Update 0.5.0 changelog

WorldShards
3 min readJul 15, 2024

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Adventurers, we are excited to announce the release of version 0.5.0 of our game! Here’s what’s new and improved:

MECHANICS

  • Ability to place artifacts on your Home Island
  • Ability to craft collectible items

GAMEPLAY

  • Exit animations for abilities have been tuned and are now faster
  • Cooldowns for aspects no longer reset when an item is unequipped and re-equipped
  • Equipping armor with an HP regeneration aspect now starts a cooldown timer before the aspect can activate
  • Active buffs from aspects are removed when the item is unequipped
  • Fixed a bug where the HP regeneration aspect on armor could activate multiple times simultaneously
  • Low HP effect now displays on the edges of the screen
  • Increased stun duration for club and shield bash attacks
  • Items repaired after durability reaches 0 now function without needing to be unequipped and re-equipped
  • Fixed stamina display issues

MOBS

  • New mob: Treant, with updated visuals
  • New mob: Gnolls. Bandits have been replaced with gnolls as originally intended
  • Fixed a bug where mobs could still attack while airborne
  • Adjusted attack colliders for mobs to match weapon size (previously too large)
  • Weapon attacks now deal damage more accurately according to animations
  • Flight duration for airborne mobs has been tuned for smoother landings
  • Mobs that evade for a certain time now teleport back to their respawn point
  • Added flinches during status effects
  • Flinch animations now play more reliably

BUILDING

  • Garden: Improved plant harvesting mechanics
  • Garden: Fixed a bug where the planting counter was obscured
  • Chest window closes when opening the building menu

ISLANDS

  • Added 3 new adventures
  • Significantly improved visuals for all existing adventures, with new variations
  • New island mechanic: Mushroom trampolines, allowing players to reach previously inaccessible areas

ISLAND FIXES

  • Adjusted speed of spirit cats
  • Changed effect when stepping on plates
  • Adjusted health levels for resource nodes across all tiers

ECONOMY

  • Introduced premium currency: Gems
  • New attribute for collectible items: Luck charge

UI

  • Reordered positions in vendor and crafting interfaces
  • Updated NFT item icons
  • Changed the cave entrance icon
  • Revamped parameter lists in crafting stations

VISUALS

  • Enhanced cave visuals
  • Updated visuals for ruins

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Life sim sandbox MMORPG set in the magical world of Murrlandia: https://www.worldshards.online/

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