Next version will make more sense.
Meaning, there will be a winning condition and the game rules will be slightly different. The gameplay will hopefully be even more interesting.
Also there will be another offensive weapon codenamed WMD 🙂
Still problems with the master server, so no servers list for now :(.
MASTER SERVER UP! YOU CAN PLAY!
You can now play King Arthur’s Gold on Linux. Let me know if it works (or doesn’t). I haven’t tested it really that much.
This release introduces…
You get 3 of these on respawn or resupply at tent. Throw by pointing mouse and holding & then releasing [F] key (default). It might be a good idea, in the future, to buy these for gold or something.
Besides that, this version has lots and lots of big bug fixes.
Also you can now vote for map restart or load a map during the game on your server as admin.
Changes build 30-32:
– added bombs for knight (hold & release [F] key)
– fixed sprite graphics glitch on older video cards
– louder bow pull sound
– increased precision of network object velocities
– fixed some map collision bugs
– fixed teleporting inside map
– optimized collision code
– fixed arrow map collisions
– added fast arrow springy sound hit
– added team emblem graphics on team pick
– resources on HUD are drawn in multiple rows now
– available blocks on HUD now drawn in lower part of screen
– fixed ladder placing not working sometimes
– fixed readme.txt not auto-updated
– added map restart command (restartmap)
– added map load command (loadmap [name])
– added map save command (savemap [name])
– added server send message to all players (msg [text])
– added vote map restart
– changed minimap colors
– dead not displayed on minimap
– can’t resupply in enemy tent, only change class
My biggest design challenge right now is how to end the game. As you know the point of the game is to collect more gold than the opposing team, but there is no limit were the game actually ends. This is because it is a waste to suddenly end the map and restart it. All the stuff people built will vanish.
There are several possibilities I have in mind (feel free to add yours):
Let me explain that last one. The map wouldn’t actually be restarted. The winning team would stay in its castle. But the losing team would lose their whole base. All of their structures would come to the winning side (doors would be replaced automatically). The losers now move onto the opposite side and start on a fresh ground.
Now what happens if the losers on second round win? They return back to their original base? No, because returning to old castles is boring. They win everything and the new losers respawn again on their opposite side. And so on and so on…
The biggest problem with this is that I’ll have to recode how the maps are done to allow infinite maps. Right now they have fixed size.
What do you think?
Griefer vote kicking is here!
Changes build 28-30:
– added kick voting (select in mainmenu [ESC], no [F11] yes [F12])
– added server kick command (kick [playername] [minutes])
– player respawns as last selected class
– sack on back is more visible
– added tent flag animation
– tent is now in front of players
– added variable descriptions in autoconfig.gm
– all doors placed vertically open when player touches
– player names forced to be unique
– fixed holes appearing after loading a map
– doors require 30 wood & 30 stone (previously 50 each)
I think the readme.txt doesn’t get updated, I need to fix that. In the meantime here is the full readme file.