Hellish Quart News

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2023.12.03.0

FIX:
- Gedeon: fixed a bug in (RFF) Down, Fwd, A attack
- Jan: fixed regression with LG + Left + X attack not working

TWEAK:
- Gedeon: (LFF) LG + Forward + X thrust is now cancelable on recovery

NEW:
- Implementation of a character skin unlocking system. The character skins, that were available before, are now locked, but cost just 5 ducats to unlock. They will remain like that for a month, so current Early Access Players have time to unlock them at that price. A month from now, the prices will be raised, so new players can unlock them at an intended amount of ducats. Note, that ducats are only-in-game points, that you can earn only by playing the game. You can't buy them for real money, they are just like XP in RPG games.)

- Barabasz: new character skin
- Watchtower Arena: new upgrades available

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2023.11.28.0

FIX:
- Fixed a bug in the Sharps and Wooden weapon selection menu that occurred when you went back to previous menus and returned
- Cpu vs. Cpu mode no longer can earn or lose ducats

TWEAK:
- Different file compression method (smaller build size at a cost of slightly longer load times); this may be a big download, but the game is now ~8 GB on the disk instead of ~12.
- Increased the physics simulation precision just a bit to get better collision detection, but not enough for weapons to start getting stuck on collisions

NEW:
- History Buff mode now shows pictures from historical fencing manuals and other relevant historical pictures, instead of text cards
- Jacek, Samuel: New HEMA protection clothes

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2023.11.24.0

FIX:
- The keyboard control scheme no longer shows in Character Selection Menu if you don't touch the keyboard
- Camera no longer blurs out when the HEMA Training match ends

NEW:
- HEMA Training matches now have a Winner and Loser animations at the end of the match
- Wooden Castle Arena: new upgrades available
- Stable Arena: new upgrades available
- The camera slowly pans to the winner at the end of a match in PvP and Training modes

KNOWN ISSUES:
- Cpu vs Cpu takes part in earning ducats - it shouldn't. Fix coming soon

In this update, besides important tweaks to the game mechanics, we also introduce ducats - an in-game currency that you can earn by winning sword duels. Ducats are used to unlock new stuff within Hellish Quart - skins, arenas, upgrades, etc.

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Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2023.11.22.0

FIX:
- Zera, Alexander: fixed sword swing sounds not playing
- Fixed regression: Long Guard is once more disabled for 0.15s after a Long Guard attack
- Jan, Barabasz: fixed occasional "noodle hands" on some LG attacks (there may be more)

TWEAK:
- Decreased the number of physics iterations per frame for less precise, but more stable simulation, to prevent swords from locking up on collision
- Canceling on active frames when the opponent is also attacking is now optional, and on by default (you can disable it in Options)
- Jacek: distance blending on LG Step thrust attack
- Jacek: his faster attacks now deal a bit less damage
- Jacek: a bit longer recovery on base attacks
- Jacek: his (RFF) Y attack now retracts the blade a bit before the strike
- Jacek: Down, Fwd Y, Y combo has more time between attacks
- Marta: The follow-up attack after a Push causes more damage (can kill now)

NEW:
- Introducing in-game currency: ducats. Ducats are earnable ONLY by playing the game. Every time you win a fight in the Arcade, Survival, or History Buff mode, you earn a randomized amount of ducats. Every time you are wounded or lose a match, you lose a percentage of your already-earned ducats. The longer you play each mode, the higher the chance of winning big amounts. Ducats are then used to unlock skins, swords, arena enhancements, new characters, etc. Historically, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a ducat was a common name for a one Czerwony Złoty coin (eng: Red Golden). Złoty is the currency in Poland to this day.

- New Arena: Small Gym
- Arenas: Armory, Meadow, Small Gym - new unlockable content

Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2023.11.13.0

FIX:
- Fixed a bug where the characters, after pressing the Long Guard, would get stuck in this guard. This bug occurred only when playing using monitors with more than 75Hz refresh rate (for example 144Hz monitors).
- Switched back to detecting the hits from the ragdoll and not from the character skeleton (seems more reliable after all)
- Isabella: fixed the situation where she would return to High Guard pose for a moment, after finishing a High Guard attack
- Jan, Jacek: more muscle power for better swing trajectories
- Jacek: combo timings tweaks
- Jan: tweaked the trajectory of Fwd, Y, X combo to be more blockable
- Marie, Samuel, Marta: down, fwd, LB results in a Taunt, and not a special move
- Yendrek: (LFF) B, B timing tweaks that give the axe time to deal damage before it pulls back