Version 0.5 to 0.8 Highlights

Map Features

• Added Ruins Feature - can be removed for 50 gold or food to become plains (for placing towers)

• Added Scrying Stones feature - choice to get info on nearest treasure, lair, gold or food

• Improved exploration interactivity with multiple ‘hint’ mechanics and features leading players to map features eg. flowers/mushrooms, rumors, scrying stones

• Procedural generation algorithms to even out map difficulty from path loopiness to map feature distribution.

Sound/Music

• Tower attack sounds now have improved variety and simultaneity. Replaced many other sound effects.

• Music - Added and replaced many music tracks, and smoothed out transitions

UI

• Scout Window - interactive illustrated display of incoming monster wave.

• Tutorial - Improved clarity, illustration, scripting.

• New button designs and font sets to match the fantasy theme.

• More compact UI elements/design, freeing up map display

• Main Menu - improved splash screen and icons

• Codex - Added illustrated strategy guides

• Animated notifications for daily summary, base damage, income and spellcast.

• QOL - Added mouse pan/zoom, right-click Escape

Graphics

• Tower models & particle effects - all replaced, with separate models/effects for each tower upgrade branch.

• Upgraded models for trees, monsters, roads and many map features.

• Improved many UI textures (Stats, quest, codex, bestiary, spawn arrow etc)

• Towers and Forts now pitch black to indicate destruction.

Miscellaneous

• New mechanics - execute, targeting options, spell scaling

• Monster wave design - improved variation and distribution amongst paths

• Steam Cloud support

Way ahead

• SteamNext Fest (Feb 5-12) participation and public Demo

• Late-game features - Enchantments, larger maps, more Quest Sets, classes, monsters (new abilities)

• Steam Achievements, Trading Cards.