Hey fellow Timbertales fans, I hope you followed the last two updates and you enjoying the improvements Timbertales get! In my opinion the game improved already a lot and more changes will follow soon. The last three weeks more about changes stuff which wasn't implemented the right way without adding much new to the gameplay. This will change with the next week! But first let's go through the changelog for today as usual I will explain the changes.

Changelog

- Added "Rich Precense" feature to Steam Client I saw this feature was added to Steam and I thought why not implementing it and test it out. What it does if you enter the campaign, challenge or main menu your friends will see it in the friends list:
- Campaign changes I played through the complete campaign and made some balance changes where it was needed. Also there were a lot of typos and grammatical errors. I tried to fix as much as possible. There will be more changes in the future, since I plan to change the core gameplay quite a bit. - Sound changes, new death, running and attack sounds In the past I had a lot of placeholder audio files and most units sounded very similar. I changed that and added more specific audio files. There are still some missing, but they will also follow in the near future. - Resolution problems Yeah I hate that topic. Unfortunately the lwlgl3 backend from libGDX which the game is written in, isn't that flexibel and resolution + fullscreen + multiple displays is always a big problem. What I did so far: On the first start the primary display resolution should be picked in fullscreen. Unfortunately you are not able to alt + tab correctly in fullscreen. This is why I removed the decoration of the game window in window mode to have something similar to windowed fullscreen For me it was quite buggy on Windows and OSX. So maybe you have more luck? Feedback would be awesome on this topic! :) - Bugfix and possible game crashes There were still quite a lot situation where the game could crash. I fixed some of them. There was an issue that the Sylvan campaign wasn't replay able once you finished it. That should be possible now. I encountered a crash when I was unloading my units too fast, which should be fixed as well and last but not least the issue that the game stays in task manager after quitting should be gone! As usual I hope you like the changes and if I could wish one thing: Please bring in more feedback, review etc. Best, Thorben

[ 2020-03-13 14:52:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fantasy turn based strategy game in an unique nature theme. Core Features: Combo system, campaign, tabletop like drafting, arena, rankings, unique skills and maps. Lots of rewards and game elements to discover.

Early Access & Single Indie developer disclaimer

Hey everyone I just wanted to take the chance to say some words. I am a single indie developer and put a lot of work into Timbertales. I know there is a lack of quality in some images or layouts. I wished I could have done better, but after one year of development I had to go live somehow. I am very interested in your true opinion and feedback and appreciate it a lot, but please don't be too harsh (I have some feelings left :)).
It is possible to adjust a lot of things and I would do it of course, if there is enough concern about Timbertales.

Description

I am an one man army Indie - Developer and proudly present you: Timbertales.
Timbertales is a fantasy turn based hex strategy game. I wanted to create a game, which has the feeling of classical games like Battle Isle, Battle of wesnoth or Jagged Alliance, but with a very unique nature theme and challenging content. In Timbertales you will first have to draft an army before you can start a match. Unlike other turn based strategy games: You will not have to produce units in game. Its more based on a table top strategy game approach, where you have to build up an army with a specific point limit before the match starts. While processing through the game you will be able to unlock more units, which can be used in drafting.
In game we have a classic hex tiled map in an isometric view. You will have to move your units around the map and clear out different map objectives to be victorious. Every attack is handled instantly: You will see the results as fast as possible and you are able to plan your next steps immediately.
Many units provide very special abilities: You have the choice for just normal attacking or using very special abilities, like healing, cursing or heavy attacks.
There will be very unique game modes for solo playing and multiplayer. Let me introduce the features more detailed:

Features

Races

There are different races: Vermin and sylvans. Each race consists of multiple units, which are very unique in look and feel. Some units will also provide some special skills and behaviours.

Campaigns

A story mode for every race in game. Every campaign contains of multiple missions. You will be able to earn many rewards, which are very useable in the other game modes.

• Enjoy the exciting story of Timbertales
  
• Innovative mission objectives and challenges
  
• Master all missions, special achievements
  
• Explore the content and unlock new characters and treasures

Challenges

Very unique game mode, draft an army of limited options and climb up a special ranking! You will have to defeat an AI opponent with an increasing skill level. With each win your challenge level will be raised and the opponent will get even stronger as your rewards will!

• Unique game mode, draft an army of limited options and climb a special ranking!
  
• Increase your chance of epic rewards with each victory
  
• Special ranking

Multiplayer

You can compete with your individual drafted army composition against other players. There is a special ranking for ranked games based on an competitive rating.

• Compete with other players in epic multiplayer battles
  
• Create an individual army
  
• Gain experience and improve your army
  
• Mess yourself with other players in the ranking mode

Arena

A special challenging game mode. Create an army with limited options and crush your enemies. As soon as you lost 3 times with your army the arena ends and you will receive rewards for your progress.

• A special challenging game mode to compete with real players
  
• Draft an army with limited options and crush your enemies

Army creation

• Create your own army, as it is known from Tabletop games
  
• Unlock new characters and rewards to improve your army

Portraits

You can also unlock portraits for your account and showcase them.

Spheres

A defeated Unit has a special drop chance of an unique type of a sphere. There are heal spheres which can heal your units, critical strike spheres which increases the critical strike chance for several rounds and acorn point sphere which increases your acorn points. Acorn points are the in game currency to unlock features.

Ranking

Several rankings will show your progress through different game modes. There will be lists for arena, challenge and ranked mode.

Maps

In challenge and multiplayer mode there will be special maps to play on. These maps provide special optional map objectives. If those objectives are completed different events can happen and will grant you an advantage.

Combat

The combat system is based on the system which is used in "Starcraft". This means we have different unit types and different attack types. The unit types are small, medium and large. The attack types are normal, piercing and breaking. If two types clashes each other the types are used to calculate the critical hit chance for the unit for example if a normal attack type is fighting against any armor type he will always have the standard 10% critical strike hit chance. But if an piercing attack type is fighting vs. a small armor type he will receive a 100% bonus which means he has a critical hit chance of 20%. Critical hits will be displayed with a bigger yellow number while normal hits are shown in white color.



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