Pale Coins News

[h2]First of all, thank you so much for your support in 2023 and here's to an amazing new year 2024.[/h2]
I really appreciate every single one of you who played the demo or wishlisted Pale Coins. It means so much to me!


There's plenty of new content in Pale Coins which I want to share with you. Have a look at recent images of new regions and items:




A lot is planned for 2024, so here's a rough overview: (Don't worry, no spoilers ahead ;) )

• Bugfixes/Improvements - Your feedback is very important to me, so I wrote down most of your suggestions and want to implement them in one way or another. (e.g. problems with the pathfinding of some monsters, vendor inventory, ...)
  
• UI Overhaul - I want the UI to be slightly darker, so quite some time will be spent on improving the UI.
  
• Sound Design - One of the major goals in 2024 is to refine the sound design by replacing and adding sounds, as well as implementing "3D sounds".
  
• New Regions - In order to provide more exploration in Pale Coins, as well as progression in the main events of the game, new regions will be added along with new dungeons, enemies and bosses. Some new regions can be seen in the "What's new?" section of this post.
  
• Factions - You will be able to optionally join a faction in the final release. Factions will provide equipment and several other bonuses when joining.
  
• New Equipment - Some of the new items will provide specific bonuses to have different builds available near the endgame. E.g. items which grant a longer poison duration and heal you upon poisoning an enemy, as seen in one of the images above.
  
• Game Modes - If there's time, I'd like to implement game modes such as Randomizer and Bingo.
  

Overall, the goal is to get a major portion of Pale Coins done by the end of 2024.
What would you like to see this year? Please let me know :)


Happy new year,
Lukas

The new demo version 1.1.0 is now available with the following fixes and improvements:


A quest journal is now available to track your open, completed and cancelled quests. A notification on the right side will appear after receiving important information which will be shown in the quest journal.
Quests, which were done before this update, are not shown in the quest journal.



There is a new quest which can be found in the Crossroad Inn.



Most weapon swing animations were improved by adding a "smear" effect to one or two frames. Most notable are the animations of two handed weapons.
Also, some unique weapons got custom attack sprites.


[h2]Minor changes[/h2]

• added another option to solve the issue with Lennard's goods
  
• more consequences when commiting a crime in the outlaw camp
  
• standing torches cast light to the ground
  
• completing quests gives XP
  
• random prices for weapons with affixes
  
• item costs when selling items are reduced
  
• consuming food takes longer to restore HP
  
• added small icons for equipment in the inventory to easier differentiate between weapons, armor, helmets and artefacts.
  
• changed the options menu to make it more compact
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• fixed a bug where a wrong amount was given to Jens for repairing the bridge
  
• fixed a graphic issue in the intro sequence
  
• fixed the camera position when any UI window is open
  

The new demo version 1.0.3 is now available with some fixes and improvements:

Improvements:

• new NPC in the Crossroad Inn available with a small side quest
  
• new map icons and improved icon placements in dungeons and caves
  
• added introduction dialogues for several NPCs
  
• highlighted NPC names in the dialogues
  
• improved the loot goblin behavior to prevent exploits ;)
  
• skill for passive mana regeneration can be learned
  

Bug fixes:

• fixed some map size configs
  
• fixed immunities of some enemies
  

The new demo version 1.0.2 is now available with some fixes and improvements:

Improvements:

• the current game state is saved upon exiting the game
  
• a new tab for leveling up is now available
  
• information about the stats is available in the new level up tab
  
• added jars in the latest dungeon which may contain something special
  
• added a new armor
  

Bug fixes:

• fixed button clicks in menus, which sometimes did not work
  
• fixed switch placements, which were sometimes hidden behind walls
  

The new demo version 1.0.1 is now available with some fixes and improvements:

• fixed some game crashes after room transitions
  
• fixed the quickbar which randomly disappeared
  
• added a confirm dialog to prevent unwanted loading of an old save