Weekly update #5

Art

This is the May monthly.

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Dev spotlight

One of the main features of V3 is the improved combat, which comes with a new UI and some additional mechanics. One of the hardest parts to get right with it have been the new visuals. I've gone through several concepts for the new combat UI and all of the designs seem to have had problems with either visual clutter, there not being enough information shown to the player, or the design just being very ugly.

Gaudy card colors and Christmas tree lights, the V3 combat UI will probably resemble this. The resistances are now represented with stacked shields in front of the health bar.

While V3 will release with a simple visual effect that is triggered when an attack is performed during combat, my plan for later releases is to have the effect be dynamically modified based on the damage type and damage of the card.

The cards are colour coded, which is based on the main attribute they consume. These ones are still WIP and are probably too colorful for the rest of the game.

Other sorely needed basic functionality for the combat that I have implemented are healing and damaging the player outside of combat, among other things. It will be possible to give the player an advantage or a disadvantage based on the circumstances before the fight. Additionally there will be an extension to the combat function that allows a writer to determine who gets the first turn and ability to interrupt the fight if either side falls below a specific HP amount.