I’m incredibly happy to say that RPG Tycoon has officially launched out of Early Access after almost two years! You can buy the game now on Steam for PC & Mac.

Buy the game!

Here’s a shiny new launch trailer for you too.

The launch build of the game brings a huge number of changes including a smarter kingdom generation algorithm that groups terrain decorations together, loads of new decorations and buildings to choose from, new quests, supplies and a contextual tip system that should help new players understand the systems a bit better (these can be disabled in options) as well as a view distance option that controls how much of the game-map you’re limited to in order help improve performance or give you more freedom if that’s not a concern.

There’s also an awesome new in-game quest editor that allows you to write and control new Epic Quest events, create icons and then share them as mods on the steam workshop without ever leaving the game! Also, all of the in-game text is now in a file in data/strings.xml so anyone looking to translate the game, should be able to do so by simply editing the text in the data folder.

If you want to learn more about modding the game (it’s super easy) and there’s documentation here.

There’s a full list of patch notes available below.

What’s next?

I’m going to take a little bit of time off over March as GDC is approaching and I have some family functions to attend, however I’ll continue working on any bugs or fixes that need doing if anything arises and update as/when I can. I’m also planning on continuing support for the game for a little while longer after launch with additional free content, but further patches probably won’t be as frequent from here out.

So if you’re interested in extra content, patches or want to hear about projects that may crop up in the future you can also sign up to the mailing list over on the blog to be notified of anything new if/when it happens. Also, if you’re social media savvy be sure to follow SkatanicStudios on Twitter to stay informed of any news!

It’s been an incredible experience making this game and I’m so proud of how far it’s come since initial release in early access. It’s thanks to many of you and your feedback that I’ve been able to get the game to this point and I’ve hugely valued the support from all of you over the past two years. I really, really could not of done this without you all supporting me throughout Early Access and I really hope you’re pleased with the final result of this process as much as I certainly am. The game is lightyears ahead of what I could have imagined achieving when I first began.

Thank you.

Best,

Matt

 

Patch Notes

New Features

• New Settlement Upgrade – Stops Danger
• New Settlement Upgrade – Increases Happiness
• Added New Objectives
• Added Contextual Game Tips
• Added Icons and Tooltips to Building Tiles in Build Menu
• New Opening Title Track
• New In-Game Epic Quest Editor
• Added Mod Export Tool
• Added some UI Animations
• Added New Research Options
• Implemented Research Tree requiring previous research to be unlocked first.
• Added New Epic Quests
• Added New Quick Quest Types
• Added New Supplies
• Added New Balloon Sprites
• Added New Hats
• Added Rifleman and Spiritualist Hero Classes
• Added Shroud Armour Type
• Added Talisman Weapon Type
• Added Rifle Weapon Type
• Added “Witty Loading Text”
• Added New Adventurer Variations
• Added Terrain Generation Slider
• Added New Achievements
• Added New Special Items and Easter Eggs
• Added Adventurer Great Hall with TYPE_ALL functionality
• Added New Adventurer Building Type
• Added Tea House Drinks Building
• Added Pyramid Decoration
• Added Donut Shop
• Added Rock Decoration
• Added Flags Decoration
• Added Palm Tree Decoration
• Added Hollows Tree Decoration
• Added Yellow Brick Road path type
• Added Cobbled Grass path type
• Added Flowerbed Decoration
• Added Picket Fencing Decoration
• Added Bunting Decoration
• Added Planter Decoration
• Added Sandcastle Decoration
• Added Swimming Pool training building
• Added Raised Hero Quarters house type
• Added Fishing Store
• Added Quest Type unlock as a reward to Epic Quest choices
• Added Supply unlock as a reward to Epic Quest choices
• Music track now saves on game save and restarts on game load
• Added more Adventurer names for generation
• Added more Kingdom titles for generation
• Added Terrain specific decoration generation
• Added new demand strings for Hero Pay demands
• Added Game Modifier to raise maintenance
• Added more Guild tasks
• Quest Type is now shown when picking supplies
• Updated Collector Trait to benefit with Loot Drops in Epic Quests
• Items now have rarity
• Item Stats now affected by Level and Rarity
• Equipment now supports class locking
• Added Draw distance option
• Added Save and Exit function
• Added New Sprite for Library (now 2×2)
• Added New Sprite for Tavern
• Added Icons for all Research Types
• Added alert for missing a recovery building when trying to recover.
• Added Page Up / Down keyboard shortcuts for zooming
• Added more tooltips
• Added Animation and tooltips to Hero icons on Quest Party selection
• Items now moddable via items.xml data file
• Moved Hero Traits to Heroes.xml data file for additional modding
• All in Game Text now editable via Strings.xml data file for alterntaive language options.
• Moved Achievement Data to XML for alternative language options.
• Updated Fontsheets to include extra latin characters for alternative language options.

 

Optimisation / Balance

• Improved hit testing on Characters
• Sandbox mode now auto-unlocks all of the screen
• Characters now consider road tiles as a free space when roaming
• AI is more competent / challenging
• Reworked item drops to relate more to quest performance
• Reduced condition lost in quests
• Adjusted condition lost based on game difficulty level
• Optimised generation of terrain to cluster similar items together
• Adjusted objective container alignment better based on screen resolution
• Limited quest combo history button to show previous 15 quests
• Quest history screen broken up into pages for better loading
• Adjusted Tooltip when selecting supplies
• Improved Library Save/Load functions
• Lowered Stat requirement for extra dice rolls
• Adjusted World Grid to show tiles properly when building
• Raised starting gold
• Improved clarification on Supply feedback
• Improved Adventurer AI
• Increased Supply, Paper and Map drop chance
• Improved Generation of Title Screen background
• Various other improvements

 

Bug Fixes

• Removed Kingdom Level Up signifier on reload
• Fixed Ambience Audio Volume and Effects Volume Sliders
• Icon for Fountain now matches Fountain Decoration
• Fixed Store Growth / Opening states not being saved
• Fixed Store Level message showing on first use after game load
• Fixed Speed sound cues
• Fixed Games Won stat tracking
• Fixed Supplies unlocked stat tracking
• Fixed experience exploit with Long/Easy game combo
• Fixed end of year showing previous game data when restarting game after previous save
• Claiming now shows in settlement menu
• Fixed Maps not being destroyed properly when used
• Fixed Tile Phasing issue when exiting to main menu
• Fixed Alignment of Confirm Box in various locations
• Fixed issue causing happiness to decrease when switching between tabs during feedback
• Fixed bug that ignored tile 899
• Fixed bug causing a building to be placed on the far edges of screen when the opposite section was unlocked splitting it in half.
• Menu now closes when sending a Hero to recover inside Hero Screen
• Corrected various typos / text formatting.
• Fixed a bug requiring build mode to be entered for expansion buttons to appear after Level 2
• Fixed a null pointer error with Quest UI.
• Fixed game showing previous/recent quests incorrectly when picking a Quest Type
• Fixed bug showing Hero earning more than six dice
• Fixed bug with library buttons still being clickable after all books are in use
• Fixed bugs related to random settlement upgrade removal issue
• Fixed a no index loading bug causing the game to hang
• Fixed inventory item sort buttons not appearing properly
• Various other fixes / tweaks

 

Enjoy the game. 🙂