The Chronicler

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• Announcements·7 Feb 2022Official

  An Alpha 2 is coming! The new The Chronicler.

  Hello, dear adventurers! We've been silent for a few weeks now, and we'd like to explain what we've been into all this time. It's been around six or seven months since we started working on The Chronicler, and well... we learned a harsh lesson: making the RPG of our dreams is not an easy task. We released it very early because we wanted to show the process of making a game from scratch, but in the end, that wasn't such a great idea. Having the pressure to keep creating content was a bit too much, and we ended up throwing mechanics at the game that looked cool on paper but they didn't work so well. The latest release of The Chronicler is hard to program and worst of all: it's a bit confusing and not that fun to play. Given this context, we decided we had two options: cancel the production and forget about our dream of creating our beloved RPG, or going back to the drawing board and make a reboot of the game, applying all the lessons we've learned (which are a lot), to create a good product. Of course, we've chosen this second option. What does it mean in practice? Well, we've been working hard these past few weeks choosing what works, what should be changed, and what should be cut. We also found a Unity framework that suits our needs and makes working on the game a breeze. The main change we have introduced is turn-based combat, which makes it much more involved and fun to play than the auto-combat system in the current live version. We're now in the process of redesigning and rewriting the quests from scratch, to make them more interesting and fun. We have to ask you a bit more patience while we finish all this process, but we can assure you one thing: the game feels sooooo much better already, and we're confident you'll agree with us when we say "it was worth the wait". We're looking forward to putting this "new" The Chronicler in your hands, so you can tell us what you think of all the changes! We'll call it our Alpha 2, and it will be released very soon, in the c...
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• Patch Notes·27 Nov 2021Official

  Alpha 1.3.2 Update

  A new update is here! Thank you all for your support! Alpha v1.3.2 (Starting a new game is highly recommended) Some GUI changes. Interactable items like plants, rocks, or trees, now respawn after a few seconds. Fixed some text inconsistencies. Rewrote many Quest dialogues. Fixed accidental double-click when picking up items. Added a new room: Crab Cave Beach. Added Butterfly Keepers: get a coin for each butterfly you catch for them. The six Guilds are now open, each one with a task for you to complete. Added definitions to some items. Fixed ability requirements for tools and weapons. Many bug fixes.
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• Patch Notes·12 Nov 2021Official

  Alpha v.1.3.1 update

  A new update is live! Check out the notes below for more details. Thank you for your support! Alpha v.1.3.1 - Use left-click to walk instead of right-click. - Added Donation Spots: - Regions need specific items for their development. - You can level up your standing with a specific region by donating items and materials. - Leveling up your standing gives you an increasing XP bonus in that region. - GUI improvements. - Slightly changed the initial quests. - Fixed items, NPCs and enemies that could be selected through menus. - Fixed several GUI glitches. - Fine tuned the walking sound. - Fixed the walking sound not working on some ocasions. - Added sounds to GUI buttons. - Fixed GUI collisions. - Made low level combat easier. - Fixed enemies Hit Points not being calculated correctly. - Fixed vendor prices in Viridis Sylvae. - Fixed "Low health" indicator showing up randomly. - Fixed some background sounds not working.
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• Patch Notes·22 Oct 2021Official

  Alpha v.1.3.0 Update!

  Hi everyone! Here's a new update for The Chronicler, with many improvements and bug fixes. Take a look at the patch notes for details. Thank you so much for your support!! Alpha v.1.3.0: Special moves have been redesigned: - "Special Moves" are now "Skills". - Skills can be used as desired, by pressing the corresponding key. - Only one Skill can be active at a time. - There are Attack Skills, Defense Skills, and Survival Skills. - Skills are discovered by visiting Trainers. - Trainers sell Skill upgrades for Silver. Three trainers are added to the world. They unlock Attack, Defense, and Survival Skills, respectively. Added tutorial cards. Rebalanced shop prices. Fixed Quit button. Rebalanced combat timing for both the player and enemies. Added a new Quest NPC: Milton. Added a new currency: Orb of the Monster Slayer. Added a rare drop to Crabs: Red Carapace Armor. Added a rare drop to Skeletons: Armor of the Dead. Added a rare drop to Wolves: Wolfskin Armor. Added a rare drop to Rats: Ratbone Knife. Armor now has Ability XP bonuses. Rebalanced all item prices. Rebalanced all item stats. Rebalanced Healing Items. Combat is now faster. Monster Slayer Tasks: Kill monsters in exchange of special rewards! Monster Slayer Equipment: New crafting station at the Temple's Cemetery. New items: Monster Slayer Healing Potion, Armor of the Monster Slayer. Important messages now appear in a box. Added pick-up sound. Added "Damage from skills" and "Defense from skills" to the Stats panel. Many small bug fixes. Small performance improvements. New item: Crab Cake (food). Quest: Quartermaster Brianna now needs 3 Crab Cakes instead of raw Crab Meat. Reformatted some texts. Improved Inventory GUI. Improved Journal GUI. Small GUI changes.
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• Patch Notes·7 Oct 2021Official

  Alpha 1.2.9b Hotfix

  Alpha 1.2.9b Hotfix: - Apparently, yesterday's update broke the combat system, sorry about that. It's fixed now.
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