Welcome back friend! It feels good to be back on track with more regular updates once again. We have made some cool additions in this patch, like shop music for the Cauldron and item drop notifications. To top it all off we have a new big ol' bucket of dead bugs. One the most visible addition to 0.7.11 is the updated character models. I am quite proud of them so I hope you like them as much as I do!

Bug fixes

• Spell tool-tips have been fixed and added back in to the game.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes made clients see some of the hosts UI.
• Closing the options UI in game should now properly hide all sub-windows.
• Repaired projectile explosions not working when exploding inside of objects.
• Blink particle effect end spawn location repaired.
• Windwalk no longer makes you invulnerable to direct hits.
• Fetch can no longer move knockback immune targets (Phase Shift)
• The game scoreboards should now be displayed in the same order when having the same score for all clients and host.
• Crash fix for Windwalk, Speedboost and Fetch.
• Lockdown doesn't get moved by Gravity ball anymore.
• The 5 kill sigil now gets awarded once instead of twice.
• Fixed an animation bug that would sometimes make characters assume the T-pose

Other Features

• Added new music to the Cauldron's Shop rounds.
• Added a visual notification on item drops in match summary.
• Updated project to Unreal engine to 4.13.
• New look to all character skins.
• Voice(VoiP) volume slider added.
• Added an effect to represent the duration of Speedboost (growing circle like windwalk & fetch)
• Item drop notification in match summary screen.
• Added descriptions on reward sigils to display what the player did to achieve them.
• Spectators can now join in the lobby as a player.

Check these places to keep yourself up-to-date with everything Spellsworn Homepage, Facebook, Twitter and the Discord channel. Hope to see you in the arena! (Basking in the glory of Jules new beard)
/Anders (@CannonFood) -Frogsong Studios

[ 2016-10-27 16:56:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Spellsworn is an Online Player vs. Player Arena Game. It is a place where wizards and magical creatures use their wits and spells to wage war in an everchanging arena. Prove yourself in the arena and battle with all who dare call themselves your peers. Victory and pride outweighs reason and diplomacy, thus any debate between wizards is indistinguishable from outright warfare. Alliances will be broken, lives will be lost and the world will crumble. Will you remain, towering over the ashes?

Spellsworn is heavily inspired by classic arena games such as DotA, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. and traditional sumo-wrestling. Most of all however; Spellsworn is inspired by the user-created mod Warlock, made in Warcraft III.

• Spells

Each round you, the spellsworn, will recieve some coins to fund your battle. A shop stocked full of spells will serve as your arsenal as you prepare for the next battle round. It's imperative that you choose your spells carefully, as they may be completely countered by your enemy if you're not careful. There's very little grace to be had when standing with your pants down and no way of counterattacking your enemy's barrage of destruction.

• Game modes

There's plenty of ways to play Spellsworn. If you enjoy playing in teams and making up sick combos and rediculous plays with friends then maybe 2v2, 3v3 or 2v2v2 is for you. If you're more of a strong independent lonewolf then 1v1 is also fully supported (including all of the FFA variations, i.e 1v1v1v1 and so on). In the future we're hoping to include workshop support for your own scripted gamemodes and playstyles.

• Matchmaking and progression

Spellsworn will definitely have a competitive side to it - which means ranked plays and matchmaking is a must. It will likely follow the Elo standard that is used in many established e-sports games today. There will be a leveling system as well which will progress as you complete matches. Stats will be recorded during each session so that you can follow your progression along and track how well you're doing compared to past games.

• Forums

If you want to connect with us and discuss mad strats or other unrelated topics with people from the community, we do have a public forum over at http://www.reddit.com/r/spellsworn as well as the forum here on steam. Join us and give feedback. Let us know what you like and what you dislike so we can work together to make this an awesome game for everyone.