January 1st, 2014, 12:16 PM
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I probably just killed the joke - in comic sans
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Join Date: March 23, 2012
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Re: Heroes of 'Scape (RPG)
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Originally Posted by Kaiyu
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Originally Posted by marrowick
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[F Sans] Does anyone Does anyone have any news on this?[/FONT]
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Sure, I've got some 
Currently on Alpha 1.3. I've managed to play with my friends a few times and it has seen a lot of changes over the last year or so (how long has it been?) I know I made a lot of promises that I clearly didn't keep. It was just that the actual physical work required to produce something that players like you could print out and play from was a much more overwhelming task than I've ever had the time for. Whenever I have played it has been with hand written work. I do actually feel bad and I hope everyone can accept my apologies.
Not even sure what the game looked like last time we spoke, but here's what it looks like now:
Spoiler Alert!
-Still doesn't have a name, lol
-No longer Class based, but Attribute based (Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence.) Maximum of each attribute is 4, so we're talking small scale here. Attributes have no direct affect on play.
-Other than Attributes, everything about a unit is customizable and nothing is permanent.
-Standard Heroes have 4 slots that are interchangeable: Weapon, Off Hand (or Accessory), Armor, and Class. These are all represented through the use of little playing cards that tell you all necessary information to tell you what the item does. (i.e. All information about your Hero while in battle is presented through these interchangeable cards.)
-Each card will have requirements, that needs to be fulfilled before a Hero can equip it. Most primarily seen will be Attribute requirements.
-Weapons and Off Hands can be swapped out mid-battle
-Most equipment cards have no effects, just numbers, and they are almost certainly passive effects if they do.
-Any active ability, Spells and Skills, are also presented on small playing cards held in the players' hands. Skills and Spells will have a Cooldown period with a way of keeping track made available on the Hero's character card. Most Skills and Spells will have Attribute requirements in addition to requiring having a certain kind of Weapon or Accessory equipped.
-Classes are available as pseudo-equipment and can be interchanged as you play. All game changing passive abilities are found on Class cards. Some equipment will have Class requirements as well as Attribute requirements.
-The control of multiple units currently has a method planned, but remains untested.
This isn't a promise that I'm back, but I will do my best to keep in touch.
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Sounds like it's coming along really well but... I hope I'm not talking out of turn or anything but you said in the beginning of this project you said this game would not be HoS but it would still have it's connections. It would still be similar. This game is looking very fun and I appreciate all the work you're putting into it but it's sounding less like HoS and more like a new game game where the only connections are the figures and board pieces being used. Again I hope I don't offend you as no offense was intended I am simply speaking my mind and thank you for all your hard work.
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You are quite right. I think I said it best with... "The point of the old Heroes of 'Scape project was to stay as close to Heroscape Board Game as possible and make it 100% compatible. I was limited by the Heroscape lore and the Heroscape figures we all have available to us when I was forming classes and races. The point of the new project that I'm working on is to make the game that I've always wanted to make, in all of its glory, with no restrictions."
Unfortunately, I at that point also said that my new game should remain compatible with Heroscape mechanically. Well... It's not. The only thing it shares anymore is hex grid movement system :/ I guess as more people encouraged me on the game and further encouraged me to actually develope this game, maybe to one day have it published, I started to break my ties with Heroscape (gotta avoid copyrights and all that, lol.) I think the last time we communicated I was still trying to keep it compatible and didn't realize I made the switch during my absence.
I guess in light of this I probably shouldn't be posting on this thread (or this forum for that matter.)
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Well even if you are making it a little further from heroscape than expected at least we know that you are still active on the site and working on the game. 
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." - John 14:6
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