Update 27
Patch 1.0.12

Gameplay:

• Fixed an issue with dynamic text only working once
  
• Requirements now works for randomizer nods
  
• Changed Story object to be shown under the Attributes tab
  
• Fixed the auto-loot multiplier to include resources re-spawned as well
  
• Fixed smoothed text drawing
  
• Added max information on items
  

• Fixed issue with changing base object in Hero slot
  
• Added *NAME to give hero's name dynamically
  
• Fixed minor UI layout
  
• Changed modifier for resources in points of interest to be per resources instead.
  
• Fixed an issue with Requirements to enter a point of interest not using the "Any" properly
  
• Fixed an issue with the resource not saving the proper count
  
• Changed some contrast in some of the panels to allow better visibility
  
• Changed the requirements to be ALL listed, instead of any of the listed resource
  
  

• Alpha of "Astria" , based on my own lore, where you will be find yourself the new elected king of a beat down kingdom, where you will need to manage both your people, your economy and border !
  

Weekly Update 26
Patch 1.0.11

Gameplay:

• Completed the UI panels that were missing
  
• Added a way to set-up running away from fight (must be set-up in story editor)
  
• Added a way to recover from losing a fight (must be set-up in story editor)
  

• Completed the UI panels that were missing
  
• Links in point of interest has now different type that can be chosen
  
• Editor tutorial - changed images to match new skin and added latest information
  
• Randomizer - can now be set-up with specific %chance
  

• Alpha of "Astria" , based on my own lore, where you will be find yourself the new elected king of a beat down kingdom, where you will need to manage both your people, your economy and border !
  

Weekly Update 25
Patch 1.0.10

Been only a week since the last patch, but i feel like it warranted it.

Gameplay:

• corrected some issue with respawn and inventory on randomizer nods (inventory was skipped before, now it is attributed)
  
• Changed what is shown in the attributes list in game (only the name is shown, and not the slot anymore).
  

• Completed the reskin of the editor, including better workflow, some new icons.
  
• Point of interest now have the ability to add multiplier based on a resource for monster.
  
• Point of interest now have the ability to add multiplier based on a resource for resources (require, receive. purchase).
  
• can now reference base stats in Point of interest description and answers (using: *SKILL, *LUCK, *LUCKMAX, *HEALTH, *HEALTHMAX, *ATTACK, *DEFENCE, *BONUS).
  
• can now reference resources amount carried by hero in Point of interest description and answers (using: ^ID, ID is found under the resource itself).
  

• Editor tutorial - change images to match new skin and add latest information
  
• Alpha of "Astria" , based on my own lore, where you will be find yourself the new elected king of a beat down kingdom, where you will need to manage both your people, your economy and border !
  

Weekly Update 24
Patch 1.0.9

This weeks complete the last tools i required to do the campaign i am working on.

This is going steadily, expecting to be done the next story over the next month.

Gameplay:

• Now inventory (requisite, loot, purchase) on Interest point can respawn (if setup this way in editor)
  
• Now Monsters on Interest point can respawn (if setup this way in editor)
  
• Fixed an issue with the randomizer, not randomizing :p
  

• Partial reskin, more to follow.
  
• Point of interest now have the ability to respawn monsters.
  
• Point of interest now have the ability to respawn inventory.
  
• Added a new type of slot, "Hidden Story Object" allowing you to manage inventory and requisite that is not seen by the player (slot and object is hidden, no matter what).
  

• Editor reskin - more coming
  
• Still working on a very cool new concept for the campaign, inspired by the "King of Dragon Pass" game!
  

Weekly Update 23
Patch 1.0.8

Very excited to introduce the Randomizer tool, now you can randomize your story's path !

Gameplay:

• Randomizer added to gameplay
  
• Inventory requirements can now be any, equal, more than, less than.
  

• Added Randomizer that can be added to any Point of Interest (PoI), replacing links
  
• Added option to use Click on PoI instead of the list for : Linkage, Start-up PoI, Randomize
  

• Editor reskin
  
• Still working on a very cool new concept for the campaign, inspired by the "King of Dragon Pass" game!
  

Weekly Update 22
Patch 1.0.7

Gameplay:

• Modified the dialogue picked UI, only to show on multiplayer
  

• Improved Point of interest window
  
• Other minor improvement on UI
  
• Added "Reference" window
  
• You will now be able to know when the following is in used, where, and have a quick access to it.
  -Monsters
  -Classifications
  -Resources
  -Point of Interest links
  
• Fix even more issues with the story editor
  
  

• more QoL for editor
  
• Randomizer pools
  
• I am working on a very cool new concept for the campaign !
  

Weekly Update 21
Patch 1.0.6

Gameplay:

• "To Rome" - minor update!
  
• New multiplayer UI
  
• fix a crash with multiplayer
  
• Added difficulty option in multiplayer
  
• Added skip text in multiplayer
  
• Fix some issue with the character selection in multiplayer
  
• Added dialogue picked UI, to show which answer has been selected
  

• Fix some crash issue with the story editor
  

• New QoL for editor
  

In my hasty happiness to release 1.0.5, it seems that i messed up some stuff !

- Fixed looting, no more infinite items !
- Fixed issue preventing you from putting object into inventory
- Fixed issue with UI and loot/purchase window

Weekly Update 20
Patch 1.0.5

Happy to be back with a new patch after the holidays!
There seems to be some (minor?) glitches with multiplayer, This will be my next focus to improve both UI and flow.

Gameplay:

• "To Rome" - Translated to french!
  
• New gameplay UI
  
• New combat UI
  
• Simplified combat system
  

• Fixed import of xml translation
  

• Fixes and interface redone for multiplayer.
  

Weekly Update 19
Patch 1.0.4

Hey,
Quick update on where the game is going.
I am switching gears and will start focusing on what I do best, programming.
There are lots of features that I want to implement in the game, but haven't had the time yet due to splitting my focus into many areas.
I have onboarded 2 writers to help write new (and much better) stories, and I am very excited to soon show the work they are putting together.
I am also working with a UI/UX artist to help transition some of the game interfaces that were poorly (ATROCIOUSLY) conceived by me.

There is the new story released with this patch, I would love to hear how you feel about it, if there is any issue, if it's too hard or anything else you'd like to add!

If you have any feedback or ideas, I would love to hear them either on the Steam discussion page or in our discord!

Gameplay:

• New story, "To Rome" - instant death and difficult combats await you !
  
• Fixed an issue with discarding inventory before starting the game.
  
• Added better transitions (of the text area) for longer description text.
  
• Fixed some of the interaction with inventory.
  
• Equipped inventory now can only be 1 (qty). if you need multiple of an item equipped at the same time, each one will require a slot.
  

• Added a way to add negative constant stats points. (ie. -3 Skill)
  
• Fixed some issues with some settings of the story getting corrupted
  
• Fixed some issues with order swapping slots/objects causing corruption.
  
• Improved workflow with the interest Point not resetting the tab when opened.
  

• Full combat interface UX/UI redo (contracted out to someone that knows better than me!)
  
• Lots of QoL for Editor/Gameplay
  

Weekly Update 18
Patch 1.0.3


Gameplay:

• Improved the french translation of "Chronicles of a demon hunter".
  
• Improved the Combat UI / Combat tips.
  
• Added different sounds when hit/get hit.
  
• Added a "Restart" button once you are defeated or the game is over.
  
• Fixed a few missing translation.
  
• The stats modification from entering a story point now appears after the description instead of before
  
• Corrected an issue with constant stats modification not applying correctly
  

• Improved/corrected the help section.
  
• 2 videos released on how to use the editor
  
• Correct an issue with constant stats modification not being able to be set correctly.
  

• Now working with authors to get more story out at a faster pace.
  

• Rome Story (finishing up art and tiding up end of the story)
  
• Other QoL
  

A file went corrupted during publishing, causing the app to not start on some platforms

Weekly Update 17
Patch 1.0.2


Gameplay:

• Restructured the Combat UI
  

• Made a help "tutorial" window
  

• Chinese language support (Requested by Rexxxd)
  
• Base interface translated in Chinese, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. (Requested by Rexxxd/Lonewolf)
  
• Localization - Added XML import/export (has all localized text)
  

• Rome Story
  
• Other QoL
  

Weekly Update 16
Patch 1.0.1


Gameplay:

• Modified "Chronicles of a Demon Hunter" story with some fixes and path changes
  
• Improved Combat UI
  
• Added Combat difficulty options (Requested by Zaitsev)
  
• Added option to skip text animation (Requested by Zaitsev)
  
• Changed text color from combat to be clearer (Requested by Archontoloco)
  
• Fixed a crash related to Steam achievements
  
• Fixed an issue with loading workshop story (Thanks to Moco for the first workshop story !)
  

• Chinese language support (Requested by Rexxxd)
  
• Base interface translated in Chinese, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. (Requested by Rexxxd/Lonewolf)
  
• Mass import/export of all localized text in the editor
  
• Rome Story
  
• Other QoL
  

Weekly Update 15
Early Access 1.0.0

The game is officially released on Steam Early Access !

Thanks once again to everyone involved, more QoL is coming to the editor, and i am excited to see all the community feedback on where to take the game.

Moving forward, the game updates will be maintained in both Windows and Linux versions, at a rate of twice per month, based on community feedback and what I feel the game would benefit from.

My next focus is creating more game content.

Gameplay:

• Story "Simply just Chaos" has been refined
  
• Added partial controller gameplay
  
• Combat UI has been adjusted slightly
  
• Fixed some issues with achievements
  
• Fixed some twitch votes showing incorrectly
  
• Fixed the combat window when the multiplayer layer is active
  
• Fixed some issues when creating a new story, some text was showing in the wrong language
  

• Renamed "Inventory" as "Resource" as it now includes story and attributes elements
  
• Resource list can now be dragged for sorting, in-game layout will be matching the order layout
  
• Added a way under export to set a default image for all story arcs, in case they are blank
  
• Fixed some issues with the interaction with the map region while the story arc window was open
  
• Fixed some issues with directional arrows not being solely focused in text when editing it
  

Weekly Update 14
Demo Update Patch 0.2.4

On November 10, the game will be released in early access!

The Demo is going offline, thanks to the hundreds of people who participated, it was great to have direct feedback from the players!

Gameplay:

• Added combat rule Information
  
• Fixed an issue with combat logic for the hit
  
• Fixed an issue with disappearing text/letters
  
• Steam achievements ! including an early access exclusive !
  
• Reduce the byte size of the Playstories, it should make the game a lot lighter on your hard drive !
  

• Minor improvement to UI and UX
  

Weekly Update 13
Demo Update Patch 0.2.3

whoopsies! update content got deleted by mistake

Kamz

Weekly Update 12
Demo Update Patch 0.2.2

I received great feedback from the community this week which really helps drive the changes set for this patch.

Shoutout to "GregorianHipster" for streaming the game and generating a healthy conversation about the game. The chat provided great feedback that I went on to action right away!

The game will now be released under early access instead on Nov 10, our main driving factor was that the game would benefit greatly from the feedback and that we are not done making the game better and creating new content for it.

Gameplay - Story:

• Added margin to the description text of object to help readability
  
• Added Ambient type option, you can now pick which ambient type will play.
  
• Improved the object information regarding the stats given
  
• Changed all the music to new improved ones, added SFX
  
• Changed the main font of the game to something less stylized but more readable
  
• Added base image if no image is given in the Story Editor
  
• Fixed usable object - giving skill bonuses. It now applies to skills accordingly for the next combat
  
• Fixed an issue with music not playing correctly in the menu for selecting the story
  
• Fixed an issue with combat vote not being set properly when set in UI
  
• Fixed an issue with the combat vote timer after the combat was completed
  
• Fixed an issue under new story. The description layout could be cut out of the screen
  
• Fixed a crash related to missing images or removed images
  

• Added breakdown of rolls, and added a "random" dice icon
  
• Improved the luck button now has a clear keybind and can be triggered by a vote
  
• Renamed the "Defensive attack" to portray better what it does
  
• Fixed an issue causing the dice not to be the correct logic shown vs applied
  
• Fixed an issue that caused music not to fit "combat" after reloading the story while in combat
  

Story - Only Just Chaos: (note : the old local version of the story might need to be delete)

• Changed some content a bit to fit the theme of the story better
  
• Removed all images - New custom ones are being made
  
• Stats update for final boss
  
  Main Menu:
  
• New images for all the menu buttons
  

• You can now remove the hero and monster's images.
  

• Improve showing combat mechanism, providing better UI/UX and tutorial
  
• Improve the voting system, the Twitch system is not engaging enough, and has a lack of information and reactivity to the stream
  

Weekly Update 11
Demo Update Patch 0.2.1

Small weekly update :)

Gameplay:

• Corrected a crash in the demo story
  
• Added an attributes system
  

• change from numpad used for switching languages to the Fnum keys
  
• Added attributes system
  
• Content creators can now override the steam workshop ID stored. this will help in managing your shared content.
  

Weekly Update 10
Demo Update Patch 0.2.0

This week the game is participating in the Steam Next Fest event !

Gameplay:

• Release of the demo story fully completed - Only just CHAOS
  
• improved combat animation
  
• Description of the objects is now available
  
• Modification to combat "luck" system to be more reliable
  

• Custom object description
  
• Added numpad used for switching languages (major QoL)
  
• Release of the Steam Workshop
  

• Continuing to develop the stories, I am very excited and have many ideas to bring to the game!
  
• On-going improvement to UI
  
• Polishing the game from feedback
  

Weekly Update 9
Demo Update Patch 0.1.9

Gameplay:

• Included combat vote for multiplayer
  
• Minor bug issues with UI corrected
  
• Updated and improved both demo stories
  

• Improvement to UI
  
• Added single pass option to the Points of Interest
  

• Completion of the Chaos story - removal of the Rome story (for now)
  
• Improvement to UI
  
• More visually dynamic combat
  

Weekly Update 8
Demo Update Patch 0.1.8

Hey there !
just wanted to talk a bit about this week update, and what is coming up.
I am cleaning up the last bit of unfinished business in the code with the Twitch viewer interaction and it will be available next week.
EDIT: Twitch viewer interaction is now available !

Coming up October 9 is Steam Next Fest, which Tome of Fates will be participating in, While i am happy with the state of the development of the game, we are pushing for more improvement in the game in the coming weeks, stay tuned !

Hope you guys enjoy the Demo, until the full release of the game October 20 !


Gameplay:

• Multiplayer is now on, including the Twitch viewer interaction.
  

• More story update !
  

Weekly Update 7
Demo Update Patch 0.1.7

Gameplay:

• Hero can now have its constant attribute adjusted during story
  
• Hero can now have its image adjusted during story
  
• Minor bug fixes
  

• Can now zoom in and out in editor
  
• Can now set adjustment to hero per story arc point
  
• Fixed a rare crash
  

• Multiplayer is being adjusted.
  

• Multiplayer coming !
  

Weekly Update 6
Demo Update Patch 0.1.6

Gameplay:

• Fixed an inventory issue regarding using objects.
  
• Fixed minor issues related to QoL regarding inventory when looting useable objects.
  
  
• New Combat System:
  -The goal is to match your combat stance with the monster, using different attacks.
  -There are now 2 Combat stance bars, one for the monster and one for the hero.
  -Some attacks increase or decrease your combat stance, some do more damage. Using the right attack will be key to your survival!
  

Weekly Update 5
Demo Update Patch 0.1.5

Gameplay:

• Fixed an inventory issue regarding loot.
  
• Improved the stacking of objects from loot.
  
• Loot now always shows info when clicked on.
  
• Updated the loot UI.
  
• Updated the description UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where the previous description saved would double in size with each game save.
  
• Updated text to support the Cyrillic alphabet.
  
• Adjusted the text in the description and answers area to a less stylized font for improved readability.
  
• Enhanced visibility of the "random" icon under the character to be clearer when enabled/disabled.
  
• Right-clicking on pop-up/loot/purchase windows now closes them.
  
• Improved scrolling up and down for the description (no longer necessary to have your mouse over it).
  

• Added a maximum stack for objects; please note that it defaults to 1, and this stack setting is global for ANY object.
  

Weekly Update 4
Demo Update Patch 0.1.4

Gameplay:

• Minor update to UI.
  
• Improved and corrected some issues with gameplay regarding story arc descriptions.
  
• Added smoother text in both descriptions and answers.
  
• Answers will now be added to the previous description zone.
  
• Added a file cleanup function at startup; now obsolete gameplay versions of stories will automatically be deleted to avoid clutter.
  

• Minor update to UI.
  
• Added a way to increase the interactive area without relying solely on images.
  
• Added the option of "exact quantity" for object requirements to reach a node.
  
• Added the option to require a specific amount of luck to access a node; the hero won't be able to access it without the appropriate amount.
  

Weekly update 3
Demo update patch 0.1.3

The in-game story editor is now released ! (please note that this might be removed at a later date)
"Simply just CHAOS" part 2 has now been released !

Fixed a crash that occurred during story slot selection.
Improved the layout of inventory and made the rows taller.

Changes to the stories:
- "Simply just CHAOS" -> does NOT contain any instant death
- "To Rome, Against All Odds" -> includes instant death mechanism

Coming up next week:
- "To Rome, Against All Odds" part 2.

Thank you for all the feedback received that helps make this game better. If you haven't given yours yet, I'd love to hear it, and you can reach me on our discord channel https://discord.gg/PFKQM7fsqN

-Kamz

Weekly update 2
Demo update patch 0.1.2

Fixed a crash that occurred during story "play" creation related to keybinds.
Fixed a few issues with interaction between inventory and UI
Fixed a minor UI issue with multiple monster combat
Fixed a major issue with inventory when having multiple story slots
Improved inventory in general
changed the way "additional" items work. They now give primary stats, while weapon/armor gives attack/defence.
The active description of the story is now thicker, bigger and different colours to stand out from the rest of the description's history.
Release of the demo patch for Linux.

Minor debugging and difficulty update to
- "Simply just CHAOS" part 1.
- "To Rome, Against All Odds" part 1.

Coming up next week:
- "Simply just CHAOS" part 2.
- "To Rome, Against All Odds" part 2.

As always, I love to hear your feedback on the game, and you can reach me on our discord channel https://discord.gg/PFKQM7fsqN


-Kamz

Weekly update 1
Demo update patch 0.1.1

Release of a short new story - "Simply just CHAOS" part 1.
Minor story bug fixes to - "To Rome, Against All Odds".
Minor general bug fixes.
Improvement to the inventory.

Coming up next week:
- "Simply just CHAOS" part 2.
- "To Rome, Against All Odds" part 2.

As always, I love to hear your feedback on the game, and you can reach me on our discord channel https://discord.gg/PFKQM7fsqN

Kamz