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Ruler of the Waves 1916 is a naval combat game and turret-based shooter. The game follows, in a fictional sense, the major battlecruiser engagements in WWI. The player must utilize multiple turrets on multiple ships to maximize their firepower.

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EA Build 8 - Seven New Ships

Dec 29, 2023

Build 8 brings seven new ships with unique turrets and abilities, UI and gameplay enhancements, bug fixes, and more.

New Ships

Faction

Ship

Turrets

Ability

Imperial

Light Cruiser

None

Royal

Destroyer

Lay Mine (Astern)

Imperial

U-Boat

Submerge; Torpedo

Imperial

Torpedo Boat

Torpedo

Imperial

Zeppelin

Drop Bombs

Royal

Transport

Heal

Imperial

Freighter

Replenish

Campaign

Begin adding new ships to the campaign missions
Fixed an issue where the leviathan boss would tickle boats inside of sinking them

Gameplay

Doubled the base movement speed for all boats; Implemented turning radius coefficient
Rebalance ships HP and damage a bit
Added new projectile types: small round, torpedo, sea mine

Fleet Builder

Added new ships to Fleet Builder selection
Added an option to alter space between ships in the formation

Added “click and drag” selection box
Added ability to issue & queue move commands via the minimap

HUD

Added segmented HP bar for selected ship
Added hotkey indicator for the selected ship
Added ship speed and other information to the HUD
Fixed issue where right click ground could occur through the HUD

Audio

Fixed an issue where the sound effects would occasionally fail to play
Fixed an issue where sounds would continue playing with the menu open
Made music persistent in more areas

Menus

Added a list of all default key controls in the options menu
Added option for sound effects volume

Multiplayer

Missed shot indicators now only display for the instigating player
Fix an issue where the overseer view began on Player 1’s fleet as Player 2
Physics simulation for projectiles is now server-authoritative
Press Enter to select chatbox in lobby
Removed chatbox from gameplay

Project Stats

Issues resolved this sprint: 64

Issues kicked to next sprint: 1

Issues in the backlog: 68

Total issues resolved: 209

Ruler of the Waves 1916

5 Months since release and NO reviews??

It looks like the game was release in November of last yearm yet there are no reviews. What am I missing?

MugHug

Jul 11, 2023 @ 5:03pm

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Early Access Build 7

Dec 15, 2023

Indicators

Added waypoint indicators: displays the current move destination for the active warship; hold the Shift key to view the waypoint queue
Added a port/starboard indicator around the active warship to help with aiming broadsides

Hotkeys

Added hotkeys for prepare broadside ability (port [], reset [], starboard [])

Campaign

Campaign missions now default to tactics mode (i.e. ships are controllable; uses the strategy camera instead of close-up camera)

Balance

Health and damage numbers have been adjusted to a higher base level to allow more room in the future for balancing
Added new Armor attribute into damage calculation formula

Music

Added military strategy OST to the game

Options

Added new setting for music volume

Versus

Begin transitioning Fleet Builder, Scenario Options, and Formation Editor to independent menus
Added tooltips to the Scenario Options menu

Bug Fixes

Fix an issue where the turret would fail to shoot if selected via hotkey after pressing the minimap
Fix an issue where mouse hover sound effects would play for menu items obscured behind a modal
Fix an issue where the system mouse cursor sometimes displayed instead of the in-game mouse cursor
Fix an issue where the selection indicator displayed slightly off-center
Fix an issue where the viewport would fail to capture the mouse in a multi-monitor setup
Fix an issue where Team 2 would fail to earn points for sunk boats or turret hits
[Multiplayer] Fix a potential soft lock when rapdily changing between overseer view and turret mode

Ruler of the Waves 1916

Early Access Build 6 - Release Notes

Dec 8, 2023

Release Notes

Minimap

- added the minimap
- select the minimap to quickly travel around the map

Revamped strategy cam

- edge scrolling
- Isometric perspective
- fixed an issue where the mouse wheel changed zoom even when not in the current camera mode

Revamped HUD

- moved most information to bottom of screen
- added the hotkey text for turrets
- added the hotkey text for warships

Graphics

- added underwater effect to the camera

Levels

- implemented level bounds
- shifted starting coordinates on some missions to fit inside minimaps

Options

- added option for edge scroll speed
- added option for camera zoom speed

Multiplayer

- fixed an issue where Prepare Broadside failed to activate for client players
- improved UI stability for client players
- flags default to red vs blue instead of historical flags

Bug fixes

- fixed an issue with the Prepare Broadside ability rotating turrets in an invalid way

Project Stats

Issues resolved this sprint: 24

Issues kicked to next sprint: 6

Issues in the backlog: 92

Total issues resolved: 103

Ruler of the Waves 1916

Update - June

Development has been on hiatus so the release is going to be pushed back a bit but we're starting to fire things up again. Plan is to have a small update with New Game+ and some behind the scenes stuff by end of July then come up with a roadmap for the final push. Cheers...

fallingninja

Jun 29, 2023 @ 1:03pm

General Discussions

Playable on Windows 7 ?

Anyone play this game on win 7? Thanks.

Hero123

Feb 10, 2023 @ 4:43am

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