Warsim: The Realm of Aslona News

Hello everyone,

Earlier this week I was working through some side stuff for Warsim and planning on hitting the combat stuff in the latter part of the week however I have sprained my thumb in a boxing sparring match and have taken a little time off doing lots of typing for the time being.

Should resume as normal from next week though! :)

I also have a new update that's more or less ready to go though so should be releasing soon!

Thanks for reading

Huw

Hello everyone, while work ramps up more on the combat stuff I've still been bobbing in and out of fixing and adding things here and there, and as usual this has cumulated into enough for a nice little update. Still now that combat is in the testing phase these side updates may drop in frequency as combat development amplifies even more.



I saw a magic the gathering card online while searching for new warsim ideas, the card was Beetleform Mage. This gave me the idea to add a prefix that would take any animal and turn it into a mage form race. So you can get 'Dogform Mages' 'Turtleform Mages' 'Eagleform Mages', they will have a lower race population but will usually be fairly civilised. Thanks to the complexity of the games race generator at this point, adding the new beast type modifier adds 262 new beast form core races that mixed with the many combinations and singular race prefixes takes us from 85.9 million possible races to 94.8 million, which is quite a huge jump!

See the original source of the idea here



* Added 'ANIMALform Mages' beast race type (+8'891'494 new possible races)
* Now 94'887'852 possible races, Was 85,996,358
* Updated Animal folk description (credit u/TrueIronKing)
* Updated Animalmen description (credit u/TrueIronKing)
* Updated Demi-Animal race description (credit u/TrueIronKing)



Some of you may not know that with a chaos orb artifact it's possible to calm the blackmarket down and put essentially a peace seal on it, meaning you can't attack it, brawls don't happen in taverns etc, it was pointed out that the screens related to this little side effect were so poorly done it wasn't even clear why they were happening, I have since upgraded all of them from single short lines to having their own screens and being far clearer.

* Added new screen and sound effect for removing chaos orb from sewer wall
* Added new screen and sound effect for putting chaos orb in sewer wall
* Added new screen for wall watcher prophecy screen
* Added new screen for pitside tavern brawl blocked by market peace
* Added new screen for slums pit blocked by market peace
* Added new screen for dragons kneecap tavern blocked by market peace
* Added new screen for blackrow tavern blocked by market peace
* Added improved screen for being unable to attack the blackmarket explaining it's due to chaos orb in sewer wall (credit u/Ziven001)
* Updated graphic of the wall with the orb in it



Not much in the way of sound development but a random sound effect that is used lots in the game is further diversified.

* Added 3 new Mmm sound effects used in various places in game (from Cafofo's sound pack)



A bunch of new prefixes, my favorite is 'The Pilferer' just because it sounds funny to me. There he is Halmyr the Pilferer!

* Added new name suffix 'Shadowcloak' (+21 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Audacious' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Whelk' (-10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Envoy' (+5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Dream-Feaster' (+39 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Agonised' (-5 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Opal' (+11 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Opaline' (+10 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'of the Farbogs' (+9 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'Nightwing' (+19 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Pilferer' (+1 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'The Crawler' (+2 battlescore)



Thanks almost entirely to u/RabidRab there's another big expansion of the kingdom types in the world further mixing up what kind of kingdoms you can find. The list includes some unusual ones such as the scottish based 'Mormaerdom' and the welsh based 'Teyrnas'

* Added new kingdom type 'Jarldom' (King: High-Jarl)(Lord: Thane)(Civ req: 3)
* Added new kingfom type 'Kingdom' (King: High-King)(Lord: Jarl)(Civ req: 3)
* Added new kingdom type 'Divine-Kingdom' (King: God-King)(Lord: Low-King)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Celestial Empire' (King: Celestial Emperor)(Lord: High-Prince)(Civ: 6)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Captaincy' (King: Captain)(Lord: Lieutenant)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Heavenly Kingdom' (King: Son of Heaven)(Lord: High-Lord)(Civ: 5)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Theocracy' (King: Priest-King)(Lord: Priest-Lord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Changed Theocracy with patriarch into Patriarchate with Lords as lords(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'High-Kingdom' (King: High-King)(Lord: Petty King)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Khaganate' (King: Khagan)(Lord: Khan)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Prince-Bishopric' (King: Prince-Bishop)(Lord: Lord-Bishop)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Changed fiefdom ruler from King to Low-King (Credit u/RabidRab)
* Changed Consortium ruler to chairman with Partner as lord (Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Mormaerdom' (King: Moarmer)(Lord: Toiseach)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/RabidRab)
* Added new kingdom type 'Teyrnas' (King: Brenin)(Lord: Arglwydd)(Civ: 3)
* Changed divine kingdom with pope ruler to Papacy (Credit u/RabidRab)



A little bit of work was done making kingdom upgrades clearer in what they do, as well as adding the same coloured menu and detailed upgrade screens for upgrading the brawl pit. And a slight immersion tweak in that having recruitment signs somewhat reduces people visiting you in the throne room asking to join you.

* Added arena guard post upgrade explains what it does now (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added militia upgrade weapons showing how much strength they give when purchased (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added militia upgrade weapons showing how much strength they give in the buy menu (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added tax office upgrades show how much tax is increased before buying (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added info of how much you make from mining tools before you buy them (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Made Brawl pit upgrade screen use standard red green and grey upgrade colour system
* Added new screen for not having the gold to upgrade the brawl pit
* Added new screen for upgrading the brawl pit decor and size with sfx
* Made having recruitment signs give slightly lower chance of throne room joiner visitors per upgrade (credit Liosalpha)



A great deal of this update is bugfixes, some of them small and some large and annoying, thank you everyone who reported these as you improve the game for us all!

* Fixed grammar issues in the 'your court arrives' celebration text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 'to for the' text bug in celebration intro (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 10 Arena intro grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed grammar bug with 'here warriors come' (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed hunter game scared away encounter typo (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 29 grammar issues with generic complaint throne room encounters (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed reference to king regardless of your chosen title in throne room knight quest event (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed grammar issue with paid recruitment encounters in throne room (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 15 grammar bugs with Arasuk (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed grand champion reference to aslona regardless of kingdom name (credit Nicolasstag)
* Fixed previous council member reference to aslona regardless of kingdom name (credit Nicolasstag)
* Fixed old noble reference to aslona regardless of kingdom name (credit Nicolasstag)
* Fixed missing line for sand talker in throne room
* Fixed misplaced sound effect not running in sand talker encounter outro
* Fixed sand talker game crash bug (credit Nicolasstag)
* Fixed ozymandias statue text bug (credit liosalpha)
* Fixed kingdoms destroying themselves text reports aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed kingdoms being assimilated text reports aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed brawl champion join as champion of kingdom mentions aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed by the glory of aslona arena text to use custom name
* Fixed merc group leader joins as champion reports Aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed promote champion text refering to aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed rebels diplomacy screen calling them the rebels of aslona instead of the rebels of custom name
* Fixed rebels backstory text still showing aslona instead of custom name
* Fixed throne room foreign joiner/refugee event giving only first kingdom unit (credit Meieratlarger)
* Fixed coastal king song text bug (credit Liosalpha)
* Fixed question 20 of the eastern history exam spelling bug
* Fixed error in scroll graphic for earning 9 points or less out of 10 in the southern exam in history guild
* Fixed all mentions of Aslona in history guild (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed paying gold to watch fights in your owned arena (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed missing +peasants indicators when recruiting from rihhm
* Fixed 21 grammar and text bugs in rihhm recruitment screen
* Fixed missing +peasants indicators when recruiting from smallhaven
* Fixed 21 grammar and text bugs in smallhaven recruitment screen
* Fixed 6 grammar issues in intro text for Arasuk
* Fixed 7 grammar and text bugs in Arasuk recruitment screen
* Fixed missing +peasants indicators when recruiting from Arasuk
* Fixed 7 grammar and text bugs in Shaian recruitment screen
* Fixed missing +peasants indicators when recruiting from Shaian
* Fixed spacing issue in slaver post in Blackmarket slums
* Fixed missing doomstone cult screen (credit u/Ziven001)



Lots of loose and uncatagorised stuff here today, mostly improvements and tweaks!

* Updated race packs to use latest races
* Added new screen for when recruiting from smallhaven (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new screen for when recruiting from Arasuk (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new screen for when recruiting from Shaian
* Added slaves you have currently indicator in Blackmarket slave post (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added slaves you have currently indicator in Slaver fort slave buying screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added slave soldiers you have currently indicator in Slaver fort slave soldier buying screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Improved layout and text in ancient door to make it clearer (credit u/Ziven001)
* Added second screen to troop report showing fort garrisons, militia men, knightly order men, Blackmarket garrison (credit Liosalpha)
* Updated general's troop report to match the one in kingdom reports with battlescore effects



* New brawl pit upgrade screen -
* New Blackmarket Orb screen -
* New Event: Blackmarket Wall Guardian -
* New Secondary Troop Report screen -



Thank you for reading this, and I'd also like to thank everyone for the recent burst of steam reviews, thanks to them we have moved up on the [steam250 hidden gems list](https://steam250.com/hidden_gems) and are currently (as I write this) ranked as the 131st best Hidden gem on steam which is amazing!

Hello everyone, so here we are shockingly at week 10. It's been a long time coming but the combat update is finally testable. It's been a busy week outside the combat update with lots of working and development happening too, but I feel like this has been probably the most progress done on the combat update in a week to date.

FIRST COMBAT TEST

Here are a few images showing a small battle between me and the bandits in progress









You can see that over time my troops in the image shown actually got smaller and the background graphic changed as the battle raged on.

The new system works unlike before, so instead of sending armies forward and only a specific troop type being killed then moving on to the next one it's much more random. Any unit in the battle could be hurt or killed.

I've also fully coded and tested the injury system meaning the battle is even more finely done, every attack phase will roll damage to deal to the opposing side and will include even injuring troops if it can't kill them, this will mean the wounded troop will have lower hp when they are next hit by damage whereas before this wasn't the case and a victorious unit would continue on.

I still have lots of things to work on including expanding and further testing these battle phases as well as adding pre-battle events that can damage you, random events that can do all sorts, and weather based events which can potentially end the battle prematurely.

I also need to ensure the right information is being displayed so players know where they stand and work on the post battle screens explaining things. Although even getting things to the testable level is great progress and shows we're getting somewhere.

I'm excited to see where it goes next and have now got a much clearer plan of what to work on next and should hopefully be able to progress much quicker through the combat stuff now!



The rest of the week was spent working on a new content update which contains a bunch of new things including another big addition to the race generation system, a bunch of new kingdom types courtesy mostly of /u/rabidrab, and a whole bunch of bugfixes mostly thanks to /u/thegamingdictator.

I'll probably release it within the next few days but I've got a busy weekend ahead of me so I can't say for sure!

Thanks for reading

Huw

Hello everyone, as promised here's our new update! Actually quite a big one that has taken all my time this week, hope you guys enjoy it!

NEW RACES

Continuing on from the previous update I've added a bunch of new prefixes, some of them have pretty crazy effects too! Now we've gone from 82 million races to 85 million possible in game! (85,996,358 to be precise)

* Added new race prefix 'Boulder' (+4 battlescore)
* Added new race prefix 'Monstrous' (half pop)(triple battlescore)(always evil)(4 sets of eyes and teeth)(always savage)
* Added new race prefix 'Nightmare' (third pop)(4x battlescore)(always evil)(4 sets of eyes and teeth)(always savage)(Dark red skin)
* Added new race prefix 'Bridge' (-2 Battlescore)
* Added new race prefix 'Alpha' (x2 Battlescore)(+10 Pop lvl)(Slightly bigger heads) (credit AlternateEnding)
* Added new race prefix 'Pillaging' (+5 Battlescore)(Evil)(Can rob gold like bandits) (credit AlternateEnding)
* Added new race prefix 'Advanced' (x2 Battlescore)(x2 Pop lvl)(+2 Civ lvl) (credit u/AdministrativeTreat7)
* Added new race prefix 'Camouflage' (Invisible)(Half pop)(+20 battlescore)(credit AlternateEnding)
* Changed Blind prefix to give -7 battlescore instead of -3 battlescore (credit Defender)
* Made Eldritch race use the new monstrous and nightmare face warp with purple skin (credit AlternateEnding)

RIDDLE ME THIS

New riddles... for reasons

* Added level 3 riddle (six legs two heads...)
* Added level 2 riddle (look at my face, I am someone...)
* Added level 1 riddle (round as an apple, deep as a cup...)
* Added level 4 riddle (passed from father to son...)
* Added level 2 riddle (Silently it stalks me, running as I...)
* Added level 1 riddle (Neck but no head, arms but no hands...)
* Added level 2 riddle (Like dogs shouting at the moon...)
* Added level 3 riddle (Put it in a pit, locked behind steel...)
* Added level 2 riddle (Only honest men will keep this...)
* Added level 4 riddle (No flesh outside no blood no bones...)
* Added level 1 riddle (Never resting never still...)

KINGDOM TYPES

Thanks to the people over at /r/gamedesign we got a big heap of new kingdom types in game that are documented on the wiki here - https://github.com/Huw2k8/warsim/wiki/Kingdom-Types-and-Leadership-Titles

These will now appear as for many of the kingdoms that will occupy your new worlds!

* Added new kingdom type 'Bokonate' (King: Granfalloon)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/u/Varkarrus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribe' (King: High Muckamuck)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 0)(Credit u/u/Varkarrus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Kingdom' (King: Rex)(Lord: Dominus)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/TsundrBus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribe' (King: Alpha)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 0)
* Added new kingdom type 'Caliphate' (King: Caliph)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/TsundrBus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Empire' (King: Kaiser)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/TsundrBus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Shahdom' (King: Shah)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/TsundrBus & u/DupeyTA)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribal council' (King: High-Chief')(Lord: Council Elder)(civ: 1)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribe' (King: Chieftain)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 0)
* Added new kingdom type 'Khanate' (King: Khan)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/TsundrBus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Kingdom' (King: Majesty)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/TsundrBus)
* Added new kingdom type 'Divine-Kingdom' (King: Pope)(Lord: Cardinal)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/Hexegesis)
* Added new kingdom type 'Theocracy' (King: Patriarch)(Lord: Pious-Lord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/Hexegesis)
* Added new kingdom type 'Community' (King: Guru)(Lord: Follower)(Civ: 3)
* Added new kingdom type 'Kingdom' (King: Steward)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 3)
* Added new kingdom type 'Theocracy' (King: God-King)(Lord: Low-King)(Civ: 3)(credit u/Hexegesis)
* Added new kingdom type 'State' (King: Governor-General)(Lord: Commander)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Grand Khanate' (King: Great Khan)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Dynasty' (King: Pharaoh)(Lord: Vizier)(Civ: 3)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Land' (King: Great-Protector)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Emirate' (King: Emir)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Regency' (King: Regent)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribe' (King: Tu'i)(Lord: Warchief)(Civ: 0)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Tribe' (King: Amenukal)(Lord: Warlord)(Civ: 0)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Added new kingdom type 'Principality' (King: Prince-Bishop)(Lord: Lord)(Civ: 4)(Credit u/negative_energy)
* Altered Theocracy with High-Priest in charge to have Priests instead of Lords(credit u/Hexegesis)
* Kingdom with elder and warlord renamed to 'Elderdom' instead of 'Kingdom'
* Altered Shogunate lords from 'Samurai-Lords' to 'Daimyo' (credit u/Hexegesis)
* Altered republics leaders to 'High-Consul' and lords to 'Consul' (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

I NAME THEE

Human names are the most commonly used names in the game, even 1000 can get a little stale after a while, tried to mix it up a little bit with 350 names, and it was a hell of a trawl to get these in!

* Added 350 human names (was 1086 now 1436)

CELEBRATIONS IMPROVED

The celebration ceremonies you host in the throne room were executed poorly, now they have been update, tons of bugs have been fixed and the entertainment side has been expanded with each act getting a facelift as well as new additional acts appearing in your ceremonies.

* Fixed reference to Aslona instead of your kingdom name for friendly leaders during celebration
* Fixed 6 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for friendly leaders during celebrations
* Added 2 new dialogues for friendly leaders during celebrations
* Fixed 8 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by friendly leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from friendly leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Fixed 5 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for hostile leaders during celebrations
* Added 2 new dialogues for hostile leaders during celebrations
* Fixed 6 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by hostile leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from hostile leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Fixed 6 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for mercantile leaders during celebrations
* Fixed reference to Aslona instead of your kingdom name for mercantile leaders during celebration
* Modified 5 mercantile leader celebration dialogues to be more mercantile orientated
* Added 2 new dialogues for mercantile leaders during celebrations
* Fixed 9 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by mercantile leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from mercantile leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Added unique no gift screen for mercantile leaders
* Fixed 5 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for stupid leaders during celebrations
* Added a new dialogue for stupid leaders during celebrations
* Added unique no gift screen for stupid leaders
* Fixed 4 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by stupid leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from stupid leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Fixed reference to Aslona instead of your kingdom name for normal leaders during celebration
* Fixed 7 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for normal leaders during celebrations
* Added 2 new dialogues for normal leaders during celebrations
* Fixed 6 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by normal leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from normal leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Fixed 7 grammar and spacing bugs from dialogues for Strange leaders during celebrations
* Added 2 new dialogues for Strange leaders during celebrations
* Fixed 13 grammar and spacing bugs from gifts given by Strange leaders during celebration
* Added new indicator of gold/lands/troops given from Strange leaders showing what's gained and lost
* Fixed all staff/grand champ in celebrations having line above their head instead of spaces
* Fixed independent leaders missing line below their faces during celebration ceremony
* Fixed Elder atik in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Blackmarket leader in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Eswin in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Blackmarket Pit champ in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Ogloob in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Niklas in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed Brawl Pit champ in ceremony missing above head spacing
* Fixed 8 linespacing issues in generic celebration dialogues
* Fixed 53 grammar issues in generic celebration dialogues
* Fixed 42 linesspacing and grammar bugs in celebration rewards
* Fixed grand champions of independents have lines above their heads
* Fixed random line appearing when speaking to random visitors in events
* Set max cap for random guests in event at 25
* Fixed intro to acts screen text and layout
* Added random horn sound effect when celebration event starts
* Fixed double space for custom celebration ceremony in throne room and replaced with custom text
* Fixed throne room goblin dancer having yellow skin
* Added new end screen for goblin dancer post dance
* Fixed pause screen with press space bar option shown for goblin dancer
* Added new sound effect for goblin dancer
* Fixed covers faces with hands text bug for throne room changeling
* Added new special post changeling dance screen for throne room celebration
* Added changeling introduction screens for throne room celebration
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for changeling in throne room celebration
* Added new introductory face change scene for changeling in throne room celebration
* Added new 2-layered intro screen for sandtalker throne room entertainment and celebration
* Merged throne room celebration events and custom requested celebration events into one code
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for sand talker in throne room celebration
* Added new outro screen for sandtalker throne room entertainment
* Added 3 different dynamic outro texts for sand talker in throne room celebration
* Fixed colour issue for acrobat in throne room
* Added intro sceen for throne room acrobat entertainer
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for acrobat in throne room
* Added outro screen for acrobat in throne room
* Added sound effect to acrobat in throne room
* Fixed sound restart bug for sand talker in throne room
* Fixed abomination ascii filter skipping face
* Added new introductory screen with sfx for farting abomination in throne room
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for farting abomination
* Added 3 new dialogues for farting abomination during his performance
* Fixed farting abomination dialogue colour being yellow
* Added new outro screen for farting abomination
* Added new intro screen for the wild skalds throne room entertainers
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for the wild skalds
* Added new outro for the wild skalds
* Modified the text shown while the wild skalds sing to include their lyrics
* Added sound effects to throne room juggler
* Removed extra line from juggling graphic
* Added intro screen for throne room juggler
* Added 3 different dynamic intro texts for the juggler
* Fixed juggler skin being yellow
* Added outro screen for throne room juggler
* Added new intro screen for comedian throne room
* Added 3 different dynamic intro jokes for comedian throne room
* Added 3 dynamic responses with sfx to comedians jokes throne room
* Added outro for comedian throne room
* Added intro screen for brawlers
* Added 3 dynamic intro texts for brawlers in throne room
* Added new intro screen for wulf thorenson throne room
* Added 3 dynamic intro texts for wulf thorenson
* Added outro screen for wulf thorenson
* Fixed 13 grammar and text bugs for throne room celebration event introductions
* Added 3 new intro screens for blackmarket shanty in throne room
* Added 3 dynamic intro texts for blackmarket shanty in throne room
* Removed buggy animation for shanty in the throne room and replaced with static image
* Added new outro screen for blackmarket shanty in throne room
* Added new intro screen for long serpent chant throne room
* Added new main screen for long serpent singing
* Added new outro screen for long serpent singing
* Fixed farting abomination not appearing in throne room celebration ceremonies
* Added vampire bard into screen in throne room
* Added 3 new dynamic intro texts for vampire bard in throne room
* Added new outro screen for vampire bard in throne room
* Added new intro for poet throne room
* Added 3 new dynamic intro texts for throne room poet
* Added outro screen for throne room poet
* Fixed missing line in entertainment magician
* Reworked magic fish performance spacing
* Added magic casting sound effect to throne room and colour
* Fixed arrow performance spacing and colour
* Add 6 specific screens for different performance post animation
* Add outro screen for magic performance
* Added intro for scorpion fighter screen
* Added 3 dynamic intro texts for scorpion fighting screen
* Added reworked dynamic scorpion fighting code to throne room
* Added outro for scorpion fighting throne room
* Added new goblin drummer entertainment event to celebrations

OMERS SOUND EFFECT IMPROVEMENTS

Omer from audiogames did us a solid and edited a bunch of the games sound effects to be vastly improved!

* Added improved version of 'goblin hit head' sound effect (credit Omer)
* Added improved version of 'watchtower down' sound effect (credit Omer)
* Added improved version of 'Goblin death' sound effect (credit Omer)

BUGFIXES

A big load of bugfixes this time thanks to suggestions and lots of personal testing.

* Fixed speaking to random guildmember in main musicians guild didn't work
* Fixed the 6 grr sound effects not working at all
* Fixed wild skalds in celebration event saying they are in the tavern
* Fixed demon warder text and line bug in throne room
* Fixed do as you will screen options for demon warder not working
* Fixed demon warder refers to you as king and not your custom title or queen title
* Fixed yellow text for northern hall with no orb
* Fixed having more than one chaos orb blocks you from being able to put the orb taken from the northern hall back
* Fixed winning gold from sudden death in throne room missing a line in win screen
* Fixed holy order dialogues with champions text being yellow
* Fixed knight hire text line split bug in throne room
* Fixed selecting provide troops to merc when no troops available gives wrong screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed defeated in an grand tournament text bug
* Fixed textwrap bugs for assist in battle screens from forts and nomads
* Fixed barracks options not blanked out when you have no troops to train
* Fixed battle of the two pits stats screens text colour being all yellow
* Fixed seer of minds smoke colour issue
* Fixed seer of minds smoke screen layout issue
* Fixed lost wandering knight explore encounter having no +knight indicator (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text beneath upgrades taking their colour (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed bandit truce messenger typos (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed bandit truce messenger grammar bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

EVERYTHING ELSE

* Added 3 new lovecult dialogues to the game
* Made colour test cheat add a space between number and name
* Removed unneeded pause for galbak the grunter
* Added new unit type 'Scrollkeeper'
* Added new seer of minds intro screen once paying for a reading
* Rewrote insane difficulty intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

SCREENSHOTS

Monstrous and Nightmare race examples -
Eldritch race examples -
Here's the original races compared with the monstrous and nightmare examples -
Here's a race using one of the new kingdom types, a tribe with the leader being an alpha, in this case it's Alpha Doo Doo... charming -
Here's a new intro screen for a goblin drummer in a celebration -
Here's a new intro screen for a farting abomination in a celebration -

Hello everyone, been a busy week warsim wise this week and I've spent a ton of time working on several side projects within Warsim as well as mild progress on the combat update, I have gotten the combat update to a testable level at this point though, however I still need to develop my new battle damage system which will be a more advanced way of calculating the damage done to each side and will include injury.

COMBAT SYSTEM CHANGES

To get the combat system testable I coded a new structure for how the combat code pits the armies against eachother, it is subject to testing but currently should allow for a very varied and risky level of combat where anything could happen but it would be unlikely.

For example an army of 100 gnomes could in theory defeat a 1000 demon army by pulling some immense tactical manuver and getting lucky with it, however this should be incredibly unlikely unless the gnome leader is an incredible tactical commander with massive combat bonuses.

Primary the new combat phases will be split into several categories, A landslide victory, a strong victory, a close victory, or a draw.

A landslide victory in a combat phase would be a period of the battle where the winning side would be vastly outmatching the opposing army, catching them and doing lots of damage.

A strong victory would be one with losses on both sides but still very much more so on the losing side.

A close victory would be something of a dogfight where it's pure numbers vs numbers, here one side might be mildly victorious but for equally matched armies a sequence of close victories could still leave them open to being defeated in one fell swoop towards the end of the battle.

And finally a draw for when the armies are more or less matched in strength completely.

Each of these phase victory types will have tons of different sub events linked to them, so if an army does really well in a battle phase, the game will explain it in writing and come up with a reason for such a big win in that moment of the battle.

For example, a strong victory would currently be described as so:
'The rebels fight forward and gain a good advantage managing to overrun your men', then beneath it would display the troop losses on both sides.

YOUR LOSSES
-39 Peasants
-10 Soldiers
-1 Knight

THEIR LOSESS
-13 Soldiers
-4 Peasants

This is all still open to change and rigorous testing but generally should be how it goes from now on and I'm excited to test the battle sequences and make it as interesting and different as possible.

These battle events will also fall alongside random events and weather based events, so you might be doing well in battle and beating the rebels back, but then the rainy weather causes a mudslide and kills your advantage.

Maybe you'll be fighting that Bone Troll army beneath a flaming rain sky and the rain will intensify burning all on both sides and killing everyone.



The rest of this week was spent primarily on three side projects within Warsim with several minor things alongside them, this will more or less constitute what the changelog for the coming update is going to say.

Kingdom types

Firstly with the help of the /r/gamedesign reddit community I got some new concepts for kingdom and ruler types.

I ended up documenting all of the kingdom types on a wiki and took many suggestions from reddit which have ended up going in the game, you can see the updated list with all the new editions here on the new kingdom type wiki page.

Any content that mixes up and makes those civs even more different and random that's good in my book.

Throne room ceremonies vastly improved

The throne room ceremonies were put in the game a while ago and were added with the intention to allow the player to host cool feasts where foreign leaders and relevant staff members would all gather. There would be introductions and entertainment but it wasn't done very well. I've gone through and improved on all of the entertainment to make it better displayed and richer in content taking notes from the throne room. I've tested these a bit and while the ceremonies could definitely do with more expansion, this update will greatly improve them and hopefully make them much more enjoyable.

New races

This week began off the back of last weeks race generator improvements and I still have a very large list of prefixes to work through thanks to all of the suggestions I recieved.

8 new race prefixes have been added and some of them have been modified to delivery unique abilities, my personal favourite are the Nightmare and Monstrous faces.

Warped and very out of shape, the nightmare prefix can turn even gnomes into horrific out of shape monsters with red skin and extreme strength. It warps the race it is assigned to into something completely different and I've not seen how it reacts with the vast majority of the races in game but everything seen so far has been totally warped.

These 8 new prefixes add an additional 3.3 million new possible races to the game, so it continues to get more random!

The update

The new update will hopefully be released tomorrow, thanks as always for the continued support, the Warsim community is awesome.

Thanks for reading

Huw