Bone and Arrow

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• Announcements·1 Jan 2025Official

  Version 0.4.0

  Version 0.4.0 At some point, I took a step back from development and asked myself, "Is this game fun?" And from the cold, dead, emotionless black void that once housed my soul echoed a gut-wrenching, "Nah, not really." So along with making the changes that were on the roadmap for this game, I've overhauled most of the combat mechanics and added new components to make the gameplay more dynamic and engaging. Cue the Bones The title makes sense now!! There is now an added game mode to fight NPC skeletons in a colosseum style arena. This can be played solo or in a group. Select a difficulty and a duration and see what high score you can reach! Bow Charge This is a new concept to make a more satisfying gameplay loop. Your bow can now store five charges. These charges are generated passively by dealing damage with your default arrows and by absorbing projectiles with your new Bow Shield. These charges can be spent to create devastating Charge Arrows and Shield Blasts. Bow Shield By turning your bow sideways and pulling the trigger a shield will materialize in front of your bow. The shield can only be used to stop incoming projectiles, but doing so will fully mitigate the damage and generate Bow Charge that is proportional to the damage blocked. The Bow Shield cannot be deployed forever though, it can only be deployed for so long before it overheats your bow and blocking damage overheats it even faster. Charge Arrows The quiver and specialty charge arrows have been changed/introduced as a part of the mechanics overhaul. The changes include: All Charge arrows consume one bow charge to materialize, one additional bow charge can be used on a charge arrow to over charger it to the next level. Over charged arrows have separate effects than their level one counterparts. The quiver can still only store 3 types of Charge Arrows, but there is no longer a limit to how many your quiver can produce. As long as you cultivate Bow Charge you can create Charge Arrows. Charge arrows are ac...
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• Announcements·25 Jun 2024Official

  Version 0.3.0

  Version 0.3.0 Settings Arguably the most important (and definitely the least exciting) feature of a game. Additional in-game settings have been added to the menu bound to the controller. Settings include: Locomotion preferences (Movement style, turn style). Controller preferences ( i.e. grip preferences, hand rotation, button preferences). Volume setting Quiver Activation The most impactful change in 0.3.0 is the ability to toggle specialty arrows on/off with the primary button. This feature (which is enabled by default) allows for the quiver to equip a special arrow and keep it equipped until pressing the primary button again. This feature was requested by multiple community members and is more beginner friendly IMO. If you prefer the original scheme of holding in the primary button, this feature can be reenabled via the new settings menu. Vive Wand Compatibility All these new settings were really an effort to add controller support for the OG Vive wands. It's been on my TODO list for ages and I can now happily cross this off. (Shame on you Unity for making it much more difficult than it needed to be). An important note: The "primary" button on the Vive controller is the middle click on the trackpad, and the secondary is the menu button north of the trackpad. Shenanigans You can now punch people! This was never intended to be a feature. However, while prototyping the future NPC enemies there was a clear need to be able to push them back when they get too close. After the kinks got worked out it was only logical to also allow people to slap each other across the face in PVP.
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• Announcements·17 May 2024Official

  Version 0.2.0

  Version 0.2.0 Pockets Should this be a big deal? no. Was it surprisingly hard to implement? yes. Two pockets are now on the player's hips. One left, one right. Only one item type can be stored in a hip pocket at once, but there is no limit to the quantity of the item. Pocket load outs are included in PvP equipment settings. Inventory Controls You change one thing and everything must change. Removing all items from an inventory slot is done with a "long grip press" on the inventory slot instead of trigger and primary button. Pressing the grip button on an inventory slot does not immediately spawn an item. Inventory slot must be gripped and moved away from the slot to spawn an item. This allows for the "long grip press" action and other interactions. Only arrows can be stored in the quiver, and only the smaller support items can be stored in the hip pockets. Tutorial Update Why is this my least favorite thing to update? Tutorial instructions updated to reflect the new inventory controls. Made the cannon go boom! Shenanigans This is why I go to work* every day. You can finally eat the apples for some health back. Or feed others apples if that's what you're into. Since I gave people mouths, I had to give them kisses too. Because that's what I'm into. *The term "work" legally implies some form of compensation. This game hasn't earn me jack squat.
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• Patch Notes·22 Apr 2024Official

  Version 0.1.1

  New Features: Artillery arrow. Movable stools. Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug where enemy arrows that kill the player do not get deleted after the player dies.
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