HexLands News

[h3]Hi guys,[/h3]

I didn't want to finish this year without having something more than a closed alpha... so a few days ago I uploaded the alpha of the game to a kind of public platform but I don't want to directly share it here yet because there are still some issues... so I'm still a bit scared of bigger influx players. ^^

So if you’d like try the alpha of HexLands, join the Discord server and look for the HexLands channels! :) But don't worry, in a month or so I'll be confident enough to put the link directly on the Steam page. ;)

There are lots of smaller changes, fixes, balancing, thanks to all you wonderful people on Discord, trying my game, giving feedback, testing, etc! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your work. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.
But there is still plenty of space in the credits... so earn your place now! ^^ Just play the game, find bugs, suggest ideas, so basically give me any kind of feedback. Can't wait to hear what you think, thanks in advance!

Now let's begin: a big change since my last update is around the card system!


Now it's really flexible, your hands could hold any number of cards! Currently the limit is 10, but we will see how is the feedback. And I guess it also looks much better! :D

As you can see the cards have different colors. This was implemented to have a clearer view on your cards. This way it's much easier to see on first glance what card can be placed where. Previously this was indicated just with a little banner/ribbon in the top right corner. What do you think?

Up until now some cards' description were pretty ugly and/or dense, so 2 information also have been moved: population and number of tiles to be claimed. They are now in the top left and right corners if the card is suitable, and they also follow the colour schema of the particular card. And as some of you may have seen it, the resource costs' design was also reworked!


An lastly, here's the new main menu, the third version in fact, and I like this one the best so far. It also includes a feedback button, some social buttons for community buildings and alsooo...

... A CONTINUE button! After lots of work, finally you can continue a game if you had to quit for some reason or another.


So once again, sorry for taking so long, but the closed alpha went so well that I just couldn't get a hold on myself implementing all the feedback and ideas! :) Luckily I still got plenty on my list but I can't wait to see it becoming longer.

Thanks guys for all the help, really appreciate it, have a nice holiday and a happy new year! :)

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Check out the bottom right corner. What do you think they are for? :)



I'm planning to send out a few closed alpha builds next week. If the feedback is good, here comes the open alpha!

So if you’d like try HexLands, join my Discord server or my subreddit.

And if you prefer development videos, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel.

Sorry for the radio silence and not uploading any devlogs lately. I've been working on the game, but a lot of stuff came up, and I didn't have time to post about the progress.

Hopefully, better times will come around.

Have a nice weekend, everybody! :)

Hi guys,

This time I don't really have time to make a video about the latest change, so I thought I could talk about it the old fashioned way! :D

Lumbercamps were OP. And this not so small issue (because lumber is a pretty basic thus important resource) made me revamp the whole building "ecosystem".

I created a new, special resource: "Workers"!





The problem was that

• A, You could only build lumbercamps on Forest tiles.
  
• B, A lumbercamp cost 75 wood… and gave you 250 wood.
  

This meant that this building was a no brainer… in a bad sense.
It turns some wood into more wood… while you can only build them on forests… which are only suitable for lumbercamps! You don’t have to make any real decision, but you must do it to get lumber. It was so boring, it felt like a chore. A few quick and easy solutions came up:

Like changing the building cost to something other than wood.

• Then it would at least feel like a "trade". But I always found it absurd in games that you can BUILD without WOOD! :D
  

Another solution would have been to create a similarly tiered (so early game building), which could be placed on forests.

• So the player has to decide between this new building and a lumbercamp. Sadly I could come up only with a hunters’/foragers’ hut. Basically a food source alternative to farms, but unlike the farms, these are buildable only on forests, and not on plains.
  
• But the problem with this idea is that if I can only get wood from forests, while you can get food ALSO from plains, who would waste precious forests on food?
  
• So I gave up on this direction, but feel free to suggest buildings, because I’d love to have more “forest buildings”!
  

And now here's the path I took:

• Basically if you want to build a production or service building, you must allocate people from your population!
  
• It was still relatively quick to implement, because in the end, it's just a new resource:
  
• Everytime your population increases, you also get the same amount of “Workers”.
  
• So now when you have a forest tile and a lumbercamp card, think before building it. Because maybe next turn you won’t be able to afford a farm, a mine, or a brewery.
  

What do you think? This is just a quick and experimental solution, issues could surface any day, so I can’t wait to see or hear your feedback! :)

Also I’m getting closer and closer to the next testing phase, so if you’d like try HexLands, join my Discord server or my subreddit. And if you prefer development videos, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel, a new video is coming soon! :)

Anyway, thanks for reading guys, cheers! :)

The game received positive feedback on various platforms and also some great feedback.
After this marketing ride, now I'm back to development! So far the progress is steady, so the next step is getting closer: Open alpha!

But if you want to get your hands on the game sooner, you can get a chance to join the last stages of the closed alpha phase!
The core mechanics still need some review and polish to make the game seamless, quicker to understand, and of course more fun to play. So I can't wait to see you tearing the game apart.😉
All you have to do is join our Discord community. If you prefer Reddit, I've got you covered!🙂

Of course, if you'd like to get your updates in a different format, see behind the scenes, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel!🙂

Thanks for reading this reading this quick update and your continued support.
Cheers,
Tibor aka Tudvari