Wild West and Wizards News

A large focus of this update was to upgrade the look of the interface. Most placeholder interface elements have been replaced. There are still a few elements which still need to be udpated such as the stat bars for instance, so look for that to come later.


We have made some changes that will improve performance for some players, especially those who are CPU bound. The day/night cycle in particular was a source of a lot of CPU overhead. Instead of updating the sun and moon positions every frame, we now keep up with what time it should be internally, but update it visually only at strategic times, such as when you are going through a door or teleport. This will hopefully improve frame rate overall.


We have added volumetric lighting to the world, which adds a slight fog to the distance, and adds sunshafts. We think it especially improves the look of night-time. This can be disabled in the in-game options if you prefer it the old way.


While a large part of this update was focused on interface, performance, and graphics, we also added in a couple of new quests and points of interest to further progress on our mission to pack the world full.

• Performance improvements.
  
• Updated much of the user interface.
  
• Removed the additional keybinding (I) for opening your inventory.
  
• You can now rest for certain numbers of hours in beds.
  
• You are now healed by resting in beds or sleeping bags.
  
• Made jumping a little easier.
  
• Weapons are no longer holstered by default when you equip one.
  
• Added tips that pop up near the beginning that teach some basics of the game.
  
• Fixed loading screen fading before the world fully loaded.
  
• Added tips to loading screen.
  
• Adjusted the revolver held position.
  
• Added volumetric lighting. This can be turned off in the options.
  
• Implemented a couple of new quests.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Statue of Selena respawning after being looted.
  
• Epic weapons now sell for more gold.
  
• The chest in the ruins graveyard shed now is a safe more level appropriate items.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could get through the Brinwall Hollow gate without a key.
  
• You can no longer fall through the world when entering Ryan's cellar.
  
• You can no longer interact with the blank scrolls on bounty boards.
  
• Fixed an issue with the cemetery fencing near Sureshot's Retreat not having colliders.
  
• Fixed some visuals with the fencing around the Chapel of the Righteous.
  
• Fixed an issue with one of the buried statues not having a collider.
  
• Fixed an issue with some abandoned cabins not having wall colliders.
  
• Fixed some visual issues in Scarlett's Estate.
  
• Fixed visual issues with some bandit camps in the desert.
  
• Fixed some typos.
  
• Fixed some bugs with the "Witch's Brew" quest.
  
• Fixed bug where some enemies would not change levels in the Yonder.
  
• Hitting the holster weapon hotkey will now toggle your weapon's holstered state.
  
• Fixed bug where holstering your weapon while you only had one equipped would keep you from pulling it back out.
  
• Increased the value on tier1 upgrade orbs.
  
• Moved the starting location outside of edge shack.
  
• Slightly increased the chance of weapon chest key fragments to drop.
  
• Fixed some issues where you sometimes couldn't read the books in the "My Precious" quest.
  
• Fixed description on health potions.
  
• Fixed not being able to click the buttons on the bottom right of the screen very well.
  
• Opening the map now defaults to the teleport rune map.
  
• Removed screenshots from feedback reports to make them a little faster.
  
• Fixed a bug where volume settings wouldn't save correctly.
  
• New characters start with more bullets.
  
• Increased the duration of ice armor and cloak of flames.
  

Looting a new gun in a game that revolves around shooting should be an incredibly exciting and rewarding experience. Previously, most weapons only had minor differences. In this update, we want to make a step towards improving the fun of finding and using different weapons. While there will be more updates to vary weapons even more in the future, we have added stats and special effects to a lot of the weapons in the game. In general, rare quality weapons have received additional stat improvements, and epic quality weapons received even better stat improvements or unique effects.


One feedback we have received often is that time-to-kill on enemies is too high. We are trying out a global reduction in enemy health by 20%. Additionally, we have reduced the mana cost of most spells by about the same. We may tweak these value further in the future depending on feedback.

The poise mechanic on enemies has been removed for the time being. Poise was the yellow bar that appeared below enemy health bars. It was reduced when the enemy took damage, and stunned the enemy for a time when it was depleted. This mechanic was not properly balanced, and we think this would be better replaced with abilities and weapons that have stunning effects in the future.

AI also received a little love in this update. While nothing that drastically changes combat, enemies no longer know exactly where you are at all times. Instead, they only know where they last saw you. This allows you to flank an enemy, or escape them by means that feel more natural. AI will be a subject of further development and will receive improvements likely throughout the rest of early access development and beyond.


We have added the ability to both hide your HUD (F2 by default), and holster your weapon (H by default). Both of these were much requested features from the community. The old H key default was the help window, which has been moved to F1. You may need to go into your keybinding options in-game and either use the reset to default button, or manually fix conflicts.

We also created and added a new wizard hat model that can be seen on some enemy wizards. Some wearable hat items have been replaced with this new model as well.

• Fixed description of resist nature spell.
  
• Added a wizard hat model, and updated some npcs and items to use it.
  
• Fixed packed shot not taking double barrel shotguns into account.
  
• Doubled the number of utility slots in your inventory.
  
• Escape now unpauses the game if it is paused.
  
• Added hotkey to hide the HUD (F1 by default).
  
• Fixed a typo in Bert's Journal.
  
• Added new loot to barrels and crates.
  
• Epic weapons can now sometimes drop from tier 4 weapon chests.
  
• Added new visuals to the forest ruins.
  
• Packed shot ability can no longer be applied multiple times.
  
• Added ability to holdster your weapon (H by default).
  
• Changed default keybinding of the help interface to F1.
  
• Hollow point ability now takes mana to cast, is unresistable, has a cooldown, and cannot stack with itself.
  
• Fixed bug where reload time didn't have an effect on some weapons.
  
• Added special effects and additional stats to a number of weapons.
  
• Fixed typo in Prophet's Sanctum quest.
  
• Fixed a number of sounds not tied to the volume sliders.
  
• Fixed some visual issues with the scorpion model.
  
• Implemented a new quest "Gifts of Love".
  
• Added new visuals to Forest Town.
  
• Adjusted reload times on some shotguns.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause damage over time spell sound and visuals to get stuck on you.
  
• Fixed a bug where enemies would not be able to attack if you left their area and came back.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause you to get stuck in combat.
  
• Removed poise mechanic from enemies.
  
• Globally reduced the health of enemies.
  
• AI: enemies no longer always know where you are after they notice you. Instead, they know where they last saw you, so it's now possible to flank them.
  
• AI: enemies will now be a little more aggressive if they haven't damaged you recently.
  
• AI: Enemies will now run towards you if they are outside of their weapon's range.
  
• Added a little more detail to the shelf and counter models.
  
• Enemies now run a little faster.
  
• Reduced the mana cost on all spells.
  
• Removed the additional keybinding for opening your inventory.
  
• When a bullet hits an enemy, it now uses your level instead of your gun's level to calculate mitigation. This will result in you doing more damage than before with weapons that are lower level than you.
  
• Fixed fire damage bonus on preacher's hats not working.
  
• Reduced the attack speed, and projectile speed on scorpion attacks.
  

Since our early access release about a week ago, we have been hard at work fixing bugs and improving performance of the game. We also had a bit of time to sprinkle in a little bit of additional content and balance changes. Thanks to all of our awesome players who take the time to send us valuable feedback and report bugs.


One of the main features of this update is improvements to the performance of the game. We will work more on performance improvements as the early access development progresses, but this is the first of many steps towards bringing you a buttery experience.

Some of these performance changes include:

• More objects culled when you don't need to see them.
  
• Improved cpu rendering performance by reducing some un-needed overhead.
  
• Corpses now disappear after a short time (loot bags will not disappear until looted).
  

As early access progresses, you can expect to see a lot of balance tweaks as we hone in on the most fun setup. In this update, we have tweaked the ranges and minimum damage of all weapons. Globally, all weapons now have a minimum damage of 50% instead of 20% previously. As a general rule, weapons deal max damage up to their effective range, and then they drop off to their minimum damage over twice that distance. Also, the effective range on shotguns and repeaters have been increased, allowing you to do full damage from further away.


In terms of content, our current focus is to continue to fill out the later levels the game. While there is content for these levels currently. It is not yet as dense as the first half. In this update, we've added a new quest and some new points of interest. Look for more to come soon.

• Made a number of changes to improve game performance.
  
• You no longer have to press ESC twice to open the menu.
  
• Options menu now closes correctly when menu is closed.
  
• Mouse-over menu option sound is now correctly controlled by volume sliders.
  
• Inspection window now correctly updates when looting several items in sequence with the mouse.
  
• Fixed the 'buy one' and 'buy max' hotkey helpers in the merchant menu from being interactable.
  
• Fixed some minor inconsistencies in item names and descriptions.
  
• Fixed inconsistent wording in the orb of upgrade description.
  
• Fixed desk bell repeatedly ringing whenever you enter the building.
  
• Fixed a floating bottle outside saloon.
  
• Moved Innkeeper Pearl to a more reachable location behind the counter.
  
• Added a button to pause the game in the escape menu.
  
• Decreased the difficulty of the first enemy wizard you encounter.
  
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't get in the portal door in the museum of magic.
  
• Decreased the difficulty of the church cave boss.
  
• Fixed an issue with Leon not dropping the key in the quest "My Precious".
  
• Fixed an issue with the glass case in the Wanderer's Den not having the correct texture.
  
• Added a teleport rune to Edge Shack to better teach players how they work.
  
• Fixed an issue with the portal in Fortuna's house not working.
  
• Lowered Abigail's Shotgun level requirement.
  
• Corpses now disappear after a short time to improve performance. Dropped loot bags will remain if not looted.
  
• Increased respawn time of normal lootable things.
  
• Slightly increased the amount of ammo drops.
  
• Implemented a new quest "A Haunted House"
  
• Fixed some quest direction issues
  
• Tier 4 chests can now rarely drop epic weapons.
  
• Slightly increased the chance of epic weapons to drop from the end game chest.
  
• Updated the icon for the Statue of Selena.
  
• Fixed some visual issues in the desert.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could climb some rocks to get into the Museum of Magic back gate.
  
• Added new visuals to Forest Town.
  
• Added collider to wizard trees.
  
• Weapons now show their effective range in their descriptions.
  
• Weapons shot out of their effective range now do a minimum of 50% damage instead of 20%.
  
• Increased the range of all shotguns and repeaters.
  
• Double barrel shotguns now say "Double Barrel Shotgun" in their descriptions.
  
• Fixed some double barrel shotguns having the wrong ammo count indicator.
  
• Increased max mouse sensitivity settings.
  
• Fixed an issue where FoV changed didn't affect your gun.
  
• Fixed an issue with the teleporter in the wizard's secret room not working.
  
• Fixed typo in a history of violence excerpt.
  

Hey everyone!

We just pushed a patch to primarily fix a lot of bugs and make some balancing changes. You can read the full patch notes below.



- Fixed an issue with Nigel not spawning in Down Town.
- Fixed an issue where you couldn't pass through the Wanderer's Den cave entrance.
- Fixed an issue with Ben giving the wrong directions to his house.
- Lewis now removes the magic orb from your inventory when you complete the quest.
- The steps in the forest ancient ruins are now smoother to walk on.
- Added some new secrets.
- Reduced orb drops from forest elementals.
- Adjusted loot that armored scorpions can drop.
- Fixed an issue with a forest bandit chest dropping low level items.
- The hidden wizard merchant now sells level appropriate items.
- You can no longer get to the hidden wizard without completing the puzzle.
- Trulin now removes the charming ring and potion cache when completing his quest.
- Fixed some typos.
- Fixed typo in the name of potion of toughness.
- Fixed description on resist heat.
- Removed sawed off shotgun from a merchant. It was an early test item that shouldn't have been in the game, and doesn't render properly.
- Fixed description on Hat of the Old Ways to indicate that it increases revolver damage.
- Added invert Y-Axis setting.
- Fixed bug where mouse sensitivity settings were getting reset when you aim down sight, and some other actions.
- Fixed graphical error at Minnie's house.
- Fear now properly affects shotgun enemies.
- Fixed AI of some shotgun enemies that would stay back too far.
- Fixed the elemental precision talent applying a level 1 effect, not matter the level of ability you used.
- Fixed an issue with an invisible collider keeping you from going through the Wanderer's Den gate.
- Fixed an issue where Desmond would keep giving you orb of upgrades for answering the riddle correctly.
- Fixed an xp exploit.
- Fixed the bull shotgun having the wrong ammo count ui.
- Fixed bug where dragging a weapon between weapon slots would cause the model to appear in your face.
- Fixed bug where you walk slowly until you hit the sprint button for the first time.
- Removed holdster weapon hotkey binding in settings until that functionality is added.
- Fixed name of keybinding "sell max" having too many Ls.
- Added VSync option.
- Fixed UI scaling issues in the main menu where the UI would be too large on lower resolutions.
- You can now close the settings window in the main menu by hitting escape.

Howdy everyone!

Welcome to Wild West and Wizards, a game where you can explore a huge world with guns, spells, quests, puzzles, secrets, and more!

We are so excited to be releasing this game for you all and can’t wait for you to start your journey.

Here’s a quick link to our launch trailer if you’d like to see what the gameplay is all about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidm6UDKCv0




As you start your adventure in the wild west you’ll be set free to explore at your own pace and discover the world of outlaws and wizards. There are three huge zones for you to explore: the desert, plains, and the forest. Each zone has quests, tons of points of interests, loot, puzzles, and secrets to discover. Here’s a look at just some of the content we plan on adding during the early access period.

• More player classes and abilities
  
• More enemy types and AI improvements
  
• Additional end-game content with a quest line, multiple new dungeons, and bosses
  
• More clothing models and other visual assets
  
• More quests and points of interests to discover
  
• Bug fixes and polishing
  

Cast Your Spells - Learn new abilities, cast an array of unique spells, and become the most powerful wizard in the west.

Discover the World - Explore a vast re-imagined wild west with over a hundred points of interests including homes, settlements, bandit camps, churches, cemeteries, caves, and more! All filled with quests, secrets, and puzzles.

Shoot and Loot - Loot tons of rare armor, weapons, and gold earning your fortune as you fight bosses, find secret treasure chests, and complete quests.

Customize Your Character - Level up your character and unlock new talents unique to your chosen class.

Stop by the Saloon - Discover towns and settlements filled with people, quests, and unique items to buy.




One very important part of the early access process for us is getting your feedback. We want to know what your experience is like playing the game and what you’d like to see added in the future. Here’s some community channels you can join:

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