Gnomancer News

So what's new?

• Final menu screen and front end. Pet selection is currently missing.
  
• All major in-game bugs are quashed. If you know of any I've missed, leave 'em in the forum!
  
• All skins implemented. Some aren't actually unlockable yet.
  
• All levels are now accessible on all difficulties.
  
• Loot is fully-implemented barring the procedural names.
  

So what's missing still?

• Transcendence. I'm not worried if this slips - there's a HUGE amount of progression, content and gameplay before you'd consider New Game Plus+.
  
• 4 missing cutscenes
  
• No speech for 3 of the characters
  

We still have lots of polish to add in all over, but the end is in sight!

We've been working hard to get the game out of Early Access. Today's patch should give you complete access to the entire game. Any feedback on any of the new maps is greatly appreciated!

On top of that, we've now got the final threaded loading system implemented, final UI in most places, and the loot and loot upgrade systems are in plae.

The only major things missing now are spit and polish, some player voices, pet unlocking and skin assignments. The end of Early Access is finally in sight!

As always, Early Access is a time to experiment, and see what works, and get feedback. The patches over the last week have started to move to a new method of doing tile transitions - this looks great, but means we need to do a pass over all of the existing levels. Whilst this does feel like we're treading water a bit, it does also mean that the game's looking better and better.

I'll continue to make 2-5 patches and updates per week, but remember, this is the time to help us focus and change the game so it's something you love - so give some feedback, tell me what needs to be changed, and tell me what's brilliant and you want more of!

We've done a pass over a lot of the visual style of the game. This has lead to a bunch of levels having tile transitions that need reword, but look loads better!

There's also been a fix to the Pet Rendering, so those of you that own FortressCraft should now see ARTHER as intended.

More map updates soon!