Great Dragon Update

Today a major update was released for Hero's Story. This update added a new region - Isil Plateau, as well as the new items and enemies, new locations and sounds, lockpicking mechanics and a new boss - the Great Dragon! This is a big update that fixes many bugs and significantly changes the balance of the combat system. This will most likely be the last update before the full game is released. Let me remind you that the full version of Hero's Story will have a complete storyline, tutorial and a final boss.

You can find the full list of changes below!

General

• Game version was updated to 1.1 RC2

• Now when you hover over an item in your inventory, its price will be shown

• Now the price of all items will be at least 1 gold

• Now you can also attack enemies using RMB

• Players will now have some chance of dealing critical damage

• Changed the 'Warehouse' level music theme

• Updated control scheme for the keyboard

• Updated game credits scene

• 'Credits' section in main menu has become active again

Additions

• New region: Isil Plateau

• New boss: Great Dragon Krde

• New game mechanics: Lockpicking

• New game mechanics: Chaos Portals

• New location: Abandoned House

• New location: Throne Room

• New location: Troll's Cave

• New enemy type: Mountain Troll

• New enemy type: Griffin

• Added new NPCs

• Added new items and sounds

• Added new pop-up notifications

• Added new hidden Steam achievement

• Added the ability to return to the Duke's Keep

• Added portals to the Endless Desert (for faster travel)

• Added passage to the Sacred Grove from the Magic Forest and back

• An auto-run key has also been added to the controller (Back/left stick)

• Added new testing level

• Added more materials for the full version of the game

Balance

• Now all enemies will drop at least something upon their defeat

• Increased the amount of health restored by Healing Potion from 50 to 60

• Increased the amount of energy restored by Energy Potion from 50 to 60

• Reduced damage dealt by Mysterious Sphere to rakshasas

• The shooting mechanics of Skeleton Archers have been changed (it has become more accurate)

• Outlaws will now be able to apply bleed, but Zombies will not

• Increased Zombie health

• Now the Zombie will have a small chance of poisoning the player

• Changed the attack animation of the Sea Giants

• Increased damage of the Sea Giants

• Reduced the attack speed of the Sea Giants

• Skeleton Warriors and Rakshasa Warriors will now be able to block some of the melee attacks

• Increased damage of Rakshasa Warriors

• Reduced attack speed of Rakshasa Warriors

• Now Sorceresses and Rakshasas will be able to teleport during fight

• Sorceress and Rakshasa attack speed has been slightly reduced

• High Necromancer's health was significantly increased

• Spider Queen health was significantly increased

Optimization

• Removed unused game levels

• Removed some unused code fragments

Bugfixes

• Fixed a critical bug when game settings were not saved correctly

• Fixed a graphical bug when particles from being hit by the Mysterious Orb would be replayed

• Fixed a bug when the sounds of eating and drinking were not always played

• Fixed a bug when it was impossible to change the game language from the pause menu

• Fixed a bug when location names did not appear after cutscenes

• Fixed a bug when the sounds of hitting the Spider Queen were too loud

• Fixed a bug when it was possible to get out of bounds in the Magic Forest

• Fixed incorrect placement of some landscape elements in the Expanse

• Minor fixes to buildings in the Expanse

• Minor changes to game levels

• Minor fixes

Let's take a closer look at some points.

GREAT DRAGON

It was always possible to get through the Isil Gorge into the Swamp of Myths via a single bridge, built during the Old Era. Rumor has it that a huge dragon recently settled on this bridge! This winged monster has killed many knights and now terrorizes the lands of Central Teandria. The king will generously reward anyone who can crush or drive away the powerful creature. In the battle with the dragon, potions of protection from fire and magic will help you.

NEW REGION

The mountain range north of Enthor divides the lands of Central Teandria into a few separate regions. One of these areas is the Isil Plateau, which will be available to players in this update! The new region consists of several zones and includes several new locations, including an abandoned hut on a hill and a troll cave on a cliff. Only the most experienced adventurers will be able to defeat all the enemies in this area and collect all of the treasures.

LOCKPICKING

During your adventures in the lands of Central Teandria, you probably came across locked chests. Now you can try to open these chests using a new item - lockpick. The more valuable the contents of the chest, the more difficult it is to unlock it! Lockpicks can be obtained from chests or found in different caches.

I also remind you that a small demo version of the game is available on Steam store page.

Enjoy the game, and see you in the full version! Your Silent.