2012/06/22

June 22, 2012

v0.16 Progress

Version 0.16 nears! A suite of very nice engine polish is just around the corner. Some things to look forward to, if you aren't already playing from source:

• Much improved enemy pathfinding
• New! Enemies move around each other, block paths, surround the hero
• Clean, user-friendly config menu with many options
• Art additions! New wyvern, minotaur animations, female vendor voices, many new portraits
• Under the hood support for unique enemy types (e.g. bosses)
• Transformation! Change into creature form and use their special powers
• Support for orthogonal tile sets!
• Lots more ...

I'm tentatively proposing June 30th as the String Freeze Date, with July 7th as v0.16 binary release. We have only a few more tasks to get through, but if those get sticky we may move those dates back one week.