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New Skills! And more...
Now that Netherguild is in early access, I wanted to be able to add abilities and skills over time - HOWEVER! there was an issue... Since skill trees are saved on a character, adding a skill would mean that it will only exist on newly hired characters... But just syncing skill trees is not enough, because: what if a skill gets removed from the game after a player bought it? That would mean a skill point gone forever! Therefore, this last week and a half I worked on a system for updating skill trees in existing saves - which neatly updates skills and skill trees if there's any new modifications. Beyond that I also added three new abilities! Here they are in detail:
> North Guard Ranger
[quote]Icicle Piercer (Requires Bow) Ranged Attack 1-5 area range, Accuracy + 1 Piercing Cooldown: 3 | Uses: 3/3 Targets all units in line. Unblockable. +4 Damage when target has Slow status[/quote]
> Contractor Assassin
[quote]Rigged Coin-Toss Cooldown: 2 | Uses: 3/3 Targets the user. Free Action- Doesn't end turn. If fighting against more than 3 enemies: Gain 3,1 Focus If fighting against 3 or less enemies: Gain 3,1 Strengthen If health is 8 or less gain Block[/quote] Note - the "speech" effect for coinflip will only appear with newly hired Contractors rather than already hired ones.
> Scout (All backgrounds)
[quote]Flare Arrow (Requires Bow) Ranged Attack 2-8 range Cooldown: 3 | Uses: 2/2 Inflicts 3,2 Burn: Deals 3 Fire damage every turn for 2 turn Allies gain 1,3 Focus: Increases Accuracy by 1 for 3 turns[/quote]This skill also gives 2 additional uses to "Track" (context in "Balancing Changes").
There's also a new trinket that can be crafted from the rare plates of the armored grub!
Alongside smaller changes, here are the two major shifts in this update: [olist]Increased uses for the Scout's "Track" ability when certain level 3 skills are chosen.
This should let players have a slightly easier time at lower floors which can require using "Track" to prepare for enemy encounters and navigating the dungeon.
Sidestep abilities now let you use your remaining movement BUT will always let you move at least 1 tile.
Which should let you capitalize on your full range of movement while still serving as a useful escape when your character has no movement otherwise.
[/olist]Full patchnotes:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1464220/view/3683424562639566741
Overworld Interface and More -Week to two weeks Inspecting characters in guilds showing true stats (rather than starter stats), "Are you sure?" window for firing characters / attacking allies, more info in the dungeon-log and other possible improvements. (Might include one big patch or incremental patches) https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1464220/view/3703688858596410641?l=english (Mentioned in this update previously) There might be more to this update than what's written here - and while it isn't "the BIG UI improvement update" yet, I did recently chat with the talented developer of "The Call of Krul'ar" who taught me some great UI design principles that I'm looking forward to sneaking into this update, as well as implementing over time in future updates. Thank you for reading! -David
[ 2023-04-30 14:25:08 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hey Guild Leaders,
I wanted to write a quick update to detail all the newly added content in the newest version of Netherguild as well as future plans. Let's get into it!
Table of Contents
- Three New Skills (and item)
- Balancing
- What's next?
New Skills
Now that Netherguild is in early access, I wanted to be able to add abilities and skills over time - HOWEVER! there was an issue... Since skill trees are saved on a character, adding a skill would mean that it will only exist on newly hired characters... But just syncing skill trees is not enough, because: what if a skill gets removed from the game after a player bought it? That would mean a skill point gone forever! Therefore, this last week and a half I worked on a system for updating skill trees in existing saves - which neatly updates skills and skill trees if there's any new modifications. Beyond that I also added three new abilities! Here they are in detail:
1) Icicle Piercer
> North Guard Ranger
[quote]Icicle Piercer (Requires Bow) Ranged Attack 1-5 area range, Accuracy + 1 Piercing Cooldown: 3 | Uses: 3/3 Targets all units in line. Unblockable. +4 Damage when target has Slow status[/quote]
2) Rigged Coin-Toss
> Contractor Assassin
[quote]Rigged Coin-Toss Cooldown: 2 | Uses: 3/3 Targets the user. Free Action- Doesn't end turn. If fighting against more than 3 enemies: Gain 3,1 Focus If fighting against 3 or less enemies: Gain 3,1 Strengthen If health is 8 or less gain Block[/quote] Note - the "speech" effect for coinflip will only appear with newly hired Contractors rather than already hired ones.
3) Flare Arrow
> Scout (All backgrounds)
[quote]Flare Arrow (Requires Bow) Ranged Attack 2-8 range Cooldown: 3 | Uses: 2/2 Inflicts 3,2 Burn: Deals 3 Fire damage every turn for 2 turn Allies gain 1,3 Focus: Increases Accuracy by 1 for 3 turns[/quote]This skill also gives 2 additional uses to "Track" (context in "Balancing Changes").
There's also a new trinket that can be crafted from the rare plates of the armored grub!
Balancing Changes:
Alongside smaller changes, here are the two major shifts in this update: [olist]
What's Being Added Next?
Overworld Interface and More -Week to two weeks Inspecting characters in guilds showing true stats (rather than starter stats), "Are you sure?" window for firing characters / attacking allies, more info in the dungeon-log and other possible improvements. (Might include one big patch or incremental patches) https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1464220/view/3703688858596410641?l=english (Mentioned in this update previously) There might be more to this update than what's written here - and while it isn't "the BIG UI improvement update" yet, I did recently chat with the talented developer of "The Call of Krul'ar" who taught me some great UI design principles that I'm looking forward to sneaking into this update, as well as implementing over time in future updates. Thank you for reading! -David
[ 2023-04-30 14:25:08 CET ] [ Original post ]
Netherguild
David Vinokurov
Developer
David Vinokurov
Publisher
Planned November 2022. Wishlist to be notified!
Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
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Netherguild is a turn-based tactical roguelite dungeon-crawler, where you command expeditions below the earth in a desperate attempt to cure a strange plague.
Explore, camp, and fight as far as you can before heading back to resupply.
What will you discover underground?
Key Features:
Bonfires:
Construct campfires underground, rest and eat next to them. The food items you consume affect your guild members and the rest of your expedition, with passive effects, permanent changes and more!
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Combat:
Learn how to defeat different enemies (and when to flee) in combat. Hitting enemies requires no RNG - so you can depend on your abilities, but watch out for tricky enemies that are immune to your strategy, unfortunate circumstances and surprises!
In Netherguild, combat is another form of resource management- how can you prevent your characters from getting hurt, or receiving harmful debuffs? When is it the right time to use a powerful ability, when should you save it for later?
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Oddities:
Different oddities you find underground will present you with various choices that may affect your expedition and the game world at large.
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The World Above:
While you explore below, different events may happen above-ground, presenting opportunity and choice when you return from expeditions.
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Replay Value:
Random equipment, random character backgrounds with different skills each playthrough and procedurally generated levels every time you descend underground mean that playthroughs feel different every time.
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Additional Features:
- Roguelite with Persistence and Story: Keep your characters at the end of each expedition (if they survive), equip them with powerful items and level them up over time. Netherguild's story progresses the more you explore and find out about the secrets of its world.
- Dungeon Crawling Resource Management: Powerful abilities have a limited amount of uses. Your characters have limited inventory space. What is more important? The priceless loot you bring up back to the surface, or the firewood logs that let you descend even deeper?
- Original Game World: Netherguild may be fantasy, but don't expect it to play by genre conventions at all; No Orcs, no Elves, and no wizards casting fireballs. Expect to find strange biospheres and denizens far underground.
- Cute Voxel Aesthetics: Contrasted by a story with serious themes, as you face against plague and conspiracy!
- Solo Developed: I'm always happy to get feedback, suggestions and inspiration from players. You can reach me through various channels such as my twitter, the Netherguild discord and Netherguild Steam forum. If you love Netherguild, dislike something about it, or you have a fantastic idea you think should be added to the game, please let me know! :D
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464220/Netherguild/
Early Access: Risks, Plans and Expectations:
- Risks: It's possible that during development, I would run out of money and wouldn't be able to continue full time development.
If that were to happen, I'll take up part time or full time work and develop Netherguild in my spare time. This game will be finished as long as I'm physically able to work on it.
I'm doing everything in my power to combat this risk - for example, marketing and getting to a certain number of wishlists before release should prevent it from ever occurring - but I think it's still important to be honest about risks like this before release.
If you want Netherguild to be successful, help me out! Let your friends, favorite streamer or gaming news site know about this game (: - Plans: Updates will happen in regular intervals; With a new update every week to three weeks. I would like to have weekly / bi-weekly updates for the most part, but of course that depends on development, with bigger changes taking longer to update, but containing more content and additions.
- Expectations: Expect progress to be slow and steady- being a solo dev means I can't finish the game in a year, and big updates will take time. Also, expect me to always be active on the Netherguild discord during Early Access, listening to your feedback.
MINIMAL SETUP
- Processor: 64-bitMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1GB
- Storage: 220 MB available space
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