Theorycraft v0.1.8 - Ready for Steam Next Fest!
Version 0.1.8 is our Steam Next Fest build, and the demo is available to play right now! Jump in, build your raid, and take on the bosses. We'd love to hear what you think.
Coming From the v0.1.5 Alpha?
If you've been alpha testing on v0.1.5-alpha, here's what you can expect: raiders who learn each boss, a way to plan fights before you pull, more control over your guild, full controller support, and a fresh new look.
Raiders Learn Each Boss
- Every raider now builds up Boss Knowledge with each attempt, whether it ends in a wipe, a kill or a restart. As they move up from Novice to Mastered, they get better at dodging that boss's attacks, so your raid improves pull by pull. You can track each member's progress on their character sheet.
Plan Your Fight
- The new pre-encounter briefing lets you set formations, place raid marks and draw up battle plans on a map of the fight before you pull.
Grow and Manage Your Guild
- Hiring Board: Pay gold to recruit new members right away instead of waiting for a boss kill.
- Smarter Guild Bank: Set a gold cap and members deposit anything over it on their own. Deposits and withdrawals now affect loyalty.
- Rename Anyone: Rename any guild member at any time. Their history stays with them.
- A Proper Start: New guilds open with a founding story and getting-started hints, and every new game is now different.
Play Your Way
- Controller support through Steam Input, with ready-made layouts for Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Steam Controller and Steam Deck.
- Better display handling: multi-monitor support, and resolution changes now switch back automatically if something goes wrong.
A Fresh Look
- Choose a UI theme under Settings > Interface.
- A new interface font.
- Smoother and new Cyclops animations, with attacks that face the right way now.
And Much More
Clearer hazard warnings, smaller save files that are easier to back up, better audio mixing, livelier guild hall banter, and dozens of bug fixes.
Thanks for playing, and keep the feedback coming!
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