Travellers Rest News

Hey innkeepers!

You can now play the latest update of Travellers Rest!

This new update adds gamepad support, a new control system so that the game can be played exactly the same with a gamepad or a keyboard, a total UI redesign with better resolution and it also adds a new artistic style for the majority of the interior of the tavern.



This update has taken longer than normal due to the wealth of changes to the base code that we’ve had to make in order to adapt the new gamepad control system and the enormous amount of work that went into the artistic style. We are grateful for your patience and hope you like the direction that this game’s development is taking.



As you know, our idea is to remake the artistic style of the game completely. In this version the old and new styles are coexisting, so you might notice abrupt changes in style between zones, objects, people or decorations. In the next few updates, we will change the characters and adapt them to the new artistic style, replace objects that need to be adapted, and will remake the graphical assets for the exterior completely. Once done, the game will have a much more solid and uniform look, and we will expand the content and gameplay mechanics. We ask for your patience and forgiveness for any issues this may cause during the transitional period in advance.



[h3]v0.4 Change Log[/h3]

• We have remade the input system in order to add controller support.
  
• We have added gamepad support.
  
• We have modified the control system to adapt it to gamepad and keyboard.
  
• We have added gamepad key assignments to the options section.
  
• We have added secondary key remapping.
  
• You can now rotate tables without losing the distribution of the objects contained on them.
  
• We have remade the UI design.
  
• We have added a way to save recipes as favorites.
  
• We have modified the artistic style of the tilemap in the tavern's interior.
  
• The majority of the objects in the interior of the tavern have been replaced.
  
• We have added an outline to the selected objects.
  
• We have improved the pixel perfect camera system.
  
• We have added the option to activate and deactivate vertical sync.
  
• We have added new fire effects for the fireplace.
  
• Now both doors and chests are fully animated when they open and close.
  
• We have replaced the stains, and they are now much more visible at a glance.
  
• Tavern vision has been removed.
  
• We have modified the spaces in the bar so that customers do not order anything in front of the beer taps.
  

Hello Tavern Keepers!

We wanted to take a moment to give you the heads-up on what’s been going on behind the scenes.
We are still a few weeks away from launching the update, but everything looks quite promising indeed.

One of the game’s most requested features, gamepad support, is almost wrapped up, and we are steadily advancing towards a very stable situation wherein you can play both with mouse and keyboard or with a gamepad without having to sacrifice anything. We’re building it from the ground up and with that comes a new and fancy UI which we’re sure many of you will love!

We’re also keeping our art team busy, they are currently in the process of swapping over much of the original art of the interior of the tavern to a higher quality shift, with their work expected to be done In time for when gamepad support wraps up.

After this update our art team will change the player characters and NPC's, as well as the tavern exterior.


Here's a look at the new armor sets and swords, along with a sword and shield on the wall:




Here's the new animation for when you open chests in the game:




This animation runs when you research a new technology level:




This is a general view of how the tavern is looking in the new update!






This is the new cleaning animation for both male and female characters. This will come in a future update that addresses NPC and Player animations.