) a version is ready for the volunteer playtesters!
Check out some gameplay videos: (Note: The current version has higher quality music already)
Expedition v0.1.8 Call For Playtesters
Hello everybody!
After one and a half month of development, the new version of [...]
Almost there!
Done:
Remove dead warriors in the middle of the battle
Fix expedition drop
Fix: Game hangs when a ship is destroyed
Implement Inventory screen on the GFX version
Enhance the GFX UI
Update Console UI to the latest changes
Show resume and battle scene in the console ui
Pending
Adjust console UI for not-eye
Summon playtesters
Aprox. Work Time: 148:00 (141:00+2:00+2:00+3:00)
Continued working on the combat facet… it’s slowly taking shape
Pending
Finish the new combat system
Remove dead warriors
Fix expedition drops
Show resume and battle scene in the console ui
FIX: Game hangs when a ship is destroyed
Implement Inventory screen on the GFX version
Enhance the GFX UI
Update Console UI to the latest changes
Adjust console UI for not-eye
Aprox. Work Time: 141:00 [...]
Advancement on the new combat engine, it feels much better now
Done
Calm winds (Block movement on sea)
Shouldn’t be able to stop while on the sea
Pending
Finish the new combat system
Make native expeditions attack
Show resume in the console ui
FIX: Game hangs when a ship is destroyed
Adjust the GFX UI
Implement Inventory screen on the GFX version
Validate the [...]
Done:
Make temperature affect food consumption
Make mountains affect temperature
Simulate Intertropical Convergence Zone with calm winds
Increase storm chance on the doldrums
Esc should exit menus/shops as Space already does
FIXED: If your expedition is carrying equipment when you establish a town, transferring colonists can cause you to got beyond your weight limit. You will get a message that says [...]
Temperature calculation is implemented and works in combo with the weather changes, still gotta make it affect gameplay a bit more (food consumption, sudden deaths by freezing or exploding because of heat? what else could possibly happen?)
I also noticed the current map is pretty lacking, must think on doing a complete world map, but finding [...]
Weather works now. I spent day 38 designing how to handle it and day 39 coding.
It works based on this table:
I decided to go for a simple state transition model instead of going completely atmospheric because… I think it will provide a “good enough” simulation! That doesn’t mean there aren’t some transitions tied to the [...]
Now you can chop woods (Even the simpler thing takes so long…)
Add temperature and weather calculation (impacts storm generation)
Fix the stopper bugs reported
Ensure the combat system is working decently (if not optimally)
Adjust the GFX UI a bit
Validate the Console UI is up to date and adjust for not-eye
Implement Inventory screen on the GFX version
Aprox. Work [...]
You can now assault native towns and steal their goods after killing all of their local population.
The combat system is pretty … bad … currently, I will have to work it out a bit in order to balance it and make it fun.
Pending for next version release, which I hope to release before next Friday [...]
Lots of work putting to work the native settlements with their cultures and what-not. Now they try to deploy troops if the player is near and if they are hostile, and each culture has different units and size, etc.
The combat system really needs to be worked out.
Pending for next version release, which I hope to [...]
