Beta 1.1.7 - Minor Update
Hey everyone,
Witch's Eve is over, but it's still fall in Tirawyn and new things are in the works.
This week we’re launching a couple of new features that are really glimpses of things to come rather than full-fledged features. We want to use these as a test to springboard off of, and to make sure we're on the right track for upcoming major updates.
Many of the planned features for Swords 'n Magic, (including housing and main quest lines,) involve world persistence. This means that when you build a house to store your things, or place down a tent to make camp for the night, you can count on those items being there when you return to the game. To ensure that this world persistence is solid and won't leave you with lost items and lost time, we wanted to start with a few smaller features to sort of dip our toes into the concept.
In this update, you'll find a few new items you can purchase at a shop in Ramshackle Reef, as well as a new contraption Clyde has made available for you. These are the first of many similar items in our new placeables system that we're releasing over the coming months. This will eventually lead into the much larger systems of crafting, farming, cooking and of course, housing.
These systems may feel like prototypes for now, and well, that’s because they are. We like the idea of releasing things in bite-sized pieces to make sure that you (the most important part of the development process) enjoy the new features, and that they function properly before we spend months working on the full systems and content.
Aside from the new placeables system, we've also fixed a few bugs here and there and begun work on revamping the worldmap interface. We’ve been wanting to properly overhaul the map since day one – we want players to be able to plan out where to go and what to do without too much hand holding. The new map is a start, and we have more plans in the works, but for now you can at least zoom in, pan, and navigate the world and its landmarks. We’d love to hear your feedback here as always.
Soon, we'll be adding player markers so you can find your location as well as your friends' locations. We’re also working on a waypoint system that lets you set in-game markers to help navigate without needing to open your map every few moments.
Now! Onto the patch notes:
Minor Update - Beta 1.1.7
New:
Improved:
Fixed:
Witch's Eve is over, but it's still fall in Tirawyn and new things are in the works.
This week we’re launching a couple of new features that are really glimpses of things to come rather than full-fledged features. We want to use these as a test to springboard off of, and to make sure we're on the right track for upcoming major updates.
Many of the planned features for Swords 'n Magic, (including housing and main quest lines,) involve world persistence. This means that when you build a house to store your things, or place down a tent to make camp for the night, you can count on those items being there when you return to the game. To ensure that this world persistence is solid and won't leave you with lost items and lost time, we wanted to start with a few smaller features to sort of dip our toes into the concept.
In this update, you'll find a few new items you can purchase at a shop in Ramshackle Reef, as well as a new contraption Clyde has made available for you. These are the first of many similar items in our new placeables system that we're releasing over the coming months. This will eventually lead into the much larger systems of crafting, farming, cooking and of course, housing.
These systems may feel like prototypes for now, and well, that’s because they are. We like the idea of releasing things in bite-sized pieces to make sure that you (the most important part of the development process) enjoy the new features, and that they function properly before we spend months working on the full systems and content.
Aside from the new placeables system, we've also fixed a few bugs here and there and begun work on revamping the worldmap interface. We’ve been wanting to properly overhaul the map since day one – we want players to be able to plan out where to go and what to do without too much hand holding. The new map is a start, and we have more plans in the works, but for now you can at least zoom in, pan, and navigate the world and its landmarks. We’d love to hear your feedback here as always.
Soon, we'll be adding player markers so you can find your location as well as your friends' locations. We’re also working on a waypoint system that lets you set in-game markers to help navigate without needing to open your map every few moments.
Now! Onto the patch notes:
Minor Update - Beta 1.1.7
New:
- Removed Witch’s Eve Festivities
- Added new persistent placeables features
- Added 3 new placeable items
- New shop and merchant NPC in Ramshackle
- New tool
- New map art
- Removed Map button from Journal
Improved:
- World Map has seen major improvements (Press M - Keybinds coming soon)
- Tutorial quests were cleaned up
- Tutorial quests can now be bypassed
- Adjusted nighttime ambience volumes
Fixed:
- Fixed a handful of dialog typos
- Fixed an issue with shop items not showing up in multiplayer