Heroes of Book & Paper News

These weeks I have received good advice and feedback from the player Almarod, and from the game designer of ArchRebel: Tactics, Ularis Badler. Thank you, my friends.

This update includes a lot of improvements, among which we can highlight the change of the combat music, graphical improvements, and above all an improvement in the background of the HEROES OF BOOK & PAPER stories, emphasizing the lore in general.


I also want to tell you that the next story 'The Ring of King Agmar' is well underway, and I hope to have it completed and uploaded in a few weeks. The wait will be worth it, as I'm making it with a lot of love and care, trying to make it a great story down to the smallest detail. Thanks for your patience.

Chnagelog: 0.6.9:

IMPROVEMENTS
- The alignment of elements on the character selection page has been improved. (Credits: Ularis Badle)
- Now also avoids the flickering of the character images when you select them on the character selection page.
- Course flickering is now avoided when swiping the Cooking and Alchemy buttons on the level up page.
- The flickering of the value change in character alignment is avoided.
- The mountain graphics looked very poor to me, so I have improved and changed them.
- Improvement of the initial image of the "Song of Kings & Wars" story (the one showing flags of the kingdoms).
- Modified and fixed the battlefield image size ('Song of Kings & Wars' story).
- The image of the interior of Grauler's hut has been improved ('The Cobra's Ark story).
- The image of the end of adventure story 'The Barbarian', has been improved.
- Changed and improved images of dead goblin, and lieutenant of the Cobra Prince (dead too).
- Some of the texts of the adventures have been enriched with more lore.

ADDED
- Added new story event ('The Cobra's Ark' story): 'Bitten by a snake'. Now you have to be more careful when exploring the Jungle.
- Added option to be able to use food on the deserted island for survival (Various stories)
- Added the option to use the LUCK spell when falling into the sea in the 'Song of Kings & Wars' adventure.
- Added Deep one as a possible enemy when travelling by ship ('Song of Kings & Wars' story).

CHANGES
- The music of the combats has been changed. The music you will listen to in your battles is now by Joel Steudler.
- Increased the Wisdom level to obtain the spell 'Glacial Blast' from the swamp runes in the quest 'The Funeral March' by 1.
- Changed a possible spell granted by the swamp runes in the story 'The Funeral March'. Instead of granting the Light spell they now grant the Protect spell (Except for Priest characters).
- The descriptions of the kingdoms of Aslona and Caebrend at the beginning of the 'Song of Kings & Wars' adventure have been expanded to delve deeper into the game's lore.
- The final texts of the story 'Song of the Kings & Wars' have been modified to make them more epic (or more dramatic).
- For Lore reasons, the possible option to ride to the Impassable Mountains, which could have been in the adventure 'Your first adventure', has been changed to: Ride to the nearby mountains (the Impassable Mountains were really far away from that place).
- The location of the Serpent Tower and the path leading to it in the story 'The Barbarian' has been changed, in order to better place the general locations in the overall lore of the game. This tower will no longer be in the North, it will be in the East.
- The image of the dragon has been modified ('Song of the Kings & Wars' story).
- In anticipation of having different types of dragons in the future, the only one dragon in the game (for now) is labelled as a 'Green Dragon', and has the attribute of poison.
- I have changed the images of the Wizard cloak and the Magic cloak (rare items).
- Changed the size of the Kobold.

BUGSFIXES
- Clicking on failed end-of-adventure messages could cause the player to not leave the page, and forced them to click elsewhere. This has been corrected.
- Fixed a bug in the adventure 'Your First Adventure' that could change the encounters by the well, if the player looked at the inventory, or if they returned from the inn to the well again.
- Fixed a bug where if a player looked at their inventory while drowning in the sea, they would be directed back to a different page.
- Correctly aligned the red cross that sometimes blocks the option to press the escape button.
- Some texts have been corrected.

- Thank you for reading -

I am a whisper in the wind. I am the shadow you don't see. I am the executing hand and I will carry to the other world, during the silent night, the souls of those who are named in my orders.

This new update adds the last remaining hero to be designed: The Assassin. Players will now be able to play using this class.

As always I take advantage of the update to add more content and improvements to the game. I hope you enjoy them.

THE ASSASSIN
- The assassin is the character with the highest DEX skill value in the game.
- The assassin can choose two unique weapons at the start of the game: the Lethal Bow and the Double Daggers.
- The assassin gets special options to take out guards or set up ambushes, as well as to go unnoticed using stealth.
- The assassin, despite starting with a neutral alignment, is closer than any other character to becoming evil.

Changelog 0.6.7:

IMPROVEMENTS
- Spell images flickering when a player chooses a spell in the character selection screen has been avoided.
- Slightly improved the image of the Rogue player character.
- The skull image on the end of adventure or end of campaign page has been aligned correctly.
- Some adventure texts have been enriched for more literary content (Some adventures).

ADDED
- Added new character: The Assassin!.
- Added a message at the end of a failed quest to indicate to the player that they still have their level and items despite not completing the quest.
- Looting Beldar in the story 'The cobra's Ark' can now give you a +1 spear in addition to the other possible weapons that can be generated.
- Added the possibility to find the Bone Key in the catacombs of the city in the story 'The Barbarian'.

CHANGES
- The possibility to unlock better campaign endings for the player has been reduced by 100 campaign points.
- Level 3 enemies no longer drop padded armor loot for spellcasting characters. Instead, they drop a cloak as loot.
- One of the end-of-campaign texts has been modified.
- One of the texts at the end of the adventure 'Your First Adventure' didn't quite convince me. It has been changed.
- The possible fight against the giant bee in the story 'The Cobra's Ark' has been changed to a fight against a carnivorous plant.

BUGSFIXES
- Fixed a bug that could cause when playing a campaign, and loading a Freeplay game from the campaign, the freeplay game would turn into a campaign.
- Fixed a bug where in the dead forest of the quest 'The Barbarian' a message did not appear when you found a rope.
- The image of damage caused by flocks of birds has been correctly aligned.
- Some corrected texts

- Thank you for reading -

Campaign mode has been added!

From now on HB&P, players will be able to enjoy two types of gameplay: Normal and Campaign.

Also, these weeks I have received very good feedback from one of our players: ElVillano. Thanks to his ideas and suggestions, I've been able to make a lot of improvements.
Thank you, ElVillano, thank you very much!

Remember that if you have a bug to report, you can do it on the Steam forums of this game, on Discord or send me a private message. Thank you very much.

Changelog 0.6.5:

IMPROVEMENTS
- Improved responsiveness of the game when using the numeric keypad when choosing options.
- The game now allows you to minimise it and use Alt + Tab to keep it in the background (Credit ElVillano).
- Some main gaming panels have been correctly aligned.
- The ENTER key now also allows you to exit the final page of the failed solitary adventure or end of campaign.
- The magic stone circle can now grant a few more spell types.
- The story 'Your first adventure' has improved some of its text to make it more literary (Credit: ElVillano).
- The image of one type of zombie has been improved.
- Small improvements in several pages of stories.

ADDED
- New game mode: Campaign!
- Added -1 staff as a possible starting weapon for Wizards.
- Added -2 staff as a possible starting weapon for Necromancers.
- Added new legendary item only for characters with high wisdom value: Magic Cloak.
- Legendary enemies might give +3 Dagger loot when defeated.
- Added new possible location for the story 'The Funeral March': The Knight's Crypt.
- The Serpent Tower armoury in the story 'The Barbarian', now generates Wizard's Cloaks for characters with high Wisdom value.
- Added a new image for bandits.

CHANGES
- Changed cursor image to a quill.
- The buttons on the start panel of the game have been modified.
- Changed background image of the options panel.
- The necromancer character gains one point of strength but loses one point of charisma.
- To avoid an exploit that can generate a lot of gold for the player in the barbarian arena using certain spells, if the player controls a Wizard, Necromancer or Cleric and the quest generates the Barbarian Arena as a playable location, the game will generate a different location then. (Credit: ElVillano)
- Fighting in the barbarian arena can now only be chosen once per adventure (Credit: ElVillano).
- Now, in the story 'The Funeral March' each cleric that reaches the end of the story grants +5 XP extra to the player.
- The graphics of the necropolis in the story 'The Barbarian' have been changed and improved.
- Changed the standard turanian warrior image.
- I've changed the image of an orc that didn't quite suit me.

BUGSFIXES
- Fixed a bug that could cause a game crash when using the numeric keypad to select options in combat.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the correct selection of options in the quest 'The Funeral March' with the keyboard.
- Fixed a bug where the initial 'Sing to the Beast' Hunter spell would not display its information when moused over.
- Fixed a bug where the reflected image of the Hunter character in the hall of mirrors (in the story 'The Labyrinth') was not displayed.
- Some texts have been revised and corrected (Credit ElVillano).



- Thank you for reading -

This small patch fixes a couple of bugs in the new inventory code. I've also taken the opportunity to make further improvements to it.

Changelog:

IMPROVEMENTS
- When you mouse over an equipped weapon in the inventory panel it also shows its damage and combat attribute.
- When you mouse over an equipped spell, the inventory now also shows you its data.
- The inventory code now makes sure to correctly clear the data displayed when the mouse leaves the object.

ADDED
- Added description of a future new story.

BUGSFIXES
- Fixed a bug where changing the weapon could not correctly display the damage it does when hovering the mouse over it in the inventory.
- Fixed a bug that directed the player to the wrong page when using the lockpick to get to the goblin king's tower ('The Labyrinth' story).
- Fixed a small bug where the name of the equipped weapon could rarely be displayed in the inventory without any interaction with the weapon.

*Note: I had to change a lot of the game code for these improvements, so it is possible that when loading a save game, some armour may not display correctly, some items may get stuck in the inventory, and the currently equipped spell may fail in some events. I RECOMMEND STARTING A NEW GAME. Please forgive any inconvenience this may cause.

Some players have suggested me to improve the Inventory system, and players are the most important thing for a developer. I have also received advice on some very good improvements to incorporate into the game. HB&P is a game made for those players, and I want the experience playing it to be the best possible, so I got to work on it. You will see in the changelog which players have contributed ideas and now they are also part of HB&P.

This update focuses on completely changing the inventory system, adding a lot of improvements. This is very important, because from now on, equipped items no longer take up space allowing the player to carry a total of 12 items instead of 9, you can now sort and delete empty slots, and you can cancel the mode of deleting items or selling them by pressing the same button again (and more improvements).

I have also modified the interior location graphics. They look much better now.

And as always, I have added some new options, some new items, and some improvements.

Here is the full changelog of v 0.6.3:

IMPROVEMENTS
- The design of the inventory page has been improved.
- Equipped weapons, armour, and spells do not take up inventory space now (Credit: Paladin Ecko).
- When you get a new item or spell, and your inventory is full, the game system now allows you to replace the newly acquired item with another item that was already in your inventory (Credit: Manuelcooby).
- Added a button to sort the inventory.
- Now when you click the remove items from inventory button again, you are returned to the option to select items.
- In character selection, you no longer need to click on the weapon to see the damage it does, just hover your mouse over it.
- In character selection, the image and description of the spell the mouse is on, is now displayed immediately after choosing a weapon in the same slot. (Credit: Sogtul)
- Now you can see a button to press to go to the options from within the game (Credit: Manuelcooby).
- The volume control bar has been improved for better sound control (Credit: Manuelcooby).
- Pressing the ESC key now also exits the options menu.

ADDED
- Added new armor: Wizard Cloak (a very rare armor hard to find only for characters with a high Wisdom value).
- New weapon: -2 Battle Axe (Very rare to find. Only for characters with high Strength value).
- Added a small possibility that one of the starting villages of the adventure 'The Cobra's Ark', instead of an inn, generates a stable.
- Added possibility to give Kraken Meat to the witch in the story 'The Funeral March'.

CHANGES
- Equipped weapons, armour, and spells do not take up inventory space now (Credit: Paladin Ecko).
- The ending of the story 'Your first Adventure' now depends on the direction the player takes in the cave.
- All images of the castle interiors have been changed.
- Changed the image of the interior of the taverns (Several stories).
- Changed the image of the armoury (Several stories).
- Changed the image of the scholar's guild (Several stories).
- Changed the image of the money changer (Several stories).
- Enhanced an image of a steppe (Several stories).
- Changed the image of the entrance to the tower in the story 'The Barbarian'.
- Changed the image of the goblin king's throne ('The Labyrinth').
- Changed image of the black castle kitchen ('The Labyrinth').
- The image of the laboratory of the black castle has been changed ('The Labyrinth').
- The image of the hall of mirrors has been changed ('The Labyrinth').
- Changed the image of the gnome tuner ('The Labyrinth').
- The image of the interior of the cellar has been changed ('Song of Kings & Wars').
- Changed the image of the interior of Grauler's hut ('The Cobra's Ark).

BUGSFIXES
- Adjusted the position of weapon and armour bonus numbers to avoid some weapons not displaying the number correctly and also to avoid visual glitches.
- Fixed a bug where the attack button did not display the attribute used on the first attack in the game, or on the first attack after switching weapons.
- Fixed an issue with the volume bar that could be reset if the player returned to the main game panel (Credit: Manuelcooby).
- Fixed a bug that prevented Wizards or Necromancers from obtaining one of the endings of the story 'The Funeral March'.
- Fixed a bug that could display an incorrect inventory icon when accessing the game options from the inventory by pressing the ESC key.
- Fixed a small visual glitch when closing the inventory.
- Fixed a bug in a location in the story 'The Cobra's Ark' where the player, despite having a rope, could not use it.
- Fixed a bug when you bought a horse and your inventory was already full.
- Some texts fixed.

What's next?

I'm still working to offer as soon as possible the Campaign game mode, which will add another different way to play HB&P, much more difficult, more interesting, and heroic!.

- Thank you for reading -