IIslands of War

Devlog

• From itch.io to Steam
  March 01, 2020 by jwiggs

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  Overview IIslands of War has had an incredible life here on itch.io! Now, it is time to move to a platform and share this game with even more people by going to Steam! The Exploration Update was just... Continue reading

  
• Exploration Update v8.0
  February 28, 2020 by jwiggs

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  Overview Wow! It has been a long time since the last update, and I have been working very hard on designing an experience that expands the game play without sacrificing all of the great mechanics that... Continue reading

  
• The Future of IIslands of War
  October 30, 2019 by jwiggs

  Overview Hello! Over the last months, there have been a lot of changes that is going to significantly impact the game, all in good ways. For those of you who have been wondering if the game has died,... Continue reading

  
• A Year to Remember!
  August 15, 2019 by jwiggs

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  A Full Year It has already been a full year since this game went live as a game jam build, and boy has this little game developed a lot! From a simple one dimensional movement style, to a full out 2D... Continue reading

  
• Advanced Items Update v5.0
  May 13, 2019 by jwiggs

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  Overview After 5 months and 12 test versions, the Advanced Items Update is finally complete. Thank you all so much for your patience with these updates! The reason this update took so long is that the... Continue reading

  
• Movement (III) Update v3.01/v3.02
  December 16, 2018 by jwiggs

  Note: v3.02 is a quick hot fix for v3.01 that had a major and easily reproducible crash while editing. Terribly sorry for that bug. Overview Lots and lots of small changes eventually pile up into an... Continue reading

  
• Movement (II) Update v2.93
  November 29, 2018 by jwiggs

  Overview Welcome to the second part of the movement update! In this update, I have introduced some cool features such as a new movement calculation system, recoil, knockback, as well as a ton of quali... Continue reading

  
• Enemy and Weapons Balance v2.7
  November 04, 2018 by jwiggs

  Overview Enemies in v2.6 were too difficult, which in turn made the game unenjoyable and frustrating. Unfortunately, this was due to me not testing the game. I tested all the individual parts of it to... Continue reading
• Movement Update (I) v2.6
  November 01, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Overview Welcome to the dawn of a new age! This update brings a whole new realm of possibility into the game, and it is just the beginning. So this is just a small taste of what I am envisioning for t... Continue reading

  
• Server destroyed :(
  October 14, 2018 by jwiggs

  What happened? As some of you may know, I was working on a bot for the server. I had just figured out a way for the bot to be run full time by using github and heroku. The only problem, was that the t... Continue reading
• Advanced Tech Update v2.0
  September 12, 2018 by jwiggs

  Tech in Modules Tech has finally gotten the attention it deserves. Now with tech, you can insert them into modules. Most of the tech only affects the blocks they are placed inside of, which adds a who... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes and Balances v1.18
  August 26, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Bug Fixes Fixed some typos Fixed a bug where treasure would not show the rarity of loot Fixed a bug where trees would go crazy when getting loot Fixed a bug where you could get more than the max amoun... Continue reading
• Weapon Groups v1.17
  August 24, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Weapon Groups Finally, we have cross weapon groupings. Here is how they work. You can assign weapons to any letter or number. Thats right, all 36 of them. Each weapon group can hold up to 8 weapons of... Continue reading
• Settings, Balances and Bug Fixes v1.15
  August 20, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where remapping weapons would cause them to disappear in battle Fixed a bug where the game would freeze while trying to give you loot Fixed a bug where your island would look lik... Continue reading
• Balance Changes v1.13
  August 19, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the game would crash due to too many weapons Changes Increased chance to get floatrons Floatrons always appear in the shop Increased tech drop rate by 10% Forge now shows t... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes v1.12
  August 18, 2018 by jwiggs

  Fixes Fixed a whole host of bugs related to enemy generation that would cause the game to be unresponsive or crash Balances Some minor balances to tech mass Major balances to enemy progression and gen... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes v1.11
  August 18, 2018 by jwiggs

  Fixes Fixed a bug where you would get different loot than that selected Fixed a weapon grouping bug Fixed a crash when selecting/forging blocks Fixed a bug where forging three legendary items would st... Continue reading
• BALANCE Update v1.1
  August 17, 2018 by jwiggs

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  Game Saves Finally! Your run is saved every time you visit the map. No more rage over having lost your evening's work trying to beat the game, only to accidentally press escape and lose all your work... Continue reading