Back in December an update was posted describing some of the huge sweeping changes to the battle system.

And while significant changes are still coming, it might be best to explain some of the changes to those changes that are being worked on right now.

See the original post here.

Back in the original post I mentioned changes to the battle system: introducing a ton of new stats, new combat abilities, and promising a lot more options for how players could battle each other in more interesting ways and make meaningful choices along the way. To clarify, that certainly will happen, but I’ve decided to go a different route. So what does the future of battling hold?

New Combat Abilities

This was something too good to pass up. An array of new combat abilities will be available to players in the near future. What has changed is how players will gain access to these abilities. Rather than allow players to choose combat abilities at the beginning of the game, combat abilities will be unlocked through items.

The item store will begin carrying new items which grant access to combat abilities. While holding one such item, in addition to the basic “attack” and “retreat” options, they will be able to use their combat abilities which have a wide variety of effects to make combat more dynamic. Many of the items currently in the shop will be reworked to be more diverse and support these combat abilities.

As a result, another major change will be the addition of the spell power and spell resist stats. Any other stats mentioned in the original post are not planned for implementation yet.

Lastly, note that the combat abilities mentioned in the previous post will most likely be completely redone or removed, as they were intended for a different system.

That’s all for now, as usual leave feedback on these new changes as the hope is that they’ll change the game for the better.

Hello!

Been a while since this game has been updated, but with things getting settled now you can expect the game to make a full return in all its glory soon!

So what happened?

Well, Unity Web Player has been phased out by most mainstream browser services, so playing the game online is no longer practical. In addition with school and other projects, it has been hard finding time to work on the game further. But with winter break around the corner and the stars aligning correctly, you can expect Battle Squares to make a full return as a standalone downloadable game. All the features you’ve come to know will be there, with new patches coming down the way. There’s still a lot of work to do, but hopefully in the coming weeks the game will improve a lot!

Looking forward to re-releasing the game for you all to enjoy once again.

Just a quick update to the game to help fix some annoying problems that people have noticed, as well as tweak the time out system to make it a bit more user friendly.

GENERAL:

SHHHHHH – The ingame music on the opening menu has its default volume turned down.

NO MORE BOOTS- Players no longer disconnect when they time out 4 times. (This was causing major desync issues with players.)

SPEED IT UP – Players lose 10 seconds off their next turn if they time out, down to a minimum of 20 seconds.

A BIT MORE FORGIVING – A player will no longer lose AP the first time they time out.

With the release of 0.0.4 came some issues with online play, so with this update I hope to address those issues and create a more reliable and consistent experience for online play.

GENERAL:

With this hotfix, I decided to roll out some new balance changes for early game AP, so before we get to the technical stuff…

LESS MONEY NO PROBLEM –  Starting AP for all players has been reduced to 50 AP. (Down from 100.)

MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS –  Players gain [ 12 AP]  [ 12 AP + The current round ] for rolling the die, up to a base maximum of 40 AP per dice roll. (This applies before item effects, so more is possible.)

SOME NUMBERS-  During round 1, all players will receive 13 AP for rolling the die. (12 + 1 round).

                                          During round 15, all players will receive 27 AP for rolling the die. (12 + 15).

                                          After round 28, all players will receive a base maximum of 40 AP for rolling the die, before item effects apply.

The idea of these changes was to reduce early game potential and emphasize net income toward the middle and late game phases. Having less AP early on means that landing on an item square early wont have the same snowball potential, but it also brings additional viability into waiting less time to have the AP for a better item.

TECHNICAL:

KEEP IT TOGETHER-  Adjusted the way the game synchronizes so that position updates are more frequent. 

REMEMBER THAT FAIL SAFE?-  The “Derailment” fail safe that was added in the base patch has been revamped to more seamlessly move players back to their correct position, and sync this position over the network.

IT GETS A BIT TECHNICAL HERE-  Only the turn player can send gameplay updates over the network. This was an issue in previous versions when occasionally all players could send position updates that were out of date.

KNOWN ISSUES:

This hot fix won’t be the last, and there’s still some issues that need to be tackled. 

CAMERA ISSUES-  There has been an occurring issue with the camera moving past the bounds of the game board especially to follow out-of-sync pawns. It’s not game breaking, as the camera should automatically pan back to the correct position after each turn.