This one is actually two huge changes to the game. Continents Previously, the world was just one big landmass, with smaller pieces of ocean stuck here and there. It was consistent with the story mythos about a 4D-scrambled world, but it was only so interesting. And worst of all, it made the dividing lines for…
DetailsYesterday we received the awesome news that A Valley Without Wind has been voted into the top 100 of IndieDB’s Indie of the Year 2011, and is onto the second round. The game can be found in the “upcoming games” section under the “adventure” category. We’re both excited and humbled to still be in the running alongside some…
DetailsThis one is another major game-flow changer. First off, I should note that there are also some important bugfixes in here, mostly relating to multiplayer. That’s why we went ahead and pushed this out in the middle of the day, rather than just waiting until later in the day when the rest of our new…
DetailsThere is nothing subtle or incremental about this one. All the stats for characters and monsters have been reworked internally, and as part of that we’ve redone the general balance and flow of combat. Enemy spells tend to be a lot slower now, but more plentiful and more frequent. Trash mobs have a lot of…
DetailsArcen Games is pleased to pass along new information regarding our procedurally-generated, post-apocalyptic 2D sidescrolling action/adventure title A Valley Without Wind. The game has reached yet another major milestone as the multiplayer component has entered alpha and for the first time is publicly available for testing. For those interested in opting into co-operative play in…
DetailsThis one has a whole list of fixes for multiplayer AVWW, to get rid of most of the small annoyances that have been reported. In other news, we have plans for how to deal with the one major annoyance in the next few days, so stay tuned on that. But we did want to give…
DetailsOn Friday we announced the first public alpha of multiplayer, and feedback on that was very positive except for one major point, which was could not have been received more negatively. The point in question is the “multiverse thing,” which is detailed here.What Happens Next With “The Multiverse Thing”Firstly to go ahead with the most…
DetailsThis one has been a long time coming — in the works since October 7th, in fact. Ever since that date, Keith has been working almost solely on getting multiplayer up and going, and so that’s caused basically nothing to happen with the macro game parts of the game for that large swathe of beta. …
DetailsThis one is our first one since coming back from the Thanksgiving holiday — hope everyone else who celebrates it had a great holiday also. There are a number of important bugfixes to this one, including the “leveling up takes off my suit” bug that was causing a number of people to die a fiery…
DetailsLooking to pick up some great gifts for yourself or loved ones on Black Friday, but boarded up in your home as you rightfully should be? Great news! Online digital distribution king Steam is having an Autumn Sale, and we’re participating big time. Right now you can get AI War and all of its expansions…
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