Known bugs 3.1b

Firebolt does no damage. Fixed.

When saving Gord you complete the quest but get no visual clue. Fixed.

One of the loot drops is in the ground and you cannot pick it up. Pending.

I am now aware of the fact that you can re-cross certain triggers that should only fire once and that you can get some quests twice in your log but not be able to finnish them, I am looking into fixes for both.

Remember, it is not a bug, it is an un-documented feature.

One man show

Sorry if I have been missing my weekly update mark but when you are the only one play testing and the game gets bigger and bigger and more complicated it takes longer to play through every nook and cranny so your feedback is crucial, thanks.

Now that I have 2 other partners things should progress faster and the next build will see Wardens pass finished as well as the 2nd level of Thunder eye keep and the conclusion the of the first main quest plus a few new surprises.

3.1b

I think all bugs are out and this is the best build yet. The play build will be up sometime today.

Update

I have taken all builds offline while I hunt down this bug in the new build, should not be much longer.

Update

I have converged my forums and blog, please leave all information in the comments below each section, thank you.

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Feedback

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Technical Issues

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3.1b playtest build

The 3.1b build is up for all platforms and the play build, that will be web only, will be up tomorrow.

New enemies.
More story.
More items.
More Npc’s.
A brand new random hit algorithm.
More quests.
New skills and effects.

Controls have changed-

The Guardians Quest Instructions.

MOVEMENT

WASD- to move.
Up-Down arrow keys to move forward and backward.

CAMERA

L-mouse hold to rotate camera
Left-Right arrow keys to rotate camera left and right.
Scroll wheel will move you into top down or 3rd person view.

BATTLE

Single left click to select NPC.
Dbl left click to make new selection.
Click something else to un-select.

With Npc selected-

Left click on enemy to attack with skill in slot 1
Left click on any skill to fire it.
Dbl left click to set auto fire.
Right click anywhere to fire any skill that is in slot 2.
Dbl right click anywhere to set auto fire on any skill in slot 2.

You can put skills and items in any slot you want through their individual screens.

Each skill or weave has a minimum distance to use and you will move in to attack.

For the play-test build you will start like the real game with these exceptions.

1. You will start with the Fire water skill that has been jacked up to kill anything.
2. You start with $20.000 Gp

Aside from that the game is the same as the player version.

Have fun and please leave feedback.

The shield

The order of the Shield started early in the creation of the Guardians when Lord Pantere betrayed his own men and his Royal guard slew him during the early stages of the plain’s war. Commander Galdren was the head of the Royal guard and he and his men withdrew to a guardian tower in the plains of Hredra.

He offered his alliance to, and swore to protect the Weavers with a life oath, and so the Order of the Shield was born.

We are the Shield, we are the strong arm and we are the keepers of peace...

3.1b

So, I have been working my ass off and the new build will be out tomorrow.

New enemies.
More story.
More items.
More Npc’s.
A brand new random hit algorithm.
More quests.
New skills and effects.

A very talented music composer has joined the team, still need a 3D animator but we are growing.

Still to come in future updates.

Shitfshape ability-possible.
Level 2 of Thunder Eye Keep and the completion of the first main quest.
The completion of Wardens Pass.

I will be creating play builds this time as well as play test builds.

The Redhand

The Redhand were former soldiers and Weavers of the coalition army during the plain’s war. When it was over, a large group split from the main host to become mercenaries and called themselves the Redhand and started wearing red armor.

After the Rift creatures were hunted down they were all but out of work and eventually turned to banditry and slaving. They are spread across Zuun and are hunted down almost everywhere they are found.

Some larger groups have formed small city states in the wild regions of the land and have yet to be dealt with...

3.1b

I have been working very hard on 3.1b, I am waiting on my partner for the needed assets to Finnish Wardens Pass but I might release sooner.

Added -

More items.
Scrapped the random hit table for a brand new one.
Changed control scheme.
Added several new effects and skills, weaves.
New enemies.
Added the Redhand bandits.

To come-

Second lvl of Thunder Eye Keep and the completion of the 1st main quest.
All interiors for Wardens Pass.
More Npc’s
More items.
More sound Fx and music.

Possible addition of horse for Warlock.

FeedBack

I am getting thousands of hits between all the sites that I am posted on but very little feedback.

Please post in my forums or contact me direct, the time you take will make for a better game for you and that is my goal. thanks.

3.1a

3.1a is ready for release and I am pretty happy with it. The story is coming along nicely and though I did not have Wardens Pass done yet I now have a partner who is working on the needed assets for it and other portions of the game so by next update it should be done as well as the first main storyline quest.

Your feedback is crucial to the game so please use my forums or contact me direct with anything at all. Thanks.

Thunder Eye Keep

Thunder Eye Keep as it was once called, sits atop Thunder peak, it is one of many in the valley that we have researched and used to our advantage many times.

We believe that they were built by the ancestors of the Thunder Giants and were far superior in intellect and craftsmanship than the brutes of today.

The guardians claimed it for one of their towers long ago but the last Guardian to reside there left in favor of Wardens Pass in these peaceful times.

Rumor has it that the Thunder Giants have reclaimed it, or something worse, you are here to find out what is going on and reclaim the Guardian Tower...

3.1a

Nothing is as frustrating to me as missing a personal deadline and this bug I am hunting is elusive, but I will find it soon.

A fan asked about the controls and play balance. These are alpha builds I am putting out and are for play testing and bug hunting, as soon a I have a few more testers I will start making play builds where you start with only your initial skills, Hp and Wp. Also the enemies will have full health instead of being dumbed down.

You will acquire your skills through several methods that include quests, level up and purchase to name a few. Also this is only chapter one, this will be a multi chapter game and there will be 3 playable characters when I am done.

After this chapter I am going to a new engine but for now the controls are-

MOVEMENT

L-mouse click to move.
WASD- to move.
Up-Down arrow keys to move.

CAMERA

R-mouse hold to rotate camera
Left-Right arrow keys to rotate camera left and right.
Scroll wheel will move you into top down or 3rd person view.

BATTLE

Single left click to select NPC.
Dbl left click to make new selection.
Click ground to un-select.

With Npc selected-

Left click any skill to fire it.
Dbl left click to set auto fire.
Right click anywhere to fire any skill that is in slot 2.
Dbl right click anywhere to set auto fire on any skill in slot 2.

You can put skills and items in any slot you want through their individual screens.

Some of these will likely change in chapter 2 and may change for this chapter.

Weavers

We are the Weavers, you may also know us as mages, warlocks, witches and the like, it matters not, we are Weavers.

We weave the essence, the life energies of every living thing in the land. We can form this essence into weaves that protect or harm, give life or take it.

We can create and destroy, there is no evil in the weaving only the Weaver. This is what became of the RiftWeavers who sought to control others through use of the rifts and became mad with power.

We sought allies in hunting them down and found many of like mind, so the Guardians came to be. One RiftWeaver in particular, Jael, glimpsed what hid in the Rift and turned from his brothers to become our first council member and leader. When the rift started spewing it’s creatures into our lands others joined him...

Guardians

We come from all races and nations. We answer to no one. Our word is law. Our death is our promise to you. We are your shield, we are the guardians.

We formed during the Plain’s war, at first to hunt down those we named RiftWeavers. Those with the power to tear the fabric of space asunder. We are the Shield, the Shadow and the Weavers.

One from each order makes the council and is the final arbiter in all guardian matters. When the creatures from the rift started coming through we where the first to do battle with them and we are the ones that rallied the forces of the land to push them back, at terrible cost.

Since then, we have provided protection to all in the land and we are a power unto ourselves. But these are peaceful times, or so we think...

3.1a

3.1a should have been up today but there is a slight delay, major bug that I am trying to track down then the build will be up, cross your fingers for Monday.

New interface, and a new partner to help with asset creation should speed things up a bit.

3.1a

I am almost happy with 3.1a, The initial quests are done, all current models are animated have sound and are in place. Cravens Tower is all but complete.

Tomorrow I will hopefully finish the village for this build and I still need to add more story and dialogue as well as Thunder Eye Keep lvl2


Good news today is I may have someone who has generously offered their talents to my game and it comes at a perfect time.

The Rift

Many years ago, before the formation of the Guardians, there was a group of Weavers who explored their art a little to deeply, the result, Rifts, tears in time and space to other lands.

When they learned how to control them they became very powerful indeed, travel from one location to another could happen instantaneously, but not without risk as a few would find out, this particular ability still exists today but has been fashioned into a new weave that is safer for the traveler.

The powers that be at the time vied to control those that controlled the Rift and the plain’s war began, this lasted for 12 years and only ended because we where forced to unite.

As we used the rifts to travel, to our utter ruin we found out that other creatures did to...

3.1a

So, I have my 16 cups of coffee and off I go, Just about completed level one of Cravens Tower and most of level 2. The story line is progressing nicely and only have a few models left to animate.

When you are a one man show, play testing everything is a big pain, But I love it anyway. Make some changes, play test, add content play test, fix a bug play test, Finnish a level play test the hell out of it.

Tomorrow I must focus on finishing the village and quests plus dialogue. It is important that the game is fun, but also has a great story behind it.

I need to find some more free assets as I have tapped out my cash at the moment and my artistic skills lack, but the valley needs more mundane NPC’s, and critters, villagers, male and female, deer, wolves, rats, etc.etc.

The little touches are important for atmosphere . I may have to use placeholder art and models until I have more cash and when I hit Beta I plan to jump to Kickstarter.

Venta valley

This valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Green and lush with diverse plant and animal life. The valley had seen strife during the plain’s war but the Guardian tower, Overwatch Keep, has stood empty in these peaceful times.

We are on the outskirts of the continent of Zuun and usually far from strife and war. The council sends a new Guardian every 10 years to watch over us and report any trouble they may find.

You are that new Guardian...

The Warlock

The boy, who would be hero, was, for all intents and purposes, a little blonde haired, blue eyed devil, so his mother would say, before she was killed by a rockslide. He was constantly under foot and had to be pulled out of Cravens Tower more than once. His father even caught him as far as the the Guardians old tower, Overwatch Keep. Yes, he was a handful but he was bright, quick to learn and jovial of nature. His father assumed he would work with him at the blacksmith shop, but on the day of Sundering, his sixteenth year when he would have to choose his life path, a Guardian came passing through town that very day.

Know one knows where he was headed or why he stopped at Wardens Pass but it is well known that a Guardian can sense power in another, and that is when there was a knock at the door.......

3.1a

So, today I am working on finishing the over- world for chapter ones first scene, polishing up and fleshing out the first level of Cravens Tower and Thunder Eye Keep, Finnish the village of Wardens Pass and create the remaining interiors then I have several models that need to be animated as well as sound.

These, as well as bug fixes should be coming out in 3.1a