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Oh Dungeon Master, how I've missed you!

Admittedly, the instant combat made me cringe abit as well. But beggars, choosers. I'm happy to see someone, anyone, making games like this again. It's been a good year for me on that front, old school gameplay coming back in force.

I found it odd for this type of title, not that I don't like the idea of more action ( I really do ), its just in conflict of my memories of games like this.

Yep, exactly what it is, namely Dungeon Master.

Yeah, I'm not familiar with those titles.

Ick, I always hated that feature in older RPGs.  :x

I was surprised how many were complaining about real time until I realized it'd been 20 years since I'd first played Eye of the Beholder. A lot of people never got to play those games and don't understand how well it actually works.  Trust us old farts, it's not as bad as it sounds and easier to manage than the infinity engine games, imo.

Pro Tip :

Decide what you want your Rogue to be doing.  He's either shooting, throwing or fighting.  Don't try all 3.

 :oh_i_see:

I've been finding that throwing weapons lose steam really, really quickly. When I got to level 5, stuff just outright stopped taking damage from my Rogue's shuriken.

Poison magic is also not all that fantastic I've been finding. Loads of things are outright immune to it and poison bolts are kind of picky about what enemies they will or won't hit.

Though I will say that my two biggest peeves right now? No volume control and no quicksave. Apparently they were left out in order to get the map editor done quicker. Map editors are great and all but I really, really hate having to go into Windows' volume mixer to change my sound.

They are held together with velcro like tear off stripper pants.

I built an unarmed warrior and am testing that out, but I only got to level 2 last night.  So far he is underperforming in a big way when compared to my other warrior who is sword and boarding.  I'll be playing a lot over the weekend to see if it gets any better though.

Possibly most importantly, we have started working on the first patch of the game (version 1.1.4) which mostly concentrates on some compatibility enhancements and fixing some bugs and exploits. Here’s the current list of improvements:

- vsync is enabled by default
- borderless windows are no longer topmost
- pressing ESC closes character sheet
- fixed unlimited frost arrow exploit
- bug fix: topmost menu item don’t work reliably in 2560×1440 resolution
- bug fix: wall text translations are not dismissed when right-clicking
- bug fix: inanimate objects can be backstabbed
- bug fix: projectiles go through doors in some very rare cases
- improved display resolution auto-detection at first launch
- fixed a couple of typos
- removed check that disables high texture resolution setting when running low on video memory (some graphics drivers seem to report available video memory incorrectly)

Oh yeah, we’ve had many inquiries on how the sales have been doing and, well, we couldn’t be happier with them! We were sitting solidly as the #1 Steam top seller for a while but it seems like we have now been dethroned… So if you still know anyone who might be able to help us in our struggle to regain dominance, let them know ;) ! Anyways, the development costs of the game have now been covered many times over so the future of the company seems pretty secure. So, everyone who has bought our game and supported us, you have our gratitude!

Unarmed has definitely gotten better by level four, but he still doesn't deal as much damage as my sword-wielding minotaur, even taking the speed of his attacks into consideration.  I'd be more tempted to have an assassinating unarmed rogue than a warrior at this point, and I think that's the smarter way to play it.  You could do some pretty serious damage with as fast as unarmed fighting refreshes combined with the speed enhancements from assassination and damage increases of backstab.

The game is great fun too.  Puzzles are just challenging enough to make you feel smart when you complete them, but not so hard that you feel stuck for very long if you give things enough thought.  The fighting is much more fun than I thought it would be as well.

Very fun! Although I could not figure out how to attack the first mob I saw. I kept throwing things at it accidently.

I was trying to grab the weapon and then right click it on the mob, which doesn't work at all - rather than rightclicking the weapon in a hand.

what is killing me is that I keep hitting a and d to turn and dieing because I keep shuffling sideways into walls and corners during fights.  I also catch hell trying to complete those puzzle that require triggering an effect and in one place and hauling ass to another before the timer expires.

How old are you people ???

The fact that it takes time for (some? all?) monsters to turn can be (ab)used. I kited a mob I had no chance to stand toe to toe with around and around a pillar of sorts, swinging everything I had at it when it walked into view, then backed up to the next corner before it managed to turn around and swing back at me.

Heh.  You make it sound like that is not the intent of this game.  "Kiting" as commonly known today is an outgrowth of MMORPG behavior to exploit poor AI.  This game is all about real time positioning to compensate for the fact that many mobs are much tougher than your gang of 4, and being attacked from multiple directions at once is "not good". :)

If they release a toolset for creating new "modules" for this game I will be very excited.  This $15 gem really puts some large dev house to shame.

For those of you who've beaten the game at least once, there's a fun little thing you can do.

The toughest enemies I killed with doors, though. I kinda miss that.  :awesome_for_real:

Otherwise it feels perfectly like Dungeon Master.

You can rebind the keys if you want.

The toughest enemies I killed with doors, though. I kinda miss that.  :awesome_for_real:

Otherwise it feels perfectly like Dungeon Master.

Done:
- vsync is enabled by default
- borderless windows are no longer topmost
- pressing ESC closes character sheet
- fixed unlimited frost arrow exploit
- improved display resolution auto-detection at first launch
- fixed a couple of typos and broken english
- removed check that disables high texture resolution setting when running low on video memory (some graphics drivers seem to report available video memory incorrectly)
- quick save/load
- volume sliders
- to avoid confusion autosave & quicksave slots can't be renamed anymore
- adjusted gui layout and camera fov so that user interface elements do not overlap with important screen areas on non-widescreen displays
- invert horizontal mouse option
- camera bobbing option (only available by editing the config file manually)
- configurable tooltip delay (only available by editing the config file manually)
- frame rate limiter (set to 120fps but can be changed by editing the config file)
- custom character portraits
- bug fix: very long map marker notes without spaces in them causes the automap to crash
- bug fix: editing a map marker that is on the same exact spot as a marker on the other map page edits them both at the same time
- bug fix: map labels are sometimes drawn partially underneath map symbols
- bug fix: topmost menu item doesn't work reliably in high resolutions such as 2560x1440
- bug fix: wall text translations are not dismissed when right-clicking
- bug fix: inanimate objects can be backstabbed
- bug fix: projectiles go through doors in some very rare cases
- bug fix: saving the game crashes if all save game slots are full and the autosave slot is deleted or unused
- bug fix: Fighter's Challenge doesn't open if there's an item in front of the door (only applies to new games, existing save games still have this bug)
- bug fix: saving the game just after the end fight creates a corrupted save that can lead to crashes and the end sequence not getting triggered correctly
- bug fix: auto pickup doesn't pick up the correct amount of ammo in some rare circumstances
- bug fix: standing on stairs and turning with the mouse, followed by a turn using q/e keys is buggy
- bug fix: when a monster is damaged, experience point text sometimes (very rarely) flash in a square where a monster has been killed
- bug fix: trying to load a save game that has just been deleted manually from the file system (e.g. in Windows explorer) crashes the game

Work in progress:
- Building the patch

Also, a bit of development related news: we have started working on the level editing capabilities. There’s not much to report yet since the whole thing is still pretty much undergoing some planning and early prototyping but we should be on the right track. Anyways the current plan is to release the editor in stages: initially the editor will be rather simple but more advanced features and scripting capabilities will be added in incrementally in later releases. That way you can get your hands on the editor more quickly and we can get useful feedback from you already in the early stages.

And in case anyone missed this new bit on their blog from April 5th...


Should prove very interesting once the mod community gets it's hands on this.

Yeah, I got to the thing at the start of level 6 and now I'm fucked. I have to restart because my previous save is almost two hours old.

Oh well, I kind of wanted to try unarmed anyway.

Want a real "blast from the past" ?  :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real:

http://angrymeteor.com/2012/04/19/hello-again/

Restarted in Toorum mode, but I can't figure out a way to survive the room where skeletons come at you from four sides.

I wouldn't call it steampunk at the end, more high fantasy.

On the ending specifically.

That or when they themselves need to travel to the bottom they use the dungeon, it's just really complex.  Remember that for the most part the outside world has no idea why that dungeon is there because it's been unused for so long.

Hi!

The progress thread for patch 1.1.4 was pretty popular so I thought why not create a similar thread for the upcoming dungeon editor! The work started today so there's plenty of work remaining. I don't want to give an ETA yet because the scale of the project is a bit unclear at this point.

I decided to start with the hardest part, the script editor. The plan is to integrate the script editor directly into the dungeon editor so implementing advanced puzzles should be a breeze (at least for those who know a little bit of Lua coding  ).

Done:
- Initial planning
- Script editor
- Design for entity serialization in game readable format
- Integrated dungeon editor into game code base

Work in progress:
- Map view

Todo:
- Clean up global variables in code editor
- New revamped IMGUI
- Entity serialization
- Object inspector
- Load/Save dungeon
- Exporting and packaging all files of an user made dungeon into single file
- Add support for user made dungeons to New Game dialog

Thinking of restarting, as I somehow missed the sling, and otherwise slightly botched my builds a bit. We'll see.  :oh_i_see:

There's a sling ?

Also, learning the movement of the enemies and anticipating is the way to backstab.  There's an art to it and it doesn't work on spiders.

Also, bear in mind some creatures don't seem to have backs.

And dont forget there is an invisibility spell too :)  19 points in Air magic iirc.

I completed my second run through to unlock Toorum and i still have not used a bow/crossbow/sling though i have found each.  Those wepaons and the skill just dont seem good compared to the assassination skill.

Just finished my first run through tonight.  My stats say it took about 13 hours but with reloads and breaks Steam says 20 hours.  Sure enough, having been through it once, I know I could do better the second run through.  Wasted a load of skill points in areas I really didn't use. For those that care, stats under the first spoiler, plus some potential spoiler stuff too under the second.



Overall, a very enjoyable throwback rpg.  Looks good, plays well and gives all the appearance that they could create many more "modules" for the base engine without too much trouble.  Heck, it seems you could almost do straight D&D old module conversions in this engine if you wanted.  Other modules could better support some of the skills that didn't get much love this time, be more or less combat heavy, or trap heavy, or riddles heavy.  You could really do a lot with it.  Considering there really were only about 4 main guys who did everything listed in the credits I'm very impressed.  Now hurry up with the next expansion!  While im waiting, i'll have to play again b/c i missed unlocking the secret play mode my first time through!