Hello there! Great to see you again! With most of our artists captured on other projects, this update is mostly some programming magic, from optimizing old code for future implementations, small tweaks and bug fixes. We hope you find the changes spellbinding!

Change Log

Features

• Scoreboard has been polished and should now be more distinct in Team Mode.
• Added a Recent Players button to the main menu and lobby menu.
• Password prompt is now default in focus, so you can enter it in immediately.
• Updated Bots behaviour to sidestep chain hooks.
• Anti-speedhack.

Fixes

• You no longer spawn too far above ground when replacing bots in the shop phase.
• Scoreboard should now correctly sort the teams during Team Mode matches.
• You no longer get both a Kill and an Assist on solo kills.
• Main menu and Lobby FPS are no longer uncapped when you apply any graphics setting.
• Password no longer gets cleared if it is set via the host screen and not from the lobby settings screen.
• You can no longer see a "Next Level" higher than the current maximum level in the Match Summary Screen.
• Resolved bug causing Player to Player knockback sometimes setting both the character's speed to zero.
• Resolved issue causing Player to Player knockback not rotating the knocked target.
• Resolved issue causing some characters to hover in the match summary screen

Under The Hood

• Cleaned up networking system to make it easier to implement new networked features

In general Frogsong news, things are chugging along. We have very exciting things in the pipes and opportunities in our sights. We are also very excited for the upcoming release of “Little Nightmares” since Mattias has spent a significant amount of time working on it! Thank you everyone for your patience and support! You are literally making dreams come true! Check these places to keep yourself up-to-date with everything Spellsworn Facebook, Twitter and the Discord channel. See you soon friends! (Losing to Bots no longer killing themselves with chainhook)
/Anders (@CannonFood) -Frogsong Studios

[ 2017-03-30 13:37:06 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.