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Hey guys, to keep you in the loop for how far we've come with the next update, we prepared an overview of the points we worked on so far, what is still blocking us from releasing it and the next steps after the update is available. What we worked on so far:

Steam API update, you can play with friends via rightclick and join
Network code rework
UI rework (Dialog System reworked, most Windows received a rework aswell)
AI code rework (based on Behaviour Trees)
NPC definition code rework (based on Entity Component System)
New animation system together with new animations (500+) (based on State Machines)
A lot of new animals and new models for existing animals (cattle, salamander, bear, wolf, crocodile, ibex, frog, goose, snail, goat...) ...
... and fixes to the existing models, both items and NPCs
Reworked the way chunks are loaded and rendered (no more missing chunks, no remaining chunks out of view distance)
Dual wield single handed weapons added
Integrated tests made possible due to rework
3rd person cam added (deactivated 1st person for the moment)
New water shader (to be fair, it is not yet done, but it is already visually more pleasing than what was done previously)
Loading Screen added
Server browser added
Pie menu rework (better item size scaling, along other fixes)
When a model could not be loaded a default model is used instead

And smaller more gameplay related stuff:

Hall effect in caves added
The amount you gain with health/mana/stamina points have been rebalanced
Furniture cannot be destroyed by Area Of Effect damage
In the Player Overview you can now see all active Conditions via a toggle button
Rebalanced food & potion regeneration completely, it is now always giving a condition to regenerate slowly over time
Eating uncooked food has a chance to give poison condition
Left & Right rings and earrings are a thing of the past, you can now wear them on either slot
Added a couple trivia to items

What is still up to do until update:

Animation System fixes and combat update
Starting dedicated server and connecting to it locally doesnt work
NPCs shall taunt before attacking
Hopefully bring 1st person back
Add more sounds where none have been before
Writing tests for Quest and Inventory system
When server shuts down the client is not notified
Loading Screen needs some more robustness when something in the background fails

... and bugfixing:

NPCs can teleport sporadically
Spawn of elementals via enchanted weapons is broken
A couple Quest System related bugs
When resizing the game window there might be visually broken pixels in the UI

Next plans for update 0.5.1.0:

Further combat rework
Destroying blocks shall happen in steps to give better feedback

In total we worked on over 300 tickets so far, some more mentionable than others. But we are far from stopping on working on qb :) A lot of time was spent on the various new systems and techniques but we are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. As it turned out we couldn't just implement one new system and keep everything else running, it was an iterative process which led us to completely rework the entire codebase underneath. As you know, we created a Discord Server for you to join where we plan to keep you updated on the current progress in a more intermediate style of communication, so feel free to join, if you haven't: > https://discord.gg/BAHt2dA We hope this gives you guys a clear overview of how far we've come with the next update 0.5.0.0. You won't have to wait another year, but it will take us a little bit more time nonetheless. qb Team

[ 2020-07-25 14:04:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Armadillo Studios Developer

Armadillo Studios Publisher

2017-08-07 Release

Action Indie Casual Adventure Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA Tags

Game News Posts: 51

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mixed (51 reviews)

https://www.facebook.com/Qb-337076850010835/

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The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

qb JRE Linux [192.42 M]
qb [589.66 M]

About the game

qb is an open world sandbox adventure game, where you can create and explore nearly infinite worlds. Solve challenging quests together with your friends and earn unique rewards. Collect precious raw goods and craft useful items. Enchant your gear to make it even stronger. Enhance your character and learn specialized abilities. Help the villagers and grow their homeland. Find hidden treasures and reveal their secrets.

About us

We are a team of three developers and work on qb in our freetime. It was only a small project at first which was meant for trying out new things. But once more and more features were added we decided to share qb with other players. In the current state of the game not all features are implemented and before we add more features it is better to get feedback from other players first. We would like to point out that current features and functions still contain bugs which can crash the game. With the start of the Early Access phase we might be able to employ more people to help and support us working on the game.

Features

★ Quest system (static, dynamic and Coop quests)
★ Skill system for your very own character progression
★ Dynamically generated villages with quests
★ Furnitures
★ Save and load prefabs ingame and share it via Steam Workshop
★ Ghost preview before placing prefabs
★ Over 100 block types with HD quality textures
★ Over 10 different variations of block shapes
★ 20 different enemy types
★ 25 realistic biomes (based on real world climate biomes)
★ Easy switching between block shapes via pie menu
★ Treasure chests
★ Lockpicking
★ Customizable and placeable particle emitters
★ Brew your very own beer and craft other delicious sweets
★ Realistic day and night cycles
★ Flowing water simulation
★ Minimap and large map ingame
★ Depending of skill choices you can become a warrior, mage, archer or all in one
★ Combine cloth, leather and plate armor pieces
★ Easy to use crafting system with 9 different crafting stations
★ Enchanting of weapons and equipment
★ Magical potions
★ Combat with one and two handed swords, bows and staffs
★ Dynamic lights
★ Caves with marvelous ores
★ Old school Ascii-Shader for the nerds
★ Simple farming
★ Additional translations for other languages

Future plans

★ Better network code
★ More and new types of quests
★ Riding system and fly mounts
★ Virtual Reality support
★ Character shape customization
★ Water pressure simulation
★ Weather system
★ More enemy types
★ Carrying one weapon in each hand
★ Reputation system
★ Other races of humanoids
★ Transport system to transfer goods from one place to another
★ Fast travel system
★ Stationery & automated weapons
★ Larger view distance by using generated terrain
★ placing buildings/prefabs from iso-3D-perspective
★ Enhanced AI with changing routines and schedules based on day/night cycle
★ Different game modes other than survival
★ Mod support

Credits: Trailer music provided by "alxd" can be found on SoundCloud under the alias "alxdmusic".

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz Dual Core Prozessor (Intel Core i3 or AMD Phenom II X2)Memory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 1 GB Video RAM GPU with OpenGL 3.2 Support. NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series or better. ATI Radeon HD2000 Series or betterNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: Quad Core Prozessor (Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom II X4)Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB Video RAM GPU with OpenGL 3.2 Support. NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series or better. ATI Radeon HD2000 Series or betterNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 2 GB available space

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