I also think the Pathfinding is a bit wrong, when i put a Elephant inside a castle, instead of walking to the gate and go fight the enemies, he just go break the walls so he can get out. :(
There is no real pathfinding. I decided to don't use A*, because I wanted the units to be a bit stupid. You can either change the unit behaviour to guard mode, or place the elephant directly in fron of the castle
Sounds cool! and the PvP server you were talking about could be like the gladiator arena but you cant pick weapons up and each kill gives you 1 coin.and the costs would be different on shields,weapons,and armour.for example:
sword 5 coins
spear 10 coins
pike 20 coins
helmet 15 coins
bow 10 coins
kinda like that but these don't have to be the cost for the things.
I don't have a date for that. I first want to finish Ancient Warfare 2. I don't mean end the development, I want to bring it to a state, which could be the end of development.
The game will reach this state in about 1-2 months(2-3 updates). Then I will start to create the modern spin off.
About the spin off:
I will use the custom battle editor and the level bundles. All other gamemodes will be removed and the content will be replaced with modern stuff from WWI, WWII, modern and maybe future content.
Of course, I will make adjustments to the AI and other systems.
Update: I got help from my brother for the spin off. We started the planning today and he will start with the modelling now. So maybe the spin off will be released soon!
spiked armour (when hit 20% of the damage taken is reflected back onto the enemy who hit the soldier that had the spiked armour and it only works with melee)
slanted armour (deflects all projectiles except for bullets)
traps:
spike pit (a pit that has spikes at the bottom)
poison trap (shoots a poison arrow when the trip wire is activated)
fire pit (a pit with fire at the bottom)
units:
armoured archers/crossbows
armoured riders
armoured elephants
camals
armoured camals
hoplites
pikemen
assassin (a quick hitting unit that has 2 blades and moves quick)
poison hwacha
that's all I can think of.also I was looking at other comments and some were talking about a modern one.will you still continue updating this when the modern one comes out?and also I have a 4 gig laptop and this game runs very well on it and I think this game is awesome.thankyou for reading all of this.
HEY there! just wanted to say that i love your game, and with the recent uptade even more. but i have a few questions...did you eleminate the default castle? i can´t find it...and one more, i have a good laptop with an i7 5500u and a amd radeon r7 m260 with 4 gb of ram and windows 10. i want to play like 100 vs 100 men with a siege and i cant even do it with like 60 from each side....and on totally accurate batlle simulator i have no problems...or other games like rome 2 total war with many units its just fine. so please invest a litle bit in performance optimizations!
but i have to say that you have a great game there, with many cool features!
ps:sorry for bad english, i´m actually portuguese!
Hey mate, thank you for your feedback! I think I wrote it in my last devblog, but I removed the old castle from the game, because there is a new system for buildings now and I don't want to integrate the old castle system in the next versions.
I'm still working on the performance. I know there the problem is and I will find a solution soon.
When the modern version comes out, I have a great idea for a video. But I need your permission because it's controversial. I will use riflemen, make battles, and add German military marches. I am asking for permission because I don't want your company (If it is one) to be tarnished by the videos. Thx! ~Sean
I haven't started the development, but since I have all code from Ancient Warfare, I just have to create new content and rewrite the AI. You can expect it in about 2 months
So Jannik, I'm pleased to see you took my idea of adding armored horses! And I'm really happy for that. Let's get to the point. Here is my idea what to add and a bug.
Idea: Armored horses with armored riders/knights!
Bug: Archers shoot the enemies without looking at them which kinda ruins the cinematic part.
Hey mate, it's a good idea to add armored riders to the armored horses.
I'm aware of that bug. There is a hotfix to fix this behaviour if the unit is not on a castle wall, but I think there will be another hotfix for this issue soon.
It's just a bit slower. But it's better than the old one, because it doesn't freeze the application, which is a big problem on slower computers and it's a bit slower, because I can do some more optimizations for the runtime in the new system.
Oh ,ok. I have to just spend 5 euro on steam (because accounts that haven't buyed anything on steam can't do anything) And then i'll support you on Steam Greenlight.
NO! Please note that I created the concept of the game for ludumdare 36 "Ancient technology". I wasn't aware of tabs when I started the development and the only real similarity is that you can just watch the battles. The focus of this game is to actually play a character in different gamemodes.
i love this update i love riding on the elephants and i like the traps and the 2 new maps and the great new units and running and can,t wait to see what you have planed on your upcoming update on jan 25 and thanks for this update :)
-Castle building system -New building parts -Traps -Elephant/horse riding -37 new units -King vs. king mode -Quick battle mode -Procedural battles -Performance improvements -2 new biomes -Editor improvements -Faster AI
I want to ask you , dear creator, is there an option to pay with paysafecard on this site? (Not with the card, with the 16-pin coupon) , because i really want to support you :D
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will you continue doing updates after this one?
Yes! There are already two more updates planned, but there will be even more.
cool mate! can´t wait for them! :)
Is there a way to rotate units faster?
I also think the Pathfinding is a bit wrong, when i put a Elephant inside a castle, instead of walking to the gate and go fight the enemies, he just go break the walls so he can get out. :(
There is no real pathfinding. I decided to don't use A*, because I wanted the units to be a bit stupid. You can either change the unit behaviour to guard mode, or place the elephant directly in fron of the castle
A trick to rotate faster is to rotate with the keyboard and use the mouse scroll wheel at the same time.
hey JNI i have a great idea for a unit a gold armored unit with weapons like a pike or a kama or a axe might be a great idea
add stairs or ladders in building
That's really difficult, because I want to keep the movement simple, because the game is very minimalistic. But I will think about it anyway.
hey Jannik i have some ideas:
gold armor for the player to
legendary weapons:
-golden axe -sword of death -blood sycle
ad one PvP server with an arena and a shop and you can buy weapons with coins you win in the arena
building parts and traps:
-castel stages -king's tower -surprise rock (if you touch it it wil blow up) -falling cage (a cage that wil fall from an tree)
one new map: lake
Sounds cool! and the PvP server you were talking about could be like the gladiator arena but you cant pick weapons up and each kill gives you 1 coin.and the costs would be different on shields,weapons,and armour.for example:
sword 5 coins
spear 10 coins
pike 20 coins
helmet 15 coins
bow 10 coins
kinda like that but these don't have to be the cost for the things.
Of course that would be really cool. If I add multiplayer, this is definitely an idea to think about.
I think to host one server isn't very expensive and maybe I could host 2 virtual servers on one hardware server.
Jannik, when will you release the modern spin-off?
And what is it going to look like?
I don't have a date for that. I first want to finish Ancient Warfare 2. I don't mean end the development, I want to bring it to a state, which could be the end of development.
The game will reach this state in about 1-2 months(2-3 updates). Then I will start to create the modern spin off.
About the spin off:
I will use the custom battle editor and the level bundles. All other gamemodes will be removed and the content will be replaced with modern stuff from WWI, WWII, modern and maybe future content.
Of course, I will make adjustments to the AI and other systems.
If you ever have a idea of when it will be released could you email it to me?
If yes I will give you my Gmail.
Update: I got help from my brother for the spin off. We started the planning today and he will start with the modelling now. So maybe the spin off will be released soon!
Ok! Thanks!
I have some suggestions:
armour:
spiked armour (when hit 20% of the damage taken is reflected back onto the enemy who hit the soldier that had the spiked armour and it only works with melee)
slanted armour (deflects all projectiles except for bullets)
traps:
spike pit (a pit that has spikes at the bottom)
poison trap (shoots a poison arrow when the trip wire is activated)
fire pit (a pit with fire at the bottom)
units:
armoured archers/crossbows
armoured riders
armoured elephants
camals
armoured camals
hoplites
pikemen
assassin (a quick hitting unit that has 2 blades and moves quick)
poison hwacha
that's all I can think of.also I was looking at other comments and some were talking about a modern one.will you still continue updating this when the modern one comes out?and also I have a 4 gig laptop and this game runs very well on it and I think this game is awesome.thankyou for reading all of this.
Thank you for all the suggestions. I think they are all great, so I will implement all very soon!
The modern version will be a spin off, but my focus is on this game and I will continue updating this one.
Thanks for replying JNI and thanks for implementing them when you do. and when the new one comes out ill probably get it.
hey Tropicanwars i dont want to make you mad on me but you stelle some of mi ideas look down
please dont be mad at me OK
yeah I know that and those suggestions you made were good to.
i got an idea for the game:
-try adding gun troops and guns for the player too
-military jeeps with turrets too
How about you look at the title of the game....Ancient Warfare 2! Not modern warfare 2
hey JNI i have a good idea for a game mode a survival game mode ware you have to survive
for as long as you can and random units come and kill you sounds great
i think he did that in the gladiator arena but you only get a knife
@above you are right.
The gladiator arena is actually a survival mode ;)
oh it,s the survival mode
Dear, Jannik.
I have an idea but I don't know if it will work!
Add mages with different powers as: Fire, Earth, Water, Air.
And Maybe: Assassins and Roman troops?
Thanks for your suggestions.
If I will add fantasy units, I will add those units!
And I will add some roman units, if they have weapons, which aren't in game.
Basically you could make a ''Anubis'' character if you know what it is.
Add some weapons like swords that's made of sandstone.... or so.
I really want to see in the next update cannons on the walls or something like balistas in the towers.It will be really cool :)
Thank you for the feedback. I will see what I can do ;)
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HEY there! just wanted to say that i love your game, and with the recent uptade even more. but i have a few questions...did you eleminate the default castle? i can´t find it...and one more, i have a good laptop with an i7 5500u and a amd radeon r7 m260 with 4 gb of ram and windows 10. i want to play like 100 vs 100 men with a siege and i cant even do it with like 60 from each side....and on totally accurate batlle simulator i have no problems...or other games like rome 2 total war with many units its just fine. so please invest a litle bit in performance optimizations!
but i have to say that you have a great game there, with many cool features!
ps:sorry for bad english, i´m actually portuguese!
Hey mate, thank you for your feedback! I think I wrote it in my last devblog, but I removed the old castle from the game, because there is a new system for buildings now and I don't want to integrate the old castle system in the next versions.
I'm still working on the performance. I know there the problem is and I will find a solution soon.
okay, tank you for clarifying me that! :)
alright then, keep working on this awesome game!
Cheers! :D
Of course I will do that. I can't pay for servers as long as the game is free to play.
This update is HUGE! I've been having a lot of fun with the elephants in particular :)
Thanks for sharing. It's a good video!
When the modern version comes out, I have a great idea for a video. But I need your permission because it's controversial. I will use riflemen, make battles, and add German military marches. I am asking for permission because I don't want your company (If it is one) to be tarnished by the videos. Thx! ~Sean
I think it's ok. I don't know how the law is, but I don't have anything to do with the content of your video. So, I think it's no problem for me ;)
Ok! Thx So much!!! Bu, when do you plan on releasing it?
I haven't started the development, but since I have all code from Ancient Warfare, I just have to create new content and rewrite the AI. You can expect it in about 2 months
i read your last devblog and i past the multyplayrt section. and i have ideas for multyplayer: -king of the hill -capture the flag -king vs king
ideas for new units
-doctor (heal theyr alyes) -asasin (kills you in one hit) -fire ball catapult -mage -poison hawacha
equidment ideas
-thorn armor -thorn shild -medkit (one use)
ideas for buildings and traps
-chests( rare and random on the map you can find equidment in ) -metal wals -spike hole trap -falling trees
i hope you se this. im happy wen i give you ideas. i suport you and i like acient warfare2 so much.
Thank you for your ideas! I'm pretty sure, that you will see some of them in the game, soon.
So Jannik, I'm pleased to see you took my idea of adding armored horses! And I'm really happy for that. Let's get to the point. Here is my idea what to add and a bug.
Idea: Armored horses with armored riders/knights!
Bug: Archers shoot the enemies without looking at them which kinda ruins the cinematic part.
Hope you can use this! -Chris.
Hey mate, it's a good idea to add armored riders to the armored horses.
I'm aware of that bug. There is a hotfix to fix this behaviour if the unit is not on a castle wall, but I think there will be another hotfix for this issue soon.
Ok, thanks for replying!
JNI i dislike the new loading system do to making the game slow
It's just a bit slower. But it's better than the old one, because it doesn't freeze the application, which is a big problem on slower computers and it's a bit slower, because I can do some more optimizations for the runtime in the new system.
oh will i have a really good PC and thanks for replying
Siege Battles :) This update is EPIC ;)
Awesome thumbnail, I will watch it later!
Great job. can camera speed in building custom mode be increased a bit? it is really slow now :)
BTW, it looks like optimalization is huge problem of this game right now
Thank you for your feedback. I will increase the the speed of the camera. But did you know, that you can speed up the camera by pressing shift?
The performance isn't the best. I know where the problem is and I will add a new movement system soon, to heavily improve the performance.
Oh, shift worked very nice. Thanks
The best game ever :)
Thank you for sharing! I really enjoyed your video!
Hello there again, i want to ask you , JNI , will this game be on steam? And if it will be, will it be free to play? If not, how much will it cost?
Since yesterday, it's on steam greenlight. I want to release the game for free on steam.
Oh ,ok. I have to just spend 5 euro on steam (because accounts that haven't buyed anything on steam can't do anything) And then i'll support you on Steam Greenlight.
Thank you very much!
In the modern Version of the game, will you add tanks
Maybe. I delayed the plans, because I want to bring Ancient Warfare 2 to steam first.
Will you still update it here on itch.io?
will you add more levels to the campaign
I will add level bundles with different campaigns
Is this game highly inspired by TABS?
NO! Please note that I created the concept of the game for ludumdare 36 "Ancient technology". I wasn't aware of tabs when I started the development and the only real similarity is that you can just watch the battles. The focus of this game is to actually play a character in different gamemodes.
I was just wondering :P
i love this update i love riding on the elephants and i like the traps and the 2 new maps and the great new units and running and can,t wait to see what you have planed on your upcoming update on jan 25 and thanks for this update :)
Découverte de ce jeux vraiment sympas !
Thx to the Developer for this game !
Thank you for sharing!
Update 2 is here
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i ike it more than tabs b/c u can go int o firstperson and fight also theres more gamemodes amd more troop selection
I'm glad that you like it!
will this game have bosses in it
I don't want to add fantasy creatures, but maybe I will do it though...
I mentioned one or two things I think should be changed in the video ,but I still love this game.
Thank you for sharing! I will watch it this evening to hear your feedback.
will this game have a thing that you can use battles that peeps made
I would like to create something like that, but since the game is for free, I have no money to buy enough server resources.
oh maybe you can put this game on steam and make it cost money or something
Is it just me or is the campaign really hard?
i agree
I want to ask you , dear creator, is there an option to pay with paysafecard on this site? (Not with the card, with the 16-pin coupon) , because i really want to support you :D
Hey mate, thank you for your intention to support me. Unfortunately you can't pay with a paysafecard on itch.io or gamejolt....
Oh, that's a little b shite right here :/
Santa in this new update has to be stronger. Why is he so week and only have a stick? HE IS SANTA! Atleast give him a new weapon thats really strong.
His weapon is an one hit weapon... What weapon would you suggest?
A candy cane...
will you add more edditing for the selfmade maps?
and when will come the next update?
Tomorrow, 15pm UTC
next update tomorrow :3
I thought about a tool to allow players to change the height of the terrain. Maybe I will add some more features for map modifications.
will this game have more maps
Yes, two new biomes will be added in the next update tomorrow.
Will there be any prehistoric maps and some WWI and WWII stuff in the future?
There will be a modern version with content from WWI to future. I haven't thought about maps, but I will do it.