Matthew Allen
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Post by Matthew Allen on Aug 13, 2014 17:41:25 GMT
We will be releasing an update to the PC version this Thursday (i.e tomorrow). Below is a complete list of changes and we’ll be sharing a new update on our blog in the 24 hours. New Things- New Gift: Flag - allows you to put a flagpole in your world to increase happiness and look cool. (more flags to come!)
- New Gift: School of Fish - Fish can now be placed in the sea.
- New Card: Statue of Belief Collection - added, enables you to store some belief when you're not there to pick it up.
- New Card: Tree Buff - The tree buff upgrade card further increases the amount of belief produced by abodes in the vicinity of trees.
- New Card: Super Follower Boost - Boost your followers even more, making them work harder and longer.
Fixes- Stopped campfires being created on top of gem seams and granite
- Fix for rock colours being wrong in some situations
- Fix for part of the fountain tutorial not appearing.
- Destination button in events now only appears if there is at least one event to pick from.
- Happiness and gift balancing
- Fixed some tooltip locations
- Reduced Astari Fire damage, to fix bug with them being too easy to kill
- Tree of joy springs up out of the floor rather than being dropped
- Gems only rewarded after all followers have climbed pit of doom steps
- Fix to prevent temples ending up in the water whilst sculpting
- Tweaks to happiness for homeless followers
- During leashing tutorial leashes, will only be accepted if they end on the layer of the temple itself or the one under it.
- Removing rotation snap back
- Balance file changes
- Settlements with courtyards now allow followers to go back home
- Minor colour tweaks to trees and beautify
- Fixes to Mac audio when sacrificing followers
- New splash screen text
- Revised colours for trees on various landscapes
- Buying items when you don't have enough belief will no longer automatically take gems
- Fix for rare issue where tutorial complets without starting to build the temple
- Fixed some crashes
- Updated some animations
If there any any further updates, we will update you in this thread. |
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Post by neonero on Aug 13, 2014 19:23:17 GMT
new start required i guess.
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Post by Crumpy Six on Aug 13, 2014 21:23:01 GMT
"Balance file changes" - what does this entail? Will this give us a quick fix for the present timer issues in the PC version?
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Post by Qetesh on Aug 13, 2014 21:27:33 GMT
I just hope this is not anywhere near the completion of the PC sprint.That should take much longer and require a huge over haul of the game.
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Post by Qetesh on Aug 13, 2014 21:28:43 GMT
new start required i guess. I would certainly hope so. I don't want any stickers/bubbles/cards/gems in the PC sprint. |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 13, 2014 21:29:28 GMT
I just hope this is not anywhere near the completion of the PC sprint.That should take much longer and require a huge over haul of the game. Of course not. I don't think they'll even be starting the PC sprint for at least two months. |
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Post by Qetesh on Aug 13, 2014 21:33:53 GMT
I just hope this is not anywhere near the completion of the PC sprint.That should take much longer and require a huge over haul of the game. Of course not. I don't think they'll even be starting the PC sprint for at least two months. Then why bother with the update for the game the way it is now? Fix the core problems, then give me a flag or whatnot. This is like having a broken transmission and buying some new seat covers first...huh? Fix the transmission first.  |
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Post by rubgish on Aug 13, 2014 21:38:07 GMT
I guess it's an attempt to return to the weekly updates they promised a while ago (before the big mobile-only sprint). At least it shows they are adding new stuff to the PC version I guess?
Also I don't think it'll be a homeworld reset (or at least not a mandatory one), it doesn't have any major changes in it.
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Post by Qetesh on Aug 13, 2014 21:50:56 GMT
I guess it's an attempt to return to the weekly updates they promised a while ago (before the big mobile-only sprint). At least it shows they are adding new stuff to the PC version I guess? Also I don't think it'll be a homeworld reset (or at least not a mandatory one), it doesn't have any major changes in it. I do understand that, but if the game needs a total re-haul then some of these little things might end up back on the drawing wall again anyway. I really wish they would just recognize the PC game needs to taken down to it's roots and reworked with no F2p mechanics at all. One with a true story in it and one that is fit for the title of God game. As it stands today, the PC version of Godus is very similar to Sim City with F2p mechanics in it. You can just call the belief.. Votes and rename the game Mayorland, one that has ability to buy certain powers from some real God called 22cans. In Godus we build settlements aka cities, we build houses and wait for followers to move into them, just like Sim City, in both games you have to clear the ground before you can build in it. You have limited resources in both games that you can buy more in Godus but in Sim City you have to just be a better Mayor to be successful. How does that make sense? A God needs to buy his way out of trouble but the Mayor can manage his way out? With such huge core design problems it makes much more sense to acknowledge that and hunker down and work up from the foundation. It just does not make sense to paint the car when you are going to have to take it apart to fix that transmission. Please 22cans, don't paint the car, fix the broken engine. |
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I don't like: Waiting
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Stickers
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Not being a god in a god game
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Post by jpw on Aug 13, 2014 22:15:53 GMT
I really have been trying to give Godus another go. I have realised however as many that you can only play Godus in 5min spurts and then return to it 5-10 min later. It is a mobile game. Given the number of resources belief, wheat, gems, stickers, I simply feel limited. Please fix the entire balance of this game, so that if I wanted to, and I do, I could sit down and play Godus for 5 hours straight, don't give me tasks to do, let me play the game. Perhaps the problem is if you remove the waiting, then it very quickly becomes apparent that there is no game. What specifics can we look forward to as a result of the PC sprint. I can't name a single game that uses resources where it takes so long to generate resources, and then they are used so quickly, the entire resource management is broken. It is worse now than anything we were previously given.
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Post by engarde on Aug 14, 2014 9:48:14 GMT
No restart, according to Matt's response to me on the official forum.
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Lord Ba'al
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 14, 2014 16:59:03 GMT
A reliable little birdie informed me that the update is now live.
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Post by engarde on Aug 14, 2014 17:08:14 GMT
Yep.
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Post by engarde on Aug 14, 2014 17:11:41 GMT
 Complete with bobbins version number |
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Post by Deth on Aug 14, 2014 19:32:00 GMT
So people are going to share their mod files so we can see how others think the game should be balanced right? That and I might be to lazy to try balancing it my self and would love to find another mod file I like to play with.
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Post by Danjal on Aug 14, 2014 20:19:58 GMT
Just booted up this update, seems that it totally broke the game and now gems no longer get given at all.
Sacked a couple hundred dudes and done. Folks aren't respawning and gems aren't being handed out.
Either its still trying to figure out how many dudes I threw in (all the people are gone, the buildings haven't started breeding and the pit is still flashing the sacrifice animation), or it lost count and is now hiding in the corner.
Either way, I'm waiting =P
*EDIT* - so, I decided to try out the new voyages. Apparently this voyages has something to do with castles and giants?
When I inevitably got smashed and had to return, my pit of doom exploded. Hundreds upon hundreds of followers trundling back out on their way back home...
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Lord Ba'al
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Posts: 6,260
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I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Aug 14, 2014 21:40:40 GMT
That's quite a bug.
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Post by Danjal on Aug 14, 2014 21:45:41 GMT
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