Dear Community,
Last week, the team saw an advertisement for an expensive premium service that developers can integrate into their games. The service collects player bug reports and sends them to a server so developers can be notified and fix issues as quickly as possible.
That service was outside the budget, but the idea was useful. So a manageable custom-built solution was integrated into update V0.8.5 to send bug reports to the Tormentis server.
Within 48 hours, more than 80 reports were sent and traced back to 16 bugs. These issues had not appeared in internal test runs, but all of them have now been fixed. That alone was reason enough for version V0.8.6.
Controls and Dodge
Based on the extensive feedback received over the past few days, the focus was on control issues, especially clicks, mouse positions, and the dodge skill.
The dodge skill has been reworked to feel more direct, faster, and more responsive.
Daily Tasks for New Players
The team also noticed that new players previously only received daily tasks starting at level 8.
This has been changed so new players now start the game with special daily tasks that introduce them to some of the game's features.
More Bugfix Releases
The team asks for feedback on the improved controls and the reworked dodge skill.
Two or three more bug-fix releases like this are expected, with the goal of reaching a truly polished version as quickly as possible.
Enjoy the new version!
Oliver