Greetings survivors, It's time to announce our 2021 roadmap. Check out everything we've planned and help us to improve and build a better world together! Share with us your ideas on what ability cards, weapons, classes and monsters you want to see next! Feel free to leave your comments and feedback in the discussion!
One of the latest content updates (Patch 0.5.30 Codename: Brimstone and Bones) brought with it a spacious region to explore, the most prominent part of which are the Smolderbone Flats. Players who took the 'Pilgrims of the Wasteland' standalone story for a spin surely recognize this place, as it was an important location in that story. And yet you will find that much has changed since your last visit, with 10 years passing, allegiances shifting, and new threats rising.
Companionship
One of the most important additions is a new companion you can hire to serve in your comitatus. It is none other than Skornar, the kingpin and former marauder who ran a gang of smugglers in 'Pilgrims of the Wasteland'. What trouble did he get himself into? You will have to find out for yourself.
Skornar is a stout man who can take quite a beating despite his age, but he can also dish out one. His shield and armor allow for a defensive play-style enhanced by his ability to retaliate against attackers. He's also a veteran traveler, marauder captain, and lover of tall tales. He'll most likely fit right in.
Avernum
Avernum itself is home to the private army called the Avernus Legion and its master, the Prefectus. Although Imperial in name and culture for the most part, the city has always been fairly independent. And with the sources of attainable ore in this metal-starved world, as well as the blacksmiths to work it into weapons and tools, Avernum has become a power in its own right, overshadowing all but the greatest of Imperial cities.
Should you not be drawn to the metallurgists and forges, worry not. Avernum has other services and attractions for enterprising travelers, such as the Carpenters' Guild's headquarters, the Imperial arena, or the odd but certainly very powerful mage who set up shop here decades ago.
The Sadirar
A peculiar tribal people, the Sadirar are made up of several tribes, each worshiping the Great Spirits that embody the elements. They are masters of the western deserts and on the whole are a relatively peaceful folk. In this build, you can visit the village of the flame-worshiping Utvorar and the oasis of the water-worshiping Vitrar. Their shamans deal in special goods and services that might interest any industrious vagrus.
Paths To and Fro
There were quite a number of story-lines that led to this very region and most of these can now be concluded or at least continued. Have you undertaken a job for House Venari or are you looking for the Invisible Arena? Or perhaps you are interested in stories that begin here? Bounties, investigations, errands, and quests will present themselves to those that look.
It is a good time to return to the Riven Realms if any of these grabbed your attention. With Brimstone and Bones, the main campaign's size grew considerably and we are now very close to adding the final zones to round out the map. But that is not the end of the story content - we'll be working on companion quests and longer, more complex questlines, too.
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Included in this patch are 65 new building blocks to help you design your base. A new trip wire block to help with early warning, anything that go through the wires will sound the alarm. The new Advanced metal works station is where you craft your metal blocks, I also added a very large metal gate to close off your vehicles and prevent them from being attacked by the infected.
Here’s an FAQ with everything you need to settle into the cosy town of Hokko!
What is Hokko Life? Hokko Life is a cosy, cute life-sim game! Design, craft, fish and make the town of Hokko, your own!
Why Early Access? By bringing the game to Early Access first the developer can continue to develop and improve the game, along with the support and input from the community. During Early Access we'll be getting you involved to help shape the world of Hokko, delivering updates and improvements over the coming months!
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access? Hokko Life will continue to be in Early Access until it is deemed to be a complete and solid experience, and one that the community enjoys!
How much will Hokko Life cost? $19.99/£15.99/€19.99.
Will there be controller support? Hokko Life has partial controller support - currently there is need for keyboard and mouse when typing in names of things, and changing the settings etc, this is something we aim to address in the future!
Is there key rebinding? Yes!
Is there a Discord server? There is – you can join here!
Can you have multiple saves? Not currently!
Is it possible to change my character's appearance after the character creation? Yes!
Is there a demo? There are no plans for a demo.
What languages will Hokko Life support on Early Access launch? English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian and Traditional Chinese.
What languages are coming during Early Access? Simplified Chinese, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese.
Is Hokko Life multiplayer? The game has been built as a single-player game from the beginning, and as a result does not have multiplayer. The game will however, support sharing of user-creations such as furniture and clothing!
Is Hokko Life coming to Mac or consoles? Hokko Life is Steam only for Early Access!
Do villagers spawn randomly? Your starting villagers are randomly generated!
How many villagers can you have at once? Once they’re all unlocked, you can have all of them in your town if you want to!
How many villagers are there in total? 24, but we’ll be looking to increase this throughout the Early Access campaign
How does time work in game? In Hokko Life, time progresses at its own pace and isn't tied to the real time. You can sleep to advance time to the next day, for example.
What can you customise in Hokko Life? You can change the colour of your: eyes/hair/skin, either choosing from presets, or there will also be a set of red-green-blue sliders for you to play with too. Clothing wise you can change your top, bottoms, shoes, hat and face/head item (like glasses). You can also customise the wallpaper and roofing for houses, furniture and even the town square!
Will there be a physical release? There are no plans for a physical release currently!
What are the system requirements for Hokko Life? The recommended requirements are: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 3.2GHz or similar Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or similar DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3.8 GB available space
Will there be seasons? Yes! And weather, which changes daily!
What does Hokko mean? Hokko is a ‘mash-up’ of two Japanese terms: hoko (being warm and feeling good) and hokkori (warm and fluffy/soft)
Will Hokko Life have Steam workshop support? There are no plans for this!
Is there terraforming? No!
Will there be mod support? There are no plans for this at this time.
Can you craft multiple items at once? Yes, you can!
Can you choose your pronouns? Dialog currently in the game doesn't refer to the player using pronouns, and as such there's no need for this yet. If there were to be dialog added that needs personal pronouns, the default would be "they/them". A system for customizing your pronouns could be added in future though!
We hope this helps and that you're excited to visit Hokko 💖
Back in March we requested your input in choosing the theme of our Players’ Choice Mega-Event among three broad themes. “Harsh conditions” won, followed by “possession” while “sports” gathered the least votes.
Here’s an overview of our Players’ Choice mega-event “Ends and Means”:
Quark has a lead on a potential solution to the temporal anomaly crisis within the Dosi, a business-minded species with brutal negotiation tactics. Quark knows they’re difficult to deal with, but isn’t resolving the crisis worth any price? But do the Dosi actually have a meaningful solution, or are they forcing Starfleet officers to endure harsh conditions and brutal experiences for another reason?
As the recurrent mega-event character “Tribble Quark” will be available as a threshold reward in all four events part of the “Ends and Means” mega story arc.
We hope you’ll enjoy this latest Quark variant, alongside crew with the “survivalist” trait it will also provide an event bonus for each event.
Today’s update brings handy improvements to the Province List and Front Reports on desktop. Mobile generals also benefit from the changes made to the Front Reports, which we describe below.
Front Reports now come with category toggles at the upper section of the overview, allowing you to filter out certain types of reports. Front reports now also come with clickable location indicators, allowing you to immediately jump to the location where the situation described in the report took place.
The Province List receives a more polished look and is now draggable and can be resized at will. The changes also make the Province List work better on devices with smaller resolutions. The build queue was altered accordingly and can be dragged and resized as well.
For a complete overview of this release with all new features, changes and bug fixes please refer to this forum post!
We hope you like the new Front Reports and the new Province List. We also want to thank our Legacy veterans for their feedback regarding possible improvements to the client. We’ve evaluated your feedback and will start to work on multiple adjustments, especially ones that will result in a better overview of the map. Note that we’ll need some time in order to implement them properly. Until then we wish you the best of luck on the battlefield!
I know you wait for some content from this game but our friends have a premiere of Castle Flipper.
Along with it comes:
• Stream that should start in few moments • Giveaway - for the best Medieval jokes we will be offering some Steam Keys of Castle Flipper • Great deal on launch with very nice price - just 18.99$ - 15% • Royalty bonus for those who own House Flipper or/and Train Station Renovation
• Be quick! The offer lasts between May 26 – June 2