All right! Calling all rogues! We have submitted version 1.5 to Apple, actually it was done last night at 6:30PM (Wednesday 4/1, no fooling!). Despite all the awesome goodness we had put in the 1.3/1.4 combo update we got a bit of a bloody nose, justifiably, due to the bug count *increasing* over 1.2 rather than decreasing.
A couple of the worst outstanding ones were "The popup actionsheet of doom", which started in 1.3/1.4 and the classic "Crash randomly while descending the stairs" bug that has plagued us in a very untraceable manner since version 1.0. Neither of these were total deal-breakers, but you would lose some progress and start back over again at the beginning of the last floor (where the auto-save had been done). They were definitely annoying, and combined with the other little glitches I can see where it might leave a bad taste in your mouth.
Well, we've taken all that and weighed our work on version 1.5 accordingly... 1.5 is light on new features, but heavy on bug-fixes and improvements that will make the game much more smooth flowing and enjoyable to play.
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Note: as with every update, your saved game in progress will be deleted
so please finish your current game first. The Hall of Fame will remain
intact if you are upgrading from 1.3/1.4. If you are upgrading from an
older version (1.0 - 1.2) it will be removed as well.
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Version 1.5:
Major Bug-Fix Release. This should make Rogue Touch rock solid and address the things everyone has brought to our attention:
* FINALLY- corrected the glitch that caused game to crash very rarely when going down a set of stairs!
* Throwing worn rings left "ghost" ring on hand. Not anymore!
* Popup menu of doom fixed (was an infinite loop).
* Popup menu showing 2-3x in a row is now fixed.
* Fixed Inventory names not being displayed or at times the entire Inventory display not appearing!
* Drinking potions of raise level at maximum rank could be trouble, fixed crash and give character 10HP instead.
* Xerocs could show as normal sleeping monsters when disguised as a staff or wand. Not anymore!
* Many other random crashing issues eliminated after squashing an overflow bug
Fast-play: major running improvements!
* When you run towards a monster in a room (or run into one in a dark hallway) you will not blindly attack it now!
* Running AWAY from monsters now works correctly, no more running one or two spaces and stopping again
* Monsters no longer get a free move or attack on you when you make an illegal move, like hitting a wall
Inventory: great tweaks for handling your items and pack...
* When dropping a scroll of Scare Monster, you will only drop a single one if you have a stack of them
* Item stacking works properly now when your pack is full! (no more need to exclaim "but I JUST shot that arrow, why can't I pick it up now?").
* If your pack is full, and the item you step on is not stackable with an existing item in your pack, it will tell you what you stepped on so you can see if it's worth making room for! (Example: "couldn't pick up scroll of identify")
New Features:
* Find your previous game's corpse in the dungeon on your next play through! Maybe even find some of the goodies you were carrying when you died in the previous game
* Chance to disarm a known trap when stepping on it. The higher your rank the more likely you will succeed.
* Minor new features: Get experience for finding secret doors... Find loose gold pieces randomly on the floor while searching... Find scrawling on the walls!
* Minor gameplay tweaks: Resting with the dedicated Rest button will heal you at a slightly faster rate than walking around. New message warning for treasure rooms. Healing and Extra Healing Potions now cure hallucinations too.
* New rings (2): Disarming (to help give you a good chance of disarming traps!) and Narcolepsy (cursed, randomly... Zzzzzz!)
* New scroll: Safe Passage- when read, it will reveal all secret doors and disarm all traps on the current floor.
* 8 more new secret characters! Yep, even though you haven't found most of the last batch yet
A hint for this batch- we had some special requests from female gamers!
* D-Pad is now 25% more transparent. Your thumb is still 100% opaque!
* Screen layout adjusts automatically for playing while talking on the phone with people when you'd rather be playing Rogue Touch (player status used to be obscured by green phone call bar, but not anymore)!
I hope that most of you who had issues with the game, or little improvements you wanted see something to like in this update! Apple's approval process is ranging 7 to 8 days now (due to all the dialers, fart apps, and other non Rogue Touch related stuff in the pipeline) so we'll have to be patient.
Once the update is ready we want to have our first *major* leaderboard competition (like, with actual prizes and stuff)! This will be open to all players, not just the Elite Rogues Club. However, if you're in the ERC and make it to one of the top spots, we have a little something extra planned for you
Please discuss the features and fixes here, let us know if you have a favorite in this upcoming release!
Oh, and if you have thoughts on what the first major competition should entail- let us know right here too... we're thinking to level the playing field that maybe everyone should play using the same secret character... jhawk, put your hand down, it won't be Neo this time around
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Version 1.5 --- Available Now!
