Dungeons & Kingdoms News

Expectations, Bugs & QoL Thread

Demo is live ahead of the Steam City Builder & Colony Sim Festival!

First off. Excited to have the player community get their hands on the first public demo!

Secondly. This is a Work in Progress first build. There will be bugs and other issues.

That's why we've created a new sub forum!

Preferably any discussion, bugs or otherwise should be in our Discord server:
Discord Link

So head over there as a first step.

Otherwise, please make a new comment here about Bugs & Quality of Life (QoL) issues you encounter.

We will prioritize game breaking bugs first. But all feedback will be critical as we near an Early Access release, hopefully this summer!

Use this sub forum for Bugs and QoL feedback
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3092110/discussions/1/

Demo coming to City Builder & Colony Sim Fest - w/Combat!

Ready to try the first public demo of Dungeons & Kingdoms?

So are we! And extremely excited after all the hard work from a solo dev project many years in the making.

Come check it out Monday Mar 24, 2025 for the first public showcase in the Steam City Builder & Colony Sim Fest!

We'll be running a broadcast to show off the game loop as well:

Kingdom Building (limited for demo)
Villager Management (limited for demo)
ARPG Dungeon Dive (limited for demo)
Loot and 1st Major Upgrade (limited for demo)

Looking forward to everyone's first look at the demo.

For the kingdom!

News, Demo Update and New Timeline

As we gear up for a 2025 Early Access release, we wanted to share some news and progress. As a solo dev project, progress can get stuck in unexpected times and places. While we originally had intended to drop a demo for the Feb Next Fest, the feedback from our loyal Beta testers, although positive, suggests more time is needed in the oven before we're ready to showcase the core gameplay loop to the public.

Having said that, tons of new content, game features and polish have made substantial progress. So things are moving in the right direction.

We would like to welcome more players to the Discord for those who want a sneak peek at where the current game state lies. Join the Discord, engage in the community. We're opening the Beta testing to more and more players that jump in and show support!

Stay tuned for more updates in the coming months.

For the kingdom!

Dungeons & Kingdoms Dev Update - New Beta Version 0.424

Closed Beta Testing Continues with Sandbox mode

This release focuses on getting the inventory UI and interaction systems cleaned up.

enable cursor when opening inventory, hide it when closing
Fix inventory pickup and carry not invoking callback in all cases
Pickup and carry now fails when forcing either left underarm or stomach bundle if the other already has items
Fix inventory UI not showing carry items from either hand
Fix inventory UI to handle showing bundle items (left underarm, left arm stomach bundle)
Fix error when swapping skinned mesh on humanoid rig
Fix hero armors not being categorized correctly which prevented inventory slot movement
Add 12 inventory UI slots that map to the 12 left arm bundle carry points, and wire up the functionality to use them via the inventory UI like other inventory slots
Move inventory UI body slots and combat/hand slots lower in the UI, and anchor them to the bottom center
Fix inventory UI slots not initializing properly
Fix left hand UI slot background image and boots foreground image linked to wrong objects
Fix issue with quest stage hints not tracking suppressed hints correctly
Adjust hand carry offset for small pouch (10001)
Add missing action stages for small pouch (10001) for pickup and drop item
Set small pouch (10001) to correct layer so it can be picked up
Fix inventory UI showing previously dropped items
Fix armor items not clearing correctly when being moved to a container through the inventory UI
Restore drop mode button in inventory UI
Fix right hand inventory UI slot not showing carry item
Left hand slot valid/invalid logic fixed for leftarm bundles when moving items
Fix left arm bundle carry slots from allowing mixed sizes within groups
Fix equipped weapon icons for 1042, 1043, 1037, 1044, 1201
Fix validation issue with left arm bundles when picking up items
Add new button to diagnostics manager to spawn a variety of resources, tools, backpacks, and weapons for testing
Fix two handed carry items not showing in inventory UI
Add UI elements to show linked left hand slot when 2 hand item equipped/carried in right hand
Link backpack UI slots
Add new UI slot for shield holster
Change font on No Containers label
Inventory UI left hand slot now links/duplicates right hand image for two hand items
Fix backpack (10002) container volume settings, eg. you can no longer put tree logs in your backpack
Add visual connection lines in inventory UI for backpack attachment slots and two hand item right/left hand connection
Add new player handcraft item, wood club (1042)
Add new product to default workplace job for wood club (1042)
Add tooltips to all diagnostic UI controls
Change sort order for diagnostic UI so tooltips show on top
Add new quest stages to hand craft, pickup, and holster a wooden mallet
Add new quest stage, dialogue branch, and objectives for activating and completing a build piece
Rearrange some quest dialogue and stages to fit the new stages
Quest stage objectives now support item counts, eg. Collect wood branch 0/2
Journal text generation now supports objectives with item counts
Change some references of Wooden Hammer to Wood Mallet (1040)
Add missing action stage for Build Plan Post to interact and activate build pieces by player
Fix game unit initialization of common actions stages if null
Add new quest objective and conditions for holstering items
Fix quest hints from sometimes showing the wrong hint
Fix missing tool abort condition for harvester behaviour preventing the abort causing the agent to become stuck in a loop
Reduce arrive distance for workers when dropping off inventory to open storage, from 3m to 2m
Fix quest stage objective for builder filtering by Village and Camp had wrong objective condition
Add logs to starter resources on shoreline, increase number of stones
Change behaviour of product reservations when NPC are finding missing tools to allow more chances to succeed
Change behaviour of gatherer job to not force attachment point type when attempting pickup of missing tool
Change NPC behaviour for holster all items to run through character controller and new methods
Add task to holster all items after delivering resource to build piece
Fix character not returning to proper moveset after delivering resource to build piece
Fix missing header icons for open storage container (13001), branch bundle (10005)
Fix item name and description for Wood Club (1042)
Add new game setting for video target frame rate
Hide inventory UI slot popup when mouse over left hand slot when it represents bundle items

Dungeons & Kingdoms Dev Update - New Beta Version 0.422

Closed Beta Testing Continues with Sandbox mode

Build pieces 20058 and 20078 descriptions and thumbnails updated to differentiate between them
Build piece 20070 removed, 20235 tag changed to village from castle, name/description updated
Update build piece tools to allow piece exclusion when generating new lists
Add new quest objective type for open journal
Changes to journal-use reinforcement during tutorial
No longer auto-opens after first dialogue chain
No longer show any hints to open the journal on all quest stages that aren't for opening the journal
Add new quest stages to the first 3 batches of stages to open the journal as the first step, with hints
New dialogue hint to open journal
Add new dialogue action type for adding simple text hints/comments
Prevent journal from opening during dialogue with player notification
Announcement frame images now use normal coloring for all announcement types
Change tutorial announcements to not interrupt other announcements
Remove non-demo starting parties from sandbox mode
Announcements made during dialogue now support play immediate flag
Remove all journal open actions at the end of all tutorial dialogue stages
Add audio sound when placing build pieces
Fix issue where play log console window causes event system error
Fix visual snap points from colliding with player
Fix build pieces not setting a reference to their build plan session when initially placed
In sandbox mode do not allow build piece delete for committed sessions (requires deconstruction mechanic)
Fix several issues with water body edges not meeting terrain correctly
Add global tooltip system for things like system messages at cursor position
Fix audio settings not saving values on apply
Game settings are now saved (and loaded) to the root of the save data folder
Fix resolve UI not showing for correct character when swapping control
Rewire Kingdom UI elements through new UI manager
Add new filters to the workplace list, default is to hide completed build plans
Quest dialogue now shows a colored icon and uses white text to stand out from typical dialogue options
Fix overlapping text/options in player action menu
Fix journal not always zooming correctly when other UI open
Fix player automoving in some cases when using dodge
Change dodge to detect on keyup which allows alt+tab to work correctly
No longer show any quest hints while journal is open
Increase audio falloff distance for tree chopping and falling trees
Prevent turning off cursor when in dialogue
Change model for open storage build piece (13001) adding 4 sticks for corners to differentiate it from the build plan post
Allow object placement to lock to Y rotation only (eg. placing build plan post)
Fix index out of range error when assigning combo moves
Action stages now allow an override icon instead of looking up icon through the related workplace product
Build plan post and Open Storage build piece (13001) now allow being moved after being placed
When objects are placed while being moved they now play an audio sound, same as build piece being placed
Fix collider on Open Storage (13001)
The player now either holsters or drops their right hand item when offered the journal during the tutorial
Fix error with dialogue UI check when returning to main menu
Smooth out animation timing when NPC gives item to player
Prevent picking up additional two hand items like logs when player is already carrying one
Remove extra Toggle Journal keymapping
Remove audio listener from new game sequence camera
Overhaul to build mode, fixes issues with combat triggering when placing pieces/cancelling etc
Combat stance always cleared when entering builder mode regardless of Builder UI state
Add and wire up new quest objectives for begin/end moving build pieces
Add new quest stages for moving a build piece to starter tutorial
Fix some quest hints during starter tutorial
Dialogue and quest systems now allow the ability to resume dialogue at any point during a dialogue branch, when configured
Dialogue branches configured to prevent repeating important dialogue events such as receiving an item or reward
Action key no longer ends active dialogue
Reduce text line spacing for dialogue player choice options to be more consistent with multiple choice answers
Add persistent reminder label for pending build plan pieces to commit to job for workers
Handle out of bounds error when setting video resolution from settings
Minor sequence change for opening dialogue events of starter tutorial
Add a variety of starting parties for sandbox mode, but they are all locked except the default party
Move Sandbox game mode selection to be first before Creative mode in main menu
Various tweaks to starter tutorial dialogue
Fix some spelling issues with starting party descriptions
Add two solo starting parties for sandbox mode
Fix tooltips being visible when object was deactivated in some cases
Remove combat stance hints when doing tree chopping tutorial stages (you need to use combat)
Adjust workplaces list scrollview to fit available space properly
Block combat input if player actions menu open
Force workplaces list scrollview to top on refresh
Block combat input if in object move mode (eg. move build plan post)
Update diagnostics reset player command to handle new conditions
Add frame control manager for explicit script order handling
Add new AI behaviour to drop all carry items
Start adding some holstering and dropping items when NPC start new jobs
Increase arrive distance on most AI jobs