Mar 11, 2023
rod (removed) - Zis
Welcome to this new dev blog!
The actual playtest was a great success. Don’t forget! If you want to test Reign of Dwarf, you can claim access on Steam, you can join the Discord here too, and also add the game to your wishlist on Steam here.
Last Week of Open Playtest
We launched a public playtest last week. Originally the playtest was supposed to run over the weekend of February 25th and 26th, however, we decided that it would be interesting for everyone to extend the free playtest period until March 12th. We are very happy to see you playing Reign of Dwarf and having fun farming, digging, killing your enemies, and looting as much stuff as possible.
This decision is partly motivated by the fact that the best way for us to move forward and make the game more enjoyable for players is to see you playing directly and to see together which points are to be improved. It is also an opportunity to organize events with the community and welcome more players.
During the first test sessions, we noticed several problems, especially desynchronization between the client and the server, which is detrimental to the pleasure of playing in multiplayer because the perception between players is not the same. We have noticed several ping increases, and some server crashes.
With the different data tools and logs, allowing us to analyze the data, we were able to identify that some of the problems were related to AIs and detect some memory leaks. By further investigating these solutions we were able to minimize these problems as much as possible. In addition, we took the opportunity to further optimize the game in terms of the so-called LODs (level of detail), which allow us to adjust the level of detail and thus the quality of an asset depending on the distance from which we are standing.
While working on the optimization of the game we saved several gigs of memory.
We are still very happy to see you in the game. Here is a little video from the meeting on the Reign of Dwarf between Krolay and Ouatdefok.
In the previous devblog, we presented you with the concepts of the future workbenches.
The Engineer’s bench allows you to make all your seating gear. This is where you can buy your catapult, your Gatling, or even a trebuchet. This is the perfect workbench if your clan is thirsty for adventure, especially for war and establishing your power on the server. As you see, this bench has three tiers.
The Leather workbench bench will allow you to work with leather to create armor, clothes, or various elements to survive in Reign of Dwarf.
The Tailor Bench allows you to make mainly clothes but can also be used to create a whip, a bed, or a container to store water. It will also be used by you and your clan to create your banner, which will then be displayed on your influence chest for example.
Our goal is to make the game as enjoyable as possible for the player and to do this we are constantly working on improving certain features and adding feedback, both visual and audio. Recently we added hitmakers as audio feedback to let a player know that he has hit his target, either on the body or in the head. More recently we added visual and audio feedback to let us know that we have just completed a craft.
Active crafting is a game mechanic created specifically for team play. In Reign of Dwarf, you and your clan will have to learn a lot of recipes and certainly craft a lot of items in the blacksmith. With active crafting, if you and an ally hit the anvil at the same time the crafting time is accelerated. This mechanic is also possible with the bellow tool, and in the future, it will also be the case for all the other workbenches.
In the last few weeks, we have added several different weapons that you can find in chests scattered around the map, in camps and towers. First of all, we’ve added two different types of explosives: barrels and dynamite. Barrels are only capable of destroying buildings, when they explode their damage to the terrain is minimal. Dynamite is also called an excavation explosive. It is an explosive that allows you to dig into the ground and allows you to build your most beautiful bases in the heart of the mountains.
You can find several different maces, hammers, and swords among all these weapons. To unlock them in your blacksmith you must first loot them and learn the recipe. We have also added gameplay to the shield.
We have added dungeons to the map that include chests containing many different loots allowing you to learn new recipes in the Blacksmith. The dungeons will be filled with goblins protecting their treasures. Around the towers, you can also find trailers, also containing loot. We create different LootTabl to define what type of loot you can find on different kinds of chests.
We are adding a lot of in-game objects, so we need new icons. We actually added for the open playtest the furnace, and as you know now, every workbench is compatible with active crafting. Indeed, the second icon represents the bellow tool which allows you to blow in your furnace and accelerate, for example, the cooking time of your ores.
At the moment we want to slow down the addition of new features and focus more on improving the existing ones. We want to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for the player.
Well that's it for today.
Again, thanks for all the support guys, and don’t forget that the open playtest ends this Sunday, March 12. Join the discord here and be aware of all our news about Reign of Dwarf! Kickstarter available here.
Thanks all for reading, see you soon!
The actual playtest was a great success. Don’t forget! If you want to test Reign of Dwarf, you can claim access on Steam, you can join the Discord here too, and also add the game to your wishlist on Steam here.
Last Week of Open Playtest
Last Week of Open Playtest
We launched a public playtest last week. Originally the playtest was supposed to run over the weekend of February 25th and 26th, however, we decided that it would be interesting for everyone to extend the free playtest period until March 12th. We are very happy to see you playing Reign of Dwarf and having fun farming, digging, killing your enemies, and looting as much stuff as possible.
This decision is partly motivated by the fact that the best way for us to move forward and make the game more enjoyable for players is to see you playing directly and to see together which points are to be improved. It is also an opportunity to organize events with the community and welcome more players.
During the first test sessions, we noticed several problems, especially desynchronization between the client and the server, which is detrimental to the pleasure of playing in multiplayer because the perception between players is not the same. We have noticed several ping increases, and some server crashes.
With the different data tools and logs, allowing us to analyze the data, we were able to identify that some of the problems were related to AIs and detect some memory leaks. By further investigating these solutions we were able to minimize these problems as much as possible. In addition, we took the opportunity to further optimize the game in terms of the so-called LODs (level of detail), which allow us to adjust the level of detail and thus the quality of an asset depending on the distance from which we are standing.
While working on the optimization of the game we saved several gigs of memory.
We are still very happy to see you in the game. Here is a little video from the meeting on the Reign of Dwarf between Krolay and Ouatdefok.
Character Controller
During testing, we noticed that with all the features added to the game, there were network problems and that there were many rollbacks. While investigating this we realized that these problems are related to the character controller and the synchronization of the movements. So we reworked the character controller as much as possible to fix a lot of the problems.Workbenches
In the previous devblog, we presented you with the concepts of the future workbenches.
The Engineer’s bench allows you to make all your seating gear. This is where you can buy your catapult, your Gatling, or even a trebuchet. This is the perfect workbench if your clan is thirsty for adventure, especially for war and establishing your power on the server. As you see, this bench has three tiers.
The Leather workbench bench will allow you to work with leather to create armor, clothes, or various elements to survive in Reign of Dwarf.
The Tailor Bench allows you to make mainly clothes but can also be used to create a whip, a bed, or a container to store water. It will also be used by you and your clan to create your banner, which will then be displayed on your influence chest for example.
Feedbacks and Feeling
Our goal is to make the game as enjoyable as possible for the player and to do this we are constantly working on improving certain features and adding feedback, both visual and audio. Recently we added hitmakers as audio feedback to let a player know that he has hit his target, either on the body or in the head. More recently we added visual and audio feedback to let us know that we have just completed a craft.
Active Crafting
Active crafting is a game mechanic created specifically for team play. In Reign of Dwarf, you and your clan will have to learn a lot of recipes and certainly craft a lot of items in the blacksmith. With active crafting, if you and an ally hit the anvil at the same time the crafting time is accelerated. This mechanic is also possible with the bellow tool, and in the future, it will also be the case for all the other workbenches.
Explosive and new weapons
In the last few weeks, we have added several different weapons that you can find in chests scattered around the map, in camps and towers. First of all, we’ve added two different types of explosives: barrels and dynamite. Barrels are only capable of destroying buildings, when they explode their damage to the terrain is minimal. Dynamite is also called an excavation explosive. It is an explosive that allows you to dig into the ground and allows you to build your most beautiful bases in the heart of the mountains.
You can find several different maces, hammers, and swords among all these weapons. To unlock them in your blacksmith you must first loot them and learn the recipe. We have also added gameplay to the shield.
Procedural Map
We have added dungeons to the map that include chests containing many different loots allowing you to learn new recipes in the Blacksmith. The dungeons will be filled with goblins protecting their treasures. Around the towers, you can also find trailers, also containing loot. We create different LootTabl to define what type of loot you can find on different kinds of chests.
New Icons
We are adding a lot of in-game objects, so we need new icons. We actually added for the open playtest the furnace, and as you know now, every workbench is compatible with active crafting. Indeed, the second icon represents the bellow tool which allows you to blow in your furnace and accelerate, for example, the cooking time of your ores.
What's Cooking ?
At the moment we want to slow down the addition of new features and focus more on improving the existing ones. We want to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for the player.
Well that's it for today.
Again, thanks for all the support guys, and don’t forget that the open playtest ends this Sunday, March 12. Join the discord here and be aware of all our news about Reign of Dwarf! Kickstarter available here.
Thanks all for reading, see you soon!
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