Pathway Devlog #11 - Hitchance Previews More

This week's build brings hitchance previews, reworked events and a whole bunch of other improvements.

Hitchance Preview

Newly introduced in this update is the ability to preview hitchances before you move to a new location. If you hold down tab when hovering over a move position you'll be presented with additional information about any visible enemy. You can see their hitchance from that location and other information such as their visibility or whether they are out of weapon range.

Improved Event Distribution

This is a first step towards improving events distribution. We've fixed a couple of bugs that caused events to show up more than once in an adventure by mistake. In general events should now never repeat within one adventure. This update also slightly improves the event distribution in general. This is a first step to help reduce the repetitiveness that can occur when playing. We've got lots more planned to help with this. Thanks for playing and we hope you enjoy these changes! Full Changelog for Version 1.0.10:

Added a new hitchance preview when moving (see above)
First step towards event distribution overhaul (see above)
We reworked a number of events that previously had "hidden" perk options. These invisible options were automatically activated if a character on the team had the appropriate skill. Unfortunately this also meant that a lot of players missed out on content due them not being identifiable in any way. We've changed this and the options are now explicit as part of a choice the player can make if the appropriate perk is part of the team. Practically speaking, this means that some events have received new perk options!
We've reworked the structure of some events to be spread out over fewer pages, effectively reducing the amount of clicks needed. Some events had also their texts shortened where it made sense to do so in order to improve the overall flow.
Added a confirmation question if the player tries to leave the loot screen without touching any of the loot. It'll also ask for confirmation if the player leaves behind an epic or legendary item.
New savegame backup system: The game will now automatically create backups at relevant points. This is mainly in place so we can recover saves that may get corrupted when using the preview branch or for some other situations where a bug caused an unfair loss.
Bellamy can now also be unlocked by purchasing a Disintegrator weapon
Codex has been updated to include recent changes.
Time elapsed formatting in adventure stats now shows as hh:mm:ss
Fixed a bug that caused audio settings to not be properly preserved across game sessions.
Fixed a grammar mistake in one of Veduti's character comments.
Fixed a bug that made it impossible to revisit character rescue missions. They can now be revisited even if you didn't recruit the character right away or decided to not engage in combat previously.
Fixed some combat arena generators causing enemies to get trapped.
Fixed a country name on one of he loading screens maps
Fixed a rare crash that occurred when loading the game after updating to a new version
Fixed a bunch of wrong gender pronoun uses in event texts
Fixed a bug that caused the camera to move outside of the map bounds
Fixed a bug that caused the "The Coming War" achievement to not be attainable
Fixed a bug that allowed people to purchase fuel beyond the jeep's capacity at the merchant
Fixed a bug that caused the recruit icon to be invisible when on neighbouring location.
Fixed a bug that caused some event texts to overlap
Fixed a bug that would allow you to move items into the valuables bag when recruiting people.
Fixed a bug that caused Sporebearers to not automatically die when the last enemy was killed with a bleed attack.
Fixed a bug that allowed the player to open the codex during the enemy's turn even though the button was disabled.

[ 2019-05-08 19:56:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pathway

Robotality Developer

Chucklefish Publisher

2018 Release

Indie Strategy RPG Singleplayer Tags

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FROM THE MAKERS OF HALFWAY...

THE YEAR IS 1936...

It is a time of global unrest as German military influence is spreading throughout Europe and the Middle East. Rumors of frantic excavations and strange artifacts, not to mention ghastly occult rituals, have begun to surface across secret communication channels...

THEY TOOK OUR FRIEND...

Morten has vanished. The Nazis took him because he interfered with their occult research. We have to rescue him before it's too late. And afterwards, who knows what other adventures await?

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THRILLING VISUALS - Classic 16-bit pixel art enhanced with unprecedented depth, lighting and shadows using Pixel/Voxel Hybrid Technology.
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TOUGH CHOICES - Every location you visit presents a new hand-crafted story event to explore. Search the well? Save the villagers? It's up to you!
DECISIVE CONFLICTS - Use cover and positioning in exciting turn-based squad combat. Learn to maximize your items and abilities, as well as your team members' strengths, in ruthless and clever ways!
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