Gloria Victis Windows, Mac, Linux game

10 comments by Jog on May 18th, 2013

We worked very hard to expand our game and here is the list of changes.

Systems:

• Added an option to the option menu to turn on/off display of character name.
• Added English translations for party system.
• Removed issue where the character would block after rejecting a party invitation.
• Removed issue with fading FPS counter.
• Removed issue with disappearing player name and location name that occured in smaller resolutions.
• Added German translations to GUI.
• Added Russian translations to GUI.
• Added an option to log into the game by pressing Enter.
• Added currency system - for testing, with automatic denomination convertion.
• Added an option to buy/sell items in shops.
• Added party join request sending.
• Improved performance.
• Improved attack/defense balance of mobs.
• Fixed certain functions in party system.
• Added archery along with arrows sticking into objects.
• Revamped animation system.
• Added items and gold drop from monsters
• Now, to get good equipment, a player needs to drop it from a monster or purchase it for gathered loot.
• Added treasure chests
• Added experience points
• Added experience points distribution in party
• Added objects you can gather resources from :
  - timber, bark
  - pumpkins
  - 7 kinds of mushrooms
  - hops
  - wheat
  - flax
  - sunflower
  - monsters
• Added loot distribution in party
• Improved animation of walking unarmed.
• Improved all idle animations.
• Fixed animation jumps at attacking from behind the head.
• From now on a player cannot sell things that he has currently equipped
• Rebuilt player movement system. Sudden dislocation/lag weren’t noticed.
• Added smooth transitions between attacks (so-called buffered attacks)
• Added dynamic camera for aiming with bows.
• Improved attack animations in place for one-handed weapons.
• Improved attack animations while running/walking for one-handed weapons.
• Improved iddle animations.
• Improved walking without weapon animations.
• Added system to play sounds during NPC and player’s animations.
• Added crafting, which you can learn at NPC.
• Added basic animation sounds for NPCs, players and mobs.

Map:

• Added a Warrior - new enemy in five different kinds.
• Added three types of wild boars : boar, sow and piglet.
• Added eight kinds of Atrocities. They now have different armor, attack animations, damage type and resistances.
• Expanded the underground and added new elements to the current scenery.
• Expanded swamp area.
• Added foxes
• Added wolves

Interface:

• Added a feature that makes all windows close when starting a new dialogue.
• Added an automatic cursor focus in the name input window at inviting to a party or sending an join request.
• Added display of money in the equipment window and the shops.
• Added item statistics tooltip window.
• Removed the problem with sold items' disappearing icons while dragging them over the shop menu.
• Fixed text visibility in "changes acceptance window\" on certain resolutions.
• Reduced the cursor's size.

Sound:

• Added first dubbings of NPC dialogues between NPC and player.
• Added first pack of event based sound effects.