V0.1 Live! Finally on the road towards 1.0


Whew, its been a long road but I'm FINALLY on the path towards a release version!  I present to you version 0.1! In the coming weeks I will be doing a write up or a "Road Map" of where the game goes from 0.1->1.0. For now, enjoy the new features.


WHATS NEW

  • Every faction has a hat you can now unlock  by beating the game
  • 6 new hats that can be unlocked by doing something in game
  • 10 new encounters/locations to find on your way west!
  • 7 new events that can happen while you're traveling the map
  • 2 more map modifier events
  • New hair options for your character
  • Every new location has a small cinematic related to a factions story.
  • The various factions and towns people will show up randomly throughout the game to talk to you
  • the various factions now drop items unique to them, with different uses.
  • People in the saloon now have dialogue.
  • The various faction hostiles say unique things
  • Sometimes factions can spawn in each others territory, causing them to fight
  • Added a few flavor sound effects throughout the game
  • overhauled the appearance of trains
  • Bees and mosquitos are now present in certain areas
  • Adjusted the tone of the music
  • Adjusted the random outfits neutral NPCs have
  • Added hitchposts in town
  • Actions now take a "set" amount of food or water, vs draining with time.
  • hatchets now destroy objects faster
  • Updated the world map appearance
  • Adjusted the world gen for every area
  • added a confirmation prompt when you leave an area
  • boosted melee damage, but reduced melee speed
  • Enemy path finding should be improved, and run into obstacles a bit less
  • Adjusted when/how often you get events while traveling across the map
  • adjusted the size of area maps
  • simplified and optimized the "shadow" system.
  • Minor UI adjustments

BUG FIXES

  • fixed the way forts spawn their decorations
  • Fixed a crash on mountain maps
  • Fixed a bug where exiting a game, and then going back into a game could freeze things up
  • Fixed some missing icons
  • Fixed a crash where the game would sometimes try to load resources non-stop
  • Fixed a bug where enemies would die, disappear, but reappear when you reload the game
  • Fixed a bug where enemies wouldn't have hair.
    Fixed a bug where where un-equipping items would reset its durability
  • Fixed a bug with melee animations

Files

DUSTER v0.1 45 MB
Version 13 Apr 16, 2021

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I am liking the update! One suggestion I have is to change the stealth animation for the player. Not being able to see my character while sneaking (the shadow is frequently hard to see) has led to death by cactus several times haha.