Planning 0.1.6

Hey, just wanted to give some updates about upcoming content. Thanks to everyone who has played and provided feedback.

Bugfixes and QoL

• Improved some dialog sequencing to avoid sections being missed, especially in Lumberyard and Woodshop
• Added more messages when you've hit the cap for training a skill by a specific method
• Reduced caps on earning skills in battle (including axe mastery, unarmed mastery, resistances, evasion, shield mastery)
• On reaching Expert level overall, everyone is a little less chatty and more likely to let you do what you want.
• "Bad luck protection" to cap how bad your RNG can be while training skills
• Some tweaks to axe skills (Mighty Chop and Mighty Cleave) TP costs
• changed fire and poison damage-over-time to be typed (and thus reduced by resistance skills)

New Content planned for 0.1.6(keeping this vague to avoid spoilers)

• Big change: removed character levels, added Combat Mastery skill which gives similar bonuses to what level-ups gave, but with leveling aligned with other skills.
• Additional areas, interactions and skills after defeating the dragon above-ground
• Some additional content in the mines
• More alchemical training, more craftable potions
• More spells and uses for magic in general

New Content planned for future patches

• The academy
• More backstory and explanation of what's going on with Graham's time loops
• More of the Empire
• More about Dragons
• More "dungeon" combat areas with new and exciting enemies and new and exciting damage types to become resistant to
• Meeting with Master Osgood
• Music
• More QoL upgrades (and bug fixes as bugs are found and reported)

Schedule

August 9th - Tentative beta release of 0.1.6 for testers

August 16th - Tentative release of 0.1.6 on itch.io