Hi everyone, a new update has dropped for Quest of the Hero. A lot has happened since the last one!

The game got a lot of new good stuff, especially in the graphical and satisfaction department.

There is new graphics added, the game got a more unified look, but there is still a lot to be done. In order to progress, I had to add some placeholder art for now (which is AI generated, and I apologize for it :D). It will get replaces soon with new proper artist made art.

What is new

• New graphics all around
• New combat system
• 7 skills for Valeria Ironheart, the Iron Guard
• Guild affiliation and description for heroes. Just the Iron Guards for now.
• Added a dungeon picker. There will be 5 playable dungeons and a story dungeon (where the lore of the game is told). Right now, the story one and “The Deep Forest” dungeons are available (and will be for the demo). In the full game, new dungeons will be added (The Cemetery of Heroes, The Frozen Plains, The Citadel Catacombs, The Cage of Mirrors).
• Added a new enemy, the Goblin Overlord with has more HP, damage and armor than the regular Goblin.
• Added more items and combinations
• Now you have to unlock content through “buying” stars in the constellations using the Relics that you gather through the dungeon runs (unlock new recipes and skills).
• Quick actions for Spellforge (double clicking for upgrading skills)
• Quick actions for Blacksmith (double clicking to transfer items to/from inventory)
• Quick actions for Shop (double clicking to buy)
• More sound effects and animations everywhere to make interaction more satisfying
• Settings menu
• More choices (damage, Mana burn, Poison, Chance to lose/gain HP, Chance to gain/lose MP, Chance to gain/lose long lasting Armor buff/debuff)

What needs to be done before the Steam demo release

• Replacing placeholder AI art with proper artist made art
• More SFX and interaction feedback
• Bug fixes
• Balancing the items, skills and enemies (right now the numbers are kind of arbitrary)
• Fixing the icons for the statuses (bash, poison, skill buffs/debuffs, etc).
• Adding more choice types (eg. chance based buff/debuffs)

Don’t forget to wishlist on Steam to stay in the loop: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3185230/Quest_of_the_Hero/?utm_source=itch&utm_content=devlog_20241006