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i love this game it's the best one i've seen in awhile i love it and keep it up!

U w U 

Love your username!

thank you i like yours to! ;]

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ummmm i beat the dark order it wass welll hard i need to say wuy is in not making a warp portal or giving me credits like come on atleast activate sandbox or somthing im now just stuck in place

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Congrats! There really isn't anything after you beat the final boss unfortunately. You can start a new sandbox game by holding .down space while making a new game.

Sorry that there isn't an ending to the game.

thx but you can just put up a screen that tells you how to activate sandbox

Mr.jwiggs i cannot open the game i extracted the game files bit the game wont open

Hello, 

What platform are you using?

Hi!

Its me again! The guy that found the "falling exploit".

Must admit Mr. jwiggs that the last update has done mucho for the game. I love the new mechanics and the new forge.


I found another "strategy" to win the game easily. I noticed that now the enemies must "follow" you wherever you go so now i just get myself a great horizontal module early game and just fly all the time to the right (or left, the important of this strateggy relies on the side movement).

The enemy then will have to go for you  being "pulled" by you. Bcs of your speed the enemy's bullets wont hurt you (maybe just the rockets) and you just have to aim "backwards" and the enemy will get all your bullets bcs its being pulled.


A posible bug is the ammo box. I "installed" two of those in a double rocket i have and now it will only shoot once in all the fights (then it will be freeced) :(


Hope you can fix that and keep up!

I love the game :D

Hello again!

It is really nice to see players sticking around, even a while without updates.

Due to the lack of testing in the last update, the game has been extremely easy to beat by simply running away and firing backwards. This was not an intended play style and  really takes away all the strategy elements of the game that make it really awesome.

Yes, I am also aware of some forging bugs that can occur when you use certain tech like the ammunition box or rocket propellant, and am actually working on forge changes this coming week, so I will bear it in mind.

If you thought the last update was awesome, this next update is going to blow your mind! Pretty much every system in the game has gotten an upgrade! Looking back its actually crazy how many changes there have been. 

Thanks once again! It really is because of players like you that I am able to keep doing what I am doing!

I had the exact same problem. I beat the game in under 3 hours, only lost one life, just by flying to the left. Instead of having the enemy get pulled to you, maybe they teleport to your left? Or just get pulled closer?

But still, I love what the last update brought to Islands of War, and I can't wait for the next one.

Ive been playing for months now and its a great game

Just wish this game could be played on phone to let me play any were in the world

I've followed this game for 4 months,and I can just say:

This game is awesome!

But the godlike difficulty is too difficult! There is only few loot but the enemys are still as strong as those in other difficulties.

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Hi, Mr. jwiggs. I found a small bug in the console, which is the game will break down if you only type "?" 

Also, I have a not bad idea for a new weapon when I was playing with weapons' properties. If you make a weapon have a 'projectileknockback' with a negative number, the enemy will be pull towards your spacecraft. This kind of weapon will work well with spykes, and if the enemies equip this kind of weapon, the players will have so much ‘fun’ when fighting. 

I think close combat type is not strong enough, especially in later realms. 

One more thing to tell, the update called "enemy boosting" is great, but it will also lead an OP way (kiteflying) to play. Players can easily win any enemy by keep moving to the left and shooting to the right, in this way, an enemy can never hurt players, but players can still cause damage. 

In the end, love this game a lot, and looking forward to next update. >_<

Hello,

Thanks for your great feedback and the bug report! The console was built primarily as the start for giving players like you the ability to have more and more access to some developer tools (and also to give me access to them as well), and reverse recoil weapons are a great example of the console creating some interesting gameplay mechanics.

Enemy boosting was a good change from looping enemies, but unfortunately, it led to the extremely overpowered strategy where you can just run and kite the enemies indefinitely. I seriously overlooked the impact enemy boosts would have. 

If you have any more ideas, the discord server is a great place to hear what other people are thinking as well, and I really rely on the community to help me guide the game in the best direction, especially as the next update is being developed.

Thanks again!

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So happy to get an author’s reply!

I wish I could join the discord community, and I did try, however, Discord seems don’t work in China. So do you have other way to communicate you prefer? Like email?

You might find something weird in my words, probably it’s because I am still learning English in an international high school. But hopefully you can basically understand^-^

Again, looking forward to next update and a formal end of the game. 

你可以用vpn来登录Discrod,例如有个免费的vpn叫蓝灯lantern,我现在就在用这个

Thanks, but I’ve joined Discord now, I changed the host already

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Just a question but I have had the game since 2.0 and recently I have been stuck on 5.0 is there been any updates that I haven't received.

I just want to know since it's been a few months since the last update

Hello,

Short answer: Yes, updates are on their way.

Longer answer: The next update, the Exploration Update, has taken a few different directions as I have been working on it. I think I've finally figured out the best way to implement it, however it might be a month or more away from being released. 


If you want to stay updated, you really should head over to the discord. I show development footage and you can even test the unstable versions of the game  if you want.


Hope this answers your question! I will probably be posting an update devlog to share whats else has been happening!

Thank you I joined the discord yesterday after posting this I am so happy to know the game has not been left out to die

Is there a way you could make this game supported on Linux platform (Linux Mint).

Hello,

If I do add another port for the game, Linux would be next. I can't guarantee it any time soon cuz I've never worked with it before and I don't have a linux yet, but I'll try when the game is in a more complete state.

Hope this answers your question!

Okay, thanks! :)

my game crached randomly

Hello,

Sorry about the crash. Could you provide information on the crash or maybe a screenshot of the error message? If you want to hop over onto the discord server and provide more details that would be great!

i need help

Hello, 

So sorry to hear about your download taking so long. I'm not sure why your download is taking so long and it is probably an itch.io thing, but here is an alternate source from dropbox that you can try.

Hope this works!

thanks so much it worked you're the best (:

the game has been downloading for 3-7 hours

i bought the game and i tried playing but it wont work ):

how do i get creative mode?

Hello,

Hold down the space bar while creating a new game to enter create mode.

hey im worried this game is a case of sushi cat storycraft world creator, can you reassure me that theres an actual game?

Hello,

The game is free, so there shouldn't be any risk involved (except for maybe a few minutes of download). As for assurance that there is an actual game, yes, there is a game. A quick search on YouTube will easily confirm this. 

Just wondering, what were your reasons for assuming that there wasn't an actual game? Because if there's something that I'm missing as a developer or a red flag that was set off for you, I would wanna hear about it.

Hope this helps!

oh i just thought it was taking suspicously long

I think i found a bug where i beat the final boss on realm 8 but when i go back to the map screen i cant do anything except edit...


Is this the end or did i mess something up?

Hello,

Sadly, this is the current end state of the game. Congrats on beating the game!

Oh Ok Thanks For Letting Me Know!

Hey, you might remember me from some of the first days you put this amazing game up on itch. I reccomended some of the things you implemented or are implementing (wether i had any part in your decisions i have no idea). I would like to congratulate you on how far you've gotten so far. I would also like to reccomend a couple of things for when you release this on steam. I would appreciate it if you would make it so us poor people could get a copy of your game on steam somehow. I would also like it if you could, when the game is stable on steam, to add steam workshop on it, so we can see what things other people want to add to the game. I personally would be thrilled if you did these things, but if you don't want to, i understand completely. Keep doing you!

Hello!

I have been working on the next big update! When I do end up releasing a Steam version, I definitely do not want to lose the awesome player who have been playing for free. More details will come as the time draws near, and I am thinking of giving out keys to everyone in the Discord server (another great reason to join).

As for the Steam Workshop / modding, I have plans to incorporate these in, especially since a lot of the work with the game console easily transfers over to adding in custom items and stuff.

That sounds awesome! Thank you!

how to go into creative mode pls say

Hello!

You can go into creative mode by holding down the spacebar when creating a new game.

ahhhhhhhhhhh tyty u the best

Hi,Your game is great!I can help you with the Chinese translation, if you need.

In fact, you should publish the text file together with the game itself, and publish the text of the game publicly. Although I am just a new independent game maker, and I use unity, I don't know what engine you use, but the principle is not much different, just read the text from the outside.
This is convenient for multilingual translation and doesn't even require you to waste energy.

Hello,

Thanks for the suggestions on how to implement translations. Putting the strings into text files will definitely help outsource the translation work.

Thanks!

I met a problem, I can't send messages to the iislander in discord, so I could not get test version, I change how to solve this problem?

Hello,

If you have a problem sending messages to iislander in discord, ping me with @jwiggs and I will see what I can do about it.

Hi, I have a problem, i can't use "tech" when I click on a tech nothing highlight, but i am sure of having the right modules (I was on the last realm) if somebody can help me because not using technology really make me lose, thanks.

Hello, 

You can use tech in the forge by placing it in the left spaces. The tech will be infused into the item on the right space. 


Hope this helps!

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Thanks, so the techs like targeting sistem now works only on 1 weapon?

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Yes. Techs can now only be added once to their items.

hey Jwiggs! when does the next update come out?

add survival pls

also add god mode pls(not creative)

Hello! The next update is going to be literally game changing and is probably even bigger than movement update last year. I am currently working on the game full time, and I am hoping to finish it around early October. You can play the early version of the game from the Discord server.

The game is actually starting to add some elements of survival, but not a full on game mode.

Hope this helps! 

well the movement update WAS game changing so i suppose its worth the wait...

Hey Jwiggs! Is there a good place to contact you? 

Hello! 

I'm totally okay with being contacted here. However if you wanna chat, Discord would be a better place. DM me @ jwiggs#4655.

Either way, I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

Just sent a request on Discord :)

yayayayay

now i know that the 10 hours of my life i used was worth it

ps i didnt cheat or do sandbox

i actually did it

Congrats!!!( and with full health as well)

thx

can you add pause button and have settings after you start the game

also add a thing to help with forge recipes

and spikes face the wrong way (they point the flat side towards the enemy)

Hello!

You can press escape to pause the battle. Hmm, a settings tab in the pause menu would be nice.

The forge recipe list is procedurally generated, so there are a ton of recipes out there. I will probably be reworking the forge(again) soon.

Spikes will face in the direction you are moving in, not in the direction of the enemy.

Hope this helps!

ok

thanks

This is a load of fun!

just a few things I am wondering:

- will you upload this to steam?

- will this game always be free?

- and can you add some archived versions (eg first build - latest build)? I noticed an outdated version (which lead me here) and really enjoyed the idea!

- was this made in unity 2d? or another program?

- will there ever be mod support (before or after, if ever) a steam build?

Hello! Sorry for the late reply.


Will I upload this to steam? The game is changing rapidly, and the next uupdate will be as game changing as the first movement update. I do want to publish this, however it could be a while.

Will this game always be free? I love free stuff, and good free games are hard to find. The steam version will probably not be free to play, however I fully intend to keep a playable, fun, and free version here on itch.io.

Can I add some archived versions? The legacy version has been made available. I currently am not handing out prior stable versions of the game, I will try and compile a list of decent game versions and then let be available to download. This will probably happen around the time of the Steam release.

How was this game made? This game was made in GameMaker Studio 2.

Will there ever be mod support? I do not see a full mod support system coming, but micro mod support, like editing items, islands, classes and smaller things like that are in mind. I have already begun giving more power to you all with the console, where you can create your own custom items out of the many many properties I have already defined. 


I am glad you had a ton of fun! I have been bale to work on the game for a bit, however I am going to be starting development back up soon. Thanks for your support and patience!

Thanks for replying!

I'm sorry that I was quite vague, but your reply answered all of my questions! (I love free stuff too.) Thanks for being a great developer, which is hard to come by these days!

this game is pretty good,I played it for 5 hours this day!but my english is not good enough.sincerely hope this game can add chinese language.


a few tips that I suggest(For reference only):

1.due to the fight place(Battlefield), add Multiplayer mode to play this game may be  funnier.

2.The Beginning of the game is so hard.....

3.more music and sound effect

4.more realm(OMG! final boss is so hard)

5.more blocks、weapon and forge textbook(I do not know how to forge qwq)

6.maybe you can land this game on steam

hahaha,yeah!!!I winned the final boss! It cost me 4 hours!this game is so pretty and attractive!

it is such a epic game I have never played!a game made by a really creative author!

emmmmmm.......

a little suggestions:

please add a endless gamemode,after the final boss,I want to play more content.

maybe more gamemode would benefit this game more

well,if this game lands steam,add steam build will make this game lots of mods support.

Hello! So sorry for the late reply.

I have received many many requests for this game to be translated into Chinese. When I do multiple language support (which is sadly a long way off), Chinese is the top language on my list.

Multiplayer could be interesting, but the core of the game is about to change once again, so multiplayer is also a long way off.

I just played through the game with a friend and I totally understand what you mean when you say the beginning of the game is hard. It very much is and I'm sorry I haven't balanced it quite well. However I have come up with solutions to directly address this issue for future updates.

More music and sound effects would be great, and I would love to polish up the game some more with a full soundtrack. I will do my best to add polish along the journey to completing the game.

More realms? While I do not think that more realms is the solution to a short gameplay experience, I have ideas to make the game more engaging in the long term. The final boss is a terrible design way of bringing the player back because there is literally nothing after you beat the boss.

Landing the game on steam? I have plans to publish this game, I am not quite sure on the timing.


I am very glad you enjoyed this game. Cheers!

thanks for your care of my comments,what you need to keep first is your body during the development of the game .if the game is on a better version and uploaded to steam,hope you can add more funny and great things and set a reasonable price(not too high or too low) and you will get more support by players in steam.

hope you can add steam workshop and allow more players to create more mods such as islands,items,weapons,blocks,enemies,gamemodes and so on(please add a “mods”Folder to put mods that is downloaded via steam workshop).

also I sincerely hope you can add a endless gamemode and more gamemodes.

love this game :D

my English is not good,but this gameis very good!

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed playing it.

I figured out my first question but now would it be possible to add a remove command to remove items from your inventory??

You can delete items by selecting the item you want to delete and then right clicking the trash. If you want to spam delete that item, use shift + right click to quickly make the item count drop.


Hope this helps!

thanks that really does help😀😀

Is there away to give yourself items in game to test them out in combinations

1 word.

epic!

Thanks a lot! I'm still working on this game and there is gonna a whole lot more EPIC coming around!

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Thanks for the great game! It inspired me to make a D&D campaign, I hope you don't mind me stealing your plot!

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Hello!

Glad you enjoyed the game. Story wise, there's actually not much story there, but I have been thinking about doing more lore into the game eventually! 

It's awesome to hear that you were inspired to make a DnD campaign from this!

Cheers!

how do i activate cheat menu

(every item in inventory and 99999 coins)

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Hello,

You can enter sandbox mode by holding down the spacebar while creating a new game. You can also open the console by pressing ` and then give yourself modified items.

Hope this helps!

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how do I use tech

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Hello,

You can use tech by infusing it into other items in the forge. Basically put the tech into one of the left item slots and the item you want to upgrade on the right slot. Then infuse them together and voila, your tech has been added. 

Hope this helps with some of the confusion.

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thank you jwiggs

hey uh dont label the game as playable in browser because thats a lie if you can turn that off it would be great but itch probably did that automatically so oh well

Yeah, by having the little mini game it automatically marks the game as browser playable. Wish I could change that as well.

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can you please release beta versions (that are really buggy) cuz I’ve lost interest in the game.

Sincerely, silicon.

Hello,

I apologise for the updates taking way too long. I've been busy with school and it was a very technical rework. That being said, I have completed the update and will probably be releasing it within the next day. I'm hoping to get updates out faster over this summer period as well.

Personally, I am not handing out or supporting any of the previous (buggy) versions of the game. However, a few members of the Discord server have kept a rather comprehensive collection of all the previous releases, and I can't stop you from getting it from them (I just won't be handing it out myself).

I actually make test versions available to ANYONE who joins the discord server. Normally, there is a new version every Friday for people to play around with. In fact, since the next update is pretty much complete, you can download it pretty much right now if you want (except you won't get a a comprehensive change log).

Thanks for your patience and continued support! 

could you be making it available to the legacy version with save for download?


Does it still have permadeath?

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Hello,

Permadeath is still a thing, however game saves have been implemented since the first game jam version of the game. 

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Aweome! Thank you

Edit: I'm a filthy cheater, mind if I ask you where the saves are stored at?

In version 3.02, the save files are located here:

Windows: %localappdata%/IIslands_Of_War
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/com.jwiggs.iislandsofwar
Linux: ~/.config/IIslands_Of_War

In the next update coming soon, I figured that once people have had their fill playing normally, they would want to try and mess around with the game, so I have added some nice tools to let the player do that. 

Enjoy!


PS. (shameless plug): You can also join the discord server here: https://discord.gg/c3NQd47 to get test versions of the game.

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Thx for that mate!

I've joined the discord as @Noriel_Sylvire

I'm now probably going to make a script for windows that makes backups of games and reloads them whenever you want.

Edit: Well, this is unfortunate, but I didn't seem to be able to find that folder... I created a new game so that there's something for the game to save there.

Edit2: I opened the folder (%localappdata%) in the command prompt as admin and there's no IIslands folder. That's odd. But it doesn't matter, I don't think many people would like to use this kind of mod, cause it's cheating.

Just press "Win+R", enter "%localappdata%\IIslands_Of_War" (without quotes) into the Run box that appears, and you should find a file named "_iislandsofwarsave", which you can open with any text editor.

BTW, if you really want to cheat, just press "Alt+Backspace" when fighting ;)

That final boss, it makes me want to curl up into a corner and rethink my life choices

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