This month’s update focuses on a lot of polish and performance tweaks in addition to some things I had been procrastinating on while working on other tasks. I did an entire playthrough, recorded footage and came out with some tighter boss fights, smoother dungeons, better enemies, and a some other needed updates and improvements. From fresh traps to refined systems, things are really coming together.

• Recorded several hours of gameplay for an updated trailer (which I need to re-record at a higher resolution whoops)

• Balanced the lava dungeon boss’s HP and reworked boss mechanics to prevent scripting errors

• Added mana recovery when resting

• Configured enemy spawns, loot, and behaviors in the Volcano dungeon, Northlands, and final dungeon

• Added a new puzzle to the Bastion of the Prism

• Fixed and optimized navigation lines, tiles, and collisions across multiple maps (Ship Graveyard, Sunken Galleon, and others)

• Fixed z-fighting issues and a broken container in the Orc Lair

• Fixed a missing animation on the Orc Axe

• Refactored the weather system to prevent disappearing effects and improve performance

• Optimized three maps to reduce load times and improve FPS

• Fixed collision issues on grass/snow tiles that caused camera shakes

• Created, scripted, and tested a new trap type for use in several dungeons

• Refactored portal stones scripts for more consistent function and to prevent edge-case errors

• Fixed missing roof and wall tiles in several maps
  

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Another month in the books! This update includes me filling out the world with treasures and quests, along with some bug fixes, new systems, stats, some puzzles and expanding some of the existing areas of the game to make exploration more meaningful.

Before I list the bullet points, I had a great interview with Josh Bycer of Game Wisdom where we talk Realms & Ruins: Abencor, my indie development journey, Dungeon Crawlers and more. Check out the interview below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiw2WK3GP_Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiw2WK3GP_Q[/url]I also created a new website and reword my press kit for R&R. You can see it here: [/p][p align="start"][url="https://sites.google.com/view/bonedude-games-studios/home"]Bonedude Games Studios[/url] [/p][p align="start"]Alright here's all the stuff I got done this past month:[/p][p align="start"][/p][list][*][p]Added new creature attack type[/p][/*][*][p]Added player status effect: blindness[/p][/*][*][p]Added potion to cure blindness[/p][/*][*][p]Added new stats: perception, dodge, and crit (crit split from Dexterity into its own stat, but still interacts with Dex)[/p][/*][*][p]Completed final systems and scripts related to the perception system[/p][/*][*][p]Created new puzzle/quest to fill in a traversal map[/p][/*][*][p]Added a puzzle/minidungeon that grants a new ability[/p][/*][*][p]Added quest NPCs with quests/rewards in the volcano, ocean, and northlands areas[/p][/*][*][p]Added new puzzles to the volcano dungeon[/p][/*][*][p]Finished a major side quest line with world-state changes in the Frozen Keep[/p][/*][*][p]Added 45+ new treasures/equipment across the world, some tied to quests[/p][/*][*][p]Completed placing all current treasure/items in the game[/p][/*][*][p]Completed over 100 weapon scripts and mapped them to items[/p][/*][*][p]Updated descriptions for all equipment[/p][/*][*][p]Rebalanced the fireball wand and another magic weapon[/p][/*][*][p]Added a starter weapon that auto-equips at game start[/p][/*][*][p]Swapped out old weapon animations on early game weapons with new system[/p][/*][*][p]Added secret areas tied to the perception stat[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed missing tiles in a handful of maps[/p][/*][*][p]Optimized Ivywood Forest tiles for faster load times[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed/adjusted navigation lines across several maps[/p][/*][*][p]Updated tiles to have proper step sounds[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed UI alignment issue when using portal magic[/p][/*][*][p]Added a “miss” sound effect[/p][/*][*][p]Added new tags to enemies for weaknesses/resistances systems[/p][/*][*][p]Fixed issue where some weapons could kill essential NPCs (causing softlocks)[/p][/*][*][p]Added a new merchant[/p][/*][*][p]Sourced and added music to the Frozen Keep dungeon[/p][/*][*][p]Had an interview with Josh Bycer (Game Wisdom) discussing dungeon crawlers and indie dev[/p][/*][*][p]Reworked press kit and launched a new website to cut costs from AWS hosting [/p][p]If you like what you see, don't forget to wishlist, join the discord to hang out or follow me on bluesky![/p][p][/p][p]Discord [/p][p][url="https://discord.gg/BRGAEkHxh4"]https://discord.gg/BRGAEkHxh4[/url][/p][p][/p][p]Bluesky @bonedudegamestudios.itch.io[/p][/*][/listI also created a new website and reword my press kit for R&R. You can see it here:

Bonedude Games Studios[sites.google.com]

Alright here's all the stuff I got done this past month:

• Added new creature attack type

• Added player status effect: blindness

• Added potion to cure blindness

• Added new stats: perception, dodge, and crit (crit split from Dexterity into its own stat, but still interacts with Dex)

• Completed final systems and scripts related to the perception system

• Created new puzzle/quest to fill in a traversal map

• Added a puzzle/minidungeon that grants a new ability

• Added quest NPCs with quests/rewards in the volcano, ocean, and northlands areas

• Added new puzzles to the volcano dungeon

• Finished a major side quest line with world-state changes in the Frozen Keep

• Added 45+ new treasures/equipment across the world, some tied to quests

• Completed placing all current treasure/items in the game

• Completed over 100 weapon scripts and mapped them to items

• Updated descriptions for all equipment

• Rebalanced the fireball wand and another magic weapon

• Added a starter weapon that auto-equips at game start

• Swapped out old weapon animations on early game weapons with new system

• Added secret areas tied to the perception stat

• Fixed missing tiles in a handful of maps

• Optimized Ivywood Forest tiles for faster load times

• Fixed/adjusted navigation lines across several maps

• Updated tiles to have proper step sounds

• Fixed UI alignment issue when using portal magic

• Added a “miss” sound effect

• Added new tags to enemies for weaknesses/resistances systems

• Fixed issue where some weapons could kill essential NPCs (causing softlocks)

• Added a new merchant

• Sourced and added music to the Frozen Keep dungeon

• Had an interview with Josh Bycer (Game Wisdom) discussing dungeon crawlers and indie dev

• Reworked press kit and launched a new website to cut costs from AWS hosting

  If you like what you see, don't forget to wishlist, join the discord to hang out or follow me on bluesky!

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  https://discord.gg/BRGAEkHxh4

  Bluesky @bonedudegamestudios.itch.io