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Indie Urtuk: The Desolation - open-world dark fantasy turn-based RPG
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Why is this thread moved to the Strategy forum? It's basically a copy of Battle Brothers 
CryptRat
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MadSheepStudios doesn't like my thread I guess.Why is there two threads
I have been played like a fiddle.
MadSheepStudios
Mad Sheep Studios
Hi all,
I want to clarify for those who compare this game to Battle Brothers, that in no case the game copies BB gameplay.
Urtuk will have different setting, story, core mechanics and battle system. We are currently developing procedural generated world map along with entities and quests.
We intend to have the player 'recruit' *any* character in the world by 'capturing' him in the battle and then 'persuade' him to join your party.
We introduced the 'support' abilities system where your attacking character will gain bonus properties from your other ally if in right (flanking) positions, it can be something like lifesteal, bonus armour pierce, damage mitigation etc.. We focus with the battle mechanics to have the player 'disposition' enemies and take advantage from the environment, for example, if you bash enemy against a rock, he will be stunned. You can push him over spikes, etc so damage it significantly or kill it immediately. If you push an enemy against your ally, your ally will automaticaly attack (e.g. retaliate) against pushed enemy. So it's about optimizing your damage output, mitigating most damage taken and take terrain into account to create CC effects (stun, slow, poison).
Characters will have four primary attributes: strength, vitality, endurance and concentration. STR has direct impact on attack damage, VIT increases heatlh, END increases stamina (e.g. 'currency' for abilities usages), and CONC has direct impact how often (or powerful) your secondary abilities are..
The combat emphasizes on combos between your attacking character and flanking units. Berserker class can for example trigger 'Double Strike' effect on support, where the attack will attack twice in row.
We don't want to put hundreds of abilities into game where they would differ only in minor effects. Instead we concentrate to have only few skills but with great impact and combo possibilities.
The armour/pierce system in the game works very simple: if a character wears for example an helmet, there is a chance to completely nullify incoming damage.
On the other hand, there is also an 'armour pierce' effect with some weapons, meaning, if the defender's 'block' of an piece of equipment triggers, it is canceled with that AP weapon.
There are many more combat system rules, I'll explain them later in our dev blog..
I want to clarify for those who compare this game to Battle Brothers, that in no case the game copies BB gameplay.
Urtuk will have different setting, story, core mechanics and battle system. We are currently developing procedural generated world map along with entities and quests.
We intend to have the player 'recruit' *any* character in the world by 'capturing' him in the battle and then 'persuade' him to join your party.
We introduced the 'support' abilities system where your attacking character will gain bonus properties from your other ally if in right (flanking) positions, it can be something like lifesteal, bonus armour pierce, damage mitigation etc.. We focus with the battle mechanics to have the player 'disposition' enemies and take advantage from the environment, for example, if you bash enemy against a rock, he will be stunned. You can push him over spikes, etc so damage it significantly or kill it immediately. If you push an enemy against your ally, your ally will automaticaly attack (e.g. retaliate) against pushed enemy. So it's about optimizing your damage output, mitigating most damage taken and take terrain into account to create CC effects (stun, slow, poison).
Characters will have four primary attributes: strength, vitality, endurance and concentration. STR has direct impact on attack damage, VIT increases heatlh, END increases stamina (e.g. 'currency' for abilities usages), and CONC has direct impact how often (or powerful) your secondary abilities are..
The combat emphasizes on combos between your attacking character and flanking units. Berserker class can for example trigger 'Double Strike' effect on support, where the attack will attack twice in row.
We don't want to put hundreds of abilities into game where they would differ only in minor effects. Instead we concentrate to have only few skills but with great impact and combo possibilities.
The armour/pierce system in the game works very simple: if a character wears for example an helmet, there is a chance to completely nullify incoming damage.
On the other hand, there is also an 'armour pierce' effect with some weapons, meaning, if the defender's 'block' of an piece of equipment triggers, it is canceled with that AP weapon.
There are many more combat system rules, I'll explain them later in our dev blog..
Mustawd
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No feet though.
MadSheepStudios
Mad Sheep Studios
Yes there will be female characters in the game. As for romance, we are currently not thinking about adding such feature into game.
Reinhardt
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MadSheepStudios
Mad Sheep Studios
Mustawd
Guest
You never said feet were an issue. Just legs. Stop being such a graphics whore.
Mustawd
Guest
He means completely excluded from a game. Romances are for dating sims, not rpgs.
Mustawd
Guest
Well, there seems to be some overlap with RPGs and dating sims
Unfortunately, yes. Some devs have weird sicko fantasies they decide play out in video game form. But any respectable rpg does not have romances.
Actually, Crusader Kings 2 romances are tastefully done.Well, there seems to be some overlap with RPGs and dating sims
Unfortunately, yes. Some devs have weird sicko fantasies they decide play out in video game form. But any respectable rpg does not have romances.
Mustawd
Guest
Yes, I'm being edgy, but I mainly meant Biowarian romances.
That is something that baffles me in every tactical JRPG (and some western ones) actually, but it seems pretty common for some reason (even Eador does it).
MadSheepStudios
Mad Sheep Studios
The zone of control is actually featured in the game, but only some classes have it. It's also not 'automatically' triggered, instead the unit must first attack the enemy, which gets then 'rooted', e.g. with attack of oportunity if it moves.
Yes, the dead animation needs some love, we might give it another animation..
Yes, the dead animation needs some love, we might give it another animation..
MadSheepStudios
Mad Sheep Studios
Only the unit who roots the other enemy gets attack of opportunity if the rooted enemy moves, and only on the rooted enemy.
We didnt want to have the ZOC implicitly as the units doesnt move too far, normally 2hexes, fast units 3hexes. Also we want to emphasize the 'positioning' of units because of flanking and bash/retaliate combos.. for example the Assassin class will 'backstab' (4x normal dmg) the enemy if this enemy gets bashed against assassin by one of the ally units.
We didnt want to have the ZOC implicitly as the units doesnt move too far, normally 2hexes, fast units 3hexes. Also we want to emphasize the 'positioning' of units because of flanking and bash/retaliate combos.. for example the Assassin class will 'backstab' (4x normal dmg) the enemy if this enemy gets bashed against assassin by one of the ally units.
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