Evowok Breeder version 4.4 is now available to download!

As well as fixing a lot of bugs, this update heavily revises the healing system to avoid the necessity of wandering about to wait for evowok to heal that had become an unwanted meta in the game, and also makes major changes to the clarity and consistency of player Bravado and time passage while adventuring:

• Major revisions to existing gameplay:
  • Revised evowok healing system!
    • Evowok injuries no longer heal naturally over time, or have a requirement to do so; instead, healing injuries by first-aid can now fully heal injuries up to 100% (depending on the First-Aid Skill of the practitioner!), and there is no limit to the number of times healing can be applied to a particular injury.
    • Removed carapace filler from the game; evowok shells can now be treated by first-aid as with other injuries.
  • Fully revised the effects of different events on player Bravado throughout the game:
    • Bravado is no longer affected by most trivial events.
    • Effects on Bravado during a match now vary depending on the size of the spectating crowd!
    • Bravado totals including modifiers are now shown in the character details window.
    • Altered alcohol tolerance handling, and changed the way that alcohol and drugs affect player Bravado to improve their usefulness.
    • The player now pines for good food after wandering the wilderness for some time without a hot meal, losing some Bravado. Eating consumables will stave off this sentiment (as will good food in any of the dining houses the Kingdom has to offer!)
    • Changes to Bravado and Luck are now fully notified throughout the game.
  • Fully reworked timekeeping functions for accuracy and consistency across local and world settings:
    • Revised scaling of time passage whether travelling on the world map or exploring towns and other localities.
    • Time now passes consistently during non-gameplay events, or when engaged in activities such as evowok matches!
  • Holding the Shift key while travelling on the world map now allows the player to actively hunt for wild evowok, travelling at a slower rate but with an increased chance of evowok encounters!
• Updates and changes to existing content:
  • Pills, body grease and ablative venom now last for a more consistent range of time.
  • Added crowd sounds for spectated events outside the Arena!
  • Modified visual effects of alcohol and powder.
  • Gave more descriptive names to elixirs in the inventory.
  • Updated graphics for several common inventory items.
  • Minor characteristic tweaks to certain breeds.
  • Added one new Other Achievement.
• Fixed (many!) existing bugs:
  • Fixed bug causing crash before the title screen.
  • Fixed bug causing serious erroneous post-match behaviour following some matches against a single opponent.
  • Fixed obsolete effects of coagulant and antidote potions.
  • Fixed colouring issue for heesquees wearing barding.
  • Fixed bug causing erroneous text when kicked by a horse.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect behaviour upon removing The One Ring.
  • Fixed bug causing incorrect behaviour in dealing with Werner and Manfred under some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug reducing poison damage when travelling on the world map.
  • Fixed bug potentially causing reset of NPC evowok fatalities during the first play session for new players.
  • Fixed potential incorrect behaviour when a player's evowok was killed by a dangerous wild evowok under some circumstances.
  • Fixed bug causing the player's final Luck point not to be counted when attacked by a dangerous wild evowok!
  • Fixed bug causing fire damage to non-sensitive locations to cause injury and Endurance loss.
  • Fixed bug preventing body grease from functioning correctly.
  • Fixed bug causing some properties not to be correctly cleared when becoming a chrysalis.
  • Fixed bug in conditions for entering display matches at the Wrestling Stadium.
  • Fixed bug causing the Hibernate skill to cause a crash.
  • Fixed bug causing evowok to be capable of sleeping while still standing.
  • Fixed incorrect challenge markers for characters in multiple maps.
  • Fixed bugs causing incorrect behaviours in several scripts.
  • Fixed incorrect evowok information for Johnny in Jasper.
  • Minor typo corrections in several scripts.
• Under-the-hood improvements:
  • Improved efficiency of on-load savefile update functionality and included tidying to remove obsolete data for existing savefiles.
  • Implemented support for ambient environment sounds in location maps.
  • Miscellaneous code tidying and efficiency improvements.

The game is available to download in the usual places, there's a version release thread here, a full changelog here, and of course, please do feel welcome to get in touch with any additional thoughts/feedback/comments/questions/suggestions.

Enjoy!

Ryan