Release Notes for Kingsway

1.2.1 (2023-04-24)

Kingsway Ascended Edition (version 1.2.1)

Changes:

• New player class: Necromancer

• Added gameplay options button to character creation screen

• Added “world size” option to gameplay options (chance size of world)

• Added “enemy screen speed” option to gameplay options (change speed of enemies)

• Added “time scale” option to gameplay options (slows down sky eater)

• Added option to use a custom seed to generate levels

• You can now choose more than one starting gift if you use gems

• Added 70+ new items including 20+ unique items

• Items you take when you bury a character now save and dont go away until you use them

• Added several new random event encounters

• Blacksmith event that allows you to upgrade items

• New Quests

• New Areas

• New Enemies

• New secrets

• New Skills:

• Summon Skeleton

• Soul Eater

• Skeleton Overlord

• Summon Demon

• Summon Ghost

• Big Smash

• Hasten

• Bind

• Parry

• Lich King

• Spectral Shield

• Unsummon Bomb

• Spectral Shield

• Curse Item

• Mage can learn skill “magical shield” at level 4

• Demonblood can learn skill “soul eater” at level 4

• Rogue can learn skill “Keen” at level 6

• Mage can learn skill “Keen” at level 10

• Rogue can learn skill Hasten at level 8, no longer learns stoneskin

• Worthless can learn skill “Big Smash” at level 10

• Adventurer can learn skill “parry” at level 6

• Warrior can learn skill “parry” at level 6

• Worthless can learn skill “parry” at level 6

• Rogue can learn skill “parry” at level 4

• Demonblood learns skill “big smash” at level 10

• Adventurer can learn skill “Bandage” at level 8

• Ascended can learn skill “spectral shield” at level 6

• Fixed crash in event: “secret cult”

• Fixed rare crash when loading dungeon maps

• Fixed issue where having the Full Rune equipped would prevent the “Martyr” ending from triggering

• Fixed rare crash when opening loot/treasure

• Fixed crash when closing world screen while buying from demon merchant in dungeon

• Fixed crash related to witch encounter

• Fixed crash related to “Slayer” quest

• Fixed bug where game crashes if you try to sell the world, player, music, or quest files

Misc:

• Poison, Burn, and Chill Status Icons added to Enemy Avatar in Battle Screen
• 6 new achievements
• Redesigned skill screen
• New unlockable cursors
• New unlockable font
• Fire damage can now cause a burn status effect on enemies, making them take more physical damage
• Added new descriptions to bestiary
• You can no longer enter forts (large towns) if you have a very bad reputation
• New map icons for boss beacons
• Movement speed increased 100% in dungeons
• Shrublord and Hellwort vines go away when they die
• Equipment slots highlight when you are holding an item that can go in them
• When the game saves it says “Game saved” in the Log screen
• Resting now removes poison
• When in a store there is now an option to sell an item when you right click the item
• Gold nuggets sell for slightly more
• New icon for disenchant skill in drop down menu
• Fixed exploit that allowed you to skip the second phase of the demon king battle
• Warning popup when discarding loot
• New title graphics
• New sounds effects for traps and message popups
• Dungeon exits are now labeled as exits
• General store will now sell a larger variety of items
• Mimics are less common
• Message popup on reputation change
• Magic shield power reduced
• Fast travel between forts is 30% cheaper
• Fixed issue with renaming items
• Minor alterations to character creation screen and avatar creation screen
• Added button to “Com” menu to open skill screen
• Traveling sound effect now plays when fast travelling
• You can now change the resolution of the game without restarting the game
• You can choose a pixel scale option in the settings menu to scale the size of the game
• Made bags slightly cheaper

Note: many minor changes are not documented here