View source for Version logs

To note: all the logs that are on this wiki are on [http://blog.slashie.net/ Slash's Blog].  This is mainly to log the change of the game, and to keep a list of stuff that needs to be updated on the wiki.

==v 1.65==
(Released: July 26, 2015)

'''Gameplay'''

* Remove restrictions to wear metal armor
* Add penalties for energy and elemental magic when wearing metal armor.
* Allow barbarians to use heavy armor
* Remove parry skill from Paladin
* Add parry skill to Slayer
* Increase room sizes
* Reduce variability of weapon damage when thrown
* Leave pet behind if not next to you during a battle
* Add angelus and mandragora potions, now Barbarian can cause monsters to evolve without having to read a spell.
* Reduce power of paralysis skills by enemies.
* Modify attack types of some monsters
* Add back shepherd challenge class
* Fix pathfinding issues for monsters <br>
'''User Experience'''

* Allow using the “Back” button on Android to navigate between menus and to toogle inventory.
* Allow movement using keyboard on desktop.
* Add back fullscreen mode for web.
* Show description of object, cell or monster blocking a ranged attack.
* Add new music tracks for Underwater Lagoon and Lair of the Ancients
* Show weapon info when switching weapons.
* Show monster skills separate from description.
* Remove some lame monster descriptions.
* Separate arrows on hi-res mode
* Add magic sfx for wand
* Hide facebook share button (will be replaced for the character resume screen soonish)
* Don’t show skill points if zero
* Use short classname on graveyard
* Remove marble background from mobile
* Add graveyard background image
* Enhance map sprites for reagents, potions and bandages
* Change lagoon water appearance <br>
'''Technical'''

* Use Apache Cordova directly for Android and iOS instead of CocoonJS
* New music manager: Load music files as required instead of all on initialization.
* Disable sound autoinitialization for mobile
* Change fullscreen stretch mode
* Sprite pool support (Disabled for the moment)
* Upgrade to circular-functions 0.0.3 on npm
* Don’t compress paths on pathfinding to prevent ultra jumps
* Use phaser-slashman to correct blurry text on multiline textfields

== v 1.64 ==
(Released June 14, 2015)

'''User Experience'''

* Add big directional buttons for mobile
* Add “jumping” animations for movement and attack.
* Add new map sprites for weapons and armor
* Show more help on item effects on the object inspector
* Show more help for monster effects on the object inspector
* Check if can use items before proceeding to use them.
* Relayout inventory window
* Add arrows to directional buttons
* Relayout Desktop UI
* Add spellcasting SFX for energy and elemental magic.
* Allow selecting target when using item on ground
* Move confirm and cancel buttons to lower bar on mobile
* Add targetting indicator
* Add more indications for Alchemy.
* Add new explosion animation
* Spice up spell descriptions
* Change name of Pump Crossbow
* Gray direwolf 

'''Gameplay'''

* Add pathfinding for monsters
* Increase defense of leather armor to 2, switch some defense values, make black robe non unique
* Make player block LOS of monsters
* Make ranged attacks spend points for enemies, allow animated directed projectiles for enemies
'''Bugfixes'''

* Keep friendliness and summonness of monster when polymorphing
* Prevent mask reset when blinking red, while keeping the interpolation within bounds (hoping to fix the fades to black issue)
* Use new version of pathfinding lib, enable diagonal pathfinding
* Fix flow for underlying items usage
* Prevent examining features while targetting
* Fix Mouth and Kobold description
* Allow using items on self when standing same tile as pet.
* Prevent relayed action like magic attacks from ending before they are done
* Remove duplicate animation for charm monster spell
* Reduce number of consecutive corridors, and corridor size, for lagoon to reduce clashing
* Prevent multi upgrades on level up
'''Technical'''

* Change static images for “image” instead of “sprite”
* New music controller with built in audio creation, decoding monitoring and destruction

== v 1.62 ==
(Released May 25, 2015)

'''Gameplay'''

* Two new classes with new skills are now available
** Ailorus Monk
*** Flying Kick: Unarmed ranged hit, doesn’t need to run
*** Unarmed attacks get stronger with power
*** Immune to poison and spell maladies
** Dumeril Sage
*** Can use elemental spells several time
*** Unleashes the full power of elemental spells
*Make all classes start with power 2
'''User Experience'''

* New title screen from Denzi
* Changes on layout and menus for desktop version
* Add input fields (much easier text input) for desktop version, using my phaserTextField lib.
* Color animation for paralyze skill and paralyzed status
* Add Decoration for buttons
* Enhance flow for searching users on desktop mode
* Remove antialiasing from logo text
* Add overlay to switch weapon button
* Remove welcome screen
* Change “Lv” for Power
* Add back navigation for new game screen
* Change icon for back
'''Server'''

* Log out sessions on server
* Allow multiple sockets per user
* Make usernames case insensitive.
'''Bugfixing'''

* Disable DOM textfield for Android version to prevent crashing
* Fix missing Yendorian monsters
* Fix cornering issues in Lagoon
* Fix “Shot” typo
* Remove long message from mobile
* Fix issues with PIN handling

== v 1.61 ==
(Released May 13, 2015)

'''Gameplay'''

* Arcane master can no longer unleash the full power of Elemental spells (however he can still use them safely)
* All classes can now use wands to freeze and shock enemies
* Friendly monsters no longer spend their summon points on safe rooms
* Barbarian charges cannot be parried now
'''User Experience'''

* Default message windows are now better looking using sweetAlert
* Elemental spells now have new projectile graphics
* Show player info on Title screen, remove Profile page
* Changes on the “Online” menu to be easier to use
'''Bugfixing'''

* Fixed yet another issue with using items on the ground
* Prevent befriending friendly monster’s summons as pets.
* Added timeout for connections to the server to prevent unresponsive screens
* Restored level 12 mini boss to Mermaid Queen
* Remove sockets initialization preventing offline play
'''Technical'''

* Migrated to Phaser 2.3.0
* Changes in music decoding monitor
* Use incremental version number for up to date check
* Add back font loader to prevent issues with fonts
* Change bit rate of music to allow iOS to decode

(Older updates may be found on [http://blog.slashie.net/ the blog])