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Broad Sword is a formation based third-person tactical hack and slash battle game where you face off against a variety of factions in a fantasy realm. Engage in class-based combat and play against friends and bots in local multiplayer, or immerse yourself in a wave survival siege mode.

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Major revamp Omelet Update

Mar 28

In order to make an omelet you need to crack a few eggs. Over the last few months we've made a lot of upgrades to core systems and under the hood features, but since these updates touched a lot of core systems much of the content in the game was broken and needed to be rebuilt. As of today the game is stable enough to share the build, but some features still need tweaking and polish. Here's a summary of the major updates made:

Core system refactor - Much of the code has been cleaned up and refined to remove bugs, improve performance and to make it easier to modify going forward.
Visual update - This improved performance allowed for graphical improvements while maintaining performance benchmarks. Unit shading is improved, the maps have been revamped to use Unity's terrain system, and dead units ragdoll.
Gameplay updates - Unit AI has been differentiated to allow different unit types to have their own logic as needed, projectile attacks now have an arcing trajectory, and melee units will engage enemies attacking them without needing player input. Capture mechanics have been improved including easier to capture spawns as contesting points delay troops spawning in.
UI - The UI has been revamped and the respawn screen has been reworked to allow more variety of loadouts.

Known issues:

many of the sound FX are missing
Unit types and factions temporarily have the same stats. The stat variations will be added back as the light and heavy armor units are added in.
Some UI navigation issues when in split screen multiplayer

The path forward:

The immediate future will focus adding missing content including filling out the unit loadouts, adding unique stats, and making another pass at the sound FX, which will then be followed by giving factions their unique unit types including things like Giants, Mages, Crossbowmen, etc.
The next major update would be to include a wave survival "Siege" mode where you can either by yourself or cooperatively with a friend hold out against increasingly deadly waves of units.
The last mode to be added before the 1.0 release would involve a conquest campaign with a turn based overworld leading to individual battles.

Be sure to try out the new update and let me know your thoughts on our brand spanking new discord here[discord.gg].

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Broad Sword Playtest is now live!

Nov 17, 2023

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to announce that our playtest build is live! Signups are currently open so sign up and dive in!

A lot of development has gone on since the release of the announcement trailer, and with the release of the playtest build I figured now is a good time to provide a devlog update. Since the game announcement the following features have been added:

2 more VS maps for a current total of 3.
A tutorial mode has been added to explain core game concepts.
Expanded to 5 total fantasy races including Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, and Undead, each with different stats. Unique troop types are on the roadmap.
Units now passively heal out of combat.
I've started to build an options menu which currently includes a volume mixer.
General polish tweaks.

Tutorial:

The new tutorial area features the very beginning of the narrative story and will lead directly into the narrative campaign. You take the role of a human militia captain being trained by the Elven military. You will learn how unit formations work and how to control Spawn and Objective Points. I'm looking forward to seeing how players react and updating accordingly.

VS Maps:

Courtyard Clash

The original map from the tech demo of the game. It features an enclosed courtyard with a central row of 3 objective points.

Ziggurat

An ancient temple built before the founding of the Elven Empire. This map features large ramps and elevated causeways up to a central cluster of 3 objective points. If you prefer king of the hill style gameplay this is the map for you. Just don't let your opponent surround you by capturing the surrounding spawn points.

Stagwood

A small village from the opening of the upcoming campaign. Both teams need to push into the village to fight over the 2 objectives within. You'll have to wait till the campaign to see the fate of this village.

Factions:

As the game enters wider playtesting things are subject to change but each faction has had its stat lines adjusted to allow for unique tactics. They currently share the base 5 troop types of Swordsmen, Bowmen, Great Swordsmen, Skirmishers, and Pikemen, with either light, medium, or heavy armor, but unique unit types are part of the development roadmap.

Humans: Well rounded and serve as a general baseline for the other factions.

Elves: Faster base movement speed and slightly better armor at the cost of less soldiers per unit. Heavy units have the maneuverability of medium units of the other factions.

Dwarves: Slower base speed and reduced formation size in exchange for a larger health pool and much higher armor.

Orcs: Lower armor with a very large health pool as they survive through ruggedness over advanced armor. Good move speed and formation size.

Undead: Light and medium troops are very fragile, but come in large swarms, and the Heavy death knights come in smaller groups, but serve as a tanky anchor. All undead units feature fast health regen due to their dark magic.

Going forward:

As I'm collecting feedback from play testers I'll continue to work on the narrative campaign starting with the 2 missions that will be contained in the final demo and then expand it to the planned 10 mission narrative arc. Part of this development will include adding more unit types and maps along with a new wave survival mode. I've decided to take online multiplayer off of the 1.0 release roadmap in order to get the game released in a reasonable timeframe, but if the demand is there I can add it post release.

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