![]() A range of values for a strength attribute.The largest part of this is that each creature is part of a “race” which defines many things: But hunting essentially requires combat, and combat requires tracking the health of creatures, which has led to this latest update being very large “under the hood” despite not adding a lot for the player at this stage. The main feature of Alpha 8 is that these animals will exist in the world, and you will be able to hunt (or in some cases just want to keep away from) them. The animals make use of the same colouring tricks used with plants in the game where the (moddable) game files define a range of colours to be used to add subtle variety to the range of creatures that you encounter. They’re the work of artist Katie-Beth Tutt who has produced a whole heap of excellent animals to be added to the game now and in the coming months, and she’s also produced the in-game graphics for the other races (orcs and elves) which are also being added before too long. I’m extremely happy with how the animal sprites have turned out. This included reworking what was classed as a “humanoid” type of entity into a more generalised “creature” to cover these cases. So while you wait just a little, here’s what I’ve been working on over the last month, which unsurprisingly is what’s coming in Alpha 8!įirst of all there are now other creatures in the world in addition to dwarves – at this stage only covering a few animals that can be found in the wild. I was hoping to have Alpha 8 released in time for this post but it needs a few more days yet. Primarily this means that combat and content based around combat won’t be in at launch, but will be coming shortly after launch, and there will still be a simplified combat in the form of hunting coming in the next update. This does mean the planned content has been cut back a bit – instead of launching with Alpha 10 completed, the game will be launched up to Alpha 8 instead. “For Sauron knows,” said he, “that one of these was known to you on a time.Welcome to the monthly dev update for King under the Mountain and possibly the biggest news the game will ever have – King under the Mountain is launching to Steam Early Access on November 24th! In an earlier update I mentioned that I was working with a publisher, well that ended up not panning out, so instead this is me entirely self-publishing and this has necessitated moving the release date forward from around February to what is now less than a month’s time. And he asked urgently concerning hobbits, of what kind they were, and where they dwelt. Rings he would give for it, such as he gave of old. ![]() The Lord Sauron the Great, so he said, wished for our friendship. ‘Then about a year ago a messenger came to Dáin, but not from Moria - from Mordor: a horseman in the night, who called Dáin to his gate. In the book, Sauron does also send emissaries to Erebor to seek for Bilbo and the Ring. If we make no answer, the Enemy may move Men of his rule to assail King Brand, and Dáin also ’Īside from that, they are not mentioned because Dale and Erebor are not on the way to Mordor and are uninvolved in the Quest. Already war is gathering on his eastern borders. We discover that messengers have come also to King Brand in Dale, and that he is afraid. They sent their ambassadors to the crowning of King Elessar and their realms remained ever after, as long as they lasted, in friendship with Gondor and they were under the crown and protection of the King of the West. Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King in Dale, and Thorin III Stonehelm, Dáin's son, became King under the Mountain. ![]() When news came of the great victories in the South, then Sauron's northern army was filled with dismay and the besieged came forth and routed them, and the remnant fled into the East and troubled Dale no more. But they could not take the Gate, and many, both Dwarves and Men, took refuge in Erebor, and there withstood a siege. It lasted three days, but in the end both King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot were slain, and the Easterlings had the victory. There he had the aid of the Dwarves of Erebor and there was a great battle at the Mountain's feet. The Dwarves and Men of Dale did not assist Gondor because, like most other kingdoms in Middle Earth, they were facing danger and battles of their own.Īt the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron that had long threatened the borders of King Brand crossed the River Carnen, and Brand was driven back to Dale. ![]()
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