Alpha 4 - "The curious die"

[Johannes.K]

Alpha 4 is online NOW. We've been very busy working on one of the last big missing features: Combat! With this whole new dice-game mechanic, encounters and your trek units play a completely different role in the game.





Detailed changelog:

• Dice Game
  
  • Use ammo to add new dice
  • All units have their own customized dice
  • Our goal is to make combat more transparent
  • Your trek survives as long as one member remain conscious
  • All unconcsious members gain injuries after the fight
  • Fighting animals grants a small standing bonus
  • This is just the first iteration. More dice combos and events will follow
• All animal loot objects (except raw meat) will now give fame when returning them home after an expedition
• Added new units: The animal handler and hunting dog
• Units with a standing bonus (natives & translator) will now grant that standing bonus at the beginning of each expedition
• Unified unit capacity - normal humanoids now all have 1 capacity
• Added new enemy types: Crocodile, Panther, Giant Bird & Giant Crab
• Made support characters more spezialized
  
  • Animals can't be promoted anymore. Instead use the new character class animal handler to upgrade the capacity of your animals.
    
  • Scouts are necessary to get the region info panel.
    
  • Translators are necessary to rest in villages.
    
  • Missionaries allow to sleep for free in missions.
    
  • All other unit perks have their effects improved.
• New specialist perks
  
  • Multi-Talented: Allow to select from 4 perks instead of 3 when finishing expeditions
  • Charismatic: Choose from up to two new characters between expeditions, instead of one
• Added back the old inactivation system for zones, allowing you to get some head start when fleeing from a territory witout being caught up again immediately.
• Resting in nature takes a flexible amount of turns and will automatically continue until you have regained full sanity. You may stop resting at any point before that.
• You can now store items in a stash at portable camp sites
• Brought Stone Circle event image to final art quality
• Pressing ESC opens/closes the settings
• Defeating wild animals will now grant a small standing bonus
• Exploring the golden pyramid now will show an image of the pyramid
• Pack animals now have visual variations
• We added the first batch for player names to the credits
• Bugfixes
  
  • Ida Lovelace abacus item was broken
  • Fixed random fire spawning
  • Various spelling fixes