Patch 1.2.0 is Live!

• Real-Time Combat
• Solo Queue
• Rankings & Leaderboards
• Lobby Village
• Chat
• Accounts

Click Here to Play: Chase The Shadow

I’ve rebuilt the game to implement all the feedback I’ve received, which concerned these two areas: (1) Being able to move more and (2) leaderboards.

Real-Time Combat

Being able to move more meant players wanted to be more free during their turns. So what better way than to remove the turns altogether! So I’ve changed the whole combat system and there are no turns anymore – you use your skills freely however you want!

To balance the spells I had to reduce the range of the Blizzard spell by 1 square. The Fireball & Lightning spells still work the same.

Leaderboard & Persistent Accounts

To create a leaderboard I needed to add two main things: ranking points and accounts. I’ve kept account registration to the absolute minimum: Username & password. That’s it. Once you’ve registered, you have an account with which you will climb the leaderboards.

Your ranking points is all your wins minus all your losses. The more points you have, the higher you are on the leaderboard.

Finding Matches

Finding matches is now as simple as clicking the “Search Game” button. The new Solo Queue will immediately connect you with another player, who is also currently in the queue.

Also I am tracking when the last player has logged on. This should give you an idea about the times when others are online & how long you might have to wait until somebody logs on.

I hope all these changes allow you to easier find matches and connect with other players!

Bugs

I am sure there are still many hidden bugs. Any bug reports would be much appreciated as it has become hard to test real-time combat by myself on two screens.

Click Here to Play: Chase The Shadow