December Update
Greetings medievalists!
As we get closer to the year’s end, we’re introducing some new features and improvements. Behold:
[h3]Introducing Starting Narrative[/h3]
When you start a game, you’ll be able to choose one of the three different modes:
Peaceful - builder mode that doesn’t have enemy attacks.
Standard - classic mode that evenly balances environmental events with enemy raids.
Survival - aggressive mode that frequently tests your combat skills.
Within every mode, you’ll be able to choose one of the 5 difficulties - Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Difficult, Hard. Game difficulty changes things like starting mood, enemy health, animal retaliation chance, wound severity amount. But that is not the end, because:
[h3]Basic Modding - Scenarios[/h3]
Scenarios will determine the start of your game. Beyond the two existing ones, you’ll be able to create your own. Apart from required fields such as Scenario name, description, narrative and villager number there can be other starting conditions controlled, such as Starting Resources and Equipment, Unlocked Technology, and various villager constraints ( Age, Height, Weight ranges, Chance for Gender, Religion and Perks roll, Default starting clothes and Overrides for all villager stats start values). There are some limitations here, but you will have A LOT of control.
[h3]World Map is here[/h3]
That’s right. A Basic, procedurally generated world map which shows players’ village location and surrounding villages is here. You can see your settlement on the map, along with the surrounding villages. The world map also shows Region influence - a stat that combines wealth, raid results, etc. As your influence grows, its representation will expand over the World Map. There is still much to be done here, but this is a good start.
[h3]We’ve added Historical Records[/h3]
The new window can be toggled via the top right button
, next to the Almanac. Once selected, it opens two tabs:
[h3]Make a place for Graves[/h3]
You, our community suggested it and we implemented it - Graves are a new building type where villagers and enemies can be buried. You can look at it as a stockpile that accepts only carcasses (RIP). There are different types of graves in the game - unmarked and normal graves can be placed on the ground tiles only, while a sarcophagus is costly and can be built anywhere.
[h3]A ladder is a thing that exists[/h3]
Ladders have also been requested by the community. Comparing ladders to stairs - they cost less, take up less space, and climbing them might be slower - but they get the job done!
[h3]Combat user experience has been improved[/h3]
We have been mostly working on UI improvements, adding indicators for targeting, some positioning experimentations, and added many animations (we have much more to come too). Here is the list of things we’ve done:
And that would be all for this year. Happy holidays and see you next year with more exciting Going Medieval news. Stay safe people!
Foxy Voxel Team
Be sure to visit our Discord and become part of our community: discord.gg/yHKcJat
Follow us on Twitter: @going_medieval
See the trailer for the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy_rW95WtmA
As we get closer to the year’s end, we’re introducing some new features and improvements. Behold:
[h3]Introducing Starting Narrative[/h3]
When you start a game, you’ll be able to choose one of the three different modes:
Peaceful - builder mode that doesn’t have enemy attacks.
Standard - classic mode that evenly balances environmental events with enemy raids.
Survival - aggressive mode that frequently tests your combat skills.
Within every mode, you’ll be able to choose one of the 5 difficulties - Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Difficult, Hard. Game difficulty changes things like starting mood, enemy health, animal retaliation chance, wound severity amount. But that is not the end, because:
[h3]Basic Modding - Scenarios[/h3]
Scenarios will determine the start of your game. Beyond the two existing ones, you’ll be able to create your own. Apart from required fields such as Scenario name, description, narrative and villager number there can be other starting conditions controlled, such as Starting Resources and Equipment, Unlocked Technology, and various villager constraints ( Age, Height, Weight ranges, Chance for Gender, Religion and Perks roll, Default starting clothes and Overrides for all villager stats start values). There are some limitations here, but you will have A LOT of control.
[h3]World Map is here[/h3]
That’s right. A Basic, procedurally generated world map which shows players’ village location and surrounding villages is here. You can see your settlement on the map, along with the surrounding villages. The world map also shows Region influence - a stat that combines wealth, raid results, etc. As your influence grows, its representation will expand over the World Map. There is still much to be done here, but this is a good start.
[h3]We’ve added Historical Records[/h3]
The new window can be toggled via the top right button
, next to the Almanac. Once selected, it opens two tabs:- Statistics tab: Left part shows various graphs for different stats such as Population, Wealth, Food, Mood, and Influence. The right panel is reserved for other statistical data.
- History tab: This tab logs all events like villager banishments, deaths, and other important happenings.
[h3]Make a place for Graves[/h3]
You, our community suggested it and we implemented it - Graves are a new building type where villagers and enemies can be buried. You can look at it as a stockpile that accepts only carcasses (RIP). There are different types of graves in the game - unmarked and normal graves can be placed on the ground tiles only, while a sarcophagus is costly and can be built anywhere.
[h3]A ladder is a thing that exists[/h3]
Ladders have also been requested by the community. Comparing ladders to stairs - they cost less, take up less space, and climbing them might be slower - but they get the job done!
[h3]Combat user experience has been improved[/h3]
We have been mostly working on UI improvements, adding indicators for targeting, some positioning experimentations, and added many animations (we have much more to come too). Here is the list of things we’ve done:
- Cracking graphics are added to buildings as they lose health. Removed health bar from buildings
- Fixed problem where drafted villagers would ignore draft order sometimes
- Arrow miss particle is not shown anymore for melee attacks
- Enemies now target buildings properly
- Reworked formation forming when a player chooses to move multiple drafted workers at once
- Multiple villagers can go through nodes with other villagers on them, but they can’t pass nodes with enemies on them
- Enemies now have quicker reactions (eg: if the enemy is attacking a building, and one of the villagers hit him, the enemy will focus on those villagers)
- Faster game speed is enabled while raids are active
- Removed 'right-click attack' menu for villagers
- When hit by a ranged villager attack, enemies will try to approach villager while seeking cover
- Enemies now start charging instantly, when hit or missed during the initial walking period
- Drafted villagers inside the building won't blindly focus on the closest enemy anymore. The enemy will be focused on only if there is a clear line of sight
- Villagers can now attack while standing inside open doors.
- Elements above villagers/enemy heads (health bar, name, combat charge, etc...) do not overlap/glitch anymore.
- Improvements to right-click equip order. Fixed a bug where an order would get ignored sometimes, and it now works while the game is paused.
- Fixed pathfinding bug where some beds would become unreachable if built too close to other beds. This caused a bug where villagers would sleep on the ground, even though the bed existed.
- Disabled thought bubbles while villages are drafted
- The game now utilizes more CPU threads on systems that have them.
- Multiple optimizations, and general code improvements
And that would be all for this year. Happy holidays and see you next year with more exciting Going Medieval news. Stay safe people!
Foxy Voxel Team
Be sure to visit our Discord and become part of our community: discord.gg/yHKcJat
Follow us on Twitter: @going_medieval
See the trailer for the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy_rW95WtmA