Javelin 1.7 (beta 17)

Oof, this was a toughie, had to look back as far as 2017 to make sure the changelog was correct :P

Summary

• 183 monsters
• 162 items, 86 artifacts, 7 relics
• 23 kits, 85 upgrades, 54 spells, 13 skills
• 29 battle maps (2 aquatic, 4 desert, 4 forest, 2 hill, 2 marsh, 4 mountains, 3 plains, 8 underground)
• 15 world location types, 10 unique locations
• 7 town traits, 40 district projects (6 basic, 5 criminal, 3 expansive, 4 magical, 2 mercantile, 4 military, 7 natural, 2 religious)
• 8 town quests (3 basic, 1 criminal, 1 expansive, 0 magical, 0 mercantile, 1 military, 1 natural, 1 religious)
• 22 wilderness events (11 positive, 6 neutral, 5 negative)
• 19 urban events (6 positive, 3 neutral, 12 negative, 14 basic, 3 criminal, 0 expansive, 0 magical, 0 mercantile, 1 military, 2 natural, 0 religious)
• 11 diplomatic actions

Changelog

• (some of these may be catch-ups that weren't added in prior 1.7 betas)
• Game sounds!
• New systems for town quests, diplomacy, urban and wilderness events!
• New items: caster rings (grants spells) and Eidolons (summons allies)!
• Dungeon redesign (templated-based maps, 4 tiers, keys, NPCs and more)!
• New kits: 8 wizards (one per school of magic), 5 dragoons and more!
• Items and Upgrades no longer tied to Realms (upgrades now fully kit-based)
• Hostile monsters and mercenaries can now be Elite or kit-based NPCs
• Martial disciplines (Steel Serpent)
• Hostile towns now spawn incursions that can capture locations (campaign)
• Gems and Art Objects as treasure
• Downloads now come with self-contained, optmized per-OS Java 12 runtimes

Of note is that Javelin now has in-battle game sounds - however, Java sound is... not great. If you're having trouble (especially on Linux), check out the extra option at preferences.properties for a quick fix. If you know of similar fixes for Mac or Windows, please let me know!

Have fun and thanks for helping test the first Javelin beta since 2018!

EDIT: if there seem to be too many Dungeons in the campaign mode, it's because I'm planning on replacing half of them soon with a new type of world location (Wildernesses #237).

Javelin 1.7 (beta 1)

First internal beta.

Javelin 1.7 (alpha 3)

Changes from 1.6:

• Mouse support!
• 4 mini-games: Arena, Battlefield, Dungeon Rush and Ziggurat!
• City management redesign, with 7 city traits and 36 projects!
• Scenario mode!
• Caster rings!
• New locations: natural resources, Assassins Guild and Deep Dungeon
• Introducing 6 Haunt locations
• Infiltrate hostile locations
• World map fog-of-war
• More responsive user-interface during battles
• Multi-threaded world generation
• 5 new character kits
• Auto-attack using the Tab key

Javelin 1.6 (beta)

This is the beta release for Javelin 1.6. A lot has changed so any help testing this release is welcome! Feedback can be sent to the "Javelin 1.6 beta" thread at our subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/javelinrl), as issues on GitHub (https://github.com/tukkek/javelin/issues) or directly to [email protected]

Version 1.6

• New locations: 7 Temples, 11 mage guilds, troves and mines!
• New starting locations: Training Hall and Adventurers Guild!
• New unique locations: Summoning Circle and Pillar of Skulls!
• Around 50 new monsters!
• New eng-game goal!
• All game images can now be easily modified! (mod/skin support)
• New damage effects: poison, paralysis, fear
• Burrow movement
• New item type: wands
• New skills: use magic device and heal
• New transport: sailing ship
• More realistic, dynamic land movement
• Seasons, new terrains and terrain features
• Workers from towns let you build roads, settlements and more
• Player units can now be set to automatic (controlled by AI)
• New party option: strategic combat (skips random encounters)
• Preferences and command keys can now be edited in-game
• In-game journal for taking notes
• More information on errors, for easier bug reporting
• 183 monsters
• 47 items, 12 artifacts
• 63 upgrades, 49 spells, 13 skills
• 22 battle maps

1.5

Bug-fix release.

1.6 (development build)

This is a development build with a few new features, including mod/skin support. Intended for artists to work with until the full 1.6 release is ready.

1.4

Bug-fix release.

Javelin 1.3

Version 1.3 (2016-04-29)

• 6 independent, opposing factions to play against at every game!
• City-building, automatic or manual!
• Equippable artifacts!
• 6 new location types to explore on the world map!
• 2 new unique locations: mercenary guild and artificer!
• Skill system, featuring 13 different skills!
• New units can now be acquired by spending XP
• The world map now has to be explored
• Dungeon redesign, featuring traps
• 137 monsters
• 28 items, 33 artifacts
• 53 upgrades, 25 spells, 13 skills

1.2

• Minor release in response to community feedback on 1.1
• Improved documentation
• Minor bugfixes
• Breath area now ignores cover
• AI cache is now disabled by default (can slow down some systems)

1.1

What's new:

• Dungeons!
• Vehicles!
• Portals!
• Tournaments!
• The Tower of Haxor!
• Many new, randomly-generated battle maps!
• Lots of UI and AI improvements!
• Each town now has a unique selection of items and upgrades
• Towns now take a certain amount of time to craft items and train heroes
• In-battle power-ups for special battles
• A total of 136 monsters, 27 items, 57 upgrades and 25 spells