Oct 20, 2023

The Adventurer's Domain Online - Monty

Greetings Adventurers!

The land is in peril, the Hallowed Knight and his pumpkin army have begun attacking the towns of Genmire and Northshore and brave adventurers are required to send him back to the void which spawned him!

Over the next couple of weeks Adventurers can take part in seasonal events at Genmire and Northshore. These events, along with normal level appropriate item drops, also reward a seasonal currency candies. If the Hallowed Knight is successfully defeated a great bonfire will be lit in the defended town which you can use like a crafting station to create a variety of cosmetic items using the candies you have collected. Adventurers who defeat the Hallowed Knight will also be awarded an achievement which (when selectable titles come online soon) unlocks access to a title.

The following rewards are available.

Reins of the Hallowed Knight – For those of you who want to ride around on an undead horse with glowing red eyes and flaming hoofs!
Pumpkin Lantern – Sometimes a lantern isn’t stylish enough and this little pumpkin has glowing green eyes to light up your vicinity.
Hallowed Stones – The Hallowed Knight has a unique looking enchantment glow, you can use these stones to give the same glow to your weapons – if your weapon already glows from elemental damage the elemental damage will override this glow.
Eight different Pumpkin Helms – There’s 8 different cosmetic pumpkin helmets to collect and show off your seasonal spirit.

For the duration of the event the Hallowed Knight’s armour is also available in the Token Store.

Have Fun Adventurers!

Monty

Latest Patch Notes

Halloween seasonal events are running in Genmire and Northshore
Musicianship is now available in game

There’s currently 5 related abilities (as well as another from the ‘weapon’) in game all using new technology.
All music abilities create areas around the user which either buff or debuff friendly players or hostile targets. You can only have a single song/ability running at a time (although you can stack buffs created from them).
The right click ability of the music ‘weapon’ triggers all music buffs within a radius to explode either having a positive or negative effect depending on the song/s the target was affected by.
Due to the nature and significant differences of these abilities, they will likely all need further tuning (what instrument doesn’t!)
The intent is for these abilities to be functional alone, and strong within group contexts. Musicianship skills on their own do not function as a strong dps tool.
Music weapons have below average Power and Channelling values.
Due to the nature of the musicianship skill, the earlier instruments show up at tier 2. The first can be found in Rogue Town.

[Events]

Added a new event to the Great Sea - Treasure Hunt

When started many visible buried treasures spawns across all islands, they last for 50 minutes. There are four qualities of treasure chest containing a variety of gold, gems, crafting components and unidentified items. There's a single of the Grand Treasure chest which also contains two items only available via finding it. When someone locates the Grand Treasure chest the event will end with remaining treasures despawning shortly after – get digging!
This event will in the future require more than 1 person to start it.

[Items / Skills / Crafting / Questing]

You can now mass produce ingots when you have 100 mastery; this effectively does 10 crafts in a single craft.
Gathering now requires less stamina (20 versus 50)
Rogue Town now sells potions.
Rogue Town now sells Tier 1.5 weapons
Willenburg now drops tier 2 weapons.
Willenburg now drops new T2 crafting components.
Willenburg now has a new weapon crafting station.
Added patrols around Willenburg
Added loot containers around Willenburg.
Orc shamans take longer casting their arcane missile.
Added loot containers to the Orc Caves.
Added some new quests to Genmire.
Increased the top speed of all ships.
T0 Spell books now have a comparable power level to other weapons.
Reduced the level requirement on the Rogue Town Shrine
Reduced the level requirement on the Convergence Point Alpha Shrine.
Maldranite now spawns in the Fire Iron Mines
Added various additional Ice Blossom sites.
Frozen Logs spawn more often.
Damage from melee attacks now starts from slightly behind the player character.
Digging in general should work better.
Helmets no longer hide facial hair/hair whilst a cosmetic piece is worn that shouldn't also.
Added a new champion spawn to the Ice Kingdom.
Genmire now has a more obvious skill gem store.
Added a non-store cosmetic hat drop.
Updated most 2 handed axe graphics.
Updated most buckler graphics.
There is now an abandoned smith and related quest for Genmire Quarry
Trotsalot can now jump on the race track
Arcing Strike now restores stamina.
Roar of Vigor now gains levels with your stats.
You can now recover required lost quest items from NPCs who initially gave you the item.
Iron mauls are now craftable in Genmire.
Reduced the requirements on weighted mauls.

Oct 20, 2023

[Season Mode] Outlook for October Version Update [ver. 1020]

江湖客栈-The Jianghu - 东木酋长

We plan to gradually push the following versions to the 3100 testing server within October, and after passing the testing, they will be officially installed on the Season Server.

1. Ghost Fang Feng Wu Zhi system part1:

--The Ghost Place Fengwu Chronicle consists of the Monster and Boss Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illustrated Illus.

--We plan to promote the first part of the "Ghost Fang Feng Wu Zhi", "Evil Wu Zhi", within October.

--Among them, we will collect all the fierce beasts and dangerous people in the Ghost Area.

--In addition to gaining a deeper understanding of opponents in various regions, it is also possible to gradually increase damage and reduce damage to the corresponding monster by activating its spirit and blood jade.

--In the subsequent version updates, the "Museum Records" and "Kunwu Records" will also be gradually installed.

2. [Blood Jade] and [Spirit] system actual installation:

--All monsters will have a chance to drop their corresponding 'Blood Jade' and 'Spirit Spirit', and all bosses will have a very low probability of dropping twelve armor pieces of 'Blood Jade' and 'Spirit Spirit';

--The main attack of 'Spirit' can be embedded in the 'Ghost Craftsman Slot' on the 'Ghost Craftsman' weapon, while the main guard of 'Blood Jade' can be embedded in the 'Ghost Craftsman Slot' on the 'Ghost Craftsman' armor;

--Different monsters will have different effects. For more information, please refer to the "Evil Object Record" in the "Ghost Fang Fengwu Record".

3. 【 Overlord Equipment 2.0- Ghost Craftsman 】 Real installation:

--The maximum basic damage limit of the Ghost Craftsman weapon has been increased;

--Ghost Craftsman: Head armor will provide an additional cooldown reduction effect for martial arts skills;

--The Ghost Craftsman weapon will provide up to 3 additional soul slots;

--The coat, armor, and treasure armor in the Ghost Craftsman armor will provide up to 3 additional blood jade slots;

--All spirits and blood jade dropped from monsters and bosses can be inserted into corresponding weapons or armor [Ghost Craftsman Slot], providing corresponding special effects;

--There is a low probability of capturing [Ghost Craftsman] equipment in all domineering area bots, weapons and armor racks, Wang Wu's military equipment box, and the Thousand Household Sacrifice Sword Pool;

--There is a high probability of finding the equipment of the Ghost Craftsman within the "Mu Huo Trial" of the Overlord 4 and on the Mu Huo members activated through the "Mu Huo Platform" on the Overlord map.

4. 【 Muhuotai 】 Overlord outdoor mechanism actual installation:

--All domineering maps will have several "Mu Huo Tai" interaction points. After activating the "Mu Huo Tai" with Cloud Piercing Arrows and Fire Folders, there will be Mu Huo followers arriving at the summoning area;

--Killing Mu Huozhong will have a high probability of capturing [Ghost Craftsman] equipment and corresponding [Spirit] and [Blood Jade], but Li Yan's popularity will also decrease;

--When all the Mu Huo Terraces on the map are activated, the leader level bot will reach a certain area, and after killing, there will be a high probability of finding the Ghost Craftsman, Spirit, and Blood Jade;

--The Muhuo group are all top martial arts experts with excellent martial arts skills. They will not actively attack you or other Xiake, but once they are actively attacked by Xiake, they will never show mercy.

5. 【 Overlord 4- Muhuo Trial 】 Practical installation:

--【 Overlord 4 】 will be a brand new mechanism, with additional reward mechanisms for ultimate survivors in addition to shrinking circles and limiting the number of escapees;

--【 Overlord 4 】 will temporarily only have single player mode, and team mode will be designed separately after the single player mode is installed (no longer sharing a single level);

--In 【 Overlord 4 】, no ordinary resources will be dropped. Instead, they will be: Ghost Craftsman, 【 Spirit 】, 【 Blood Jade 】, 【 Muhuo Pill 】 (temporary random increase of attribute 【 can exceed the maximum limit 】 during the battle), 【 Qiantian Yinyang Pill 】, and Tiandi Ren Pill;

--【 Overlord 4 】 There are many traps and mechanisms that can be used reasonably to turn the tide of the battle;

--【 Overlord 4 】【 Final Survivor 】 will receive the sect points of the Xiake used and the Mu Huo points representing the inn, and the corresponding rankings will also be implemented.

6. Add the "Person" and "Self Knowledge" feature prop "Destiny and Self Determination":

--In "Self Determination", when a player kills the final bosses of Overlord 1, 2, and 3 and gains a "Final Survivor" of Overlord 4's "Moor Fire Trial", using this book can directly obtain the "Self Knowledge" feature;

--Destiny and Self Reliance cannot be traded, and there is a low probability that the 'Zuo Yulong' in 'Overlord 3' will drop.

7. Add 'Qian Tian Yin Yang Dan':

--After use, there is a probability of -1 random attribute to+1 random attribute. After use, it does not occupy the number of "elixirs" [cannot be traded];

--It will only be obtained in 'Overlord 4'.

8. 【 Mount 】 Limited time fashion listing:

--After owning a mount, one can not only walk around the market or ghost market. When sprinting in the wilderness, you will also be able to sit in your own [vehicle], and one horse and one sword will also make a difference in the world;

--【 Mount 】 Fashion is a limited time release fashion from October to November, expected to be released by the end of October and released in mid to late November;

--【 Mount 】 Feature: The movement speed of the market and ghost market will be slightly increased.

General optimization:

1. The stacking limit of herbs in sunken wooden crates has been increased to 999;

2. Increased the stacking limit of some consumable items;

3. Optimized the level map in the main task level, and now you can see the location of the boss in the level map;

4. Prop [Jade Liquid] Prop effect correction, now the effect has been changed to: [Drinking Type] used in non combat situations in the wild, increasing drinking water by 200 points and increasing drinking water by 5 points every 10 seconds, lasting for 5 minutes. Additional effects: During the duration, immune to wheezing, suffocation, and suffocation effects;

5. When optimizing booth information modification, the modified content will immediately refresh on the booth interface, instead of needing to close the interface once to refresh on the interface;

6. The overall experience of Steamdeck has been optimized. Currently, Steamdeck can play normally and has been officially certified and upgraded to SD yellow label support.

Defect repair:

1. Fixed an issue where the skills of Cang NPC in the martial arts arena did not match those of players;

2. Fix the issue of the stone tablet not disappearing after interacting with the Seven Emotions Stone Stele in the Six Paths;

3. Fixed the issue of interactive deduction of fire crystals from the Seven Emotions Stone Stele in the Six Paths, but did not give any effect;

4. Fixed the issue of abnormal effects of props [Agar] props;

5. Fixed the issue of Peacock King Ming, Yue Zhan Yue Yong, and Nirvana's Life triggering probability decreasing;

6. Fixed the issue of characters generated by the probability of contract not being able to function properly.

Oct 20, 2023

The Aecryst Mines

Vesper: Ether Saga - Episode 1 - Syl

+ New Bonus Chapter: "The Aecryst Mines" (available from the start of Chapter 6)
- 2 new playable characters: "Djalynx" and "Redgrave".
- 12 new missions.
- 13 new opponents.
- 15 new arcane cards.
- 13 new unit cards.
- 12 new consumables.
- 31 new equipments.

+ New mission accessible from Zarak's character screen. Enables you to meet a new creature, win their unit card and a new consumable.

+ New Arcane card: "Protection of the Lady of the Purple Dome". It can be unlocked in Reminiscence Screen from Chapter 6.
+ Tooltips have been added for rewards and treasure at the end of combat.
+ Musics added to encyclopaedias.
+ Added Sulcia's biography.

+ Star counters displayed on the map.
+ APs displayed on the "Powers" and "Cards" screens.
+ Left-click on the reminiscences screen to display a preview of the card. (only if the card is unlocked)

- Attacks can move back several characters.
- Area damage from Ligrias' does twice more damage.

- If the last opponent cast a power when they die, the victory screen will not appear after the last power has been triggered.
- If all the allied and enemy are knocked out at the same time, the game is lost.
- In the "load game" screen, the picture changes if you have finished the game. In this case, no more missions are displayed.
- Redgrave's "Sword of Justice" attack moves correctly when the opponent is not on the same row.
- Ligrias moves correctly when attacking on an empty square with area power.
- The Joachim's Dome don't stuck the game anymore.

- Ice Storm takes 3 slots instead of 2.
- Last chapters' Steam achievements corrected.
- Sulcia's items corrected: "Cards of the Libra" and "Justice Cards".
- Zarak disappears correctly during Vesper's wheelblade animation.
- The description of Joachim's light spells has been corrected.
- Tooltips disappear correctly at the end of a mission.
- FRENCH: "Défenses élémentaires accrues" renamed to "Résistances accrues".
- Mission 4-4: The boss has 25% less life.
- Mission 7-9: The boss has 15% less life.
- Mission 4-8 & mission 5-8: The guards appear in the middle of the dialogue.
- Chapter 5: "Harpy of the Storms" got a delay (0.3s) to cast spell.
- Ligrias powers have more range. (Ligrias deals more damage to distant opponents)
- Herald of Sylvaestris' Spear" give more rapidity bonus.
- Correction of several spelling mistakes

Oct 20, 2023

#30 The Team Reunited, and Training Sessions

VirtualSociety - devteam

Hi folks! This week, it's Nico sharing the updates. Once again, we all gathered in Nancy, where we had the opportunity to present our project at "Cap sur le Peel", attended training sessions at Euratech, and made significant progress on the game's UI/UX.

The Whole Team in Nancy

Last week, we were able to come together in Nancy once more. If all goes well, all six of us should be based in Nancy full-time next year! We took advantage of this in-person meeting to engage in extensive discussions and exchanges, which are always more challenging during virtual meetings.

"Cap sur le Peel" Event

On Thursday, the 12th, "Le Peel" organized its "Cap sur le Peel" event at the Nancy Jazz Pulsation. All the Pépite prize laureates, including us, were invited to showcase their projects during this evening. Jimmy, Mélissa, and I had the opportunity to attend. I presented the project in coordination with Natacha Hausser-Costa, the director of Incubateur Lorrain, and Laure Morel, the director of ENSGSI.

UI/UX Developments

While we were together, we took the chance to have discussions and whiteboard meetings to brainstorm various aspects, with a primary focus on UI/UX. We redefined the game's launch screen and the world selection interface. Chloé is currently working on the overall style of the user interface, and we can't wait to show you the first visuals of these screens!

Visit to Euratech in Lille

Jimmy and I spent a week in Lille at the startup incubator Euratech to attend more training sessions and meet various individuals from the startup ecosystem. As our year with Inria is coming to an end soon, it's beneficial for us to challenge our strategy for Cats & Foxes.

Thank you for your support, and see you next week!