Dear Aspirants!
v0.16 is here! And to go with it, the game [b]is 25% off starting NOW through monday 10 am PST [/b] After a small break, development has resumed full force and I'm glad to get this new update out. I'm also very happy to announce the team has expanded (after years of solo!) - I'm getting some help with admin and non-development tasks so I can focus on expanding the team further and development itself - excited to build out this game into something really special, together! Changes in v0.16 include optimisations, bugfixes, balancing changes and new features/items, but this update primarily features 2 new backstories - [b]Desperate Politician[/b] and the [b]Blacksmith's Apprentice![/b] Feedback/bug reports regarding this update? [url=discord.com/invite/eCdUxht]Join the Discord community! [/url]Check out #sacrficial-info to sign up as a playtester and give feedback on unreleased updates as we work on them. [b]Desperate Politician [/b] A failed politician with no combat skills and whom the crowd actively hates! But you start with decent money and 2 bodyguards in every match (Entourage) - Hide behind your guards and your shield and try to slowly gain the favor (votes) of the patrons to succeed. [b]Blacksmith's Apprentice! [/b] As an apprentice you were tasked to slowly funnel items away from the combat sport into the blacksmith's possession. You get free repairs, heavy discounts, but all bought items are used/salvage at low durability. Give enough items to the blacksmith (replaces selling) to complete your goal!
Early Access v0.16 - Full Changelog
MAJOR new content & features
- New backstory - Desperate Politician!
- New backstory - Blacksmith's Apprentice!
- Updated engine version the game runs on - painful undertaking, but in the name of stability and performance
- Added Steam Cloud Saves
- Added a checkbox on character reroll screen to skip completed legacies
- New Advantian Toga chest 'armor'
- New Cloth Tunic chest 'armor'
- Added a new triggerable spike trap
- Added a new interactible button (for now only for the spike trap, many more options later on!)
- Added spike trap variation to FFA Terantian Arena
- Added spike trap variation to The Terantian Pits
- Added spike trap variation to The Stadium
- Added spike trap variation to the City Center
- Added spike trap variation to the Small Pit
- Balancing changes to Double Chaka, Tradaka,Gathaldaka, Bardiche (price, durability, damage)
MINOR new content & features
- Added a custom tiers override system
- Flails now have their tier bumped up to better reflect their strength
- New Heavy Hammer model/graphics
- Sturdy and Impressive tiers have their colours reversed (blue > green)
- QoL: Item pick up range is doubled after victory
- Adjusted some blacksmith related UI messaging
- Added a random chance for the shop to be discounted
- Added 'effects' graphics option
- Added new cloth tunic to audience
- Added advantian toga and variations to the audience
- Added Rusty Wreath for Desperate Politician
- Added Bronze Bardiche (+ replaces Bardiche on early-mid game units)
- Added Bronze Gathaldaka (+ replaces Gathaldaka on early-mid game units)
- Updated model on the Double Chaka
- Updated models for the 2 owakhan hats.
BUGFIXES & OPTIMISATION
- Restructured and optimised texture streaming, pool size and more - may fix some VRAM related crashes also
- Reconfigured graphics maximums and minimums for hopefully a big optimisation
- Optimised Small Pit and the main career menu map
- The game now runs on DX12 by default, added a launch option for DX11
- Fixed bug where the item gift event would not give shields
- Fixed bug where only one bet would pay out if you had multiple active
- Fixed bug where bets were not correctly loaded / disabled upon load
- Fixed small UI bug on run victory panel
