Update v0.6

Matchmaking Server

• Improved server performance and stability.

Gameplay

• Rebalanced in game energy income to increase average game time.

• Rebalanced base unit costs to reflect these changes.

• As a consequence, abilities now add less overall cost to units.

• Rebalanced basic unit stats to better serve the new gameplay style.

• Added control zone & totems to the middle of the lane which damages the controlling players' enemy base over time.

• Added visual feedback to represent taking base damage from either the void or control zone.

• Added a 5 second pre-combat phase to give you a moment to prepare for battle.

• Can now use keyboard shortcuts for selection units and faction spells.

• Numbers 1 to 5 on the keyboard select units.

• ‘Q’ and ‘E’ now selection Faction Spell 1 & 2

Gamemodes

• Added 10 different premade bot teams that will be chosen randomly upon joining a bot game.

• Added ranked functionality to 1v1 gamemode, where you will now verse players of a similar skill level.

• Added challenge feature to challenge your Steam friends.

Camera

• Reduced zoom out capacity.

• Can now move the camera horizontally with the mouse cursor or the WASD keys.

Maps

• Improved performance on all levels.

• Newlands lighting update to reduce model washout.

• Deadlands directional light rotated to show more obvious shadows.

• Deadlands removed fences causing poor shadow quality and replaced them with columns.

• Rhinelands lighting update to reduce model washout.

• Rhinelands colour spectrum changes to create more variation in foliage and ground.

• Rhinelands directional light changed to show more shadows on units.

• Rhinelands water shader changed to improve performance.

• Fjordlands lighting update to make it less blue and shadows less harsh.

Faction Spells

• Skeleton Faction Spell 1 has been changed to spawn a wave of 10 Bone Warriors from the summon zone.

• Damage, Health and Move Speed have been reduced on Bone Warriors.

• All faction spell icons have been replaced to better represent what they do.

• Faction spells now start on cooldown.

• Human Faction Spell 2 has been converted to a barrage of large explosive projectiles.

• Added new placeholder VFX to faction spells for visual feedback.

UI

• New game logo has been added to the loading screen when connecting to the game server.

• Placeholder names for factions have been replaced to be called Humans & Skeletons.

• Unit names have been changed to their respective class names.

• Ability icons now load in on unit cards when in-game.

• Lighting removed from Main Menu.

• New unit art for UI for all default skins.

• Faction spell lock out now shows readiness.

• Changed placeholder font to suit theme.

• Added indicator at the top of the in-game screen to show control zone status.

Abilities

• 15 x new abilities for each unit in each faction.

• Ability descriptions adjusted to be more clear.

• Complete rebalancing of most of the abilities to reflect the new base cost of the factions.

Audio

• Added new placeholder SFX where there was previously no SFX.

Bug Fixes

• Projectiles now appear when Ranged units attack.

• AI no longer walks off the map after killing an enemy.

• Team saves now work correctly.

• Units being sacrificed into the void no longer crit the base.

Known Bugs

• Human Ranged Unit death animation will sometimes play twice.

• Unit pathing will sometimes cause units to push each other.

• When finishing a round, your build will reset the selection back to build #1 in your decks.

• Human Ranged Unit will sometimes not target enemy units correctly and miss.

• Damage counter will sometimes display the incorrect amount (still works correctly behind the scenes).