Quest Master News

[h2]Modding Items[/h2]

Modding of items has commenced!
You can now create custom Consumables (like hearts or food)!






Over the coming days I will complete the list and gradually release it and soon, all items will be moddable.

The game currently ships with one new example mod which adds a Double Heart item to the game.
To find out how to create the other types, check out the Quest Master mod dump in the Mods folder.


[h2]Debuff Chest Traps[/h2]

You can now add the debuff statuses Burn, Curse, Freeze and Shock, and additionally, Bubbles, to chests!

So many new options!

IT'S A TRAP!

[h2]Golden + Fire Status[/h2]

Both Golden and Fire have been turned into status buffs that you can add to any enemy or boss in the context menu.

Goldmec goes brr



[h2]Modding Variants[/h2]

You can now create variants for your modded dungeon parts. This will help clean up the part book and prevent it from getting cluttered.



The example tree mod includes all three tree types from Castle Town now, and shows you how to set up a variant collection.

It's as simple as including the Variant property with the same value for all parts you want to group up.

[h2]Part Book Organization For Mods[/h2]

Custom parts are now organized by mod group, as opposed to all being in the same group.
This should help visibility when trying to find modded parts.



[h2]Custom Cursor + Head Icon For Skins[/h2]

Custom character skins can now include a custom cursor and head icon to display!
The Dark Lanze example mod documents that if you are interested. It was highly requested for mods.

Don't worry about not including them! It defaults to the basic Lanze cursor and icon.

[h2]Workshop Mod ID Upload Validation[/h2]

A new safety measure has been implemented which prevents mods that have the same ID from being uploaded to the workshop. This will prevent potential ID conflicts, since mod IDs have to be unique.

Everyone loves modding! However, it's easy to break things if you're not cautious and change things like mod or asset IDs. It's also easy to glance over documentation.

Unfortunately, I had to deal with ID conflict issues in the past two days where mod creators have unknowingly broken their mod compatibility with older dungeons because they did not account for making asset IDs backwards compatible.

This new update introduces two new safety measures which will prevent those mod compatibility issues in the future:

[h2]1. Manual Mod Version Increments[/h2]

The "Version" property in your Mod.yaml no longer defines what game version the user requires, but rather denotes the version of your mod.

It's recommend to start your mod at version "1.0.0.0" when you first upload it to the workshop.

If you want to update your mod after making changes, you have to manually increment the version number, let's say to "1.0.0.1". If you leave the mod version unchanged, the mod will not be updated in the workshop.

This change makes the mod creator's intent more clear and will also allow me to version mod's in the engine itself.

[h2]2. Asset Key Validation[/h2]

From now on, when uploading or updating a workshop mod, all asset keys are added to the workshop item's metadata.

Let's say you have a tree entity with the id "MyTree" and your mod ID is "MyCoolMod".
The mod asset reference of that asset is "MyCoolMod:MyTree", and the asset key would be "MyTree".

The ID is optional, but it's recommended to explicitly set it, otherwise it uses the file name as the ID, which is more prone to accidental breaking.

When attempting to update a workshop mod, the game checks to see if all the asset keys that the metadata contains are still valid in your updated mod.

If that is not the case, that means you have made a breaking change which in theory would prevent users from loading their dungeons, in case they have used your mod in the past.

Generally I don't encourage changing IDs, however if you need to do so, make sure to use the Alias property to make your assets backwards compatible.

You can have as many aliases as you need.

[h3]Happy Modding![/h3]

[h2]Introducing The Phonograph[/h2]

Welcome the Phonograph!

It allows you to play a specified music track in a room.
You can also add a condition to it to conditionally play the music, like for a boss!

Choose from a large selection of tracks, including modded tracks.

Play music conditionally!

You can also make the Phonograph invisible and add attachments to it, which allows you to fully hide it in your rooms.

Out of sight, out of mind.

[h3]Tip[/h3]

Until per-floor music selection is implemented, the way to add different music on some floors is to add a Phonograph into every room.

[h2]Add Conditions To Pets[/h2]

You can now add conditions to pets to make them appear and disappear.

Nini is in da house.

[h2]Generic Entity Type For Mods (Decor for example!)[/h2]

The workshop is full of decoration mods that use pets. It's a cool workaround, but inefficient and inflexible, since pets have not been implemented with that in mind.

Introducing the new generic "Entity" type!

It allows you to specify if it's solid or not, change its size in maker mode (those entities are also centerable!), and set a sprite and shadow.

The new Entity type is super flexible.

The game ships with a new example mod that adds one of the trees from Castle Town into the game if you want to have a look.

Modded entities show up in the "Mods" group in Gizmos.

Doesn't that look good?

[h3]Tip[/h3]

I encourage all modders to update their decoration mods to use the new Entity type, since it's not only more flexible, but will improve performance significantly when using a lot of decorations.

[h2]Turn Any Enemy + Boss Electric[/h2]

Explicit enemy variants have the problem that we have to create a lot of custom art for them. That's why generally only bats and slimes had elemental variants, since they were easy to do. This unfortunately limits gameplay purposes.

So we are shifting direction!

The new "Electric" status can be applied to ALL enemies and bosses, turning them into electrified variants!





"We have new bosses at home." The new bosses at home:

[h2]Change Dungeon Theme Per Floor[/h2]

Now, this feature has been requested for literal months. I've always been on the fence about this, but finally decided to just add it, since it's so highly wanted.

You can now decide the dungeon theme on a floor basis, which allows you to combine themes throughout floors.



If a dungeon uses more than one theme, all the tags are added. So you can search for specific theme combinations in the dungeon browser as well!


[h2]"Default" Music Option[/h2]

There is a new "Default" music option for your dungeons, which will play the current theme's music track.




[h2]Lightning Ball Projectile[/h2]

A new projectile has been added, the Lightning Ball!
It's a slow moving projectile that will shock targets it hits.




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