Hey guys!

Hey guys!

Greetings!

Greetings!

Hello everyone!

In comparison with previous Demo version:

• Local co-op mode;
• “King of the Rift” mechanic, allowing most skillfull monsters to become a Boss for current level;
• More balanced and polished battle;
• Dodge-roll ability;
• Runic and obsidian weapon grades;
• 4 times more dungeon layout variants;
• New surroundings and new music tracks;
• New countries for PolandRift!
• Engine upgrade (Such optimization! Wow!);
• Bug fixes

Hello everyone!

In comparison with previous Demo version:

• Local co-op mode;
• King of the Rift mechanic, allowing most skillfull monsters to become a Boss for current level;
• More balanced and polished battle;
• Dodge-roll ability;
• Runic and obsidian weapon grades;
• 4 times more dungeon layout variants;
• New surroundings and new music tracks;
• New countries for PolandRift!
• Engine upgrade (Such optimization! Wow!);
• Bug fixes

Hi all!

Patch notes:

• Local co-op mode implemented!
  • You can join as a second player in “Start Game” menu with the desirable controller;
  • Alternative skins for second player’s characters (more skins and skin selection to come in later updates);
  • Dead players are revived by opening chest on next level (chest-loot is lost this way);
• 3 new environments with 6 new awesome music tracks;
• Option to switch camera zoom to “toggle mode” (thanks to TheTycoon for the advice);
• Option to disable timer ticking for those who was enraged by it;
• Some control-based glitches have been fixed (thanks to Rachelle for the report);
• Engine upgraded to Unity 5.3 (expect some perfomance boost!);
• Tons of optimizations and little bug fixes for better game experience.

Known issues:

• XBOX 360 gamepad trigger issue - there is a Unity-based problem with trigger detection in some cases, we’re working on the solution. If you experience problems with controllers - plug them out, restart the game, plug them in again and enjoy the game!
• Local co-op later levels overlight - in some cases level can be lit too bright when two players are very close to each other;
• Windows 10 GUI flickering between levels - we haven’t reproduced this issue on other systems, so if you experience some glithes with GUI refreshing please report to us

Hi all!

Patch notes:

• Local co-op mode implemented!
  • You can join as a second player in Start Game menu with the desirable controller;
  • Alternative skins for second players characters (more skins and skin selection to come in later updates);
  • Dead players are revived by opening chest on next level (chest-loot is lost this way);
• 3 new environments with 6 new awesome music tracks;
• Option to switch camera zoom to toggle mode (thanks to TheTycoon for the advice);
• Option to disable timer ticking for those who was enraged by it;
• Some control-based glitches have been fixed (thanks to Rachelle for the report);
• Engine upgraded to Unity 5.3 (expect some perfomance boost!);
• Tons of optimizations and little bug fixes for better game experience.

Known issues:

• XBOX 360 gamepad trigger issue - there is a Unity-based problem with trigger detection in some cases, were working on the solution. If you experience problems with controllers - plug them out, restart the game, plug them in again and enjoy the game!
• Local co-op later levels overlight - in some cases level can be lit too bright when two players are very close to each other;
• Windows 10 GUI flickering between levels - we havent reproduced this issue on other systems, so if you experience some glithes with GUI refreshing please report to us

Hello guys, Giving you a little update on game development and our future plans, because there was a long time since last news, but we sure want you to know that we’re still alive and active. We’ve finally finished local coop at functional level and now we’re slapping together some kind of user-interface, before releasing it. Also there are some halloween-themed content that we’ve failed to deliver in time and also a couple of new tilesets. In a week or two we’ll finish minor polishing and we’ll be ready for releasing the update. Also we will rebuild our demo version that already has a huge functional gap from actual version of the game and does not demonstrate it properly. Meanwhile, we’ve revisited our development plans and decided to cut them a little in order to keep more realistic approach in light of our development rate. Sadly we’ve decided to left story mode behind, as well as any other modes beside main one. This will keep us focused on the main game features and we hope that the final project will be better. In light of this little downscaling we’ve dropped price to $9.99 and promise not to increase it after official release out of Early Access. We will keep you in touch about any change about the development.

Hello guys, Giving you a little update on game development and our future plans, because there was a long time since last news, but we sure want you to know that were still alive and active. Weve finally finished local coop at functional level and now were slapping together some kind of user-interface, before releasing it. Also there are some halloween-themed content that weve failed to deliver in time and also a couple of new tilesets. In a week or two well finish minor polishing and well be ready for releasing the update. Also we will rebuild our demo version that already has a huge functional gap from actual version of the game and does not demonstrate it properly. Meanwhile, weve revisited our development plans and decided to cut them a little in order to keep more realistic approach in light of our development rate. Sadly weve decided to left story mode behind, as well as any other modes beside main one. This will keep us focused on the main game features and we hope that the final project will be better. In light of this little downscaling weve dropped price to $9.99 and promise not to increase it after official release out of Early Access. We will keep you in touch about any change about the development.

This one was planned as a quick balance and performance patch. It turned out as a complete revamp of existing combat and loot mechanics. We’ve added new weapon-grade - Obsidian. It drops on the later stages as substitute for Fine grade. Runic weapons are fragile uber-weapon with highest DPS in the game now - their use is a risky decision for a player, as runic weapon will worn down to the basic state very fast and will not be as usefull as even shattered obsidian. Overall damage-per-second was increased in favor for more dynamic and frantic combat. Also we’ve made enemies faster and introduced player slowdown when he moves in opposite direction form the cursor. We believe it wil lmake the game much more challenging and fun even in early-game. Upgrade system had undergone some changes too. Health upgrade is twice as powerfull, agility and speed upgrades combined into one and secondary-weapon upgrades are added. Right now you can upgrade your secondaries twice - bow and crossbow will get damage boost for each upgrade and magic will get more charges. The resources and code were heavily optimized for better performance- game’s directory was nearly halved in volume, RAM usage decreased from unbelievable 1.3GB+ to more gentle 400-500MB and initial load duration was drastically reduced. Also, there are now less CPU-devouring operations every frame, so FPS must not drop on higher levels even on fairly old machines. Monsters will try to pickup crowns from the floor now. It will give them some protection and standart 1.5 damage buff, untill you knock crown down (while damaging it). So be ready to grab it as fast as you can. A bunch of countries are added to PolandRift, btw.

Patch note:

• Full combat revamp:
  • Weapon grades are rebalanced for more fast paced and dynamic combat;
  • Obsidian grade is added (without Mace, sorry);
  • Secondary weapon is upgradable;
  • Enemies are faster;
  • Player moving backwards is slower;
  • Upgrade don’t make weapons superfast anymore;
• Crowns are now pickable by monsters;
• King of the Rift (true crown from the start of the level) now boosts monster’s HP in x1,5 instead of x2;
• Health upgrade will give two hearts instead of one => there are 5 maximum health upgrades instead of 10;
• Speed upgrade now will boost your weapon handling abilities and decrease ability cooldown;
• Agility upgrades are removed;
• Secondary weapon upgrades are added: damage boost for bow, crossbow and a rock (sic!), capacity boost for fireball and lightning. Maximum 2 upgrades;
• Repair pickup will upgrade your Worn weapon to Fine weapon, if you have more than 50% of it’s durability (instead of 75%) and new weapon will have 35% durability (instead of 25%);
• Dakkar finally can throw fireballs! Three at once!
• Settings menu is now accessible from the pause menu;
• New countries as enemies in PolandRift: Australia, Bulgary, Canada, Egypt, Filippines, India;
• Bug fixes, balance changes, tuning, gamepad controlls, passive-agressive chat-logs etc.

This one was planned as a quick balance and performance patch. It turned out as a complete revamp of existing combat and loot mechanics. Weve added new weapon-grade - Obsidian. It drops on the later stages as substitute for Fine grade. Runic weapons are fragile uber-weapon with highest DPS in the game now - their use is a risky decision for a player, as runic weapon will worn down to the basic state very fast and will not be as usefull as even shattered obsidian. Overall damage-per-second was increased in favor for more dynamic and frantic combat. Also weve made enemies faster and introduced player slowdown when he moves in opposite direction form the cursor. We believe it wil lmake the game much more challenging and fun even in early-game. Upgrade system had undergone some changes too. Health upgrade is twice as powerfull, agility and speed upgrades combined into one and secondary-weapon upgrades are added. Right now you can upgrade your secondaries twice - bow and crossbow will get damage boost for each upgrade and magic will get more charges. The resources and code were heavily optimized for better performance- games directory was nearly halved in volume, RAM usage decreased from unbelievable 1.3GB+ to more gentle 400-500MB and initial load duration was drastically reduced. Also, there are now less CPU-devouring operations every frame, so FPS must not drop on higher levels even on fairly old machines. Monsters will try to pickup crowns from the floor now. It will give them some protection and standart 1.5 damage buff, untill you knock crown down (while damaging it). So be ready to grab it as fast as you can. A bunch of countries are added to PolandRift, btw.

Patch note:

• Full combat revamp:
  • Weapon grades are rebalanced for more fast paced and dynamic combat;
  • Obsidian grade is added (without Mace, sorry);
  • Secondary weapon is upgradable;
  • Enemies are faster;
  • Player moving backwards is slower;
  • Upgrade dont make weapons superfast anymore;
• Crowns are now pickable by monsters;
• King of the Rift (true crown from the start of the level) now boosts monsters HP in x1,5 instead of x2;
• Health upgrade will give two hearts instead of one => there are 5 maximum health upgrades instead of 10;
• Speed upgrade now will boost your weapon handling abilities and decrease ability cooldown;
• Agility upgrades are removed;
• Secondary weapon upgrades are added: damage boost for bow, crossbow and a rock (sic!), capacity boost for fireball and lightning. Maximum 2 upgrades;
• Repair pickup will upgrade your Worn weapon to Fine weapon, if you have more than 50% of its durability (instead of 75%) and new weapon will have 35% durability (instead of 25%);
• Dakkar finally can throw fireballs! Three at once!
• Settings menu is now accessible from the pause menu;
• New countries as enemies in PolandRift: Australia, Bulgary, Canada, Egypt, Filippines, India;
• Bug fixes, balance changes, tuning, gamepad controlls, passive-agressive chat-logs etc.

There is a problem with our Steam settings. The game should be in Early Access for now, but something went wrong. We're working on it, big sorry for the inconvenience.

We made it to Steam Early Access!

Patch note:

• New playable character - Ironbraids;
• Active abilities (Space button): Dodge Roll - character rolls in movement direction and gains invulnerability for roll-duration; Battle Dash - character boosts in aim directions, while damaging and pushing enemies. Damage grows with maximum health of the character;
• Agility upgrade reduces recharge time of abilities;
• Weapon throwback is smoother now;
• Game levels now turning on 90/180/270 degrees and sometimes transpose to make more gamelevels for players;
• New weapons grade - Runic weapons. It drops on later stages and worns down to “Worn” weapon, so it’s smart to change Runic for Fine weapon in some cases;
• Two new melee weapons: Mace - unlocked at start of the game; Spear - unlockable after gaining enough experience;
• New range weapon - Lightning. Unlockable.
• Mace, Warhammer and Plunger got a chance to stun the enemy;
• When monster reaches every 5th level first - he becomes The King of the Rift (and 18th level too). He receives a crown, his health grows 2 times and his damage grow 1,5 time. After 20th monster level the crown is given every 5th level to a random enemy. It could be picked up from defeated monster - it will protect the player and give experience bonus at the end of the level. Better crown - better defence;
• There is a magnificent spark on the Fine weapons;
• Game finishes after 50th portal;
• Level editor is active again and it got a little better interface;
• Now dead monster are marked in pause menu;
• New monster - Hardwin the Troll;
• New perks: “Thick Skull” - ignores stun effect and becomes enraged instead; “Tough Guy” - increses monsters health and make him immune to throwback; “Smart Guy” - increses experience gain rate for monster; “Body Slam” - monster can jum to create a wave of damage and throwback;
• Potion stops bleeding and poisoning now in addition to standart heal;
• Settings Screen! Only with audio vollume sliders and controls info at the moment;
• Bug fixes, balance and graphics tweaks and many others big and small changes not cool enough to have their own bullet-point. =)
  
  [ 2015-07-01 17:59:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

We made it to Steam Early Access!

Patch note:

• New playable character - Ironbraids;
• Active abilities (Space button): Dodge Roll - character rolls in movement direction and gains invulnerability for roll-duration; Battle Dash - character boosts in aim directions, while damaging and pushing enemies. Damage grows with maximum health of the character;
• Agility upgrade reduces recharge time of abilities;
• Weapon throwback is smoother now;
• Game levels now turning on 90/180/270 degrees and sometimes transpose to make more gamelevels for players;
• New weapons grade - Runic weapons. It drops on later stages and worns down to Worn weapon, so its smart to change Runic for Fine weapon in some cases;
• Two new melee weapons: Mace - unlocked at start of the game; Spear - unlockable after gaining enough experience;
• New range weapon - Lightning. Unlockable.
• Mace, Warhammer and Plunger got a chance to stun the enemy;
• When monster reaches every 5th level first - he becomes The King of the Rift (and 18th level too). He receives a crown, his health grows 2 times and his damage grow 1,5 time. After 20th monster level the crown is given every 5th level to a random enemy. It could be picked up from defeated monster - it will protect the player and give experience bonus at the end of the level. Better crown - better defence;
• There is a magnificent spark on the Fine weapons;
• Game finishes after 50th portal;
• Level editor is active again and it got a little better interface;
• Now dead monster are marked in pause menu;
• New monster - Hardwin the Troll;
• New perks: Thick Skull - ignores stun effect and becomes enraged instead; Tough Guy - increses monsters health and make him immune to throwback; Smart Guy - increses experience gain rate for monster; Body Slam - monster can jum to create a wave of damage and throwback;
• Potion stops bleeding and poisoning now in addition to standart heal;
• Settings Screen! Only with audio vollume sliders and controls info at the moment;
• Bug fixes, balance and graphics tweaks and many others big and small changes not cool enough to have their own bullet-point. =)
  
  [ 2015-07-01 17:59:30 CET ] [ Original post ]