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[Kornel Kisielewicz]

Second release candidate of Berserk! 0.8 is ready! I'm happy to tell that I managed to pack in a few fresh features. On the downside tough, I wasn't able to track down that doppleganger bug. But fear not! We have a weapon against it now -- Ladies and Gentlement, herby I present the newest Chaosforge technology! -> Berserk 0.8 RC2 is the first Valkyrie game to utilize KeyMovies ;]. If you happen to encounter the dopplegangerbug, please post your replay (berserk.rec) of that game on the forum -- remember that the replay is only saved at death tough (in the future it will be saved always).

BTW, record compatibility between versions is ALWAYS broken.

Here's the feature list
-- [add] Recording of the gameplay (berserk.rec)
         ("berserk -play" to replay)
-- [add] three new monsters with special skills
-- [add] screenshot in mortem
-- [mod] Running now again available to all
-- [mod] Increased bomb damage by 50%
-- [mod] hunter -> imp, no more "monster"

berserk-0.8-rc2-win32.zip
(there was a last minute fix :P)

Post your comments (topics to talk about as with the previous RC)!

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

Fixed!

[Turgor]

Shooting enemies outside of your vision with a crossbow tells you what you hit

Haven't got much other comments yet besides that i'm having fun but i hate imps.

[Adral]

Ok, I love you. :P

Here, my first try. Much better than with the last version! This is actually lots of fun!
-- Berserk! (0.8 RC 2) Post Mortem -----------------------------------

  Character name  : Adral
  Game type       : Endless
  Nights survived : 5
  Monsters killed : 400

  STR: 14  DEX: 11  END: 13  WIL: 12
  Speed: 106  HP: 0/115  EN: 22/125
  Base damage: 2d6+5  Weight: 13

-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------

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  .....#...%.::%%:........%.#...............#.......
  ..........#....%.%::%.............................
  ...............%.........%........................
  ..................................................

-- Weapons left ------------------------------------------------------

  Crossbow (12/54)  Knives (2)

-- Kills (400) -------------------------------------------------------

  48 bulldemons
  271 beasts
  30 mandagores
  1 nightmare
  44 imps
  6 phasehounds

-- Skills (5) --------------------------------------------------------

  Running (level 1)
  Sweep attack (level 2)
  Impale attack (level 2)

-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------

 You evade.
 The beast hits you!
 The beast evades your blow.
 You evade.
 You critically hit the
 beast!
 The beast dies!
 The bulldemon hits you!
 You die!...
 Press <Enter>

-- Achievements ------------------------------------------------------

  Max kills in one turn    : 10
  Longest killing sequence : 12 kills in 3 turns.
  Survived for             : 2149 turns
  Died on                  : Fields
  Reason of death          : killed by a bulldemon


In my opinion everything that is needed is balance and adding new things, like new landscapes, new skills and such, and perhaps more differentiation between monsters (I can't find much at a glance, except for the phasehound).

I was going to post my .rec but I can figure out how to do it. Also, it'd be nice to be able to change the name of the replay and still be able to see it, something like "berserk -play adral140107.rec"

Anyway, good work!

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

Lucky Adral didn't meet any Wraiths :D.

In my opinion everything that is needed is balance and adding new things, like new landscapes, new skills and such, and perhaps more differentiation between monsters (I can't find much at a glance, except for the phasehound).

Yeah agreed with all. But I still want to do the Campaign mode :]. As for differentiation this will also be adressed.

I was going to post my .rec but I can figure out how to do it. Also, it'd be nice to be able to change the name of the replay and still be able to see it, something like "berserk -play adral140107.rec"

Attach file doesn't work? Seems I need to add "rec" to allowed attachments.

As for the replay feature it's added quickly just for the need of bughunting. In the future it will be as elaborate as the DoomRL one.

[Adral]

Lucky Adral didn't meet any Wraiths :D.

Nope. But I did find phasehounds! Cool effect when teleporting :D

Yeah agreed with all. But I still want to do the Campaign mode :]. As for differentiation this will also be adressed.

Can you give us a little teaser of what Campaign mode will have, please? I'm really curious!

Not directly related to differentiation, but still, I think mandragores could use another colour, because with all that blood sometimes they are hard to see :P I'd save the blood colour for some monster with blood-related abilities (if there is going to be any) What do other people think about this?

Attach file doesn't work? Seems I need to add "rec" to allowed attachments.

Nah, it's just that I couldn't find the option to attach:P I'm such a noob...

As for the replay feature it's added quickly just for the need of bughunting. In the future it will be as elaborate as the DoomRL one.

Even if it's only for bughunting, it really rocks!

Ok, this time the rec should be there. Nothing impressive, it's just to test things out.

[Turgor]

-- Berserk! (0.8 RC 2) Post Mortem -----------------------------------

  Character name  : Turgor
  Game type       : Endless
  Nights survived : 4
  Monsters killed : 342

  STR: 11  DEX: 14  END: 10  WIL: 11
  Speed: 109  HP: 0/120  EN: 88/105
  Base damage: 1d6+6  Weight: 10

-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------

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  .BMM%b.iMMM.............%......T.bT..........T....
  .b@@Mb.B.b.b..b.b....%%..................b.........
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-- Weapons left ------------------------------------------------------

  Crossbow (0/60)

-- Kills (342) -------------------------------------------------------

  33 bulldemons
  208 beasts
  23 mandagores
  2 nightmares
  43 imps
  32 skeletons
  1 wraith

-- Skills (4) --------------------------------------------------------

  Ironman (level 4)

-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------

 The bulldemon hits you!
 The bulldemon hits you!
 You're hit!
 The mandagore misses you.
 You miss the beast.
 The beast misses you.
 The mandagore hits you!
 The bulldemon hits you!
 You die!...
 Press <Enter>

-- Achievements ------------------------------------------------------

  Max kills in one turn    : 12
  Longest killing sequence : 12 kills in 1 turns.
  Survived for             : 1562 turns
  Died on                  : Forest
  Reason of death          : killed by a bulldemon


replaying works like a charm

skeletons are really weak. but i guess that's a good thing since Wraiths can gather quite a big amount around them.

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

Nope. But I did find phasehounds! Cool effect when teleporting :D

Can you give us a little teaser of what Campaign mode will have, please? I'm really curious!

-- map on which you can choose the next battlefield
-- special maps
-- bosses
-- the final boss
-- special items
-- plot
-- who knows what else ;]

Not directly related to differentiation, but still, I think mandragores could use another colour, because with all that blood sometimes they are hard to see :P I'd save the blood colour for some monster with blood-related abilities (if there is going to be any) What do other people think about this?

Yeah, I'd like to hear about that too. Maybe lightred would be enough?

Even if it's only for bughunting, it really rocks!

Ok, this time the rec should be there. Nothing impressive, it's just to test things out.

LOL, damn it's fun for me to watch someone's replay :D. I almost feel like looking from behind someone's shoulder :D. It's a great feeling for a developer... :)

[Adral]

Yeah, I'd like to hear about that too. Maybe lightred would be enough?

I think it might work. :)

LOL, damn it's fun for me to watch someone's replay :D. I almost feel like looking from behind someone's shoulder :D. It's a great feeling for a developer... :)

I'm really glad you had fun!

[Blade]

I liked Candidate 1, but Candidate 2 seems to be even better! I can't even imagine, how good will be Release!))

Replay feature is great! But... maybe i haven't got something, it seems a bit too fast.)) Is it any way to slow it down a little?

I will post my record and mortem as soon as i will have time to play, tommorow(already it's today) i have an exam, and it's 02:02, so i'm going to sleep!))

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

I'm really glad you had fun!

Yeah, it's realy fun to watch you out run those packs of Mandagores :D.

I liked Candidate 1, but Candidate 2 seems to be even better! I can't even imagine, how good will be Release!))

Not much better unfortunately, because I have most of the features that I wanted for 0.8 already in. But work on 0.9 will start soon ;> Berserk! is realy fun to code!

Replay feature is great! But... maybe i haven't got something, it seems a bit too fast.)) Is it any way to slow it down a little?

This is only a rudimentary version of the replay mode. An enhanced one will come out soon.

I will post my record and mortem as soon as i will have time to play, tommorow(already it's today) i have an exam, and it's 02:02, so i'm going to sleep!))

Good luck with the exam!

[TFoN]

Maybe set up some branches for the Berserk forum, including a Post Mortem? It'll also give it a more important feel :)

First try. Made some terrible choices of attributes, so I'm not too disapointed with my game length.
Problem is that at 12 END I still couldn't take Running.

-- Berserk! (0.8 RC 2) Post Mortem -----------------------------------

  Character name  : Bob
  Game type       : Endless
  Nights survived : 3
  Monsters killed : 248

  STR: 13  DEX: 11  END: 12  WIL: 14
  Speed: 106  HP: -2/110  EN: 120/130
  Base damage: 2d6+4  Weight: 12

-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------

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-- Weapons left ------------------------------------------------------

  Cannon (0/1)  Crossbow (12/6)  Knives (10)  Bombs (5)  FairyDust (1)

-- Kills (248) -------------------------------------------------------

  24 bulldemons
  168 beasts
  17 mandagores
  39 imps

-- Skills (3) --------------------------------------------------------

  Sweep attack (level 3)

-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------

 You evade.
 You hit the mandagore!
 You hear a howl!
 You hear a howl!
 The beast dies!
 The beast dies!
 The beast dies!
 The mandagore hits you!
 You die!...
 Press <Enter>

-- Achievements ------------------------------------------------------

  Max kills in one turn    : 3
  Longest killing sequence : 6 kills in 6 turns.
  Survived for             : 956 turns
  Died on                  : Fields
  Reason of death          : killed by a mandagore



[Malek Deneith]

Recording is fun... as for new monsters - havn't seen any so far - probably need to train my tactical aproach to the new Berserk, as so far my longest "life" was 3 nights... BTW how are points given out at end of night? (I got 4 after first night but one after second? O.o)

Oh, and I like the "night lenght counter" very much ^^

[TFoN]

Second try.

Running's still a must-have. Impale's ok, and maybe once I manage to push a couple more ranks into it I'll have a more solid opinion. Sweep(3) isn't nearly as good as I had hoped.

My 1-turn massacre is the result of a well-placed cannon attack on a Wraith et al, which led me to think maybe there should be a distinction between cannon slaughter and HtH sprees.

-- Berserk! (0.8 RC 2) Post Mortem -----------------------------------

  Character name  : Bob
  Game type       : Endless
  Nights survived : 7
  Monsters killed : 524

  STR: 14  DEX: 11  END: 12  WIL: 15
  Speed: 106  HP: 0/110  EN: 25/135
  Base damage: 2d6+5  Weight: 12

-- Graveyard ---------------------------------------------------------

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  ..................Mb.bN............N..............
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-- Weapons left ------------------------------------------------------

  Crossbow (9/60)  Knives (9)  Bombs (3)  FairyDust (1)

-- Kills (524) -------------------------------------------------------

  63 bulldemons
  301 beasts
  42 mandagores
  6 nightmares
  62 imps
  7 phasehounds
  40 skeletons
  3 wraiths

-- Skills (7) --------------------------------------------------------

  Running (level 3)
  Sweep attack (level 3)
  Impale attack (level 1)

-- Messages ----------------------------------------------------------

 The beast misses you.
 You evade.
 You evade.
 You evade.
 You hit the mandagore!
 You evade.
 The mandagore misses you.
 The skeleton hits you!
 You die!...
 Press <Enter>

-- Achievements ------------------------------------------------------

  Max kills in one turn    : 17
  Longest killing sequence : 17 kills in 1 turns.
  Survived for             : 2582 turns
  Died on                  : Town
  Reason of death          : killed by a skeleton


Wraiths are hell on earth, and I'm not sure I understand phasehounds. They teleport after attacking?

The moment I noticed equipment's comulitive, I started balancing bomb/cannon accordingly. Cannons are superior by far, but a well-placed bomb's good enough to shake formations up.

[vodnyk]

first try, surrived 1 night seeing this:

Max kills in one turn    : 4
Longest killing sequence : 6 kills in 0 turns.
Survived for             : 304 turns
Died on                  : Forest
Reason of death          : suicide