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AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« on: February 24, 2012, 12:13:21 am »
Original: http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2012/02/avww-beta-0581-oh-carp-released.html

This one is primarily a bugfix/balance/polish release, but there's some really good stuff in there in that regard.  Among them are some fixes to some unfortunate regressions in the past version (which were due to the scope of the changes of that version).

Also as a part of this version are three new enemy types (carp, blue whales, and black whales), all of which are specific to the oceans and ocean shallows.  You'll now no longer see any other forms of monsters in the oceans at the moment, although we'll be adding more ocean life in the future.  These guys will make you wish for the amoebas, though, if you can believe it.

Some of the boss fights in the oceans and ocean shallows may actually be un-winnably hard now, I'm not sure.  That's something we'll have to tweak some, in particular for the ocean shallows.  There are still a number of definitely-broken things about these two region types, such as the surface boss chunks and even how you move between surface chunks, and how secret missions (fail to) spawn in the ocean tiles, etc.  Those are things on our very-short-term hit list to deal with.

More to come soon.  Enjoy!

This is a standard update that you can download through the in-game updater itself, if you already have 0.500 or later. When you launch the game, you'll see the notice of the update having been found if you're connected to the Internet at the time.  If you don't have 0.500 or later, you can download that here.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 05:00:54 am »
Please tell me the carps will eat the Skelebot Dwarves if they happen to show up together...

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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2012, 09:28:30 am »
Carps? Really? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2012, 09:47:47 am »
Carps? Really? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?
Carps?  Is that the plural form?  I thought it didn't have a plural form: before you see the second one, the first one has taken your eyes.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2012, 09:55:52 am »
I haven't gotten to the flaming rhinos yet, but I really want to.  Putting in DF references is fun. :)  If DF gains some publicity out of it, so much the better.  Why do you think that the switch rooms say "pull the lever?" before you pull them and the lava (maybe) shoots out of the ceiling at you?
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012, 10:07:35 am »
I haven't gotten to the flaming rhinos yet, but I really want to.  Putting in DF references is fun. :)  If DF gains some publicity out of it, so much the better.  Why do you think that the switch rooms say "pull the lever?" before you pull them and the lava (maybe) shoots out of the ceiling at you?

I don't get all these references. Perhaps I need to play more DF...

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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2012, 10:11:05 am »
Pulling the lever can cause massive amounts of Fun.

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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2012, 10:15:53 am »
I haven't gotten to the flaming rhinos yet, but I really want to.  Putting in DF references is fun. :)  If DF gains some publicity out of it, so much the better.  Why do you think that the switch rooms say "pull the lever?" before you pull them and the lava (maybe) shoots out of the ceiling at you?

I don't get all these references. Perhaps I need to play more DF...

What you need to do is read this sometime when you get a chance: http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2012, 10:54:53 am »
I haven't gotten to the flaming rhinos yet, but I really want to.  Putting in DF references is fun. :)  If DF gains some publicity out of it, so much the better.  Why do you think that the switch rooms say "pull the lever?" before you pull them and the lava (maybe) shoots out of the ceiling at you?

I don't get all these references. Perhaps I need to play more DF...

What you need to do is read this sometime when you get a chance: http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/

I will read that sometime, but, I still need to play more DF! :)

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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2012, 10:56:20 am »
Oh, sure.  But nothing will fuel your desire to play DF more than reading boatmurdered.  It's hilarious, and one of the best LPs I've ever read.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2012, 11:49:44 am »
Oh, sure.  But nothing will fuel your desire to play DF more than reading boatmurdered.  It's hilarious, and one of the best LPs I've ever read.

Seconded.

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« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2012, 12:03:15 pm »
Keith originally got me to read it, so I know it's implicitly thirded.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2012, 12:16:54 pm »
I have misgivings about the language contained in said LP, but given the circumstances it is understandable ;)
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2012, 02:01:13 pm »
I have misgivings about the language contained in said LP, but given the circumstances it is understandable ;)

What, is it in French or something?






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Re: AVWW Beta 0.581 "Oh, Carp!" Released!
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2012, 02:59:36 pm »
Boatmurdered is absolutely fantastic. Along the same lines you can find stories such as "One dwarf against the world..." the story that coined the "generic dwarven name" 'Urist'.

DF is fantastic. If AVWW has DF referenses, it will be loved no matter how bad it flops :P I'd love to see DF referenses in AVWW, so fire away, Chris ;)
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