Hellish Quart News

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This is Alexander.

He is based on an extraordinary historical 17th century character - Alexander Dynis. Serving under the Bishop of Cracow, for his deeds, he was nobilitated and became a starosta (a town mayor) of Kozieglowy in Poland. He was mentioned in Walerian Trepka's "Liber generationis" from 1626:

"Dynis Alexander, a Black Man, serving under the bishop of Cracow. For his achievements, the bishop made him a starosta of Kozieglowy in Siewierszczyzna."

His depiction in the game imagines him before this time - right after he ended up in Poland.


Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2022.04.09.0

NEW:
- New character: Alexander

FIX:
- Fixed bug when some Close Attacks (kicks, fists) animations were not interruptable by next animations
- Fixed bug when some Hits Reactions animations were not interruptable by next animations
- Fixed bug when some Hits Reactions animations were not playing fully, even if uninterrupted
- Fixed some bugs with guard animations priority when changing feet stances
- Various small other fixes

TWEAKS:
- Further tweaks of the blade collision system
- Various small tweaks

TWEAK:
- Further tweaks of the blade collision system
- Marie: general tweaks, 2 new combos
- Isabella: a bit slower
- active ragdoll polish pass

In this stream, we talk about the mechanics of sword fighting in Hellish Quart and how they relate to real-world Historical European Martial Arts. For everyone who didn't yet have the chance to play Hellish Quart, we'll explain how the game works and talk about the nearest plans.

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Programming the footwork of this character is quite a challenge for a combat gameplay animator. I also just implemented first, basic, in-place attacks and a set of guards, so I can now actually test this guy in combat.

Next - we'll be recording some proper direction-based attacks and special moves, instructed by Da'Mon Stith, an expert on Historical African Martial Arts (HAMA).

NEW:
- New character select menu
(This change had to be made because the previous character selection concept was not optimized for more than 10 originally planned fighters; the new version, in near future, will allow customization in character select menu; the graphics are temporary)
- Menu navigation audio (content is not the final version, wip)

TWEAK:
- Further tweaks of the blade collision system
- Weapon inertia tweaks (all characters)
- Kalkstein: can now deal damage through the weak part of the opponent's blade
- Kalkstein: sword tip range tweaks
- Marie: sword tip range tweaks