Adventure Craft News

Hello Everyone,

We are happy to report that the Adventure Craft 1.1 update is now available in the main branch of the game. The 1.1 update brings a ton of new features, content updates and bug fixes. Now onto the details!


Extended Day and Night Cycle
The day/night cycle has been slowed down again making for much longer days and nights, which allows for more time to explore or gather resources in the day but can make being out at night more dangerous.


Respawning in your bed
After you die you will now respawn back in the last bed that you slept in, or if you die in a “portal world” like a cave system where you don't have a bed, you will respawn outside the portal.

Death Penalty Removed
You no longer will lose everything if you die twice in a row, you can now always venture back to where you died to retrieve your dropped inventory.

Epic Criticals for weapons
The majority of weapons now have a chance to land an “Epic Critical” which is a double damage critical hit. Epic critical chance is typically half the chance of whatever the weapons current critical chance is set to.




Wiki Data Spreadsheet
The Spreadsheet that contains all the game’s recipes and other data is now available for public viewing. You can find it here. (Note: This spreadsheet is a work in progress, missing info will be updated, please inform us of any inconsistencies in the data)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QBOFHFp7Lq2CmBnUZR_C3Ldah8X1Wq9dKi4Eh4NfVbc/edit?usp=sharing

If you would like to help us move this data onto our Official Adventure Craft Wiki, you can find the wiki here.

https://adventurecraft.gamepedia.com/Adventure_Craft_Wiki

Town Updates

Town Graveyard Activity in the town graveyards has been increased. Haunted chests protected by poltergeists can now be farmed for special items, and a town grave keeper now roams the area hunting the undead. You may also encounter a powerful Brute Vampire or Brute Ghost hunter in this area.



Vampire Mansion
You can now enter the tomb at the back of the vampire mansion (if you have collected the keys) to fight the bosses inside. This is a tough battle that will require a Spectral Sword and/or Stake Guns to win. Having a party with you that is equipped with these types of weapons will make this battle much easier.


Town Farm
Activity in Town Farms has been increased. Farmhands will now gather wheat and leave piles that you can farm if you have a pitchfork. They will try and protect their harvest so beware of their dogs if you get too close. The activity inside pens has also been updated.



Town Center Weapon Shop
The town center weapon shop has had more weapons added to its inventory.

Misc Gameplay Updates

Dog Power
An attack dog that has reached its final stage of evolution can now use its power which is an attack that will cause Fear to any nearby mob that isn't immune to Fear. Press N to activate the power. It has a 300 second cooldown. (There is no visual currently to show the attack but this will be added in a future update)

Clone Party Updates

Clone Speed: Clones will now match your speed if you use a speed increasing items so that they don't get left behind.

Toggle Clone AI on off: You can now use the numbers 7 and 8 to toggle a clone’s AI on or off quickly. This is useful in battle when you need the clones to stop what they are doing and follow you.

Goblin Tech Tree
We have adjusted the way that goblins camps evolve over time. Now you will see a pile of Goblin Supplies that will eventually activate. Once activated goblins will begin to spawn from it and try to deploy tents to expand their territory.

New Tile Maps

Voodudes
The Voodudes have now been given their own new biome along with a new weapon to craft. Their biome is also home to a new mob, The Brutal Voodude. Farm him to craft a Voodude Club, a heavy poisonous club that inflicts many status effects.


Stone Clan
There is a new faction of enemies in the world known as the Stone Clan. The Stone Clan is an order of Stone Clad Knights that wield powerful stone swords that can be upgraded up to 4 times. They hang out in a new rocky biome, following members of the clan with higher standing, mining stone etc.


Cave Men and Women
This new rocky area is home to Cave Men and Women who are locked in a constant battle for supremacy. Explore the area and you may find the secret to crafting one of the Cave Women’s huge club weapons.



Remixed existing Tile Maps for more variety
A collection of the existing Tile maps have been remixed to bring more variety to their gameplay experience.



New Armor
Bear Suit: Farm bears to create the Bear Suit Armor, each piece of this armor increases overall attack by 1 and adds half a heart to your life meter.


Bugs
Fixed Bug that caused the game to crash if you press the Dog Power Button
Fixed a bug that allowed a player to be locked inside a room in an NPC structure.
Fixed a bug that allowed an Iron or Steel Sword from transforming a Sabertooth Bubbler
Rainbow object left behind by fairey grenades now despawns after a period
Thornbull Pens will now die after a period
White Knight Sentry dogs updated to address some unpredictable behaviours

Gameplay
Update artwork for Thorn Lords
Updated loot drops for Thorn Lords
Updated item system for ransacking NPC wardrobes and cuppards.
Thorny Tentacles now have a chance to drop Thorny Nuggets on death
Thorny Tentacles will now seek out and transform trees in the Badlands
Honey piles inside Bear Caves are now lit
Boarmen will now attempt to protect their totems
Using pickaxes on Boarmen totems will now yield more materials
Bears now have a chance to Haste when chasing the player
Dark Ones are now vulnerable to Holy Water Grenades and will now catch on fire when hit by one
Sugar Cane can now be crushed into Sugar
Infectious zombies will now die at nightfall
Adjusted the range and attack physics of the Goblin Bully
Added handle mod for the Stone Hammer to make it faster to use
Added Machete Pop up Shops Near Thorn Forests
Mason is now vulnerable to Holy Water



New Weapons
Leaf Sword
Honey Greatsword
Bear Tamer
Honey Bee Greatsword
Deacon’s Bell
Claymore
Chainsaw Sword
Voodude Club
Thorn Axe
Spectral Blade
Spectral Doombringer
Giant Cleaver
Jimmy Bar
Mace
Giant Iron Sword
Steel Claymore
Jagged Sword
Thorn Greatsword
Flaming Greatsword
Dark Greatsword
Pained Blade
Cavewoman Club
Stone Clan Swords
Dynamite
Poleaxe
Double Poleaxe
Polearm
Stake Gun
Stake Gun M2
Stake Gun M3
Harpoon Gun
Stone Boarman Club
Colossal Boar Gun
Pine Needler
Shellbit Gun
Bleeding Blade


Please keep in mind that all these new changes may affect the game in unforeseen ways. If you spot any bugs or weirdness please let us know in the game’s discussions page or to me directly on Twitter @iENDERi so that we can prioritise fixes.

Hi Everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we will be releasing the Adventure Craft 1.1 update on the 15th of November 2020!



This update will include an assortment of new items, equipment, and weapons to craft as well as new areas to explore, updated town content, and a bunch of bug fixes! If you would like more info as to what is being added, you can check out our previous news post which details some of the new content!

Thanks for reading!
If you have any questions about the game or the new update please feel free to say hello on Twitter @iENDERi

Hello Everyone,

We want to apologize for the lack of information concerning the next update to Adventure Craft. A lot has happened since the last update which has slowed down the already incredibly slow development for this project, but believe it or not, I have indeed worked on the game nearly every day since the last update and there is a substantial amount of new free content still coming by the end of the year.

Sorry for not posting regular information here on the Steam page. There have been some really lovely long-standing fans who have been with us from the beginning, many who had paid for the game, who deserve to know what's going on. Those early funds helped keep our heads above water and enabled us to keep the game alive during its initial development. So we apologize to all those folks and thank you for your support.

The Future

On the bright side of things, I have very recently had some changes in my circumstances that will hopefully facilitate more work being done on the project so that we can finally complete the game's core experience, move the game out of Early Access, and provide more consistent content and information updates.

We plan on continuing to enrich the free core Adventure Craft experience until it is something that is worth paying for. Once we achieve this we will then start the process of making the optional paid high level DLC dungeons, the first of which will be free for all existing customers who paid for the game's initial development. The core game will still receive updates and remain free.

What's coming in the next update?

Here are some images with descriptions of a few of the things that I've been working on that will be in the 1.1 Adventure Craft update.

We have spent time updating the artwork on the world to make it more beautiful and to add more visual interest and variety

Stone Clan

There is a new faction of enemies in the world known as the Stone Clan.



The Stone Clan is an order of Stone Clad Knights that wield powerful stone swords that can be upgraded up to 4 times. They hang out in a new rocky biome, following members of the clan with higher standing, mining stone etc.


This little dude in the black armor is one of the Highest members of the Stone Clan. He is called a Stone Clan Duke. He carries the most powerful of the Stone Clan's swords and is typically seen leading lower level members of the Stone Clan around looking for trouble.

Berserk Psychos

These unpredictable guys hang out in their own new biome in the badlands. They will follow you around stalking you but will sometimes turn on you if a fight breaks out between you and other mobs.


Here you can see me holding one of the new weapons, the Iron Hook.

Cave Women
Another new Faction is cavemen and cavewomen. Cave Women are a "Brute" class humanoid that wield massive wooden clubs. Their weapons require Ancient Knowledge (a loot drop) that you can use to craft their awesome club.

Tile Map Diving Art
I have started adding large pieces of non-destructible environmental art to help divide the landscape. This creates more mazelike pathways through certain biomes and also prevents the player from building there in order to create more variety and richness in the visuals.

The Deacon's Bell
The Deacon's Bell is a new weapon that can be crafted from new loot dropped by the Dark Congregation boss down in the cave systems. It shoots a golden fireball like the one that the Dark Congregation uses. The fireball will push enemies back and also sets close mobs on fire when it's rung.


This Giant Cleaver can be crafted from loot dropped by a new Brutal Zombie that you will find roaming the graveyards tile maps.


Here I am weilding a Dark Greatsword, one of the new darkness weapons. Also you can see here that the the artwork on some of the objects near the player spawn have had some updates.

Goblin Tech Tree

Some new work has gone into how a mob camp can develop over time. We started with the Goblins around the spawn. You will see "goblin supplies" that can be used by goblins to establish small camps that will grow over time and need to be dealt with before becoming an issue.

Fishing Hole Updated
There's a variety of updates to the fishing holes and fishing shops. And some new weapons that you can use to deal with Sabertooth Bubblers.

Party Bullies These pink bullies are new friendly mobs that will fight by your side and can transform normal goblins into friendly Party Goblins. A special item can also be acquired at the Dark Carnival to summon a Party Bully to help you win a tough battle.

Brutal Voodudes
The Voodudes have now been given their own new biome along with a new weapon to craft. Their biome is also home to a new mob, The Brutal Voodude. Farm him to craft a Voodude Club, a heavy poisonous club that inflicts many status effects.

Flaming Greatsword
Use flame crystals found in the underground cave system to craft a Flaming Great sword, a deadly sword with high attack damage and high chance to cause burning.

Honey Bee Great Sword
Venture into bear caves and farm the honey crystals you find inside to create this bear taming sword. It can transform a bear into a "Honeyed Bear" which will fight for you until it is killed.

This is just a small sample of what will come to Update 1.1. We have already made an enormous amount of new content and additions over and above what is listed above, but it would take far too long to list it all, and we want to keep some surprises for you guys as well. However, rest assured that there will be many more new weapons, items, monsters and biomes to enjoy.

Thanks again for your time and patience. We hope to bring more news soon about when we can deploy this update. If you have any questions about the game please feel free to say hello on Twitter @iENDERi

Hi Everyone,

This is just a quick news update to let people know what is going on with development at the moment.
The Official Wiki

Over the last few weeks, I have been working on establishing the Offical Wiki for Adventure Craft. An official wiki is something that I was initially planning on doing later, but after reading about a player's frustration with the lack of information about the game we decided to go ahead and get the ball rolling.

I have never worked on setting up a Wiki before so there was a bit of a learning curve but I think I have the hang of it now. I have started by creating pages with information on the game's numerous items and recipes. From there I will be working on getting all the pages set up for the enemies and characters and so on and so forth.

Next, I will add more specific articles detailing more of the games other systems like the scripting of your party members' behavior etc.

I have been working on the Wiki full time over the last few weeks but now that it's got a fair amount of content I plan on reducing the overall time I spend on it and move focus back to finishing the game's beta branch so that it can be moved into the main game.

The next update

Update 1.055 is the next patch that we are working on.

Here are the current patch notes on what's coming in this update, which will most likely drop within the next few weeks depending on life. I'll post the full notes when we deploy.

Weapons
Honey Greatsword

Gameplay
Add a boarman sniper spawning agent to the borders of the CBoar area
Updated art on Brutal Thorn Punk

Equipment
Added Bear Suit Armor, each piece increases overall attack by one and adds an additional hear

Misc Tweaks
Updated artwork for Thorn Lord
Updated items inside Inn Wardrobes
Rainbow object left behind by fairey grenades now despawns after a period
Thorny Tentacle monsters now have a 30% chance to drop thorny nuggets on death
Updated activity in Thornbull pen tile maps
Thornbull Pens now die after a period
Added light to honey piles in bear caves
Thorny Tentacles will now seek to destroy Badland trees
Added loot to Thorn Lords
Boarmen will now attempt to protect boarman totems
Using pickaxes on boarmen totems now yeild more materials
Bears now have a chance to haste when chasing the player

If you would like the play the most current beta version....

Instructions on how to opt-in and out of a client or product beta through Steam.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182912431


Thanks so much for reading!
James
Follow me on Twitter: @iENDERi

Hello Everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we now have an Official Wiki set up on Gamepedia.com for Adventure Craft!

https://adventurecraft.gamepedia.com/Adventure_Craft_Wiki

We have been spending the last few weeks aggregating and verifying the data about the game's items, weapons, etc into a publicly available spreadsheet so that we can begin the process of entering the data into the Wiki as well as giving access to the information so that others may use it to contribute to the Wiki's articles.

So far the spreadsheet has complete data pages for Weapons, Food, Materials, and Devices.

The next pages to be added to the data spreadsheet will be Equipment, Shields, Grenades, and Enemies

If you would like to have a look at the Adventure Craft Wiki Data Spreadsheet you can view it here.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QBOFHFp7Lq2CmBnUZR_C3Ldah8X1Wq9dKi4Eh4NfVbc/edit#gid=1502054798

Note: The Wiki will reflect the most current build of the game which for now is the Beta Test Build. The test build will eventually be migrated to the Public build once we have finished fixing stability issues, and completed critical content.

How to opt into a Beta Branch to a game on Steam.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182912431

Thanks so much for reading!
James
Follow me on Twitter: @iENDERi