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Who let the dogs out...
Let's try to make a return with development news then. It's taken some browsing of the code and decoding hazy written notes to find the path which I was following prior to fracturing my arm, and the sick leave that followed. But now also my to-do memory has recovered to great extent and there are snippets of upcoming features to present. Dogs... NPC dogs... Village dogs... Dogs to better protect the NPCs... that's what I had started to code, and that's what is now to be continued. Village dogs are now released out of their pens, and they roam freely at the village area. This allows village dogs to truly protect the village from possible threats and intruders. Village dogs are also improved in their watch dog behavior, and unfamiliar visitors are now greeted with alarm barks and by coming close by to sniff and check them. Village dogs may seem intimidating for strangers but this behavior is gradually toned down when you become more familiar with the village. ...to be continued -- there are a few more dog things coming up.. March 21, 2019, 02:53:06 PM |
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A bear-hunting trip gone wrong...
Hey everyone! I wrote a twitter thread the other day after playing Unreal World, and thought I'd share the text of it here as well. The text matches that on Twitter, so everything is a short paragraph to fit into the character limit. But the whole experience was a big 'wow' moment for me, and made me really appreciate just how much effort has been put into Unreal World. Sami, thank you again for an incredible game! — I'm super fond of simulation games where the mechanics result in good stories. Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld are shining examples. Recently, I've been playing Unreal World, a roguelike survival game that's been under active development since 1992! It's been *incredible*. Unreal World is set in fictional Finland, during the iron age. There's hunting, fishing, building, crafting, trading... all the stuff that I love. Our story here begins in early winter. The lakes are starting to freeze. Game is becoming more scarce... But I'm well prepared. I've a small dwelling, a stockpile of smoked fish and elk cuts, a single pig, and my trusty hunting dog. My character, Hawk, wrapped in furs, decides it's the perfect time to explore. Perhaps I can find a shaman to teach me ritual, or even a bear den. I pack my spear, bow, arrows, tools, and smoked meat. Since I'll be exploring new ground, I also pack some things to trade; a selection of fine axes I've picked up, and some furs from successful hunts. I leave my dog to keep watch at my cabin, in case predators go after the pig. I head north, towards my ancestral homelands. After days of cross-country I begin to come across small villages, but they're digging in for the winter as well. Not much is happening there. And then, climbing a large hill to get a better view of the land, I spot someone. It's not often I see others in the wilderness, especially this far north as the grass is replaced by snow. They could be a trader, or even a fellow hunter. I only caught a glimpse of them through the trees in the distance. I make my way through the woods to see. I get closer and get a better look. It's clear they're not a trader, and looking at their gear they're not a hunter. I've heard talk of bandits, and while I've not been spotted, I slowly and quietly make my way back out of sight... when I step on a twig. They turn, and head straight towards me. I try to duck and weave through the trees, but I'm loaded down with trading goods, and they're not. They rapidly close. I get told I can hand over my valuables, or they'll take them by force. But one guy? Surely I can take one guy. I respond with a thrust of my spear, but he dodges out of the way, and strikes at me with his axe. I don't succeed in dodging, and the blade slices my knee, and I'm instantly down on the ground. Then I see it's not a lone bandit, there are *three*. I can't fight three with a knee injury, and I try to surrender, but it's too late. Two more blows fall, and then everything goes dark. I awake, sometime later... My tools are gone, my weapons are gone, even the furs I was wearing are gone. It's dark, and snowing... A few of my possessions are still around. My food, a bandage, some arrows, and a fine squirrel skin they must have missed. A wound on my leg is bleeding profusely. I bandage it up, and try to get a fire started using fallen branches. Somehow I succeed. I take stock of my situation. A gash on my head looks bad, but doesn't seem serious... I try to stand, but my knee isn't going to take it... I have enough strength to pull some branches off a nearby tree, and skill to fashion a crude stone knife. Getting a fire running I eat some of my smoked meats, drink from my waterskin, and fall asleep. I awake, cold, but alive. The bleeding seems to have stopped. But I'm injured, in the middle of nowhere, with almost no tools, valuables, or even clothes... My rations assumed I could hunt or trade for food, and now both of those aren't possible... Somehow my fishing rod is still okay. Rather than crawl south, I head north, to a small lake I camped by two seasons ago. I move slowly, having to stop for fire, food, and rest. I make it to the lake. My food is gone, and I've been eating late season mushrooms and lingonberries I've been foraging along the way. Water is life. I can't hunt, but I *can* fish. Dragging a small stack of firewood to the lakeside, I knock a hole in the ice, and hope... The lake does not disappoint. After an hour I hook an enormous pike, weighing seven pounds, and a few smaller fish follow. Despite my gnawing hunger I set one fish down as an offering of thanks to the spirits, and begin roasting the others. In other circumstances, I would consider settling down here while I heal. The lake provides fish. The forest has mushrooms. I can build traps to catch the odd bird or hare. But I'm in the north. I have almost no clothes. I know I won't survive the winter. So I spend a couple of days by the lake, treating my wounds, crafting a stone axe, resting, and catching more fish than I eat. My knee still won't support my weight, but I've stabilised. So I head off south, slowly, and harvesting any plants and mushrooms I see along the way. After what feels like forever, I arrive at a village. I'm cold, and starving, but the villagers are good people, they give me food and shelter. A shaman applies a poultice to my wounds. One villager asks if I'd take a message to the next village over. I'm not sure he really looked at my injuries, but the next village is very close, and he says he'll pay five squirrel-skins of goods if I do it soon. That's not much, but it's a fortune in my current state. I accept. Normally it'd be a few hours walk, it takes me a day. I return, and ask for some of my reward to be more food, which I devour hungrily. There are fires in the village, but everyone else has winter furs, and I do not. I start to fell a small tree for wood, and am promptly told that I'm not to do that in the village. I figured I'd stay a few days to gain my strength and heal, but it seems anything I do to stay alive gains the ire of the villagers. I can't set traps. I can't light fires. I'm told I'm no longer welcome, and asked to leave, even without the rest of my reward. I don't argue. I continue south. Each day feels like it's nothing but harvesting wood, lighting fires, tending to my injuries, and being unable to sleep from the hunger. I'm far from any lakes, shivering from cold, and slowly wasting away. I'm sure I'm done for. But one day, I test my knee, and while painful, it holds my weight. I can stand enough to swing my stone axe. I can walk at a hobbling pace. The days are dark and cold, but I think I might actually get through this. I make it to another village, and I'm literally weak with hunger. I hand over that squirrel skin in trade for food. I know these people don't let me light fires, but I can add firewood to their own fires. I do so, and they seem pleased. I eat and rest. I feel hope. The next week is rough, but I have dried food from the village, I can walk, I can harvest wood. The land starts to look familiar. I make it home. My dog is still here, and delighted to see me! I crawl into my cabin, light the fire, and collapse. This was an *incredible* experience that had me up until 2am. I was so engrossed I lost track of time. All because Unreal World has *so much* attention to detail and game mechanics. If you like survival roguelikes, and don't mind a learning curve, it's superb. March 27, 2019, 12:01:14 AM |
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Re: What's Going On In Your Unreal World?
Today I fought my first njerp warrior. I encountered him while transferring items from a logging outpost to a site I planned on building a permanent house. Luckily I was prepared. I had my longbow equipped and broadhead arrows ready. My 2 trust dogs leashed by my side named "pup pup" and "cutie". I immediately unleashed them and ordered to attack. Pup pup dashed towards the warrior, and cutie barked in dismay and refused to attack. My only choice was to fire upon the warrior. My first shot was lucky, piercing his hand and causing him to fall. Pup pup was on him and bit him with ferocity. Pup pup was brave. The warrior took his broadsword and swung it true at poor pup pup killing him instantly. I shot again despite my agony, and the arrow pierced his abdomen, falling him again. My lucky shots and the bravery of pup pup's sacrifice allowed me then to slowly approach the felled wounded warrior and slit his throat. I mourned pup pup. But being the pragmatist that I am, I butchered him to allow more food supply for cutie. Rest in peace Pup pup. I'm sorry. March 28, 2019, 03:59:56 AM |
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Who let the dogs into the wild...
Dog related additions now continue with dog companions for wandering NPCs. Wandering woodsmen and adventurers you may encounter in the wild can now occasionally have dog companions with them. And just like the dogs owned by player characters these will also protect their masters. These are future features, not yet functional in current version 3.52. March 30, 2019, 05:57:50 PM |
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Re: Sheep killed a glutton?
Could it have been a wolf in sheep's clothing? (hehe)
March 31, 2019, 04:20:36 AM |
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I swear by shutters!
For the first time ever, I was attacked by robbers at my cabin! Fortunately, on a whim I had built every wall with shutters, so, I actually saw these coming on the other side of my fence (I had built no traps!). I rushed to my weapon stash (I was inside my cabin) and grabbed a lot of Fine Broadheads and ran back to the shutter. I managed to put 3 of them on the ground, though they were not dead yet. Then, I heard a door opening behind me! lol... I fired two more arrows and had to switch to my spear. My previous arrow work had badly injured the two inside and I finished them with my spear. Then I went outside and killed another lying on the ground. Circling the cabin, I found the last one and got a kill with a thrown javelin. I assume that there were only 4 because that's all I found. What a great adventure! I have to ask, though, would my cabin have been robbed if I had not been home then? March 31, 2019, 04:35:38 AM |
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Re: Who let the dogs into the wild...
Nice. What happens when you hire those characters? Do you get the dog's abilities as a bonus, and, if so, to what extent (ordering it around, getting it to carry items, etc.)? In my tests none of the dog owners met in the wild agreed to be hired. This could be because they don't want get into trouble with their precious pets, or because they don't want to lend their pets to anybody to any extent, or because it's prevented due to resulting spin-off features being far too costly to implement in the midst of other priorities.  March 31, 2019, 02:44:55 PM |
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Colorful domestic animal summary
A little summary of the latest future additions with screenshots. We'll be seeing wandering NPC woodsmen and adventurers occasionally having dog companions with them in the wild. And we'll be seeing village dogs released out of their pens, to roam freely at the village area - in this fashion:  You may ask, is it just me or are the two dogs of different color? Nothing wrong with your eyes, they are different color, and so are the cows in the pen also - if you look closely. See, as another new addition all the domestic animals may have subtle varieties in their coat colors now. This adds some flavour to the game world, but also makes it easier to distinguish different colored pets from each others just by their looks. Lets end the briefing with some pigs showing off their new varying coat colors.  These are future features, not yet functional in current version 3.52. April 10, 2019, 03:22:55 PM |
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Re: The Snakes of Winter!
This legacy issue with snakes has been fixed now, with some additional love for snakes which I'll post at dev.news in a few minutes. (And at the same time, bears have been given proper hibernation as well.) Fixed - persists in 3.52 April 13, 2019, 08:15:51 PM |
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Legacy snakes issues fixed, some new snake love added
For quite a long time there's been a gutsy fistful of legacy issues related to snakes which are now fixed and balanced as follows: - snakes now cause point type wounds. (Currently they cause tear wounds, which isn't quite right.) - snakes now hibernate during the winter as they should. (Currently they are active all year around, which isn't quite right.) - snakes are now slightly more common than previously - snakes are now venomous, as they should be The snakes in the game are vipers. They are venomous species but the bites are usually not highly dangerous. If the venom is discharged upon a bite it will take several days for the snake to refill its venom glands. However, the snakes can naturally bite without venom too. These are future additions - not yet functional in current version 3.52 April 13, 2019, 08:21:31 PM |
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