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Voldemort? Gandalf? Wimps. Do you have what it takes to be a wizard? In SpellShokked, you assemble magical symbols into devastating spells that you then hurl at your opponents – other wizards, monsters, or your friends.

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Alpha 20 released

Jun 14, 2020

A small update to SpellShokked! that introduces our smart particle technology - used in this release to add some nice animations to your right hand. The particles you see are actually small free-flying agents that try to keep each other's company. We have developed this as part of the an 'insect swarm' AOE spell that we want to deplyoy in the future as a tactic to force oponents to move to other blink locations.

Also, we are very sad to announce that this will be the last Mac release since Steam has discontinued macOS support for SteamVR. SteamVR is essential for SpellShokked!, and we currently see no financially viable way to bring the game to a macOS-supported alternative.

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No buy or play button?

Hey, so theres no buy / play button on the store page so im just wondering if this is a bug you are unaware of.. or is it meat to be like this for now :D?

FunkeymonkeyTTR

Jul 16, 2018 @ 9:13am

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Alpha 16 released

Jan 16, 2020

On January 2nd, 2020 we had a breakthrough: After almost a solid month of engineering and completely losing playability, we got SpellShokked back to running. This was no small feat, because the new version contains the following changes

A completely new network layer. Spellshokked was originall built upon UNet, which uses a relay server (which is expensive) and a paid-for third-party matchmaking infrastructure that did not work very well. Technologically, it also used UDP frames that, although fast, don't work well with demanding games, and (worse) often get filtered by many common firewalls. We now use straight TCP/IP which is not as performant, but additional network latency of 10ms is covered by predictive movement code. The end rsult works much more reliably, and is compatible with most (if not all) firewalls
Instead of a relay server, we now use Peer-To-Peer connections. This further reduces latency (that's how we were able to go from UDP to TCP/IP), and we were able to get rid of the legacy and unsupported relay server architecture
Matchmaking currently is reduced to direct connect open duels, and we'll introduce our own matchmaking later once there is sufficient demand (currently too few people duel each other to warrant a global leaderboard)
The original Lobby system we had in place with it's awkward UI was also scrapped. In place we now have a streamlined system where you can either sign up for an existing duel, or create an open invitation for a duel (see images). choosing which kind of duel to create now is a simple click with your wand.
Most importantly, however, the entire networking middleware is more stable. You no longer need to re-start the entire game every other duel because of re-connection issues. The new Lobby and network layer have been extensively battletested and we no longer experience these strange network outages (which we believe were the result of dropped UDP packets)
We removed some bugs from shaker code, so the 'humming' of the wand during casting should be slightly more pronounced, and feel more 'magic'
We have temporarily toned down the soft-body physics on the female avatars (you saw an example of that technology on the bouncing gifts that littered the floor of your home room). This may return to full in a later version

That being said, there are still some items left to fix

There is a lingering issue where a client may not show the corect avatar in a network game.
Additionally, we are tracking a report of slow-moving player avatar after blinking
The Valve Index controllers still make for an uncomfortable playstyle due to the fact that they are rotated 45 degrees up; we re looking for a solution here.
The 'Bridge' and 'Breach' levels are now playable in that you can lose. Winning conditions still don't always register correctly in co-op, though.

So, have fun trying out the new version!

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Alpha 15 is live

Dec 13, 2019

Another month, another update. Progess on the network front is frustratingly slow, and we are looking at completely re-thinking our approach.

Still, we finally completed the haptics feedback module (which is a very looking-down-your-nose way of saying 'shaker'). When your spells are ready to cast, the right-hand controller now will start pulsing to give you a tangible feedback. Because, obviously, aural and visual wasn't enough.

We've also started on compatibility work with the valve index controllers, and hope to remove any lingering issues with the next release in January.

So, shokk around the xmas tree, folks!

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Alpha 4 freezes screen on MacOS

Hi! I'm using a 2017 iMac with Radeon 580 and HTC Vive. In the new Alpha 4 the game just shows me the welcome screen. When i push the trigger to enter the game, the screen freezes. It's nothing shown in the headset beside the empty htc room. The window on my desktop shows a ingame wall, but is freezed. The Sound still works. This was all fine in Alpha 3....

Dabakiel

Sep 23, 2018 @ 9:36am

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No buy or play button?

Hey, so theres no buy / play button on the store page so im just wondering if this is a bug you are unaware of.. or is it meat to be like this for now :D?

FunkeymonkeyTTR

Jul 5, 2018 @ 5:10am

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