New Features
With the new version comes two notable new features! Both should add gameplay and make FTF feel more complete.
Bomb Balloons are created at the bomb depot and drop 3 powerful bombs on a distant target. They are designed to be single use and will crash after dropping their bombs.
Defensive watchtowers fire flaming arrows at enemy workers, swordsman, bombers and siege weapons. Watchtowers are also capable of shooting down bomb balloons.
A short teaser of the new features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2NoMt4B4c
Other Changes
A few other changes have been made to FTF.
- A population cap of 50 workers has been put in place
- Lumber production has been increased
- Siege weapon menu has been removed - it was pretty useless
- When bombers die they now drop their bomb which explodes
- Ammo Depots now have a max amount of ammo - reduces resource drain by over filling
- The tech tree has been reduced in size and complexity
- The single player AI can now send bomb balloons and will have watchtower defenses
Networking
Further changes to the workers and siege weapon ammo scripts have been made to further reduce network traffic. This should help to further stabilize multiplayer connections.
Bricks (flags and brick walls) remain the last potential reduction in network traffic. However, accuracy with bricks is more important than with other objects in the game. So changes won’t be made unless there is clearly an issue.
Polish and Bug Fixes
Several small behind the scene changes have been made too. See the Change Log for more complete details
Next Steps
The biggest focus will be on creating more maps or levels. This will take the form of more single player combat options as well as a third multiplayer map. Finishing these new levels will be the final steps before FTF moves out of Early Access. The current hope is that FTF will leave Early Access by the end of the year, but it could be as late as February.
Price Changing
Before FTF leaves Early Access the game will see an increase in price. The final full price is likely to be near 5 USD. So if FTF has been sitting on your wishlist then buy it before the price increases!